Edited by John Carter (45 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good condition. Minimal wear. Clean and all intact. No writing or marking. Not Ex-Library.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First Plume Books Trade Paperback Edition/First Printing, November 2019. Softcover. 132 pages with some black & white photographs. A collection of never-before-published poems and the words that inspired him by Johnny Cash. With an introduction by the poet, Paul Muldoon, and foreword by John Carter Cash. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Publication: Fantastic Adventures, Vol. 12 No. 5 May 1950 Editor: Howard Browne Date: 1950 Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company Pages: 164 Format: Pulp Type: Magazine Cover: "The Mental Assassins" by H. J. Blumenfeld Contents (view Concise Listing) The Mental Assassins . novelette by Rog Phillips [as by Gregg Conrad] artwork by Harold W. McCauley [as by H. W. McCauley] Teleported Invasion . short story by Carter T. Wainwright The Grav-Dancers . short story by H. R. Stanton Elementals of Jedar . novelette by Robert W. Krepps [as by Geoff St. Reynard] artwork by Rod Ruth Best-Dressed Man-1980 . short story by William Karney "Pi-Romaniacs" . essay by Henry Bott [as by Charles Recour] Vanguard of the Lost . novelette by John D. MacDonald artwork by Julian S. Krupa Fido . short story by Mack Reynolds artwork by Julian S. Krupa The Mine-Layer . short story by Milton Matthew "Quiet - Please!" . essay by A. T. Kedzie Saboteur . . short story by J. R. Marks 88 . The Remarkable Flirgleflip .novelette by William Tenn artwork by Leo Summers [as by Leo Ramon Summers] Spawn of Darkness . short story by Rog Phillips [as by Craig Browning] artwork by Edmond Swiatek Heli-Taxi . short story by Sandy Miller The Monument . short story by Jon Barry Vampire's Paradise . essay by L. A. Burt The Trumpet . short story by J. J. Allerton artwork by Rod Ruth The Man and the Neutrons . short story by Walter Lathrop Birds of a Feather . short story by Berkeley Livingston [as by Lester Barclay] artwork by Henry Sharp Mr. Merriman's Mad Mix-Up . short story by Lynn Standish And the Rains Came . . short story by Dan Corliss The Dopesters . short story by Lee Owen [as by Lee Owens] The Witch of Adonai . short story by Lee Owen [as by Lee Owens] And much more. See the contents page photo. A Good copy with a 1-inch tear to the lower edge of the front cover, wear and creasing to covers, small tears and creasing to edges, light chipping, and tears to spine ends. A small hole to the front cover at "May". Light toning to pages. See Photos mag 30 //E. Cover art "The Mental Assassins" by H. J. Blumenfeld (illustrator). …

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Chicago: 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], 162 pages, illustrated. Includes "The Shades of Toffee" by Charles F. Meyers, "Operation Decoy" by Walt Sheldon, "Luvver" by Mack Reynolds, "The Man Who Would Not Burn" by Paul Lohrman, "The Mechanical Genius" by Gilbert Grant, etc. A very good copy with small edge tears, light toning to the paper. See Photos mag 30/ E. cover by Robert Gibson Jones (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Chicago / New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company , Chicago / New York: 1951 First edition. Vintage Pulp. 130 pages, illustrated. Includes "The Terrible Puppets" by Paul W. Fairman, "Mission Accomplished" by Robert Moore Williams, "The Catspaw" by John McGreevey, "The Secret of John Marsh" by William P. McGivern, "Dark Benediction" by Walter M. Miller Jr, etc. Contents page in Photos cover art by Robert Gibson Jones A very good copy with small edge tears, light dust soiling, text lightly toned. See Photos mag 21 /e. cover art by Robert Gibson Jones (illustrator).…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company , Chicago ,1951. First edition Vintage Pulp magazine in Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], 130 pages, illustrated. Includes "Excalibur and the Atom" by Theodore Sturgeon, "With This Ring" by Dallas Ross, "The Spoilers of Lern" by Clee Garson, "Everybody Loves Irving Bommer" by William Tenn, "The Man With the Clutching Hand" by Paul W. Fairman, "Very Cold for Conquest" by P. F. Costello, etc. A very good copy with small edge tears and light dust soiling , text lightly toned. See Photos Mag 30 / E. