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Lewis, Eddie [SIGNED]. Ray Had an Idea About Love. Simon & Schuster, 1995.
Price: US$12.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by Author Signed by Author Signed by Author First print copy inscribed to noted author John Nichols and signed Eddie, dust jacket shows ordinary mild shelf and edgewear, text tight clean and unmarked, 240 pages.
Seller: Taos Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Fetterly, Ray V.. Mighty Men of the Forest. R. P. F. Enterprise, Selkirk, Manitob, 1995.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: This copy looks to be taken directly off the shelf. There are no visible signs of previous ownership on or in the book.
Seller: George Strange's Bookmart, Brandon, MB, Canada
Govenar, Alan. Meeting The Blues: Rise of the Texas Sound [signed]. Da Capo Press, 1995.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: MEETING THE BLUES: THE RISE OF THE TEXAS SOUND by Alan Govenar, softcover, first Da Capo Press edition (unabridged republication of the edition first published in Dallas in 1988), signed by author, over 200 illustrations, 1995. BOOK CONDITION: near fine. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition, with no marks, tears, or dog-ears. There is no bookplate nor signature of previous owner, but the author signed and wrote an inscription on the half-title page (?To Curtis and Nancy in friendship, 12-5-1995, Dallas?). Tight binding. The wraps are in very good condition with very minor shelf wear along the top and bottom, slight smudging on the back, and a few minor indentations on the front at the top). 12 x 9, 240 pages, 29 ounces. NOTE THAT SINCE THE BOOK WEIGHS OVER ONE POUND, THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE U.S OR REQUIRE PRIORITY MAIL INSIDE USA. XX [From the back cover] Z.Z. Hill, Mance Lipscomb, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Charles Brown, Eddie Durham, B.B. King, Delbert McClinton, Johnny Winter, Charlie Christian, L.C. Robinson, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Johnny Copeland, "Cleanhead" Vinson, Percy Mayfield, "T-Bone" Walker, Clifton Chenier, Roy Gaines, Leadbelly, Albert Collins, "Lightnin' " Hopkins, Barbara Lynn, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Lowell Fulsom, Freddie King, Amos Milburn, Henry "Buster" Smith. These are just a few of the many Texas blues makers pictured and profiled in Alan Govenar's MEETING THE BLUES, a book that not only vividly documents the rise of Texas blues, but also gives it life through the words of the men and women who sing the lyrics and play the music. With more than 200 rare and new photographs, a selected discography of blues recordings, and oral histories from almost everyone involved with creating the Texas sound, MEETING THE BLUES is an unforgettable chronicle of one of America's richest and most exciting music scenes. Alan Govenar is a writer, folklorist, photographer, award-winning documentary filmmaker, and has written numerous books including THE EARLY YEARS OF RHYTHM AND BLUES and LIVING TEXAS BLUES. He lives in Dallas. [From various reviews] An extraordinary visual and journalistic document chronicling the often-imitated, though never equaled, Texas blues sound ? JAZZIZ. Strongly recommended for its many fine, previously unpublished photographs and for the frequent opportunities the author gives his subjects to talk that talk. ?Stanley Dance, JazzTimes. A vivid oral history. The book lucidly describes how each of the trademark styles of the region's music centers?including Dallas's earliest Deep Ellum blues, Houston's honkers, San Antonio's Tex-Mex norteno and Austin's current country-blues rock?developed. The real stars, however, are the performers. ?Rolling Stone. The integration of first-person accounts with carefully researched background and well laid-out pictures brings these [blues makers'] stories to life. MEETING THE BLUES is a personal and engaging document that ought to be also an enduring one. ?Blues Access. This top-notch tome on the rise of Texas blues has some of the hippest photos of the heppest cats you'll ever see. It's a guitar fan's dream.
