Joan Cherry (49 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. Moving from 1930s Camden to a Royal Wedding "riot", via football fights, office steeplechases and awkward dates in art galleries, London Lies is a bizarre, funny, moving and sometimes unnerving glimpse into the secret life of the city we all love and know.Featuring nineteen writers and twenty-three stories showcased at award-winning monthly live literature event, London's Liars' League.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Moving from 1930s Camden to a Royal Wedding "riot", via football fights, office steeplechases and awkward dates in art galleries, London Lies is a bizarre, funny, moving and sometimes unnerving glimpse into the secret life of the city we all love and know.Featuring nineteen writers and twenty-three stories showcased at award-winning monthly live literature event, London's Liars' League.…

Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 4-5 days from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. First Thus. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the covers and spine; store stamped. Wraparound cover illustration by Denise Vale and Virginia Betts. This anthology contains: Pregnant by Joyce Carol Oates; Anzac Day by Cherry Wilder; Boobs by Suzy McKee Charnas; Lightning Rod by Melanie Tem; Walls by R. M. Lamming; The Night Wolf by Karen Joy Fowler; The Ancestress by Josephine Saxton; Getting Away From It All by Ann Walsh; Loophole by Terry McGarry; The Companion by Joan Aiken; Serena Sees by G. K. Sprinkle; Trick or Treat by Pauline E. Dungate; Ticanau's Child - a novelette by Sherry Goldsmith; The Dream by Dyan Sheldon; Listening by Melissa Mia Hall; Hantu Hantu - a novelette by Anne Goring; and Mr Elphinstone's Hands - a novelette by Lisa Tuttle. Boobs by Suzy McKee Charnas won the Hugo Award for best short story in 1990. Size: 12mo. Denise Vale; Virginia Betts; (illustrator). Book.…

Paperback. Condition: New. A showcase for authors Arachne Press has published previously in anthologies, giving a wider perspective on their writing. The collection as a whole has tendency towards fantasy and magical realism, with Cassandra Passarelli's (Liberty Tales) Guatemalan stories taking on a more gritty reality, and Katy Darby's (London Lies, Stations, Shortest Day, Longest Night) engrossing SF and historical stories alongside Joan Taylor Rowan's (London Lies, Lover's Lies, Stations) acid humour and modern desperation and Sarah James' (Longest Day, Shortest Night) elliptical poet's sensibility brought to flash fiction and Helen Morris' (Liberty Tales, Solstice Shorts) ability to get to the heart of a story, and make you laugh out loud or weep inconsolably.…

Condition: New.

