Oliver John Walter (85 results)

Paperback. Good with wear and marks to covers. Front hinge starting.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Light general wear. 1963 Soft Cover. 95 pp. Includes: Editorial Note by M.J.L.; The Gaullist Republic by Raymond Aron; Hebrew Myths and Legends (II) by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai; Remembering Stalin by Walter Laqueur; A Woman on a Roof (Story) by Doris Lessing; Exploring the History of Africa by Roland Oliver; Walter Bagehot by R.H.S. Crossman; Fun with Fission by Nigel Dennis; In Defence of Cinema Art by Francis Wyndham; The Card-trick by Jorge Luis Borges; Conger by Ted Walker; Alone by Rod Stuart Pterandodon by Douglas Livingstone; To a Pomegranate Tree by T. Carmi; The End of the Affair by Sebastian Haffner; Going Into Europe (IV); G.M. Young and His England by John Gross; Valery as Social Thinker by J.G. Weightman; Novels by Kathleen Nott; Letters; Authors. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Standard Magazines Inc. 1953. First Edition Vintage Pulp magazine in Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.25"], 146 pages, illustrated with Front cover art by Walter Popp and a rear cover ad for an Easy-to-pay Club Plan for a Remington Portable Typewriter from Sloan and Peters. With Stories by Wallace West, R. J. McGregor, Chad Oliver, J. W. Groves, Kris Neville, John Christohper, Murray Leinster] A very good copy with shallow tearing to the spine heel, usual light edge wear to the cover, text paper tanning/tanned as usual. See Photos mag35. cover art by Walter Popp (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Lion Book 205. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Rafael DeSoto. This anthology contains: Introduction by Fredric Brown; The Big Contest by John D. MacDonald; The Temptation of Harringay by H. G. Wells; Rope Enough by John Collier; Liar! by Isaac Asimov; The Boy Next Door by Chad Oliver; Take a Seat by Eric Frank Russell; An Egg a Month from All Over by Margaret St. Clair writing as Idris Seabright; Riya's Foundling by Algis Budrys; Ghosts by Don Marquis;Smoke Ghost by Fritz Leiber; Who Shall I Say Is Calling? by August Derleth; The Gnarly Man by L. Sprague de Camp; The Ultimate Egoist by Theodore Sturgeon; Who Knows His Brother by Graham Doar; and Crucifixus Etiam by Walter M. Miller Jr. Rafael DeSoto; (illustrator). Book. …

No Binding. Condition: VG+. 783-69. A VG or better original 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: VG+. 783-61. A VG or better original 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: VG+. 783-64. A VG or better original 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Very good in original wrappers with with wear at the spine extremities and edgewear.

Green Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Good (in mylar). First Edition. Foxed end pages and slightly age worn, else textblock is clean and tight. Green cloth binding with bumping to head and foot and corners. Unclipped dust jacket, chipped corners on spine, chipping to couple of the edges, several closed edge tears, chipped corners, mylar sleeved for safe-keeping. 191pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. B&W Photographs (illustrator). Hardcover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 282 Pp. Near Fine Book With Light Wear And Bumping To Ends Of Spine, No Fraying, No Names Or Marks Or Stains. Dj Also Lightly Used, Light Browning To Spine With Wear And Bumping At Ends, No Chipping Or Tears, Not Price-Clipped.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. no dust jacket. Third printing. Covers show light shelf wear with minor bumping to the spine ends and corners. A small brown spot is present on the front board. The red cloth spine is slightly faded but the gilt lettering and seahorse emblem remain legible. The binding is firm. Internal pages are clean and free of markings or inscriptions. No dust jacket. Jacqueline Hutton, Hashime Murayama, Craig Phillips, Maynard Reece, Walter A. Weber (illustrator).…

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 146 pp. Pulp format. General wear. Cover art by Walter Popp; interiors by: Virgil Finlay; Alex Schomburg; J. Dreany; Peter Poulton; and Ed Emshwiller. This issue contains: Captive Audience - a novel by Wallace West; The Conquest of Janes - a novelet by R. J. McGregor; The Life Game - a novelet by Chad Oliver; and short stories: Upon the Stair by J. W. Groves; Marginal Error by Kris Neville; The Prophet by John Christopher; and The Ship Was A Robot by Murray Leinster; along with the usual features, including letters from Marion Zimmer Bradley and Fletcher Pratt in the reader's section. Size: 8vo. Walter Popp; Virgil Finlay; Alex Schomburg; J. Dreany; Peter Poulton; Ed Emshwiller; (illustrator). Book.…

Condition: New.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Book shows light wear to covers. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for two pages with marking, previous owners name inside front cover. 265 pages. Keywords: Adoff, Arnold (ed.) Walter White, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Ted Poston, Gordon Parks, Loften Mitchell, Dick Gregory, Bill Russell, John A. Williams, John Oliver Killens, Ossie Davis, Charles V. Hamilton, Kenneth B. Clark, Revolution, Riot, Racism, Black Studies. …

