Search Results: Authors starting with F from Armadillo Alley Books

New York: One World, 2022. Purchased New. NF/NF. Stated First Edition. First printing with full number line ending in 1. Signed by Kali Fajardo-Anstine on the publisher's bound-in page. The unread book is tight with solid hinges and binding and clean unmarred boards. Light creases to the bottom corners. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($28.00) with very faint rubbing to the back panel. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 308 pages. 5¾ x 7½" tall. A dazzling epic of betrayal, love, and fate that spans five generations of an Indigenous Chicano family in the American West, from the author of the National Book Award Finalist for Sabrina & Corina.Luz "Little Light" Lopez, a tea leaf reader and laundress, is left to fend for herself after her older brother, Diego, a snake charmer and factory worker, is run out of town by a violent white mob. As Luz navigates 1930s Denver on her own, she begins to have… Read More

New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2022. SIGNED. New. F/F. First Edition. Stated First Printing 1. Signed by Misty Copeland on the publisher's bound-in page. The unread 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. The dust jacket is unclipped ($29.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 234 pages. 6 x 9" tall.
Misty Copeland made history as the first African-American principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre. But achievement never happens in a void. Supporting her rise was her mentor Raven Wilkinson, who had been virtually alone in her quest to breach the all-white ballet world in the 1950s and 60s.
This is the story of two trailblazing ballerinas, their friendship, and how they changed each other—and the dance world—forever. Misty Copeland shares her own struggles with racism and exclusion in the pursuit of her career and honors the women whose… Read More

NY: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company, 2016. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. Stated First Edition, first printing with complete number line starting with 1. Signed by Faludi 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 and Fine. Protected in a Brodart cover. Purchased new after a book signing in Portland, Oregon.

New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2011. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending in 1. Signed by Dean Faulkner Wells 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. B&W photos. The dust jacket is unclipped ($25.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
Dean Faulkner Wells offers a unique and personal view into the private world of her uncle, William Faulkner. Her father, William's younger brother Dean, was killed in a plane crash months before Wells was born. As a child, she did not recognize the importance of the man who generously undertook raising her. To his niece, the writer was simply known as "Pappy".
Published just before her death at 75, Dean Faulkner Wells recounts the story of the Faulkners of Mississippi, whose legacy includes pioneers, noble and ignoble war veterans,… Read More

NY: Liveright Publishing Corp., 2014. SIGNED. Brand New. 1st/1st. Stated First Edition with complete number line starting with 1. Signed by Feiffer on the title page. The book is tight and straight with clean, comically illustrated, unmarked boards. Textblock has no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped and pristine. The famed artist/illustrator's debut noir graphic novel and loving homage to the pulp-inspired films and comic strips of his youth. 148 pages. 0ver 8" - 11" tall. Protected in a new Brodart cover.
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New York: Liveright Publishing Company, 2015. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line starting with 1. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the publisher's special bound-in page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Black and white matte illustrations and drawings throughout. Illustrated endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped ($35.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti has been many things: a poet, painter, pacifist, publisher, defender of free speech, and owner of San Francisco's legendary City Lights bookstore. Now Ferlinghetti reveals yet another product of his manifold talents — his travel journals that span over 60 years. Selected from a vast trove of mostly unpublished, handwritten notebooks, and edited by Giada Diano and Matthew Gleeson, "Writing Across the… Read More

New York: Hanover Square Press, 2020. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. First Edition. First printing with no additional printings listed. Signed by Dan Abrams on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp tips, and clean unmarred boards. Light crease to spine head. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Illustrated endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped ($28.99) with faint wear to flap creases, else Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
History remembers John Adams as a Founding Father and our country's second president. But in the tense years before the American Revolution, he was still just a lawyer, fighting for justice in one of the most explosive murder trials of the era.On the night of March 5, 1770, shots were fired by British soldiers on the streets of Boston, killing five civilians. The Boston Massacre has often been called the first shots of the American Revolution. As John Adams would later remember, "On… Read More

