Search Results: Authors starting with V from Armadillo Alley Books

New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2011. SIGNED. New. A 30th Anniversary Special Edition. Signed by author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg on the publisher's 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. Dust jacket is unclipped ($18.99) and Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. This special edition of Jumanji contains a downloadable audiobook of the actor Robin Williams reading the timeless tale.
Over thirty years ago, Peter and Judy first found the game Jumanji with the instructions that once the game is started, it must be finished or it will go on forever. Since its original publication, Jumanji has been honored with many awards, including the Caldecott Medal. In 1996, the surreal story was adapted to fit the big screen for the first time.

New York: MCD, 2021. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending in 1. Signed by Jeff VanderMeer 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. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($27.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. From the author of Annihilation.
Security consultant "Jane Smith" receives an envelope with a key to a storage unit that holds a taxidermied hummingbird and clues leading her to a taxidermied salamander. Silvina, the dead woman who left the note, is a reputed ecoterrorist and the daughter of an Argentine industrialist. By taking the hummingbird from the storage unit, Jane sets in motion a series of events that quickly spin beyond her control.

NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2015. SIGNED. Unread-New. 1st/1st. First edition. Stated First Edition, first printing with number line ending with 1. Signed by David Vann on the title page. A pristine unread copy that is tight and square with sharp tips and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or marks and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Opened only for signature and photos. Dust jacket is unclipped and Fine. Purchased after a book signing in Portland, Oregon. Protected in a new Brodart mylar cover. Twelve-year-old Caitlin lives alone with her mother--a docker at the local container port--in subsidized housing next to an airport in Seattle. Each day, while she waits to be picked up after school, Caitlin visits the local aquarium to study the fish. Gazing at the creatures within the watery depths, Caitlin accesses a shimmering universe beyond her own. When she befriends an old man at the tanks one day, who seems as enamored of the fish as she, Caitlin cracks open a… Read More

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1990. Near fine/Near fine. Stated First Edition with no other printings listed. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock has a pinhead size dot to top fore-edges else clean and bright with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($18.95) with mild toning to upper flaps else Fine. Protected in a new Brodart mylar cover. Illustrated with classical paintings. Translated by Helen Lane. 149 pages.
Mario Vargas Llosa, the internationally acclaimed author of The Storyteller, adds his own finely-tuned poetic polish to this erotic exploration of carnality in one family. He turns the proverbial romantic triangle on its ear to create this New York Times bestselling erotic novel. French flaps and six full-color pages of classic artworks.

Easton Press, 2003. Like New. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. SIGNED on a special limitation page by John Varley; this is book number 560 of 1,000 copies. Bound in red leather with 22 kt accents, gilded page edges, silk moire endpapers, and a sewn-in satin bookmark. The book is straight and tight with good corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, embossed seal or marks. The gilding along the page edges is fine except for a tiny, 1/2" impression on the top fore-edges, otherwise pristine (see photos). Includes a Certificate of Authenticity, also signed by Varley, and bibliographic notes laid in. Frontispiece by Michael Dashow. Great looking copy.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 2017. New. Sealed in publisher's shrink-wrap. Barnes & Noble Classic Edition. Jules Verne's landmark of science fiction and wonder, featuring full-color art by Milo Winter. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp corners, and clean unmarred iridescence boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, stamp, or markings. Bound in bonded leather with a sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Publisher's pictures included in the photo display.
When Professor Pierre Aronnax and harpoonist Ned Land join an expedition to hunt a fierce "whale" that has been sinking ships, they end up as captives of Captain Nemo, who prowls the sea in his magnificent submarine, the Nautilus. There, they discover a magnificent, mysterious, and sometimes dangerous underwater world.

New York: Grove Press, 1993. NF/NF. First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed on the half-title page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and blue cloth boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Spine ends gently pushed. Black and white illustrations by the author. The dust jacket is unclipped ($21.00) with faint wear and rubbing to the back. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 280 pages. 5¾ x 8½" tall.
A dizzying cradle-to-grave hunt for love that takes the narrator from the comfortable confines of suburban America to the blood-stained killing fields of modern Cambodia. It is here that he meets up with Ulrich, the psychopathic son of a former S.S. officer; befriends a hedonistic photographer who travels with him to Southeast Asia; visits Thailand, where Benadryl and prostitutes with AIDS are his ever-present companions; and, finally, falls in love with Vanna, a waif-like hooker plying her… Read More

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1992. F/F. Like New. Stated First Edition. First printing with no other printings listed. Signed on the title page. Illustrated with drawings and maps by Vollmann. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Endpaper maps. The dust jacket is unclipped ($22.00) and Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. 268 pages. 6¼ x 9¼" tall.
An Afghanistan Picture Show, is Vollmann's first book-length work of non-fiction He paints a brutally honest and dryly comic portrait of a young American coming to terms with his political naivete. It is the story of a would-be giver who finds himself a perpetual Stranger, unable to comprehend the simplest things he hears and sees, and continually compelled to rely on others for help.