Search Results: Authors starting with A from Borg Antiquarian

Chicago: Callahan & Cockcroft / Burton & Leonard Printers, 1869. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/None [Archival clear mylar cover added]. George Cruikshank. 8vo, publisher's brown cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated by George Cruikshank with fronispiece and several plates (most with tissue guards), brown-coated endpapers, xi, [xii] + 376 pages. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811 - 1856) was an English humorist.He edited the comic paper Figaro in London and was one of the original staff of Punch and a contributor until his death.<br/> <br/> He is perhaps best known as the author of The Comic History of England (1847-48), The Comic History of Rome (1852) and a Comic Blackstone (1846).<br/> <br/> George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878) was a prominent British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His remembered for his always dynamic, telling, and frequently humorous book illustrations... among them many… Read More

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1860. Second Thousand / Printed by Thomas Constable. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Near Fine. Color Lithographs & wood engravings. 8vo, publisher's original brown cloth with gilt embossed figures: crossed Chinese banners and gilt lettering on spine, Chinese junk on front cover, & Taiping rebel dancing with two raised swords on rear cover; illustrated with engraved title page & 2 tinted lithos, 8 full-page colored plates (twith tissue guards), 15 B&W in-text wood-engravings, & a large folded partially colored "Map of the Chinese Rebellion;" xviii, [xix-xx] + 345 pages & folding map at the rear + [2] Opinions of the Press + [2] Works of Thomas Constable and Co. SCARCE COPY (especially in this superior condition) with IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY REFLECTIONS. Near Fine Copy. Tight, bright, clean. Engraved armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Colorful lithos are in Fine condition with tissue guards. Wood-engravings are sharp and… Read More

London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co, 1855. Bradbury & Agnew Edition Unspecified. Cloth (& wrappers). Fine (& Very Good for the "Part")/None. John Leech. Thick 8vo, red decorative cloth with gilt-stamped regal figures on the spine and gilt-embossed Clio and a young British lion on front cover, profusely and engaging illustrated by John Leech with 20 fabulous colored engravings and 200 (or more) in-text often humorous woodcuts and engravings on steel distributed through eight amusing books, most with tissue guards, all edges gilt, xviii + Books I-IV = 320pp. & Books V-VIII = 304pp., or 642 pages overall plus the 20 splendid, colorful and amusing plates. (In addition, so that the reader may enjoy an example of the original publication of this highly enjoyable volume as it appeared in Punch, where Leech was a regular, we offer in green wrappers, one part only that is engraved in black with an illustration and an engraved colored frontispiece by John Leech; London: Punch Ofice,… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the physician Author on front endpaper, tall 8vo, black boards with silver lettering on spine, Mylar-protected red-black photographic dust jacket (unclipped), [xii] + 323 pages. New York Times Bestselling Author. About the struggle to identify the brutal psychopathic "Highway Killer" who has slaughtered victims across twelve states. SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION!

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2013. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo, off-white cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) by Desert Isle, 83 pages. Daniel James Abraham (born 1969), pen names M. L. N. Hanover and James S. A. Corey, is an American novelist, comic book writer, screenwriter, and television producer. A frequent collaborator of George R. R. Martin, Abraham has adapted several of Martin's novels into comic books and graphic novels, such as A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, and has contributed to Martin's Wild Cards universe. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects. No remainder marks.

Toronto, Ontario: Hanover Square Press, 2018. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Near Fine. B&W PHOTOS. SIGNED boldly by Author Dan Abrams on a tipped-in front endpaper, 8vo, dark blue cloth with bright scarlet lettering on spine, illustrated with a few B&W period photographs, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with colorized photo of Lincoln, detail from manuscript as endpapers, Index, 287, [288-292] Bibliography; [293-297] Acknowlegements, [298-313] pages. Dan Abrams (born 1966) is an American media entrepreneur,[ television host, legal commentator, and author.<br /> <br /> Abrams' second book, Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency, tells the true story of Abraham Lincoln's last murder trial. The book spent five weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list. Mental Floss rated the book #1 on their list "56 Best Books of 2018."<br /> <br /> SUPERIOR CONDITION! Bright, tight,… Read More

