Lord Walter Editor (13 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Cloth binding. The book has the normal library markings and attachments along with a couple of pages with pen notations in the text. The dust jacket is faded on the spine area. The dust jacket is rated fair because the flaps were trimmed by library to fit the clear plastic dust jacket cover. Illustrated. 167 pages. Young Adult. A Breakthrough Book.…

Hardcover. Illustrated dust jacket. First Edition. Stated first edition with $4.00 price to djClean pages, tight binding, cloth board with minor soil, heavy tatter and tearing to dust jacketPlease contact us about shipping costs for international orders of over-sized books or multi-book sets. We are happy to provide accurate quote prior to purchase. Clean pages, tight binding, clot.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. (ix) 261 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a crease on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Robert Adragna. This anthology contains: In a Dim Room by Lord Dunsany; Miss Emmeline Takes Off by Walter Brooks; The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford; The Valley of the Beasts by Algernon Blackwood; The Haunted Trailer by Robert Arthur; Obstinate Uncle Otis by Robert Arthur; The Truth About Pyecraft by H. G. Wells; Housing Problem by Henry Kuttner; The Wonderful Day by Robert Arthur; The Waxwork by A. M. Burrage; and The Isle of Voices by Robert Louis Stevenson. Size: 8vo. Robert Adragna; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Covers are a bit dull. Book is slightly cocked. Spine tips are bumped. Three names and two years (1956 & 1957) on front fly leaf. 304 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with an address label on the front cover. Complete issue.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.25 inches. xiii, [3], 167, [13] pages. Illustrations. Order of Events. Dramatic Personae. Bibliography. Index. The previous owner's bookplate is inside the front cover. Part of the dust jacket pasted to fep. Decorative front cover that has some wear and soiling. No dust jacket present. Ex-library with usual library markings. Burke Davis earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He worked for the Charlotte News for ten years, beginning in 1937 as a sports reporter and editor. Then followed a four-year tenure as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun and almost ten years as a columnist for the Greensboro Daily News. In 1960 he became special projects writer for Colonial Williamsburg Inc., where he worked until 1978. Davis's first novel, Whisper My Name, was a thinly disguised portrait of a prominent Charlotte businessman. Davis soon turned his attention to historical subjects: The Ragged Ones and Yorktown showcased his sharp eye for detail and his ability to re-create the personalities of historical figures. Beginning with They Called Him Stonewall, Davis focused mostly on historical nonfiction for the rest of his career. He applied his narrative skill and eye for detail to bringing to life Confederate luminaries such as Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and J. E. B. Stuart, and published accounts of the Appomattox Campaign and General William Tecumseh Sherman's infamous march to the sea. Other subjects included the American Revolution (1775-1783), a biography of U.S. president Andrew Jackson, and southern industry. Derived from a brief Kirkus review: Excerpts from the documentary record and the many volumes of personal recollections as well as newspaper accounts contribute to the sense of immediacy and the reader tension that is produced by this book. Everyone knows who won the Civil War, but the story of how the peace was made is brought to life in this retelling. Shifting between the camps of Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant, and climaxing in the simple farmhouse where the dignity of the defeated general and the humility of the victor produced "one of the great peace settlements of history", the author never loses control of the story or its huge cast as he moves steadily toward the mood of the final great moment and its immediate aftermath. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. …