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Here is a volume of essays by Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature, that was edited by John Drinkwater, Poet Laureate of England. The essays are on obscure and not-so-obscure literary subjects, but one of them ventures into science, and another into historians. Drinkwater, himself a Fellow member, also contributed an essay and the book's Introduction. The book was published in 1932 by Cambridge University Press. This is the First Edition. The book has a very interesting provenance and gift inscription (See Below). The Book is now OP. TABLE OF CONTENTS : - Sir Henry Taylor - by Lascelles Abercrombie - Arthur Hugh Clough - by Humbert Wolfe - The Early Novels of Wilkie Collins - by Walter De La Mare - Exit Planché . Enter Gilbert - by Harley Granville-Barker - Punch in the 'Sixties ("Punch Magazine") - by C. L. Graves - Historians in the 'Sixties - by F. S. Boas - Eneas Sweetland Dallas - by John Drinkwater - George Whyte-Melville - by Sir John Fortescue - Science in the 'Sixties - by Sir Oliver Lodge TITLE : The Eighteen-Sixties - Essays by Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature EDITOR : John Drinkwater (1882 - 1937) INTRODUCTION : John Drinkwater AUTHORS - CONTRIBUTORS : John Drinkwater; Lascelles Ambercrombie; Humbert Wolfe; Walter De La Mare; Harley Granville-Barker; C.L. Graves; F. S. Boas; Sir John Fortescue; Sir Oliver Lodge IMPRINT : Cambridge University Press PLACE : Cambridge, England DATE : 1932 EDITION : First Edition PROVENANCE : From the personal library of a famous Doctor, deceased SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES : Has interesting gift inscription. PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade Hardcover; Contains an Introduction, nine essays, and an Index; has three line illustrations (reproduced from "Punch Magazine") ; x + 282 pages; 5 1/2" x 8 3/4"; smooth brown cloth-covered boards and spine; gilt lettering and decorative embellishment on spine; Royal Society device stamped in gilt on front cover; bottom text-block edges rough cut. At the top fore-edge corner of the front pastedown is the following gift inscription (or, rather, and inscription by the book's owner that the book was a gift) : "W. R Bett - 16.ix.34 - from W. R. Dawson. " W. R. Bett was Dr. Walter Reginald Bett (1903 - 1968). Physician, medical historian, author, orator, scholar, librarian and man of letters; he was the co-founder of the Osler Club of London. W. R. Dawson (1888- 1968); Warren Royal Dawson was an English librarian, Egyptologist and antiquarian. He was encouraged by Wallis Budge to pursue Egyptology , and became an expert on hieroglyphs and mummification. He wrote several esteemed books on Egyptology, among which were "Mummy as a Drug", and "Magician and Leech: a Study in the beginnings of medicine with special reference to ancient Egypt". It's a very interesting inscription, revealing a friendship between scholars who shared interests in history, medicine, literature ,and who had had an extended correspondence by mail. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR -- The spine displays some abrasion and loss of surface color - at the head the loss is more clearly discernible ' spine extremities are compressed and display abrasion, with fraying just starting; gilt lettering still fairly bright; front board is clean with but mild rub; rear board is clean , but has slightly more rub; rear board edges display a few small dents; text-block edges are toned, else clean. BINDING -- Paper over end-paper hinges are not split; hinges are cracked between pp 112 and 113, else binding is still solid with no loose or detached leaves. INTERIOR : Interesting Gift Inscription on front paste-down (see below). End-papers toned, and displaying slight smudging; small book number label affixed to bottom fore-edge corner of front paste-down; text paper is toned and displays foxing ; else the interior is clean and free of marking.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Dust jacket is missing; cloth boards are clean, darkened at edges from sunning, corners worn, spine sunned, gilt lettering; binding is tight; pages are toned at edges but unmarked aside from previous owner Thomas Malcolm Knox's (British philosopher who served as Principal of St Andrews University from 1953 to 1966 and vice-president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1975 to 1978) ex libris bookplate on front pastedown. ; 5.9 x 1 x 8.5 inches; 343 pages.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG trade paperback. 270pp. Sunning to covers. Scarce. Engineering.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Her Uncles exploits during WW1 in Europe. Some very minor shelf wear only.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 9-10 days from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

Condition: New.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Excelente. 1ª Edición. Buenos Aires, W.M. Jackson Editores, Clásicos Jackson, 1948, XXXII pp. + 471 pp. Primera Serie. Primera Edición. Frontispicio retrato del Dr. Johnson plena página. Encuadernación plena tela original de editor, lomo con tejuelo y títulos dorados. Extenso estudio preliminar original para esta edición, por Adolfo Bioy Casares. Selección por Ricardo Baeza. Traducción B.R. Hopenhaym y traducción y notas de Ricardo Baeza. Obras de: Lord. Bacon. Jonathan Swift. Richard Steele y Joseph Addison. Samuel Johnson. Oliver Goldsmith. Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Charles Lamb. William Hazlitt. James Henry Leigh Hunt. Thomas de Quincey. Thomas Babington Macaulay. John Ruskin. Matthew Arnold. Walter Horatio Pater. Alice Christina Meynell. Robert Louis Stevenson. Oscar Wilde. Gilbert K. Chesterton. Virginia Woolf.Los libros se envían a través de DHL Courier Express. Estado excelente. 4to.…

unknown_binding. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. **1st Edition** **HARDBACK** In unclipped dustjacket No stamps or inscriptions.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 116 p.; ill. ; 20 cm. Vintage children's chapter book exhibits external wear and page yellowing commensurate with age, and a small (2 cm) part of the title page is separated from the spine, but is otherwise Near Fine. Illustrated throughout. George Wilde (illustrator).…

Condition: New.