Seller: Whitledge Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$34.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A tight square solid un-read over-all clean copy. This copy has some minor pagedge soil,some creasing to spine and a chip near the top of the spine. This volume features fiction from Ray Bradbury,Jonathan Carroll,Harlan Ellison,Charles de Lint,Bradley Denton,Andrew Klavan and many others. This volume features Stephen King's "The Man In The Black Suit" which appeared in the New Yorker. This copy has been signed by Bradley Denton and Charles de Lint. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$59.96 + shipping
Description: ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition for all ) 3 volumes (ONE SHIPPING PRICE although extra shipping might be required depending upon destination ---if an issue please inquire before ordering ), hardcovers,all are Near Fine / Fine copies in Near Fine / Fine dustjackets, a bit of age toning to paper, unread, volume one is signed by Smith and Tem and Mark Morris, contents include ---VOLUME ONE ---The Laundry Imp by Christopher Fowler; Food for Thought by Mandy Slater; More Tomorrow by Michael Marshall Smith; A Feast at Grief's Table by Roberta Lannes; Fee by Peter Straub; I've Come to Talk with You Again by Karl Edward Wagner; Where the Bodies Are Buried 3: Black and White and Red All Over by Kim Newman; Bleed by Richard Christian Matheson; The Travelling Salesman's Christmas Special by C Bruce Hunter; At the Crossroads Burying the Dog by Jeff Vandermeer; The Lagoon by Nicholas Royle; Eternity Ltd by Mark Morris; All My Friends Are Here by Charles Wagner; Screens by Terry Lamsley; The Puppets by Ramsey Campbell; Sampled by Steve Rasnic Tem; The Hungry Moon by Graham Masterton; Love Eats by Lisa Morton; Uzzi by Brian Lumley; Splatter of Black by Charles A Gramlich ---VOLUME TWO --- Hunger an Introduction by Peter Straub; To This Water by Caitlin R Kiernan; Where the Bodies are Buried 2020 by Kim Newman; Ghost Music by Thomas Tessier; Animal Life by Clive Barker; Hell Hath Enlarged Herself by Michael Marshall Smith; The Dead Cop by Dennis Etchison; The Comfort of Strangers by Nicholas Royle; A Really Game Boy by Brian Lumley; Something for Free by Conrad Williams; Melodrama by David J Schow; Absolute Zero by James Miller; Negative Equity by Paul J. McAuley; Out of the Woods by Ramsey Campbell; The Rains by Steve Rasnic Tem; Underbed by Graham Masterton; Lily's Whisper by Jay Russell; The Museum on Cyclops Avenue by Harlan Ellison Hunger an Introduction by Peter Straub; To This Water by Caitlin R Kiernan; Where the Bodies are Buried 2020 by Kim Newman; Ghost Music by Thomas Tessier; Animal Life by Clive Barker; Hell Hath Enlarged Herself by Michael Marshall Smith; The Dead Cop by Dennis Etchison; The Comfort of Strangers by Nicholas Royle; A Really Game Boy by Brian Lumley; Something for Free by Conrad Williams; Melodrama by David J Schow; Absolute Zero by James Miller; Negative Equity by Paul J. McAuley; Out of the Woods by Ramsey Campbell; The Rains by Steve Rasnic Tem; Underbed by Graham Masterton; Lily's Whisper by Jay Russell; The Museum on Cyclops Avenue by Harlan Ellison --- VOLUME THREE --- Free Dirt by Ray Bradbury; The Horror Under Warrendown; Such a Nice Girl by Storm Constantine; The Price by Neil gaiman; Pieces by ray garton; Aunt Libby's Grave by Melanie Tem; Self made man by Poppy Z Brite; The Lost Boy Found by Terry lamsley; Walking Wounded by M M Smith; Estate by caitlin Kiernan; The last Reel by Dennis Etchison; Everybody Needs Somebody to Love by mark Timlin; Sous rapture by Jay Russell; Spanky's Back in Town by Christopher Fowler; Fat mary by Julian rathbone; Little Holocausts by brian Hodge; This is Your Life by Pat cadigan; Sharp edges by S R Tem; The Windmill by Conrad Williams; Skinned Angels by Kathryn Ptacek, ---the first volume is NOT numbered "1" but it is the first book in the series, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED (one book) ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 5.5w x 8.5h Inches
Seller: Leonard Shoup, BURLINGTON, ON, Canada
Franklin, Jo. The Wing of the Falcon. Atlantis Press, Nashville, TN, 1995.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: vii, [3], 532, [2] pages. Map. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads To Richard + Maryetta With enormous love for all of the years we've had together! Jo. Millimeter Magazine named writer-producer-director Jo Franklin :One of the Top 50 Film Producers in the U.S." Following her work as Senior Washington Producer of the MacNeil-Lehrer Report, Ms. Franklin produced and directed The Middle East Trilogy, a unique history-making series that aired to rave critical reviews, unprecedented audience numbers, and repeated worldwide broadcasts. Her eight films have one numerous awards including an Emmy nomination. Throughout Operation Desert Storm, The Middle East Trilogy was used by General Norman Schwarzkopf, the U.S> State and Defense Departments, and the military to train their personnel for deployment to the Persian Gulf. In an unusual move, the U.S> Military also requested that Ms. Franklin work personally with the Special Operations Forces during the Gulf War--a request she honored and which ultimately became the heart of her novel The Wing of The Falcon. The Wing of the Falcon is a war story, a high-tech espionage thriller and love story set during the Persian Gulf War. The clashing of Western politics with the exotic world of the Middle East, and the terrors of international intrigue and reconnaissance, are blended into an eye-opening, cleverly disguised story of the terrifying events leading up to the Gulf Conflict, and just how shockingly close the Allies came to losing the war before