Introductory Essay (589 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good/Fine. 1st Printing. Holloway House HH-133. Paperback original thus (stated First Printing). Extremely light wear along the edges of the wraps, but the upper right corner of the front cover is rounded.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Catalog of an exhibition and sale held at the Adelson Galleries in New York, May 9-June 30, 2006 and in Nantucket, Aug. 7-19, 2006. Softcover in as new condition.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Has a beautiful color illustrated front cover of Jackie Robinson. Filled with lots of black and white photos. This is a series honoring 50 Black Americans of Achievement, Robinson is the only baseball player. In near fine condition. I have more than 230 publications on the Negro Leagues and Black Sports in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Slight browning of page edges. A name written, then crossed out and "Education Dept." written in marker on half title page. Covers have a bit of edge wear and remains of material stuck to the back cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. A near fine copy of the softcover edition. Previous owner's name modestly in ink atop front endsheet, else the text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding is bright and fresh in appearance., with original price label to upper-right corner of front cover. A lovely copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. first edition. Octavo, red cloth covers, lxiv + 513 pages. Includes notes, index. Dust jacket has a bit of rubbing, still Very Good. 061507C.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Second Printing. [New York]: A New Directions Book [1980]. Fine. 1980. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. 0811207676. Later [2nd] printing thus. NDP502. 106 pages, identifications. Fine copy with W. W. Norton & Co price sticker affixed to the rear cover. clph.

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Color Plates (illustrator). First Edition. Textblock immaculate and tight. Covers slightly edge and corner rubbed. 15p. Size: 4to - Over 9 " - 12" Tall. Paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). First Printing.

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 4to. 212 pages. Soft cover bound in black, blue and tan wrappers. Minimal wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within. Illustrated throughout. One print (separately published?) on different sized paper is laid in loosely at the front ("29. Saints Geminiamus and Severus, 1560, oil on canvas.").

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Oblong quarto, softcover, near fine in blue pictorial wraps. includes photographs and descriptions of more than 175 vessels, including the major class "A" ships along with many class "B" and "C" vessels from around the world. Organized alphabetically by vessel name, Tall Ships offers a major photograph of each vessel, supplemented by many photographs of details ranging from figure heads and binnacles to flags and rigging. The text of Tall Ships describes each ship featured, its history and notable events under sail, along with its technical specifications. This unique guide is an ideal book for everyone interested in tall ships and their enduring history and traditions. 185 pp. including index. Book.

Condition: Very Good. 1977. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Condition: Good. A nice softcover copy with a tight and square binding. Text is clean and bright. Softcovers are very good but bottom corner of front cover opposite spine has some light wear. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery. Shipped in 100% recyclable material.

Undated; published ca. 1960. Reprint. Large, thick octavo in red cloth binding. B&W illustrations in text. Condition: minor wear to binding; light rubbing to spine; scattered inked markings & underlining; else a good, tight copy. Pages: xvi, 1055.

Hard cover. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. 549 p.

Condition: Very Good. 1977. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . .

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Robert Sullivan (Cover Design) (illustrator). Capricorn Bks Ed. 1962 5th Impression. 366 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Pen markings on first page.

First edition, first printing Good reading copy pictorial wraps with strong spine. Former owner's neat signature cleanly crossed out on opening flyleaf.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Fine soft cover catalog for the exhibition.56 unpaginated pages. Introductory essay by Iacono, Associate Director of the Collection and reproductions and text for "The Songs of Innocence" , "John Gay's Fables", and "The Book of Job'. Edition limited to 1500 copies. Unmarked, clean, tight copy with following hiccups, crease to first page, bump on front cover, shelf wear to back cover.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Milton Glaser (Cover Design) (illustrator). 2nd Impression. 253 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Creased front cover and spine. Light foxing on page edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 39pp. No editions or printings cited: presumed first printing. Wingler's introductory essay, pp. 5-7. Eight lovely color illustrations. 2pp of Publisher's advertisements appended to rear of book. Flat white wrappers inside glossy white attached dustwrapper with French folds; lovely color illustration, "Schlafende", on 2/3 front cover, above black lettering over white at bottom front cover. Minor age-toning to (thin) spine, to text, and down cover edges. Binding strong; corners sharp. No previous owner names. Clean text.

hard cover, burgundy cloth gilt lettering with tissue/guard, 309 pages, 5 1/8 x 8 inches, very good book condition, no dust jacket, juvenile picture book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Original pictorial wraps. Second printing. New York and Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 1991. 7.25" wide by 9.25" tall. Fine condition. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Flat, uncreased spine. Pages are fresh and crisp. Lavishly illustrated with maps, prints, paintings and photos in b/w, plus an 8-page section in full-color. Bibliography. Index. This is a history of the 1804-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition which explored the Louisiana Purchase territory at the request of President Thomas Jefferson. From the rear cover: "On May 14, 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, two stalwart Virginians in command of fortysome men known collectively as the Corps of Discovery, departed from Camp Dubois, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, for a journey into the unknown. Their voyage, which would become the most famous journey of exploration in American history, would last more than 2 years and take them in excess of 2,700 miles beyond the United State's existing borders to the source of the Missouri in the Rocky Mountains and across that forbidding range all the way to the Pacific Ocean.". Second printing. Soft Cover. Original pictorial wraps. 136pp.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Ruth Deardoff (Cover Design); Ron Schwerin (Cover Photo) (illustrator). 1st Harper Torchbks Ed Publ 1972. 292 + 6 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, considering its age. Light shelfwear and edgewear. Clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Blue cloth decoratively stamped in silver. Faint curve to volume, else fine. Clean and unmarked. Color illustrations. 96 pages. 9.5 x 8.5 inches. Presenting work by seventeen contemporary artists (with one-page introduction to each artist), including Dan Attoe, Jules de Balincourt, John White Cerasulo, Anna Conway, Angela Fraleigh, James Benjamin Franklin, Wendell Gladstone, Robert Gutierrez, Adam Helms, Elizabeth Huey, Kelly McLane, Shiri Mordechay, Robyn O'Neil, Lamar Peterson, Jon Pylypchuk, Matthew Ronay, and Andrew Sendor.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Spot to fore-edge, otherwise clean. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Covers are lightly foxed. Internally very good. ; Introductory essay "The Arts-Crafts Ideology or Wallace Nutting's Colonial Revival.".

HC. B&W ill. follow text (illustrator). 30pp of text good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover).