Cox Beck (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Beck, Tammi (illustrator). May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:0471903884.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. 96 pp. General wear. This issue contains: Phantom Scourge of Skull Valley by Walt Coburn; Derringer Diplomat by Tom W. Blackburn; Stop That Hellfire Texican by William R. Cox; Mail for the Hangman by Joseph Chadwick; Shotgun Gal by Art Lawson; Mantrap at Mud Creek by Morgan Lewis; War Hits Showdown Valley by Marvin L. De Vries; Mission for Villa by John Beck; Hero of Horsethief Basin by Joe Payne; Boothill Can Wait by Carl Broderick; and Code of the Trapper Clan by The Editor. Size: 4to. Book.

Digest. Very Good to Near Fine condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Morris Scott Dollens (illustrator). 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Roy Squires, 1951. Volume 5, No. 4, the September, 1951 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Morris Scott Dollens. Octavo, stapled wraps, 23 numbered pages. Near Fine copy, faint age toning, crease at lower bottom right. See scan. A high grade, very sharp, undamaged example. The classic sci-fi fanzine; essays, opinion, ads, book lists, book reviews. In this issue, the offerings are from editor Roy Squires, Clyde Beck ("Cybernetics, Science Fiction, and Survival"), Arthur J. Cox (a review of Robert A. Heinlein's "Between Planets'"), and Stewart Kemble ("Those Critical Standards").and many other short features - all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, by intent, but mostly on Science Fiction by execution at this time. L-pr1.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Morris Scott Dollens (illustrator). 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Roy Squires, 1951. Volume 5, No. 4, the November, 1951 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Morris scott Dollens. Octavo, stapled wraps, 23 numbered pages. Fine copy, faint age toning, else flawless. See scan. A high grade, very sharp, undamaged example. The classic sci-fi fanzine; essays, opinion, ads, book lists, book reviews. In this issue, the offerings are from editor Roy Squires, Clyde Beck ("Cybernetics, Science Fiction, and Survival"), Arthur J. Cox (a review of Robert A. Heinlein's "Between Planets'"), and Stewart Kemble ("Those Critical Standards").and many other short features - all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, by intent, but mostly on Science Fiction by execution at this time. L-pr1.

Hardcover. Condition: As new. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. Beck, Ian Archie; Smithson, Helen (illustrator). First thus. When we acquired these two Folio Society volumes, in as-new condition, it only made sense to market them together. After all, both the authors are noted English wits separated by less than a generation, both gained fame as playwrights but also worked in other literary forms, and both of them are gay icons. More particularly to these books, they are bound in such a way that they look like they belong together as parts of a series (even if they weren't officially published as such), and are edited in such a way as to provide an overview of the authors' careers in the form of extracts. They were published in 1997 and 1996, respectively. "The Wit of Oscar Wilde" is edited by Merlin Holland, Wilde's own grandson, who is widely respected as a sympathetic, but not uncritical, authority on Wilde. He created chapters according to genre and wrote an introduction to each one: essays, stories, "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (Wilde's only novel), the plays, and a final chapter of works written while Wilde was in prison and immediately upon release that Holland titles "De Profundis" after the name of the first work. Each chapter begins with an introduction by Holland, an epigram by Wilde, and except for the last chapter, ends with one of Wilde's short poems. There are many black-and-white woodblock-like illustrations throughout by Ian Archie Beck, with more illustrations covering the binding. "The Cream of Noel Coward," edited by Michael Cox, with a preface by Graham Payn and Sheridan Morley, follows much the same pattern. Cox arranged his book chronologically instead of by topic, with most chapters dedicated to decades from the 1920s through the 1970s. He mostly includes acts and speeches from plays and films Cowards wrote and the lyrics of songs, but there are also some essays, poems, and bits of biography. The complete script of the play "Private Lives," still one of Coward's most popular pieces of theater, is included. Whereas the illustrations for the Wilde book were many and small, the illustrations by Helen Smithson here are fewer but in the form of full-page prints and seem to have something of a surrealist bent. Again, they carry over to the book cover. As new, unread. Both are bound in gold-colored cloth and show no signs of wear or damage to the boards or spine. All is tight and square. Illustrations wrap around the covers and spine, printed in black. Spine lettering is also printed in black. The books do not have dust jackets but instead have sturdy slipcases which also show no wear or damage, covered in paper the same color as the book cloth. The text blocks are impeccably clean and undamaged, printed on fine paper in Dante with Gill Sans Extra Condensed. These would be fine gifts for those who are already fans, or a good introduction for those who have wondered what all the fuss is about.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Morris Scott Dollens (illustrator). 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Roy Squires, 1951. Volume 5, No. 3, the September, 1951 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Morris Scott Dollens. Octavo, stapled wraps, 38 numbered pages. Near Fine copy, notable toning at margins, else flawless. See scan. A high grade, very sharp, undamaged example. Mid-run issue of the thrice-titled classic sci-fi fanzine (Fantasy Advertiser, then Science Fiction Advertiser, then Inside and Science Fiction Advertiser); essays, opinion, ads, book lists, book reviews. In this issue, the offerings are from editor Roy Squires, Morris Scott Dollens with a self-illustrated piece, "Evolution of Science Fiction Art", Arthur J. Cox ("Astounding's Science Fiction: Some Changes in Form"), and reviews by Malcolm W. Ferguson, Clyde Beck, Russell A. Leadabrand, Carolyn Gaybard, George D. Martindale, and Neil Barron of such titles as The Moon is Hell (Joseph W. Campbell, Jr.), Renaissance (Raymond F. Jones), Rogue Queen (L. Sprague de Camp) and The Green Hills of Earth (Robert A, Heinlein).and of course much else - all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, by intent, but mostly on Science Fiction by execution at this time. L-pr1.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 555 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: New.