Robert Ernest Gilbert (14 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 14 Short Stories. Featured are The Theft of McGregor's Skunk by Edward D Hoch, Anniversary by Margaret Yorke, A Hostage to Fortune by Gerald Tomlinson, Animals with Money by Jeffry Scott, Whistling Women and Crowing Hens by CS Kentis, My Last Girl Friend by Robert Barnard, Driven by Brendan DuBois, Sing What Is Well Made by Ernest Savage, Not All Brides Are Beautiful by Sharyn McCrumb, The Good Old Days by the Sea by William Bankier, Mr. Psychologist by Sean McMartin, The Light in Martin's Room by Ruth Graviros, We've Come to Report a Murder, Sir by Michael Gilbert and The Jury Box by Allen J Hubin. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 15 Short Stories. Featured are EQMM Number 400 by RL Stevens, One of the Oldest Con Games by Robert L Fish, Rough Justice by Michael Gilbert, Statement of the Accused by JN Williamson, Doc Wharton's Legacy by Ernest Savage, A Matter of Practice by Patrick Scaffetti, The Tenuous Thread by Edward Mananitas, The Man Who Embezzled from Himself by Jean Darling, The Man from Out There by Georges Simenon, Malice in Blunderland by Kevin Goldstein-Jackson, T as in Terror by Lawrence Treat, The Empty Chair by Anne Brashler, A Case of Maximum Need by Celia Frelin, Grass by Joyce Harrington and The Problem of Cell 16 by Edward Hoch. Price sticker on front cover and slight edgewear. In Very Good Condition.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 2, No. 1. Edited by Larry T. Shaw. Cover art by Emsh illustrating "Hunt the Hog of Joe" (short novel) by Robert Ernest Gilbert. Includes "Three-Cornered Knife" (novelet) by Kenneth Bulmer; "The Engrammer Age" & "Utter Silence" by Edward Wellen; "Let's Get Together" by Isaac Asimov; "The Guest Rites" by Robert Sheckley. Illustrated by Bowman, Emsh, Engle, Giunta, and Orban. Tanning; foxuing; spine faded. Book.

Trade Paperback.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Valigursky, Ed; Orban, Paul; ; Fagg, Ken; Emsh, Ed; Beecham, Tom; Eberle, Joseph R. (illustrator). First Edition. UK edition. Includes 5 of the 6 stories in the September 1953 US edition and has the same cover art by Ken Fagg. The Leslie Perri story is missing. Contains A Case of Conscience by Blish (illustrated by Emsh), Thy Rocks and Rills by Gilbert (illustrated by Beecham), The Trouble with Bubbles by Dick (illustrated by Eberle), Planet of Dreams by McKimmey (illustrated by Orban), and The Romantic Analogue by Skupeldyckle (illustrated by Emsh). The spine is a little worn with a one inch tear at the bottom. There is light edge and surface wear to the covers. Light page browning but the pages are otherwise unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book has a sound binding and does not lean. Pages are clean but moderately toned. They do not have creases, marks, stains or wrinkles. The original black cloth covers are clean and the silver title on the spine is still bright and readable. Cover corners are not bumped. There is one faint scratch on the back cover. The book's dust jacket is not price-clipped. The jacket's front panel and inside front flap are clean. The inside back flap has speckles of foxing along edges. The back panel and spine show slight soiling. There is very slight wear to top and bottom edges of the jacket including at least one miniscule chip. The jacket has been put in a clear archival sleeve to keep it looking great. (Note: Photos may show a flash reflection.) PayPal always welcome. We pack all our books with care and ship in cardboard boxes. Shipment outside of the United States may require extra funds. Additional photos emailed upon request.

