Pratt Wallace (69 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. bbc01 8½"x11"; 106 pages; Soft Pictorial Cover; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. Due to USPS regulations, this item may require additional postage. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. BBC Music Magazine is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music. Each edition comes together with an audio CD, often including BBC recordings of full-length works. The first issue appeared in September 1992. The magazine includes regular columns and reviews of new releases as well as several in depth feature articles by noted music writers. Each issue contains a CD featuring complete works by the greatest composers, performed by world-class artists and ensembles. This issue includes the audio CD "Music for Christmas: An anthology from the 12th to the 20th century" performed by the Taverner Consort, Choir and Players directed by Andrew Parrott; This issue contains the following articles: "tuning up: Sounds of the Southern sea" (gamelan the traditional Indonesian percussion orchestra and the set of musical instruments used) by Helen Wallace; "Music in art: 'Rest on the Flight into Egypt' by Michalangelo Merisi de Caravaggio) by Tom Phillips; "Calm after the storm" (Jose Carreras) by Hilary Finch; "View from up a loft" (organs and organists) by Michael White; "A parody for Christmas: Bach's Christmas Oratorio" by Simon Heighes; "Southern discomfort" (Gershwin's opera 'Porgy and Bess') by Mel Cooper; "Recorded Reputations: The English Chamber Orchestra" by Robert Cowan; "Bell epoque" (violinist Joshua Bell) by Lindsay Kemp; "Composer of the Month: The Strauss Family" by Andrew Lamb; "Building a Library: JS Bach Cello Suites" (The six Cello Suites BWV 1007 1012) by George Pratt; Brian Kay's Starter Collection" (recommended essential performances from the classical repertoire) by Brian Kay; "Jazz: A ransacked rhythm" (Africa slave's music influence on jazz) by Ian Carr; "Music that changed me" (conductor Jane Glover) interview by Fionna Maddocks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Spec Pub 31, 464 pp.+ Many Photo Plts & FoldMaps, Grey Hardback, Gilt & Blk Title, namestamp top edgepapers else VG, no DJ, 1st ed.

Hardcover. Condition: Solid Ex. Library. B & W Maps, Text Figures (illustrator). Copyright Date: 1950 Sm Quarto, Hardcover, Gilt Lettered Labels, Attractive Bookplate of Library Of Frederic King Butters, 1950, PP.464, Includes Color Covered Eight Page Promotional Booklet First Edition, Special Publication No.31. Sm Quarto, Hardcover, Gilt Lettered Labels, Attractive Bookplate of Library Of Frederic King Butters.

Good plus or better, light general wear, lightly soiled. Cloth Quarto Corners bumped. Sm chews on front fore-edge. Pages lightly browned.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 34, No 7, pp. 577-590, Maps, Photos, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, stapled & trimmed, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Black title blocks on grey covers. 4to, 464 pages. Unites States Naval Institute bookplates on the insides of the covers, Library reference number on the covers lower spine, so ex-library copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Earle Bergey (front cover) (illustrator). First Edition. ----------pulp magazine, standard pulp size. Less than the usual small edge tears, back cover crease, a VG+ to near fine copy. Back cover advertisement is for The Dollar Mystery Guild.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair (in mylar). Black and White Photos (illustrator). First Edition. Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers lightly edge worn with crunched and creased corners; Sun faded dust jacket, with edges chipped, scuffed and corner worn; Front and rear panels very surface rubbed and scuffed; 464p. Size: 4to - Over 9 " -12" Tall. Hardcover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Various (illustrator). What Strange Stars and Prodigal Son are first edition/printing paperback originals (PBO) while the remaining three books are all first paperback edition/printings - all five books are in Very Good Plus condition: Prodigal (1964 Ace F-255); Alien Planet (1962 Ace F-257; Last Citadel (1964 Ace F-306; Bird of Time (1961 Ace F-114), and, What Strange (1965 Ace F-330). Five books, one shipping price.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Standard Magazines Inc.1949. First edition. Pulp magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6.75" x 9.25"], 146 pages, illustrated. Very good copy with light chipping to the spine ends, usual rubbing and edgewear/light chipping to the cover, text paper tanning as usual. 74E.

