Parker Robert Introduction (42 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Used, hardcover like new copy in original dust jacket. No highlighting or underlining. A nice square copy. We have the other 5 titles in the MET Museum Series.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition Stated. Quarter cloth hardcover binding is clean and tight. Previous owner's first name on the front flyleaf, otherwise the book's interior and text are clean and unmarked. The dust jacket price remains unclipped ($15.95), and the jacket appears like new with no chips or tears, just a touch of soiling to the white rear panel. NOT ex-lib. A clean, tight copy in jacket. 76pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. Stated First Edition (First Thus). First Hardcover Edition. The Book Is Bound Within Boards With Gray Paper Over Orange Cloth Back Strip. Gilt Lettering On The Spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Unknown Thriller: The Screenplay of Playback by Raymond Chandler (First Edition) A firm, square copy. Foxing present on the top text block and top back border on gray cloth board binding, and light foxing present on the side text block. Otherwise, a fine copy. A bright blue and grey jacket. Light foxing present on top area of back jacket flap, and some light bumping and dust rubbing present on bottom spine edge. Otherwise, in fine condition. A First Edition copy of Raymond Chandler's never-before-released thriller, "Playback". Robert B. Parker(Introduction) (illustrator). BOOK. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGood. No dust jacket. Pages foxed. First edition *.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Facsimile edition of a 1662 work, the facsimile iv, 62 pages and the introduction by Charles Parker lx pages. In original binding with old library labels removed and ink stamp to reverse of title page, otherwise a clean and sound copy.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First thus. Reissue of this early classic novel by Macdonald, the story of an Army veteran who arrives in Blue City only to find that his father has been murdered. This novel preceded his Lew Archer series and was originally published under his real name, Kenneth Millar. A title in the Rediscovery Books series with a new introduction by Robert B. Parker. 231 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket (some light toning to the pages).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New York. 1988. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Signed by introduction writer and author Robert Parker. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; small splashes on textblock fore edge; light suntoning to board top edges. DJ: Very Good; light suntoning to spine; light bumping to head and tail; small splash stain on front panel. Gray paper over boards with red cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 76 pp 8vo. This is the rediscovered novel by the father of the hard-boiled crime thriller. This book is about a young woman who appears at the door of an isolated house. She is frightened, hurt, and speaks in a foreign accent and there are strange men pursuing her. There is menace in the air.Originally published in Liberty magazine in 1933 and then again in 1950 in a pulp paperback edition. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. Signed by others involved with.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. (x) 76 pp. Quarter-bound in orange cloth on gray boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; small ink mark on the upper edge of the text block; price intact; no interior markings. Dj art by Craig DeCamps Size: 8vo. Craig DeCamps; (illustrator). Book.…

Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. First Trade Paperback Printing, May 1987, so staterd with complete number line beginning with 1. Spine slightly sunned, very minor wear at spine edges else a near fine, tight copy Excellent 11 page introduction by Robert B. Parker and informative preface by James Pepper. Raymond Chandler envisioned "Playback"as being one of his most important works, Unfortunately, this movie was never produced. Years later Chandler used the screenplay title for a novel. but the novel was completely different from the screenplay. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. Book Club Edition. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., A Borzoi Book, New York, New York, USA, 1988. First Book of the Month Club (BOMC/BCE) edition, with date "9/88" on the rear flap of the dust jacket and no price on the front flap. Fine in a Very Fine Dust Jacket. Appears Unread. The Text Block is clean, soft white, tight, straight and square, with no markings of any kind. The Binding is rose-colored quarter cloth to gray boards, colors uniform throughout, with gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked white endpapers and all corners square and sharp. The Dust Jacket is flawless, colors bright and uniform throughout, and fully intact. See the accompanying photos. x, 76, [ii] pages. 5 3/4" x 8 3/8". This mystery and suspense, with a bit of romance, novella was first published in Liberty Magazine in 1933. This is the first hardcover edition. ISBN 10 / ISBN 13: 0394572696 / 9780394572697.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Woman in the Dark by Dashiell Hammett (First Hardcover Edition) A sharp tight bright copy. Unread. A sharp bright dust jacket. Not price-clipped. Mylar cover. First thus. First hardcover edition. Cloth-backed boards in illustrated dust jacket. With an appreciation by Robert B. Parker. Craig DeCamps(Jacket Art) Carol Devine Carson(Jacket Design) Chip Kidd(Jacket Design) Robert B. Parker(Introduction) (illustrator). BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Raymond Chandler's Unknown Thriller by Raymond Chandler 1st Ed A tight bright copy. A bright dust jacket with minor rubbing to extremities. Not price-clipped. Mylar cover. First Trade edition. The screenplay for a movie that was never produced. A novel of the same name "Playback" was published but differed greatly. James Pepper(Preface) Robert B. Parker(Introduction) John Jinks(Cover Artist) (illustrator). BOOK.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Four loose leaf, landscape orientation 'booklets' with protective dust jacket, within plastic sleeve, all in very good condition. Publisher review slip laid in. Introduction by Kingsley Amis and illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. Dark yellow coloured end pages, and full colour illustrations throughout, including a map of India and its surrounding countries. Small tear to the rear upper edge of the plastic sleeve. Jacket is a little scuffed and edges are slightly creased and nicked. Content is clear and bright. LW. Parker, Robert Andrew (illustrator). Used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 76 Pp. First Hardcover Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket But Light Foxing Along Top Edge Of Page Block.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 76 Pp. First Hardcover Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket But Gift Inscription On Front Endpaper Dated 1988.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 76 Pp. First Hardcover Printing. As New In As New Dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Complete number line. 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 Book; binding tight with modest bump to bottom spine, boards straight and clean; text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket ($22.50) has mild bumping to mostly spine ends with mild to moderate fading to spine. Color sharp to covers. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photographs throughout. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. #238 of 250 copies signed and numbered by Robert B. Parker on limitation page and housed in matching slipcase. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Dust jacket in a mylar cover with jacket art by John Jinks. Signed by Other.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint . With an Introduction by Robert Allerton Parker. Publication of 150 pages. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in the original elaborately gilt-tooled and finely bound full anilinbe calf. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. All edge's gilt. Literally as new. ; 158 pages; Description: 158 [2] p. : ill. (some col. ) , maps ; 31 cm. Subjects: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N. Y. ) --Catalogs. Art, European--19th & 20th centuries--Catalogs. Art--New York (State) --New York--Catalogs. 2 Kg.…

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in the original elaborately gilt-tooled and finely bound full anilinbe calf. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. All edge's gilt. Literally as new. ; 158 pages; Description: 158 [2] p. : ill. (some col. ) , maps ; 31 cm. Subjects: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N. Y. ) --Catalogs. Art, European--19th & 20th centuries--Catalogs. Art--New York (State) --New York--Catalogs. 2 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Trade Edition. Near fine in a fine dj. (Edges foxed) Unproduced screenplay for "Playback.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. This volume is in Near Fine - Fine condition. The front and back covers are both in terrific condition and the gilded page edges show minor wear on the side edge (see pictures of all edges). There is a blank bookplate on the second page. This book is part of the Library of Famous Editions Collection published by Easton Press. It comes complete with Collector's Notes and would be a beautiful addition to your Easton Press collection. Agnes Miller Parker (illustrator).…

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. No Jacket as issued. Hardcover - Deluxe Reprint. xxvi + 448 pp, Introduction, the Author's Prefaces, Seven Phases with titles, subdivided by numbered chapters: The Maiden, Maiden No More; The RallyThe Conseuqence; The Woman Pays; The Convert; Fulfillment. 6.4" x 9.25" dark green leather boards, gilt designed covers, spine letters, text-block, moiré e.p.'s. with replica library catalogue cards & Notes from the Archives brochure laid in. Tess, first published in @1891 Size: Octavo. Parker, Agnes Miller - wood engravings (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. A Very Solid Book, Label Residue On Ffep And Two Word Note By Previous Owner. Otherwise The Book Is Very Clean. Patterned Cloth Covered Boards, Green And Beige. With Maroon Title Block On Spine With Gilt Lettering. Maroon Slipcase Is Strong But Has A Little Rubbing To Corners. Parker, Agnes Miller ( Engravings) (illustrator).…

Condition: Fine. First edition first printing hardcover limited to 250 copies this number 205 Fine in fine dust jacket in fine publishers slipcase with for owner inscription on front end paper SIGNED BY PARKER ON THE LIMITATION PAGE. Signed by Author(s).

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in dust jacket. Pages crisp, clean, unmarked. Cover and jacket have light wear. Shipped promptly with tracking and signature confirmation. HC5-2.