Smith Edgar C (68 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. First Thus.

Trade Paperback. NY: Holt, Rinehart, And Winston. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1985. Trade Paperback. 0030059682 . A near fine copy with light edge wear. 8vo , 186 pages . Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued.

Soft cover. Condition: VG. This is an original vintage print trade ad that measures approximately 10 x 13 and is in VG or better condition. Ideal for framing, this ad comes protected in a plastic sleeve and backer and is shipped first class mail in a cardboard mailer. We combine shipping with multiple ads shipping at no additional charge. Size: 9" x 12". Book.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

paperback. Condition: Good. Very Good text, some reading/shelf wear to edges. US orders shipped via US Mail. International orders shipped via DHL. Additional postage may be required on oversize books and sets. NO prison orders.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. (36pp.). Illus. Smith wrote the Healy House essay & signed it. Slight browning at cover edges. Vg+. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Cambridge: Printed for Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd. at University Press, 1937. First Edition. Large 8vo. xix,376pp, Index. 16 plates, 46 figures in text. Red cloth, spine letters gilt. Good condition - spine ends frayed, short tear foot of spine repaired with archival glue. While the author fills some of the gaps in the literature of marine engineering, he does not claim that it is an exhaustive study. Gathered over a long period of time, his sources include technical papers, presidential addresses, journals, text books, biographies, official regulations, personal letters, reminiscences and unpublished manuscripts.; Illustrated; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 376 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. volume 2,hardback book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 189 pp. Contents: 13 Essays divided into two sections [footnotes within Essays]: I. IN MODERN LITERATURE (1) Robert Bierstedt, "The Tergiversation of Herman Wouk" (The Caine Mutiny); (2) Charles Frankel, "Efficient Power and Inefficient Virtue" (Bernard Shaw: Major Barbara); (3) George N. Schuster, "Art at War with the Good" (Thomas Mann: Death in Venice); (4) Lionel Trilling, "The Morality of Inertia" (Edith Wharton: Ethan Frome); (5) John E. Smith, "When Should We Not Tell the Truth?" (Henrik Ibsen: The Wild Duck); (6) Edward Davison, "The Line of Caponsacchi" (Robert Browning: The Ring and the Book); (7) William York Tindall, "The Ceremony of Innocence" (Herman Melville: Billy Budd); II. IN EARLIER LITERATURE (8) Henry Hatfield, "Can One Sell One's Soul?" (The Faust Legend); (9) Edgar Johnson, "The Dilemma of Hamlet" (William Shakespeare: Hamlet); (10) Richard McKeon, "The Choice of Socrates" (Plato: Crito); (11) Whitney J. Oates, "Happiness as the Goal" (Euripides: The Bacchae); (12) John F.C. Richards, "The Choice of Antigone" (Sophocles: Antigone); (13) Robert Gordis, "The Conflict of Tradition and Experience" (The Book of Job); Contributors, pp. 179-180; Index, pp. 181-189. Orange dustwrapper not price-clipped ($3.00) with superimposed white lettering on front cover; white band across top front cover for smaller lettering for Editor name. Spine sunned from orange to tan (All lettering remains sharp and distinct, eminently readable) and rear cover white area lightly sunned/soiled, as with age; spine edges and parts of cover edges are worn from holding book; small chips and wear at spine ends and book corners (now backed with Archival tape): describes worse than it is but there you have it: NOW in Brodart mylar, which graciously forgives transgressions. Classic collection in Philosophy of Literature, edited by prolific and distinguished Author, published in Politics, Government, Sociology, Social Science, Government and Human Happiness.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Original wraps show minor wear, chipping, creasing. Pages tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ex-ref lib HB in full red cloth binding with gilt spine title, all edges red and pale yellow endpapers. Lib plate and price in ink to front endpapers and a few small lib stamps. Inside pages are clean and tight. 376pp. incl b/w plates and figs in text.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Includes 16*b/w plates and 46*figures. xix+376pp. Red cloth boards, sunned to spine. Slight wear to extremities. Pages and text-block in good order.