Gene Summers (56 results)

Digest-size Magazine. Condition: Good+. Condé Nast Publications, May 1973. Digest-size Magazine. Good. Edited by Ben Bova. Cover by Jack Gaughan for "Sword and Scepter" [Falkenberg's Legion] (serial, part 1 of 2) by Jerry Pournelle. Includes "Naked to the Invisible Eye" (novelette) by George Alec Effinger; "Survivability" (novelette; 1st story) by William Tuning; "How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion" (short story, Nebula Award nominee) by Gene Wolfe; "With Morning Comes Mistfall" (short story) (Hugo Award runner-up, Locus Award nominee, Nebula Award nominee) by George R. R. Martin; "An Agent in Place" (short story) by Laurence M. Janifer; "The Great American Economy" (short story) by L. E. Modesitt; "Minicomputers" (science fact) by Staphen A. Kallis, Jr.; "Who's in Charge Here?" (editorial) by Ben Bova. Illustrated by Jack Gaughan, John Schoenherr, Kelly Freas, Leo Summers, and Gray Morrow. "With Morning Comes Mistfall" was the first story by George R. R. Martin to be nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. It was one of two stories, along with "The Second Kind of Loneliness" that Martin believed would make or break his career as a writer. In "With Morning Comes Mistfall" Martin presents a thematic conundrum: Is a mystery sometimes more useful than the truth? The story takes place on Wraithworld, a barely habitable planet with unusual weather conditions. Each morning in a wonderful phenomenon, the mist comes down from the mountains, revealing the beauty of the planet. This phenomenon is called Mistfall. The planet is home to only a few people, primarily because it is believed that its mist-covered valleys are occupied by "wraiths", creatures that are claimed to have killed a number of humans. The mystery of the wraiths is also the main thing that attract visitors to the place. The only establishment on the planet is Castle Cloud, a hotel mounted on top of one of the mountains. The hotel is visited by wraith hunters, people looking for a thrill. The story tells of an expedition which sets out to find proof of the wraiths' existence, or establish that they are nothing more than a myth. The owner of Castle Cloud fears either answer, as he does not want the mystery of the wraiths to be uncovered. The main theme of the story is a clash between two views of the world, one very logical, pragmatic, physical, and the other one romantic and spiritual. It shows that not all mysteries need to be uncovered, not all secrets revealed, that unknown is not always bad, that it keeps people searching, asking questions, coming back. What is known for certain, is often taken for granted and then loses attraction. Jack Gaughan; John Schoenherr; Kelly Freas; Leo Summers; Gray Morrow (illustrator).…

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

No binding. Cover slightly discolored. Pages slightly tanned. Top right cover is bumped otherwise contents are tight and legible.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Attractive Depression-era Grosset & Dunlap reprint of Gene Stratton-Porter's Her Father's Daughter, originally published by Doubleday, Page & Company in 1921. Set principally in Southern California, the novel follows the independent Linda Strong through education, writing, romance, family conflict, and her intense engagement with California's natural world. This edition preserves the striking full-color frontispiece by Dudley Gloyne Summers, captioned "Because I am a woman to-day, I shall set my seal upon you," together with illustrated chapter headpieces. The dedication is to James Sweetser Lawshe, whom Stratton-Porter credits with teaching her about California flowers. Although the copyright page states "Copyright, 1921, by Gene Stratton-Porter" and retains the Country Life Press printing statement, the Grosset & Dunlap title page establishes this as a later reprint rather than the 1921 Doubleday, Page first edition. Importantly, the terminal publisher advertisements allow this particular copy to be dated much more closely. The Lida Larrimore advertisement includes True by the Sun (1934), establishing 1934 as a terminus post quem; Larrimore's next novel, No Lovelier Spring (1935), is absent. Her bibliography confirms that sequence, while a demonstrably later state of the same Grosset & Dunlap advertisement adds both No Lovelier Spring and Two Keys to a Cabin (1936). The Louise Platt Hauck advertisement provides independent corroboration by including Family Matters, published in 1934. The evidence therefore supports a publication range of approximately 1934-1935, with circa 1934 the most likely date. Condition: Very Good. Strong, secure spine and binding with clean pages. Original textured cloth remains sound, with general age-related toning and discoloration, particularly to the spine; scattered small spots and surface marks; light rubbing and minor fraying at spine ends and extremities; and several small marks to the otherwise plain rear board. Interior is notably clean for the period, with moderate natural age toning but no significant foxing or staining evident in the photographs. Color frontispiece remains complete, bright and attractive. No dust jacket present. Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924) was an American novelist, naturalist, photographer, conservationist and one of the most commercially successful women writers of her era. Her best-known books include Freckles, A Girl of the Limberlost, The Harvester, and Laddie. Her fiction frequently intertwined romantic and domestic narratives with unusually detailed observations of plants, wildlife and landscape. Her Father's Daughter belongs to the final period of her career and is especially interesting because Stratton-Porter had moved from Indiana to California. The novel's California setting and botanical interests consequently have a strong autobiographical dimension. The book also contains material that requires historical context. It incorporates explicit anti-Japanese and nativist language and attitudes, strikingly visible from the opening page, where a Japanese student at a Los Angeles high school is portrayed through derogatory racial language. For today's collector, the novel can therefore be approached not only as popular fiction by a major American woman writer, but also as a primary-source artifact documenting attitudes toward Japanese Americans, immigration and California nativism during the early 1920s. The title page explicitly credits Dudley Gloyne Summers (1892-1975) with the frontispiece. His color illustration depicts Linda Strong and Donald Whiting against an idealized California landscape and is an important surviving visual element from the book's original production. Dudley Gloyne Summers (illustrator).…

