Markel Lester (26 results)

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Spine torn. Owner's name on front endpage. Front hinge cracked. (New York Times Magazine).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. A very good paperback. Spine crease. Light wear around the edges and cover. 1st printing copyright 1963.

Softcover. White magazine size soft cover, black lettering, lightly rubbed. Reference; 19996.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. dj: some shelfwear, repaired pushed tear bottom edge back cover, spine ends rubbed. book: near mint minus owner's signature marked out top edge f flyleaf. 0.0.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 227 pages. Ex-university library marks, some wear to the covers; pages tanned; a good solid book. No jacket. Contributors include Hanson Baldwin; Arnaldo Cortesi; W. Phillips Davison; C.D. Jackson; Martin kriesberg; Cabell Phillips; James Reston; Shepard Stone. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sociology & Politics; Inventory No: 215688.…

Paperback. near fine trade paperback.

Cloth Spine w/ Paper Cvr Bds. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: G to G+. 489 pp, the book and contents are clean and solid, the endpapers have light foxing and the covers have only very minor wear and soil.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Foxing is present on one or more pages. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Badly faded due to exposure to sunlight. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Fair to Good. First Printing. 488 pages. Light soil. Dust jacket chipped and scuffed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Spine tips are worn. Small scar in middle of spine. One inch tear in fore edge of covers and all pages with a chip at fore edge of back cover. Bertrand Russell photographs by Karsh on covers. Article about Chopin. 80 pages.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Second printing, paperback. Very good. Text clean. Spine lightly faded. Light rubbing to cover.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Owner's name on front free endpage. (American newspapers, social conditions, politics and govrenment).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. SUBTITLED : `An Anthology of Articles from the New York Times Magazine '. These 495 (mas market) pages gather together approximately seventy stories - some dating to 1926. Markel says in his introduction that these `news' stories satisfy the definition of news : ` speaks to both the immediate event and the broader context. (Background and Foreground). Among the writers represented : C.B. Palmer, Stanley Walker, Wilma Dykeman and Rebecca West. But also : Jawaharial Nehru and Bertrand Russell. Unillustrated. READ more about : One Trick, Cockney voices, courtship, pervasive rituals, NATO, Prince Hamlet, and Coventry ironmasters. Cond : Brown paper wrapper with white lettering. Textblock is tight, bright and crispy, the cover is ugly. No names nor marks. Very good reading copy only. QUote (p. 280) (James Thurber) : " Within a few months Jeannie took to leaving the house when the sun came up and returning when it began to get dark. Her outings seemed to be good for her. She began to look ._._._. . ".…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library with typical library markings/labels, no other markings found. Cover shelf worn, bumped corners, fading sping. No dj, but flaps glued inside front cover. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.

Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Association Copy. Laid in is a letter from the author to Nicholas Katzenbach, Attorney General under LBJ and advisor to both Kennedy's, asking him to give 'short statements, answering these two questions: 1) What do you think should be our role in the world? 2) What can be done to make the effort successful-- especially by the President, the Congress, the media, and the other instruments of education? & signed, yours faithfully, Lester Markel. Fine in near fine dj.…

1. Auflage. 495, (1) S. Orig.-Broschur. Taschenbuch. - Rücken mit Lesespuren; Papier altersbedingt leicht gebräunt. Buchblock angebrochen und zur Hälfte vom Rücken gelöst; einige Seiten liegen lose im Block. Innen sauber.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. A Poor copy of a single issue copy of Section 6 New York Times Magazine. Slight wear to covers with curling along stapled spine. Faint scratching to front cover. Small tears and small holes common to newspapers along side cover and page edgings. Sunning to volume. Lavishly illustrated. 80 numbered pages with page 43/44 missing which had part of the Julie Andrews interview. Contents: When Russians Rose Against Czar. By George F. Kennan; Shaw's Guide For Children. By George Bernard Shaw; The Supreme Court. By Philip Yeager and John Stark; Eliza's Year: It's Been 'Loverly.' By Helen Markel [page missing]; Strange War In Strangest Arabia. By Homer Bigart; Caesar: 'When Comes Such Another?' By Robert Graves; Lament For The Male Sanctuary. By John Willig; Man's Face In Sculpture; Letters; Food; Parent And Child; Fashions; Home; Puzzles" Puzzles are blank. Advertising for: Lord & Taylot; Art Treasures of the World featuring Kirk Douglas; Surretwill; Fisher Radio Sales; Chlet Apparel.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. A Fair copy of a single issue copy of Section 6, Part I, New York Times Magazine with the title:"Red Star And Satellite". Slight wear to covers and along stapled spine. Cover page through page 9 has creasing to bottom corner. Faint scratching to front cover and small chip effecting illustration of Khrushchev on the cover. Small tears and small holes common to newspapers along side cover and page edgings. Closed tear along the side edge to pages 17/18 and 33/34. Sunning to volume. Lavishly illustrated. 96 pages all accounted for. Contents:"'As Urgent As The Moscow Threat.' By Henry A. Kissinger; Crisis" 'The Art Of Bolshevik Policy.' By Harry Schwartz; Castro Faces The Harder Fight. By Herbert L. Matthews; Argument For 'Creeping' Inflation. By Sumner H. Slichter; An Exchange Of Students--And Views. A Symposium; Why Can't They Tell It's A Turkey? By Richard Maney; The Cartoonists Analyze The Couch; Way Stations In Space--The Planets. By Arthur C. Clarke; Anne Frank--A New Chapter. By Seymour Peck; Ramadan: Long Fast And Short Tempers. By James Morris; Food; Fashions; Parent And Child; Puzzles" Crossword Puzzle was started by previous owner but not completed. Advertising for: Lord & Taylor; Omega; Du Pont; Deering Milliken Research Corp; Bali Brassiere Company; Taylor Wine Company; Fisher Radio featuring Eugene Ormandy; New York Life Insurance Company.…

