Edited Introduction Olson (9 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Published in 1999 by Academy Chicago Pub. 214 + pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Sarah Olson (Cover Design) (illustrator). …

Condition: FINE. First American edition. Considered one of the most remarkable pictures of the period, incredibly detailed and astute, originally published in 3 volumes in 1968. Harold Nicolson was a member of Parliament from 1935 to 1945; a junior minister in Churchill's wartime government; a well-known writer, journalist and broadcaster; and the husband of the poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West. While this is a one-volume abridgement, but it also includes additional previously unpublished extracts from his letters and diaries. Index. 436 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.…

First edition Fine and bright blue boards with gilt titles in very close to fine dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Quite handsome all around. Very fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. The complete correspondence. A lovely volume all around. New and bright all around, gift quality.…

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, 436pp, frontispiece, slight foxing on page edges, text clean and binding sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0689110979.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First American edition thus. Octavo. 436pp. Introduction by Nigel Nicolson. Fine in a near fine lightly age-toned dust jacket. An abridgement of the three volumes published in the sixties with some new information added.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in near fine dust jacket. (Spine on dust jacket discolored, but perfectly readable. ) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 280 pages.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine Plus. First Edition. soft cover, as issued., a few tiny spots to top edge. no other flaws or wear, clean, no text or exterior markings. no bumps, tears, labels, creases. tight binding.; 161pp., 10 b/w photos. foreword by gerrit lansing. contains old photos of houses in gloucester where olson stayed, his room with its writer's disarray of books and papers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

First trade edition. Signed by the editor. Publisher's original black cloth with titles in gilt to the spine and author's name stamped in gilt to the upper board, in the Raymond Swanland illustrated dustwrapper. With illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with black and white plates as chapter headings throughout. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, slightly bowed at the head of the spine. The contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper, which is bright and fresh, and without fading, loss, or tears. Not price-clipped ($50.00 to the upper front flap) Inscribed by the editor in blue ink on the title page "Stephen Haffner / Meow!". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Fedogan & Bremer, Minneapolis, MN, 1995-2003. 315 pgs, 436 pgs. Illustrated. Volume I is a review copy and stamped as such on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Jailed in his youth for thrill-seeking crimes, Howard Wandrei went on to a prolific career in an amazing variety of pulp magazines-- so many that he used several noms-de-plume to keep the stories separate. He wrote hard-boiled crime stories, boxing tales, mysteries. But his imaginative genius was most engaged when he was penning weird and fantastic stories. This collection is culled from stories accepted by Weird Tales, Unknown, Astounding Stories and Spicy Mystery Stories. With access to the original manuscripts, several of the stories have been restored to the author's intent-- effectively bypassing the editors and censors of the day. Pulp scholar Dwayne Olson provides nearly 40 pages of introduction, placing the author in the pulp scene, scandals and all, with an annotated discussion.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…