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. A vintage novel set in California in decorated boards, with illustrated endpapers and a color frontis. Book is barely worn - exterior boards have a couple of miniscule tears at spine ends, one page has a small archival tape repair, otherwise very crisp and clean, and book is covered in a colorful Grosset & Dunlap facsimile jacket. Dudley Cloyne Summers (frontispiece) (illustrator). …

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. page 77 has some yellow highlighting, hint of edge and corner wear, former owners embossed library label on the front cover and the first page, a very collectible, crisp and clean first edition! inscribed and signed by Eugene A. Wilkening! 266 wonderfully informative pages. Signed and Inscribed By the Au.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Exlibrary with usual library markings. Some cover wear. ; 127 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Mass market paperback. Light dampstain on edges, wrapper curled, good only. The third of a series of volumes highlighting writing from around the world. Authors include Margaret Mead, Hollis Summers, Jose Suarez Carreno, Peggy Bennett, Richard Eberhart, C. Tunnard, H.H. Reed, David Dempsey, Ignazio Silone, Louis Auchincloss, M.R. Kadish, Dyland Thomas, John Lee Wheldon, Hamdi Bey, Gene Bara, Robert Pinget, Evan S. Connell, Jr., Jay Leyda, R.S. Niedelman, Alberto Moravia, John Howard Griffin, Peter Matthieseen, Albert J. Guerard, Edith Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell, William H. Matchett, Spencer Brown, Alexander Trocchi, Galway Kinnell, Patrick Boland, Howard Moss, Sydney Goodsir Smith, Byron Vazakas, John Ashbery, Harry Duncan, Herbert Morris, Lucinda Collins, and B. Rajan. …

Cloth Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 486pp Decorated endpapers Light bluish grey cover with dark blue lettering Color frontispiece Tiny tears at base of spine Front hinge is cracking. Summers, Dudley Gloyne (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition First Printing. A tight bright unmarked copy in crisp unclipped dust jacket; first printing with no later signs.

Hardcover. dj. Quarto, 228 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is black with white print. Boards in black cloth. Illustrated: b&w and color plates (photographs). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Netdesk Column QB . 1417894. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Broschiert. Condition: Gut. 568 Seiten Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten Bibliothek und kann die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen aufweisen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.); der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 930. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Original grey cloth on boards. Inscription and previous owner's name. Linda, age 17, has been brought up to understand and appreciate the beauty of her surroundings. When her father dies, she must face a difficult situation. 486 pp. Set near Los Angeles, it reveals the author's position on prejudice toward other races during WWI. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Frontispiece By Dudley Gloyne Summers (illustrator). Book. …

AUDIO CD. Condition: Very Good. AUDIO CD IN ITS ORIGINAL CASE.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by University of Illinois, 1969. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with previous owner name on front cover and title page and small tear to title page. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 223 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm ; ISBN 9781574320442, 1574320440 ; OCLC 39053391 ; LOC No NK5198.A55 A4 1998 ; LCCN 98153001 ; color photographic boards ; no dustjacket ; "From the 1940s through 2000, Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation of Lancaster, Ohio, produced an extensive line of heat resistant oven glassware called Fire-King. The company's lines included not only dinnerware but also a plethora of glass kitchen items, breakfast sets, candy dishes, range sets, vases, and more. There are over 13 ovenware patterns including Currier & Ives, Gay Fad Studios, Jade-ite, and Sapphire Blue. Fire-King Jade-ite has really become popular today. It has propelled Fire-King to the collecting forefront. Loaded with hundreds of full-color photographs, vintage catalog pages, company morgue items, facts, new information, and values, this new edition will be a hit once again with collectors. It has everything readers expect from glassware authorities Cathy and Gene Florence." Source: Publisher ; "A collector since childhood, Gene Florence's hobby of buying and selling glassware turned into a full-time career. First writing a book on Depression Glass, Florence has gone on to author many popular glassware titles including books on Depression Glass; Occupied Japan Collectibles; Kitchen Glassware; Very Rare Glassware; 40s, 50s, & 60s Glassware;Elegant Glassware; Stemware; Glassware Pattern Identification; Anchor Hocking's Fire-King; Glass Candlesticks; and Salt & Pepper Shakers." ; FINE. Book. …

E Trillas Mexico 1976 Biblioteca tecnica de Psicologia Rustica con solapas 688 paginas 16 x 23 cms Traduccion de Javier Aguilar V A.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. Chicago, Powell/Kleinschmidt, 1988. Broché, 20,5 cm x 20,5 cm, 48 pages, 33 uvres présentées (sculptures, mobilier, tables, vases, ) en noir et blanc. uvres de Gene Summers, texte en anglais. Très bon état.

dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 228 pages. Features text by Werner Blaser translated from German by Elizabeth Schwaiger. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. An about fair copy with a moisture stain to the edge of the last 20 or so pages with some waviness to another 30 in a near fine dust jacket. A solid reference copy.…

tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Trillas. Méxicos. 1976. 20 cm. 665 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Cubierta deslucida. (=3188120=) LL155.

tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Trillas. México. 1982. 21 cm. 690 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Cubierta deslucida. (=3113589=) GH17.