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 916 pp. Both antholgies in a single volume, a book club First Edition. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; wraparound dj painting by John Berkey. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; no interior markings. This anthology contains: EXPLORERS: Preface; Vaster than Empires and More Slow - a novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin; Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R. A. Lafferty; In the Hall of the Martian Kings - a novella by John Varley; The Sentinel - 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke; Moonwalk - a novelette by H. B. Fyfe; Grandpa - a novelette by James H. Schmitz; The Red Hills of Summer - a novelette by Edgar Pangborn; The Longest Voyage - a novelette by Poul Anderson; Hot Planet by Hal Clement; Drunkboat - a novelette by Cordwainer Smith; Becalmed in Hell by Larry Niven; The Keys to December - a novelette by Roger Zelazny; A Meeting with Medusa by Arthur C. Clarke; The Man Who Walked Home by James Tiptree Jr; Long Shot by Vernor Vinge; Ginungagap - a novelette by Michael Swanwick; Exploring Fossil Canyon - a novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson; Promises to Keep - a novelette by Jack McDevitt; Lieserl by Stephen Baxter; Crossing Chao Meng Fu - a novelette by G. David Nordley; Wang's Carpets - a novelette by Greg Egan; A Dance to Strange Music - a novelette by Gregory Benford; and Approaching Permelasma - a novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis. THE FURTHEST HORIZON: Preface; Guyal of Sfere - a novella by Jack Vance; Old Hundredth by Brian W. Aldiss; Alpha Ralpha Boulevard - a novelette by Cornwainer Smith; Day Million by Frederik Pohl; Bumberboom - a novelette by Avram Davidson; Coranda - a novelette by Keith Roberts; Nightwings - a novella by Robert Silverberg; Pale Roses - a novelette by Michael Moorcock; Anniversary Project by Joe Haldeman; Slow Music - a novella by James Tiptree Jr; The Map by Gene Wolfe; Dinosaurs - a novelette by Walter Jon Williams; The Death Artist - a novelette by Alexander Jablokov; Sister Alice - a novella by Robert Reed; Recording Angel - a novelette by Paul J. McAuley; Genesis - a novella by Poul Anderson; and The Days of Solomon Gursky - a novella by Ian McDonald. Size: 8vo. John Berkey; (illustrator). Book.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. Originally published in 1938, this book was written to provide an account of the historical development of naval and marine engineering. The material which formed the basis of the text was gathered together from a variety of sources during a period of approximately thirty years. Technical papers, presidential addresses, journals, textbooks, biographies, official regulations, personal letters, reminiscences and previously unpublished manuscripts were all drawn upon to illustrate the many aspects of naval and marine engineering. Numerous illustrative figures are included throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of engineering.…

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. Originally published in 1938, this book was written to provide an account of the historical development of naval and marine engineering. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: TBX; TTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 736. . 2013. Paperback. . . . .…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. pp. 430 Index.

Condition: New. Originally published in 1938, this book was written to provide an account of the historical development of naval and marine engineering. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: TBX; TTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 736. . 2013. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Condition: New.

First Edition. THE ASCENT OF WONDER, Tor, 1994, first edition, (scarce first issue), fine in wraps. Uncorrected proof. Contributions by Ursula Leguin, Arthur C. Clarke, Hal Clement, Robert Heinlein, Gene Wolfe, C. L. Moore, Henry Kuttner, Isaac Asimov, Robert Forward, Edgar Allan Poe, Greg Benford, Kate Wilhelm, J. G. Ballard, Anne McCaffrey, H. G. Wells, Larry Niven, John Campbell, John Sladek, Ted Sturgeon, Clifford Simak, James Tiptree, Frederik Pohl, Jules Verne, James Blish, Cordust-wrapper ainer Smith, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Bester, Greg Benford, P. K. Dick, William Gibson, David Brin, et.al. A massive 1004 pages. Signed by both editors. Very scarce thus. …