Search Results: Titles starting with A from Brenner's Collectable Books

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 235pp. Beautiful First Edition. Bound in maroon cloth with titles in gold on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (25s. net), has some wear to edges and tips with a couple of tiny nicks. Spine panel toned. Still fresh and bright with no creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy.

London: Werner Shaw, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 307pp. Beautiful First Edition, Bound in blue cloth with titles and decoration in gilt on front board and spine. Illustrated. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (£30), is clean and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A very pretty collectable copy.

New York: Dell, 1961. 1st Paperback Edition Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine/Fine. Vintage Paperback Dell 516. Beautiful First Paperback Printing, July, 1961. $.60 Cover Price. Tight, solid and clean throughout with a hint of edge-wear. Page edges very lightly toning. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Remarkably well preserved for its age and size, (384 pages). Basis for the 1961 film starring Susan Hayward and Dean Martin. A gorgeous collectible copy of an uncommon title in high-grade conditon.

New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo., 347pp. First Edition. Original gray cloth with Gilt titling. Light bumping to spine extremities. Lettering on spine starting to fade. Some light shelf-wear. Looks like front end-paper excised. Still, a tight, collectable copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 307pp. Sharp First Edition, First Printing, tight, square and clean throughout. Unfaded blue boards. Some light edge-wear, tips and spine ends mildly bumped, some off-setting to paste-downs and some scattered foxing to fore-edge but fairly minor. Previous owner's name in ink on the ffep. Sharp unclipped wrapper, ($2.75), retains the rare bluish pictorial band with titles and cat illustration. Minor edge-wear and minor toning to spine but no chipping, tears or creases. Protected by archival Mylar. A very pretty collectable copy.

New York: John Lowell Pratt, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Large 12mo. 174pp. Introduction by Viscount Saito, Prime Minister of Japan. Beautiful First Edition bound in original maroon cloth with spine and cover titles stamped in black. A bit of rubbing to spine ends and tips but a square, clean and tight copy. A few spots on top page edges. Very attractive unclipped wrapper, ($2.00 in middle of front flap), has some soiling and chipping to edges and tips. Spine toning. Still solid and bright. Adventure/Romance in Feudal Japan. Sequel to The Way of Ume. Inscribed by the author on the ffep. "To Mr. Nelson Stille, Ume's Godfather as it were. Edith A. Sawyer, Dec. 7th, 1932.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase. Mysterious Press, 1987. First Edition. 1st edition/1st Pritning. Fine Hardcover in Fine Slipcase without dust jacket issued. 1 of 250 copies SIGNED by the author.

New York: Library of America, 1989. Hardcover. Very Fine/Slipcase. 8vo., 2 volumes in individual slipcases. Bound in blue cloth with spine titles in gilt. Beautiful later printings. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive publisher's slipcase. LOA information pamphlet laid into the first volume. A simply gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 336pp. Beautiful Unread First Printing. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($21.99), is fresh and bright with no creasing, chipping or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo, 224pp Beautiful First Printing, Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($23.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy.

New York: Library of America, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase. 8vo., 2 volumes in slipcase. Bound in blue cloth with spine titles in gilt. Beautiful Stated First Printings. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Small date on the flyleaf of volume 1. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jackets ($35.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Publisher's slipcase has a small bump to top rear corner else Fine. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.

London: Gollancz, 1968. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo., 557pp. Beautiful First Edition of this anthology of travel writing with works by Paul Bowles, Laurence Durrell, Evelyn Waugh, and dozens more from well known writers of the mid-20th century and earlier. Square, tight and clean throughout with some fairly gentle bumping to the crown. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket,, (63/-net). has some moderate edge-wear and a couple of tiny closed edge-tears. Still fresh and bright with no creases or chipping. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Ballantine, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 378p. Beautiful First Printing, Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($30.00). Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases and tears. A very pretty collectable copy.

New York: St Martins Press, 1986. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 244pp, Sharp Stated First US Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Solid and clean throughout with little or no wear save gently bumped spine ends. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($15.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears.

London: Hutchinson, 2016. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beautiful Unread First British and True First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper. Signed by Rosenheim on the title page. A gorgeous collectable copy.

New York: G.P Putnam's Sons, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 339pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($24.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy of the author's second novel.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo., 308pp. Solid First Edition with Scribner's seal on copyright page and the requisite "A". Black cloth with gilt titling and designs on the spine. Author's name in gilt on the front board. Square and tight with mild edge and surface-wear. Spine gilt fading. Some residue from what looks like a removed bookplate on the from end-paper and which has cause some wrinkling to the prelims. Some wrinkling to prelims Unclipped, ($3.00), first-state dust-jacket with yellow background on spine lettering, is worn and creased. Several small chips to edges. Still bright and complete. Not perfect but a presentable collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Random House, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 444pp. Sharp Stated First Printing of Hart's autobiography. Bound in woven beige cloth with titling in gilt on red and black background on spine. Red end-papers. Square, tight and clean throughout with no spotting or toning. Minimal wear but a few spots of soiling and spine a bit dulled. Attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($5.00), has a 2" x 1/2" chip at the crown. Spine and folds toned and rubbed. Still fresh and bright with no creases or tears. A solid collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Faber & Faber, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo., Wraps 277pp.. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Proof. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Faint sticker ghost. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or toning. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Popular Library, 1964. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Vintage Paperback Popular Library M2053. Sharp Unread 1st Printing of this Paperback Original, March, 1964. $.60 Cover Price. Square, tight and clean throughout. Mild edge-wear, a tiny shallow corner crease. A fresh and bright example with no chipping, or tears. A solid collectable copy and quite uncommon in any condition.