Wilson john thomas editor (48 résultats)

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Hardcover. Etat : New. Hardcover with DJ. An Unused, unmarked and unblemished copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 1964 staple-bound pamphlet in acceptable but very functional condition. Foxing/soil to cover, age-toning to edges, top outside corner has wrinkling. Binding and text/photos are very good. 49 pages.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition. 297 pp. '1' in number line. Following the Editor's Introduction, "Foolish Virgins", Contents divided into 5 Parts, 14 Essays: Part I: THE SPIRITUAL ORDER (I.1) G.K. Chesterton, "The Eternal Revolution"; (I.2) Richard John Newhouse, ""The Vulnerability fo the Naked Square"; (I.3) Peter Kreeft, "Are There Any Moral Absolutes?: FindingBlack and White in a World of Grays"; Part II: THE SOCIAL ORDER (II.1) James Q. Wilson and George Kelling, "Character and Community: The Problem of Broken Windows"; (II.2) Myron Magnet, "The Hole in the Theory"; (II.3)Carol Iannone, "The Feminist Perversion"; Part III: THE ECONOMIC ORDER (III.1) Richard M. Weaver, "The Last Metaphysical Right"; (III.2) George Gilder, "The Kinetic Economy"; Part IV: THE POLITICAL ORDER (IV.1) Charles Murray, "Little Platoons"; (IV.2) Russell Kirk, "The Original-Intent Controversy"; (IV.3) George F. Will, The Revival of Classical Republicanism"; Part V: THE CULTURAL ORDER (V.1) Thomas Sowell, "Assorted Dogmas"; (V.2) Allan Bloom, "Sex and Separateness"; POSTSCRIPT [Quotation from Albert Jay Nock, "Snoring as a Fine Art," in The Atlantic Monthly (November, 1938), p. 289; Contributors to GOOD ORDER, pp. 291-293; Acknowledgments, pp. 295-296; About the Editor, p. 297. Glossy illustrated wrappers, with thin line purple borders, and with Title lettering in large black letters superimposed over pixelated portrait (detail) of "conservative" man's chin with upper chest in white shirt, gray suit and dark necktie, American Flag pin on suit lapel; Subtitle red or black letters in column on left side top third front cover; Contributor names in small red letters across bottom front cover. Inside covers age-toned; text pages and book edges uniformly, lightly, age-toned; remainder mark on bottom edge emanating from spine: describes worse than it is. but there you have it. Essentially, appears UNREAD: Tight spine (NO cracks); sharp corners; (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear, NO previous owner names. Clean text. The way to read a Classic Anthology with distinguished contributors.…

