Search Results: Authors starting with B from Armadillo Alley Books

New York: Custom House/William Morrow, 2020. SIGNED. 1st/1st. Purchased New. NF/NF. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending in 1. Signed by Christina Baker Kline on the publisher's bound-in page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Spine ends gently pushed and a tiny bump to bottom of front board. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($27.99) with a faint crease to the spine head, else Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
The author of Orphan Train returns with an ambitious, emotionally resonant novel that captures the hardship, oppression, opportunity and hope of a trio of women's lives in nineteenth-century Australia.
Seduced by her employer's son, Evangeline, a naïve young governess in early nineteenth-century London, is discharged when her pregnancy is discovered and sent to the notorious Newgate… Read More

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1985. SIGNED. 1st/1st. NF/VG. Stated First Edition. First printing. Signed by John Balaban and dated Taos,1985 on the half-title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Spine heads gently pushed. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($15.95) with light shelf wear. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. A lyrical portrayal of chaos, darkness, and adventure in Asia's Golden Triangle during the Vietnam War. Based on a true story.
At the end of the Vietnam War, Paul Roberts and his girlfriend, Fay, are arrested at the Burmese-Thai border for smuggling a small amount of hashish. As they sit stranded in a small Thai prison, they become part of a grisly contest played out by opium warlords, corrupt border patrol police, and two AWOL GIs.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. SIGNED. 1st/1st. Purchased New. NF/F. Stated First American Edition. First printing with no additional printings listed. Signed by John Banville on the title page. Unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and clean unmarred boards. The spine head is gently pushed with a faint crease to the front bottom corner. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($27.95) and Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover.
From the Man Booker Prize-winning author, a rich historical novel that extends the story of Isabel Archer, the heroine of Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady, into unexpected territory.
"What was freedom, she thought, other than the right to exercise one's choices?"
Isabel Osmond, a spirited, intelligent young heiress, flees to London after being betrayed by her husband, to be with her beloved cousin Ralph on his deathbed. After a somber, silent existence at her husband's… Read More

Great Britain: Hamish Hamilton in Association with Goldsboro Books, 2021. Like New. F/F. Exclusive Limited Signed Edition. This is 109 of 200 copies. Signed by Pat Barker on the limitation page. UK First Edition. First Printing. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Decorated endpapers. The dust jacket is Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 306 pages. 6 ¼ x 9½.
A daring and timely feminist retelling of "The Iliad" from the perspective of the women of Troy who were forced to endure this tumultuous time. Barker's novel follows the story of Briseis and the other women who are taken as slaves when the Trojan Horse infiltrates the walls of Troy.

New York: Doubleday, 2009. SIGNED. 1st/1st. NF/F. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line starting with 1. Signed by Frederick Barthelme on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean boards. Indentation/bump to spine crown. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($24.95) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 5 1/2" X 8 3/4" tall. 229 pages.
According to the New York Times, "Waveland is either a funny novel about a sad middle-aged man or a sad novel about a funny middle-aged man."
Set amidst the tatters of post-Katrina Gulf Coast Mississippi, partially retired architect Vaughn Williams does what he can to remain "viable". Battling the doldrums of midlife, he teaches an occasional class, reads the newspapers, scours the Internet, and thinks obsessively about his late father. When his ex-wife seeks refuge from her hotheaded… Read More

New York: Crestline Books, 2019. Purchased New. Fine. Fourth printing. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred, illustrated boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. No dust jacket, as issued. Illustrated. 224 pages. 8¼ x 10¼" tall. The ideal reference for any modern witch, Spells for a Magical Year gives a month-by-month guide to spells, rituals, and enchantments.Using planetary, solar, and other natural influences, as well as the ancient power of pagan holidays, goddess energy, and traditional festive dates—draw upon beneficial universal energy at any time in the year to maximize your spell success.This comprehensive almanac includes all the important celebrations. Discover which spells work best on Sabbats, Halloween, and All Soul's Day; as well as days devoted to deities from world spiritual traditions such as Greek Demeter, Hindu Durga, or Persian god, Baal.

New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1979. SIGNED. VG/VG. First Edition. Stated First printing. Signed "Greetings I B Singer" on front endpaper. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and green cloth boards. Spine head pushed. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($10.95) with a tiny chip to the spine tail edge. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 273 pages. 5½ x 8½"
"The brain wouldn't accept old age. It teemed with the same passions it had in his youth." This classic collection explores the varieties of wisdom gained with age, especially those that teach us how to love.
As in Singer's other short story collections, Old Love is thematically diverse but largely confined to the experiences of the Jewish Diaspora, being set either in pre-war Poland or the United States. The most common character is someone similar to Singer: an aging scholar or writer who emigrated to the United States and… Read More

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1978. 1st/7th. NF/VG+. First Edition. Stated Seventh Printing, 1978. Signed on the front free endpaper "Greetings I.B. Singer". The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean boards. Crease to spine head. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Faint top corner crease to first free endpaper. The dust jacket is unclipped ($8.95) with wear to spine ends and light shelf wear. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 277 pages.
Shosha is a hauntingly lyrical love story set in Jewish Warsaw on the eve of its annihilation. Aaron Greidinger, an aspiring Yiddish writer and the son of a distinguished Hasidic rabbi, struggles to be true to his art when faced with the chance at riches and a passport to America. But as he and the rest of the Writers' Club wait in horror for Nazi Germany to invade Poland, Aaron rediscovers Shosha, his childhood love-still living on Krochmalna… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, 2007. SIGNED. 1st/1st. NF/NF. First edition, first printing with complete 10 number line ending with 1. Signed by Brett Battles on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Spine head gently pushed. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($22.00) with light shelf wear. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. Author's debut novel.