it even began. A documentary film producer's first novel presents the events preceding the Gulf War with Arab woman playing a decisive role. With Saddam amassing troops for a Kuwait invasion, old CIA hand Ray Holt summons Elaine Landon, a comely widow, to Riyadh, where she's asked to dig out a fundamentalist mole who's keeping Baghdad supplied with secrets from the US and Saudi high commands. Arriving with Elaine is Naila al Saud, a member of the kingdom's ruling class who, trained as a physician in America, is returning at the behest of her surly brother Musaid to marry a man she's never met. Meanwhile, Tarek al Saud (Saudi intelligence chief, Ray's close ally, and Naila's brother-in-law) has been working assiduously to unmask the renegade royal and also to convince King Fahd to allow UN/US forces on Saudi soil. After Iraq sacks Kuwait, the monarch finally assents to operation Desert Shield, but Ray & Co. still can't identify the turncoat who's raising merry hell with the military buildup. In desperation, Tarek recruits Naila to penetrate the fifth-column whose zealots could deliver oil-rich Saudi Arabia to Saddam once the shooting starts. He also enlists the aid of Bedouins who keep to the old ways. While Naila winds up in mortal peril in Mecca during the pilgrimage season, she's able to provide a key to the high-tech puzzle. Tarek rescues her in the nick and foils the conspirators, permitting an anxious Schwarzkopf to launch Desert Storm. A mix of fact and fancy. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. By Jon A. Jackson with illustrations by Barnaby Conrad. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Jackson. Jackson, a well-known mystery writer, fleshes out Carver, the man, in "Ridin' with Ray." In "The Old Game" he restores to its original state the story that introduced "Fang" Mulheisen (from his detective novels). Fine in blue cloth boards stamped in silver, without dust jacket, as issued. In plain slipcase.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: VERY FINE. Sealed. Personally signed by Mortimer J. Adler Easton Press, Norwalk, CT. 1995. Mortimer J. Adler "Adler's Philosophical Dictionary" Signed First Edition. Limited Collector's Edition bound in full genuine leather. Bound in gilt decorated maroon leather, raised bands on spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, and silk ribbon page marker. Sealed. The man Time magazine has called "America's philosopher for everyman" provides an alphabetical inventory of the most used and abused terms in the philosophical lexicon. Adler offers the exact philosophical meaning, along with the ways in which the concept has been understood by generations of thinkers, from Aristotle onward. Discusses key philosophical terms and concepts, including eternity, chance, choice, duty, evil, honor, memory, beauty, happiness, and progress. From Booklist Indomitable and, now well into his nineties, seemingly eternal, America's foremost public philosopher produces his fifty-eighth book and one of the most useful. It consists of reasonably thorough definitions of some 125 terms (a few are just cross references to others) that reflect Adler's famous adherences to the Aristotelian mainstream of Western philosophy (if anything, Adler is downright anti-Kantian), to democracy and socialism (but not communism: Adler very cogently explains why communism is antithetical to socialism) as the political and economic practices most in accordance with the principles of justice, and to world government. The defined terms do not include philosophy's hardware words--ontology, epistemology, phenomenology, heuristics, etc.--but rather are its meat and potatoes--art, beauty, God, idea, etc. If, now and then, a definition seems to overlook crucial aspects of its term, Adler appends a list of sources of further elucidation in his own other books. A helpful and, aptly, thought-provoking little resource, perhaps even at the reference desk. -Ray Olson From Crisis The man William F. Buckley, Jr. calls "Our nation's pedagogue," Mortimer Adler is probably best known for his many best-selling books, his work in liberal education with Robert M. Hutchins at the University of Chicago, and his ongoing association with the Great Books and the Great Ideas of the Western World. In addition, he is responsible for a prodigious amount of dialectical work done through his Institute for Philosophical Research and as Chairman of the Board of Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. His Idea of Freedom and The Synopticon: An Index to the Great Ideas exemplify his dream of a summa dialectica of Western thought. Now, in his fifty-eighth book, we find a summa philosophica - a summation of his doctrinal views on the 125 entries that range from Absolute and Relative to World Government. This affords the reader an opportunity to grasp the extraordinary compass of Adler's thought. ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Mortimer Jerome Adler (December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was an American philosopher, educator, and popular author. As a philosopher he worked within the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions. He lived for long stretches in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, and San Mateo, California. He worked for Columbia University, the University . BOOK FEATURES. * Premium Leather * Silk Moire Endleaves * Distinctive Cover Design * Hubbed Spine, Accented in Real 22KT Gold * Satin Ribbon Page Marker * Gilded Page Edges * Long-lasting, High Quality Acid-neutral Paper * Smyth-sewn Pages for Strength and Durability * Beautiful Illustrations
Seller: veryfinebooks, Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Bradbury, Ray. The Illustrated Man. Gauntlet Press, 1995.
