Search Results: Signed Limited Editions from Armadillo Alley Books

New York: Walker and Company, 1997. SIGNED, 1st/1st. Two dust jackets. Like New. Number 94 of 200 copies with limitation dust jacket created specifically for the first public signing of this book, held at the Seattle Mystery Bookshop on April 5, 1997. Signed & dated 04/05/97 by G.M. Ford on the title page. First edition, first printing with complete number line ending in 1. The book is tight and square with good corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Both dust jackets - Seattle Mystery Bookshop and the second/original (with $22.95) are Fine. Protected in a Brodart cover. Seattle Mystery Bookshop bookmark included. Author's third book.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2013. SIGNED. 1st/1st. Like New. Cloth slipcase. Stated First U.S. Edition, first printing with complete 10 number line ending with 1. Signed by Lisa O'Donnell on the title page. Book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($25.99) and Fine. Custom pictorial slipcase is fine. The author's first book, published originally in London in 2012.

Bloomfield Hills, MI: Bruccoli Clark, 1974. NF. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and limited to 350 numbered copies, of which this is #196. The first 50 were not sold in bookstores. Book is tight and square with clean boards and mild wear to corners. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. 32 pages. No dust jacket as issued. Winner of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Guard of Honor. Cozzens was nominated for a second Pulitzer in 1958 for By Love Possessed.

NY: Random House, 2007. SIGNED & Numbered Limited Edition. 1st/1st. Brand New. Stated First Edition. First Printing with complete number line beginning with 1. Signed and numbered bookplate by Anna Quindlen just for this edition. # 4 of 100. The book is tight and square with sharp corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($14.95) and pristine. Book purchased directly from Random House and accompanying letter states "This book is a first edition hardback that bears the same dust jacket and ISBN. Each bookplate has been hand embossed with our seal, the historic Random House logo." B&W photos. Protected in new Brodart Mylar cover.

Burbank, CA: Gagne International Press, 2000. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. 1st/1st. NF/NF. Stated First Edition, first printing with complete number line ending in 1. Copy number 495 of 1000, SIGNED and NUMBERED on the title page by Michel Gagne the author and illustrator. The book is tight and square with good tips and clean unmarred boards that mirror the dust jacket. Textblock clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($24.95) and near fine with light shelf wear. B/W illustrations. Unpaginated. 4vo 11" - 13" tall. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. A sophisticated and mystical tale about the evolution of two diverse beings as they struggle to inhabit one world.Gagne has crafted a meticulously detailed and magical world through his exquisite black-and-white ink drawings. The art feels abstract and surreal, organic and lively, all at the same time. This minimalist, primordial world that Gagne has created -- one where creatures come in… Read More

Tucson, Arizona: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2002. SIGNED. NF/F. Limited Signed Edition. This is number 4 of 350 copies signed by George Pelecanos. Stated First Edition. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and original yellow Brillianta cloth binding, with gilt titles. Light creases to spine head and top front board near spine. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Faint abrasion marks to top fore-edges near the spine. The dust jacket is Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. Slipcase has light crease to spine tail edge, else fine.
Washington, D.C. private investigators Derek Strange and Terry Quinn are hired to find a 14-year-old white girl from the suburbs who's run away from home and is now working as a prostitute - but then a senseless death shakes Derek Strange's existence.A victim shot down by bullets meant for another; a tragic accident that strikes just too close to home. Strange's… Read More

Graywolf Press, 2010. Like New, SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Stated First Printing with complete number line to 1. SIGNED by Per Petterson on a bound-in limitation page. Published in a small and limited print run whose number is not specified as part of Powell's valuable "Indiespensable" Series. Black Slipcase is unmarked. The book is unread and Fine. Tight and square with clean boards that are not bumped. Interior has no writing, bookplate, embossed seal or marks and is not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacked is unclipped ($23.00) and pristine. The fourth novel by Per Petterson to be translated into English, it is a prequel to his second novel, "In The Wake" (2006). Winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize. New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 -Number 35.
I Curse the River of Time (Norwegian: Jeg forbanner tidens elv) was originally published in 2008. The narrative is set in 1989 against the backdrop of a communist Europe. The story revolves around Arvid Jansen, the protagonist, and… Read More

