William Curtis Ed (93 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of one novelet and thirteen short stories. Featured are (novelet) The Importance of Trifles by Avram Davidson, (short stories) The Light Next Door by Charlotte Armstrong, The Empty Birdhouse by Patricia Highsmith, Whodunit: Murder Offstage by Edward D. Hoch, Howdunit: Every Fifth Man by Edward D. Hoch, Whydunit: The Nile Cat by Edward D. Hoch, More of a Notability by Dion Henderson, The Second Sign in the Melon Patch by William Brittain, Odds Bodkins and the Locked Room Caper by Richard Curtis, Father Crumlish Defies the Impossible by Alice Scanlan Reach, The N-Plus-1th Degree by Stephen Barr, Hard Cheese; or, For Queen and Country by John F. Campbell, Desperate Remedy by Edward Y. Breese, Doubled Entry by Robert L. Fish. Light age toning to the spine. Slight edge wear. In good condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of one novelette and ten short stories. Featured are The Novelette - Quicker Than the Eye by Bill Pronzini & Michael Kurland. The Short stories - A Small Death by Stephen Wasylyk, A Look at Mother Nature by Frank Sisk, The Gourment by Vincent McConnor, Home Ground by A.F. Oreshnik, Gut Level by Sonord Morrow, Out In Style by Robert H. Curtis, The Lyon Died in Elmcreek by Pauline C. Smith, The Garage Apartment by Joyce Harrington, Come Ride With Me by Donald Honig. Light spine slant. Slight edge wear. Light reading creases to the rear cover near spine. In good condition.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. None. Some foxing on internal pages. Old and Rare.

Condition: Fair. 1972. No edition remarks. 600 pages. Dust jacket over orange cloth. Contains colour photographic plates. Pages are bright and clear. Heavy cracking to rear hinge. Mild thumb-marking present. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild insect damage to boards. Mild crushing to spine ends. Books has a backward lean. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Notable rubbing and marking all over. Moderate water staining to spine and front panel.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. Contents: Ruth C. Bishop endows the Register. Saxbe, Elizabeth (Waldo) (Brackett) (Parris?) Walker of Ipswich, Chelmsford, Billerica, Braintree, and Bristol, Massachusetts. Myers, John and Elizabeth (James) Hyland of Scituate, Massachusetts, and some of their descendants. Beckwith and Curtis, Martha (Ruggles) Curtis, daughter of Benjamin and Dorcas (Whiting) Ruggles of New Braintree, Massachusetts. Barber et al., The Ross families of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Dallett, "Lost" alumni of Yale College: the non-graduates of 1771-1805 (continued from 157:147). Hoff, New England articles in genealogical journals in 2001. Hyde, A Wolcott correction. Reviews. 2002 Annual Report. 9.0" tall; 105 pages. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Three issues of Analog magazine that comprise the complete three-part serialization of Jerry Pournelle's novel "A Spaceship For The King", the first entry in his celebrated, long-running CoDominion series. December 1971 issue (the last Analog issue to be edited by long-time editor John W. Campbell) also includes the novelettes "Foundlings Father" by Jack Wodhams and "Just Peace" by William Rupp and Vernor Vinge as well as short stories by Chris Butler, Wade Curtis, and Ben Bova. January 1972 issue also includes the novelettes "A Matter Of Sovereignty" by Wade Curtis and "'Riddle Me This.'" by Christopher Anvil as well as short stories by Robert Chilson, Isaac Asimov, and Jack Wodhams. February 1972 issue also includes the novelettes "Fido" by William J. Frogge and "The Sword Of Cain" by Henry Sauter as well as short stories by Robert F. Young and Joseph Green. All issues in good condition with minimal wear to the covers and clean unmarked interiors. A bit of bumping to the tops of the spines. December 1971 issue has a small, closed tear of approx. 3mm to the top of the front cover and the first several pages. February 1972 has the top corner of the masthead/table of contents unfortunately torn off (a loss of approx. 12cm^2). Freas, Kelly; Schoenherr, John (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tan cloth with fading letters of spine. 527p.n, no ownership marks ; clean. no dj. Volume 2 of 3 volume set but this volume 2 is complete in itself as to topic of reform of the US Civil Service. cloth looks greenish but spine is brown please see pictures. no writing no tearing no foxing; front and rear end papers only have brownish stains please see pictures.…

