John S Farmer Editor (46 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. 223 pp. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine and rubbing on the panels; initialled inside by a previous owner. This anthology contains: A Cross of Centuries by Henry Kuttner; Prometheus by Philip Jose Farmer; The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke; The Quest for Saint Aquin by Anthony Boucher; Balaam by Anthony Boucher; The Cunning of the Beast by Nelson Bond; Soul Mate by Lee Sutton; The Word to Space by Poul Anderson writing as Winston P. Sanders; The Vitanuls by John Brunner; Judas by John Brunner; Evensong by Lester del Rey; Shall the Dust Praise Thee? by Damon Knight; and Christus Apollo by Ray Bradbury. Norman Adams; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. ----------science fiction fantasy pulp magazine, digest size. Faint spine crease, a near fine copy. Alex Schomburg (front cover) (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. 2nd Series. (English drama, Early modern and Elizabethan ) 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. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. …

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. (English drama, Early modern and Elizabethan) 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. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. Collected and annotated by John S. Farmer. NY: Cooper Square Publishers, 1964. 8vo. xv,251pp. Blue cloth, near fine condition (spine dulled), no dj. ; 1536-1896; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 251 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. ex NON circulating library, so no pockets, gentler use, and these markings: remnant of 3/4'' paper circle on spine, March 21, 1913 accession plate inside front board, legal notice inside back board, small red withdrawn stamp on rear flyleaf, unpaginated, cream colored cloth spine and first inch of boards, dark green rest of boards, slightly soiled, fingerprints, paper title on spine soiled, clean internally, hinges good, see photos. Very Good F. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. ex NON circulating library, so no pockets, gentler use, and these markings: remnant of 3/4'' paper circle on spine, January 18, 1912 accession plate inside front board, legal notice inside back board, small red withdrawn stamp on rear flyleaf, unpaginated, cream colored cloth spine and first inch of boards, dark green rest of boards, slightly soiled, fingerprints, slight loss to paper title on spine, clean internally, hinges good, see photos. Very Good. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Barnes & Noble Reprint. EX-LIB, UNCIRCULATED college library copy. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Blue linen boards w/gilt lettering/NF. DJ/None. Loan slip to rear. PO stamp to upper and lower text edges. Facsimile reprint of the edition published 1906 by the Early English Drama Society, London. The anthology comprises: 1, A Comedy Concerning Three Laws, of Nature, Moses, and Christ; 2, A Tragedy or Interlude Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man; 3, A Comedy or Interlude of John Baptist's Preaching in the Wilderness; 4, A Comedy or Interlude Concerning the Temptation of Our Lord; and, 5, A Tragedy of John, King of England, followed by copious notes. Fine copy less dustjacket.…

Grey Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. pp.vii, (64). Introduction by the editor. Part of the Tudor Reprinted and Parallel Texts series; in this instance in original only and as a consequence printed on every other leaf throughout the text. Name and date in small neat hand to ffep, offsetting to first and last pages adjacent to endpapers and neat early repair to fore edge tear on title page; otherwise clean and sharp in and out.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First University Books edition, reprinted from the 1896 edition in red cloth with black spine and front panel lettering, octavo, pp. ix, [3], 266, [267-8]. Publisher's decorative dark blue tint on text block top edge. Each alphabetical entry is illustrated with an elaborate headpiece, tailpiece, and corresponding historiated letter. Light shelf wear at foot of spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. ex NON circulating library, so no pockets, gentler use, and these markings: remnant of 3/4'' paper circle on spine, November 24, 19/08 accession plate inside front board, legal notice inside back board, small red withdrawn stamp on rear flyleaf, unpaginated, cream colored cloth spine and first inch of boards, dark green rest of boards, slightly soiled, fingerprints, paper title on spine soiled, has spare paper title tipped in on short title, clean internally, hinges good, see photos. Very Good F. …

Condition: Good. 1st edition. Quarter leather, G+. xvi+47pp, spine chipped & rubbed with some loss, internally a nice copy. About Goddard little is known. A satirist & author of just three books he seems to have lived in the Low Countries [his Neaste Of Wasps was printed in the town of Dort]. His works appeared without the name of the Printer or Publisher being mentioned - this may have been due to failure to obtain a license to print. Goddards Satire is directed at women & marriage. The book takes the form of a dialoge between Alexander the Great & the Philosopher & Barrel dweller, Diogines - Alexander wanting to know why Diogines chooses to live a recluse. 250 grams.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Not Issued. Facsimile Reprint Edition. Brown cloth, lettered in gold foil. As issued. 191 pp. Facsimile reprint of original 1906 edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

