Search Results: Authors starting with I from The Mortuary Korps

Presumably first edition. Rare.
[24 p., unnumbered]; ill. (colour); 21 cm.
A uniquely shapped children's book with a fair amount of wear and markings to cover, and previous owner's name inside, but internally Near Fine (minor creases).
Incredibly charming 70s illustrations.

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1959, 1959. Hardcover. Hardcover Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon."

Whitman, 1960. Hardcover. Hardcover Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon."

Tor Books, 1983. Paperback. Mass Market Paperback Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon." (bus)

First Edition, stated. 364 p; ill. (map). Black cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine and blindstamped covers exhibits some minor shelfwear, including bumping to tip and heel of spine, and is slightly shaken, but sports illustrated endpapers and a lovely deckled foredge, with a light eraser abrasion to ffep, and a faint impression of what may have been a loose staple sandwiched between the preliminary pages (please see listing images), but is otherwise in Near Fine condition: clean, bright, and tightly bound. The dust jacket has some shelfwear, creases, and some minor chipping to edges, but is otherwise Very Good. From the dust jacket (also see note at bottom of listing): On June 6, 1957, the author of this book was convicted of the brutal murder of a fifteen-year-old girl. For more than eleven years he has lived in the shadow of the electric chair in the Death House of the New Jersey State Prison. Brief Against Death is Edgar Smith's firsthand account of his arrest,… Read More

240 p.; ill. (diagrams); 18 cm. A vintage mass market paperback, shows moderate wear to covers, including spine creasing, there is the expected discolouration of paper, and the previous owner's details in pen to the inside of the front cover. There was a small stain noted on one page (see pictures) but otherwise the book seems to be in Near Fine condition.From the rear: EDGAR CAYCE'S INCREDIBLE HEALING POWER is recorded fact. Thousands of microfilms filed at the foundation for psychic research at Virginia Beach testify to Cayce's ability to diagnose, prescribe, and cure the ills of people whose names and locations he was given, but whom he had never seen. Known as "The Miracle Man of Virginia Beach," his successes astonished medical authorities—and the world. MANY MANSIONS is Dr. Cerminara's account of these healings—and an affirmation of the age-old belief in reincarnation. She tells how Cayce saw past the barriers of space and time, how he penetrated the "previous" lives of his subjects, and… Read More

German, English, French, and Italian language. 80 p; ill. (some colour); 28 cm. Looks to be circa 1955.

Gray hardcover with red crest of bird and red cloth spine with gilt lettering, shows minor shelfwear, dents, aging, small stain to rear. Library markings to ffep and title, otherwise clean and crisp, with pictorial endpapers (maps) and liberally illustrated, including some coloured photos.

A book about the Austrian state of Tyrol, with many depictions of scenery, life, and cultural events. The written part of the book is in German, with three translations afterward (English, French, and Italian).