austin tappan wright (56 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st pr. Square, solid, and unread; perfect spine, lovely copy. You'll feel as though you've received an Admit One pass to the Library of Alexandria or the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, once this treasured tome arrives at your door! NOTE: Light age-toning to the sides of the pages and VERY light traces of handling. In protective archival bag.

Etat : good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item for full refund. Ships via media mail.

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Brown cloth, no DJ. brief gift inscription and previous owner's name label. Some toning of the cloth, other wise a VG unmarked copy.

Etat : good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item for full refund. Ships via media mail.

Etat : acceptable. Crease on the book cover, and wear and tear on cover edges. Otherwise book is intact and good condition.

paperback. Etat : Good. 1975 Plume paperback - minor wear to cover owner's name inside front cover - tanning and minor staining to closed page edge - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy.

Tapa blanda. Etat : Nuevo.

Islandia by Austin Tappan Wright - 1942 assumed 1st Edition. published by Farrar & Rinehart cloth, map end pages, Utopian Fiction. Islandia is a classic utopian novel by Austin Tappan Wright, a law professor who spent years creating a detailed, imaginary country with its own geography, history, and culture, comparable to Tolkien's Middle-earth. Published posthumously in 1942 after his wife and daughter edited his massive manuscript, the story follows an American consul who discovers this isolated, highly civilized nation, exploring themes of a simpler, more leisurely way of life. "cover has marks and spots, inside clean and tight, minor marks and spots".

Etat : very_good. Cover may have light wear, pages in very good condition and binding is sturdy; may have other light shelf wear or creases. May have notes or highlighting.

paperback. Etat : Very Good. minor tanning and staining to closed page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. First Signet Paperback, Fourth Printing. This is a VG Signer E4621 paperback, fourth printing copy, white spine.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. DJ- Chipped corners, edges of spine heavily chipped. Edges worn. Covered in mylar wrap. Split to FFEP binding. Residue from previous owner bookplate on FFEP. Otherwise good condition with clean unmarked pages. BP/Fiction.

-() Editorial Funambulista, Encuadernación en tapa Blanda. Wright, Austin Tappan. 18 cm. Islandis : el cónsul americanoTapa deslucida.Tapa ilustrada. Pags.412.Volúmenes. Libro usado.

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. After his untimely death in 1931 at age 48 in a New Mexico auto accident, legal scholar and attorney Austin Tappan Wright left behind lengthy manuscripts of this novel and related writings. The novel was organized and edited by his widow Margaret and daughter Sylvia and eventually published in 1942 by Farrar & Rinehart. --- This is the story of an intricately-organized society in the imagined nation of Islandia, situated somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere. The people of Islandia, per Wright, had established a rule (among many others), limiting outside visitors to one hundred at any one time, so as to preserve the unique ethos of the country. A life-long project for the author, he also concocted an elaborate history of Islandia, with genealogies, glossary of the Islandian language and other well-organized data. This classic, often compared to J. R. R. Tolkien's writings, is an entry in publishers' 'Utopian Literature' series. Includes a fold-out 30 cm. x 24 cm. map of Islandia by Robert Graves, and an introduction by Leonard Bacon. --- A 1971 reprint edition of the original 1942 issuance. In full mustard cloth-covered boards with simple cover and spine titling in brown. Volume lacks a dust jacket, likely as issued. --- A well-preserved, tightly-bound and unmarked copy, though with retailer's sticker to front paste-down, dampstains to last few leaves and small creases to corners of some leaves. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; viii, [2], 1013, [5] pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good-. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good-. 3rd printing. Soiling to cloth. Name stamp to title page. Edge wear to jacket. $3.00 price on jacket.

Paperback. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. Islandia.

Mass Market. Etat : Good. Fourth Printing. Covers show some light rubbing, scuffing and wear. Spine has an inverse bend which is common with thick mass markets. Green ex-libris ink stamp from previous owner on cover page.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. (1958). Thick 8vo. 2nd edition. Ownership signature to half-title page. Ueven toning and faint scratching to textblock edges with bumping to top corner resulting in faint creasing to top corners of many leaves. Bumping, wear, and light discoloration to edges, slightly exposed forecorners, and slightly chipped spine ends of barely rubbed boards. Darkening along spine and edges of toned dust jacket verso. Darkening along spine and fore edges of toned, rubbed, and soiled d.j. with bumping, wear, and faint creasing to edges, chipped forecorners, and chipped spine ends. A few, small closed tears to d.j. bottom edges and forecorners with chipping along bottom 2in. of front fore edge. D.j. covered in removeable plastic covering by previous owner. VG/VG.

viii, 1013 p., unbeschnitten (uncut), Einband gering berieben und leicht fleckig, Rücken vergilbt, einige Seiten mit Bleistiftanstreichungen, ansonsten gutes Exemplar (binding slightly worn, yellowed and a bit stained, some pencil notes, all in all in good condition), Englisch. ****An unsere Kunden in Deutschland: Versand nach Deutschland einmal in der Woche ab Freilassing mit der Deutschen Post.*** - Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200 8° Orig.-Ganzleinen, Rücken- und Deckelgoldprägung,farbiger Kopfschnitt (bookbinders cloth, top-edge colored).

