Gilbert James Stanley (109 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing. Spine edge wear. Binding cracked but still intact. Previous owner's inscription (fake dr. livingstone) on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 4th Printing. 4th printing (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #1140). Includes publisher's slipcase. Fine book in near fine slipcase. Slipcase faintly scuffed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2003 Hard Cover. 288 pp. A collection of humorous vignettes by various authors, with contributions by William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Winston S. Churchill, the Queen of England, G.K. Chesterton, P.G. Wodehouse, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, Groucho Marx, etc., etc. Ever since Chaucer's day, when the host of the Tabard Inn in Southwark rose to welcome the Canterbury Pilgrims with a joke, the After Dinner Speech, designed, if possible, to reduce the assembled company to helpless merriment, has presented the ultimate challenge. The best speakers are natural story-tellers - Gerard Hoffnung, reading a selection of letters from continental hoteliers: 'There is a French widow in every bedroom affording delightful prospects'; John Mortimer telling the woeful tale of a man's numerous unsuccessful attempts to murder his wife: 'At no time did Mrs Scott feel that the magic had gone out of their marriage' - and in this collection of post-prandial treasures you will find the very best of them, from Groucho Marx on how to resist a femme fatale, to Ralph Steadman surreally addressing the Lewis Carroll Centenary Dinner. 'Goodness', said a friend on greeting Mae West, 'where did you get those beautiful pearls?' 'Goodness', replied Mae, 'had nothing to do with it.' Shaggy dog stories, practical jokes, sporting anecdotes, rousing toasts, travellers' tales and risque reminiscences rub shoulders in this essential collection with real-life revelations and moments of history. Among the guests are Peter Ustinov, Jilly Cooper, Brian Johnstone, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Robertson Davies, Henry Grady and A.P. Herbert. There is food and drink in abundance. There is gentle reflection and endearing charm as well as defiant frivolity. Above all there are stories for every occasion - witty, absurd, momentous, philosophical, fascinating, poignant, and forever entertaining.…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Third Edition. Dark blue cover shows edgewear. Gilt lettering and design bright. TEG. Front hinge cracked but tight. No foxing.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Memorial edition. (Panama, Travel, Poetry) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 287 pp. Red boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. Actually edited by Eleanor Sullivan and Karen A. Prince, this anthology contains: A Day of Encounters by Anthony Gilbert; A Time to Remember by James Reach; One Clear Sweet Clue by William Bankier; The Theft of Nothing at All by Edward D. Hoch; The Day of the Bullet by Stanley Ellin; The Perfect Model by Margery Sharp; The Man Who Liked Noise by Ernest Savage; Time Out of Mind by Peter Godfrey; The Other Shoe by Charlotte Armstrong; Report on a Broken Bridge by Dennis O'Neill; Spring Fever by Dorothy Salisbury Davis; A Hell of a Story by H. R. F. Keating; Traveling Light by W. R. Burnett; The Sisterhood by Gwendoline Butler; Girl in Danger by Thomas Walsh; No Tomorrows by Florence V. Mayberry; The Unstoppable Man by Michael Gilbert; Father Crumlish Remembers His Poe by Alice Scanlan Reach; The Marked Man by Ursula Curtiss; The Forgotten Witness by Melville Davisson Post; Cold Money by Ellery Queen; and Knowing What I Know Now by Barry Perowne. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The North American Review Vol. 222 No. 1 September - October - November 1925. Various (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Minor fading to spine, light shelf wear. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. WSmall smudge of paint on cloth edge.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1908 Third Edition, Fifth Thousand. Hardcover. Text is clean, binding is strong. Text is in very good condition, dark red cloth cover is worn on the corners, darkened spine. Dedication on first pages dated 1908.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Gilbert, James Stanley. PANAMA PATCHWORK. Republic of Panama: The Star & Herald Co. 1937. Memorial Edition - first thus. Poeticdescriptions of life in Panama. Memorial edition published 30 years after the death of the author. Foreword by W. C. Haskins. Many Panamanianphotos on calendered (glossy, slick) paper, vii, 174pp, 8vo (5 1/2" wide x 8" tall) yellow lettering and illustration on black cloth engraved anddesigned by Reinaldo de Pool expressly for this Memorial Edition. Notes on Gilbert and his time together with the description of The Gilbert Housealso by W. C. Haskins. As published without dust jacket. Owner's name inked out on endpaper, title-leaf gutter cracked. Complete, unmarked, cleanand tightly bound. Looks good. In good condition.…

