Bedside book bastards (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good -. 1st Edition. Signed by author on ffep. 1st edition, 1st printing per copyright number line. Binding tight; interior clean; lengthy gift inscription on first title page. Black boards with brown lettering and white mustache. Unclipped ($8.95) dust jacket in mylar; light chipping at corners and spine ends; 1" closed tear lower front as well as upper rear; small damp stain lower rear. "A rich collection of counter-irritants to the exasperations of contemporary life." 311 pages. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Kirkus review: ". The authors have compiled brief, pithy character sketches of the Great Villains, presenting us with the all-time honor roll of monsters and misters, perverts and punks, fratricides and matricides, child molesters, torturers, sadists, tyrants and blue meanies: "they are, we assume, sizzling in hell." They begin with Parysatis who lived in the Fourth Century B.C. and enjoyed having her foes skinned alive, and end with John Johnson, better known as Liver-Eating Johnson because of his culinary fondness for the raw livers of Crow Indians. In between there's old Nero who sewed up Christians in animal skins and threw them to the dogs; Atilla the Hun who slew St. Ursula and 11,000 foolish virgins; and Gilles de Rais who practiced necromancy and torture-murdered at least 200 children. And lots more. Being genuine historians they generally get their grisly facts right. Maybe they're a little unkind to England's King John of Magna Carta fame. (In some contemporary academic circles he's been rehabilitated. But then again some academic circles will rehabilitate anyone.) In deference to Women's Lib several emancipated ladies are included and it quickly becomes obvious that race, creed, color, national origin, or sex are no obstacle to infamy. Johnson and Turner linger fondly over the details of beheadings, immolations and poisonings, supplying a running commentary that's flip as a whip and turning all the evil doings into ghoulish high camp (which is, we suppose, better than breast-beating lamentations on Original Sin)." 299 pp plus 5 page bibliography 299 pp. solid secure no tears or unwanted markings within the text block Coouple of darkened stains on the black cloth cover front. …