John Gilbert Davis (55 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: good. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing (Number Line With The One Present). The Book Is Bound In Blue Cloth With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. There Is A Former Owner's Name And Address Written On The Ffep, Else Fine. The Unclipped Jacket ($25.00) Has A Few Faint Indentations On The Back.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Double Issue 22 Short Stories. Featured are The Big Five-O by Gillian Linscott, King Bee and Honey by Steven Saylor, Outfoxxed by David Delman, A Witch and Her Cats by Antonia Fraser, The Great Man by Adele Glimm, The Rasputin Faberge by James Powell, A Public Service by David Williams, A Loaf of Quicksilver by Clayton Emery, Salvation by Milt McLeod, The Premium on a Parcel by DP Roy-Myers, The Jury Box by Jon L Breen, Once Burned - Twice Shy by John Dobbyn, One of Those Days, One of Those Nights by Ed Gorman, Crazy Birdy by Dorothy B Davis, The Flowerprint Murder by JanWillem Van De Wetering, Here Be Monsters by Lisa Lepovetsky, Gone Fishing by Jeffery Deaver, Leopold Lends a Hang by Edward D Hoch, Tiger Country by Michael Gilbert, The Final Paragraph by Henry Slesar, The Mystery Crossword by Ruth Minary and Vigil by Katherine H Brooks. Number written in pen on top edge of rear cover. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 18 short stories, 2 puzzles and 1 poem. Featured are The Big Five-O by Gillian Linscott, King Bee and Honey by Steven Saylor, Outfoxed by David Delman, A Witch and Her Cats by Antonia Fraser, The Great Man by Adele Glimm, The Rasputin Faberge by James Powell, A Public Service by David Williams, A Loaf of Quicksilver by Clayton Emery, Salvation by Milt McLeod, The Premium on a Parcel by D.P. Roy-Meyers, Once Burned - Twice Shy by John Dobbyn, One of Those Days, One of Those Nights by Ed Gorman, Crazy Bird by Dorothy B. Davis, The Flowerprint murder by Janwillem van de Wetering, Here Be Monsters by Lisa Lepovetsky, Gone Fishing by Jeffery Deaver, Leopold Lends a Hand by Edward D. Hoch, Tiger Country by Michael Gilbert. The two Puzzles are The Final Paragraph by Henry Sleasar and The Mystery Crossword by Ruth Minary. The Poem is Vigil by Katherine H. Brooks. SIGNED by Jeffery Deaver above his story. The Deaver story was later published in his "Twisted" collection in 2003. Light edgewear. Light reading creases to the spine and cover. Bottom corner of the rear cover has been clipped. In good condition. Signed by Author.

Decorative Hardcover Canvas. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Mort Rosenfeld, Paul Henry, Anne Yvonne Gilbert, Jeffrey Terreson (Illustrated by); William Gregory (Art Editor); Marion Davis, Soren Noring, et al. (Senior Art Editors); Angelo Perrone (Associate Art Editor); George Calas, Jr., et al. (Art Research) (illustrator). 1st Edition/Volume 5, 1983. 574 pp. Stated first edition! Vol. 5, 1983 issue only! Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Moderate browning/foxing on page edges, not affecting text. An Ex-Libris copy. No dust jacket.

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Like New. No Jacket. John Falter, Thomas Beecham, Hokusai, Terry Gilbert (Illustrated by); Marion Davis & Thomas Von Der Linn (Art Editors); Katherine Kelleher (Art Research) (illustrator). 1st Edition/Volume 2, 1973. 574 pp. Stated first edition! Vol. 2, 1973 issue only! Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. An Ex-Libris copy. No dust jacket.

Condition: New.