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Chicago / New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company , Chicago / New York: 1951 First edition. Vintage Pulp. 130 pages, illustrated. Includes "The Terrible Puppets" by Paul W. Fairman, "Mission Accomplished" by Robert Moore Williams, "The Catspaw" by John McGreevey, "The Secret of John Marsh" by William P. McGivern, "Dark Benediction" by Walter M. Miller Jr, etc. Contents page in Photos cover art by Robert Gibson Jones. A very good copy with small edge tears, light dust soiling, text lightly toned. See Photos mag 30. cover art by Robert Gibson Jones (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: As New. First. Appears to be Unread and unopened! A near fine copy and near find dust jacket. Has a birthday inscription on front flyleaf. See photos! More available.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. previous owner's bookplate on fep, otherwise textblock is clean and tight; lightly to moderately shelf worn; no dust jacket; 128p., including index. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Plates (illustrator). Hard Cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 18th Printing by Publisher. 190 pages >> Edge wear to covers; Minor indents & surface scratching to front cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. John Holmes cover art. (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. States "First published 1934." Original price has been clipped from bottom of (pale sea green) jacket front flap. but a new U.S. price of $3.00 has been stamped to top of flap. Probably best known for editor Carter's seminal essay on collecting "Detective Stories," though David A. Randall also contributes "American First Editions, 1930-1933," in which he properly notes Hemingway, Faulkner and Robert Frost, while somewhat famously managing to overlook F. Scott Fitzgerald (feel free to send us your unwanted early copies of "Gatsby"), Dashiell Hammett (ditto "Maltese Falcon" -- though Carter misses Hammett, as well), L. Frank Baum, Edgar Rice Burroughs, etc. Jacket rear panel advertises John Carter and Graham Pollard's "An Enquiry Into The Nature of Certain XIX Century Pamphlets," which the publishers trumpet as "The greatest bibliographical sensation ever known in England" -- a claim for that piece of shocking literary detective work which was not overstated. Dust jacket considerably age-browned to spine; 294 pp. including Index. Now reduced from $87.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 397 pp., xiii. Stated: "First published by Verso 1998". Following the Acknowledgments and Editor's Preface, "The Real Utopias Project" and Introduction, Contents divided into 6 Parts and 16 Essays: Part I : A PROPOSAL FOR EGALITARIAN MARKETS : (1) New Rules for Markets, States and Communities"; Part II : GENERAL ASSESSMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL (2) Daniel M. Hausman, "Problems with Supply-side Egalitarianism"; (3) Eric Olin Wright, "Equality, Community, and ' Efficient Redistribution ' "; (4) Elaine McCrate, "Which Norms? How much Gain? Two Reasons to Limit Markets"; (5) Elinor Ostrom, "Norms and Efficiency"; (6) Andrew Levine, "Efficiency Politics"; Part II : SPECIFIC INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS (7) Harry Brighouse, "School Choice: Theoretical Considerations"; (8) David M. Gordon, "Conflict and Cooperation: An Empirical Glimpse of the Imperatives of Efficiency and Redistribution"; (9) Paula England, "How Do We Support Children?"; Part IV : CRITICISMS OF THE ECONOMIC MODEL (10) John E. Roemer, " The Limits of Private-property-based Egalitarianism"; (11) Karl Ove Moene and Michael Wallerstein, "Redistribution of Assets Versus Redistribution of Income"; (12) Peter Skott, "The Crisis of Egalitarian Policy and the Promises of Asset-based Redistribution"; Part V : EXTENSIONS OF THE ECONOMIC MODEL (13) Steven Durlauf, "Associational Redistribution: A Defense"; (14) Ugo Pagano, "Redistributions of Assets and Distributions of Asymmetric Information"; (15) Michael R. Carter, "On the Economics of Realizing and Sustaining the Efficient Redistribution of Productive Assets"; (16) Ksrla Hoff, "Market Failures and the Distribution of Wealth: A Perspective from the Economics of Information"; Part VI : RECONSIDERATIONS (17) Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, "Recasting Egalitarianism". Teal and black wrappers with Title lettering partly in light teal over medium teal and medium teal over black at