Introduction Robert Davis (26 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Very slight bump to lower outer corners in the rear. Private owner's book plate on the inside of the front cover. ; 120 pages.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Rinehart Editions. 413 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slight damage to top of fore edge. Light foxing on page edges.

Paperback. 120p., very good first edition stated, trade paperback original in white pictorial wraps. Black Muslim poet; he was raised in Chicago, resides in San Francisco & is legally blind.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good- paperback copy, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Text very good, binding tight and sturdy, shelfwear very minor. Light age-toning, spine has gentle crease. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. DJ is in a mylar protector.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Square 8 vo, 220 pp. Wraps b/w with red printing, Stated 1st Edition. The inside story of this famous troupe told by its founder. Binding square, no interior marks. Moderate wear to covers.

Paperback. 120p., very good first edition stated, warm inscription to Urban Habitat signed by Dr. Juba, trade paperback original in white pictorial wraps. Black Muslim poet; he was raised in Chicago, resides in San Francisco & is legally blind.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. 858 unmarked but tanned pages; some pictorial pages in the middle are detached; cover has shelf wear and creases.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No dust jacket. Binding is partially cracked preceding the half-title page. Rear inner hinge is slightly damp stained. Rear cover has a pattern of tiny dots of soil/discoloration. Spine lettering is rubbed away.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. The Heritage Press, New York, copyright, 1968. 313 pages. Color illustrated. 10.25 x 7.75", cloth, slipcase. Sandglass Number XII: 33 inserted. Bookplate University of Massachusetts Professor Arthur F. Kinney. Slipcase scuffed, book clean, tight, very good/very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. crisp clean w/light shelfwear/edgewear - may have remainder mark Standard-sized.

Hardcover. xix, 259p., signed by Davis on the half-title page, very good condition lacking the jacket. On the Red Scare. Davis was blacklisted by HUAC.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition First Printing. Reprints material that first appeared in the Dec. 1971 issue of "New Letters," published by the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Contributors offer essays, letters, & personal recollections that significantly increase our understanding of this seminal African-American writer.A posthumous essay by Wright, "The American Problem--Its Negro Phase,'' is also included. 207 pages. This First Edition, First Printing hardcover from 1973 is in Fine condition: looks, feels, & smells just a tad less crisp than Brand New! Completely clean, pages white & completely unmarked, binding tight & square. The unclipped DJ is Near Fine, with just a hint of rubbing. Beautifully protected in new mylar cover free!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time) ship that same day; later orders, weekends & holidays, very next business day.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. Penguin Poets series - Penguin Catalogue No. D65 - published as a paperback original (PBO) in April 1962, and reprinted in 1965, 1966, 1968 and 1970. Edited with an Introduction by A. R. Davis. ***Very good in colour illustrated card covers, with the usual edge wear and rubbing commensurate with age and handling. No serious creasing or tears. Page block edges foxed and slightly stained - hardly affecting the interior pages - just a few edges. Spine clean with just very light vertical reading creases. Internally also very good, with the original owner's name and date in ink on the half-title page. No other inscriptions or annotations. There is some browning and foxing to the inside covers, but the interior pages are clean. The paper stock has lightly tanned with age as usual. No creases or tears. Spine tight. Covers bright. ***180mm x 108mm. 84 pages including Notes and an Index of Poets at the back of the book. ***A later fifth printing of the true first edition, published as a paperback original, in its original card covers. A good reading copy of one of the less common titles in the series. ***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. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Maps, Annotations, Appendices & Encyclopedic Index (illustrator). 1st Edition. SPLENDID: AS-NEW First edition hardcover (1996) w/ no. line at "4" showing 4th printing: AS-NEW unclipped mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, AS-NEW ocher-gold paper-over-boards cover w/ excellent edges & corners & titles oxblood-red-stamped on spine, EXCELLENT smooth-cut text-block exterior showing only minimal signs of shelf-dust soiling, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & yellow-white-checked cloth banding at spine-caps, IMPECCABLE sepia card-stock end-papers displaying antique English map of the Aegean, PRISTINE interior printed w/ handsome clarity on EXCELLENT paper * Profusely illus. throughout w/ b-w line maps * 7.50" x 9.50" x 1.75", 1.42 kg, xxxiv+711 (745) pp. * Introduction (ix), Editor's Note (xxv), Key to Map Symbols (xxxii), Calendar of the Peloponnesian War (xxxiii), Books One-Eight (1), Epilogue (549), Theaters of Operation in the Peloponnesian War (555), Appendices A-K (577), Glossary (627), Bibliography of Ancient Sources (631), Concise Bibliography of Modern Sources (633), Acknowledgments (655), Index (637), Reference Maps (707) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Thucydides called his account of 2 decades of war between athens & Sparta "a possession for all time," & indeed it is the first & still the most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen & liberally educated citizens for more than 2,000 years, 'The Peloponnesian War' is a mine of military, moral, political & philosophical wisdom. However, this classic book has long presented obstacles to the uninitiated reader. Written centuries before the rise of modern historiography, Thucydides' narrative is not continuous or linear. His authoritative chronicle of what he considered the greatest war of all time is rigorous & meticulous, yet omits the many aides to comprehension modern readers take for granted, such as brief biographies of the story's main characters, maps & other visual enhancements, & background on the military, cultural & political traditions of ancient Greece. Robert Strassler's new edition amends these omissions & not only provides a new coherence to the narrative overall but effectively reconstructs the lost cultural context that Thucydides shared w/ his original audience. Based on the venerable Richard Crawley translation, updated & revised for modern readers, 'The Landmark Thucydides' includes a vast array of superbly designed & presented maps, brief informative appendices by outstanding classical scholars on subjects of special relevance to the text, explanatory marginal notes on each page, an index of unprecedented subtlety, & numerous other useful features. Readers will find that w/this edition they can dip into the text at any point & be immediately oriented w/ regard to the geography, season, date, & stage of the conflict. In any list of great books of Western Civilization, 'The Peloponnesian War' stands near the top. This handsome, elegant & authoritative new edition will ensure that its greatness is appreciated by future generations. * "This is the best book w/ which to start the study of Thucydides & the Peloponnesian War. It presents the finest English translation. Its maps, scholarly appendices, & notes permit the beginner to understand the text & to move easily & at once to a higher level of study than has been possible up to now." - Donald Kagan, author of 'On the Origins of War' & 'Pericles of Athens' * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee) & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL for at-cost rates quoted upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean copy in an unclipped jacket. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. UK-LD.