Various (illustrator). The North American Review Vol. 228 No. 4 October 1929.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. George Salter (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol 24 # 129 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1954. Contains stories by Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay & Manfred Bennington Lee - Diamonds in Paradise), John F Suter (When Are the People Going to Learn?), Michael Gilbert (The Customer is Not Always Right), Philip MacDonald (The Man Out of the Rain), Hugh Pentecost (Judson Pentecost Philips - Murder Plays Through), Jack London (The Unexpected), Hodding Carter (William Hodding Carter II - Bad Check), Zenna Henderson (You Know What, Teacher?), Helen Simpson (Helen de Guerry Simpson - A Posteriori), Norbert Davis (Do a Dame a Favor?), Babette Rosmond (Best of Friends), and others. Light wear at the edges. The color on the cover and spine is exceptionally bright. Very small horizontal closed tear to the fore edge of pages 137 through the end. The interior is clean and tight. Light browning to the pages. A very good or better copy.

No Binding. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. This is an original vintage print trade ad that measures approximately 10 x 13 and is in VG or better condition. Ideal for framing, this ad comes protected in a plastic sleeve and backer and is shipped first class mail in a cardboard mailer. Paper.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 24, No. 3 (Whole No. 130). Cover art by Salter. Includes "Diamonds in Paradise" by Ellery Queen; "When Are People Going to Learn?" by John F. Suter; "The Customer Is Not Always Right" by Michael Gilbert; "The Man Out of the Rain" by Philip MacDonald; "Murder Plays Through" (novelette) by Hugh Pentecost; "The Unexpected" by Jack London; "Bad Check" by Hodding Carter; "You Know What, Teacher?" by Zenna Henderson; "A Posteriori" by Helen Simpson; "Do a Dame a Favor?" by Norbert Davis; "Best of Friends" by Babette Rosmond; "Detective Directory" by Robert P. Mills. Rubbing; tanning; minor creasing. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Offprint, 12 pages, printed covers, reprinted from The Biochemical Journal,Vol. XX, No. 6, VERY GOOD.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Support Small Business by buying this book! This companion text to the Longman Latin readers will aid any teacher using this Latin curriculum. Selections are from the Latin literature of the Republic and Augustan age. Pages are clean with no apparent marks. Binding is tight and square. Light shelf wear to cover. Matte paperback cover.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Support Small Business by buying this book! This companion text to the Longman Latin readers will aid any teacher using this Latin curriculum. Selections are from the Latin literature of the Republic and Augustan age. Pages are clean with no apparent marks. Binding is tight and square. Light shelf wear to cover. Glossy paperback cover.

Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Very Good in a Very Good- dust jacket. Rubbing to jacket. Tear to jacket base at rear panel. ; ; 8.30 X 5.70 X 0.90 inches; 229 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Ex-Library. 1965 First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. Wearing on covers and spine. Volume two only. 275p.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 40pp. Newsprint [43cm x 27.5cm / 17" x 11"]. Ten bifolia (sheets folded vertically once to form forty pages). Age toned throughout. Occasional light creasing, fore-edges lightly bumped. Small ink stamped address on the rear cover page, for mailing, reads: "Library for Social and Technological Alternatives | Box 472 | Fairfax, CA 94930." Earth First! is a group of radical environmentalists that formed in the American Southwest in the spring of 1980, founded by Dave Foreman, Mike Roselle, Howie Wolke, Bart Koehler, and Ron Kezar, among others. Earth First! quickly came to national attention with their "cracking" of Glen Canyon Dam activist stunt, which was performed and filmed in the spring of 1981. Edward Abbey is considered to be the "literary father" of the group. "Earth First! is the beginning of the new, bold environmental movement. And 'Earth First! The Radical Environmental Journal' is its voice" (Dave Foreman, Editor). Rear cover half-page illustration by Lone Wolf Circles dated '88 is untitled and depicts a ranch hand herding a large group of branded cattle in front of mountain peaks, above which shows, in a dreamy puff of clouds, some of the much wilder and disappearing Western animals: a buffalo, a wolf, a fox, a wolverine. Cover story by Howie Woke is entitled "Stop the Forest Service!" Cover illustration entitled "The Forest Service Cometh" by Christoph Manes depicts the grim reaper scything down a patch of old-growth forest. David Gaines (1947-1988) obituary printed on page 3. Full-page ad "EF! Local Groups Merchandise" with "Usual Disgusting Plea for Money" on page 15. Curious article on page 25 entitled "Deep Ecology and Magic: Notes of a Sleight-of-hand Sorcerer" by David Abram ("David Abram, in addition to being a spell-binding magician, is a philosophy teacher at SUNY"). Edward Abbey's review of Wendell Berry's work "Home Economics" is printed on page 32. Wendell Berry's "My Answer to Edward Abbey" follows on page 33. Other credited Earth First! staff for this issue include: John Davis (Managing Editor), Kris Sommerville (Business Manager), Charles Conner (Shipping & Mailing), Helen Wilson (Cartography), Mike Roselle (Roving Editor), David Cross (Roving Editor), Roger Featherstone (Roving Editor), Art Goodtimes (Poetry Editor), Christoph Manes (Associate Editor), and Tucson Earth First! Group (Mailing). A long list of additional Contributing Editors, Correspondents, and Contributing Artists follows on page 2.

Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. 40pp. Newsprint [43cm x 27.5cm / 17" x 11"]. Ten bifolia (sheets folded vertically once to form forty pages). Some occasional soft creases and the rare spot of age toning or staining along edges. Else, a nice clean and bright copy. Earth First! is a group of radical environmentalists that formed in the American Southwest in the spring of 1980, founded by Dave Foreman, Mike Roselle, Howie Wolke, Bart Koehler, and Ron Kezar, among others. Earth First! quickly came to national attention with their "cracking" of Glen Canyon Dam activist stunt, which was performed and filmed in the spring of 1981. Edward Abbey is considered to be the "literary father" of the group. "Earth First! is the beginning of the new, bold environmental movement. And 'Earth First! The Radical Environmental Journal' is its voice" (Dave Foreman, Editor). Rear cover half-page illustration by Lone Wolf Circles dated '88 is untitled and depicts a ranch hand herding a large group of branded cattle in front of mountain peaks, above which shows, in a dreamy puff of clouds, some of the much wilder and disappearing Western animals: a buffalo, a wolf, a fox, a wolverine. Cover story by Howie Woke is entitled "Stop the Forest Service!" Cover illustration entitled "The Forest Service Cometh" by Christoph Manes depicts the grim reaper scything down a patch of old-growth forest. David Gaines (1947-1988) obituary printed on page 3. Full-page ad "EF! Local Groups Merchandise" with "Usual Disgusting Plea for Money" on page 15. Curious article on page 25 entitled "Deep Ecology and Magic: Notes of a Sleight-of-hand Sorcerer" by David Abram ("David Abram, in addition to being a spell-binding magician, is a philosophy teacher at SUNY"). Edward Abbey's review of Wendell Berry's work "Home Economics" is printed on page 32. Wendell Berry's "My Answer to Edward Abbey" follows on page 33. Other credited Earth First! staff for this issue include: John Davis (Managing Editor), Kris Sommerville (Business Manager), Charles Conner (Shipping & Mailing), Helen Wilson (Cartography), Mike Roselle (Roving Editor), David Cross (Roving Editor), Roger Featherstone (Roving Editor), Art Goodtimes (Poetry Editor), Christoph Manes (Associate Editor), and Tucson Earth First! Group (Mailing). A long list of additional Contributing Editors, Correspondents, and Contributing Artists follows on page 2.

Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.65.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by John Lawrence (illustrator). Stiff unmarked book in pale cloth with wrap-around illustration; in sturdy light green slipcase with just a faint touch of sunning. Third printing with the new foreword. ; 493 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: As New. First Edition. Beautiful Folio Society Edition in green pink and black illustrated cloth & light blue slipcase, First Printing with new Foreword and binding design, no markings, a Fine unread copy in Near Fine slipcase; 8vo; 493pp illus.