Irving Ackerman (76 results)

Wraps. Condition: Good. Vol. 6, No. 3. Edited by James L. Quinn. Cover art by Kelly Freas for "The Executioner" by Frank Riley. Includes "Human Error" (novelette) by Raymond F. Jones; "Atom Drive" (novelette) by Charles Fontenay; "Chrome Pastures" (novelette) by Robert F. Young; "Life Hutch" by Harlan Ellison; "Love Story" by Irving E. Cox, Jr. Features: "The Odd Genre" by Forrest J. Ackerman; "What Is Your Science I.Q.?"; "Science Briefs"; "Hue and Cry". Illustrated by Paul Orban, Kelly Freas, and Ed Emsh. Rear cover was wet and is soiled; nearest pages a little wavy; spine a little faded; mild tanning. Magazine.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Volume XLIX, No. 4, 1982. 142 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear. Light staining on surfaces/ cover pages. Clean text, no markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Spine is faded, chipped, and beginning to crack at the endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Very Good. Publisher: Harper and BrothersDate of Publication: 1940Binding: hardcoverEdition: Condition: Very GoodDescription: This old book is clean, solid, and in great shape! This is a hardcover book with 179 pages including many photos. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The dust jacket shows some chipping. Overall, the book is in great shape and the dust jacket shows signs of age.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. 1st Edition. Short gift inscription on front endpaper dated July16,1967, otherwise unmarked, fairly clean and solid. Blue covers with gold lettering. Normal shelf wear and aging.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. xii pp., 312 pp.; 67 unnumbered pages of plates; original DJ; 21 cm. (octavo). No ownership markings; soiling, staining and foxing to end-pages and cloth; some foxing to pages along gutter edges: Foxing and tears to DJ. Well packaged in a box; ships with tracking.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Advice on raising & exhibiting prize-winning show dogs. Stated first edition. Hardcover, full light brown cloth with dark brown lettering. Light wear to spine ends and to bottom edges of boards; neat ink name & date on front end sheet. Loss to head of jacket spine; smaller chips elsewhere on jacket; price clipped; rear jacket browned, spine a little faded. Text clean; viii, [2], 179 pages with index & a few black & white photos. Size: 6" by 8¾".

hardcover. Condition: Good. ***Please Read*** number wrote on front cover - name stamp on inside cover - No marks on text - My shelf location 7-f-12.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Near Fine blue paperback with slight age discoloration to the spine. Pages 487-630, unmarked. ; UO15 D3D; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. 191 pages, text ilustrations by Josephine Z. Rine and photographs by R.W. Tauskey, the official photographers of the American Kennel Club. This book is a history of the Wire-haired foxterrior. It is a detailed history, beginning with the first dog shows and the outline of the history of the wire, to choosing a puppy, breeding, diseases, trimming, American breeders and more. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER, brown covers, gilt lettering is bright on the spine and cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New.

Tall 4to. 95pp. Colour illustrations. A very good hardback copy in illustrated boards.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Rine, Josephine Z. (Text Illustrations); Tausky, R. W. (Photographs) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Small illustration of a fox terrier on front cover. 6" x 8 3/4." 191 pages, complete. Eleven black-and-white plates and seven black-and-white illustrations, complete. Index in back. Pages are very clean and intact overall. There is slight scuffing at the corner of the text block, slight age toning to pages, and a wrinkle, a small hole, and what appears to be glue residue (perhaps from a former bookplate) on front free endpaper. Covers also very clean and intact except for slight corner and edge wear, a few tiny bumps to bottom edge, a few small marks to front and back, moderate wear to head and tail of spine, and a small bit of sticker residue on spine. A Very Good copy. A comprehensive reference book about wire fox terriers. The following are the chapters: "Popularity--Origin--Uses--Clubs," "Early Fanciers--First Dog Shows--Outline of Wire History," "Anglo-American Matches--Foundation Strains and Their Development Down to Modern Times," "Foxterrier Fads," "A Few Notes Based on Personal Experience," "Character, Type and Balance," "How to Choose a Puppy," "Rearing and Breeding," "Diseases," "The Standard of Foxterrier," "Trimming a Wire," "Some Famous Wire Judges," "Some Celebrated Producing Wire Bitches," "The Wire Foxterrier in America," "Wires on the Pacific Coast," "Representative American Breeders and Their Terriers," "Roll of Honor," and.

Condition: Good. G. Howard Watt New York 1927 Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. VG+. Hardcover, brown cloth with gilt titles, no DJ, 192 pp, b&w photo illustrations by R.W. Tauskey, red topstain, light edgewear with slight foxing to page edges, else a clean and tight copy.

Condition: New. In.

Softcover. Color wraps. 88 pp. Profuse bw plates. Features these sculptors, along with many more, in the context of their development and the development of American sculpture as a whole in and from Gloucester: John Quincy Adams Ward, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Frederick William MacMonnies, James Earle Fraser, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Gaston Lachaise, Laura Gardin Fraser, George Demetrios, Katharine Lane Weems. VG-, some mild wear to extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Josephine Z. Rine (Illustrations)/R. W. Tauskey (Photographs) (illustrator). 192 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly rubbed at extremities. Spine darkend. Light foxing to endpapers. Illust. w/ b/w photos and text drawings.

Condition: Good. 1938. No edition remarks. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and heavy foxing throughout. Heavy tanning to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 394 pages. 8.60x5.70x1.20 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Good. jacket chipping, edge browning.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Rine, Josephine Z.(text ills) & Tauskey, R. W. (photog) (illustrator). First Edition. 191pp, index, roll of honor, 16 bw plates & 7 bw text ills. Or brown cloth with title in gold and vignette of dog. Prev owners name sanded from front free endpaper. Excellent book on this popular breed- chapters include Early Fancies; Anglo-American Matches; How to Choose a Puppy; Rearing and Breeding; The Standard of the Foxterrier; Some Celebrated Producing Wire Bitches; Wires on the Pacific Coast among others. Size: 8vo.