Price: US$588.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Illustrated Man: The 25th Anniversary Edition Author: Ray Bradbury Publication: Gauntlet Publications, Springfield, Pennsylvania Edition: First Edition, First Printing Binding: Hardcover Condition: A Fine copy in a Fine mylar wrapped dustjacket with slipcase in Fine condition Description: THIS IS LIMITED EDITION NUMBER 44 OF ONLY 600 SLIPCASED HARDCOVER COPIES SIGNED BY PULITZER PRIZE AND EMMY AWARD WINNING AUTHOR RAY BRADBURY! THIS BOOK IS ALSO SIGNED BY WILLIAM F. NOLAN WHO WROTE THE INTRODUTION AND ED GORMAN WHO WROTE THE AFTERWORD! First edition, first printing in Fine condition in a Fine mylar wrapped dustjacket, and with slipcase in Fine condition (see photos). From the extensive Ray Bradbury Collection at Allens Rare Books. Beautifully illustrated cover art by Vincent Chong. 332pp. Store Description Welcome to Allens Rare Books. Each book in our inventory has been personally inspected, exhaustively described, and photographed to meet the standards of the discerning collector. We encourage prospective customers to contact us with any questions. Terms of Sale We accept all major credit cards via the AbeBooks Shopping Cart. Customers have 30 days to return a purchased volume(s) which do not meet their original description or are otherwise unsatisfactory. We are proud to offer free shipping on all standard (octavo) sized volumes. Shipping Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 lbs. or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know if extra shipping is required. Each order is packed with the utmost care to ensure safe arrival.
Seller: Allen's Rare Books, El Monte, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed by subject of this volume John Meier at front endpaper: "To Arthur B., Whom I admire. Hope that you enjoy this book. Best Wishes, John H. Meier." Small address label for recipient above this. Very attractive. Stated First Edition, August 1995. Smooth pictorial boards, light shelf wear. Unique dark green marbled design with Roman stone columned window to night sky full moon passing; back panel features same columns with view of sun rays popping through clouds. Pages fine; no writing. Includes large photo plate section of Meiers and his many varied highest level most public friends and acquaintences. Bind fine, square; pastedown hinge adhesive somewhat visible. Original wrapper matching boards in design, fine; unclipped 24.95, protected in new clear sleeve. During the Watergate hearings, one man wanted to tell a spell-bound nation secrets about the Nixon White House, the CIA, and Howard Hughes. He could have told them why the burglary happened, but that was not what the Committee wanted. Before the hearing, to keep him from telling his secrets, he was persecuted, jailed and forced into exile in Canada. His name is John Meier, his employer was Howard Hughes, and, Age of Secrets is his story. A compelling biography on former U.S. Senate Candidate, John H. Meier, who was intimately involved with Howard Hughes, Watergate, Nixon, the CIA, etc. The book argues that Meier was one of the people who played a role in affecting President Richard Nixon's resignation in the wake of the Watergate scandal and details how he was pursued for two decades years by the CIA, the Hughes organization, as well as Nixon sympathizers. Includes an excerpt from Meier's diary regarding his knowledge of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. In the American cryptocracy, as John Meier explains, the CIA was running the Hughes empire. And also, Intertel, Resorts International's 'private eye spy group'. American politics was a continuum throughout the fifties, sixties, and early seventies that was defined by the struggle between the Richard Nixon apparat and the Kennedy machine, with the Howard Hughes empire serving as a pivot prop in what amounted to a secret war for the country's soul. CIA spooks, mobsters on three coasts and a coven of Texas oligarchs built the magic box. The Deep State secret powers that have evolved since the Cold War defined by assassination, surveillance and cover-up has undermined the American people. The Howard Hughes organization, with its ties to Texas oil, Las Vegas gambling, Hollywood, and the CIA was the secret fulcrum of that continuum, mediating a political struggle that saw the Kennedy's devastated by murder and the Nixon camp destroyed by a soft coup d'etat . In this, Meier was both a witness and a participant, so well-connected and deeply involved that it could only have ended in his exile or a grave. The focal point of Meier's tale is the secret war for the Hughes empire. Includes detailed ten-page glossary-index of names and organizations. Printed in Canada. 320 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.