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1972. 616 of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator René Ben Sussan. This oversized book has light shelve wear with good tips and clean boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Color and black and white illustrations by Ben Sussman. Translated from the French by Arthur Machen and Selected by J. Rives Childs. No dust jacket, as issued. The slipcase is near fine with light wear and small damp stains on the back panel. 502 pages. 8½ x 12" tall.
Casanova was a Venetian adventurer and author (1725-1798). His Memoirs provide an intimate insight into the life of European society in the eighteenth century. These Memoirs are the history of a unique life, personality, and record of adventures. They tell the story of a man who loved life passionately for its own sake: one to whom women were, indeed, the most important thing in the world, although there was nothing in the world to which he was… Read More

Gagne International Press, 1999. SIGNED. NF/NF. 1st/1st. Copy number 745 of 1000, SIGNED and NUMBERED on the title page. First edition, first printing with complete number line beginning with 1. The book is tight and square with sharp corners and clean unmarred boards that mirror dust jacket. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped with very mild shelf wear. B/W illustrations. Thin Quarto. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover.He is an unusual creature with a strange origin and a wonderful destiny. He meets both friend and foe and struggles with adversity in an ageless story of acceptance and brotherhood.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2011. Like New-Unread. SIGNED Limited Edition. First Edition Thus. Signed Limited Edition 934/1000. Signed by Charles Stross on publisher's bound in limitation page. Unread book is tight and square with good corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($35) and Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. Book won the 2010 Hugo Award for best novella.

Hornsea, England: PS Publications, 2013. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Like New. F/F. Unread copy is #102 of 200 numbered copies signed by Harris. Stated First PS Edition. Bound in pictorial boards. The book is tight, straight with sharp tips and clean. No writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped and pristine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover.

New York: Random House,1982. SIGNED Limited Edition. 1st/1st. Near Fine. Limited to 500 signed copies. This is #388. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line beginning with 2 (which in 1982 signified a Random House first printing). Signed by James A. Michener on the limitation signature page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, and clean silver boards. Light creases to spine ends and top back corner. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Faint bottom tip creases to pages 551-552. Illustrated color endpapers. No dust jacket, as issued. Black cardboard slipcase has light shelf wear, else fine. 622 pages. 6½ X 9½" tall.
Engineer Stanley Mott, astronomy student John Pope, naval hero Norman Grant, and rocket engineer Dieter Kolff serve as principals in the forty-year history of America's space program and share the complex drama with numerous others.

United Kingdom: PS Publishing, 2012. SIGNED. Like New. 1st edition limited to 100 SIGNED/NUMBERED copies. This is copy 38. Unread book is tight and square with sharp corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is Fine. Cover art by Tomislav Tikulin. Protected in a Brodart cover. Starship Spring is the triumphant conclusion to the Starship Quartet.

NY: Scribner, 2001. SIGNED. Unread-Like New. Thumbprint Edition. 1st/1st. Book is Unread-Mint. First Edition, First Printing with complete number line. SIGNED with the author's THUMBPRINT on special "Unlimited-Anti-limited" First Edition page. (Roughly 2,500 FINGERPRINT EDITION copies were printed, 30% of which displayed the author's thumbprint.) Unread book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp corners, and clean unmarred boards. Tiny spot on side fore-edges (see photos). Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($26.00) and Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover.

Tucson, Arizona: Dennis McMillan, 2002. SIGNED in slipcase. Like New. True first edition 1st printing of Phillips' second book, lettered/limited edition. Signed and lettered by Scott Phillips on the limitation page. This is copy D of 104 copies bound in quarter morocco and marbled boards. The book is unread, tight and square with sharp tips and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is Fine with some mild rippling to the spine (see photos). The book is protected in a Mylar Brodart cover. Slipcase is pristine. The sequel to the award-winning The Ice Harvest, this novel concerns Gunther Fahnstiel's escape from the Lake Vista Nursing Home, confused, frail and desperate for a haircut. His stepson Sidney posts a $12,000 reward for Gunther's safe return, unaware that Gunther has just run into the daughter of an old flame.

Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins, 2011. SIGNED by both Author and Illustrator. A handsome Limited Numbered First Edition, still in the unopened original shrinkwrap, signed and numbered by author Colin Meloy and illustrator Carson Ellis. The book and slipcase are bound in dark blue hand-bound cloth with red & silver titling. Limited to 500 copies. Photos of actual book in shrinkwrap in addition to pictures from the publisher. Includes these features: - a custom-designed slipcase, illustrated by Ellis - colored endpapers - a two-color foil-stamped cover, designed by Ellis - a signed print of an exclusive illustration by Ellis - a three-color fold-out map (15 x 12 inches) bound into the book - each copy is signed and numbered by Meloy and Ellis