middle front cover, cover being divided in half with the medium teal and black contrast; Author names in small white letters over black at lower left front cover;, just aove Editor name in light gray over black adjacent to list of discussants in light gray over black down lower half front cover on right. Tiny, incipient outward curls at corners; soft crease at top edge 1/2" away from corner fading into nothingness, but leaving a soft crease impact on first 15 pp (NO interference with text); 5" diagonal crease (2 3/16" away from bottom right front cover corner and down 5" from top right corner: LONGTIME FLAT, FIRM, NOT FLOPPY): describes much worse than it is, but there you have it: else Fine. Tight binding (NO cracks); square corners; NO remainder marks; NO rubbing wear down edges; NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. SOLID COPY.…

Single issue magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company Publisher. 1934. First Edition Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], 144 pages, illustrated. Includes the fifth of six parts of "The Naked Blade" by George Challis AKA Max Brand, the first of four parts of "Jungle Girl" by H. Bedford-Jones, "Roll and Go" by Robert Carse, "The Knight in Crimson" by Donald Barr Chidsey, "Another Man's Poison" by Douglas Leach, "Supersition's the Bunk" by Charles Victor Knox, etc. A very good copy with shallow tearing to the spine ends, usual edgewear to the cover, text paper tanning/tanned. See Photos mag12. Cover art by Paul Stahr (illustrator).…

SingIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Springfield, MA / New York, NY: Best Books Inc. 1950 First edition Vintage Pulp magazine in Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.75"], 162 pages, illustrated and with stories by Edmond Hamilton, Festus Pragnell, J. Harvey Haggard, Anthony Rud, Raymond Z. Gallun, Carter Sprague, Stanley G. Weinbaum, John Russell Fearn, Robert Arthur, Poul Anderson, Gordon Dickson with cover by Earle K. Bergey with interior art work by Virgil Finlay. Light colored staining to/around the spine heel else VG+ copy [shallow chipping to the spine heel, usual edge wear and a few short tears to the cover, light upper corner creasing, text paper toned as usual. See Photo bx 427. cover by Earle K. Bergey with interior art work by Virgil Finlay (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. xxi, 353 pages. Condition is Very Good; Very light wear to covers, text and illustrations are very clean, binding is tight. STK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. States "First published 1934." Shows original price on "10/- net" to bottom of (pale sea green) jacket front flap; jacket front panel shows a water stain. Faint emerald top stain. Probably best known for editor Carter's seminal essay on collecting "Detective Stories," though David A. Randall also contributes "American First Editions, 1930-1933," in which he properly notes Hemingway, Faulkner and Robert Frost, while somewhat famously managing to overlook F. Scott Fitzgerald (feel free to send us your unwanted early copies of "Gatsby"), Dashiell Hammett (ditto "Maltese Falcon" -- though Carter misses Hammett, as well), L. Frank Baum, Edgar Rice Burroughs, etc. Jacket rear panel advertises John Carter and Graham Pollard's "An Enquiry Into The Nature of Certain XIX Century Pamphlets," which the publishers trumpet as "The greatest bibliographical sensation ever known in England" -- a claim for that piece of shocking literary detective work which was not overstated. As mentioned, dust jacket shows a 4-inch dampstain to front panel; 294 pp. including Index. Reduced from $52.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Near Fine. First edition. Page edges a bit foxed, cover slightly splayed, spine ends lightly bumped, very good in a near fine dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine and mild edgewear. A collection of 10 stories, published here for the first time, with contributions by Orson Scott Card, John Kessel, Carter Scholz, Sydelle Shamah, Joseph V. Francavilla, Bruce Taylor, Peter Santiago C., Stephen W. Potts, Marta Randall and Felix C. Gotschalk.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Endpapers a bit faded, page edges lightly foxed, boards slightly splayed, very good in an about very good dust jacket with moderate, uneven sunning to the rear panel, dampstains with slight wrinkling, and light edgewear. A collection of 10 stories, published here for the first time, with contributions by Orson Scott Card, John Kessel, Carter Scholz, Sydelle Shamah, Joseph V. Francavilla, Bruce Taylor, Peter Santiago C., Stephen W. Potts, Marta Randall and Felix C. Gotschalk.…