First Printing. Dell 8798. Near Fine to Fine condition. Uncommon in nice condition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 209 pp., xviii. Following List of Chairmen, Speakers and Invited Discussants; Foreword by Editor; and Addresses of Welcome by Lord May, Viscount Runciman, and Ambassador Bruno Bottai, Contents divided into "Topics" and subsequent "General Discussions"; Topic 1: THE LIMITS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE [1] Keith Thomas, Introduction; [2] Martin Rees, "Our Changing Cosmic Perspective and the Scope and Limits of Physical Law"; [3] Jean Starobinski, "Scientific Language and Poetic Language"; [4] Roger Highfield, "Where Fears Lurk:The Boundary between Science, Science Fiction, and Magic"; GENERAL DISCUSSION: Keith Thomas; [i] John Elliott, "Historical Knowledge and its Limitations" (Discussants: Tom Meade, Martin Rees, Brian Ridley, Thomas); (ii) Michael Mayor, "The Search for Evidence of Life on Other Planets" (Discussants: Martin Rees, Keith Thomas); (iii) Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, "Are there Limits to Knowledge?' (Discussants: Thomas, Williams, Rees, Anne McLaren, Laszlo Solymar, Fiona Fox, Highfield, Elliott Leader, Starobinski, Runciman, Maddox, Nowotny, Gilland, Claire Fox, Cavalli-Sforza); Topic 2: THE IMPACT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON HUMANITY John Krebs, Introduction; [2] Thomas W. Meade, "Ethical and Social Issues arising from the Science of Medicine"; [3] Walter Burkert, "Impacts, Evasions, and Lines of Defense: Some Remarks on Science and the Humanities"; [4] Lord Jenkin, "Science and Society: ' The Public Understanding of Science ' is NO Longer Enough"; GENERAL DISCUSSION: John Krebs; [i] Stanley J. Tambiah, "The Stem Cell Research Discussion in the USA" (Discussants: John Krebs, John Maddux, Lord Jenkin, Jan Lloyd, Tom Meade, Claire Fox, Helga Nowotny, Tambiah); [ii] Phillip V. Tobias, "Evolutionary Studies and Society" (Discussants: John Krebs,Tony Gilland, Lord Jenkin); (iii) Wolfgang Berger, "Humankind as a Major Geological Factor" (Discussants: John Krebs, R.J.P. Williams, Ian Lloyd, Giorgio Salvini, Lord Jenkin, Eugen Seibold, Tom Meade, Tambiah, Berger) ; Topic 3: WHY SHOULD THE PURSUIT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE BY ENCOURAGED? [1] Sergio Romano, Introduction; [2] Lord May, "The Use of Scientific Advice in Making Public Policy"; [3] Michael Stolleis, "The Role of the Humanities in Western Industrialized Societies"; [4] Lord Sainsbury, "Why we need Both Cultures"; GENERAL DISCUSSION (i) Claude Lorius, "Antarctica: Climate Research, Public Policy, and Society"; (ii) Frederick J. Vine, "Policy-making in the Environmental Sciences" (Discussants: Sergio Romano, Ian Lloyd, Lord Sainsbury, Lord May, Sidney Shipton, Bruno Bottai); (iii) Shmuel N. Eisenstadt, "The Ambivalence toward Science" (Discussants: Romano, Krebs, May, Sainsbury, Gilland, Stolleis, Lorius, Giorgio Salvini, Eisenstadt); (iv) Vittorio Mathieu, "Final Remarks" (Discussant: Romano); APPENDIX (i) "The International Balzan Foundation"; (ii) "The Balzan Prize and its Prize Winners"; (iii) "Members of the Board and General Prize Committee . . . of the Foundation"; (iv) "Members of the Board of the International E. Balzan Prize Foundation".// Blue cloth with brilliant gilt lettering on spine and front cover; shiny glassine dustwrapper; "wallpaper"- patterned, two-tone taupe endpapers. NO previous owner names; NO remainder marks. Appears UNUSED. 1" superficial scratch to the glassine on lower right front cover (NO impact on cloth board itself) and 2 1/4" thin line, really superficial, scratch and a few other very fine linear marks (even less discernible, on rear glassine cover, with NO impact on book itself): chiefly FLAWLESS book and glassine (NO tears or cracks). Arguably, Gift-Giving Condition, or you may need new friends. LAID IN: Complimentary Copy publicity letter sent by Bruno Bottai to unnamed recipient.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 80 pages. Illustrated. Malcolm C Salaman "Etty's Pictures in Lord Lever-Hulme's Collection" / "Leaves from the Sketch-Book of Walter Brand / Eric Brown "Some New Purchases by the National gallery of Canada" / J Quigley "The Flower-Piecein Modern art" / Pictures from the Recent London Exhibitions (U.P.).…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pasadena: Glenn Lord 1972 Softcover. First edition. Magazine. Besides REH, contains material by Walter Shedlofsky, Bryce D. Thompson, and Fred Blosser. Printed wrappers [about 5.5" x 8.75"], saddle-stapled, 36 pages. Near Fine copy with slight toning to some cover edges. WHB6.…

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See the two men's entries in the Oxford DNB. In good condition, lightly aged. 1p, 12mo. Signed (as Managing Editor of the Sunday Express) 'Hugh' and addressed to 'Dear Popie'. The article will start, as he explained on the telephone, 'with the death scene. / Here is the galley proof - uncorrected, so do not worry about literals. / We may also have to reduce the length a little, but it will be done with the usual skill of the Sunday Express'.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 240 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.