18x11.5cm. Soft cover. First edition thus. The second English comedy in verse (rhymed long doggerel) attributed to Dr. John Still. ppXVI,75,(1) with decorated title-page, facsimiles of the original 16th century title-page and printer's device, and facsimile of title-page of Ingelend's "The Disobedient Child" of 1560. Plain card wrappers. Light creases across lower outer corner of rear wrapper. Printed paper overwrapper lightly toned & handling-marked, with light creases at rear panel as at rear wrapper; backstrip panel a little rubbed, a little chipped at head and slightly so at foot, with reading creases, and with tear across width connecting lower end of split along front-edge fold with upper end of split along rear-edge fold. Contents with a few isolated spots, short creases across lower outer corners of a few leaves, and shallow undulations almost throughout at lower outer corners diminishing in effect & extent from final leaf back to page 1 where hardly visible. Endpaper hinges almost completely broken. Faint owner's name with date on front pastedown. Edges of text-block age-toned and a little spotted. Contents generally clean and tight. FAIR, or excellent reading / working copy.…

Harc. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Facsimile Edition of 1907 Printing. Blue cloth binding with yellow print on spine and cover. Some light spotting on topedge. Otherwise tight, sound and unmarked. 472 pages including the notes and wordlist. If I read the preface correctly (from 1907); the first three plays were his First Series and the balance his Second Series. Illustrated (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Facsimile Reprint. Facsimile Reprint. Cloth binding, 191 pp. Facsimile of the edition published by the Early English Drama Society, London, in 1906. Ex-library with spine label, stampings, pocket. Appears to have never been read. Other than library marks, clean and crisp book. Very good. Illustrated (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Volume 3. (songs, ballads, music, lyrics) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Volume 4. (songs, ballads, music, lyrics) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Volume 1 (songs, ballads, music, lyrics) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Near Fine. NY 1964 first edition. Cooper Square. Hardcover octavo. Indexed by Authors, Titles, First Lines, Refrains and Sources. Words only, no music. Volume 2 only. 267p. dark bluish grey cloth w/gilt spine lettering. Cover Near Fine, about 20 text pages have tiny closed tear in left outer margin (not near printed text) no DJ. Volume 2 only.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with green paper and faux vellum boards, sunned spine, dusty untrimmed page edges, some pages as yet uncut and very slight rubbing but no bumping to corners. 67pp. In the Early English Dramatists Series with the play 'Like Will To Like'.written in 1568 plus a Note-Book and Word-List. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 7 x 4.5 inches.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. White cloth quarter binding, with olive green cloth over boards, and black lettering on a paper label on the spine. Title page dated 1911. Unpaginated; approximately 50 pages. Good condition. Corners are bumped; edges and corners are worn. Spine has sunned a bit. Ex-library markings on covers and endpapers. Pencil writing at gutter of front free endpaper. Binding is square and sturdy. Some smudging to title page. Pages have toned. Text consists of black-and-white reproductions of pages. A reproduction of fragments from a piece of Early English Drama.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Facsimile. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1964. 266pp. §A facsimile of the 1896 edition. Original blue buckram, gilt lettering & decoration. No dustwrapper, as issued. Top edge slightly spotted, otherwise a near fine copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Reprint, 1966. Good condition with no dust jacket. 140 pp. Ex-library. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. With facsimiles of title pages. Usual library markings and stamps. Text is clean. Spine tight. Appears unread. Very good. Illustrated (illustrator).…

Pp.(10)223(9)appendices; frontis. & 16 colour plates; badges in line throughout; very good in dust-wrapper. Facsimile reprint of the original 1901 edition. Military History.

Library Buckram. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Early English Drama Society. This volume was first printed, privately , for the early English Drama Society. There are 472 pages, Illustrated throughout with interesting engraved illustrations in the original 1556 printing. NOTE this is an exlibrary copy, bound in blue cloth The half title page has been strengthened, there is a library label inside rear cover. Otherwise a Firm, and very clean , fresh pages within - in all a very good reference copy of this scarce First Edition of this 1908 printing.; Hardback; Octavo.…

Condition: Very Good. Blue cloth boards, Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight.

Condition: Near Fine. NY 1964 first edition. Cooper Square. Hardcover octavo. Indexed by Authors, Titles, First Lines, Refrains and Sources. Words only, no music. Volume 3 only. 286p., dark blue-grey cloth with giult spine lettering. Near Fine, no DJ. Volume 3 only.

Condition: Good. Grey paper boards, white parchment spine, sl. chipped spine label. Cover looks slightly grubby. The Tudor Reprinted and Parallel Texts. 12mo. Unpagginated. With reprodution of the original title page.

Small 4to, 6pp., followed by 38pp., collotype facsimile, orig. cloth-backed boards, printed paper label to spine, a nice copy. Exact facsimile reprint of the only known edition of 1575.