Barry Short (30 results)

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Schirmer Books, NY, c.1992, 1st.trade paperbk.prtg., 444pp., remainder mark, VG $.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Text is clean. Cover shows almost no wear. Could almost pass for new.; 130 pages.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover, illus. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition; First Printing. Book New. NO notes. No markings of ANY kind. DJ with teeny cut else As New, not price clipped ($28) ; 444 pages.

Paperback. Condition: As New. None. First Edition. With the '1' in a full number line. Foreword by Bobby Short. The life story of the famed songwriter for Eubie Blake, Fats Waller, and other notable Blues musicians. An important resource book on the history of the Blues, with full bibliographical notes, a complete list of songs with dates, and index. As issued, in thick paper covers, and in pristine condition, never read. Uncommon.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. With the '1' in a number line. Foreword by Bobby short. The definitive biography of this famous Black Jazz and Blues musician. With a complete discography and many rare photographs. A fine, clean and unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Out of print.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Cincinnati, OH: F&W Publications, Inc. (1990). Paperbound, 8 vo., large stiff carboard wraps, printed on recycled paper. Fine condition. A nice clean copy. The literary magazine which published some of the finest American short stories during the 1990s. The editor, Lois Rosenthal, had an uncanny eye for publishing writers at the start of their careers. This issue contains the first published stories of both Amanda Davis and Hannah Tinti. 0.0.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A little reading wear; very good overall. Contains: Intrepid Birdmen (Gough), Comics: A Medium for Racism (Carrington and Short), Seven Year Olds Discover Microwriters (High and Fox), Children to Children (Mills, Cummins and Maynard), A Story.a Story (Gregory), Transition and Translation (Eustice), Cloze Procedure at A Level and Beyond (Barry - not as daft as it sounds!), An Area of Neglect (Clarke), Why Students Can't Write Arguments (Freedman and Pringle), Rereading English and the Uncommitted Reader (Belsey). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 160 pages. Illustrated. Barry Cooper "Beethoven's appoggiaturas: long or short?" / Anne Stone "Self-reflexive songs and their readers in the late 14th century" / Donald Grieg "Ars Subtilior repertory as performance palimpsest" / Michaela Freemanova and Eva Mikanova "'My honourable Lord and Father.': 18th-century English musical life through Bohemian eyes" / Warwick Lister "'Suonatore del Principe': new light on Viotti's Turin years" / H Diack Johnstone "Handel at Oxford in 1733" / Roger Bowers "Five into four does go: the vocal scoring of Ockeghem's Missa L'homme arme".…

Condition: New.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. (Xi), 221 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt, Beige Cloth Covered Boards, Special Endpapers. #24 Of 200 Copies Signed By The Author And Illustrator And Numbered On A Special Limitation Plate. A "Mutant Super-Intelligent Child" Story, More Socially And Philosophically Illustrative Than Slan, Somewhat Brighter In Outlook Than "Odd John". Rubbing To Upper Front Tip, A Few Other Tiny Traces Of Rubbing. Signed by Author(s).…

Paper. Condition: VG++. First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` Life Story of Aimee Semple McPherson '. Beth Kennedy was born in 1890 near Ingersoll, Ontario. By 1923 she had built, by the strength of her preaching, a 5,300 seat tabernacle in Los Angeles. In 1926, she disappeared for 5 days - the victim of a `kidnapping' . By 1944 she was dead in a hotel room of a drug over-dose. Along the way she had acquired the name(s) Aimee Semple McPherson. 255 page AUTOBIOGRAPHY compiled by the author from a manuscript left by Aimee. Section of b/w photos at center. Cond : Brown paper wrapper w/ a colour portrait of a seated Aimee holding a garland of 2 doz. roses. Light rubbing or chipping at all edges and corners. Clean, binding tight, colours bright. Spine fine. No names, marks, creases, tears, folds nor scratches. Giftable ! Quote (p. 150) : " The days wore on. How desperately I missed my Bible ! It was the longest period of my lifetime that I had no access to the Word of God. I tried to witness to my captors. After my return, the . ." Size: 8vo. B/W Photographs (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. First edition in publisher's original colour card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 7'' x 4¾''. Includes short stories by H. E. Bates 'Sugar For The Horse'; James Thurber 'The Tortoise and the Hare'; Paul Gallico 'Never Take No For An Answer'. Minor rubbing of the paper to the spine ends and in Very Good condition. We currently hold in stock over 100 other Argosy Short Story Magazine titles. Member of the P.B.F.A. SHORT STORIES (Novella).…

Condition: Very Good. First edition in publisher's original colour card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 7'' x 4¾''. Includes short stories by Geoffrey Household 'Three of Castile'; H. E. Bates 'The Yellow Crab'; Barry Joynson Cork 'Night Flight'; Joan Aiken 'A Leg Full of Rubies'; Gerald Kersh 'Budaful Pest'; Paul Gallico 'Chef d'Oeuvre'; Mary Stewart 'My Brother Michael (First Part)'. Minor rubbing of the paper to the spine ends and in Very Good condition. We currently hold in stock over 100 other Argosy Short Story Magazine titles. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATES, H. E. (1906-1974).…

