Search Results: Authors starting with A from Paul Johnson Fine Books

Doubleday, 2021. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. New York: Doubleday, 2021. First printing. Sm 4to. 366 pp. An "as new" copy in a like jacket. Her first fiction novel. Signed by Abrams on a publisher's tipped-in page.

NICAP, 1973. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Kensington, MD: National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, Inc. (NICAP), 1973-74. 8vo. About 24 pp each volume. A complete run (8 issues) of this UFO publication. Blue and maroon stapled wraps. All near fine with the exception of Vol. 1, No. 2, which has some creasing to the wrappers. Included are a wide range of articles regarding Ufology: "Postscript on the Oregon Photograph," Episode at Uintah Basin," "UFO Base on the Moon: Fact or Fiction?" to name but a few. Scarce.

Macmillan, 1974. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Macmillan, 1974. First American printing. Sm 4to. [8], ix, [6], 4-429, [2] pp. One quarter tan cloth with gilt titles. Signed by Adams in the year of publication (April, 1974) on the title page. Small dent to the bottom of the front board and corresponding faint crease to the jacket else fine. Unclipped jacket. Rare in this condition.

Coward-McCann, 1961. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition of this early play by Albee. Fine in a near fine jacket which is not price-clipped. Jacket has a little light soiling and a closed tear to the bottom of the front panel. No other defects or writing. Mylar jacket for protection. Ships in a box.

Atheneum, 1969. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated first edition. Inscribed by Albee on the title page. Possible review copy as there is a review of the book by Andreas Brown, former President of the Gotham Book Mart & Gallery Inc., laid in. At the end, the type changes from blue to black and she says: "ribbon ran out and thats (sic) enough of my soap-boxing.but I didn't want you both to put the book down and declare Albee to be a mad man!" Protected by a mylar jacket and ships in a box.

Atheneum, 1968. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Stated first edition. Book has a little foxing to the top edge near the spine, else fine. Signed on the half-title by the author. Protected by a mylar jacket and ships in a box.

Atheneum, 1977. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Stated first edition. Signed by Albee on the title page. In addition, this is a review copy with a review slip and publisher announcements laid in.

Atheneum, 1980. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Stated first edition. Fine in a fine jacket. Signed by Albee on the half-title page. Not price-clipped and no other defects. Review copy with "Not For Resale" stamped on the top edge of the book. Protected in a mylar jacket and ships in a box.

Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated first edition of this civil war novel. Near fine in a very good plus to near fine jacket. Not price-clipped.

Random House, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First printing of Allen's second book. Inscribed on the front free endpaper in the year of publication: "Oact.23, 1980. To my good friend Glenn -- all the best! Fred Allen." Woody has lined through "Fred" and written in "oops Woody." Small area of damp staining to the top edge; light foxing to the fore and bottom edges.Jacket has some staining to the verso -- not visible on the exterior. Very good.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First American edition. Near fine book in about a near fine, price-clipped, edge- toned jacket. A novel of suspense.

Knopf, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Sm 8vo. 248 pp. First American edition. Toning to board edges else near fine. Price-Intact jacket ($3.50) is near fine with minor wear to one corner and the top of the spine. By the author of "A Coffin For Dimitrios.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of Roberts' first book, a "Saxon Mystery." Fine in a fine jacket. No defects. Clean copy.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1940. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. FIrst edition of this horse racing book for young readers. Numerous illustrations by the author thoughout. There are stains affecting the top corners of the jacket flaps and the corresponding tips of the pages. None of this is visible from the outside of the book and jacket.

Boni & Liveright, 1925. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Black boards with yellow titles. Black and yellow pictorial endpapers. Fine book in a fine (minor restoration) jacket. Collector's copy!

Follett, 1968. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated first printing. A children's beginning science book by Isaac Asimov. Slender 8 vo, 32 pp. Near fine in near fine jacket, which is price-clipped.

New English Library, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. London, New English Library, 1973. First edition of this volume of two novellas, which were previously published in the 1950's. "The Big Sun of Mercury" was published in 1956 and "The Oceans of Venus" in 1954, each by Doubleday. Sm 8vo. 281 pp. Price-clipped. Fill navy cloth with gold lettering - near fine with toning to the text block; stunning orange, brown, and red jacket is near fine with very minor edge wear.

Doubleday, 1950. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Stated first edition. 8vo. 223 pp. Grey cloth boards. Illustrated jacket. Asimov's first book of science fiction. Staining to the boards - very good - in a near fine, price-intact jacket. Red and yellow colors of the spine have faded. The jacket has benefited from a little professional repair.

np, 1979. No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. A single sheet (8 1/2" by 11") of a typed excerpt from Asimov's work, The Martian Way. Signed by Asimov in blue ink at the bottom of the passage. Fine condition. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Charles R. Seattle Autographs. The Martian Way was a 1952 novella originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine (November 1952). First published in book form in 1955 under the title The Martian Way and Other Stories.

New York: Baen Publishing Company, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. First printing of the first volume in the Twilight's Kingdoms series. A clean copy - no creases or markings. A couple of small stains marks to the spine, but still fine and probably unread. A paperback original.