Introduction James Morris (36 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket Issued. First THUS. Very good hardcover copy. Interior appears free of markings. Binding tight/sturdy/square, exterior looks quite nice. Edited by James M. Houston, introduction by Leon Morris. From a private home collection. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. …

120 pages. Paperback: H 29.75cm x L 24.25cm. Orange paper covers lightly rubbed with slight soiling and a few scuffs at edges; a few light scratches to rear cover; subtle sunning to spine. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy. ISBN 0933286317.

120 pages. Hardcover: H 30.5cm x L 24.5cm. Orange dust jacket rubbed and soiled with light staining; several short tears and nicks at edges; shallow chipping at spine head; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. White cloth with black lettering. Past owner's personal blindstamp on front free endpaper's top right corner with light moisture stain at fore-edge; ink inscription of same owner on half-title page; faint moisture stain at center fore-edge margin of pages 117-120. A very good copy in a good dust jacket. With Introduction by James Alinder on pages 7-11 and Wright Morris essay "Photography in My Life" on pages 15-54 followed by 61 full page b/w plates. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.25 pounds (1.47 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0933286287.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Missing. DJ is missing. Hardbound book in clean, undyed cloth boards with mild shelfwear to either end of spine. Pages glossy and crisp.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Granta issue 57, devoted to India. Softcover, color-illustrated covers, 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 288 pp., b/w photo illustrations. Fine. Includes contributions by V. S. Naipaul (Notebooks; A Wounded Civilization) and Arundhati Roy (Things Can Change in a Day, taken from her first novel, The God of Small Things, prior to its publication). (K004). …

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine in Good DJ. 4to, 120 pp., 61 b/w plates. Previous owner name, otherwise Fine. Jacket faded at spine, rubbed, edgeworn, with a couple of small chips and tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Second edition. 220pp, some black and white illustrations. Grey faux leather-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, light chipping to edges, price unclipped. Presents a vivid picture of life as a midshipman in the Confederate States Navy.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. anv edition. 132 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. New hardcover book and fine DJ.Shelf MB14. Text clean; book tight. Not a book club (BC)copy. Not ex library, not a remainder,one prior owner name (a Tennessee Governor who gave me the book).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. anv edition. 132 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: New. HARDCOVER, BRAND NEW, Perfect Shape, No Remainder Mark,Fast Shipping With Online Tracking, International Orders shipped Global Priority Air Mail, All orders handled with care and shipped promptly in secure packaging, we ship Mon-Sat and send shipment confirmation emails. Our customer service is friendly, we answer emails fast, accept returns and work hard to deliver 100% Customer Satisfaction. …

Leather Bound. xxii, 499p., special message to First Edition Society members, introduction, note from the author, b&w illustrations, near-fine limited first illustrated leather edition thus in full-leather and gilt, all edges gilt, bookmark bound-in. Jones' final book and third in his War Trilogy (From Here to Eternity, Thin Red Line & Whistle) He died before finishing the final three chapters but left instructions and notes with Willie Morris who completed the novel.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 219 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition. Ex-library.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 120 pp, Introduction by James Alinder, Words - Photography in my Life, Photographs - 61 full page b&w plates. acknowledgments. 9.7" x 12" buff (off-white) cloth boards, black letters spine and fr cover, brown e.p.'s, in orange DJ, unclipped, in acetate protector. DJ with light edgewear top & bottom spine. Book tight, crisp, unmarked by previous owner, little or no sign of wear. Size: Large Quarto. Morris, Wright - photographs (illustrator). Book. …

mass market paperback. Condition: acceptable; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED12mo; 416 pages; acceptable mass market paperback; tear bottom edge front cover where meets spine and small tear fore edge front cover; tanning to edge cover light and spine area; slight scuff to cover; tanned pages and inside cover; rounded tips from factory are bumped; few slight nicks to cover edges; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking; ' an original and distinguished collection of outstanding contemporary short stories.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Hardcover; 12 x 9 7/8 x 5/8 in., 2 lbs 9 oz., dust jacket covered in mylar; front jacket: light sun bleaching along the binding edge; price clipped flap; back jacket, minor fray on corner: 7/8 in. closed tear minor fray on corner; front book cover: in very good condition; back book cover; very light 2 1/2 in. lined mark; pages: in very good condition; overall: very good condition. Special Edition limited to 500 copies signed by the artist. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. (1982). First edition, first printing. Fine, as-new, in a fine, as-new, dust jacket. Quarto. 120 pages. Superb photo-essay book by the award-winning American novelist and photographer, who was best known for his portrayals of the people and artifacts of the Great Plains in words and pictures, as well as for experimenting with narrative forms.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 120 pp, Introduction by James Alinders, Words by Wright Morris, Photographs (b&w) by Wright Morris. Illustrated with 61 Laser scanned duotone reproductions. 9.7" x 12" Textured beige cloth boards, light brown ep's & glossy paper, brown lettering to fr cover and spine, in orange pictorial DJ. DJ faded very slight at spine, with light wear at the extremities, and a few nicks, still VG. DJ in removable mylar protector. Size: Small folio. Wright Morris - photographs (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Tan Linen Covered Slipcase. First Edition As Such. Copyright Date: 2008 Oblong Sm Quarto, Landscape Format Burgundy Cloth. Gilt Lettered, 2008, Unpaginated, Oblong Sm Quarto, Landscape Format Burgundy Cloth. Gilt Lettered. One Hundred Sixteen Reproduced Color Plates On Heavy Gloss Stock of Audubon s Early Work Published For the first Time Together from the Houghton Library And The Museum Of Comparative Zoology At Harvard University (illustrator).…