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

Quarter Morocco Leather. Condition: Fine. Wilson, Edward A. (illustrator). This book is NOT large print. Bound in half-leather with pictorial cover and endpages. Gilt title with morocco label on the spine. This book is a Heritage Club book, a spin-off of the famous Limited Edition's Club. Much of the artwork for the Limited Editions Club is used in Heritage Book Club books, which were designed for those who could not join the Limited Editions Club. This edition of treasure Island has black & white and a few color illustrations throughout. It is printed on fine heavy paper and seems as if it had never been opened. Slipcase looks absolutely perfect. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. xxii, 441 p. 21 cm. ; original Halcyon LCCN 48000549 ; LOC No BX885 .S45 1947 ; Dewey 282.082 ; white, black and green pictorial boards ; no dustjacket ; "Biographical note": p. 409-438. ; Contents: The Nativity/St Luke - Eight beatitudes/St Matthew - I am true vine/St John - Crucifixion/St Mark - Mission of Saint Paul/Acts of Apostles - Greatest of these/St Paul - Before throne/ Apocalypse - From canon of Mass/Missale Romanum - Petition to God saints/Litany of saints - Prophecy/Justin Martyr - Fire of love/Epistle to Diognetus - To Romans/St Ignatius - presbyters/St Polycarp - martyrdom of St Polycarp/Eusebius - Testimony of Christian soul/Tertullian - In memory of Nepotian/St Jerome - St Augustine & his mother/St Augustine - Shadow of things to come/St Augustine - To Mother of God/St Cyril - Abbot/the rule of St Benedict - Cellerar/the rule of St Benedict - Prayer to Virgin Mary/St Bernard - Glory of body/St Bernard - Consolatrix afflictorum/St Bernard - Conversion of Abelard/Peter venerable - St Bernard/Alan of Auxerre - Charlemagne/Eginhard - King Otto is victorious/Luitprand of Cremona - St Louis/Joinville - Of blessed man Paul simple/Paradise of fathers - Of blessed woman Thais/Paradise of fathers - On fall of Eutropius/St John Chrysostom - A mother's demand/Liber exemplorum - Jackdaw of Rheims/Patrologia latina - A storm at Matins/Guibert, abbot of Nogent-sour-Coucy - Give that ye may receive/Caesarius of Heisterbach - Virgin of Chartres/Abbot Haimon - Wisdom & Church of God/King Alfred - Life of man/Venerable Bede - Death of Caedmon/Venerable Bede - King Canute passes/Thomas of Ely - Love without ending/Blessed Juliana of Norwich - Cross/Richard Rolle - Meditation/Cloud of Unknowing - Testimony of St Jeanne D'Arc/Trial of Jeanne D'Arc - St Francis & stigmata/The "Little Flowers of St Francis" - A parable/Thomas of Eccleston - Of nativity of our lord Jesus Christ/St Bonaventure - Hail Mary/St Bonaventure - Pope Benedict XII/Thomas de Burton - Husband & wife/St Bernardine of Siena - Saint Martin/Jacobus de Voragine - Saint Elizabeth/Jacobus de Voragine - Saint Marcellinus/Jacobus de Voragine - Just war/St Thomas Aquinas - Evil men do/Roger Bacon - Science/Roger Bacon - Sermon preached against tyrants/Girolamo Savonarola - Meeting with Beatrice/Dante Alighieri - Dante/Giovanni Boccacio - O stelliferi conditor orbis/Geoffrey Chaucer - Books/Richard de Bury - Paradise/John Mandeville - Morality/Innocent morality - From 'Morte d'Arthur'/Thomas Malory - Holy poverty/Rule of St Francis - Customs of chivalry/John Froissart - All work & no play/Fitzstephen - At table/ErasmusFaith & comfort/St Thomas More - Last letter to his daughter/St Thomas More - Farewell of Saint Thomas More/William Roper - Death of Lady Margaret/John Fisher - Lady Margaret/Robert Southwell - Mary, Queen of Scots/Pierre de Bourdeille - Letter to Pope Gregory XI/St Catherine of Siena - Letter to Sister Daniella of Orvieto/St Catherine of Siena - Dialogue of heart/John Gerson - O sweet & savory word/Thomas a Kempis - Things that bring much peace/Thomas a Kempis - Prayer against evil thoughts/Thomas a Kempis - Prayer for mental illumination/Thomas a Kempis - True comfort/Thomas a Kempis - How great is abundance/Thomas a Kempis - Judgment day/Blessed John Ruysbroeck - Address to beloved/Ramon Lull - Questions/Ramon Lull - Hope in mercy of God/St Teresa of Avila - Distribution of alms/St Ignatius Loyola - Michaelangelo & religious art/Francisco de Hollanda - Leonardo da Vinci/Giorgio Vasari - Image & reality/Baldesar Castiglione - On heights/Francesco Petrarca - Elizabethan seminarians/Anthony Munday - Popular preacher/Joseph Francis Isla - Adventure of windmills/Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Saladin & Rosader/Thomas Lodge - Divine goodness/St Francis de Sales - Courtesy/St Francis de Sales - Brother Lawrence/Practice of presence of God - Prayer/Jacques-Benigne Bossuet - At profession of Madame de la Valliere/Jacques-Benigne Bossuet - education of girls/ ; FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 415 p. : ill. (part col.) maps (part col.) plans, ports. (part col.) ; 32 cm. ; LCCN: 66-18667 ; LC: DG211; Dewey: 913.3703 ; OCLC: 2360272 ; decorative brown cloth, in photographic color pictorial dustjacket ; Contents : The Etruscan mystery -- The seven hills -- Faith and the state -- The thrust of power -- A republic divided -- The coming of Caesar -- The triumph of Augustus -- Architects of empire -- The Roman peace -- An era of excess -- The long twilight -- Rome becomes Christian -- A spacious legacy. ; "At first little more than the power of the sword carried Rome forward; as it grew, it acquired the power of religious and poetic vision. These are the spiritual powers which it bequeathed to its heirs, the modern nations of the western world." ; nicks, tears and creases to dustjacket, else VG/G. Book.

