Search Results: Titles starting with E from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

New York, NY: Paperback Library. Very Good. 1970. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Cover Art; This is a mass market paperback book. Paperback Book LIbrary #63-357, with a price of .60cents. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is one tiny nick / tear to the top rear cover edge. The text pages are in clean, bright condition. " (1930-2015) US author who published his first story, "Monster Tracks", in If in October 1964 solo, but became best known for the collaborations with Piers Anthony which comprise all his book-length work. These began with two sf novels, The Ring (1968) – the titular device being imposed on criminals to provide an artificial conscience that punishes conscious wrongdoing with severe pain (see Crime and Punishment) – and the rather more lightweight The E. S. P. Worm (1970). After a substantial delay, the collaborations… Read More

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition and has a Very Good+ to Near Fine- dust jacket. Translated from the Yiddish by the author and Elizabeth Shub. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some beginning edge wear, nicking and rubbing along with some beginning toning and wear to the front flap edge. "In Elijah the Slave, the winner of the 1970 National Book Award for children's literature retells a Hebrew legend with vivid simplicity and an internationally respected artist interprets it with a sincerity and fresh vision reminiscent of medieval art. Elijah, a messenger from God, sells himself as a slave to help Tobias, a poor, faithful scribe." Singer won the National Book Award for 1970 for A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing up in Warsaw.… Read More

Dansville, NY: F. A. Owen Publishing Company. Very Good. 0. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is a smaller than trade sized paperback book with illustrated covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is a noticeable tear to the bottom spine end of the book cover, along with some fading and ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. .

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0027255158 . Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean with the exception of one tiny nick to the top spine end. .

Los Gatos, CA: World Youth, Inc.. Very Good. 1955. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is an oversized paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The book covers have noticeable generalized toning. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and wear. The text pages are clean, though the pages have noticeable generalized toning. .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0671724584 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Patterson began using the pseudonym Jack Higgins during the late 1960s; his first minor bestsellers were published during the early 1970s, two contemporary thrillers The Savage Day and A Prayer for the Dying, but it was the publication of his thirty-sixth book, The Eagle Has Landed, in 1975, that made Higgins' reputation. Its plot concerns a German commando unit sent into England to kidnap Winston Churchill, and is reminiscent of Alberto Cavalcanti's wartime movie Went the Day Well? , which itself was based on the 1942 Graham Greene short story "The Lieutenant Died Last". The main character is arguably an Irish gunman and poet, Liam Devlin. Higgins… Read More

New York, NY: Ziff-Davis Flying Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0871650282 . B&W Photographs; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in generally clean condition, but has several small edge nicks and tears. "The Eagle Squadrons were three fighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force (RAF) formed with volunteer pilots from the United States during the early days of World War II (circa 1940) , prior to America's entry into the war in December 1941. With the United States still neutral, many Americans simply crossed the border and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) to learn to fly and fight. Many early recruits had originally gone to Europe to fight for Finland against the Soviet Union in the Winter War. Charles Sweeny, a wealthy businessman living in London,… Read More

New York: Ernie Ball. Very Good+. 0. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustration; This is a thin advertising booklet / comicbook with self covers and a stapled spine. The comic art is conceived by Steve Pizzurro (the Pizz) one of the more famous artists of the "Lowbrow Art Movement". The booklet is in Very Good+ condition, with some light finger dirt to the edges of the covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Ernie Ball did not create anything new — he simply saw a demand and improved upon existing products and found ways to better fulfill market demands. By the early 1970s he took the company global by establishing distributors in Europe and Asia. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and other rock icons were stringing up Slinkys, a trend that continues into the present, making Ernie Ball the second biggest string manufacturer in the country. He was unorthodox in his management methods, disregarding market surveys, preferring instead to… Read More

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1940. Early printing. Hardcover. This is an early printing, but is lacking the letter A on the copyright page, so is not a first edition. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. The front and rear pastedown covers have generalized toning. The dust jacket has edge tear, nicks , wrinkles, chips and bits missing. The reverse of the dust jacket has several piece of tape placed there by a former owner. "Dynasty of Death was her first published work, a family saga lasting from 1837 to World War I, about two families in western Pennsylvania who rise to control a great armaments business. The story was continued in The Eagles Gather (1940) and The Final Hour (1944). As a writer Caldwell was praised for her intricately plotted and suspenseful stories, which depicted family tensions and the… Read More

Chicago, IL: The Goldsmith Publishing Co.. Very Good+. 1930. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean, but somewhat toned due to the acid content of the paper. Pages 94 & 95 have two spots of crayon marking (mostly erased). There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper along with a stamp dated 1943. .

