Difficult Questions Easy Answers by Graves Robert (31 results)

Condition: Good. [1st ed. in the U.S.]. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. 2nd printing. Stamped on inside and page edges. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate on front endpage.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. First US edition, hardcover, has mild bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, a touch of toning to the edges of the text block, and a small effaced "10" to the head of the text block with a tiny stain to the fore edge. Overall, this is a tight, solid, Very Good copy in like, unclipped dust jacket, which has mild bumps with tiny tears to the spine ends and corners, light sunning to the spine and edges, and rubbing with areas of smudging to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Brown cloth titled in gilt on spine. Very light foxing in foredges, a little rubbing to edges of cover. Dust jacket is price-clipped, rubbing to corners and top edge, chipping to corners and spine ends. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good condition hard cover, with good condition jacket, some wear to cover and spine, in a very good readable condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Aemilia Laracuen (illustrator). 1st Edition. 213 pp., vii. '2' in number line. Following the Preface, Contents divided into 25 parts: (1) "Address to the Poets of Hungary"; (2) "Genius"; (3) "Arts and Crafts"; (4) "The Bible in Europe"; (5) "Poetry and Obscenity"; (6) "Goddesses and Obossoms"; (7) "The Universal Paradise"; (8) "Mushrooms and Religion"; (9) "The Two Births of Dionysus"; (10)"What Has Gone Wrong?"; (11) "Rationality"; (12) "The Greek Tradition"; (13) "Ovid and the Libertines"; (14) "Birds and Men"; (15) "The Kaiser's War" (16) "Fighting Courage"; (17) "A Soldier's Honour"; (18) "The Absentee Fusilier"; (19) "The Inner Ear"; (20) "The Pentagon of Isis"; (21) "Solomon's Seal"; (22)"The Heart Shape"; (23) "The Sufic Chequer-board"; (24) "The Nine of Diamonds"; (25) "Speaking Freely". Shiny dustwrapper not price-clipped ($6.95) with Author and Title lettering in large white letters on most of front cover, superimposed upon background photo-illustration on full front cover of an ancient, oval-shaped, bas-relief golden-brown, object like a large jug or vessel; black and white sketch of Author by Aemilia Laracuen on full rear cover. 2" tear up the rear cover left edge and a 1/2" tear down the top of that edge, with minor tip wear at spine and cover corners: Worn locations and tears now backed with Archival tape and placed in Brodart mylar for additional protection and aesthetic appeal. Book itself was well-protected by dustwrapper, although on rear cover beneath dw there are four very superficial long scratches which do not tear the cloth and can ony be seen wiggling the book in the light just right: truly nugatory,but there you have it. Tight binding (NO creases); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO remainder marks. Clean text. Previous owner name and owner location at top right ffep, that of "B. Young / Cambridge". From the Harvard Gazette (January 17, 2002) "William Clinton Burriss Young '55, formerly associate dean of freshmen in Harvard College, died in Cambridge on Jan. 8 after a long illness. He was 68 years old. / For more than 35 years, as a proctor in Massachusetts Hall, assistant dean, and associate dean, Young guided successive cohorts of incoming Harvard undergraduates, helping many of them to survive their first year in and around the Yard. / "It may sound simplistic to say we will never see another like him," said Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley Nathans, "but that is in fact true. He devoted his life to this institution, and we are all - students and colleagues alike - diminished by his death." Despite dw peccadilloes, book itself appears little read; Crisp. Collectible copy.

First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 213 pages. A collection of short pieces from the author of "I, Claudius" and "Count Belisarius." A tight very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very slight wear.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 2ND. NICE, COLLECTABLE COPY!

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. First Edition. 213 pp. Deep maroon cloth hardcover, orange titling spine. FIne. NO wear, sound, clean, unmarked. Dust jacket age-toning margins & spine. Near Fine. Book.

Condition: Very Good. 1972. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ price clipped has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (page edges spotted and boards lightly marked - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (rather torn at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. vii + 213 (no inscriptions).

hardback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st ed. NY (Doubleday) 1973. Fine in clipped and slightly damaged dust wrapper.

Condition: Very Good. 1972. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American edition. 213pp. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning on the spine and tiny tears. A collection of essays.

Condition: Very Good. 1972. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ price clipped has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American edition. Spotting on the boards else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with rubbing on the rear panel and a crease on the front flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with a little scuffing on the rear board, in a near fine dustwrapper with a very small tear along the front spine fold.

8vo, 213pp. A very good hardback copy in price-clipped dust jacket. Top edge foxed.

Condition: Very Good. 1972. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. American Lit scholar/author Harrison Hayford's copy, with his name label on the endpaper and no other marks present. Price intact. A superb copy in a Mylar jacket cover.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Minmial wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp vii, 213. Original cloth, lettered gilt to spine. The unclipped d/w shows light rubbing to the edges and a small scratch to the bottom of the front panel. Light foxing to edges but internally clean and sound. No inscriptions.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:0304290912.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Mint. First Edition. 213pp. Book as new, dj as new. Price unclipped. Dj protected with protective mylar transparent cover. Both our copies list on copyright page, as latest publishing date 1971. Publication row: 2, 3 etc. Was there ever a No 1 listed and First American Edition indicated? We have found no record of it. Nearly all listings show as publication date 1973. No markings, underlinings, any indication of usage.

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

First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 213; original cloth in tan dust jacket printed in brown and white; spine a touch cocked, else fine. Higginson & Williams A133a.

First American edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [3], 213; original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; faint stain on rear jacket cover, minor shelf wear, else very good and sound. Higginson & Williams A133b.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A first edition copy of this collection of essays by Robert Graves, from the library of Desmond Morris. A first edition copy.This volume is a collection of essays by Robert Graves on challenging and varied subjects such as the concept of genius, poetry and obscenity and birds and men.With a bookplate for Desmond Morris to the front pastedown.From the library of Desmond Morris, a zoologist best known for his 1967 sociobiological work "The Naked Ape". Alongside achieving great acclaim as a zoologist, Morris was also known for being an ethnologist and surrealist painter, and for popular television programmes, including "Zoo Time".In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with remnants of the dust wrapper to the top of the rear board. With a bookplate for Desmond Morris to the front pastedown.Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is very smart with light creasing to the head and tail of the spine. Very Good Indeed. book.