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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Stephen Snider; (illustrator). First Edition. 322 pp. Blue and cream coloured boards; lettered in cream on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Dj art by Stephen Snider. This anthology contains: The Deep Waters by E. Pauline Johnson; Soaked in Seaweed by Stephen Leacock; Sleep by Emily Carr; The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson; The Waves (dawn) by Virginia Woolf; Three Villages by Emily Carr; Coqueville on the Spree by Emile Zola; Port After Port, the Same Baggage by Janette Turner Hospital; The Ocean Spray by Malcolm Lowry; The Feeding of the Emigrants by Laurence Housman; The Waves (early morning) by Virginia Woolf; The Lighthouse of Les Sanguinaires by Alphonse Daudet; The Boat by Jane Urquhart; The Fisherman and His Soul by Oscar Wilde; Far Enough Island by Lesley Choyce; On the Sea by Ivan Turgenev; The Waves (early afternoon) by Virginia Woolf; Ebb Tide by E. Rossiter; Deadman by E. Annie Proulx; The Wreck by Guy de Maupassant; The Aran Islands: First Visit by J. M. Synge; The Waves (dusk) by Virginia Woolf; and The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen . Size: 8vo. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated Cover art! (illustrator). PBO - Paperback Original (True 1st). 233 pgs. >>> Anthology of fourteen stories by Max Beerbohm, E.M. Forster, R.K. Narayan, W. Somerset Maugham, Mulk Raj Anand, Rudyard Kipling, Katherine Mansfield, Saki, Stephen Leacock, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry Lawson, R.R. James, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Baron Corvo >> Minor cover creasing; minor shelf wear; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jack Eckstein; (illustrator). First Edition. (xiv) 561 pp. Quarter bound in black cloth on black boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by Jack Eckstein. Also edited with Stefan Dziemianowicz and Martin H. Greenberg. This anthology contains: An Artful Touch by Charles Dickens; The Course of Justice by Hugh B. Cave; An Irreducible Detective Story by Stephen Leacock; According to Plan by Ray Darby; Adventure of the Baritone Singer by George Barton; The Adventure of the Table Foot by Zero; The Adventure of the Two Collaborators by Sir James M. Barrie; The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes; and The Clarion Call by O. Henry; Affirmative Action by Jon L. Breen; Anchor the Stiff by Dan Gordon; An Axe to Grind by Curt Hamlin; Behind Murder's Eight-Ball by Don James; Better Hands by Dale Clark; The Bloodles Corpse by O. R. Dale; Bread Ahead by C. J. Henderson; Cache and Carry by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini; Calling Dr. Death by C. William Harrison; The Cap'n Sleeps by John Earl Davis; The Carnival Caper by R. L. Steven; The Case of the Barking Beagle by R. L. Stevens; Checkmated by Coretta Slavska; The Clincher; and Escape by Jack Foxx; The Cop and the Lady by Booton Herndon; Cop Maker by Ronald Henderson; Curtains for Kelly by John Randolph Phillips; Cut Glass by Frederick Arnold Kummer Jr.; Damsel with a Derringer by Stephen Dentinger; The Dead Go Overboard by Fenton W. Earnshaw; Death Racket by Frederick Arnold Kummer Jr.; The Deer that Ate a Diamond by Edward D. Hoch; Detective for a Day; Die Before Bedtime; Dogs Know by Gary Lovisi; Duck Behind that Eight-Ball by Nick Spain; Dust by James W. Holden; Exhibit D by John Maclay; Extra Service by John Mallory; Eye-Witness by Donald S. Aitken; Eye Witness by David X. Manners; A Friend of Davy Jones' by Dan Gordon; Granny Gumption Solves a Murder by C. J. Henderson and Charles Hoffman; A Hand of Pinochle by Theodore Tinsley; Harsh Light of Day by Wayne D. Dundee; Heir-in-a-Hurry by Morris Cooper; Higher Education by Sidney Waldo; Hip and Thigh by H. H. Matteson; If the Body Fits by Larry Holden; Ignorance of Art by Vincent Hall; Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern by Bill Pronzini; In the Library by W. W. Jacobs; Ink's Jinx by Anthony Clemens; Kansas City Connection by Wayne McMillan; Knit One-Kill Two by Fergus Truslow; The Leopard Man's Story by Jack London; The Man Who Collected "The Shadow" by J. V. Drexel The Man Who Died Too Often by Davie Crewe; The Mann Act by Michael A. Black; Memento Mori by Alex Saxon; Mrs. Belcourt Draws a Bier by Alan Ritner Anderson; Murder at Rose Cottage by Edward D. Hoch; Muderer's Handicap by Alex Barber; Murder Offstage by R. L. Stevens; Murder on the Limited by Howard Finney; The Mystery of the Rue de Peychaud by O. Henry; Naked in Darkness by Hugh B. Cave; Night Watch by Scott O'Hara; Night Work by Gerald Tollesfrud; A Novel Forgery by Rodrigues Ottolengui; Old Calamity's Stick-up by Joseph Fulling Fishman; Old Guy by Maitland LeRoy Osborne; The Outside Ledge by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace; Packed House by Robert Zacks; The Pattern by Alex Saxon; The Rosary by Michael A. Black; Safety Deposit by B. B. Fowler; The Seventieth Number; and Smothered Mate by Stephen Dentinger; A Shroud with a Silver Lining by Marion Lineaweaver; The Sign by Tom Curry; The Sign of the "400" by R. K. Munkittrick; Smoke Sign by Dale Clark; Snapping Out of It by Bruce Holland Rogers; Something Green by Edward D. Hoch; Something Wrong; and Souls Burning by Bill Pronzini; The Spell of the Black Siren by Dick Donovan; The Stolen Cigar-Case by Bret Harte; Summer's End by William Manners; The Terrarium Principle by J. V. Drexel; Three Men and a Corpse by Victor K. Ray; Today's Special-Poison by V. E. Thiessen; The Trailor Murder Mystery by Abraham Lincoln; A Tulip in the Snow by John McCurnin; and many more. Size: 8vo. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Bon. Ancien livre de bibliothèque avec équipements. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Former library book. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. James Trembath GGA (Good Girl Painted Cover) (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 192 pages. Selections from the Nation's best wits. >>Minor edge creasing to covers. Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Worn. 1st Edition.