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

Illustrated Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. PAGES: Unpaginated (32 pages + blank endpapers) with full page colour illustrations with accompanying text. ILLUSTRATIONS: By Erhard Amadeus-Dier. 7 full page colour illustrations + 8 colour illustrations in text + b/w illustrated title page. CONDITION: Bright, clean unmarked interior with no inscriptions but for dark spot on front blank endpapers. Tight binding. The illustrated boards mirror those on the front and rear of the jacket. The boards and linen spine have minor wear and are unmarked. JACKET: There is a little edgewear and a few small dark marks on the back. Not price clipped and in a removable, clear protective cover. Erhard Amadeus-Dier (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Polytint Fairy Tales no 1. with full and part page colour illustrations. Erhard Amadeus Dier (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition, Book Club Edition. Edited with an introduction and biographical notes by Virginia Kidd. New York: Delacorte Press, [SFBC], (1978). First Science Fiction Book Club edition, first printing. First printing code 'I 35' printed to page 208. This first SFBC edition was published August 1978, and has the same jacket art as the October 1978, (yes, two months later) release of the publisher's trade first edition. An all-original, seen here for the first time, anthology of premiere women authors comprising: THE EYE OF THE HERON, a novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, PHOENIX IN THE ASHES, a novelette by Joan D. Vinge, and four short stories and a poem by Cynthia Felice, Elizabeth A. Lynn, Cherry Wilder, Diana L. Paxson, and Marilyn Hacker. A lovely, well-preserved SFBC first printing collectible. Fine, square, tight and probably unread in red boards with black embossed titles to the spine, deckle page fore-edges; in a very nearly fine dust jacket with a defiant in-charge woman in white Go-Go boots standing on top of a boulder in a futuristic scene art by Enrich, with still bold and UN-faded burgundy spine titles, with a minute nick to the upper spine edge; original printed 5437 code still intact to the rear inner flap. Enrich (illustrator).…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. Contents: Simons, Bigamy in Boston: the case of Matthew Cary and Mary Sylvester. Bamberg, 1776 census of Providence, Rhode Island. Hunter, Clarifying John Holton of Northampton and Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Abigail Fisher. Graves, The death of Henry Sewall in 1628: puzzles, evidence, and solutions. Mahler, The English origin of Rebecca Crooke, wife of Peter Gardner of Roxbury, Massachusetts. Zubrinsky, Three John Carpenters: a chain of mistaken identities. Zubrinsky, Abiah Carpenter of Warwick, Rhode Island, and his family with additional material concerning William Carpenter of Providence, Rhode Island, and William Carpenter of Rehoboth, Massachuetts. Hilder et al., The origins of Benjamin Nye: examining the sources (continued from 158:360). Lambert, Burial records from the account book of Thomas Clap of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1762-1797 (continued from 158:389). Reviews. 9.0" tall; 92 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 250 pp. Please note, this is a large and somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Pictorial boards matching the dustjacket; blue endpapers; headband; ribbon marker. Illustrated with black and white and colour photographs; photography by Petrina Tinslay. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Stories about, and recipes by: Jamie Oliver; Joan Campbell; Nigel Slater; Bill Granger; Tamasin Day-Lewis; Terence Conran; Jill Dupleix and Terry Durack; Cherry Ripe; Kevin Gould; David Thompson; Sybil Kapoor; Donna Hay; Peter Gordon; Claudia Roden; Maggie Beer; Antonio Carluccio and Priscilla Carluccio; Stephanie Alexander; Neil Perry; Alastair Hendy; Darina Allen; and Martin Boetz; followed by an index. Size: 4to. Petrina Tinslay; (illustrator). Book. …

dvd. Condition: Used - Good.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. VG+ Light edgewear, light creasing to spine, mild age-toning to pages, otherwise an attractive copy. Cover art by Peter Elson.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Circa 1954. Very good condition with no wrapper. The Polytint Fairy Tales, No 1. Dark pink cloth spine, pictorial boards. Pink and white striped endpapers. Lovely colour illustrations. Unpaginated. 10.5 x 7.5". Neat name to front free endpaper. Board edges a little rubbed. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Amadeus-Dier, Erhard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B.C.E. A solid spine with light staining on upper text. The dustkacket has light edge rubbing. No store stamp. Stories by : Ursula K. LeGuin, Cynthia Felice, Diana L. Paxson, Elizabeth A. Lynn, Cherry Wilder, Joan D. Vinge. Enrich (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, in unclipped dust jacket. Some slight handling and shelf-wear to covers; dust jacket quite bright but worn at corners and edges, with small, shallow chip to top edge. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Striped endpapers; colour illustrations. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Moving from 1930s Camden to a Royal Wedding "riot", via football fights, office steeplechases and awkward dates in art galleries, London Lies is a bizarre, funny, moving and sometimes unnerving glimpse into the secret life of the city we all love and know.Featuring nineteen writers and twenty-three stories showcased at award-winning monthly live literature event, London's Liars' League.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Clean & tight. Appears unread. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Circa 1954. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. The Polytint Fairy Tales, No 1. Dark pink cloth spine, pictorial boards. Pink and white striped endpapers. Lovely colour illustrations. Unpaginated. 10.5 x 7.5". Edges very lightly rubbed with very slight wear. Contents clean and bright. Matching red pictorial wrapper lightly rubbed and worn at edges with a closed edge tear that has been repaired to verso with a wide label. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Amadeus-Dier, Erhard (illustrator). …