Condition: New.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. (Vol. 3, No. 3). [several vertical creases in both front and rear covers, a bit of scuffing to rear cover, otherwise a nice clean copy]. (B&W photographs) The major feature of this issue is a fourteen-page interview with William Wellman, illustrated with many stills from his films -- quite possibly the most in-depth look at his career to have appeared at that time. Other contents include: an "in-depth preview" of IS PARIS BURNING?; interviews on composing music for films, with Maurice Jarre, Dimitri Tiomkin and Henry Mancini; article, "The Face of the Vampire," regarding "Theda Bara and her sisters in seduction"; a picture story on John Derek's second film as a director, COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO, which introduced his "new find," Linda Evans. (That's also her in the cover photo, by Derek; they got married two years later.).…

2 volume set complete. Octavo, green cloth, top edges gilt, uncut, x, 395 pp. + ix, 423 pp., ads. Very Good. American Biography, Civil War, Political Science, History.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good softcover. Pictorial front cover, advert back cover. Lightly soiled covers; light chipping along cover edges; 2 inch chip of cover missing at spine head; tightly bound; bright, clean interior. 189 pp of stories, verse, illustrations; 30 pp of adverts and notices. Contributions include: Charles Dudley Warner on 'Impressions of the South', Alfred Mathews on 'The Earliest Settlements in Ohio', [Gen.] Horace Porter on 'Reminiscences of General Grant', Mary E. Wilkins [Freeman] short story 'An Old Arithmetician' (2 years before book publication; cf, BAL 6317, Wright 2030), William Dean Howells 3 chapters of 'Indian Summer' (cf, BAL 9624, Wright 2819), various others. 8vo.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A clean unmarked copy in the dust wrapper, limited to 500 numbered copies.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

HARDCOVER. Hardcover edition. 340pp, folding map to rear, small octavo. compliment card from the author laid in. cover wear, foxing top page edges, tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good- chipping and laminate peeling to edges, foxing to interior flap edges, front cover clean, Good+.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Second. This is a heavy item and will require extra shipping for international orders. ; Both vols: Blk boards (no d/jkt), a trifle marked; corners lightly bumped; binding tight; gilt titling bright. Foredges + prelims spotted -- main text clean. B/w frontis (Vol I). Lothrop's best-known work was The Rise of the Dutch Republic -- although highly popular in its day, it has since been described as the dullest book ever written. ; 8v (6"x 9"); 395 + 424 pages.…

1. ed. 483 p. Dust jacket somewhat rubbed and sunbleached, otherwise very fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0 4°, original cloth binding with dust jacket.