Vintage black-and-white still photograph from the 1953 UK film. Printed with the original title, "Appointment in London." A retiring bomber pilot intends to keep the new recruits focused by banning women from the base. Then he meets smiling officer Eve Canyon 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with an ink notation on the verso, two tiny chips, and light toning.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 216 pages. French language. 8.35x5.91x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. sticker ,name bloted out on front end pages, else clean. D4 2.

XXI,838 S., zahlr.Abb., kt. 2. (IAU Symp. No. 109).

Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1962 film. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene, befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Salvador Dali, and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Based on the 1959 novel by John Hersey. The hotshot commander of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber lives for the most dangerous missions, and acts as though he may have a death wish. Shot on location in Cabridge, Bovingdon, and Kent, England. 10 x 8 inches. One Near Fine, the other Very Good plus, with creasing and tape residue at the bottom left corner.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. xx, 315 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. ; Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1954 ; OCLC: 34219087 ; LC: GV965 ; green and beige cloth ; no dustjacket ; "Bob Jones was an Atlanta lawyer who also happened to become one of the best golfers who ever lived. His ultimate achievement came in 1930, when he became first and only golfer to win the Grand Slam. He promptly retired from competitive golf, returned to his law practice and founded Augusta National Golf Club-the site of the annual Masters Tournament ; Contents: Short stories -- The clicking of Cuthbert / P G Wodehouse -- Mr. Frisbie / Ring Lardner -- The sweet shot / E. C. Bentley -- The Ooley-cow / Charles E. Van Loan -- Golf is a nice friendly game / Paul Gallico -- Cartoons -- The spirit of the game -- reminiscence, comment, history and humor -- The links of Leith / Tobias Smollett -- The birth of the Linksland Courses / Sir Guy Campbell -- Some of the humor of golf / A. J. Balfour -- Hints to golfers of riper years / Horace C. Hutchinson -- How to go about buying a putter / John L. Low -- The old apple tree gang / H. B. Martin -- Across the street from the County Club / Francis Ouimet -- Golf in four acts / George Ade -- Caddying at Edgewater / Chick Evans -- Mr. Dooley on golf / Finley Peter Dunne -- Merion--First visit / Robert T. Jones, O. B. Keeler -- How I kept my wait down / Walter Hagen -- On Diegeling / Bernard Darwin -- The prospect for 1930 / Grnatland Rice -- Two niblicks / Bernard Darwin -- The fabulous Commodore Hear / Grantland RIce -- Golfers with a past / Noel F. Busch -- The Dr. Livingstone of gold / Harry Robert -- Francis drives himself in / S. L. McKinlay -- The Hong Kong Golf Club / Christopher Rand -- Watching my wife / John L. Hulteng -- Le Bing et le golf / Art Buchwald -- The Golfomaniac / Stephen leacock -- Golfmanship / Stephen Potter -- Great players, historic moments -- The triumvirate /Bernard Darwin -- The first United States amateur championship -- How I won the British amateur championship / Walter J. Travis -- 1913, the United States open championship / Henry Leach -- Walter Hagen--my hero, my rival / Gene Sarazen -- Hagen at Hoylake / Bernard Darwin -- 28 holes in 100 strokes / Gene Sarazen -- Little, at Prestwick and St. Anne's / Peter Lawless -- Failure of a mission / Henry Longhurst -- Guldahl wins the Masters / William D Richardson -- Nelson at his peak / Arthur Mann -- The affluent hillbilly / Bob Harlow -- Pinehurst and a Ryder Cup match / Henry Longhurst -- Perfection at Oakmount / Philip W Wrenn -- The greatest year of my life / Ben Hogan, Gene Gregston -- Walker Cup matches--the full parade / John P. English -- The Babe comes back / Al Laney -- The Masters' voices -- Their views on theory, technique, learning and playing -- The importance of style / Willie Park -- Styles and methods, then and now / Henry Cotton -- The grip holds your swing together / Tommy Armour -- How Hogan picks his clubs / Jimmy Demaret -- The woods / Sam Snead -- Playing the irons / Robert T. Jones, and G. B. Keeler -- Putting / Bobby Locke -- It takes brains to play golf / Gene Sarazen -- Discoveries that helped my golf game most / Byron Nelson -- Golf fashions, not fundamentals, change / Horton Smith -- Tournement golf / Robert Jones -- The controlled Golf swing / Percy Boomer -- Golf's greatest teacher / Herb Graffin -- Golf course architecture -- From St. Andrews to the modern American courses / Robert Trent Jones ; ownership stamp, a few scuffs, else VG. Book.

