Eckels Jon (20 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 11 Short Stories. Featured are Collecting Ackermans by Lawrence Block, Laughing Chz by William Bankier, Two in a Sandcastle by Barbara Callahan, Conversation Between Floors by Jeffry Scott, Snow From the South by Robert Edward Eckels, The Clara Long Case by Jon L Breen, Mr. Morby's Murder Method by SS Rafferty, A Deadly Combination by CF Griffin, The Ginseng Root by Lawrence Treat, Second Chance by Edward D Hoch and Thicker Than Blood by Carroll Mayers. Age toning to the pages. Light rubbing to the cover. In Very Good Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 13 Short Stories. Featured are The Happy Brotherhood by Michael Gilbert, Her Heart's Home by Mary McMullen, The Dead Past by Thomas Walsh, Account Settled by Robert Edward Eckels, Sister, Are You There? by Jane Windle Paynter, The Firebox by David Thomas, Motivation in Any Language by Mickey Lanford, The Rose Murders by EX Ferrars, The Weed Killer by David Ely, The Last of the Cotters by ED Boylan, The Drowning Icecube by Jon L Breen, Gone Girl by Ross Macdonald and the Theft of Nothing at All by Edward D Hoch. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 13 short stories. Featured are The Happy Brotherhood by Michael Gilbert, Her Heart's Home by Mary McMullen, The Dead Past by Thomas Walsh, Account Settled by Robert Edward Eckels, Sister, Are You There? Jane Windle Paynter, The Firebox by David Thomas, Motivation in Any Language by Mickey Lanford, The Rose Murders by E.X. Ferrars, The Weed Killer by David Ely, The Last of the Cotters by E.D. Boylan, The Drowning Icecube by Jon L. Breen, Gone Girl by Ross MacDonald, The Theft of Nothing At All by Edward D. Hoch. The Ross MacDonald story was originally published in 1953 under the Kenneth Millar. Moisture ring to the front cover. In fair condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Nice book, tight and square with bright covers and spine, clean unmarked interior. Sturdy binding. Jacket with shelfwear.

Wraps. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. 1st printing, 1981. Digest-sized. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "The Dark Saga" (short novel) by Hugh Pentecost; "The Door in the Wall" by H. G. Wells; "The Spy at the Crime Writers Congress" by Edward D. Hoch; "Baskets of Apples and Roses" by Victor Canning; "The Couple Next Door" by Joyce Harrington; "The Palindrome Syndrome" by Charlene Weir; "F As in Frame-Up" by Lawrence Treat; "The Great Bread Swindle" by Robert Edward Eckels; "Raffles on the Riviera" by Barry Perowne; "Needle in the Heart" by Richard Matheson; "The Mutilated Scholar" by James Holding; "Treasure Trove" by Berkely Mather; "The Flying Thief of Oz" by Jon L. Breen; "Never to Be Lost Again" by Jean Darling; "The Talking Tree" by George Sumner Albee; "The Tale of Djemal" by Patricia Highsmith; "The Kumquats Affair" by Francis M. Nevins, Jr.; "The Adventure of the Honest Swindler" by Ellery Queen; "Miss Phipps Discovers America" by Phyllis Bentley. Creasing; rubbing; corner wear; tanning. Magazine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. --- Oct, 1973 issue. --- Crime stories including authors: ---- Philip MacDonald / Edward D. Hoch / Robert Twohy / William Bankier / Lillian de la Torre / Josh Pachter /Kelly H. Blau / Junius T. Podrug / Henry T. Parry / Jon L. Breen / Robert Rdward Eckels / Michael Gilbert / Florence V. Mayberry / Gerald Kersh / Hugh Pentecost. . .See photos for additional content. . .

unknown_binding. Condition: Good.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good-. 1st printing, 1981. Digest-sized. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "The Dark Saga" (short novel) by Hugh Pentecost; "The Door in the Wall" by H. G. Wells; "The Spy at the Crime Writers Congress" by Edward D. Hoch; "Baskets of Apples and Roses" by Victor Canning; "The Couple Next Door" by Joyce Harrington; "The Palindrome Syndrome" by Charlene Weir; "F As in Frame-Up" by Lawrence Treat; "The Great Bread Swindle" by Robert Edward Eckels; "Raffles on the Riviera" by Barry Perowne; "Needle in the Heart" by Richard Matheson; "The Mutilated Scholar" by James Holding; "Treasure Trove" by Berkely Mather; "The Flying Thief of Oz" by Jon L. Breen; "Never to Be Lost Again" by Jean Darling; "The Talking Tree" by George Sumner Albee; "The Tale of Djemal" by Patricia Highsmith; "The Kumquats Affair" by Francis M. Nevins, Jr.; "The Adventure of the Honest Swindler" by Ellery Queen; "Miss Phipps Discovers America" by Phyllis Bentley. Creasing; rubbing; mild tanning. Magazine.

