Thompson Lawrence Editor (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New with no dust jacket. Green cloth covers, gilt letering, Index to Volume II only. Covers entries 2485-5802), 123 pages.; 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 ".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Price NOT clipped, DJ nicely in wraps with wear along the edges and minor chips taken; interior clean and fresh. Stated first edition. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket. Green cloth covers, gilt letering, Volume II only. Listing books described by Joseph Sabin and his successors, re-described here, and fully indexed (entries 248505802), 534 pages. A description of contents has been taped to free front endpage, leaving tape mark.; 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 ". …

Bowling Green: Kentucky Folklore Society, 1968. 112 pages. Portrait. 9x6", paperback. Kelly Thompson, Appreciation, Essays on Words, Pronunciation, Proverbs, Folk Remedies, Sara Tyler, Bibliography. Cover pulling bit, VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Biography. First edition stated. Red cloth covers a little sunned. Dust jacket rubbed, sunned, spine faded, edgeworn. Gift inscription on endpaper, interior clean and tight.

First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 645 pages. A tight near fine in an about very good dust jacket with a chip from the top of the rear panel and a number of edge tears and wear.

Paperback. pp263-383, essays, reviews, poetry, fiction, art, lightly worn & toned else good paperback literary arts journal in wraps. Dorantes on recent Mexican painting. Thompson on Brecht. The World of Henry Miller by Muller.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. No dust jacket. First Edition. Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1953. Near Fine condition. Corners are NOT bumped. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1953. First Edition. Includes MAJOR READJUSTMENTS IN THE RETAIL BOOK TRADE: THEIR CAUSES AND SIGNIFICANCE by Wright Howes (of U.S.iana fame) which presciently forecast the transition of brick-and-mortar booksellers to home offices. Other contributors include Lawrence S. Thompson, Stanley Pargellis; Louis Gottschalk; Pierce Butler, etc. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. viii, 107pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B.C.E. A solid spine (tan boards with blue lettering) with no flaws. The dustjacket(in new mylar wraps) has edge rubbings.Signed by owner in 1955. Contents:Walter M.Miller-Wolf Pack , Jr., Will Thompson-No One Believed Me, John Wyndham-Preforce to Dream, J.C.Furnas-The Laocoon Complex, MarkClifton & Alex Apostolides-Crazy Joe, Philip K. Dick-The Golden Man, David Grinnell-Malice Aforethought, Agatha ChristieThe Last Seance, Bill Brown-Medicine Dancer, Rhoda BroughtonBehold It Was A Dream, Isaac Asimov-Belief,Ray Bradbury- The Veldt, J.J.Coupling-Mr. Kinkiad'sPasts, Peter Phillips -The Warning, Anthony Boucher- The Ghost of Me, Theodore R. Cogswell- The Wall Around the World, Robert Sheckley-Operating Instructions, John Collier- Interpretation of a Dream, Katherine Maclean- Defense Mechanism. Hoffman, H.Lawrence (illustrator).…

Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A rare opportunity to purchase a complete run of this pioneering book collecting and book arts journal. Vol. I, consisting of (12) monthly issues (Mar. 1932-Mar. 1933, with one combined "Septober" 1932 issue), 64 pp., total, has been bound in blue buckram showing modest spotting/soiling to both covers, interior fully intact. Vols. II (2) through 4 unbound/loose, with cord bindings, in slightly reduced format. Vol. II consists of (8) issues, numbered 13-20, published from Apr. 1933 through July/Aug. 1938, #s 13-16 continuously paginated (52 pp. total), #s 17-20 16 pp. each. Vol. III consists of (11) issues, published from Sept. 1938 through Dec. 1939, most 16 pp. each, several 24 pp. The Packet ceased publication at that point but recommenced with Vol. 4 in Sept. 1945; this volume, height slightly reduced again, consists of (10) issues (including 9-10 combined) through June 1946, 24 pp., each, final issue 40 pp. All issues show only slight handling wear and a bit of toning. A virtual Who's Who of antiquarian bookselling, collecting, and bibliography during this era. Collector-grade, extremely scarce. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Quarto with gilt-embossed crimson cloth boards. Text block moderately soiled with a minor moisture wave, boards slightly bowed, also afflicted by some soiling, weakened hinges. Prospectus, related ephemera, and list of signatories laid-in. 385 pages. First facsimile edition, inscribed profusely with vernacular illustrations. Handled extensively in the collection of signatures. Previous owner was once a bookseller and is now an accomplished book artist and fine printer (Sam Amico of The Middle Earth Press). An incredible array of names, with all (except artist John Thompson who signed on the flyleaf and drew an occult symbol) inscribing or flat-signing the pages that feature their Oracle contributions. The list includes: Allen and Ann Cohen, Ken Kesey, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, the surviving members of Big Brother and the Holding Company (including Getz), etc. Rumor has it that the original owner embellished the Kesey page with his own illustrations while tripping on mushrooms; he told the story to Kesey, and Kesey inscribed his reaction. Most of the signatures were gathered at the book's release party, the rest were friends of the printer. Profound psychedelic 60s artifact with cast-iron provenance. Good. Signed by Author(s).…