Search Results: Fiction from Tangible Tales

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2008. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Blue and black hardcover 2nd printing in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the facing page, "To Clara, Wishing you a future of great possibilities, Mary E. Pearson." A very good copy - clean, tight and unmarked with some bending and wear at the spine heal and light shelf-wear to the board edges. A very good unclipped jacket with minor shelfwear, most pronounced at the corners. 266 pp., an entry into the futuristic young adult/teen genre, focusing on love and biotechnology.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Black and gray hardcover 1st in dustjacket. Signed by the author without inscription at the top of the title page in 1/98. A very good copy with minor wear at the board edges and some crimping to the spine tips. A clean copy, tight as if unread. Unclipped dustjacket is also very good with slight wear to the panel edges and minor scuffing to the rear panel. 227 pp., the author's first novel, nicely signed.

Oregon: Tripletree Publishing, 1998. Limited ed. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Clark, Alan M.. Hardcover limited edition, number 86 of 500 copies. Signed by the author and the illustrator without inscription on the limitation page. A very good copy with a minor warp/lift to the front cover being the only discernable flaw. Unclipped jacket is also very good with light soil to the spine panel and light shelf-wear at the panel edges. 405 pp., a collection of artwork and short stories illustrating each other.

New York: MuscleHead Press Chapbooks, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Good. Stapled wraps - softcover. Signed and inscribed by the author on the contents page, "For Jennifer Gates - good luck and happy reading from William Michaelian 6/4/01 Salem, Oregon." A good but worn copy with bending to the bottom corners and minor dampstain toward the spine base. Blank back cover with soiling. 33pp., a nice chapbook of short stories by the pacific northwest author.

New York: Feiwel and Friends, 2011. First edition. Good +/very good. Black hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "Andrea Alban - For Ginny - Follow the man!" along with a heart symbol. This would be a very good copy other than a hard bump to the bottom front corner that has left a small bit of the board exposed. Otherwise, minor shelf-wear at the edges and spine ends. A clean, tight copy. Unclipped dustjacket is very good with matching minor shelf-wear, bright and attractive. 188 pp., a historical novel of WWII era China , based on the author's own true story.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1981. Limited ed. Slipcased. Very Good. Blue bonded leather covers with gilt lettering, slipcased, the limited first edition, signed without inscription and numbered 307 of 500 copies. A very good copy, clean, straight and tight with the ghosting of a previous bookstore's price to the top of the limitation page. Unread. Slip case is also very good but with light dusting and shelf-wear to the upper and lower edges. No tears or dents. 438 pp., gilt textblock edges. A very nice copy of one of Shaw's classics.

New York: Doubleday, 1994. First printing. Hardback. Good/fair. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Dan - Best Wishes, John Grisham." Bookmark laid in at front advertising the book-signing in Oxford, Mississippi, where Grisham resided at the time o publication. Gray boards with maroon cloth back-strip and gilt titles, 1st printing in dustjacket. A good copy but with wear to the board edges, minor corner bumps, and some discoloration to the red cloth on the rear. Binding is solid and the pages are clean and unmarked. Slight ridge to the spine column from reading, and soil and speckling to the bottom edge of the textblock. Unclipped dustjacket is only fair due to a large tear and crinkling to the rear flap, short chips at the spine tips, and overal a bit of scuffing to the panels. 486 pp., the basis for the popular film of the same name.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1993. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/very good. Red hardcover with gilt titles, 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed without inscription by the author on the title page. A very good copy with light bending to the lower corners and spine ends and a shallow bump to the head of the spine. A clean tight copy with solid hinges and binding. Unclipped dustjacket with mild wear at the panel edges, bright and attractive. 383 pp., an endearing novel of Alabama, Hollywood, the deep south and racial tension.

Georgia: Top Shelf Productions, 2005. Third printing. Paperback. Good. Softcover graphic novel, 3rd printing. Signed without inscription by Doug TenNapel on the front cover in black sharpie. A good copy with some bending at the corners and spineward to the cover. Some scuffing and light soil to the covers as well. Interior is clean and unmarked. The binding is solid, but opens wide at the title page - down tot he bind. All pages solidly bound in and no splits otherwise. Unpaginated, filled with TenNapel's black and white sketches.

New York: Persea Books, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Green hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Mary, all best - Nance Van Winckel." A very good copy with mild wear at the edges and a bump to the head of the spine. Staple removal mark to the front free endpaper. Clean and tight. Unclipped jacket with matching light edgewear and slight soiling to the light rear panel. 186 pp., a collection of short stories from this Pacific Northwest author.