Condition: Bon. Merci, votre achat aide à financer des programmes de lutte contre l'illettrisme.

Otros Colaboradores: Observaciones: Tapa Blanda. Traduit de l'anglais et presentées par Michel Chrestien. . 273 p.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R260269776: 1985. In-8. Broché. Très bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Intérieur frais. 838 pages augmentées de quelques photos et figures en noir et blanc dans texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The IAU Symposium 109, sponsored by IAU Commission 2( and co-sponsored by Commissions 8 and (0, was originally scheduled to be held in Merida, Venezuela, but eventually took place at the University of Florida in Gainesville from January 9 to January 12, 1984. The Scientific Organizing Committee consisting of Peter Brosche (FRG), John Davis (Australia), Jean Delhaye (France), Erik H9Sg (Denmark), James A. Hughes (USA), C. Andrew Murray (UK), Dimitri D. Polozhentsev (USSR), Jurgen Stock (Venezuela), Catherine Turon (France), Arthur R. Upgren (USA), Gart Westerhout (USA), Arno Witzel (Germany, FR), and Shu Hua Ye (PRC), was chaired by Heinrich Eichhorn (USA). The Local Organizing Committe (chaired by Robert J. Leacock) included, in addition, Jeanne Kerrick, Carl Cole, Billy Cooke, Lance Erickson, Mary Jane Taylor, Wan-xian Wang and James Webb. The following chaired sessons during the Symposium: Shinko Aoki (Japan), Wilhelm Gliese (Germany, FR), Bernard Guinot (France), Kenneth Johnston (USA), Jean Kovalevsky (France), Kaj Aa. Strand (USA), George Teleki (Yugoslavia), and William van Altena (USA). All papers included in this volume were refereed. A significant part of them were not appropriate for publication as originally submitted, mostly for reasons of language. Some were therefore heavily edited. The papers originally submitted in Russian were translated into English by Eva Eichhorn. Many of the papers were retyped at the Department of Astronomy of the University of Florida.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 864 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.71 inches. In Stock.