Condition: Used - Good. Good hardbacks. 1st edition. Charcoal cloth with gilt; frontis portrait in vol.1; edited by George William Curtis. Owner's stamp on both front free end papers; small stain on all end papers; text generally clean. Gilt on spines dull & worn; wear to cloth at board corners & head & foot of both spine; pale mark on front board of vol.1. This is a heavy set (about 2.1kg packed); additional postage may be required. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hbk, royal 8vo, 342pp profusely illustr throughout, an unread copy, excellent, clean, tight and unmarked in fine, unclipped and sleeve-protected dj, as new.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Originalhardcover. Condition: Gut. Vol. 1: X, 394 p., Vol. 2: IX, 423 p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Vol. 1: Einband berieben, weist Verschmutzungen und Verfärbungen auf, Buchrücken bestoßen, goldener Kopfschnitt, Vorder- und Fußschnitt unregelmäßig und faserig, teilweise unaufgeschnitten, stockfleckig und angegilbte Seiten, Exlibris von Walter C. Richardson auf Vorsatz, Vol. 2: Einband berieben, weist Flecken und Verfärbungen auf, Buchrücken bestoßen, goldener Kopfschnitt, Vorder- und Fußschnitt unregelmäßig und faserig, teilweise unaufgeschnitten, stockfleckig und angegilbte Seiten, Buchblock beginnt sich vom Einband zu lösen, Exlibris von Walter C. Richardson auf Vorsatz / Vol. 1: Binding rubbed, shows soiling and discoloration, spine bumped, gilt head edge, front and bottom edges irregular and fibrous, partially uncut, foxing and yellowed pages, bookplate of Walter C. Richardson on endpaper, Vol. 2: Binding rubbed, shows stains and discoloration, spine bumped, gilt top edge, front and bottom edges irregular and fibrous, partially unclipped, foxing and yellowed pages, book block beginning to separate from binding, bookplate of Walter C. Richardson on endpaper. - Vol. 1: CONTENTS TO VOL. I. CHAPTER I. EARLY YEARS. Letters from schoolStudies and pastimesDeath of Governor Brooks Lionel Lincoln Goes to Round Hill SchoolCoopers novels Hope Leslie CHAPTER II. GERMANY; UNIVERSITY LIFE. First voyage to EuropeCuxhavenThe weather during the voyage Incidents of the voyageGöttingen-Arrangements for his first Semester at the UniversityPlans for the vacationThe German languageAccount of journey from Hamburg to GöttingenGerman postilionsThe Hartz MountainsGerman university life Costume of the studentsDuelling customsBrüderschaft Plesse CastleGeorge Washingtons letter on the Humane Society BerlinStudying LawPublic galleries and public money Daily routine at BerlinAmusementsTaglioniDevrientGoetz von BerlichingenThe Vons and the not-Vons Visit to Potsdam Plans for the future CHAPTER III. AUSTRIAFRANCEITALY. ViennaMadame de GoetheTieck and his worksJourney from Vienna to Styria, Tyrol, etc.German postilionsStyrian Alps MolkAmstettenNeubachSt. FlorianSalzburgAn ancient hermitageBurial customsHalleinSalt minesSalzach Valley -Bad-GasteinNassfeldOld Testament sceneryA remote villageRomeThe Apollo BelvedereNaplesHadrians villa Reviving old scenesGuidos AuroraReflections on the art treasures of RomeTour in Sicily-CataniaTaorminaClassical associationsEtnaAn ascent under difficultiesAn arduous climbAnd a disappointmentGirgentiA perilous voyage to MaltaReturn to ParisSalisbury CathedralComparison of English and foreign cathedralsStonehenge CHAPTER IV. RUSSIA. Mr. Motleys marriageVoyage to EuropeDiscomforts of steamers ManchesterThe MacLeod caseLondonEn route to St. PetersburgLord LyndhurstMr. ClarkeSir Charles VaughanPrussia Her vicissitudes and her conditionKönigsbergA local legend TilsitTauroggenArrival at St. PetersburgRussian winter Official formalitiesExpenses of livingThe climate of RussiaJohn Randolphs despatchRussian societyThe Winter PalacePresentation at CourtCourt formalitiesThe Czar-A Court ballThe Grand Duke MichaelMore presentationsCount Levachofls house Miss PorterTaglioniResignation of Secretaryship of Legation- NesselrodeSir William WyliePeter the GreatSt. Petersburg and its public institutionsCasimir PerierQuarrel between French and Russian CourtsJourney to BerlinHalle, a quizzical town Maurice church and its legendWeimarMadame de Goethe Frankfort-on-the-Main Paris Guizot Thiers as a speaker BrusselsJohn van Eyck, the inventor of oil-paintingDiary in RussiaThe Great BazaarHow it is guarded at nightRussian taxes and Guilds Food supply Army Manufactures The Blessing of the WatersPeter the Greats houseMilitary hospitals The Hermitage GalleryOrphan asylums CHAPTER V. COMMENCEMENT OF THE HISTORY RESIDENCE AT DRESDEN. Commencement of the History of the Rise of the Dutch Republic Arrival in EuropeThe RhineHollandThe duel with the sea PoldersThe Dutch MastersDresdenIts climateThe Opera SontagA picnic excursionProspects of the Presidential election -The Madonna di San SistoThe Green Vaults-Progress of the History Prince John of SaxonyDeath of Daniel Webster Uncle Toms Cabin and the Slavery QuestionThe King and Queen of SaxonyThe Court and its etiquetteMarriage of Princess Vasa and Prince AlbertCourt festivities . CHAPTER VI. PUBLICATION OF THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC. _ The HagueResidence at BrusselsMr. Motleys daughters Letter to Dr. 0. W. Holmes Daily life at Brussels Companions of past generationsThe River SenncThe ArchivesLiterary silkworms Rubens and his artThe Shakespeare of paintingArrival in LondonMr. ForsythPreliminaries of publicationJohn Murray English and American politics comparedPreparations for publicationMr. PrescottFrankfortBaselVisit to Herr von Bismarck His character and careerHis family lifeReturn to England An English hotelFlorenceTheodore S. FayParis under Louis Napoleon Americans in FlorenceMiss AlexanderThomas Ball Mr. Motleys constitutional melancholyDescription of Florence Her brilliant pastHer achievementsand her feudsHer present conditionPublication of the History of the Dutch Republic Mr. Prescotts praise of itCriticisms in the English and in the American pressSorrentoLetters about the History from Mr. T. S. FayDr. O. W. HolmesMr. C. C. FeltonLetter to Dr. O. W. Holmes on his poemLetters about the History from Mr. G. Bancroft and Washington Irving CHAPTER VII. BRUSSELSAT WORK ON THE UNITED NETHERLANDS. Letter to Dr. O. W. HolmesAccess to the State Paper OfficeNice in DecemberWork on theHistory of the United NetherlandsAt Brussels, and in HollandM. GachardM. Groen van Prinsterer Reception of the Dutch Republic in HollandDutch society The HagueWork at the Archiv.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

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