Search Results: Authors starting with R from acornbooks

New York, New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2002 Hint of rub at spine ends of book, otherwise Fine. No prev. owner name. Signed on the title page by Ian Rankin, plus one of his trademark 'hangman' drawings.

London, UK: The Orion Publishing Group Ltd., 2001 Unread. Signed by Ian Rankin on the title page, plus a drawing of a 'tic-tac-toe' (naughts and crosses).

New York, New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2006 DJ with a few minor shallow surface scratches, otherwise Fine.

London, Great Britain: Orion Books / The Orion Publishing Group, 2001 Very slight bump to lower corner of rear board, and slight crimp to tail of spine. No prev. owner name. DJ with slight rubs and slight wrinkle at corners and ends of spine panel. This book was a winner of an Edgar Award in 2004. Signed by Ian Rankin, plus his drawing of a 'tic-tac-toe' (naughts and crosses).

New York, New York: The Condé Nast Publications Inc., 1999 Hint of rub to spine ends, otherwise Fine. Signed by Jonathan Franzen with signature only at the start of his story, "The Failure". Stories by the "20 Writers for the 21st Century", deemed so by The New Yorker: Sherman Alexie, Donald Antrim, Ethan Canin, Michael Chabon, Edwidge Danticat, Junot Díaz, Tony Earley, Nathan Englander, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, Allegra Goodman, A. M. Holmes, Matthew Klam, Jhumpa Lahiri, Chang-Rae Lee, Rick Moody, Antonya Nelson, George Saunders, William T. Vollmann, and David Foster Wallace. Cover design with half-cover list of the 20 writers superimposed over full cover which lists the first line from each writer's story.

Radnor, Pennsylvania: Chilton Book Co., 1973 Light rubs to corners, lower edges of boards and tail of spine. DJ with corresponding slight rubs. DJ in plastic cover. Prev. owner name on front free endpaper. Dedication Copy inscribed and signed on half-title page to prev. owner: "For _____ with thanks [,] Daniel Rhodes". Author's first book. Illus. with B&W photos and charts and color plates. Incl. Glossary, Appendix and Index. (xix) 330 pp.

New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2005 Hint of rub to spine ends of book, and DJ with same to head of spine panel, otherwise Fine. Signed by Mary Roach with signature only on the title page. Incl. Biblio. 311 pp.

Cincinnati, Ohio: F&W Publications, Inc., 1997 Hint of rubs at corners of covers, otherwise Fine. No prev. owner name. Signed by Chuck Palahniuk on p. 38 at his story, "Survivor", which is from his novel, "Survivor", later published in 1999.

New York, New York: Random House, 2010 DJ with hint of rub to corners and head of spine panel, and very light surface scuffs; price corner intact. Signed by Salman Rushdie with signature only on the title page.

New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006 Light crimp at spine ends with two tiny 2 mm tears at head of spine, and hint of rub at lower corners of boards. No prev. owner name. DJ with light to moderate rub at corners and ends of spine panel, short wrinkle at upper edge of rear panel, and short streaks of light rusty color stain on front panel. DJ in plastic cover with price corner intact. Signed by Karen Russell with signature only on the title page. Karen Russell was named a National Book Foundation "5 under 35" young fiction writer honoree in 2009 for this book. Author's first book for which she won the 2011 Bard (College) Fiction Prize.

New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013 Fine. Signed by Karen Russell with signature only on the title page.

New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011 Fine. DJ in plastic cover. Author's first novel after her book of short stories, "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves". Longlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction. One of five books of fiction listed on "The New York Times" '10 Best Books of the Year' list in 2011. Finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001 Fine. DJ in plastic cover. One of The New York Times Notable Books of Fiction for 2001. Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.