Mass Market Paperback. Etat : Fine. A excellent copy of this book. No creases to the covers or to the sine. Tight clean pages. 21 all new stories from modern horror writers. Horror.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. 130 pp. Digest format. Very light wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Gray Morrow. This issue contains: Short Stories: The Star Driver by J. W. Schutz; Bait by Bob Leman; The Knight-Errant, the Dragon and the Maiden by Gahan Wilson; Kingdom Come Inc. by Robert F. Young. Novel: The Little People - part 1 of 3 by John Christopher. Special Reprint Feature: The Disenchanted Symphony by James G Huneker. Books by Judith Merril; Cartoon by Gahan Wilson; Interplanetary Dust by Ted Thomas; and Science: Right Beneath Your Feet by Isaac Asimov. Size: 12mo. Gray Morrow; (illustrateur). Book.…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. 170 pp. Digest format. Light wear; no interior markings. Cover art by Alejando; interiors by Edd Cartier, Orban, Pawelka, Welker, and van Dongen. This issue contains: Short Novel: The Entrepreneue by Thomas Wilson. Novelette: Frontier of the Dark by A. Bertram Chandler. Short Stories: No Moon for Me by Walter M. MIller Jr; Demotion by Robert Donald Locke. Special Feature: Improbably Profession by Leonard Lockhard. And Article: Zero Hour Minus X Years; followed by the usual features, including the John W. Campbell editorial: The Laws of Speculation, and a letter from Arthur C. Clarke in Brass Tacks. Size: 12mo. Alejandro; Cartier; Orban; Pawelka; van Dongen; Welker; (illustrateur). Book. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Hardcover book in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine with no dust jacket. Later Printing. Later [5th] printing. An anthology of fiction, folklore and poetry about ghosts. Brown pictorial buckram binding, 187+ pages. Near Fine copy [purchase price and date partially erased from the rear-paste-down no dust jacket. clph.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. This issue contains:The Hall of the Dead by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp; A Walk in the West by Dennis Etchison; The Next Step by E. A Moore; Blackmail by Fred Hoyle; The Intelligent Computer - science by Ted Thomas; The Song of the Morrow by Robert Louis Stevenson; The Little People - Part 2 of 3 by John Christopher; Book Reviews by Judith Merril; Impossible. That's All - science by Isaac Asimov; and a cartoon Gahan Wilson. Chesley Bonestell; Gahan Wilson; (illustrateur). Book.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Book Club Edition. First book club edition. Blue boards lettered in black on the spine; red upper edge; headband. Some wear at the corners of the dustjacket; small tick marks on the contents page. Dj art by G. Ziel. This anthology contains: The Terminal Beach by J. G. Ballard; Automatic Tiger by Kit Reed; The Legend of Joe Lee by John D. MacDonald; Descending by Thomas M. Disch; Decadence by Romain Gary; Be of Good Cheer by Fritz Leiber; A Benefactor of Humanity by James T. Farrell; The Carson Effect by Richard Wilson; The Shining Ones by Arthur C. Clarke; Pacifist by Mack Reynolds; The New Encyclopaedist by Stephen Becker; Gas Mask by James D. Houston; A Sinister Metamorphosis by Russell Baker; Sonny by Rick Raphael; The Last Secret Weapon of the Third Reich by Josef Nesvadba; It Could Be You by Frank Roberts; Synchromocracy by Hap Cawood; The Search by Bruce Simonds; The Pirokin Effect by Larry Eisenberg; The Twerlik by Jack Sharkey; A Rose for Ecclesiates by Roger Zelanzy; Problem Child by Arthur Porges; The Wonderful Dog Suit by Donald Hall; The Mathenauts by Norman Kagan; Family Portrait by Morgan Kent; The Red Egg by Jose Maria Gironella; The Power of Positive Thinking by M. E. White; A Living Doll by Robert Wallace; Training Talk by David R. Bunch; A Miracle Too Many by Philip H. Smith and Alan E. Nourse; The Last Lonely Man by John Brunner; The Man Who Found Proteus by Robert Rohrer; and Yachid and Yechida by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Size: 8vo. G. Ziel; (illustrateur). Book.…

Mass Market Paperback. Etat : Good. First Edition. Browning around the edges of the front cover. The back cover has a dent at the top and creasing across the top left corner - these also affect the pages at the back of the magazine. The pages are browned but otherwise unmarked. Contains 'Come to Venus Melancholy' by Disch, book reviews by Merril, 'The Peacock King' by McCombs and White, a cartoon by Gahan Wilson, 'Insect Attractant' by Thomas, '.And Call me Conrad' (Part 2 of 2) by Zelazny, 'El Numero Uno' by Gilien, a science piece by Asimov and 'A Few Kindred Spirits' by Christopher. Cover by Gray Morrow. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Wilson, Gahan; Morrow, Gray (illustrateur).…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 1st Printing. An uncreased spine with light edge rubbings. No store stamp. Stories by :Kurt Vonnegut,Jr., Robert Coover, Rudolph Wurlitzer, Ursule Molinaro, Joyce Carol Oates, John Kawkes, Leonard Michaels, Thomas Pynchon, John Gardner, William H. Gass, Barton Midwood, Robley Wilson, Jr., John Barth, Donald Barthelme, Gilbert Sorrentino, Ronald Sukenick, Ismael reed, Judith Rascoe, John Batki, John Updike. …

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. First Editions. 160, 160, 160 pp. Volume 38, 39 - numbers 9, 1, 2. All three issues have light wear with uncreased spines; no interior markings. Covers by: Wendy Pini; Joan Woods; and Amy Harlib. Interiors by: Amy Harlib; Jim Mueller; Joan Hanke-Woods; and Valenza. These three issues feature the complete first printing of Zelazny's Courts of Chaos. NOVEMBER 1977 contains: The Courts of Chaos - Part One of Three by Roger Zelazny; The Holy Temple - a novella by Herbert Gerjuoy; The Long Chance - a novelette by Charles Sheffield; The Timeless Spy - a novelette by Glenn T. Wilson; Jogging Up Main Street by Thomas Wylde; and My Friend's Last Show by Rex Anderson; along with all the usual features including science by J. E. Pournelle. DECEMBER/JANUARY 1977/1978 contains: The Courts of Chaos - Part Two of Three by Roger Zelazny; Memo to the Leader - a novella by William Walling; The Road to God by Timothy P. Lewis; Come Again by Tim Joseph; John Henry and the Ultra-media Experience Machine by Lee Whipple; and With Clean Hands by Jesse Peel; along with the usual features, including science by Pournelle. FEBRUARY1978 contains: The Courts of Chaos - Part Three of Three by Roger Zelazny; The Faded Sun: Kesrith - Part One of Four by C. J. Cherryh; Writer's Block by Simon Hawke writing as Nicholas Yermakov; The Nothing Spot by Dian Girard; and Death's Dimensions by Victor Koman; along with the usual features, including science by Pournelle. Size: 12mo. Wendy Pini; Joan Woods; Amy Harlib; (illustrateur). Book. …

