Walker John Stanley (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the presumed first hard cover edition (no explicit edition or printing statement), lacking a dust-jacket. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding bright and fresh in appearance. A sharp copy. [Please note: Due to the size and weight of the volume extra shipping may be required depending on the destination and speed of delivery requested. Quotations gladly provided.].

Soft Cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Robert Stanley (front cover) (illustrator). First Edition. ----------western pulp magazine, digest size. Includes Grey's Forlorn River, abridged. slight spine tilt, small splits to spine extremities, cover creases, a good-VG copy.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover. Near Fine condition. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

paperback. Condition: Good. Contents are crisp, clean, complete and undamaged. Binding is loose on some pages.Book was donated to Friends of Omaha Public Library.

Softcover. 97 - 204 pp. Volume 47, Number 2 (Summer 1993). Softcover. Very good condition; on covers: light color fading and touches of wear. Volume 47, Number 2 (Summer 1993).

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Comic strips and comic books were among the most popular and influential forms of mass media in 20thcentury America. This fascinating book focuses on fifteen pioneering cartoonists--ranging from Winsor McCay to Chris Ware--who brought this genre to the highest level of artistic expression and who had the greatest impact on the development of the form.Organized chronologically, 'Masters of American Comics 'explores the rise of newspaper comic strips and comic books and considers their artistic development throughout the century. Presenting a wide selection of original drawings as well as progressive proofs, vintage printed Sunday pages, and comic books themselves, the authors also look at how the art of comics was transformed by artistic innovation as well as by changes in popular taste, economics, and printing conventions.First appearing in newspaper Sunday supplements, the comic strip became immediately successful and created the largest audience of any medium of its time. The comic book first began as a way to print existing newspaper comics, then subsequently established the mass popularity of superheroes in the 1940s and 1950s before it matured as a vehicle for independent personal expression in the underground comic books and graphic novels of the 1960s.Included in the book are insightful and entertaining essays on individual artists written by major figures in the fields of comics, narrative illustration, literature, popular culture, and art history. 'Masters of American Comics 'convincingly positions the genre of comics into the history of art and is destined to become a classic text for years to come. This fascinating book focuses on fifteen pioneering cartoonists--ranging from Winsor McCay to Chris Ware--who brought this genre to the highest level of artistic expression and who had the greatest impact on the development of the form. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Comic strips and comic books were among the most popular and influential forms of mass media in 20thcentury America. This fascinating book focuses on fifteen pioneering cartoonists--ranging from Winsor McCay to Chris Ware--who brought this genre to the highest level of artistic expression and who had the greatest impact on the development of the form.Organized chronologically, 'Masters of American Comics 'explores the rise of newspaper comic strips and comic books and considers their artistic development throughout the century. Presenting a wide selection of original drawings as well as progressive proofs, vintage printed Sunday pages, and comic books themselves, the authors also look at how the art of comics was transformed by artistic innovation as well as by changes in popular taste, economics, and printing conventions.First appearing in newspaper Sunday supplements, the comic strip became immediately successful and created the largest audience of any medium of its time. The comic book first began as a way to print existing newspaper comics, then subsequently established the mass popularity of superheroes in the 1940s and 1950s before it matured as a vehicle for independent personal expression in the underground comic books and graphic novels of the 1960s.Included in the book are insightful and entertaining essays on individual artists written by major figures in the fields of comics, narrative illustration, literature, popular culture, and art history. 'Masters of American Comics 'convincingly positions the genre of comics into the history of art and is destined to become a classic text for years to come. This fascinating book focuses on fifteen pioneering cartoonists--ranging from Winsor McCay to Chris Ware--who brought this genre to the highest level of artistic expression and who had the greatest impact on the development of the form. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Exhibition Edition. 9.5 X 1 X 13 inches; 318 pages; color and B&W illustrations throughout the book. Minor bump wear on the head of the spine. Few minor speckles on the top exterior edge of textblock. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Full Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full orange cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, no previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall a VERY GOOD PLUS condition book. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Magazine. Printed wrappers. Octavo. 59pp. Buff wrappers. Bumped and faded spine, near fine. This issue features Roy Campbell, F.L. Lucas, and Jack Lindsay. Additional contributors include N.K. Cruickshank, Doreen Dunlop, Wrey Gardiner, A.H. Heys, Teresa Hooley, Esther Spencer, G.W. Harris, Sonia Bentzon, Freda C. Bond, Denis Turner, Stuart Holroyd, R.V. Blakemore, P.D. Cummins, Justin Richardson, Margaret Stanley-Wrench, Frank Lissauer, Sidonie Schall, Christopher Levenson, Michael Malim, Murrell Simmons, W.H. Hamilton, Laurence H. Williams, Dennis Peck, Valmai Richardson, Mary Banes, Kathleen M. Chapin, F.D. Walker, William Wolff, Alice Alment, S. Thomas Ansell, Peter Fison, Howard Parsons, Robert Greacen, Stephen Graham, John Graddon, Kennedy Williamson, Paul Selver, K.V. Richardson, and E. Royse Pritchard.

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. In mint condition with few signs of use. The binding is tight and the pages are crisp and clean. The book cover may have minor incidental marks and other blemishes. Prime-eligible, free and fast shipping with stellar return policy backed by Amazon and customer-first Canadian business.; 9.5 X 1 X 13 inches; 328 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xxxv, 659 Pp. Blue Cloth, Spine Gilt. First Printing Stated. Very Near Fine In Near Fine Price-Clipped Dust Jacket With $ Sign Remaining.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xiii, 485 pp. Norton/Grove Handbooks in Music. Very good condition; on edges of papers: a few watermarks and a touch of soiling.

Magazine. 80p., 10x14 inches, reviews, events, theatre and film listings, photo-portraits of stars of stage & screen, ads, worn theatre and film arts magazine in worn stapled pictorial wraps. "The Robber Barons of Broadway" by Walker. Full page ad for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" starring James Cagney, Joe E. Brown, Dick Powell and others. Dubose Heyward on "Porgy and Bess".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG+. 8vo, 132pp, printed wrappers. This issue includes a memorial of John Gardner by Raymond Carver, 10 pages of recovered short book reviews by Flannery O'Connor, plus Walker Percy and other Southern-themed content. One word written at head of spine; otherwise an unmarked copy with general wear and some light sunning to spine.

Condition: New.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. HC, red cloth boards; paste down for titling on spine 1947 number 1-4 collective. Light scuffing to boards. Sunning to spine. Clean Interior, no markings. Collection of authors, a few named on title. Prose. Poetry. Reviews of Books. Rare. 4to. 398pp. Henry Nuss Book Binder, Dallas, TX stamped in back of book. BR Box 155.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. HC, red cloth boards; paste down for titling on spine 1947 number 1-4 collective. Light scuffing to boards. Sunning to spine. Clean Interior, no markings. Collection of authors, a few named on title. Prose. Poetry. Reviews of Books. Rare. 4to. 398pp. BR Box 155.