Hardcover. Collector's Edition. 27.5 x 18 cm. 443 pages. Grey linen with paper spine label housed in original grey slipcase. Limited to 2000 copies signed by the artist, Shelia Robinson, this being copy number 1431. Light sun to edges of slipcase. Near Fine in Near Fine slipcase. Signed.

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

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo. Original dark blue cloth with yellow lettering to spine and front cover and blind decoration to front cover. Detective fiction by American mystery writer known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes." Very good, in very good dustjacket with small chip to front fold.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. revised edition. 707 pages. 9.50x7.50x1.75 inches. In Stock.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 262 pages. 14.00x11.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. *May ship at extra cost due to weight.* Two volumes (published separately but sold as a set), complete. Each volume is one of 1250 copies. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Top edges gilt. Volume I published 1995. Volume II published 1998. 7" x 10." All pages of each volume, complete. Vol. I: Pages cix, 1-463. Vol. II: Pages lxxxi, 1-421. One black-and-white frontispiece in Vol. I, complete. Black-and-white illustrations and three maps in Vol. II, complete. List of Illustrations in front of Vol. II. Introduction in front of both volumes (Introductions contains a miscellany of information about the expeditions such as biographical sketches about John Franklin and his team). Index in back of both volumes. Twenty-three and twenty-two additional pages in backs of Vol. I and Vol. II, respectively. These additional pages show the names of Champlain Society officers and members, subscribing libraries, and other Champlain Society publications. Pages are virtually pristine and intact. Covers are virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Corners are sharp and not bumped. Each volume and the set are Fine. Vols. I and II are Nos. LIX and LXI, respectively, in "The Publications of the Champlain Society" series. This two-volume set contains a nearly-complete transcription of the extant journals kept by John Franklin (1786-1847), a British Royal Navy officer and explorer, during the Coppermine Expedition he led from 1819-1822 as well as the Mackenzie Expedition he led from 1825-1827. Also included are some letters by Franklin and others that relate to each expedition. The Coppermine Expedition was organized by the British Royal Navy for the purpose of surveying the northern coast of Canada and discovering the Northwest Passage. Franklin traveled eastward from Hudson Bay and the mouth of the Coppermine River and made it as far as Point Turnagain on Kent Peninsula. The Coppermine Expedition was largely considered a disaster. It was beset by poor planning and scant resources amid the ongoing rivalry between the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and North West Company. HBC also made false promises that Franklin and his team would receive help from third parties along the way. Franklin and several of the men did reach the northern coast, but their survey was not as extensive as originally planned. Their most pressing issue at hand was survival as supplies dwindled and little or no help came. Eleven of the twenty men under Franklin's leadership perished from various causes including hypothermia, scurvy, starvation, and murder. Chief Akaitcho of the Yellowknives (Copper Dene) Nation and other Yellowknives members found Franklin and the survivors and helped nurse them back to health. Despite criticisms about his performance, Franklin was received as hero by the general public for facing the treacherous circumstances of the expedition. Fortunately, the Mackenzie Expedition had a different outcome and was largely considered a success. Franklin, learning from his first Arctic expedition, relied mostly on the Royal Navy instead of outside parties whose help during the Coppermine Expedition was either nonexistent or unreliable. HBC and North West Co. had also merged so Franklin could be better supplied. The principal reason for the Mackenzie expedition was surveying the Northwest Coast of Canada. Franklin and his team managed to map about half of the northern coastline for Britain. Their route took them between the mouths of the Mackenzie and Coppermine Rivers and on a westward trajectory along the coast to the Bering Strait. Front colophon in each volume: "Twelve Hundred and Fifty Copies of this Volume have been printed for the Champlain Society. Twelve Hundred are supplied to Members of the Society and to Subscribing Libraries and Fifty Copies are reserved for Editorial purposes. This copy is No. [blank].".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Xvii, 75 Pp. Maroon Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. A Scarce Catalog Of 329 Items, Detailed Descriptions, Indices.