Etat : good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item for full refund. Ships via media mail.

library. Etat : Very Good. This Book is in Very Good condition - no DJ. See our picture for exact item you will receive. All items ship within 24 hours. Packaging is 100% Recyclable. Most items purchased from Charitable organizations. A portion of each sale is also donated to a monthly charity, check your package for this month's charity. Reuse-Recycle-Rebook!

Etat : Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Rústica. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : Nuevo. 01. Cuando el estudiante universitario John Lang entabla amistad con Dorn, un joven proveniente de Islandis, descubre un misterioso reino situado en el hemisferio sur que no tiene apenas relaciones con otras naciones. Empujado por la curiosidad, John aprende el idioma y, cuando su tío, un empresario que quiere iniciar relaciones comerciales con los islandianos, le propone ir como cónsul de EE. UU., John partirá hacia ese recóndito territorio. Allí conocerá un pueblo poco desarrollado, pero muy avanzado a nivel social, y entrará en contacto con hombres enérgicos y mujeres valientes y enigmáticas, afectados por unas luchas políticas internas sobre la apertura al mundo exterior. . Goran G. Gallarza, traductor de la obra, se pregunta en su introducción: Qué lleva a alguien a crear un mundo? . La respuesta es esta ficción utópica, trabajo de toda la vida de Austin Tappan Wright, en la que el arraigo a la tierra, el amor, la amistad y la lealtad constituyen un arte de vida, y que se ha comparado por la precisión en los detalles con la Tierra Media de Tolkien. Publicada póstumamente en 1942, Islandis (Islandia en el original) se convirtió en Estados Unidos en una novela de culto. Presentamos aquí el primero de los varios volúmenes de que se compone la saga. LIBRO.

Hardcover. Etat : Good Plus. No Jacket. First Edition. A great utopian fantasy novel, comparable in conception and complexity to Tolkien's "Middle Earth." Wright, a law professor and legal scholar, created "Islandia" over many years in his free time after his academic duties at various U.S. universities, including Stanford, Michigan and Pennsylvania. When he died in an auto accident in New Mexico in 1931, he left a manuscript of over 2,300 pages plus appendices on a country called "Islandia," The appendices and a book-length general history of Islandia described language, culture, customs, population, historic peerage, and geography. His wife and daughter edited the work and trimmed it to the 1,013 pages published in the first edition in 1942. This copy is an early printing of the 1942 First Edition, lacking the publisher's colophon on the copyright page signifying the first printing. The original light tan buckram-covered boards are age and sun-darkened, particulary on the spine and along the edges, with some minor fraying of the cloth at the corners. The previous owner's bookplate is pasted to the front free endpage, concealing part of the Robert Graves-designed map on the pastedown. The front endpapers and first two dozen pages of text show a mild lower corner crease on the thin, WWII-era pages; text edges are lightly soiled and stained. Sorry, the dustjacket is missing. All that said, the book remains the 1942 first edition, complete and with the Leonard Bacon introduction. It is basically clean and unmarked, still tight and square. A great novel at a decent price.

Library Binding. Etat : Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Edition Thus. Very crisp and clean in illustrated map boards and endpapers. Covered in a bright jacket that has minimal nicking to the top of the spine. and some creasing to the front flap. Author's brilliant fantasy novel set in the mythical kingdom of Islandia. An attractive copy.

First edition First of the 1958 edition. Near fine illustrated white boards with green title to spine. Map boards. Inside front and rear flyleaf with blue map of the Karain Continent, where Islandia resides on its northern part. Crisp and clean text.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good-. 1st edition, 3rd printing. 1st edition, 3rd Large Printing, 1942. A Very Good book in a Good- dust jacket. 8vo., 1013 pp., bound in publishers tan cloth with green dust jacket, price clipped. Jacket edges, tips and top/base of spine are chipped with a closed tear on spine. Previous owners name on end paper, text appears unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Austin Tappan Wright was an American legal scholar and author, best remembered for his major work of Utopian fiction, Islandia. He was the son of classical scholar John Henry Wright and novelist Mary Tappan Wright, the brother of geographer John Kirtland Wright, and the grandfather of editor Tappan Wright King.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. The classic Utopian novel. The author's first and only book. First printing thus. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down, else very good in a good (long closed tear at the base of the front spine edge, age toning) dust jacket. ; 1013 pages.