mortimer john edited (8 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Reprint. Trade paperback. Margins slightly toned, modest edgewear, near fine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Small quarto. 590pp. Page foredges lightly soiled, else very good or better in a very good dust jacket with a sizeable damsptain on rear panel bottom edge, short tears on edges. Containing "Literature" by Stephen Spender; *Utopia* (unabridged) by Sir Thomas More; *Walden* (selections) by Henry David Thoreau; and *The Challenge of Democracy* by John Strachey.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Gift inscription inside.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used; Good. With a navy blue cover and spine delicate gold detailing, this is a book that will add a touch of class to any home bookshelf! It contains extracts from many great authors that tell of evil in its many forms. The following extract is taken from the broadside ballad 'The Murder of Maria Marten' - With her heart so light she thought no harm, To meet her love did go. He murdered her all in the barn And he laid her body low. - shocking to read! This book also contains extracts from newspapers and the bible as well as passages from William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe! Read about the darker side of existence and add this wonderful old book to your library. Title: The Oxford Book of Villains Author: Various, edited by John Mortimer Publisher: BCA Publication Date: 1992 Format: Hardcover Condition: This book is in good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear.

Publisher's original wire stitched colour illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). Landscape. 7¼'' x 9''. List of titles goes up to Number 80 'Music Time'. Contains 32 pp including the covers with splendid colour and monochrome illustrations throughout. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. FASHION (Costume & Millinery).

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Foreword by Bonamy Dobrée. Fine in printed wrappers and modestly worn, very good or better dust jacket. Uncommon.

First edition in publisher's original stapled monochrome illustrated paper covers [soft back]. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 44 pp with monochrome illustrations. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. SHORT STORIES (Novella).

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Single issue. Winter, 1954-1955. 67pp. Stapled wrappers. Wrappers lightly age-toned and stained internally, holes in wrapper near staples, small pen mark on rear wrapper, still very good. Many interesting literary contributions including Allen Ginsberg's "Last Stanzas in Denver". "Words to a Young Man" by John McAlpin Berryman. "Bureaucrats: Diggers" by Tom Merton. "Serenade, and Old Songs" by John Erskine. "Identity" by Mark Van Doren. Other contributors are: Brander Matthews, Joyce Kilmer, Alfred A. Knopf, Guy Sommerville, Paul W. Gallico, Henry Morton Robinson, Irwin Edman, Mortimer J. Adler, Whittaker Chambers, Millen Brand, H. Lloyd Frankenberg, Ben Maddow, Corey H. Ford, William Y. Tindall, Clifton Fadiman, Jacques Martin Barzun, Lionel Trilling, Eleazar Lipsky, Milton Rugoff, Herman Wouk, James A. Wechsler, Ralph de Toledano, Daniel G. Hoffman, Herb Gold, Robert Laguardia, John Hollander, Richard Howard, and Stephen Orgel.