New York: Brentano's, 1920. First Edition. Decorated cloth. Very Good +. 8vo, olive green quarter linen over white buckram with white paper label & "Non Sans Droict" escutcheon of Shakespeare stamped in green on cover, limited to 550 copies, deckle edges, 261 pages. Useful discussion of Shakespeare's "lost years" and likely early involvement with Elizabethan acting companies, the Earl of Southampton, with a reasonable case being made for John Florio as the original of Falstaff (rather than, say, John Shakespeare). VG+ to NF copy of an important study. Neat bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown.

New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Thick 8vo, black quarter cloth over brilliant red boards with gold lettering on spine and front cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with painting of lovers kissing by Francisco Hayez, xxxiii + 827 pages. A collection of over 200 of the world"s finest writings about love, arranged by genre and including fiction, poetry, essays, memoirs and letters written by the world"s most renowned authors, poets and philosophers from Sophocles and Plato to E.E. Cummings and Joyce Oates. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! A TERRIFIC GIFT!

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the front free endpaper, tall 8vo, gold quarter cloth with black lettering on spine over black boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting a montage of flowers, fruit, and insects designed by Roberto de Vincq de Comptich; light golden endpapers with bugs, 357 pages [1] blank + [1] Acknowledgements + [2] Permissions + [1] About the Author. Diane Ackerman is an American poet, essayist, and naturalist. She has written two dozen highly-acclaimed works, including New York Times bestsellers The Zookeeper's Wife, A Natural History of the Senses,The Human Age, and was Pulitzer Prize Finalist for One Hundred Names for Love.<br /> <br /> INSCRIBED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: very tight, bright, clean. Sharp dust jacket (not clipped) with slight edgewear. No remainder marks.

New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo, light beige cloth and mottled beige boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicing a small Shakespeare portrait within a broken heart against a beige background, [viii] + 213-[214] deckled pages + [2] A Note About the Author / A Note About the Type. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! Peter Ackroyd, CBE, FRSL (born 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William Blake, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot and Sir Thomas More, he won the Somerset Maugham Award and two Whitbread Awards. He is noted for the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices and the depth of his research. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984 and appointed… Read More

New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 1998. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth and boards. Like New/Very Fine. Photographs by & about Wm Shakespeare. 8vo (146 x 235mm), black quarter cloth with gold spine lettering over apricot boards, profusely illustrated with pictorial title page plus many full-color & B&W glossy plates, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with an image of Shakespeare & The Globe, red endpapers, 464 pages. Weight: ~ 2lbs. EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTIBLE CONDITION! A major biography of William Shakespeare by brilliant Peter Ackroyd. No previous owner or remainder marks.<br /> <br /> Peter Ackroyd, CBE, FRSL (born 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William Blake, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot and Sir Thomas More, he won the Somerset… Read More

New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Small 8vo, black cloth with gilt spine lettering over beige boards, half-tone foggy frontispiece, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) using man's upper torso by Theodore Gerricault, [viii] + 353 pages + [2} A Note About the Author + [2] A Note About the Type. An exciting historical-fictional reimagining by brilliant Ackroyd, who seems expert on Everything! Peter Ackroyd, CBE, FRSL (born 1949) is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William Blake, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot and Sir Thomas More, he won the Somerset Maugham Award and two Whitbread Awards. He is noted for the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices and the depth of his research.… Read More

