James Orton (533 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Cover with scuffs and wear. Front cover cracked along binding and quite weak. Sticker and penciled price inside cover and on first page (title page). Some age toning and foxing to pages. Otherwise clean and intact throughout. Please see image. 178 pages plus rear advertisements for other books.…

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 1901, pp251-261, illustrated (generally only 1 or 2). Removed from WITH THE WORLD'S GREAT TRAVELLERS, Edited by Charles Morris and Oliver H.G. Leigh. May include a first or last copied page. VG. From the introduction: "The story of the Andes and the great river to which this mountain-chain gives birth has never been better told than in Orton's THE ANDES AND THE AMAZON, from which we select the following description of Chimborazo and its mountain neighbors. James Orton, born at Seneca Falls, NY, in 1880, became a congregationalist clergyman, and in 1867 headed an exploring expedition to South America. In 1873, he sought that continent again, and died on Lake Titicaca, September 24, 1877.".…

Saddle-stapled wraps. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" One of 130 numbered copies. [20]pp., including the letterpress saddle-stapled color covers; xerox art throughout including a centerfoldout. A nice zine that 'explores the people and landscapes of the Pacific Northwest through drawing, writing and traditional as well as non-traditional printing and printmaking techniques' ~ Nate. This issue focuses on a basketball game between the Portland Trailblazers and The OK City Thunder (aka Seattle Super Sonics).…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Book Has Heavy Edgewear With Tears At Top & Bottom Spine Edges & A Couple Areas That Are Worn Down To The Boards. The Spine Is Cracked & Has Been Taped To Keep It Attached. Heavy Soiling. Bumped & Worn Corners. The Front Cover Is Attached To The Spine Of The Book But No Longer To The Book Itself. There Are Inked & Penciled Names On The Backside Of The Frontispiece. Browning. Foxing. The Fold-Out Map Is Still Attached But Does Have A Few Tears In It. Not A Pretty Copy By Any Means, But Is A Good Reading Copy.…

Condition: New.

8vo, saddle stapled wraps, with found object housed in a "drug baggie" affixed to cover. The third printing, one of 60 numbered copies. Early issue of one of our favorite zines. Since 2005 Nate, often in collaboration with the poets James Yeary and Chris Ashby, has been documenting psychogeographical explorations of Portland and environs, often utilizing found materials on these walks in the drawing and printing of the zines. Highly recommended. New from the publisher.…

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. "Excelsior". Book.

Condition: New. pp. 168.

Condition: New. pp. 168.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cover shows heavy wear, tear, rubbing, edgewear, and staining. Pages are tanned and clean.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. pp. 168.

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

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

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

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Revised Edition. minor shelf wear and light browning of edges of pages but no brittleness, ix + 413 pages including index, introductory text on zoology including a section on alternate generations claiming offspring don't resemble parents for several generations, including examples, bw illustrations Size: 5.75 x 8.5. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. Contents: Warner, lThe way we write now: the reality of AIDS in contemporary short fiction. Ingersoll, The stigma of femininity in James Joyce's "Eveline" and "The Boarding House." Gold and Fick, A "masterpiece" of "the educated eye": convention, gaze, and gender in Spofford's "Her Story." Ford, When "life.becomes literature": the neo-Aristotelian poetics of Norman Maclean's "A River Runs through It." Beegel, Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates and male taciturnity in Hemingway's "A Day's Wait." Salzberg, The "loathly landlady," Chagallian unions, and Malamudian parody: "The Girl of My Dreams" revisited. Carrington, What's in a title?: Alice Munro's "Carried Away." Orton, De-centered symbols in "Endicott and the Red Cross." Sadlier, Modernity and femininity in He and She by Júlia Lopes de Almeida. Clasby, "Manabozho": a Native American resurrection myth. Ellis, Sherwood Anderson's fear of sexuality: horses, men, and homosexuality. 9.0" tall; 142 pages.…

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. Good condition. "New" edition. Facsimile of "gold nugget" on illuminated title page. Spine and boards scuffed. (prospecting, mineralogy).

Condition: New.