John rigney (12 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Out on bail, Bob Coffin meets Nancy, a shy and pretty girl, on a warm summer night at a Bronx dance hall in 1963. Their chance meeting sets off an intimate drama of desperation, petty crimes and betrayals in the streets and tenements of New York City. Captured in muted colors with poignant lyricism, The Lost of New York is the work of John Butch Rigney, Jr., an unpublished writer who died in 1967. Abandoned for decades before being discovered in the attic at the childhood home of author Jim Provenzano (Rigney's nephew), the hand-typed manuscript has been meticulously scanned and edited. Based on Rigney's own life that included reform school, jail time and drug addiction, the varied stories weave a somber tapestry of urban despair with a glimmer of hope.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 336 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.70 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: Very Good. 1986. paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, sunned spine, previous owner's name on title page, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Very Good. 1986. paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, sunned spine, previous owner's name on title page, remains very good. . . . .

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; 304 pp. : illustrated, maps ; 29 cm. ; OCLC: 36841307 ; ISBN: 0312862199 ; LCCN: 97-13271 ; includes 70 paintings and maps, with double-page spreads of the seven book jackets by Darrell K. Sweet ; white cloth in illustrated dustjacket ; "The Wheel of Time-its most recent volume (The Path of Daggers) a #1 New York Times and international bestseller- is the most extraordinary work of American fantasy ever published. Its popularity is immense; its quality is dazzling. And its world has indeed taken on a fictive reality for its millions of readers. Over fourscore new full color paintings include stunning new maps of the world, portraits of the central characters, landscapes, objects of Power, and national flags. The reader will learn about the exotic beasts used by the Seanchan and read of the rise and fall of Artur Hawking, peruse the deeper story of the War of the Shadow. Here is the tale of the founding of the White Tower, and the creation of the Ajahs. The inner workings of the closed country, Shara, are revealed, as is the existence of a hitherto unknown continent called The Land of the Madmen. This stunning volume also includes double-page spreads of the seven book jackets by Darrell Sweet so that the art can be enjoyed without type, and all the known maps of the world, including maps of the Seanchan Empire, the nations of the Covenant of the Ten Nations, and the nations as they were when Artur Paendrag Tanreall began his rise to legend." ; remains of label to front dustjacket, else VG/VG. Book. …

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 271 pages. 8.75x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1878). 1878 1st edition. 12mo. (122 x 183mm). Ppiv,148. Original printed wrappers. Original paper covers slightly frayed but very good. Pulman, known to anglers for his "Book of the Axe" and his "Vade Mecum of fly fishing for trout", wrote a number of books on the lore of the West Country as well as this European travelogue. It only contains the briefest mentions of sport. .…

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. Large 4to. in colour printed stiff card covers, 159pp on stiff art paper, colour plates, etc . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved AS NEW unread and unmarked copy ] . __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.…

Leather. 1st Edition. Cr. 8vo., pp. (iv) 148, original red leather boards with gilt decorated border, edges rubbed, small scrapes to spine, some small marks. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to his wife. Impressions of places, incl. cathedrals and Alpine peaks. Trotandot was the pseudonym of G.P.R. Pulman, known for writing on fishing. The book is inscribed on the title page to his wife Jane Pulman and dated 1879.…