New York: Bloomsbury YA, 2021. SIGNED BOOKPLATE. Purchased New. F/NF. First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Kalynn Bayron on a Bloomsbury bookplate on the half-title page. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($18.99) with very faint rubbing (see photos), else Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 373 pages. 5½ x 8½" tall. Also includes THIS POISON HEART bookmark.
From the bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead comes an enchanting story about a young woman with the power to conquer the dark forces descending around her.
Briseis has a gift: with a single touch she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms.When Briseis's aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents hope that surrounded by plants and flowers, she will… Read More

New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2023. New. F/F. A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by a world-famous classicist. First Edition. First printing with number line starting in 1. Signed by Mary Beard on the publisher's bound-in page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Includes illustrated endpapers, photos, maps, chronologies, and index. The dust jacket is unclipped ($39.99) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 512 pages. 6½ x 9½" tall. Black Friday special from Barnes and Noble.
Emperor of Rome explores the facts and fiction of these rulers of the ancient Roman world, asking what they did, why they did it, and why their stories have been told in the extravagant, sometimes lurid, ways that they have. It looks at big questions of power, corruption, and conspiracy.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. SIGNED. Purchased New. NF/F. 1st/8th. Stated First Edition. Eighth printing with number line 9 10 8. Signed by Paul Beatty on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding and clean unmarred boards. Bottom back corner lightly bumped. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($26.00) and Fine. "Winner of the Man Booker Prize" removable sticker on front panel. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 5¾ x 8½" tall.
The narrator of The Sellout is raised by a single father, a controversial sociologist. He spent his childhood as the subject in racially charged psychological studies and is led to believe that his father's pioneering work will result in a memoir that will solve his family's financial woes. But when his father is killed in a police shoot-out, he realizes there never was a memoir.
Fueled by this deceit and the general disrepair of… Read More

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1994. SIGNED. Unread. Like New. Easton's "SIGNED FIRST EDITION" Series. The book is unread and tight, straight and clean. No writing or bookplate. The book is bound in dark green leather with gilt embellishments, gilded pages, hubbed spine, and satin bookmark. Gilt is unmarked. Signed by Benford on the special publisher's page. Illus. by Vincent DiFate.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2004. Like New. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Limited to 900 Numbered Copies. This is # 677. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings. In full leather with gold etching on the cover, hubbed spine accented in 22 KT gold, satin ribbon page marker, gilded page edges, and archival-quality, acid-neutral paper. Gilt has tiny scratches on top and side fore-edges but gilt still intact (see photos.) Certificate of Authenticity and Notes laid in. A very nice collectible copy.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018. SIGNED. 1st/1st. Like New. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending with 1. Signed by Chloe Benjamin on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, 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 unclipped ($26.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life?It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children—four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness—sneak out to hear their fortunes.The prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching for love in '80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas magician, obsessed with blurring reality… Read More

New York: Riverhead Books, 2016. SIGNED. Purchased New. NF/F. First Edition. First printing with number line starting with 1. Signed by Brit Bennett on the title page. The unread book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Light creases to the spine ends. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($26.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 278 pages. 6¼ x 9¼ " tall.
Author's first novel. The novel follows Nadia, a young woman who left her small Southern California hometown years ago after the suicide of her mother and is called back to attend to a family emergency. It is a story about young love, a big secret in a small Black community, and the things that ultimately haunt us the most.

New York: Random House, 1994. SIGNED. NF/NF. Later printing. Signed by John Berendt on the title page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and black cloth boards. Light crease to spine head. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($25.00) with faint wear to the spine head, else Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. 388 pages. 5¾ x 9½" tall.
Based on the true events surrounding a shooting death in Savannah, Georgia. Was it murder or self-defense? Berendt interweaves a first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. Made into a successful movie by Clint Eastwood.

NY: The Penguin Press, 2005. SIGNED. Unread - New. 1st/1st. First edition, first printing with complete number line starting with 1. SIGNED on the title page by John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Unread book is tight and square with sharp tips and clean unmarred boards. Illustrated endpapers. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped and Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover.
Turning to the magic, mystery, and decadence of Venice, Berendt gradually reveals the truth behind a sensational fire that in 1996 destroyed the historic opera house. Encountering a rich cast of characters, Berendt tells a tale full of atmosphere and surprise as the stories build, one after the other, ultimately coming together to portray a world as finely drawn as a still-life painting.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Heritage Press, 1979. Near Fine in Very Good slipcase. No other printings listed. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and bindings, sharp tips, and clean, unmarred cloth boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Numerous drawings by Charles Him. Preface by the author. 215 pages. 7" x 11¾ " tall. The slipcase is very good with edge fading and light wear. Includes The Heritage Press's "Sandglass," a four-page pamphlet about the great Irish genius and the importance of the two plays. In these two plays of ideas, Shaw employed traditional dramatic forms — Victorian melodrama, the history play, and the adventure story. Set during the American War of Independence, The Devil's Disciple exposes fake Puritanism and piety, while Caesar and Cleopatra is a cheeky riposte to Shakespeare and redefines heroism in the character of the aging Roman leader.

New York: Harper, 2022. SIGNED. Purchased New. NF/F. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Buzz Bissinger on the publisher's bound-in page. page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips and cream boards. Light creases to the spine ends. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Black and white photos. Illustrated endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped ($32.50) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 461 pages. 6¼ x 9¼" tall. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, college football was at the height of its popularity. As the nation geared up for total war, one branch of the service dominated the aspirations of college football stars: the United States Marine Corps. This is why, on Christmas Eve of 1944, when the 4th and 29th Marine regiments found themselves in the middle of the Pacific Ocean training for what would be the bloodiest battle of the war – the invasion of… Read More