Martin Gardner Introduction Notes (38 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The First Edition of this book was published in 1967 and then nothing else was published until this Second Edition in 1984. Includes Casey's Revenge by Grantland Rice; Casey on a Bat by William Kirk; Casey's Son by Nitram Rendrag; Casey's Daughter at Bat by Al Graham; "Cool" Casey at the Bat by the Editors of Mad. Their are 29 poems plus nine illustrations. In very good condition. I have more than 90 publications on baseball poetry and over 50 collections and anthologies on baseball and other sports. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Tight, clean. DJ shows light rubbing/browning, smudge to front.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. JACKET HAS LIGHT WEAR- TEAR / CREASE TO BOTTOM EDGE OF FRONT COVER O/W VERY GOOD- INTERIOR NEARLY LIKE NEW.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. John Tenniel (The Complete Text and Original Illustrations); Jack Jaget (Cover Design) (illustrator). 9th Printing, May 1970/ Fully Annotated. 345 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Front cover corner chipped. Light tanning on cover page edges, near spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. The dust jacket is not price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Henry Holiday (illustrator). First Printing. Covers have some light fading, and scuffing.

Paperback. Condition: Near Very Good. John Tenniel (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition thus as Penguin paperback 352 pp. Illustrated Near Very Good condition. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. VG/NVG. Brown cloth, black lettering. Minor rubs at extremities, covers clean and bright. Lengthy inscription ffep, otherwise clean throughout, binding and hings sound. Jacket has small chips at extremities, spine faded, price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. Quarto. B&W drawings. Condition: DJ has numerous tears and large chips; the corners of the binding are lightly bumped and there's an inked name & date near to top of the first free endpaper; else very good in a fair DJ. 352 pages.

John Tenniel (illustrator). The Definitive Edition; small 4to.; paper and gilt covered boards, hardcover; xviii, 312 pages; black and white illustrations; a very good clean, tight copy in a very good unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($3.95 price intact). Published by Potter, 1977. Octavo. Book is very good with very light toning to the page ends. Dust jacket is very good with very light toning. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8 vo,68 pp. First American Trade Edition, Third Printing, Oct, 1978, Stated. A 2"x2" unicorn rubber stamp, bottom corner of first fep. Binding square, corners square. Jacket not clipped ($4.95) moderate wear to edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in dust jacket. 1967 printing. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly worn, with half-inch chip at top of spine. Illustrated with photos. Map endpapers. 8vo. 206 pp. In protective Mylar.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. undated, C. 1990s. the jacket is shelf worn, with a few tears. a bit marked. contents are intact and presentable. very heavy, may require extra postage. SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Tenniel, John (illustrator). Later Printing. Includes Bibliographical References. The Book Is Bound In Beige Cloth Over Boards With Gray Lettering On The Front And Spine. The Book Has Light Bumping To The Upper Front Corner. The Unclipped Jacket Has Moderate Wear And A Sunned Spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. Tenniel, John (illustrator). First Edition. Contains both Lewis Carroll's "Alice Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" together in one volume, with the classic Tenniel illustrations. An Introduction by Martin Gardner & annotations by him in the margins of nearly every one of the 352 pages help elucidate Carroll's word play, jokes, puzzles, & somewhat obscure references, bringing the stories to life to modern readers in a way never experienced. Quarto (11" x 8.25" x 11") has tan cloth-covered boards & blue lettering to front & spineA FIRST EDITION from 1960 (slightly later "E" printing, this is the first fully annotated edition ever published, not the newer reprint! Condition is VG+: extremely clean, binding tight & straight, creamy off-white pages are unmarked save for former owner's name in neat pen script to half-title page. Green top stain slightly mottled, a hint of bumping to corners. The unclipped DJ (no price) is Good+, with spine fading, light soil & rubbing to extremities, & an unclosed 1"-2" tear descending from the top edge of both front & back covers; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or any international shipping without preapproval of significant postage increase per USPS rates.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, second printing with an addition of the Frontis illustration that does not appear in the first printing. Brown boards, 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 inches, 68 pages. Edited by Edward Guiliano. Fine in Near fine jacket that is unclipped, but with a few tiny chips to edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bramhall House, New York, 1962. Hardcover. 111pp. Small quarto [26 cm] Beige cloth-effect paper over boards with the title stamped in black ink on the spine, and small black decorative embellishments on the spine and front cover. Illustrated endsheets. NEAR FINE. In a very good dust jacket, with light soiling. Browned at the spine and along the folds. front and back free endpapers slightly browned, otherwisde clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Holiday, Henry (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. Editor Martin Gardner (who annotated Carroll's "Alice" books) here offers his own "startling 20th-century interpretation" of "The Hunting of the Snark,'' a "delightful excursion into the mysteries of the creative imagination." In 111 pages with decorative endpapers & all internal lithographed illustrations by Henry Holiday, as originally published in the 1874 edition of the poem. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1962, this hardcover small quarto (6" x 10.25") has quarter tan cloth lettered in dark brown to spine with paper covered boards stamped in gilt to front. Condition is VG+: very clean & bright with a few smudges to spine & rear, very mild corner bumping. Binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with just a whisper of tanning to edges, but completely unmarked. The unclipped DJ is just Good: largely complete, with significant chips to front & back top edges & smaller ones to all corners & along spine; looks lovely under the protection of a new clear mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Mylared. First American Edition. Collectible Fine First U.S. Edition Hardcover Fine Mylar Protected Dust Jacket. Clean 68 pp.NOT a library copy. Price intact. Amazing chapter from the Alice books of Lewis Carroll that only was rediscovered in 1974. Here it is with drawings and corrections. As the Jefferson Airplane sang "One pill makes larger and one makes you small.".See our Three Geese in Flight Book Scans.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Tenniel, John (illustrator). Reprint. Minor stain to edge of spine only. 20 x 13 cm. 352 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. (1967) 206 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Spine ends and bottom corners bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ mild edge wear. Spine sunned. Price clipped. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Special Edition. Grey cloth spine with green boards, 8 1/2 X 11 inches, 352 pages. Copyright page has "AA". Book is Fine, internally clean in all ways, in original un-clipped jacket. Jacket has rubbing and edge tears, being Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition thus, first printing. First printing number code sequence 1 through 0 to the copyright page. A high-quality book production, with annotations in printed burgundy to the lower pages, the compete original epic verse text, the original full-plate illustrations by Henry Holiday, and a descriptive bibliography of Snark publications by Selwyn H. Goodacre. Fascinating gift item. Fine and very tight in textured cream boards with silver embossed Harry Furness portrait art of Carroll and decorative borders to the front cover, silver embossed titles to the spine, black-and-white headband and tail-band, cream-pumpkin hued end-papers; in a fine dust jacket; original printed $27.95 price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo, 9.5 X 7.5; 152 pages; plus two prefaces, introduction, explanatory text, and preliminaries.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. John Tenniel (illustrator). Clarkson Potter, New York, 1960, Hardcover, assumed First Edition with no other printing listed. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass complete with originall illustrations by Sir John Tenniel; notes and an introduction by Martin Gardner. Oversized volume; Very Good plus with very light bumps to the top & bottom corners, interior clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is a bit less than good; edgewear and small chips along the top; a bit at the bottom of spine and a 1/2 inch hole with adjacent wear at the lower spine - fair to Good minus and price clipped - comes with a removable, archival, mylar sleeve which will clean it up a bit.