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hard cover 8vo in maroon cloth w/gold dec and titles. Good/No DJ. Cloth scuffed, owner info front pastedown, stamp rear endpaper, front hinge loose w/stained gutter. 170pp. Book.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Black stain on front board. Rubbing and edge wear on boards. Spotting on rear board. Inscription on first blank page. Clean text. Pages are somewhat brittle with toning. Musty odor. Tulsa's largest used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. 287 pp. Trade paperback format. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Actually edited by Eleanor Sullivan and Karen A. Prince, this anthology contains: A Day of Encounters by Anthony Gilbert; A Time to Remember by James Reach; One Clear Sweet Clue by William Bankier; The Theft of Nothing at All by Edward D. Hoch; The Day of the Bullet by Stanley Ellin; The Perfect Model by Margery Sharp; The Man Who Liked Noise by Ernest Savage; Time Out of Mind by Peter Godfrey; The Other Shoe by Charlotte Armstrong; Report on a Broken Bridge by Dennis O'Neill; Spring Fever by Dorothy Salisbury Davis; A Hell of a Story by H. R. F. Keating; Traveling Light by W. R. Burnett; The Sisterhood by Gwendoline Butler; Girl in Danger by Thomas Walsh; No Tomorrows by Florence V. Mayberry; The Unstoppable Man by Michael Gilbert; Father Crumlish Remembers His Poe by Alice Scanlan Reach; The Marked Man by Ursula Curtiss; The Forgotten Witness by Melville Davisson Post; Cold Money by Ellery Queen; and Knowing What I Know Now by Barry Perowne. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Collected Edition, PBO thus.. **CONTENTS(1) A Day of Encounters by Anthony Gilbert (2) A Time To Remember by James Reach (3) One Clear Sweet Clue by William Bankier (4) The Theft of Nothing at All by Edward D. Hoch (5) The Day of The Bullet by Stanley Ellin (6) The Perfect Model by Margery Sharp (7) The Man Who Liked Noise by Ernest Savage (8) Time Out Of Mind by Peter Godfrey (9) The Other Shoe by Charlotte Armstrong (10) Report on a Broken Bridge by Dennis ONeil (11) Spring Fever by Dorothy Salisbury Davis (12) A Hell of a Story by H. R. F. Keating (13) Traveling Light by W. R. Burnett (14) The Sisterhood by Gwendoline Butler (15) Girl In Danger by Thomas Walsh (16) No Tomorrows by Florence V. Mayberry (17) The Unstoppable Man by Michael Gilbert (18) Father Crumlish Remembers His Poe by Alice Scanlan Reach (19) The Marked Man by Ursula Curtiss (20) The Forgotten Witness by Melville Davisson Post (21) Cold Money by Ellery Queen (22) Knowing What I Know Now by Barry Perowne Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Painted Front Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Near FNE, 2nd edition, maroon hard cover with bright gilt embossed palm tree decoration and font on cover and gilt font on spine, 170 pps. Portrait of Gilbert with tissue protected frontispiece. Unmarked, clean and tight. Beautiful cover and contents very well preserved for a copy this old. Cover corners gently bumped. Gilbert was one of the few poets to write extensively about Panama. His poetry does paint a picture of what life was like (for him) in Panama at this time - era of construction of Canal. "Gilbert had begun to write poetry about Panama while employed as shipping agent, and he continued to so so for the rest of his life. From "Away down south in the Torrid Zone,' the first line of his first poem, readers were captivated by Gilbert's vision of the tropical pre-canal Panama. His poems in Panama Patchwork, the book in which "Beyond the Chagres" appeared, were called 'documents of life on the Isthmus' by a New York Times reviewer in 1906. His fans called him the 'poet laurete of the . " GIFT quality, a book which through it's beautiful binding, also pays homage to an era in which binding was a most appreciated art.…