La Louvière, Editions de Montbliart, mai 1964. Comité de rédaction : André Balthazar et Pol Bury. Plaquette agrafée, 21,3 x 17,6 cm, 48 p. Edition originale. Imprimé en typographie une couleur sur papier blanc et jaune. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc. Couverture légèrement passée, sinon bon exemplaire.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Hurst, Oliver; Kling, Wendell; Kortner, Al; Darling, Gilbert; Chiriaka, Ernest; Hallman, A.; (illustrator). First Edition. 74 pages. Articles: Inhuman Nature - defense against summer's pests; Fantasy in Flame - Clarence Cronkite and his colossal fireworks extravaganza; Barry Go Braugh! - the famous "Naked City" Fitzgerald is a modest, unassuming man; Ostriches Aren't So Dumb - a Los Angeles breeder of the big birds reveals their cute habits; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 7) - The Great Coalition - hitherto unrevealed details of co-ordinating the Allied war effort after Pearl Harbor; Scandals in Veterans' Housing (conclusion); The Day it Almost Happened - the Bates family gets a lesson in car-driving safety. Ads include: Anso film; Ipana Tooth Paste; Borden products - with Elsie the Cow; Willys-Overland "Jeep" panel delivery vehicles; 1949 For cars; Great two-page color ad for International Harvester road-building equipment; Vitalis - with Bob Feller; Chesterfield cigarettes (back cover) featuring great illustration of Rosalind Russell. Unmarked with light wear. A sound vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Mechling, John (cover photo); Burns, Paul C.; Darling,Gilbert; Blossom, Earl; Lofman, Jacob; Baumgartner, Warren; Shook, Euclid;Derujinsky; Kling, Wendell; (illustrator). First Edition. 66 pages. Articles: Designs for Touring - Salt Water, Salubrity and Sin - Attractions of Mississippi's Gulf Coast - The Poor Man's Riviera; Strife Among the Roses - Rose Bowl Preview - with financial details; For Landings' Sake - a study of the causes of airline accidents; The Truth in Russian Eyes - an interview with the editor of Pravda; The People's Life Preservers - the FDA; Veni, Vidi Valli - Little lady Valli is Italy's gift to Hollywood; Facts and Figures - the last word in foundation garments (corsets, bras and girdles); Old Ties for Old - men can now swap unwanted gift neckwear; Here a City Died - a visit to Machu-Picchu - article with great color photos. Fiction: Cocktails at Blindman's Lake; This is the Night; Four Alarm; Oh, Lovely Land; Previous Date; The First Foot. Includes these nostalgic ads: Boris Karloff in a Tums ad; Pontiac cars; Talon Dresses (featuring wedding gown); "Night Song" movie (full-page); Spam; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring ballerina Kathryn Lee. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, January 3, 1948 Designs for Touring - Salt Water, Salubrity and Sin - Attractions of Mississippi's Gulf Coast - The Poor Man's Riviera; Strife Among the Roses - Rose Bowl Preview - with financial details; For Land.

Paris : Jean-Michel Place, 1976 - Deux volumes (19x23,5cm) pleine toile imprimée de 812 et 796 pages illustrées dans et hors texte. Sous emboitage. En annexes, index des noms cités, des ouvrages cités et des revues et journaux. Réimpression en fac-similé des huit numéros parus de cette revue dirigée par Pierre Lévy, entouré de Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes et Nino Frank. Exemplaires en bon état. Livres.