Leonard Telesca (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardcover in DJ. Dust jacket shows light edge wear. Pages are clean and unmarked, though lightly tanned. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 000-119: Hardcover with dustjacket. A beautiful, clean copy. Initials and check mark on FFEP. Light wrinkle on top of dj. No marks, creases or defects on pages. Excellent copy. Published 2006 by Dutton.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Leonard Telesca (illustrator). Small tear on back of jacket, some discoloration on edges.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. Leonard Telesca (Book Design) (illustrator). 1st Printing October 1987. 277 pp. Clean, fresh copy and dj with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. Rick Hasselberger (Jacket Design); Jack Louth & Henrik Sorensen (Jacket Photo); William Mosgrove (Author Photo); Leonard Telesca (Design) (illustrator). 338 pp. Flawless book and dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. Leonard Telesca (Book Design); Mel Odom (Jacket Illustration); Anna Demchick (Jacket Design) (illustrator). 1st Printing Nal Bks, Aug. 1988. 385 pp. Flawless book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used-Acceptable. Todd Radom (Cover Design); Leonard Telesca (Design) (illustrator). 8th Printing. 258 pp. Book shows heavy use, but still a good reading copy. Water warpage cover to cover. Stains on top, fore and bottom edges. Covers show wear in some places.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Melissa Jacoby (Cover Design); Alese Pickering (Cover Photo); Leonard Telesca (Design) (illustrator). 125 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Water stain on fore edge. Light foxing on page edges.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Tom Cocotos (Cover Illustration); Lucia Kim (Cover Design); Winston Smith (Interior Art); Leonard Telesca (Design) (illustrator). 1st Plume Pr. Feb 2003/ Rev. American Ed. 370 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear. Clean text. Light shelfwear and edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good copy with clean pages in creased dust jacket. Book club edition. Stains to edges of book.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. Mary E. O'Boyle (Jacket Design); Henri Poincare (Jacket Art/Photo); Noga Szpiro (Author Photo); Leonard Telesca (Design) (illustrator). 309 pp. Clean, fresh copy and dj with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Telesca, Leonard (book design) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Near unread condition red boards, black spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Wendy Northcutt; Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote; Introduction; Appendices: 1. Website Biography, 2. Author Biography, 3. List of Illustrations; and Story Index. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings. Various country names are neatly written on the bottom of the second to last page (page 252) with a very light colored lime green; the volume is otherwise in fine condition (see photographs). "Delightfully funny.If you are not yet aware of The Darwin Awards, you should probably be pitched out of the breeding population.taken together they constitute a delicious sermon in support of common sense." - The Baltimore Sun. "Hilarious.Books often are defined as good by saying you can't put it down. With The Darwin Awards you can. Then pick it up again. And again." - The Flint Journal (Michigan). "A warning to all dimwits." - Salon dot com. "One of the drawbacks to not teaching the theory of evoluton in schools is that some people wind up learning the stuff the hard way.Darwin-worthy departures are sent in from people all over the world. One lesson is that fatal stupidity knows no boudaries." - Sarasota Herald-Tribune. "Evolution takes another giant step forward with the third edition of the New York Times bestselling phoenomenon. One of the human race's most popular humor series returns with a brand-new collection of hilariously macabre mishaps and misadventures. Honoring those who improve our gene pool by inadvertently removing themselves from it, The Darwin Awards III: Survival of the Fittest shows once more how uncommon common sense still is. Featuring science and safety discussions, and filled with illustrations depicting inspiring examples of evolution in action, The Darwin Awards III includes all-new stories. Readers will celebrate Darwin Award winners who made the "ultimate sacrifice," wonder at the misguided pluck of Honorable Mentions who survived their own bad judgment, and look on in awestruck amusement at Personal Accounts shared by the perpetrators themselves. From the sheriff who inadvertently shot himself twice to the insurance defrauder who amputated his leg with a chainsaw; from a farmer who avoided bee stings by sealing his head in a plastic bag to the man crushed by the branch he'd just severed, The Darwin Awards III proves again that when it comes to stupidity, we are the most advanced species on the planet." - from the inner front jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Telesca, Leonard (book design) (illustrator). 1st Edition. New condition red boards, black spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by Charles Darwin; Appendices: Website Biography, Darwin Haiku, Author Biography; and Story Index. Illustrated with a repeating black-and-white variation of the jacket front illustration. Second printing. "It's not getting any smarter out there. You have to come to terms with stupidity, and make it work for you." - Frank Zappa. "If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error." - economist John Kenneth Galbraith. "Man is the only animal that blushes - or has reason to." - Mark Twain. "The problem with the gene pool is, there's no lifeguard." - comedian Steven Wright. "Descended from the apes! My dear, let us hope that it is not true, but if it is, let us pray that it will not become generally known." - the alarmed wife of the Bishop of Worcester, upon hearing about Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species. "Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not so sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein. "Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it, showing us just how uncommon common sense can be. Meet the absentminded terrorist who opens a mail bomb returned to him for insufficient postage. Marvel at the thief who steals electrical wires without shutting off the current. Gape at the would-be pilot who flies his lawn chair suspended from helium balloons into air-traffic lanes. And learn from the man who peers into a gasoline can using a cigarette lighter. All four contend for Darwin Awards when their choices culminate in magnificent misadventures. These tales of trial and awe-inspiring error - verified by the author and endorsed by website readers - illustrate the ongoing saga of survival of the fittest in all its selective glory. Including new material never before seen, as well as favorite award winners from years past, The Darwin Awards vividly portays the finest examples of evolution in action." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Bumping visible to corners of covers and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging across covers and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; 213 pages ; 21 cm ; SIGNED by author on title page ; ISBN 9780525946274, 0525946276 ; OCLC 46729257 ; LCCN 2001028734 ; LOC No PS3570.R585 S6 2001 ; yellow and red cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; An unforgettable story of an extraordinary love and a town's prejudice during World War II. Sophie and the Rising Sun "suggests the small but heartwarming triumphs made possible by human dignity and courage." -Publisher's Weekly. ; In sleepy Salty Creek, Georgia, strangers are rare. When a quiet, unassuming stranger arrives--a Japanese man with a secret history of his own--he becomes the talk of the town and a new beginning for lonely Sophie, who lost her first love during World War I. Middle-aged Sophie had resigned herself to a passionless existence. That all begins to change as she finds herself drawn to the mysterious Mr. Oto. When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Mr. Oto's newfound life comes under siege; his safety, even in Salty Creek, is no longer certain. Sophie must decide how much she is willing to risk for a future with the man who has brought such joy into her life. ; Augusta Trobaugh is the author of five previous novels: "River Jordan, Swan Place, Sophie and the Rising Sun" (a Barnes & Noble Discover New Authors pick), "Resting in the Bosom of the Lamb," and "Praise Jerusalem!," a semifinalist in the 1993 Pirates Alley Faulkner Competition. ; FINE/FINE. Signed by Author(s). Book.