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

New American Library, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. New York: New American Library, 1984. First edition, first printing. 8vo. 309 pp. One quarter black cloth, red paper-covered boards. Black and red illustrated jacket with a red hand on the front panel. Spot of judging/soling to the front board else fine in a fine, price-intact jacket. Very clean copy: no owner names, writing or other defects. Square and tight.

New York: The Dial Press, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated first printing. A fine book, tight and square, in a price-clipped near fine jacket. No writing or other defects.

Dial, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. New York: The Dial Press, 1963. 8vo. 120 pp. First edition. Includes two famous essays: "My Dungeon Shook," and "Down at the Cross." Scattered foxing to the boards and board edges. The price-intact jacket has some creasing to the top and bottom of the spine. No fading to the spine. Top stain unfaded. SIGNED by Baldwin on the half-title page. An important book and scarce signed.

The Dial Press, 1961. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. A very good or better book in a very good jacket with wrinkling to the rear panel and creasing to the ends of the spine.

Harper & Row, 1965. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Stated first edition. A near fine or better book (touch of toning to the edges of the boards) in a near fine, price-clipped jacket. Jacket has a small closed tear to the bottom of the front jacket fold and a negligible nick to the top of the spine. Unfaded and clean jacket.

Jonathan Cape, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. London: Jonathan Cape, 1976. First edition. Sm 8vo. 191 pp. An early collection of stories by Ballard. Green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Price-intact jacket is near fine with light fading to the spine. Clean copy.

Norton, 1971. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 1971. First American edition. Near fine in a very good jacket. The jacket has a small patch of sticker residue to the front panel and light edgewear. Not price-clipped. SIGNED by Banville on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New Age Press, 1983. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Jane Lew, WV: New Age Press, 1983. 8vo. 159 pp. Ring bound wraps. White and black wraps with the figures of 3 men in black on the front wrapper. First edition of Barker's last book in which he expands on Al Bender's Men in Black phenomenon. Near fine with just a little discoloration to the wraps. Scarce ufology item!

Rider, 1957. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Rider: London, 1957. First edition, 4th printing. Originally published in 1940. Sm 4to. 520 pp. Blue cloth; gilt titles to the spine. Some spotting to the spine - very good. Price-clipped jacket has light shipping to the ends of the spine, and wear to the extremities - very good. Bernard was a scholar of hatha Yoga and Tibetan Buddhism. He was also married for a few years to Ganna Walska, owner of Lotusland in Montecito, CA.

Cape, 1986. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition of his fourth book. Fine in a fine price-clipped jacket (publisher has added a new price sticker).

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated first edition of Barth's second book, following "The Floating Opera." A near fine book in a very good or better jacket that has some moderate toning to the rear panel and the edges of the flaps. The lettering on the spine is toned as well. Signed by Barth on the title page.

Appleton Century Crofts, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition of Barth's first published book. Near fine in in a near fine jacket with just a little toning to the spine. Signed on the half-title title page by the author.

New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1937. First Thus. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Junior Edition - abridged. Illustrations from drawings by John R. Neill. Near fine with minor edge wear and rubbing. No jacket as issued; the boards are colorful and bright.

Harper Collins, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2003. First printing of this collection of forty-two stories, seven of which are published in this volume for the first time. Sm 4to. 651 pp. One quarter red cloth with gold lettering. One small stain to the bottom edge else fine. Price-intact jacket has a couple of small wrinkles to the bottom of the spine else fine. Briefly inscribed and signed by Bausch on the title page, and dated 2003, the year of publication.

New York: Viking, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition of Baxter's second collection of short stories. Signed by the author on the title page. Near fine in a near fine jacket.

Norton, 1993. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1993, NY. First printing. Fine in fine jacket. Not price-clipped, writing or other defects. Signed on the title page by Baxter. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Capra Press, 1974. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. First edition. The 17th book in the Capra Chapbook Series. Fine copy in a mylar jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

Viking Press, 1965. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition of Beagle's cross-country trek by motor scooter with his friend Phil Sigunick. Near fine book in a very good plus jacket with minor edge wear. Not price-clipped. Signed by Beagle on the title page. His pen took a second to get started so his first name is not complete but the rest of his name is perfectly legible.

Tachyon, 2018. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. San Francisco: Tachyon, 2018. 8vo. Red paper-covered boards with black lettering to the spine in a lushly illustrated jacket. First edition thus. First published by Subterranean Press as "The Last Unicorn: The Lost Version" in 2007. An as new book, unread. Signed by Beagle on the title page.

Caldwell, ID: Caxton, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition. Sm 8vo. 320 pp. Yellow clothe with brown lettering to the spine - near fine. Endpapers have maps of Yellowstone. Price-intact jacket has a little wear tot he top of the spine and a short, closed tear to the top of the rear panel - very good or better. Numerous illustrations throughout.