New York: William Morrow, 2017. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. First edition, first printing with complete 10 number line ending with 1. Signed by Joely Fisher on the publisher's bound-in 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. Numerous B&W and color photos and illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket is unclipped ($28.99) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart cover.
Actress, director, entertainer Joely Fisher invites readers backstage, into the intimate world of her career and family with this touching, down-to-earth memoir filled with incredible, candid stories about her life, her famous parents, and how the loss of her unlikely hero, sister Carrie Fisher, ignited the writer in her.
Growing up in an iconic Hollywood Dynasty, Joely Fisher knew a show business career was her destiny. The product of world-famous crooner Eddie Fisher and '60s sex kitten Connie Stevens,… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, 2001. SIGNED. VG/NF. First Edition. First printing with full number line ending in 1. Signed Terry Bradshaw 12 on the title page. The book has a hint of lean but tightly bound with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Light crease to spine head. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Black and white photos. The dust jacket is unclipped ($24.95) with light rubbing. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 257 pages. 6¼ x 9½" tall.
In a candid, inspirational, and whimsical memoir, the legendary quarterback and TV personality shares the story of his life on and off the field, describing his Louisiana youth, record-breaking college and professional football careers, post-Super Bowl acclaim, and dedication to family, faith, and the game of football.

New York: Avon Books, 1998. SIGNED. Purchased New. VG/NF. 1st/1st. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending with 1. Signed by Bill Fitzhugh on the title page. The unread small book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding and good tips. Spine head pushed and creased. Boards are clean and unmarred. The textblock has indentations to the middle of the top on pages 189-221, else clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($20.00) with a light crease to the spine head, else fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 368 pages. 5¼ x 8" tall.
Paul Symon is an environmentalist who's out to make the world a better place, but he faces too much disjointed information, public apathy, and self-serving talk. Not to mention greedy despoiler Jerry Landis, a venture capitalist dying of a rare disease that accelerates the aging process. Landis cares only about making more money and finding a way to arrest his… Read More

Easton Press, 1990. Near Fine. Collector's Edition. The book is tight and straight with good corners and clean boards. Illustrated endpapers. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, embossed seal, or marks. In red 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. Color frontispiece and black and white illustrations. Gilt has tiny scratches on top and side fore-edges but gilt is still intact (see photos). A very nice collectible copy. 253 pages. 6 x 9" tall.

New York: Knopf, 1969. SIGNED & DATED. 1st/1st. VG/VG. Stated First Edition with no other printings listed. Signed by Robert Flynn and dated Feb 27, 1969, on the first free endpaper. The book is tight and square with solid hinges. Corners mildly bumped. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Faint diagonal crease to the signature page. Dust jacket is unclipped ($5.95) with light shelf wear, light crease/indentation to the upper front panel. No tears or chips. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.

Robert Flynn's second novel tracks a day in the life of Pat Shahan, minister of a Protestant church in a large city. Young, devout, and honest, Shahan seeks revelation—and is offered a revolving neon cross for the church steeple; he seeks vision—and gets a pep talk from the church treasurer. Striving to serve the Lord, he is dragged into a "Great Crusade" which is nothing more than a publicity stunt that ends disastrously. Shahan's day sees… Read More

Athens, GA: NewSouth Books, 2022. SIGNED. Purchased New. First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Wayne Flynt on the title page. The book is tight with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 237 pages. 5¾ x 8" tall.
Afternoons with Harper Lee is based on stories that Lee told during multiple visits with Wayne Flynt, a longtime Southern historian. Flynt and his wife, Dartie, became regular visitors at the assisted living facility that Lee relocated to after her stroke. Flynt recalls the wide-ranging discussions they had about such subjects as history and folklore, American literature, and family genealogy. The conversation began — where it always begins with Southern storytellers — with an invitation to "Come in, sit down, and stay a while."

