Brian Railsback (75 results)

hardcover, Condition: Very Good, University of Idaho Press, 1995, 1st., 8vo., cloth, 156pp., signed by author, F/F $.

Condition: acceptable. This book is in acceptable condition and may have highlighting and or writing throughout. The actual cover image may not match the stock photo, dust jacket may be damaged or missing. Book may show internal and or external wear on spine or cover and may be slightly skewed or have creased pages. This is a used book so codes may be invalid or accompanying media may be missing. May be an Ex library book with stickers and stamps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 9.06 X 5.98 X 0.87 inches.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This work is a study of Darwin's influence on one of America's most popular authors and covers the entire range of John Steinbeck's works from "Cup of Gold" (1929) to "America and Americans" (1966). The book explores how Darwin and Steinbeck defined what it is to be human. A bibliography and an index are included. Dust jacket is in mylar. This copy is clean and solid.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First Edition with full number line. Bound in light beige cloth with black lettering,156 pages, indexed. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Printing. Book is a clean tight unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Fourth printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages without any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Solid binding, text pristine and unmarked, looks like there may be some effect from humidity in the back, cover shows minimal shelfwear. Dust jacket shows some shelfwear on spine, otherwise like new.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. John Steinbeck was never content to repeat himself, and his restless search for new forms and fresh subject matter is fully evident in the books of his later years. This volume collects four novels that exhibit the full range of his gift, along with a travel book that has become one of his most enduringly popular works.In The Wayward Bus (1947), Steinbeck leads a group of ill-matched passengers representing a spectrum of social types and classes, stranded by a washed-out bridge, on a circuitous journey that exposes cruelties, self-deceptions, and unsuspected moral strengths. The tone ranges from boisterous comedy to trenchant satirical observation of postwar America. Burning Bright (1950), an allegory set against shifting backgrounds (circus, sea, farm) and revolving around the fear of sterility and the desire for self-perpetuation, marks Steinbecks involvement with the drama in its fusion of the forms of novel and play.Sweet Thursday (1954) marks Steinbecks return, in a mood of sometimes frothy comedy, to the characters and milieu of his earlier Cannery Row. A love story set against the background of the local brothel, the Bear Flag, Sweet Thursday is for all its intimations of melancholy one of the most lighthearted of Steinbecks books. It was subsequently adapted by Rodgers and Hammerstein into their musical Pipe Dream. Steinbecks final novel, The Winter of Our Discontent (1961) is set in an old Long Island whaling town modeled on Sag Harbor, where he had been spending time since 1953. The book breaks new ground in its depiction of the crass commercialism of contemporary America, and its impact on a protagonist with traditionalist values who is appalled but finally tempted by the encroaching sleaziness.Travels with Charley in Search of America (1962) was Steinbecks last published book. A record of his experiences and observations as he drove around America in a pickup truck, accompanied by his standard poodle Charley, it is filled with engaging, often humorous description and comes to a powerful climax in an encounter with racist demonstrators in New Orleans.LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nations literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, Americas best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries. The Library of American completes its authoritative four-volume John Steinbeck edition with this collection of the later works of an American master. It includes "The Wayward Bus," published in 1947 and spans his works through his last published book, 1962Us "Travels with Charley." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated first printing. Tight binding, clean interior. Brown boards with bright gold decoration, ribbon bookmark. Cream slipcase has minor bumps. Interior is unmarked. Includes collector's notes. The Wayward Bus, Burning Bright, Sweet Thursday, The Winter of Our Discontent, Travels with Charley in Search of America. 990 pages.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Very good, clean, tight condition - collector's "fine". First printing. Tan cloth in slipcase. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Slipcase edition issued without dust jacket.

Hardback. Condition: New. John Steinbeck was never content to repeat himself, and his restless search for new forms and fresh subject matter is fully evident in the books of his later years. This volume collects four novels that exhibit the full range of his gift, along with a travel book that has become one of his most enduringly popular works.In The Wayward Bus (1947), Steinbeck leads a group of ill-matched passengers representing a spectrum of social types and classes, stranded by a washed-out bridge, on a circuitous journey that exposes cruelties, self-deceptions, and unsuspected moral strengths. The tone ranges from boisterous comedy to trenchant satirical observation of postwar America. Burning Bright (1950), an allegory set against shifting backgrounds (circus, sea, farm) and revolving around the fear of sterility and the desire for self-perpetuation, marks Steinbeck's involvement with the drama in its fusion of the forms of novel and play.Sweet Thursday (1954) marks Steinbeck's return, in a mood of sometimes frothy comedy, to the characters and milieu of his earlier Cannery Row. A love story set against the background of the local brothel, the Bear Flag, Sweet Thursday is for all its intimations of melancholy one of the most lighthearted of Steinbeck's books. It was subsequently adapted by Rodgers and Hammerstein into their musical Pipe Dream. Steinbeck's final novel, The Winter of Our Discontent (1961) is set in an old Long Island whaling town modeled on Sag Harbor, where he had been spending time since 1953. The book breaks new ground in its depiction of the crass commercialism of contemporary America, and its impact on a protagonist with traditionalist values who is appalled but finally tempted by the encroaching sleaziness.Travels with Charley in Search of America (1962) was Steinbeck's last published book. A record of his experiences and observations as he drove around America in a pickup truck, accompanied by his standard poodle Charley, it is filled with engaging, often humorous description and comes to a powerful climax in an encounter with racist demonstrators in New Orleans.LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Condition: acceptable. A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Dust jacket may be missing. Pages can include considerable highlighting markings writing but cannot obscure the text. May be an Ex-lib. copy and have standard library stamps and or stickers. May NOT include discs, or access code or other supplemental material. We ship Monday-Saturday and respond to inquiries within 24 hours.

hardcover. Condition: New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

Condition: New. pp. 1125.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 2nd. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. John Steinbeck: Travels with Charley and Later Novels 1947-1962 (Loa #170): The Wayward Bus / Burning Bright / Sweet Thursday / The Winter of Our Disc. Book.

Hardcover. Notes by Robert DeMott and Brian Railsback. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering, ivory slipcase. xii, 990pp, (5pp ads). Decorative endpapers, sewn-in brown satin page marker. Fine/fine. Wonderfully tight and bright first of this LOA edition (volume 170), the full text of all five works. Publisher's explanatory leaflet laid in.

Hardcover. 4to. Condition: Very Good. Signed 1st edition. This first edition is signed by editor. Glossy boards are clean with straight edges and pointed corners. Spine is uncreased with straight edges. Trivial rub wear across the surface. Text block is square with some trivial markings on lower fore edge. Binding is secure. 482p. You can find Railsback's personalized inscription in blue ink on title page. Interior is otherwise unmarked with crisp white pages through out.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Condition: New. 2007. hardcover. . . . . .

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.