Original Wraps. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. Very good in blue and white card wrappers. Spine slightly rolled and worn at the edges. Wrappers somewhat discoloured with age and handling. No tears. Contents very good, but please note that there are some pencil annotations and underlinings [see scans]. 230mm x 155mm. 194 pages. ***This issue contains an interesting ten page long contemporary review of the publication of Joseph Heller's 'Catch 22', which includes the following statements: "Since books not worth reading are not worth reviewing, and Catch 22 is worthless, my review needs justification --- before describing the theme of Catch 22 I must make this point which I trust will not be considered trifling - that its author cannot write". The reviewer is anonymous! ***'Dædalus is a peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 1955 as a replacement for the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the volume and numbering system of which it continues. In 1958 it began quarterly publication as The Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The journal is currently published by MIT Press on behalf of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Each issue addresses a theme with essays on the arts, sciences, and humanities. Special features include fiction, poetry, and a notes section. Publication is by invitation only'. [Wiki]***A very good copy of this American journal - this issue devoted to the American Reading Public. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. reprint edition. 198 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Soft Cover. Etat : Very Good. 96 + pp. Spring 2001, Vol. 14, No. 2 issue only! ISSN 0895-4852. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Soft Cover. Etat : Very Good. 97 + pp. Fall 2001, Vol. 14, No. 4 issue only! ISSN 0895-4852. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Soft Cover. Etat : Good. 94 + pp. Fall 1993, Vol. 6, No. 4 issue only! ISSN 0895-4852. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Stain on front cover.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. (6), 188 pages. 225x140mm. Original publisher's cloth, spine lettered silver, with original pictorial unclipped dust jacket. *These twelve informative and warmly appreciative essays assess Benedict Kiely's imaginative accomplishments and cultural significance.* A fine copy without any damage, library stamps, inscriptions or other markings. Images and further information available on request.…