Condition: Very Good-. Vol. XL, No. 2. Edited by Samuel Mines. [Cover by Bergey.] Includes "The Gadget had a Ghost" (novelet) by Murray Leinster; "The Square Cube Law" (novelet) by Fletcher Pratt; "Bombs Awry" (novelet) by George O. Smith; "Papa Knows Best" by Wallace Umphrey; "Such an Angel" by R. J. McGregor; "The Foxholes of Mars" by Fritz Leiber. Features: "The Reader Speaks"; "What's New in Science?"; "Systems Within a System" by James Blish; "The Frying Pan" (A Fanzine Commentary) by Jerome Bixby; "Science Fiction Book Review." Letters from Bill Tuning, Harlan Ellison, and others. Illustrated by Orban, Poulton, Finlay, Schomburg, and Dreary. Wraps edge and spine end chipping. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Spec Pub 31, 464 pp.+ Many Photo Plts & FoldMaps, Grey Hardback, Gilt & Blk Title, VG, no DJ, VG, 1st ed.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. XL, No. 2. Pulp magazine. Edited by Samuel Mines. [Cover art by Bergey.] Includes "The Gadget had a Ghost" (novelet) by Murray Leinster; "The Square Cube Law" (novelet) by Fletcher Pratt; "Bombs Awry" (novelet) by George O. Smith; "Papa Knows Best" by Wallace Umphrey; "Such an Angel" by R. J. McGregor; "The Foxholes of Mars" by Fritz Leiber. Features: "The Reader Speaks"; "What's New in Science?"; "Systems Within a System" by James Blish; "The Frying Pan" (A Fanzine Commentary) by Jerome Bixby; "Science Fiction Book Review." Letters from Bill Tuning, Harlan Ellison, and others. Illustrated by Orban, Poulton, Finlay, Schomburg, and Dreary. Less than usual wear to overlapping edges, but another issue, stacked on top, had protruding staples which made a couple of tiny tears to this issues cover, right over upper staple; minor creasing. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. lg 8 vo, 464 pp. Extensive Bibliography and index. Corners bumped. Dust Jacket split chipped and worn, but intact, original price not clipped, $7.50. No internal markings.

Condition: Good. 100 pp., Hardcover, ex library, else text and binding clean and tight, includes maps and charts in envelope. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. 464 pages with photographs, tables, maps, bibliography and index. Bound in original gray cloth with lettering in gilt within black background. Name stamp on the front endpaper. A very good plus copy. Book.

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. 464 pages with photographs, tables, maps, bibliography and index. Bound in original gray cloth with lettering in gilt within black background. Name stamp on the front endpaper. A very good plus copy. Book.

Condition: New.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. XL, No. 2. Edited by Samuel Mines. [Cover by Bergey.] Includes "The Gadget had a Ghost" (novelet) by Murray Leinster; "The Square Cube Law" (novelet) by Fletcher Pratt; "Bombs Awry" (novelet) by George O. Smith; "Papa Knows Best" by Wallace Umphrey; "Such an Angel" by R. J. McGregor; "The Foxholes of Mars" by Fritz Leiber. Features: "The Reader Speaks"; "What's New in Science?"; "Systems Within a System" by James Blish; "The Frying Pan" (A Fanzine Commentary) by Jerome Bixby; "Science Fiction Book Review." Letters from Bill Tuning, Harlan Ellison, and others. Illustrated by Orban, Poulton, Finlay, Schomburg, and Dreary. Small edge tears and losses; minor creasing; tanning. Book.

Condition: Very Good+. Vol. XL, No. 2. Edited by Samuel Mines. [Cover by Bergey.] Includes "The Gadget had a Ghost" (novelet) by Murray Leinster; "The Square Cube Law" (novelet) by Fletcher Pratt; "Bombs Awry" (novelet) by George O. Smith; "Papa Knows Best" by Wallace Umphrey; "Such an Angel" by R. J. McGregor; "The Foxholes of Mars" by Fritz Leiber. Features: "The Reader Speaks"; "What's New in Science?"; "Systems Within a System" by James Blish; "The Frying Pan" (A Fanzine Commentary) by Jerome Bixby; "Science Fiction Book Review." Letters from Bill Tuning, Harlan Ellison, and others. Illustrated by Orban, Poulton, Finlay, Schomburg, and Dreary. Creasing; dealer's marks; edgewear and standard short tears. Book.

Original Wraps. Condition: Poor. Bergey, Earle; Orban, Paul; Poulton, Peter; Finlay, Virgil; Schomburg, Alex; Dreany, J. (illustrator). First Edition. US Edition with a cover price of 25c. Contains The Gadget had a Ghost by Leinster, The Square Cube Law by Pratt, Bombs Away by Smith, Papa Knows Best by Umphrey, Such an Angel by McGregor, The Foxholes of Mars by Leiber, features by Blish and Bixby and a letter from Harlan Ellison. The front cover is badly chipped with a one inch square piece missing from the right edge and five chips of varying sizes out of the top edge. Heavy surface chipping to the spine with a tear down most of the length of the rear cover which also has several small chips out of the edges. Pages browned and otherwise largely unmarked. Cover by Earle Bergey and interior illustrations by Orban, Poulton, Finlay, Schomburg and Dreany.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 464 pp. Original gray cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled; corners and spine ends bumped. Illust. w/ b/w photos, maps, diagrams, and tables. Contents nice.

Condition: New.

Good condition. General wear. Includes "The Volcano" by Stegner. Military stamp.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. GD+ Covers rubbed & dulled, frayed, lightly creased at corners, internally very clean throughout.