Joyce S Gordon (28 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. 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. 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.

Condition: acceptable. Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting, but the text cannot be obscured or unreadable. Any access codes or passwords originally included with the book may be expired, used or no longer valid. Image is stock photo and cover art edition may be different than pictured.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Small markings on front end page.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 4th Printing. 4th printing (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #1140). Includes publisher's slipcase. Fine book in near fine slipcase. Slipcase faintly scuffed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2003 Hard Cover. 288 pp. A collection of humorous vignettes by various authors, with contributions by William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Winston S. Churchill, the Queen of England, G.K. Chesterton, P.G. Wodehouse, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, Groucho Marx, etc., etc. Ever since Chaucer's day, when the host of the Tabard Inn in Southwark rose to welcome the Canterbury Pilgrims with a joke, the After Dinner Speech, designed, if possible, to reduce the assembled company to helpless merriment, has presented the ultimate challenge. The best speakers are natural story-tellers - Gerard Hoffnung, reading a selection of letters from continental hoteliers: 'There is a French widow in every bedroom affording delightful prospects'; John Mortimer telling the woeful tale of a man's numerous unsuccessful attempts to murder his wife: 'At no time did Mrs Scott feel that the magic had gone out of their marriage' - and in this collection of post-prandial treasures you will find the very best of them, from Groucho Marx on how to resist a femme fatale, to Ralph Steadman surreally addressing the Lewis Carroll Centenary Dinner. 'Goodness', said a friend on greeting Mae West, 'where did you get those beautiful pearls?' 'Goodness', replied Mae, 'had nothing to do with it.' Shaggy dog stories, practical jokes, sporting anecdotes, rousing toasts, travellers' tales and risque reminiscences rub shoulders in this essential collection with real-life revelations and moments of history. Among the guests are Peter Ustinov, Jilly Cooper, Brian Johnstone, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Robertson Davies, Henry Grady and A.P. Herbert. There is food and drink in abundance. There is gentle reflection and endearing charm as well as defiant frivolity. Above all there are stories for every occasion - witty, absurd, momentous, philosophical, fascinating, poignant, and forever entertaining.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition of this literary essay collection originally published in The New York Times Book Review. Eight major twentieth-century writers reflect on the traditional seven deadly sins, with an additional essay on despair. Contributors include Thomas Pynchon (Sloth), Mary Gordon (Anger), John Updike (Lust), William Trevor (Gluttony), Gore Vidal (Pride), Richard Howard (Avarice), A. S. Byatt (Envy), and Joyce Carol Oates (Despair). Illustrated throughout by Etienne Delessert. Softcover, as issued. Very Good+ with minor spotting/staining to the text block edges and light staining to the rear cover. Spine smooth and uncreased; binding tight; pages clean and unmarked. First Edition, stated. Printed in the United States. Carefully packed and shipped in a box. International shipping available. Additional photographs available upon request. Sb2f. Etienne Delessert (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 125 pp. Etienne Delessert (illustrator).

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd printing. 143 pages (complete). A docile copy of this collection of monographs of South African artists. The book has been bound by a burgundy ribbon (worn but sure). The covers have some tanning, some wear, some marks. They are benign and sure. The contents are a little aged. However, they are also clean, clear, confident, generous, benevolent. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition with no wrapper. Blue cloth spine, yellow and red pictorial front cover shows 3 children under cherry tree. Volume LXV on verso of title page. 140 pages. Adverts to rear cover and endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine lightly browned. Covers scuffed and slightly grubby. One hinge cracked. Name and address in pencil to verso of frontis. Large tear through text to page 133/4. Contents have some foxing but are generally clean otherwise. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Peacock, Mabel & Slade, Marjorie & Robinson, Gordon & Barham, Winifred & Mercer, Joyce & et al., (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Minus. No Jacket. Rubbed, smudge mark to rear, some gutters a little strained, otherwise clean and firm. Size: 8vo. Dennys, Joyce (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Rebound in grey buckram with gilt lettering.; 0.67 x 8.92 x 5.96 Inches; 241 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1957. xii, 65-241 pp. 26 x 17.5 Light grey stiff paper wrappers with black lettering to cover and spine. Toning, wrinkling, and some dampstaining to spine, with some light wear to spine ends. Uneven toning and some dampstaining to front and rear covers. Previous owner's name and some writing in black ink and red pencil on front cover, with more writing in black ink on verso of front cover. Some underlining and marginalia in red and regular pencil throughout interior. Label scar on title page, which is presumably from a 'Review Copy' label that is no longer extant. Considerable dampstaining to plates at rear of book. Binding firm. This copy of the Gordons' work on Latin inscriptions was previously owned by the scholar Leslie W. Jones. He was tasked with writing a review of this monograph, and bears his notes on the recto and verso of the front cover regarding the publication of the review. Laid in is a two page duplicate of the review on onionskin paper. . Soft Cover. Good.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good Set. Dust Jacket Condition: Worn, Torn. Jackets present only on 2 volumes of Part I. All plates present. Landmark in the field of Roman Studies by the famous husband/wife team who were fixtures for years at Berkeley. Extra shipping needed for large, heavy set.

OKart. 4°, xii, 65-242 S., m. zahlr. Abb. und Tafeln, Handschriftl. Namenszug auf Umschlag, einwandfreier Zustand.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ex-library copy with usual markings. DJ is in plastic sleeve.; Text Volume ONLY; 1; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 190 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ex-library copy with usual markings. DJ is in plastic sleeve.; Plate Volume ONLY; 2; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. DJ has tears and chipping. DJ is price-clipped.; Text Volume ONLY; 1; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 160 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. DJ has tears and chipping.; Text Volume ONLY; 3; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 190 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. DJ has tears and chipping. DJ is price-clipped.; Plate Volume ONLY; 1; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. DJ has tears and chipping. Some tape applied to DJ.; Plate Volume ONLY; 3; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 190 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. DJ has a few small tears and chipping.; Volume 4 Only.; 4; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 132 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Part 1, in two volumes. Ex-press library, no outer labeling. Otherwise VG. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Volumes 1-3 of Plates. No Texts. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 177 photogtaphic images on 67 sheets. Volume 1 is the text and volume 2 is the plates. Bound in publisher's original grey cloth with the front covers and spines stamped in red. Previous owner's bookplate in each volume. Dust jackets are price clipped and have minor chips and closed tears to the extremities. Fine condition in near fine dust jackets.…