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

The Dial Press, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: The Dial Press, 1971. Sm 4to. 245 pp. First printing. Near fine book (small stain to the fore-edge) in a price-clipped jacket that has a little edge wear including two small. closed tears and some light fading to the yellow lettering on the spine. Inscribed at length by Gaines to family friends and signed and dated by him in the year of publication.

Houghton Mifflin, 1981. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 1981. Signed, limited edition: one of 350 copies signed by Galbraith. This copy is #34. Blues cloth with gold lettering and decorations. A fine or better example in a fine burgundy slipcase.

Appleton-Century, 1937. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Black cloth, gild titles. Faint spine crease. Sunning to the top edges as well as to the top 1/4" of the spine. Very good, unclipped dustjacket with wear to corners and spine extremities.

Villard, 2000. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing with "First Edition" stated and the number line including "2." Fine in a fine jacket. Signed and dated on the title page (8/28/99).

Jonathan Cape, 1971. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First UK edition. Fine in a near fine, unclipped jacket, which has small nicks to the top corners and a tiny bit of wear of the top of the spine. Briefly inscribed on the half-title by the author in 1983.

Knopf, 1973. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Stated First Edition. Fine book in a fine jacket. A nice copy with the blue topstain. Not price-clipped, no markings.

Morrow, 1967. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Sm 4to. 271 pp. Light blue cloth with black lettering to the spine. Unclipped jacket ($7.50) with color photo of a houseboat on the Sacramento Delta. Numerous photos throughout the book. Inscribed warmly to friends Brad and Helen on the half-title page by Gardner.

Morrow, 1969. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Sm 4to. 205 pp. Light blue cloth with white lettering to the spine. Unclipped jacket ($7.50) has color photo of boats on the Delta and Gardner's photo on the rear panel. Jacket has light wear tot he spine extremities, light rubbing to the front panel and creases to the front flap - very good or better. Numerous photos throughout. Warmly inscribed by Garner on the half-title page to his friends Brad and Helen in June 1969, the year of publication.

Morrow, 1965. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Sm 4to. 160 pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering to the spine. Soiling to covers. Unclipped jacket ($5.00) has moderate rubbing to the front panel, some fading to the spine. Warmly inscribed by Gardner on the half-title page.

Ursus Imprints/Mark V. Ziesing, 1990. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/As New. Ursus Imprints: Kansas City, Mo, 1990. Signed, limited edition in a slipcase. This copy is still in the publisher's shrink-wrap so I do not know which number it is. Slipcase, jacket and book all appear "as new." First Edition. Signed by the authors and illustrators: Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, Michael Swanwick, Susan Casper, Jack C. Haldeman II, Michael Bishop, Vern Dufford, Pat Cadigan, Tim Kirk, and Don Ivan Punchatz. 14 stories total. Excellent copy!

Hodder and Stoughton, 1978. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. London, 1978. First edition. Near fine book in a near fine jacket which is not price-clipped. Bottom of book's spine is lightly pushed; jacket has light wear to top, bottom of spine and the corners. Signed by Mr. Gardner on the title page.

Knopf, 1995. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition stated. Sm 4to. 652 pp. One quarter cloth and black paper-covered boards. Silver lettering to the spine. Volume is fine. Jacket has a little bit of crimping at the top of the front panel at the spine fold, else fine. Inscribed to the author Ron Hansen on the tile page: "For Ron, with good luck especially in the movies. William H. Gass." Gass was likely referring to Hansen's novel, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford which was made into a movie starring Brad Pitt. Hansen recently sold many of his books to a Palo Alto bookseller including this one.

New York: Harper & Row, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated first edition of this volume of stories by Gass. Near fine in a near fine, price-intact jacket. Inscribed by the author to the book collector Don Kaufmann on the half title: "To Don Kaufmann, in Sarasota, on June 16, 1977 from the heart of the country to the tail of the country, a work whose heart needs now a doctor - but best wishes, Bill Gass.

Knopf, 1995. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York: Knopf, 1995. Sm 4to. 652 pp. Black paper-covered boards with silver lettering to the spine. Fine book in a fine, price-intact jacket. Briefly inscribed on the half-title page. Winner of the American Book Award in 1996.

Knopf, 1971. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Signed by Gass on the title page. This is also a Review copy with the publication slip laid in. A fine copy in a fine jacket.

New York: New American Library, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New York: New American Library, 1966. First printing of Gass' first book. Near fine in a near fine, unclipped jacket. Signed by him on the title page.

Belmont, 1970. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition of this Edgar nominee in 1970. Very good plus with just a few rubbed spots and a tiny chip to the base of the spine.

Knopf, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First printing. Fine in a fine jacket. Briefly inscribed and signed by the author on the title page.

Viking Press, 2018. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing of this recent mystery starring Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Inspector Thomas Lynley. Fine book tin a fine jacket. Signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper.

Algonquin Books, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. 12 mo. 146 pp. Full beige cloth with white lettering to the spine. Stated first edition. Gibbons' well-received first book, signed by her on the title page.