John Bowen Editor (226 results)

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. Volume 12. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Minor wear on the covers, corners, and the edges. Like shelf wear.

paperback. Condition: Fair.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. bbc03 8½"x11"; 98 pages; Soft Pictorial Cover; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. Due to USPS regulations, this item may require additional postage. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. BBC Music Magazine is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music. Each edition comes together with an audio CD, often including BBC recordings of full-length works. The first issue appeared in September 1992. The magazine includes regular columns and reviews of new releases as well as several in depth feature articles by noted music writers. Each issue contains a CD featuring complete works by the greatest composers, performed by world-class artists and ensembles. This issue includes the audio CD recording: "Tippett conducts Tippett Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Tippett. This issue contains the following articles: "This month's CD Listening Guide" (track-by-track guide) by Meirion Bowen; "Company Profile: EMI Classics" by Nick Kimberley; "It's never too late to start playing" (teaching adults to play musical instruments) by Helen Wallace; "The sticky ball theory of music" (biographical influences of a composers works) by John Milsom; "Music in art" ('Reclining woman with organist' by Titian and 'Reclining woman with lute player' by Titian) by Tom Phillips; "Still a child of our time" (Michael Tippett) by Meirion Bowen; "a musical joke" (scherzo is usually upbeat and sometimes even humorous) by Graham Topping; "An anatomy of musical humour" (how composers attempt to add humour to a score) by Tim Jones; "Anne Sofie's choice" (Anne Sofie von Otter) by Antony Peattie; "Composer of the Month: Hector Berlioz" by Julian Rushton; "Building a Library: Ludwig van Beethoven, Fidelio" by Bernard Keefe; "Brian Kay's Starter Collection" (recommended essential performances from the classical repertoire) by Brian Kay; "Outsiders come inside" (acceptance of British jazz musicians London's cultural establishment, the South Bank Centre) by Ian Carr; "Music that changed me: Reinhard Goebel, Baroque violinist" interview by Tim Stein.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. a clean, square, gently used copy, octavo, 191 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 192 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. New copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. (w/ "-" dj)A clean tightly bound hardcover copy. Unmarked, gently read, showing gentle head and foot wear to the spine and lightly bumped corners with heavier wear to edges and panels of the dust jacket . A really nice copy overall. Read descriptions carefully. Avoid GLASSFROGBOOKS, ERGODOBOOKS, MORE BOOKS, IRISH BOOKSELLERS, PRO QUO/BAYSIDE BOOKS, BOOKSPLEASE, RIA CHRISTIE, DISCOVER BOOKS, BOOKS2ANYWHERE, BOOKS EXPRESS, CHIRON MEDIA! These "Booksellers" have no books of their own. they buy honest booksellers' books, upcharge you and have no idea what the book is really like. Support your local and small bookstore owners.…

Hard Cover -. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG/VG [light edgewear] large 8vo. The compilation is comprised of four numbers: Number 45, (sept 1983) Thru Number 48 (June 1984). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". B/W Photographs and Illustrations (illustrator). Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. [1st printing] Mar. 2000. Cover art by Malvin Singer. Includes "The Dead Man Express" (novel; Captain Satan) by William O. Sullivan; "Never Trust a Cop" by W. T. Ballard; "Murder Comes Calling" by Robert S. Bowen. Minor bumps and dings. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hard Cover -- Good/Good -- Book and dust jacket show light wear -- Includes glossary and photography/illustrations throughout -- Scale Model Sailing Ships.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Near Fine. jacket as issued. viii. + 118pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white: photographs, line drawings, tables. Pictorial endpapers. Printed on coated paper. Second Revised Edition from the 1948 publication. Includes original Preface, New 1972 Introduction by editor John L. Bowen & a Bibliography. Laminated pictorial covers. Near Fine/NO jacket as issued. (tiny abrasions along top & bottom spine edges only, else a clean/unmarked/tight/crisp copy).…

A detailed introduction to all phases of model ship building with particular reference to the galleon, the clipper ship and the fore & aft rigged coaster, illustrated by photographs & line drawings. Fine hard cover book/ near fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Sorry, No international shipping on this item.Ex-library hardcover no dj (black boards) in very nice condition with the usual library markings and attachments. Text block clean and unmarked. Tight binding.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 192pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white: photographs & line drawings. Double columned text. Includes Bibliography & Glossary. First (UK) Edition. Articles by: John Bowen, Ewart C. Freeston Roger Glen, Bill Shoulder, Max Davey, Derek Hunnisett, Peter Heriz-Smith, & Alec Purves. Near Fine/VG+ dj. (endpapers very lightly foxed else a clean/unmarked/tight/crisp copy. Jacket complete/bright, foxed on reverse, no tears). …

Condition: Good. Softcover with glued spine. Minimal shelfwear to cover. Many black and white photographs and diagrams of model ships.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. good +. First American edition. 191 pp; very detailed reference work in which a chapter by an expert warship modeller each of the following areas: construction of the hull, deck and superstructure; gun mountings; and deck fitings. Plus sections concerning miniature models,power plant and radio control, plastic kits and concluding with a detailed bibliography. With over 120 highly detailed plans, line drawings; and 150 b & w photos; dj has noticeable moisture staining; has name and address sticker of former owner on ffep.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 104 pages. T S Eliot "A Message" / William Plomer "It Was All Such Fun" / Elizabeth Bowen "The Dinner Party" / Hugo Charteris "Displaced Person".

hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. Small 4to, 288 pp. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. With modeller's draught. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975. Size: Octavo. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Simon Marsden. Illustrated with line drawings by: Nick Harris; Jonathan Heap; Ian Miller; Brian Pedley; Eric Stemp; and Adam Stower. This anthology contains: Christmas Meeting by Rosemary Timperley; The Rivals by Vivien Alcock; Spook House by Marc Alexander; The House with the Brick Kiln by E. F. Benson; The Monkeys by Ruskin Bond; Room at the Inn by Sydney J. Bounds; The Crown Derby Plate by Marjorie Bowen; Mayday by Redvers Brandling; It was Rose Hall by Petronella Breinburg; Earthbound by Roberta Simpson Brown; The Marble Hands by Bernard Capes; Fat Andy by Stephen Dunstone; Bang Bang Who's Dead by Jane Gardam; Carlotta by Adele Geras; Little Black Pies by John Gordon; The Guitarist by Grace Hallworth; The Chocolate Ghost by Julia Hawkes-Moore; Children on the Bridge by Kenneth Ireland; Rats by M. R. James; The Haunted Mill by Jerome K. Jerome; The Last Bus by J. M. Johnson-Smith; The Scene of the Crime by Gerald Kersh; 'Tain't So by Maria Leach; The Servant by Michael Macliammoir; In Black and White by Jan Mark; The Warning by Joyce Marsh; John Charrington's Wedding by E. Nesbit; Dead Call by William F. Nolan; Caves in Cliffs by Josh Pachter; The Running Companion by Philippa Pearce; Gibson's by Ann Pilling; The Servant by Alison Prince; The Ring and the Rib by J. J. Reneaux; A Pair of Muddy Shoes by Lennox Robinson; The Hard Working Ghost by Dal Stivens; The Tale of Caseley Halt by Barry Sutton; An Apple for Miss Stevenson by Michael Vestey; Dual Control by Elizabeth Walter; The Call by Robert Westall; and The Little Yellow Dog by Mary Williams. Size: 8vo. Simon Marsden; Nick Harris; Jonathan Heap; Ian Miller; Brian Pedley; Eric Stemp; Adam Stower; (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with creasing on the spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: The Derelict by William Hope Hodgson; The Stranger by Ambrose Bierce; The Werewolf by Frederick Marryat; The Man Who Liked Dickens by Evelyn Waugh; The Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe; The Pipe Smoker by Martin Armstrong; The Red Room by H. G. Wells; The Judge's House by Bram Stoker; El Verdugo by Honore de Balzac; From What Strange Land by Blanche Bane Kuder; Telling by Elizabeth Bowen; The Treasure of Abbot Thomas by M. R. James; The Birthright by Hilda Hughes; Lazarus Returns by Guy Endore; The Island of the Ud by William Hope Hodgson; Fear by Guy de Maupassant; Twelve O'Clock by Charles Whibley; A Descent into the Maelstrom by Edgar Allan Poe; The Pioneers of Pike's Peak by Basil Tozer; The Fourth Man by John Russell; Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker; The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe; A Warning to the Curious by M. R. James; Nobody's House by A. M. Burrage; The Mysterious Mansion by Honore de Balzac; No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman by Charles Dickens; The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs; The Turn of the Screw by Henry James; Wandering Willie's Tale by Sir Walter Scott; The Horla by Guy de Maupassant; The Haunted and the Haunters by E. Bulwer Lytton; Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu; and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. (viii) 310 pp. Trade papeback format. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; the first few pages have a slightly wrinkled appearance. This anthology contains: The Reverend Collins' Visit by Anne Perry; Widow's Peak by Rochelle Krich; Speak No Evil by Nancy Pickard; Volo te habere by Margaret Frazer; The Labyrinthine Way by Dianne Day; The Shaman's Song by G. Miki Hayden; The Charity of a Saint by Tom Kreitzberg; The Seal of the Confessional by Rhys Bowen; Dilemma by John Lutz; The Chosen by Joyce Christmas; Model Town by George Chesbro; Amish Butter by Jacqueline Fiedler; That Old Eternal Triangle by Kate Charles; God's Instrument by Terence Faherty; Father Hugh and the Kettle of St Frideswide by Mary Monica Pulver; The Dunne Deal by Ralph McInerny; Remembered Zion by Carolyn Wheat; and In a Jewish Vein by Serita Stevens. Size: 8vo. Lisa DeSimini; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First American edition. 191 pp; very detailed reference work inwhich a chapter by an expert warship modeller each of the following areas: construction of the hull, deck and superstructure; gun mountings; and deck fitings. Plus sections concerning miniature models,power plant and radio control, plastic kits and concluding with a detailed bibliography. With over 120 highly detailed plans, line drawings; and 150 b & w photos; dj has remains of price sticker on front panel; has ink stamp of previous owner on ffep.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. new edition. 474 pages. 7.50x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1978 First Edition. Conway Maritime Press, Greenwich, 1978. Hard Cover. Book Condition : Very Good. Clean text, photographs. A very comprehensive book on scale model warship building. Bookseller Inventory #002871. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N/A (illustrator). N/A.…

192 pages. Hardcover: H 30.25cm x L 25cm. Dust jacket rubbed with several scratches; bumping/creasing at edges; 7.5cm closed tear at front panel's bottom center; several other shorter tears; peeling and residue from past bookstore's removed price sticker at front flap's top right; rear flap strongly creased; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Blue cloth; light scratch to front board; spine ends bumped as are rear board's fore-edge corners; spine's gilt stamping still vibrant. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding is firm. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.25 pounds (1.47 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 1557503397.…

Hardcover. Condition: Bookplate Else Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 191 pages, over 120 plans and diagrams, and 150 photographs. Will prove invaluable to anyone modelling 20th century warships. Hb in neatly price-clipped dw, bookplate (erased name) on front fixed endpaper, otherwise a very good copy.…