Columbia, PA: National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors, Inc.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0966886909 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .

Lincoln, NE: Claflin Printing Co.. Very Good. 1930. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This is a thin hardback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright, and include additional notations from a former owner. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. "Pyrtle Elementary was named after Emma Ruth Pyrtle (1871-1947). Miss Pyrtle was born in Charleston, West Virginia. She attended elementary school in Lexington, Nebraska, and was a member of the first organized graduation class of Lexington High School in 1891. She graduated from the University of Nebraska with an A. B. Degree in 1904 and a Master’s degree in 1907. Miss Pyrtle began a 42-year career with Lincoln Public Schools in 1898, retiring in 1940. She was the principal of Bancroft School and McKinley Elementary School. She was credited… Read More

Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1974. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0821206303 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "With the invention of photography in the 1830s, the possibility of capturing the events of war to enhance public awareness was first explored. Although ideally photographers would have liked to accurately record the rapid action of combat, the technical insufficiency of early photographic equipment in recording movement made this impossible. The daguerreotype, an early form of photography that generated a single image using a silver-coated copper plate, took a very long time for the image to develop and could not be processed immediately. Since early photographers were not able to create images of moving subjects, they recorded more… Read More

New York: Dover Publications, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1967. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but does have a small tear with some associated wrinkling and wear to the top spine end. "The current popularity of the strange drawings of Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) marks the second apex of one of the most unusual careers in art history." .

New york: Bantam Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0356190994 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. "Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American scientist and author of science fiction. He has received the Hugo, Locus, Campbell and Nebula Awards. His novel The Postman was adapted as a feature film and starred Kevin Costner in 1997. Brin's nonfiction book The Transparent Society won the Freedom of Speech Award of the American Library Association and the McGannon Communication Award. " (from Wikipedia) .

New York: Berkeley Putnam. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1978. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0399121447 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book is in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, with some light rubbing and edge wear to the spine ends, corners, and flap joints. .

New York, NY: Walker & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0802789927 . Color Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by both Diane & Leo Dillon on the title page.. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean and has some beginning fading to the top spine end and top spine joints. There is some very beginning fading to the top spine and spine joints of the dust jacket. "Leo Dillon (March 2, 1933 – May 26, 2012) and Diane Dillon (née Sorber; born March 13, 1933) were American illustrators of children's books and adult paperback book and magazine covers. One obituary of Leo called the work of the husband-and-wife team "a seamless amalgam of both their hands". In more than 50 years they created more than 100 speculative fiction book… Read More

New York, NY: Pocket Books. Very Good. 1971. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is a mass market paperback book. (PBO). The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some light, ground-in dirt and wear. The spine of the book has several small spots of discoloration. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, but have some light, generalized toning to the pages. " (from Encyclopedia website) .

London, England: Robinson Publishing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. 1st British Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1854870033 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The top edge of the text block has some beginning toning. The dust jacket is clean and bright with the barest hint of edge wear to the top spine end. "Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is best known as the author of I Am Legend, a 1954 science fiction horror vampire novel that has been adapted for the screen four times, as well as the film Somewhere In Time for which he wrote the screenplay based on his novel Bid Time Return. Matheson also wrote 16 television episodes of The Twilight Zone, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and… Read More

St. Petersburg, FL: Ray Brubaker. Very Good+. 1971. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a trade sized booklet with illustrated cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The booklet is in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "ST. PETERSBURG — Dr. Ray Brubaker wanted to warn the world of the end times, of floods and hunger and war, of God's revenge and the tens of millions who will die in the tribulation before Jesus returns. For more than 50 years that's what he did, working out of a small St. Petersburg studio. As the founder of God's News Behind the News on radio and television, Dr. Brubaker used current events to illustrate his biblical messages, paving the way for other Christian broadcasters such as Pat Robertson and Tim LaHaye. The television program still runs today." (from Find a Grave) .