Edgar Robbins (69 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Paperback. Condition: New. Step right up to see the enchanted Ferris wheel whose magical gifts are to die for! Marvel at the man-eating menagerie and dreadful secrets of 'Satan's Circus'! Behold the nightmare waxworks of Mrs. Groby's Chamber of Horrors!Carnivals and sideshows are settings closely entwined with the history of horror cinema, but in the realms of literature, there is a strain of uncanny fairground fiction with even deeper roots. Home to a sinister troupe of conjurers, puppeteers, beast tamers and crowds baying for blood beneath the Big Top, the performance spaces of these classic weird tales are borderlands where the unearthly meets the darker cravings of the human heart.Presenting sixteen sensational short stories, hailing from Edgar Allan Poe's 1840s through to Robert Aickman's 1960s, Edward Parnell invites you to enjoy a cavalcade of uneasy thrills courtesy of Gerald Kersh, Ray Bradbury, Margery Lawrence and many more.

Paperback. Condition: New. Step right up to see the enchanted Ferris wheel whose magical gifts are to die for! Marvel at the man-eating menagerie and dreadful secrets of 'Satan's Circus'! Behold the nightmare waxworks of Mrs. Groby's Chamber of Horrors!Carnivals and sideshows are settings closely entwined with the history of horror cinema, but in the realms of literature, there is a strain of uncanny fairground fiction with even deeper roots. Home to a sinister troupe of conjurers, puppeteers, beast tamers and crowds baying for blood beneath the Big Top, the performance spaces of these classic weird tales are borderlands where the unearthly meets the darker cravings of the human heart.Presenting sixteen sensational short stories, hailing from Edgar Allan Poe's 1840s through to Robert Aickman's 1960s, Edward Parnell invites you to enjoy a cavalcade of uneasy thrills courtesy of Gerald Kersh, Ray Bradbury, Margery Lawrence and many more.

Trade Paperback. Condition: USED Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 76 pp. Small 4to. Green cloth over boards, illustrated with photographic plates, map, fold out Panoramic view of the Northern Wall of the El Rito De Los Frijoles Canyon.Age toning and scattered foxing, mild edge wear to boards, clean. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. With water dampness staining and loose leaves This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Green cloth boards. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 54. 11 plates including fold outs, 2 illustrations and bibliography. 76 pages. Former owners small address label on front end paper otherwise FINE.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages browned. Owner's name on endpaper, 15˘ stamped on endpaper in red. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 76 pages.

Cloth. Condition: G/No Dustjacket. Black & White Photographs (illustrator). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. G/No Dustjacket. 1913. . Cloth. Sm 4to., 77 pp., rubbed, bumped, frayed, page toning, ink stamp on pastedown .

Condition: New. In.

First Edition. Bulletin 54. Pea Green cloth. Spine stamped in gilt. tall 8vo. 77pages. Eleven plates including a foldout panoramic photo and full page photo plates on slick paper. Two figures. Owner's blindstamp on title page. near Fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin #54. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 76 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Tall octavo. 76pp. Illustrated, including a fold-out panoramic photographic plate. Long creased tear on the fold-out plate, dampstained pages and boards with worn and bumped edges, good only. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 54.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 54, a near fine copy in green cloth binding, no DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: NEAR FINE. First Edition. 76pp. 8vo, green cloth, gilt stamped spine lettering, both covers ruled in blind. BW plates, including foldout. Owner's name to FFEP, very clean and sharp otherwise.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 76pp. Illustrated, including a fold-out panoramic photographic plate. Ex-Boston Society of Natural History (courtesy of the bureau), small blind stamps on plates and title page with neat bookplate on front pastedown. Tiny stains on the cover with a darkened spine, very good. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 54.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Tall octavo. 76pp. Illustrated, including a fold-out panoramic photographic plate. Bumping at edges and crown, modest rubbing and tiny impressions on cover, very good. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 54.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. 76pp. Illustrated, including a fold-out panoramic photograph. Spine head with a short tear, one leaf témoin (improperly trimmed, leaving a corner folded with slightly larger margins there), else a near fine copy. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 54.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 76pp; Bibliography; b/w plates and maps. Contents clean, tight, textually unmarked. Owner's bookplate affixed on front blank endpaper. No library stamps or labels. Original olive-green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on spine.

8vo, 22.8cm. Pp. 76, fold. panoramic photogr. frontisp., 9 plates of photos, 1 sketch map, notes & refs., bibliogr. Orig. cloth. Fine.

Hard cover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. slight bumping to head and heel, owners stamp inside front 76 p., 11 leaves of plates (1 folded): ill., map; 25 cm. Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology); 54. Native American legal materials collection; title 2064. Bibliography: p. 71-76.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 76 pages, 11 leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, folded panoramic view ; 24 cm. Bulletin (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology), 54, 62nd Congress, no. 1233. Contents: The Rio Grande Valley / by Edgar Lee Hewett Geology and topography / by Junius Henderson Climate and evidence of climatic changes / by Junius Henderson and Wilfred William Robbins.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. In original pale green cloth gilt, cloth patchily faded. Pages are in fine condition - no inscriptions.

Paperback. Condition: New. Step right up to see the enchanted Ferris wheel whose magical gifts are to die for! Marvel at the man-eating menagerie and dreadful secrets of 'Satan's Circus'! Behold the nightmare waxworks of Mrs. Groby's Chamber of Horrors!Carnivals and sideshows are settings closely entwined with the history of horror cinema, but in the realms of literature, there is a strain of uncanny fairground fiction with even deeper roots. Home to a sinister troupe of conjurers, puppeteers, beast tamers and crowds baying for blood beneath the Big Top, the performance spaces of these classic weird tales are borderlands where the unearthly meets the darker cravings of the human heart.Presenting sixteen sensational short stories, hailing from Edgar Allan Poe's 1840s through to Robert Aickman's 1960s, Edward Parnell invites you to enjoy a cavalcade of uneasy thrills courtesy of Gerald Kersh, Ray Bradbury, Margery Lawrence and many more.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardback. 56pp. Illus. This is a modern rebind of the original text, nicely done, Comes with a facsimile dust-wrapper, not so well done. Private ownership. Firm binding. Contents complete and in very good condition. (BS7).

Condition: Good. Sheet Music. Folio. 8 pp. Soft Covers, Good with small tears, edges wear, slight staining. Former owner's stamp on cover. Illustrated cover.

Condition: Good. Sheet Music. 4to. 6 pp. Soft Covers, Very Good. Illustrated cover. First Edition.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Edition. 77 pages. With (folding) plates & mao. Slight wear to spine, covers & corners. Some pages slightly browned. Slight wear to spine, covers & corners. ; Octavo (standard book size).

Fine. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket. 54 pages with illustrations. Founder of the Paston family famous for their archive of letters written during tudor times. A Very Good copy with patchy fading to covers in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Pictures available.