Search Results: diogenes discovers us by mcgovern john terence

Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1967. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, no dj, some light shelf wear, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a nice used copy! Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 304 historical and thought-provoking pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "Down through the ages, the pages of verse and prose record countless famous contests between wrestlers, boxers and runners, starting with David who won in another field. The satisfaction ---- even love ---- of conflict inspired writers to chronicles which have lasted through the centuries. There was the wrestling bout between Odysseus and Ajax in which the winner was to receive 'a great tripod for standing on the fire, prized by the Achaians among them at twelve oxen's worth,' and loser's prize was a woman, 'skilled in manifold work, and they prized her at four oxen." ---- from the… Read More

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. New York: Dial Press Inc., 1933. 304 pages. Ex-library copy with typical markings. Contents are otherwise clean with tape repaired hinges. Cloth binding is sound with a repaired spine, sunned top edge and wear/soil to boards. Overall a near good copy. .

New York:: Dial Press,, 1933.. First edition; a review copy with typed slip affixed to front free endpaper: "Release date postponed to January 14th." . publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Some light spotting to cloth; tight and sound in a dust jacket with some light soiling and a tanned spine.. 8vo,. Inscribed and signed by Terry McGovern on the front free endpaper: "this one contains no argument, moral, or lesson" in January 1933.

New York: Lincoln Mac Veach, Dial Press Inc., 1933. First edition, 1933, association copy with an inscription to fellow author and broadcaster John R. Tunis [For John R. Tunis from Terry McGovern. This is the first literary baby born in 1933]. Red cloth with dustjacket. The book has some uneven fading, mainly to the spine, good hinges, sound text block, a bit of label remnant on the front free endpaper well above the inscription, no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [3.00] and has a slightly darkened but fully legible spine, a bif of shelf soil to the light background, a few tiny edge chips, very little paper loss.. Inscribed by The Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.