tapa blanda. Condition: 2ª Mano. Dust Jacket Condition: 2ª Mano. Jose Janes Editor. 1952. Al Monigote De Papel. Arthur Morrison. Harold Nicholson. Barry Pain. W. Petit Ridge. Daniel Pettiward. T.F. Powys. J.B. Priestley. Punch. Saki ( H.H. Munro). Bernard. Shaw. Osbert Sitwell. Walter Starkie. Evelyn Waugh. 1ª ed. Primera edicion Al Monigote de papel 1945 Barcelona.-- ilustraciones de Enrique Clusellas, Seleccion y traducciones Simon Santaines.-- 526 pags. 8º tela editorial deslucida, firma ant prop, deslucido en cortes, Libro.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Large octavo. 202pp. Cloth. Illustrated. Gift inscription, pencil loop detached, else a fine, bright copy in price-clipped, fine dust jacket. The pictorial jacket reproduces a design by O. Soglow. Contributions include "How To Sleep" by Robert Benchley, a preface and "The Art of Breaking a Neck" by W.C. Fields, "The Doctor and the Contraption" by Stephen Leacock, "The Body Beautiful" by S.J. Perelman, "Essay on the Advantages of Sleeping in Bed Alone" by Groucho Marx, etc. Scarce in this condition.

First Edition, First Printing. Publisher DentÕs own file copy. With a perforation stamp on the the title page stating FILE COPY. In the upper left hand corner of the front pastedown is the publisherÕs label states FILE COPY, the price of 5 shillings, and the date of publication being August 19, 1937. With the publisherÕs production number on the flyleaf Fine copy bound in decorated gray cloth with the original pictorial dust jacket which is very good with light chipping. The book issued to accompany the Robert Flaherty directed film starring Sabu as a small Indian boy and his elephant Irawatha. Co-written by Robert FlahertyÕs wife. Well illustrated with black & white photographs.

Vintage reference photograph of Micheal Crawford, Philip Leacock, Steve McQueen, and an unidentified woman, on the set of the 1962 film. Based on the 1959 novel by John Hersey. The commander of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, cocky hotshot Captain Buzz Rickson, lives for the most dangerous missions, and acts as though he may have a death wish. Shot on location in Cabridge, Bovingdon, and Kent, England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Proceedings of the 109th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Gainesville, Florida, USA, January 9-12, 1984 I. Reduction Technique.- Concepts of reference systems.- Discussion of meaning and definition of UT.- Relativistic re.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Astrometric Techniques | Proceedings of the 109th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union Held in Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A., 9-12 January 1984 | Heinrich K. Eichhorn (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | xxi | Englisch | 1986 | Springer | EAN 9789027722577 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -I. Reduction Technique.- II. Radio Astrometry.- III Photographic Astrometry.- IV. Interferometry.- V. Small Field Photoelectric Astrometry.- VI. Transit Circles and Astrolabes.- VII. Space Astronomy.- VIII. Objects.- IX. Administration and Distribution.- X. Connections Between the Various Techniques.- A. Excerpts from a general discussion on coordinates and time.- B. The status of the plates taken for the charts and the catalogue of the Carte du Ciel (astrographic catalogue).- C. Pictures taken during the Symposium.- Author Index.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 864 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The IAU Symposium 109, sponsored by IAU Commission 2( and co-sponsored by Commissions 8 and (0, was originally scheduled to be held in Merida, Venezuela, but eventually took place at the University of Florida in Gainesville from January 9 to January 12, 1984. The Scientific Organizing Committee consisting of Peter Brosche (FRG), John Davis (Australia), Jean Delhaye (France), Erik H9Sg (Denmark), James A. Hughes (USA), C. Andrew Murray (UK), Dimitri D. Polozhentsev (USSR), Jurgen Stock (Venezuela), Catherine Turon (France), Arthur R. Upgren (USA), Gart Westerhout (USA), Arno Witzel (Germany, FR), and Shu Hua Ye (PRC), was chaired by Heinrich Eichhorn (USA). The Local Organizing Committe (chaired by Robert J. Leacock) included, in addition, Jeanne Kerrick, Carl Cole, Billy Cooke, Lance Erickson, Mary Jane Taylor, Wan-xian Wang and James Webb. The following chaired sessons during the Symposium: Shinko Aoki (Japan), Wilhelm Gliese (Germany, FR), Bernard Guinot (France), Kenneth Johnston (USA), Jean Kovalevsky (France), Kaj Aa. Strand (USA), George Teleki (Yugoslavia), and William van Altena (USA). All papers included in this volume were refereed. A significant part of them were not appropriate for publication as originally submitted, mostly for reasons of language. Some were therefore heavily edited. The papers originally submitted in Russian were translated into English by Eva Eichhorn. Many of the papers were retyped at the Department of Astronomy of the University of Florida. 864 pp. Englisch.