Pearce Williams Editor (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HARDCOVER; ex-library; in very good condition with dustjacket and mylar covers. This is a heavy volume; extra shipping might be required for priority mail or international orders. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 159 pp. NAP. Contents divided into 23 chapters and 4 Parts: PART I : "The Origins of the Special Theory of Relativity" [Contributors: Sir Isaac Newton, Ernst Mach, Albert A. Michelson and Edward M. Morley, H.A. Lorentz, Jules Henri Poincare, Albert Einstein]; PART II : "The Nature of Relativity Theory" [Albert Einstein]; PART III : "How Was Relativity Theory Born?" [Albert Einstein, Sir Edmund Whittaker, Gerald Holton, Adolf Grunbaum]; PART IV : [1] "The Scientific Reaction to Einstein" [William F. Magie, Louis Trenchard More, Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington]; [2] "The Lay Reaction" [The New York Times Editorial, "A Mystic Universe" (January 28, 1928), H. Wildon Carr, Hugh Elliot, Thomas Jewell Craven, Pau; Chatham Squires, Jose Ortega yGasset]. Shiny black wrappers with Title lettering at top center front cover above abstract art object, an arc composed of many adjacent sets of parallel curved lines; Editor name lettering in light gray across middle front cover; Series name lettering in smaller white letters across bottom front cover. Rubbing wear down spine edges and at spine and cover corners; 1" soft creases at front cover corners; many white mini-creases and some white speckles on front cover (NOT in evidence on inside covers), just general useage signs; 21 pp. (of 159 pp.) have small amounts of ink underlining or margin lines; 4 pp. were once dog-eared; previous owner phone number and extension at top right half-title page/ffep: describes worse than it is, but there you have it. For a paperback 55 years old, it is still in good shape: the way to read a Science and Society Classic collection of essays.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing - First Thus. 224 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine and a crease on the back cover; no interior markings. Cover art by Larry Zach. This story collection contains: Introduction by Todd W. Smith; Profiles of the Big Birds by Michael Pearce; Casing Tom's Place by Kathy Etling; Turkey Scouting Sabotage by Shirley Grenoble; Calls that Collect by Lovett Williams; How to Talk Turkey by John E. Phillips; Super Setups by John E. Phillips; Gobbler Gangs by Ben Conger; On the Final Approach by John Higley; Toms Take Time by Kathy Etling; Tackle a Tom by Michael Pearce; Bowbag a Gobbler by Jim Churchill; The Longest Yards by Michael Hanback; Fake and Take Turkeys by Kathy Etling; Curing Gobbler Hang-ups by John Higley; Double-team Your Gobbler by Bob Gooch; Goggle Shockers by Thomas Rose; Foul Weather Turkeys by Jim Zumbo; Turkeys Aren't Supposed to Do That by Tom Huggler; Sultan of the Swamp by H. Lea Lawrence; Why We Miss Turkeys by Jim Zumbo; Close Quarter Turkeys by Gerry Bethge; Fall Turkeys from Scratch by Kathy Etling; Dogging Turkeys by Larry Mueller; Deer Tactics for Turkeys by Bruce Brady; A Boy's First Turkey by Ray Eye; Gobbler Fever by Geoffrey Norman; Lessons from the Boss by Doug Harbour; and The Old Man and the Tom by Charles Elliott. Size: 8vo. Larry Zach; (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. Illustrated. Tony Harrison - Two Poems, "Queuing for Charon" and "Uber al." / Hilary Mantel "The dead are all around us / Hugo Williams "Dear Room (poem)" / Perry Anderson "On Sebastiano Timpanaro" / Jonathan Ree "Tummy-Talkers" / Jeremy Harding At the British Museum / David Bromwich "Who had the most fun?" / Adewale Maja-Pearce "Onitsha Home Movies" / Frank Kermode "Nutmegged" / Michael Rogin "The Ugly Revolution".…

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Some cover, edge wear, rub. Pages good, some highlight. Saddle-stitch bind. Good reading copy. 74 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Good. First Edition. 34pp. Light bumps, creases & nicks as well as foxing particularly on covers.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Slight shelf wear. Pages fine. 72 pages. Few bookstore marks. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 480 pages. 8.50x5.43x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. This copy includes newspaper cuttings, a photo plus signatures of associates and family of Pearce Gilbert , a copy of poems published in 1951 for customers of A.P. Gilbert and sons. Used but stiill good condition. Size - 210mm. x 145mm.Pp. 96.

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

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

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 480 pages. 8.50x5.43x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Valerie Grosvenor Myer's copy of this book which she has signed and dated in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. The book has also been signed by an astonishing additional 33 out of over 50 contributors: Holloway, Waller, Target, Evans, Gohorry, Meadowcroft, Harpley, Williams, Watson, Robinson, Evans, Abbott, Burns, Overhill, Jondorf, Booth, Avison, Cann, Cavaliero, Pollentine, Davies, Holbrook, Barker, Scott, Kramer, Edwards, Anderson, Beck, Worman, Juby, Meadows, Wilson and McMahon as well as on the rear free endpaper by children's author Althea Braithwaite who doesn't have a piece in the book. Bumping to the corners of the boards. Light browning to the edges of the pages. Browning to the endpapers but the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. The jacket has a little light chipping at the base of the spine and some light surface and edge wear. First printing. Signed by Author(s).…

4to. xii, 1079pp. Frontispiece to both volumes, plus a few text diagrams. In blue buckram with red title labels to spines. In blue dust wrappers in protective plastic sleeves. A near fine set. Extra postage will be required due to weight.