William robert finch (6 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A very attractive copy with nice dustjacket also present.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1976 film. With one provenance stamp on the verso. A highspot among director Sidney Lumet's many cinematic achievements, with an original screenplay written by Paddy Chayefsky and a host of major actors all working at the peak of their powers. A savage and very entertaining indictment of American television culture in the mid-1970s. Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress, and nominated for six others, including Best Picture and Best Director. Shot on location in New York City and East Hampton, New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with some creasing at the corners.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. xii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm ; OCLC 793852836; art nouveau design with thistles and in green and brown on brown cloth ; no dustjacket ; missing first four pages (replacements provided); "Reading with appreciation is a fine art. This volume contains some of the gems of literature which the race has learned to love. Some of the 'old fashioned selections' and some of the most charming new short classics, are offered as a basis for study and appreciation. The average pupil will study his reading lesson with zest if he is given some definite work to do. In these studies, the brief introduction to each selection is intended to whet the pupil's appetite.The exercises following each study make his study definite and to the point. Helpful notes are added wherever necessary, and additional readings are given. ; Contents: America -- Our native land -- The young witness -- Your first duty -- The blind men and the elephant -- Washington's rules of conduct -- The captain's daughter -- What do they say? -- The whistle -- My dog Blanco -- None of the beauty is wasted -- Arthur's prayer at Rugby -- All is beauty -- Life -- Woodman! Spare that tree! -- Why do bells for Christians ring? -- Expert dervice -- The Three Graces -- Professor Frog's lecture -- Flower in the crannied wall -- The High Court of Inquiry -- A prayer -- To a waterfowl -- The mystery of life -- Song -- Santa Filomena -- The country's call -- How t he crickets brought good fortune -- The flag -- In school days -- Four things -- The flag goes by -- A message to Garcia -- The Brook -- The barefoot boy -- The old Puritan lawmaker -- Work done squarely -- Is there a Santa Claus? -- Nathan Hale -- Kind hearts and simple faith -- De. John Goodfellow-Office Upstairs -- The procrustean bed -- The book our mothers read -- Horatius at the bridge -- True courage -- The house by the side of the road -- The eagle -- The name of Old Glory -- The North American Indian -- The glove and the lion -- How sleep the brave? -- The bloodless sportsman -- An old Armenian gate -- Press onward -- A defense of teh crow -- Our national banner -- The builders -- Nature's song -- Hail to the harvest -- The wonderful one-hoss seat -- Portia's plea -- The sport of my life -- The ship of state -- The landing of the Pilgrims -- Courage -- A psalm of life -- My mind to me a kingdom is -- The barmicide feast -- The man that wins -- Books -- Leonainie -- A parable on brotherly love -- A thing of beauty -- A boy's song -- The legend of St. Christopher -- The sandpiper -- The man wihtout a country -- The seed growing secretly -- Spartacus to the gladiators -- On his blindness -- The rising in 1776 -- We seek for beauty -- Somewhere -- A call to arms -- Dare to do right -- The burial of Moses -- Service -- Think for thyself -- Truth -- The prodigal sopn -- We thank Thee -- The bishop and the convict -- A call to courage -- The Christ of the Andes -- Dear land of all my love -- Antony's oration -- Three gates of gold -- True dignity -- Lincoln, the great commoner -- Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? -- Unweaponed peace -- For a that and a that -- Lo, the poor Indian! -- The vision of Sir Launfel -- My symphony -- The great stone face -- The shepherd psalm -- The Lord's prayer. ; authors: Samuel Francis Smith, C T Brooks, S H Hammond, David Starr Jordan, John G. Saze, George Washington, James T. Fields, Benjamin Franklin, J G Holland, William A McKeever, Thomas Hughes, Robert Browning, James Russell Lowell, George P Morris, Lydia Atery Coonley Ward, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sait Paul, MAL Lane, Alfred Tennyson, Samuel Wilberforce, William Cullen Bryant, John Ruskin, Henry Ladsworth Longfellow, Thmpson, PJ Stahl, George Hoar, Jphn greenleaf Whittier, Henry Van Dyke, Henry Holcomb Bennett, Elbert Hubbard, Robert E Lee, Charles A Dana, Francis Miles Finch, James Ball Naylor, Charles Kingsley, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Sam Walter Foss, James Whitcomb Riley, ;scarce ; FAIR. Book.…

Red Cloth. Zustand: Very Good +. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Red Cloth. First Edition. Very Good+, No Dust Jacket. "Compiled Under The Direction Of The Committee On Scientific Method In The Social Sciences Of The Social Science Research Council." 822 Pages, Slightly Age-Toned At Edges. Five Words Underlined In Red Pencil On Pg.Ix Of The Table Of Contents.No Other Underlining Or Marking. Previous Owner's Name In Very Light Pencil On Front Endpaper. Covers Clean And Unmarked. Top Of Spine Frayed. Bottom Of Spine Shelfworn. A Solid, Tight Book.…

Zustand: Very good. (ed.) Pierre Joris and William Prescott, Sixpack 1-9 (complete set in seven volumes), 1972-1975. Issue no. 1, 1972. 58pp. A4 mimeo, side-stapled in card covers. Includes texts by Charles Bukowski, Paul Celan (translated by Pierre Joris), Allen Ginsberg, Jeff Nuttall et al. Condition: covers somewhat worn, internally fine. Issue no. 2, 1972. 54pp. A4 offset, side-stapled in card covers. Texts by William S. Burroughs, Paul Blackburn, Bill Butler, Allen Fisher, Jack Kerouac, Eric Mottram, Jeff Nuttall et al. Collages by Claude Pelieu. Condition: covers slightly soiled, staples rusty, internally near fine. Issue no. 3/4, 1973. 98pp A4 offset, perfect-bound in wraps. Texts by Peter Finch, Allen Fisher, John Giorno, Bill Griffiths, Robert Kelly, Eric Mottram, Jeff Nuttall et al. Condition: wraps rubbed and some glue-staining to edges of first and last pages. Issue no. 5, 1973. Edited by Bill Sherman. 54pp. offset, centre-stapled. Texts by Asa Benveniste, Eric Mottram, John Weiners et al. Issue no. 6, 1973/74. 134pp. offset, perfect-bound in wraps. Texts by Ted Berrigan, William S. Burroughs, Bob Cobbing, Allen Fisher, Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno, Robert Kelly, Jackson Mac Low, Eric Mottram, Alice Notley, Tom Pickard, Jerome Rothenberg et al. Condition: page 16 loose, otherwise very good. Issue no. 7/8, 1974. 260pp. offset, perfect-bound in wraps. Special issue on Paul Blackburn, featuring his poems and translations as well as other contributions from David Antin, Allen Fisher, Allen Ginsberg, Lee Harwood, Robert Kelly, Jackson Mac Low, Eric Mottram, Jerome Rothenberg, Carolee Schneemann, Armand Schwerner, Anne Waldman, Jonathan Williams et al. Condition: pages 105-128 loose, otherwise very good. Issue no. 9, 1975. 192pp. offset, perfect-bound in wraps. Texts by David Antin, Antonin Artaud, Edward Dorn, Allen Fisher, Robert Kelly, Jackson Mac Low, Charles Olsen, Armand Schwerner, Jonathan Williams et al. Condition: Very good. Condition: some aging and foxing to the paper of the covers. Overall: Very good. …

16 tracts and sermons, various dates, 1796 onwards, printed for F. and C. Rivington, full contemporary calf. Corners bumped, top of spine snagged, label chipped, contents good.