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

Delacorte PressSeymour Lawrence, 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1980. 2nd printing. Signed by Parker on the title page. Fine in a fine jacket.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1971. Sm 4to. 192 pp. Numerous black and white photos by Parks. Near fine book in a good or better jacket with chipping to the edges. According to a card laid in the book, this book was "autographed by author Gordon Parks to a San Francisco newspaper book reviewer, Mr. Gene Robertson, in 1963 when Mr. Parks was in San Francisco with this new book.

New York: Dial Books, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing of Rosa Parks' autobiography. Signed by her with the date 3/15/92 on the half-title page. Front jacket flap a little toned with minor rubbing to the front flap fold. A very nice, clean copy.

New York: Harper, 2023. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. Signed by Patchett on a special page from the publisher ("tipped in"). Fine in a fine jacket. On many best of 2023 lists.

New York: Harper, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing of this book of essays. Signed by her on a specially bound in page from the publisher.

Little, Brown and Company, 1999. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Little, Brown & Co.: New York, 1999. 8 vo. 423 pp Uncorrected Advance Proof - softer. Red wraps with black lettering to the front panel and spine. Near fine with two two small (1/4" each) indentations to the rear panel and light fading to the black lettering on the spine.

Los Angeles: Lew Payton, 1937. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Los Angeles: Lew Payton, 1937. 8vo. 132 pp. Tan wraps outlined in red and brown with titles also in brown lettering. A book of short plays. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Lew Payton was a Hollywood film actor who also operated a school for stage called the "Stage Door," part of a little theater movement initiated by himself. When vaudeville began its demise with the advent of talking pictures, he got work acting and writing for radio for short time before moving on to Broadway, and then finally to Hollywood, where he worked for the remainder of his career. Scarce signed.

Knopf, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. New York: Knopf, 1972. 8 vo. 150 pp. First edition. Very good or better in a near fine jacket. Peck's first published book.

St. Martin's Press, 1996. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Signed (only) by Pelecanos on the title page. Fine or better copy.

Little, Brown, 2012. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. First edition: deluxe, slipcased edition. Issued without a jacket. Signed by Pelecanos. This copy is unopened in the original shrink-wrap. As new.

Little, Brown, 2001. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Pelecanos on the title page. Fine copy.

Little, Brown, 1998. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed on a tipped-in page by Pelecanos. Fine copy.

Little, Brown and Company, 1997. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Advance Proof. Red wraps with black titles. Date of "8/11/97" written in black maker on the spine. White label with contact name and phone number on the front wrapper. Fine copy.

Little, Brown and Company, 2000. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/As New. First printing. Signed (only) by Pelecanos on the title page. An "as new" copy, no defects. Possibly unread.

Harcourt Brace & Co., 1999. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1999. Large 8vo. 256 pp. Advance Reading Copy. Fine copy. By the author of The Club Dumas and The Seville Communion.

Harvill, 1999. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First UK printing. Fine in a fine jacket. No flaws.

New York: Random House, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition of the first Jane Whitefield novel. Near fine in a near fine jacket. A little soiling to the fore-edge and a little toning to the edges of the jacket flaps. Signed by Perry on the title page.

Scribners, 1982. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing with complete number line. Near fine book: there is a 3/8" closed tear to the top of the front free endpaper with a couple of corresponding creases. Price-clipped jacket has a little wear to the bottom front corner of the jacket. Signed (only) on the title page by the author. Perry's first novel.

Morrow, 1978. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. William Morrow & Company, New York, NY, 1978. The first Brother Cadfael mystery. Fine in a near fine jacket. Review copy with the slip laid in. In addition, a signed card (by Edith Pargeter) is also laid in.

Morrow, 1980. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York, 1980. First American edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket. The mystery writer Dorothy B. Hughes' copy with her signature on the front endpaper.