The Care and Repair of Books

By: Lydenberg, Harry Miller; and John Archer

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The R.R. Bowker Company: 1945

Edition: Revised Edition; 3rd Printing

Seller ID: 30725

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Two black and white plates showing tools needed in the care of books. DJ is completely blank with flaps clipped, lightly chipped and tanned around edges, with two faint stains on front. Book is orange cloth boards with gilt titling on spine somewhat faded. The last chapter lists reference books. Index. ; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 123 pages; 30725 View more info

Malicious Intent A Writer's Guide to How Murderers, Robbers, Rapists and Other Criminals Think

By: Mactire, Sean P.

Price: $14.01

Publisher: Cincinnati, OH, Writer's Digest Books: 1997

Edition: 3rd Edition

Seller ID: 28121

ISBN: 0898796482

Condition: Near Fine

The Howdunit Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 228 pages; 28121 View more info

Magill's Literary Annual Masterplots Digests Of World Literature, 1971 Annual

By: Magill, Frank N.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Salem Press: 1972

Seller ID: 11828

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Cumulative author index. Green with gilt decorations. ; Harvard Classics, Deluxe Edition Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 359+ pages; 11828 View more info

The Interactive Reader The Language of Literature, Grade 9

By: McDougal, Littell & Company

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Evanston, IL, McDougal, Littell & Company: 1999

Edition: 2nd Edition

Seller ID: 23515

ISBN: 0618007873

Condition: Very Good

Faint front cover crease. ; Square Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 342 pages; 23515 View more info

The Mcgraw-Hill Author's Book

By: McGraw-Hill Book Company

Price: $9.00

Publisher: NY, McGraw Hill: 1979

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 12828

ISBN: 007045051x

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Had a customer ask if this book was about Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 74 pages; 12828 View more info

Modern Book Design From William Morris to the Present Day

By: McLean, Ruari

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Faber & Faber: 1958

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 25822

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

16 B/W plates. Contents: The nature of book design; the need for revival; the private press movement; the future of book design -- and more. ; B&W Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 115 pages; 25822 View more info

The Lost Library, An Autobiography Of A Culture

By: Mehring, Walter [Translated by Richard and Clara Winston]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill: 1951

Seller ID: 17657

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Review and critique of 20th century European literature, with a nostalgic look at the author's retrieval (in exile) of his father's library. A literary and intellectual history written with a virtuosity, a felicity rare in the most urbane and gracious of novels, it moves the reader profoundly in its tragic unfolding of the forces that have led to the fall and disintegration of Western culture as we have known it. Divided into two parts: "My Father's Library" and "The Lost Library". Rubbed DJ in mylar; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall - 8" to 9" tall; 290 pages; 17657 View more info

Fiction And Repetition: Seven English Novels

By: Miller, J. Hillis

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Cambridge, MA, Harvard University: 1982

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 23571

ISBN: 0674299256

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

The seven novels he discusses are illuminated by his reading, and, what is even more, they all seem honored by what he says. To read him is to discover both an added greatness in one narrative tradition and the unquestionable importance of his special kind of careful and intelligent criticism. The seven novels are: Lord Jim; Wuthering Heights; Henry Esmond; Tess of the D'Urbervilles; the Well-Beloved; Mrs. Dalloway; Between the Acts. Underlining, notes, previous owner's name. Edgeworn DJ has closed tear at upper rear panel. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 250 pages; 23571 View more info

Appraisals A Guide for Bookmen, Practical Methods and Essential Principles

By: Mondlin, Marvin

Price: $150.00

Publisher: NY, American Sunbeam: 1997

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 19834

ISBN: 0965679802

Condition: As New

A concise handbook of terms and techniques with reference sources for book evaluation by a foremost authority in the field. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 55 pages; 19834 View more info

Armed And Dangerous A Writer's Guide to Weapons

By: Newton, Michael

Price: $14.01

Publisher: Cincinnati, OH, Writer's Digest Books: 1993

Edition: 4th Edition

Seller ID: 28122

ISBN: 089879370x

Condition: Near Fine

The Howdunit Series Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages; 28122 View more info

Steal This Plot A Writer's Guide to Story Structure and Plagiarism

By: Noble, June & William

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Paul S Eriksson: 1985

Edition: 1st Trade Edition

Seller ID: 31192

ISBN: 0839778813

Condition: Very Good

Page edges freckled; upper rear corner lightly bumped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages; 31192 View more info

Conflict, Action And Suspense

By: Noble, William

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Cincinnati, OH, Writers Digest Books: 1993

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 23640

ISBN: 0898796342

Condition: Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued

Elements of Fiction Writing Series; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 185 pages; 23640 View more info

Writing The Modern Mystery

By: Norville, Barbara

Price: $14.51

Publisher: Writer's Digest: 1986

Seller ID: 25287

ISBN: 0898792355

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 209 pages; 25287W View more info

Writing The Modern Mystery

By: Norville, Barbara

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Writer's Digest: 1989

Edition: 3rd Printing

Seller ID: 17808

ISBN: 0898792355

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

If you have the dexterity and imagination to perpetrate a paper crime and then solve it, this author, an experienced mystery editor, has the blueprint for mystery writing success -- and she shares it, step by step, in this book. Tiny chip at upper edge of front of DJ. In new mylar. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 209+ pages; 17808 View more info

The Complete Guide To Editorial Freelancing (1974)

By: O'Neill, Carol L. & Avima Ruder

Price: $18.00

Publisher: NY, Dodd, Mead & Co: 1974

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 5318

ISBN: 0396068871

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Four books in one: a job-hunting directory, a survey of freelancing opportunities, a style source, and a business/tax guide for freelancers. Edgeworn, chipped DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 307 pages; 5318 View more info