Search Results: Titles starting with A from TristanBooks

Allegiant (the third book in the Divergent series, preceded by Divergent and Insurgent) by Veronica Roth Hardcover First Edition - First Printing Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins 2013. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. A beautiful copy, possibly unread. Only shortcoming, a tiny corner crease to the upper corner of the inside front flap of the dust jacket, else just about perfect.NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.
ALSO: The picture is the actual item for sale. (The picture is NOT a stock photo.)

Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson Hardcover First Edition UK - First Printing HarperCollins UK 1997. £16.99 cover price. Signed - Inscribed by Robinson, once with a full signature and then with initials, dated August 1998. Fne in fine Dust jacket. A superior copy with only a hint of shelf-wear.All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.

Army and Navy Series: Brave Old Salt or Life on the Quarter Deck A Story of the Great Rebellion by Oliver Optic Hardcover Edition Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1894 or circa 1894-1910. The first edition probably appeared in 1866. Oliver Optic wrote many novels set during the American Civil War, often called "The Blue and the Gray" series.

Issue Points: Red pictorial boards, original copyright 1866 and renewed 1894 as per the copyright page. Clothed in a tan pictorial dust jacket which replicates the boards, without a price, blurb or text on the flaps, which probably means it was issued prior to no later than 1910 possibly pre-1900. (Blurbs on dust jackets began to appear circa 1906-7.)

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. Probably scarce in original dust jacket. Book itself is relatively clean, firm binding with text-block firm to the boards (NO hinge splitting at all), boards clean, typical age-toning to the pages. Typical shelf-wear and aging, to be expected. Dust Jacket is… Read More

Artemis Fowl (the first book of the series) by Eoin Colfer (author of other Artemis Fowl books: Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code, The Opal Deception) Hardcover First Edition - First Printing Viking UK 2001 SIGNED - flat-signed by Eoin Colfer on titlepage. Fine- in Fine- dustjacket with colored holographic design which shines with the light. Book is solid with a hint of tanning to the page ends (which is typical) and a bit of shelf wear. The dustjacket has a slight scratch to the top else fine. A good solid copy of apprently a relatively hard to come by first printing, especially signed. Dealers are already asking $500+ for this in a signed state.
NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.

Artemis Fowl (the first book of the series) by Eoin Colfer (author of other Artemis Fowl books: Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code, The Opal Deception) Hardcover First Edition - First Printing Viking UK 2001 SIGNED - flat-signed by Eoin Colfer on titlepage. Fine- in Fine- dustjacket with colored holographic design which shines with the light. Book is solid with a hint of tanning to the page ends (which is typical) and a bit of shelf wear. The dustjacket has a slight scratch to the top else fine. A good solid copy of apprently a relatively hard to come by first printing, especially signed. Dealers are already asking $500+ for this in a signed state.

The Publishing Phenomenon of 2010! Mark Twain's Autobiography, 100 years in the making. Mark Twain is the author of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi, etc.
The Autobiography of Mark Twain The Complete and Authoritative Edition Volume 1 edited by Harriet Elinor Smith (volumes 2 and 3 are not yet published) Hardcover First Edition - First Prinitng University of California Press 2010 (part of the Mark Twain Project). Huge tome at 736 pages. Fine in Fine Dustjacket. A beautiful copy with just a hint of tenderness to the back upper corner.
This book is already in double-digit printings. I expect as the series continues, the price for a first printing will continue to rise.
Twain first started to compose an autobiography in 1870, but proceeded fitfully, abandoning the work and returning to it as the mood took him. In a 1904 letter to William Dean Howells, he wrote: "I've struck it! And I will give it away—to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost… Read More

The Averoigne Chronicles by Clark Ashton Smith Hardcover First Deluxe Illustrated Edition Illustrated by David Ho Centipede Press, 2016. Folio 9x12" limited to 100 unsigned copies in dust jacket as issued. (300 total were issued, of which 200 copies were signed) The best Clark Ashton Smith publication with exceptional illustrations!Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. A nearly perfect copy save a hint of a tiny corner crease to the front flap, else fine. $10.00 shipping and confirmation in the U.S. only via media mail (7-10 days) or $24.00 priority mail flat-rate large box (3-5 days). Make sure your current address is on eBay and/or Paypal! International post will be $95.NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.ALSO: The pictures are of the actual item for sale. (The pictures are NOT stock photos.)