Joseph Low Illustrator (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback with dust jacket in good condition.

Paperback. Condition: Used: Good. A good softcover copy. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean. Softcovers are good but front cover has light wear on top corner opposite spine. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Low, Joseph (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. Long before he gained fame as the author of "The Joy of Sex" in 1972, the author was a noted physician & sociobiologist. In this collection of 7 essays, he explores the conflict between humanity's "soft center" & "hard center,'' or between the poet & the scientist. a wide range of writers & thinkers who have explored this dichotomy & found a balance between the two poles is examined. In 174 pages with Index & notes. A FIRST EDITION, first printing from 1961, this hardcover has black matte cloth-covered boards with embossed designs to front/gilt lettering to spine. Condition is Fine: just a tad less crisp than Brand New! Completely clean, binding tight & square, hinges secure. Pages moderately tanned, commensurate with age, but unmarked. Mild rubbing to extremities, slight bumping to all corners & both ends of spine. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to Near Fine due to a few rubbed spots along spine & light soil/shelfwear Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ in. - 7¾ in. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light wear to edges, boards clean, tight binding, interior text clean. Dust jacket chipped along upper front cover edge with a small closed tear and crease, mild fading to jacket spine, price-clipped. Very Good copy in Good dust jacket.

Condition: very good/very good. ISBN: 0136068898 Hardcover, dust jacket protected in new mylar wrap. Cream cloth over boards. Clean, square copy. Text unmarked throughout. Gift inscription on front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1974 Hardcover First Edition (#1 in number line) Interior clean except for Garfield bookplate that has the previous owners name in Braille. Binding tight. Boards clean. Dust jacket price clipped. Some discoloration from sticker. Protected in mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 42 pp; This pamphlet has been hardbound in red pebbled cloth, original bound in. Spine ends slightly worn, gilt title on cover with 2nd instance of "King's" mis-spelled as "Kiag's" in " . Book is an basic primer on stabilizing old and damaged materials and in demonstrating the capability of the Hand Bindery at the Lakeside Press. No date given, estimated as a 1960's publication. A nice, tight and attractive copy bound to hold up to time.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dustjacket, a reprint of the 1940 edition with new illustrations included by Joseph Low, the spine-ends are softened and the pink cloth has mild tanning near the top edge, the binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has a small red smudge on the front flap (all of the text remains readable) and mild tanning is present mainly near the the edges, mild edge-wear also, the original price is present (4.95) and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. 8vo bound in gilt stamped and tooled full leather housed in marbled slipcase. Limited edition, signed by the illustrator at colophon. Near Fine with a few small scuffs to leather. Slipcase is Very Good with minor rubbing to corners. xvii, 176 pp. [+1]. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. (1970). 8vo. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION one of 1950 copies SIGNED by Low. Full leather. Slightest toning to edges of otherwise good, clean textblock. Slightest bumping to forecorners of gently rubbed and faintly scratched boards. Slight bumping and wear to corners of barely rubbed slipcase with faint marking along top and bottom edges. VG in VG slipcase. Illustrator.

Condition: very good + to near fine. First edition thus. Large 8vo. xv, (1), 301, (3)pp. Horizontal bands of gray, blue and orange cloth, lettered in silver and gilt (spine lightly sunned). Housed in publisher's lightly dusted blue cardboard slipcase with paper spine label (label a bit rippled). Illustrated with 95 text drawings (38 in color) by Joseph Low. Edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (this is #1363) printed at the Stinehour Press and signed on the limitation leaf by Joseph Low. Contents: The notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County -- Dick Baker's cat -- Baker's blue-jay yarn -- The curious Republic of Gondour -- The five boons of life -- Two little tales -- The man that corrupted Hadleyburg -- An encounter with an interviewer -- The belated Russian passport -- The facts concerning the recent carnival of crime in Connecticut -- Experience of the McWilliamses with membranous croup -- A true story -- The death disk -- The story of the bad little boy -- The story of the good little boy -- A mediaeval romance -- The stolen white elephant -- The $30,000 bequest -- A dog's tale -- Was it heaven? or hell? -- Extracts from Adam's diary -- Eve's diary. (OCLC).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Orange cloth covered boards with slight creasing at base of spine. Pictoral dust jacket very slightly discoloured on spine, covered with plastic jacket, unclipped, pevious price stickers on back. Contents have slight dust discolouration on top of pages but otherwise clean and tight. Illustrated in sepia throughout by Joseph Law. One of Swift's many satires that contain a grain of truth.