New York: Walker and Company, 1997. SIGNED, 1st/1st. Two dust jackets. Like New. Number 94 of 200 copies with limitation dust jacket created specifically for the first public signing of this book, held at the Seattle Mystery Bookshop on April 5, 1997. Signed & dated 04/05/97 by G.M. Ford on the title page. First edition, first printing with complete number line ending in 1. The book is tight and square with good corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Both dust jackets - Seattle Mystery Bookshop and the second/original (with $22.95) are Fine. Protected in a Brodart cover. Seattle Mystery Bookshop bookmark included. Author's third book.

NY: Ecco, 2012. SIGNED. New-Unread. 1st/1st. Stated First Edition with a complete number ending with 1. Signed by Richard Ford on the half-title page. Tight and straight with sharp tips and clean, unmarked boards. No writing, bookplate, embossed seal or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped and pristine. Protected in a Brodart cover. The latest book from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. The only writer ever to win both the Pulitzer Prize and Pen/Faulkner Award for a single novel (Independence Day) Richard Ford follows the completion of his acclaimed Bascombe trilogy with Canada. After a five-year hiatus, an undisputed American master delivers a haunting and elemental novel about the cataclysm that undoes one teenage boy's family and the stark and unforgiving landscape in which he attempts to find grace.A powerful and unforgettable tale of the violence lurking at the heart of the world, Richard Ford's Canada will resonate long and loud for readers of stark and… Read More

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2018. SIGNED BOOKPLATE. 1st/1st. Purchased New. Fine. A graphic novel adaptation of Harper Lee's beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning American classic. First Edition. First printing with full number line ending with 1. Signed by Fred Fordham on a bookplate. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and clean boards. Textblock is clean with no writing or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. No dust jacket, as issued. $23.90 price on the back panel. 283 pages. 6 1/2" X 9 1/2" tall. Adapted and Illustrated by Fred Fordham.
"This gorgeously rendered graphic-novel version provides a new perspective for old fans but also acts as an immersive introduction for youngsters as well as any adult who somehow missed out on the iconic story set in Maycomb, Alabama."--USA Today
A haunting portrait of race and class, innocence and injustice, hypocrisy and heroism, tradition and transformation in the Deep South of the 1930s, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird… Read More

New York: Viking, 2018. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. First edition, first printing with complete 10 number line starting with 1. Signed by Gayle Forman on the publisher's bound-in 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 and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
Three teenagers, Freya, Harun, and Nathaniel feel lost in various ways and when they collide in Central Park, they begin to find purpose in their lives.

Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press, 1999. New. Later printing. Foreword by Carolyn Cassady The unread over-sized book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred pictorial boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Illustrated throughout over 120 black and white, and some color photographs. Photographic endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped ($24.95) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 160 Pages. 8¼ x 11" tall. Kerouac epitomized the "Beat Generation" writers of the 1950s, and his most famous novel, On the Road, provided a textbook for the bohemian lifestyle that has attracted disenchanted youth ever since. His own life was as colorful as his books. Featuring a foreword by Carolyn Cassady, Kerouac's lover, wife of Nell Cassady, and one of the key figures in his life, this authoritative biography presents perhaps the most judicious look at this tragic genius ever published.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2021. Purchased New. NF/F Stated First Edition. First printing with Printing 1, 2021. Signed by Jamie Foxx on the publisher's bound-in page. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Very faint 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 ($30.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 221 pages. 6¼ x 9¼" tall.In this hilarious and heartfelt memoir, award-winning, multi-talented entertainer Jamie Foxx shares the story of being raised by his no-nonsense grandmother, the glamour and pitfalls of life in Hollywood, and the lessons he took from both worlds to raise his two daughters.

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2015. SIGNED. 1st/1st. Like New. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line starting with 1. Signed by Jonathan Franzen 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 ($28.00) bright and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart mylar cover.