New York: Collins, 1833. Second Edition. Quarter leather and marbled boards. Very good/None. 8vo, tan quarter leather and marbled boards, 508 pages. Important Collection of Primary Sources and Notes on Ancient Rome. Interesting facts that are well documented. Second Edition expanded with notes from Niebuhr; therefore, highly useful compendium. Alexander Adam (1741 - 1809) was a Scottish teacher and expert classicist who greatly advanced the study of Roman antiquities. Among his pupils were Walter Scott and Francis Jeffrey. 19th Century quarter leather calf binding.. Sewing tight and very usable. One-inch of toning offset on endpapers caused by oxidation of leather binding. Second panel from top in maroon leather, gilt-stamped with title and author's name. Pages relatively bright though very slight browning to edges and occasional light foxing.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo, beige buckram with gold lettering and brown embossed "Shardik" bear motif on front cover, colored map endpapers of the "Belkan Empire," 604 pages. An attractive copy of the author's second novel. Richard Adams (1920 - 2016) was an English novelist who is best known as the author of Watership Down, Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He studied modern history at university before serving in the British Army during World War II. Afterwards, he joined the British Civil Service. In 1974, two years after Watership Down was published, Adams became a full-time author.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1983. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, wine-colored cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclpped) depicting a (tasteful?) Roman orgy in a temple, rosé endpapers,196 pages. Discussions of decdent features of the "two" Romes (the Western & Eastern/Byzantine empires); the Ancient Regime of 18th century France; the Romanovs of Russia; the British Empire; and the present.<br /> <br /> Attractive solid copy of this fascinating subject without any markings or remaindering.

New York, N.Y.: HarperBusiness, 1996. First Edition. Glossy pictorial cover. Fine/Fine. Small square 8vo (8 3/8" x 8 1/4"), glossy pictorial cartoon boards, profusely illustrated with cartoons and accompanying text by author-cartoonist Scott Adams, protected with a quality archival clear plastic cover, unpaginated [~ 225pp.]. Scott Adams (born 1957) is the creator of the DILBERT comic strip, and the author of several works of satire, commentary, and business. His Dilbert series came to prominence during the downsizing period in 1990s America. SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, clean throughout, bright in a Fine dust jacket (unclipped).

New York: Ticknor and Fields, 1993. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Like New/Like New. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, off-white quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with black bird bearing Indian designs on its wings painted by Robert Goldstrom, ochre endpapers, 405 pages + [1] Acknowledgements. Jonis Agee (born 1943 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American professor and writer of short stories, novels, essays, and screenplays. She is the author of thirteen books, including five novels and five collections of short fiction. Three of her books have been New York Times Notable Books.<br /> <br /> Strange Angels is about three siblings trying to cope with a Nebraska cattle ranch after their father dies. It's a modern western story about family love and rivalry, Second of the author's six novels & her fourth book.<br /> <br /> Like New Signed Copy: Tight, bright, very… Read More

New York: Random House, 2004. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo, light tan cloth over beige boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with collage of the liner "Leviathan," a man wearing a Derby, a golden Shiva, and an X-ed out photograph of a man standing by a ship railing, 223 pages + [2] About the Author & Translator + [2] About the Type. Originally published in Russian in 1998. Stars detective Erast Fandorin. Exceptional condition!

New York, N.Y.: Flatiron Books / Macmillan, 2018. First Edition printed exclusively for OwlCrate. Boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Jim Tierney. SIGNED by the Author in gold on special publisher's page, 8vo, illustrated with more than 31 B&W in-text chapter heads & other images by Jim Tierney, gray boards with black lettering & flatiron logo blindstamped on front cover, protected archival clear sleeve over pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Tierney, decorative repeating floral-vine motif in color (black, white, gold) on endpapers, 359 pages. Includes two author-related promo slips laid in. Young adult fantasy about a girl named Alice who enters the fairytale Hazel Wood. Melissa Albert is an American author who writes young adult fantasies. She also founded and is editor of the Barnes and Noble Teen Blog (@BNTeens) and managing editor of BN.com. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: tight, bright, clean in a VF dust jacket. No remainder markings.

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2006. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, black quarter cloth over burgundy boards, Introduction by President Bill Clinton, Mylar-protected dust jacket (unclipped) with photograph of Medeleine Albright, 339 pages. Exceptional condition! Previous owner's ink signature on free front endpaper.<br/> <br/> SIGNED by the distinguished former Secretary of State (1997-2001), Madeleine Albright. Born a Jew, when Nazi persecution mounted, her parents saved their daughter from death by placing her with a Catholic family who raised her in their faith. Only many years later did the author discover her Jewish heritage. Here, she provides thoughtful insights into the role of religion in world affairs.