William Joel Simon (10 results)

Condition: Very Good. .

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good to Very Good-. First Edition. 1st printing, Sept. 1980. Cover art by is uncredited [Paul Alexander]. Paperback original. Includes "The Last Days of (Parallel?) Earth" by Robert Sheckley; "The Day After the End of the World" by Harry Harrison; "A Very Good Year, Fire And/Or Ice, Exeunt Omnes" by Roger Zelazny; "Sungrab" by William F. Nolan; "Where Are You Now, Eric Scorbic?" by K. Copeland Shea; "Bud" by Ian Watson; "The Making of Revelation" by Philip Jose Farmer; "Rebecca Rubinstein's Seventeeth Birthday" by Simon Gandolfi; "The Revelation" by Thomas M. Disch; "Nirvana Is a Nowhere Place" by Joel Schulman; "Heir" by J. A. Lawrence; "The Kingdom of O'Ryan" by Bob Shaw; "Just Another End of the World" by Maxim Jakubowski. Scarred at upper rear spine corner; edge and corner bumps and weat; bumps and duings; light tanning. Book.

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.

Paperback. Condition: As New. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDFine.

Paperback. Condition: As New. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDFine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Contributors include: Karl Edward Wagner (editor) Joe R. Lansdale , Robert Bloch, William F. Wu, Ron Leming, Michael Reaves, Simon Clark, David B. Silva, Brian Lumley, W. H. Pugmire, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, John Alfred Taylor, Joel Lane, Wayne Allen Sallee, Stephen F. Wilcox , Brad Strickland, R. Chetwynd Hayes, David J. Schow , Phillip C. Heath, Leonard Carpenter , Tina Rath, Stephen King, William Nolan, Dennis Etchison , Vincent McHardy, Ramsey Campbell, Paul M. Sammon, Jovan Panich, Gardner Dozois , Christopher Burns , Daniel Wynn Barber, Steve Sneyd, Leslie Halliwell, Fred Chappell, David S. Garnett, Charles Wagner, John Brizzolara, James B. Hemesath , Roger Johnson , John Gordon , Charles L. Grant , Jack Dann, Ron Wolfe, David Langford, Tanith Lee Copy#126/350 Signed by 33 of the 44 contributors. Horrorstory collects for the first timein a showcase of hardcover edition the complete contents of The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XIII, XIV, XV. Fifty-five stories by an international Who's Who of Horror Condition: The red leather of the book has adhered to the jacket, leaving lighter rubbed spots to the edges and spine ends. This is common with this book. The jacket has a pulled spot on the reverse only at the top edge and slight staining (again from the red leather of the book), to the reverse only. The tray case is in fine condition. See photos. Please ask if you need more pics. See photos LRbk1E. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: New. In.

Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. Instituto De Investigacao Cientifica Tropical . Lisboa 1983 : William Joel Simon - gb . Gr.21x29cm. - mit Su CT-3YLK-AUA5 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Limited edition. Thick octavo. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light internal foxing and short tears on spine ends, and housed in a very good purple cloth covered clamshell box with faint dampstain. Number 93 of a limited edition of 350 copies. Signed by contributors Karl Edward Wagner, Simon Clark, Christopher Burns, Brian Lumley, David S. Garnett, David Langford, Roger Johnson, Fred Chappell, Brad Strickland, Gardner Dozois, Joel Lane, Jovan Panich, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, John Gordon, Steve Sneyd, W.H. Pugmire, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Wayne Allen Sallee, Joe R. Lansdale, Daniel Wynn Barber, Ron Wolfe, William F. Nolan, Dennis Etchison, Michael Reaves, Charles Wagner, John Brizzolara, Leonard Carpenter, William F. Wu, David B. Silva, John Alfred Taylor, Charles L. Grant, Jack Dann, and Ramsey Campbell.

Condition: good. Lisboa; Junta de Investigações do Ultramar; In-4º de XVI 193(3) páginas; Ilustrado; Encadernado ".and the role of Lisbon in the Intellectual-Scientific Community of the late Eighteenth Century." Estudo aprofundado sobre as expedições científicas organizadas por Portugal no final do século XVIII. A obra analisa o papel de Lisboa como centro coordenador da atividade científica ultramarina, destacando a forma como naturalistas, cartógrafos e exploradores foram enviados para territórios africanos e sul?americanos com o objetivo de recolher dados geográficos, botânicos, zoológicos e etnográficos. Ilustrado com mapas e estampas, o livro mostra como estas expedições se inseriam no esforço ilustrado de modernização científica do Estado português, revelando a importância do conhecimento produzido no ultramar para a construção da ciência europeia da época.   Exemplar com encadernação editorial. Em bom estado de conservação geral. Lisbon; Overseas Research Board; In-4º of XVI 193(3) pages; Illustrated; Bound ".and the role of Lisbon in the Intellectual-Scientific Community of the late 18th century." In-depth study on the scientific expeditions organized by Portugal at the end of the 18th century. The work analyzes the role of Lisbon as a coordinating center for overseas scientific activity, highlighting how naturalists, cartographers, and explorers were sent to African and South American territories to collect geographical, botanical, zoological, and ethnographic data. Illustrated with maps and prints, the book shows how these expeditions were part of the enlightened effort to modernize the scientific landscape of the Portuguese State, revealing the importance of knowledge produced abroad for the construction of European science at the time. Copy with publisher's binding. In good general condition.