New York: Doubleday, 2003. First printing. Hardback. Good +/good +. Black hardcover 1st printing in dustjacket. A good + copy with bumping to the lower corners and spine tips. Binding is solid and hinges are intact. Pages are unmarked, but the major flaw is some staining at the textblock edge from what looks like coffee drips. The rear free-endpaper also has staining, visible in the photos. The drips are not extreme and do not show up on the text pages. Unclipped jacket is also good with light wear to the panel edges and some drips as well. "Skitoma" point on page 243, also pictured. 454 pp., the bestseller in a true first printing.

San Francisco: MacAdam/Cage, 2008. First edition. Hardback. Good. Hardcover 1st signed without inscription by the author on the title page. No jacket as issued. Autographed Copy sticker to the front cover and cumping at the lower corners and spine tips. Minor scrape to the front edge of the cover. Interior is clean and unmarked in a solid binding. 355 pp. plus back-matter. The author's first novel, nicely signed.

New York: Harpercollins - Cliff Street Books, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Good/very good. Hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed without inscription by the author on the title page. Bumping to all corners and bending at the spine ends, and minor soiling to the light colored boards. Interior clean and unmarked but for previous owner's imprint stamp to top of front endpaper. Binding solid but the front hinge creaks on opening and closing. Price-clipped dustjacket with minor edge wear, clean and attractive. 386 pp., the author's third book.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Tan cloth hardcover lacking dustjacket. Signed by Len Foreman on the front free endpaper along with an address sticker for Len L. Foreman. Stated first edition. Wear at the edges and bending at the corners and spine ends. A small red spot is at the bottom of the front board. Interior clean and unmarked, binding solid. 180 pages, an unique copy of this title, unfortunately without the dust wrapper. Part of the Double D Western series from Doubleday.

New York: Arbor House, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed without inscription by the author on the title page. A very good copy with bumping to the top corner of the front board. Clean, straight and tight as if unread. Unclipped dustjacket with light wear at the edges and darkening to the white flaps. 266 pp., McNamara's second novel featuring detective Fraleigh.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2018. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good +/very good. Signed without inscription by the author on the title page in black sharpie. Blue and white hardcover, 1st edition exclusive to Barnes & Noble, in dustjacket. A good plus copy but with a hard bump to the upper front corners of the boards. Minor crimping at the spine tips. A clean, unmarked, tight copy, as if unread. Unclipped jacket with minor crinkling at the upper folds is bright and atrractive, B&N sticker to the front panel. 468 pp.

New York: Crown Publishers, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Blue and tan hardcover first edition in dustjacket. Signed without inscription by the author on the title page. A very good copy with rounding and bumps at the corners and spine ends. A stray pen-mark to the top edge of the text block. Binding tight and text clean. Unclipped jacket with minor shelf-wear and light soiling. 274 pp., the author's second book.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed and inscribed by radio host Don Imus on the first blank, "For Ray, Don Imus." Hardcover 5th printing, red boards with black cloth spine in dustjacket. A very good copy, clean and straight, tight as if unread. Light staining to the front edge of the text block is the only apparent flaw. Unclipped jacket is bright and crisp with some minimal scuffing toward the bottom of the front panel and crinkling and light soil to the rear flap. 319 pp., Imus' novel of scandalous evangelist and his impact on the world.

New York: Balzer + Bray , 2018. Second printing. Hardcover. Good +/very good. Signed without inscription by the author on the first blank in black sharpie marker. White hardcover, 2nd printing of the collector's edition, in dustjacket. A good plus copy with scuffing and light soil to the white covers and shelfwear and bending at the spine tips. Interior is clean, bright and unmarked. Sturdy binding, lightly read. The gold jacket is very good with matching wear at the tips of the spine panel, bright and crisp. 444pp., plus additional content at rear, not available in the regular edition - a note from the author, short stories that inspired the work, and a sneak preview of On the Come Up. The story of Starr, the murder of her friend Khalil during a police stop, and her activism and struggle to try to find justice.

New York: Bantam Books, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Signed and inscribed by the author in black sharpie across the title page, "To Allen Peterson - Best wishes, Louis L'amour." The signature has a brief line under it. Also laid in at front is a note paper that helps with authentication. Black boards with a black cloth spine, in dustjacket, 1st edition. A very good copy, with bumping at the lower corners and a thin scrape to the bottom edge of the text block. Binding is tight as if unread, and the pages are clean. Unclipped jacket is not quite as good - bending and scuffs at the jacket corners and folds, and general shelf-wear to the panel edges - still bright and clean. 357 pp., nicely signed by this western legend.