Hardcover. [xii] 215p. [iii] Leo Rosten definition of "gonif" introduction, co-author bio and photo, inscription and signature, text block is very toned and pages brittle, first edition hardcover bound in blue cloth boards with red titles. Prison memoir of a Prohibition-era safe-cracker. While in prison in Atlanta he edited The Atlantean magazine while serving as cellmate to Al Capone.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 194 pages. 10.25x8.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Beige cloth slipcase, H 29.75cm x L 36.75cm, with pictorial paper title label decorating right side panel which has negligibly small light brown stain and small area of surface scuffing; seams are solid. Hardcover: H 28.75cm x L 36.25cm. No dust jacket as issued. Dark maroon cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A fine copy in a very good+ slipcase. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 7.5 pounds (3.4 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 9780674031029.…

Full Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, jacket is not price clipped. Modest wear to the jacket which as a slight gouge to the front panel. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall a VERY GOOD book in a GOOD dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. …

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 256 pages. 10.25x7.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Oversize Hardback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full maroon cloth boards in beige cloth slipcase with paste-down illustration. 14 1/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 252 pages. The first large-format full-color publication of the Harris Collection at Harvard's Houghton Library, presenting bird and mammal drawings made between 1805 and 1832, documenting the development of the artist's style from static profiles toward lifelike naturalistic poses, with scientific annotations. Keywords: Houghton Library, Carolina Parakeet, Harris Collection, Watercolor Pastel, Birds of America, Whippoorwill Study, Belted Kingfisher, Frontier America, Ornithology Art, Full Color Plates, Slip Cased Volume, Species Annotations 5.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Early Edition. Third reprint of the first Globe Edition - first published in this Globe Edition in 1893, reprinted in 1894 and 1898. Edited with an introduction by Mowbray Morris. Reproduction of the original title-page. ***Very good in half-leather and dark sea-green marble School Prize Binding. Stamped in gilt: 'West Bridgford Modern School' with motto: 'Labor Omnia Vincit' in shield to front board. Six compartments and five raised rules to spine with gilt flower to five compartments and gilt titles to second compartment. Dark sea-green marbled front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns. All edges of text sea-green marbled. Contemporaneous cream and red printed and bordered School Prize label to front pastedown: 'West Bridgford Modern School. awarded to Margaret Goodliffe? Subject: Literature, Midsummer 1902 by Grace? Mossis (Headmistress). Edges and corners of boards slightly rubbed. Very light sporadic foxing to prelims and rear pages. Interior pages clean. Spine tight. ***xxiii prelim-pages including advertisement to the first edition, plus 718 pages including index to rear. 188mm x 130mm. ***Of interest to collectors of antiquarian books and attractive prize bindings. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. VG+ in a Good+ dust jacket, the text is clean and unmarked, no subsequent printings mentioned. Blue Cloth 240pp.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. xv, 430 p. port. 23 cm. ; LCCN: 71-94549 ; LC: D917; PR3694; Dewey: 914.4/04/34 ; OCLC: 72601; "First published in 1766." ; black cloth, no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, labels ; "At the age of 42, following the death of his 15-year-old daughter and in failing health, Tobias Smollett embarked on a yearlong journey through France and Italy in 1763. Written as a series of letters, Travels in France and Italy describes in a delightfully grouchy manner his miserable experiences in each and every city he visited.[He] was a Scottish author best known for his picaresque novels about the adventures and expeditions of such characters as Roderick Random, Peregrine Pickle, and Humphrey Clinker. He was educated as a surgeon, joined the Navy, and began writing, all without much success. His whole life seemed to be a series of turns for the worst. His last words are said to have been 'All is well, my dear.'" ; FINE. Book.…