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. 209 pp., xviii. Following List of Chairmen, Speakers and Invited Discussants; Foreword by Editor; and Addresses of Welcome by Lord May, Viscount Runciman, and Ambassador Bruno Bottai, Contents divided into "Topics" and subsequent "General Discussions"; Topic 1: THE LIMITS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE [1] Keith Thomas, Introduction; [2] Martin Rees, "Our Changing Cosmic Perspective and the Scope and Limits of Physical Law"; [3] Jean Starobinski, "Scientific Language and Poetic Language"; [4] Roger Highfield, "Where Fears Lurk:The Boundary between Science, Science Fiction, and Magic"; GENERAL DISCUSSION: Keith Thomas; [i] John Elliott, "Historical Knowledge and its Limitations" (Discussants: Tom Meade, Martin Rees, Brian Ridley, Thomas); (ii) Michael Mayor, "The Search for Evidence of Life on Other Planets" (Discussants: Martin Rees, Keith Thomas); (iii) Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, "Are there Limits to Knowledge?' (Discussants: Thomas, Williams, Rees, Anne McLaren, Laszlo Solymar, Fiona Fox, Highfield, Elliott Leader, Starobinski, Runciman, Maddox, Nowotny, Gilland, Claire Fox, Cavalli-Sforza); Topic 2: THE IMPACT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON HUMANITY John Krebs, Introduction; [2] Thomas W. Meade, "Ethical and Social Issues arising from the Science of Medicine"; [3] Walter Burkert, "Impacts, Evasions, and Lines of Defense: Some Remarks on Science and the Humanities"; [4] Lord Jenkin, "Science and Society: ' The Public Understanding of Science ' is NO Longer Enough"; GENERAL DISCUSSION: John Krebs; [i] Stanley J. Tambiah, "The Stem Cell Research Discussion in the USA" (Discussants: John Krebs, John Maddux, Lord Jenkin, Jan Lloyd, Tom Meade, Claire Fox, Helga Nowotny, Tambiah); [ii] Phillip V. Tobias, "Evolutionary Studies and Society" (Discussants: John Krebs,Tony Gilland, Lord Jenkin); (iii) Wolfgang Berger, "Humankind as a Major Geological Factor" (Discussants: John Krebs, R.J.P. Williams, Ian Lloyd, Giorgio Salvini, Lord Jenkin, Eugen Seibold, Tom Meade, Tambiah, Berger) ; Topic 3: WHY SHOULD THE PURSUIT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE BY ENCOURAGED? [1] Sergio Romano, Introduction; [2] Lord May, "The Use of Scientific Advice in Making Public Policy"; [3] Michael Stolleis, "The Role of the Humanities in Western Industrialized Societies"; [4] Lord Sainsbury, "Why we need Both Cultures"; GENERAL DISCUSSION (i) Claude Lorius, "Antarctica: Climate Research, Public Policy, and Society"; (ii) Frederick J. Vine, "Policy-making in the Environmental Sciences" (Discussants: Sergio Romano, Ian Lloyd, Lord Sainsbury, Lord May, Sidney Shipton, Bruno Bottai); (iii) Shmuel N. Eisenstadt, "The Ambivalence toward Science" (Discussants: Romano, Krebs, May, Sainsbury, Gilland, Stolleis, Lorius, Giorgio Salvini, Eisenstadt); (iv) Vittorio Mathieu, "Final Remarks" (Discussant: Romano); APPENDIX (i) "The International Balzan Foundation"; (ii) "The Balzan Prize and its Prize Winners"; (iii) "Members of the Board and General Prize Committee . . . of the Foundation"; (iv) "Members of the Board of the International E. Balzan Prize Foundation".// Blue cloth with brilliant gilt lettering on spine and front cover; shiny glassine dustwrapper; "wallpaper"- patterned, two-tone taupe endpapers. NO previous owner names; NO remainder marks. Appears UNUSED. 1" superficial scratch to the glassine on lower right front cover (NO impact on cloth board itself) and 2 1/4" thin line, really superficial, scratch and a few other very fine linear marks (even less discernible, on rear glassine cover, with NO impact on book itself): chiefly FLAWLESS book and glassine (NO tears or cracks). Arguably, Gift-Giving Condition, or you may need new friends. LAID IN: Complimentary Copy publicity letter sent by Bruno Bottai to unnamed recipient.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 3rd Printing. A lightly creased spine with light edge rubbings. No store stamp. Stories by : Joyce Carol Oates, Ethel Wilson,Philip Roth, Katherine Mansfield, Alice Munro, Dylan Thomas, George Elliott, Tennessee Williams, Isaac Babel, John Updike, Malcolm Lowry, katherine Anne Porter, Sinclair Ross, William Faulkner, Anton Chekhov, Bruce Jay Friedman, Morley Callaghan, Anne Hebert, James Thurber, Ernest Hemingway, Albert Camus, Heinrich Boll, Frank O'Connor, Par Lagervist,Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Graham Greene, Franz Kafka, Dave Godfrey,Isaac B.Singer, Flannery O'Connor. …

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Nine Volumes, Very Good + To Near Fine, As Issued; Note: January 1957 With Loose Index To Volume Three; March 1957, No. 3, In Publisher's Wrap-Around Band And With Publisher's Order Card.

Relatively modern reprint circa 1990-2010. 347 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5 cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket with minor scuffs and bumping at edges; mild sunning to spine; small patch of surface abrasion at front panel's upper right from removal of past bookseller's stickler; no printed price on front flap. White cloth spine with black stamping; tan boards. Interior leaves are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. {LitShelf#2|CMS-01144}. …

Mass Market Paperback. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. Contains Cantata 140 by Dick, The Second Philadelphia Experiment by Young, Balloon Astronomy by Thomas, The Scientist and the Monster by Wilson, The Happy Place by Lamb, reviews by Davidson, The End of the Wine by Lewis, The Salvation of Faust by Zelazny, All-Hallows by Drake, science by Asimov, The Struldbrugg Reaction by Sutherland, The Girl with the 100 Proof Eyes by Webb and We Serve the Star of Freedom by Beauclerk. Light browning and edge rubbing to the covers with a small dent to the front cover which also affects the first few pages. Page edges browned. Browning to the insides of the covers. Pages browned but otherwise unmarked. Cover illustration by Emsh. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Emshwiller, Ed (Emsh) (illustrateur).…

hardcover. Etat : New.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. reissue edition. 110 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Mass Market Paperback. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. January 1955 issue of this Science Fiction Magazine. Cover by Davis. Includes 'Without Love' by Strauss, ' Conspiracy' by Christopher, 'Present from Mars' by Jordan, 'Playing with Time' by Boore, 'Parting' by Rigby and 'Suppost You met a Man in a Flying Saucer.' by Tubb. One inch crease to the top corner of the front cover and a two inch crease to the bottom corner of the rear cover. Light reading creasing to the spine. Pages browned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Davis (illustrateur).…

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 1st edition. 176 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.