Condition: Very Good. First edition in publisher's original colour card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 7'' x 4¾''. Includes short stories by Geoffrey Household 'Three of Castile'; H. E. Bates 'The Yellow Crab'; Barry Joynson Cork 'Night Flight'; Joan Aiken 'A Leg Full of Rubies'; Gerald Kersh 'Budaful Pest'; Paul Gallico 'Chef d'Oeuvre'; Mary Stewart 'My Brother Michael (First Part)'. Minor rubbing of the paper to the spine ends and in Very Good condition. We currently hold in stock over 100 other Argosy Short Story Magazine titles. Member of the P.B.F.A. SHORT STORIES (Novella).…

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Paperback Edition. Wraps; pp. 444, illustrated. From the library of the unparalleled Miss Lena Horne, an American performer and a brave advocate for civil rights. Inscribed to her by the author.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American Paperback Edition. The definitive biography of the greatest Black lyricist of the 20th Century. Andy Razaf was the lyricist of choice for the most esteemed Black songwriters of the prewar era in Harlem. His two closest collaborators were Fats Waller and Eubie Blake. From "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose" to "Memories of You," the words were Razaf's. He also composed with Waller what many regard as America's first race protest song, "Black and Blue."A New York Times Notable Book of the Year.This very good copy of the First American Paperback edition is signed by the author in ink on the title page. There is very light shelf wear and a lower edge remainder dot, else fine . 8vo (444 pages with index; black and white illustrations, photographs). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. No Jacket (as issued). First Edition. Singer Anne Murray graduated from the University of New Brunswick, in Fredericton, in 1966, and this yearbook contains four pictures of her, one slightly blurry on page 88 that shows her singing her little heart out, one on page 150 where she poses with the 26-0 UNB Red Bloomers basketball team (she was manager), a third (her graduation picture) on page 238, and the fourth, on page 272 (a page of advertisements), showing her singing to guitar accompaniment. Red/black faux leather and crest to front cover, the date (1966) in black to spine, 312 pages. A nice copy w/only light general wear. This is heavier than the average book, so additional postage may be required. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.…

Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American Edition. The definitive biography of the greatest Black lyricist of the 20th Century. Andy Razaf was the lyricist of choice for the most esteemed Black songwriters of the prewar era in Harlem. His two closest collaborators were Fats Waller and Eubie Blake. From "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose" to "Memories of You," the words were Razaf's. He also composed with Waller what many regard as America's first race protest song, "Black and Blue."A New York Times Notable Book of the Year.This is a virtually mint copy of the rare First American edition, in an unclipped dust jacket. It is signed in ink on the title page by the author. Signed.…

First Edition. Signed by the author Ray Bradbury and 29 other attendees of the 40th anniversary of Comic-Con International, the largest comic book and popular arts convention in the world. With the signatures of Mike Pasqua, Phil Yeh (with a drawing by him of a cat, a small heart, and Ô09), Janet Tait, Barry Short, Lance Geeck, Mark Stadler, Jim Valentino (with a caricature self portrait), David Scroggy (with a caricature self portrait), Dave Clark, Roger Freedman, Barry Alfonso, Jackie Estrada, Vicky Kelso-Goulart, Wendy All, Scott Shaw (with a caricature self portrait), Greg Bear, William R. Lund, Mike Towry, Richard Butner, Clayton A. Moore (twice and with a printed flyer laid-in signed by him in silver), Max Allan Collins, John ÔChrisÕ Christensen, Bill Mumy, Steve Leialoha, Beth Holley, Chris Sturhann, Mary Sturhann, Richard Alf, and Clydene Nee (ÓDene CycloneÓ). Oversize art book, 207 pages. Very minor bump to the boards at top of the spine, else mint in a mint bright dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with drawings, photographs, programs, comic book covers and drawings, movie posters and promotional materials, memorabilia, behind the scenes photos, and more. Comic-Con began in 1970 in San Diego and continues as a very special place for artists, fans, writers, celebrities, and other professionals to gather in celebration of all things wonderful in the world of comics, science fiction and fantasy, film, videos, anime, and fun. From Ray BradburyÕs foreword: ÒWhen I was in my late forties, I was asked to come down to San Diego to attend the first Comic-Con at the El Cortez Hotel. I was part of a group of about three hundred people, if you can believe that. The fascinating thing about this was that these people all loved illustration. We were all very happy being there and enjoying one anotherÕs company.Ó Accompanying Bradbury (who is featured extensively throughout the book) at that first gathering were such luminaries as A.E. van Vogt, Jack Kirby, and Forrest J Ackerman.…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Collection of 20 vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso of one photograph. Based on the 1951 short story "Mr. Morgan" from James Michener's short story collection "Return to Paradise," about Mr. Morgan (Gary Cooper), a drifter and soldier-of-fortune on a Pacific island that is a under the rule of Pastor Corbett (Barry Jones), a missionary. Morgan has a child out of wedlock with island native Maeva (Roberta Haynes), but leaves the island, and the young child, after Maeya's death. He returns years later in search of his daughter. A story set in the Pacific, shot on location in Samoa. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus to Near Fine, 6 with pinholes in margins, 5 with small closed tears, 2 with creasing in corners, 1 with 1 1/4" cut from bottom left corner, 1 with uniform fading.…

Five vintage reference photographs from the 1954 film noir. Based on the 1951 short story, "Cry Copper," by Gladys Atwater and J. Robert Bren. A police officer follows a suspect from California to Mexico, convinced of his guilt, despite a lack of evidence. Set in California and Mexico, shot on location in Reseda, CA and Tijuana, Mexico. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with minor damp-staining to the versos and two photographs with creases across the top right corner. Grant US. Silver and Ward Classic Noir.…