Paperback. Condition: Like New. SIGNED BY AUTHOR + MESSAGE. This copy is LIKE NEW; the text is clear, bright, and unmarked; binding is tight. Apparent first edition (not noted but earliest appearance of book). STATED FIRST PRINTING. The covers are also LN: absolutely intact, including perfect color and design, but slight wear to front and corners. We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate. We guarantee: NO NASTY SURPRISES. Inscribed By Author & Signed.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1970; illustrated paper covers with stapled binding; wear and discoloration around edges; corners are lightly bumped; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 25 pages.

Hardcover. iv, 60p., collection by the African American author, Very good in somewhat rubbed dust jacket with an old price sticker on the rear panel.

Hardcover. iv, 60p., very good first edition in cloth boards and somewhat rubbed dj. Bears a cancel address for Firesign (to Stanford, where Eckels taught), African American poet from Northern California. Back panel of this copy displays an author portrait whereas another first printing displays a poem instead (no priority known); also, both issues have cover-panel portraits and these differ.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 64pp. Stapled wrappers. Wrappers split at the spine, lightly age-toned, corners creased, about very good. A Journal of Black Studies and Research. Featuring articles by Robert Chrisman, William H. McClendon, Walter D. Myers. Poetry by Jon Eckels.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Moisture wrinkling to dust jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near Fine copy in white stapled wrappers printed in black. Toning around spine, with owner's stamps to front and rear inside covers. 44p. Black culture verse, revolutionary in spirit. Q08905.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Publisher: Broadside Press, 1969, FAIR, Soft Cover, 25 pp.cover wear/crease & discoloration. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Gd. condition: Poetry by Jon Eckels . (B81516ml). Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the reverse of the preface, with a short inscription, and dated 9-15-69. This is a larger than trade sized paperback book, with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The white covers have some toning and edge wear to the edges of the book covers. There is one small scribble mark to the top front panel. The text pages are clean and bright. Laid in is a single sheet of paper (folded once) showing the "General Group Structuring in WASP America." " Jon B. Eckels Eckels wrote 14 volumes of poetry. His Sing When the Spirit Says Sing: Selected & New Poems 1960-1990, won an American Book Award in 2000 from the Before Columbus Foundation, and his Home Is Where the Soul Is, published by the influential Broadside Press, is considered one of the seminal works of the Black Arts Movement. After completing his MDiv, in 1966, at the Pacific School of Religion, Eckels earned a master's degree in literature from Stanford University. He served as an instructor of English, American literature, poetry, and creative writing at Mills College and Merritt College in Oakland, CA. (where he contributed to the development of the "new" curriculum) ; pastored United Methodist Churches in California and New York; and published more than a dozen books including Fire Sign and Our Business in the Streets. The phrase "Western Syphilization" appeared in "Home Is Where the Soul Is". An ordained minister in the United Methodist Church (UMC) , Eckels pastored UMC churches in California and New York. Eckels has been a human rights activist since the 1960s and has spoken and read around the nation and the world." (African American Literature Book Club website) ; Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 16pp (stapled self-cover). An exceptionally well-preserved copy of a Civil Rights themed publication from late 1967 (or early 1968), published in association with the Unitarian Universalist Project East Bay in Oakland and Emeryville. Includes a short piece urging readers to "Support the Huey P. Newton Defense Fund" as well as writing by adults and children intended to inform a suburban audience about conditions in the inner city. Not Signed.

Staplebound. Condition: vg/vg+ with minute edgewear. 1st. Very scarce first issue of this long-running magzine devoted to black poets and artists. The first issue was publised 8 years before the second. Edited by Nate Mackey and others.