Simon Bennett Editor (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. s4 6"x9"; 350 pages; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. 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. Contains the following essays: "Foreword" by Bill Littlefield; "Pre-Game Warm-up: Who's on First?"; "There's No Place Like Home!" by Joe Kraus; "Minnesota's 'Homer Hanky Jurisprudence': Contradiction, Ethics, and the Twins" by Paul Horan and Jason Solomon; "Should Cubs Fans Be Committed? What Bleacher Bums Have to Teach Us about the Nature of Faith" by Thomas D. Senor; "Taking One for the Team: Baseball and Sacrifice" by Willie Young; "There Are No Ties at First Base" by Ted Cohen; "Taking Umpiring Seriously: How Philosophy Can Help Umpires Make the Right Calls" by J. S. Russell; "Baseball, Cheating, and Tradition: Would Kant Cork His Bat?" by Randolph Feezell; "There's No Lying in Basebal (Wink, Wink)" by Mark J. Hamilton; "Democracy and Dissent: Why America Needs Reggie Jackson:" by Eric Bronson; "Baseball and the Search for an American Moral Identity" by William J. Morgan; "The Negro Leagues and the Contradictions of Social Darwinism" by Alex Ruck and Bob Ruck; "We're American Too: The Negro Leagues and the Philosophy of Resistance" by Pellom McDaniels III; "The Zen of Hitting" by Gregory Bassham; "Japanese Baseball and It's Warrior Ways" by Michael Brannigan; "The Numbers Game: What Fans Should Know about the Stats They Love" by Jay Bennett and Aryn Martin; "Women Playing Hardball" by Leslie Heaphy; "Walking Barry Bonds: The Ethics of the Intentional Walk" by R. Scott Kretchmar; "Socrates at the Ballpark" by Heather L. Reid; "Baseball and Ethics: Should Pete Rose Be in the Hall of Fame?" (Yes) by Aeon J. Skoble (No) "Baseball and Political Philosophy: Does A-Rod Deserve So Much Money?" (Yes) by by Albert Duncan (No) by Joel Shuman; "Baseball and Metaphysics: Does Superstition Help Performance?" (Yes) by Steven Streeter (No ) by Neil Feit; "Baseball and Legal Philosophy: Should Steroids Be Banned?" (Yes) by Michaelm J. McGrath (No) by Simon Eassom; "Baseball and Aesthetics: What's the Best Baseball Movie?" (The Natural 1984) by Vincent L. Toscano (It Happens Every Spring 1949) by Larry Raful; "Baseball and Education: Were Baseball Players Better Role Models Then or Now?" (Then) by Edward A. Sullivan (Now) by Graham Harman.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. 2002. 51pp. Includes a few b&w photographs and illustrations in the text. "'The City of Glasgow Bank Failure of 1878 and the New Zealand & Australian Land Company' - James Carroll; 'The Scottish Glass Industry' - Diana Connell; 'Social Effects of Industrial Closure in the West of Scotland 1950-1975: Health.' - Neil Earnshaw." Slim soft cover, but otherwise in very good condition with light wear to covers, no inscriptions.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 208 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Special Limited Edition. No. 80 of 100 copies. Signed by nine of the contributors on front colophon in black, blue, and purple ink: David J. Howe, Tom de Ville, Graham Masterton, Simon Clark, Christopher Fowler, Debbie Bennett, Paul Finch, Steve Lockley, and Paul Lewis. Original publisher's black cloth binding with silver foil lettering on spine. Abstract silver foil decoration on front cover. 6" x 8 1/2." 252 pages, complete. A few black-and-white illustrations, complete. Four additional pages in back adverting other books including a few titles from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. Pages and covers are virtually pristine and intact. Corners are sharp and not bumped. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. An anthology of gothic horror tales with an Introduction by Richard O'Brien and a couple of behind-the-scenes anecdotes by David Miller about the horror genre and some of its writers. Inspired by the British anthology television series of the same name, Urban Gothic. The following are the Contents: "Introduction" by Richard O'Brien, "The City" by David J. Howe, "The Look" by Christopher Fowler, "Lacuna" by Debbie Bennett, "The Scrawler" by Graham Masterton, "Boys Club" by Paul Finch, "Goblin City Lights" by Simon Clark, "Telling The Tale" by Steve Lockley and Paul Lewis, "Coda: Treading on the Cracks" by Tom de Ville, "Behind the Scenes: Going Underground" by David Miller, "Behind the Scenes: Going for the Jugular" by Miller, and "About the Contributors.".

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

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. 1st edition. 361 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 288 pages. 9.45x6.25x0.45 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 9.69x6.85x0.71 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 208 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 288 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Fred A. Mayer, Valenti Angelo, Mahlon Blaine, Howard Simon, W. S. Gilbert, Frank J. Buttera, Lui Trugo, Charles H. Bennett (illustrator). First Thus. Partial set of Illustrated Editions, 14 volumes as given, 9 bound in light brown and blue textured limp paper covered boards, lettered in gilt on burgundy spine fields, front cover devices in burgundy and gilt; 5 bound in dark green and light brown limp paper covered boards, lettered in gilt on green spine fields, front cover devices in burgundy and green. Variously issued 1930-37, most 1933 or earlier. All volumes show light/modest shelf wear, with several volumes showing slight to mild binding leans, light soiling to cloth, some fomer owner signatures to endpapers, some endpapers toned, all at least VG, most Near Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.