Green Cloth. Condition: Near Fine (NEAR NEW). Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD (AVERAGE). This is the first edition. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Ronald Maddox. (illustrator). Not Signed or Inscribed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 4th Impression: 1966. 306 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Occassional pen markings on text. Dust jacket shows moderate wear in around places.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Reprint. Octavo. 294pp. Edited and with an introduction by John Carter. Trifle worn, still a fine copy, without dustwrapper. Includes essays by John T. Winterich, Michael Sadleir, Graham Pollard, and others. Originally published in 1934.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. Dust Jacket Condition: Brand New. 1st Printing, 1992. 330 pp. Book and dj are in pristine state.

Condition: Very Good. 1983. Hardcover. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 96 pages. 7.80x4.88x0.55 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Very Good. 1983. Hardcover. Good clean copy with some shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good. . . . .

Original Brown Cloth Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1981. xxxiv, 351pp. B&W images. "In addition to recording daily events, Latrobe made observations on a wide variety of topics, from the origins of yellow fever to slavery and black music in New Orleans". Chapters include: The Philadelphia years, the Washington Years, and the New Orleans Years. Dust jacket has some wear to edges and top and bottom of spine with some minor loss to bottom of spine; with some small closed tears to corners and top of spine, no loss. Few rub marks to spine and upper panel; not price-clipped. Book has gilt titles to spine and upper board. Boards bowed slightly. Very mild foxing to edges. Otherwise in vg+ condition with no inscriptions. This is a heavy book and extra postage is required for non-UK customers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. No dust jacket. ; Possibly inscribed by the author, signature not fully legible.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Paperback. Paperback. Foxing to front cover and edge. Couple of small tears to edge of cover. Contents: Medieval Books. Portrait of a Bibliophile XV. Alfred Charles De Rochschild 1842-1918. The Shape of Things to Come? Some Uncollected Authors XLV - Edward Young in Translation III. English Bookbindings LXXVII. Foreign Bookbinding X. News and Comment. Bibliographical Notes and Queries. Book Reviews. 303 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Very good/near fine copy in original wrappers. Some very light dust soiling to covers but no creases or marks evident. The staples are rusty but not affecting the text. Included poems by Carter published in the same year as her first novel.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Trade Paperback. Trade Paperback. Previous owners name to inside cover. This unique publication, the second in an annual series, presents a synthesis of Britain's major bird monitoring programmes. it is in effect a national bird report for 1990 and the following winter together with a conservation review showing the way active birdwatchers have contributed to conservation in modern Britain. it audits the changes in our bird populations in relation to our management of the environment and gives pointers for work needed to clarify cause and effect. This book has been written to meet the demands of birdwatchers, ornithologists, conservationists, land planners, ecologists and all those interested in the countryside and its wildlife. This book is organised into three sections: 22 contirbutions assess recent conservation successes and failures. 19 contributions report on individual projects that make up Britain's bird monitoring programme, including not only the full range of BTO schemes but also the National Waterfowl Counts, the Red Kite re-introduction programme and many others. Species accounts collated from a variety of sources, for a variety of species including breeding birds, winter visitors and migrants. Illustrated. 200 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…