MARKEL, Lester. [With Hanson W. Baldwin, Arnaldo Cortesi, W. Phillips Davison, C.D. Jackson, Martin Kriesberg, Cabell Phillips, James Reston, & Shepard Stone]. PUBLIC OPINION AND FOREIGN POLICY. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1949. 8vo., forest-green cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. Signed presentation by Markel on front endpaper: "For two editors, from a humble one, for David & Helen, from Lester. P.S. who owes it all to the Little Woman, P.P.S. who says I owe it all to the L.W." Good (light circular stain on front cover, some wear edges). $75.00.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 160 pages. Features: Many gorgeous color fashion ads; A Program for Public-TV; Dalton Schools in New York City - an example of why there is a traffic jam in private schools; How Not to Be a World Power; Photo-illustrated article on Alan Arkin; The Lenin Farm is 'The Best Collective in Hungary'; John P. Roche is the White House Intellectual-in-Residence; The New York Rangers Don't Have No Inferiority Complex No More - Because the 'Cat', Emile Francis, Drives the Team; Fat Teenagers are Headed for Unhappiness; Nice ad for Seneca 100% McIntosh Applesauce; Nice ad for Chartreuse Liqueur; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Library stamp and handwritten date upon front cover. A worthy vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; A Program for Public-TV; Dalton Schools in New York City - an example of why there is a traffic jam in private schools; How Not to Be a World Power; Photo-illustrated article on Alan Arkin; The Lenin Farm is 'The Best Collective in Hungary'; John P. Roche. Illustrated by Falk, Sam; Tames, George; Kantor, Tim; Kuhn, Werner J.;Wheatley, Arabelle; Maggio, Gene; Moore, James; Wheatley; Gain, Roger (illustrator). …

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 120 pages. Features: Robert McNamara Cover Photo; Many gorgeous color-photo fashion ads; One-page ad for soundtrack to movie "I Do! I Do!", starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston; Great ad for Sony Superscope tape recorders in children's birthday party scene; The Myths That Divide India and Us; The Prevalence of Hobbits - thirty years after they were invented by a bored Oxford don, the hobbits - "a benevolent, furry-footed people" - have taken a new generation by storm - illustrated article with photo of Tolkien; Are We On the Brink of Another Arms Race? - photo-illustrated article; The Two Extremes of Avant-Garde Music - Milton Babbitt and John Cage; Sauvage of Seventh Avenue - Jacques Tiffeau Understands Today - photo-illustrated article; Judge Botein - a Judge with 'Disciplined Indignation'; Lovely color-photo centerfold of Springmaid's Miss January, Martha Branch; Great nostalgic one-page color-photo ad for General Motors features photos of eight of their station wagons; A High School Principal Reports "The young. are going for uglification and unlovableness faster and faster"; Uncommone one-page color-photo ad for Mott's Figure Control Meals which are a 'wicked way to lose weight'; and more. Above-average external wear. Faint library stamp on first page. Covers almost loose. A worthy vintage copy. Tames, George (cover); Singh, Baghubir; Kantor, Tim; Falk, Sam; Samuels, Gertrude; Moore, Peter; Flora, James; Aller, Bill; Perl, Susan; Maggio, Gene; Richardson, Bob; Millar, Lynn; Silverstone, Marilyn; Tolkien, Christopher J.R.; Richardson, Bob (illustrator).…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.