Search Results: Titles starting with A from Grinning Cat Books

First Edition, First Printing. Signed boldly by Robert Sabuda on the front page. Design and paper engineering by Robert Sabuda. Fully illustrated in color. Near fine in original glossy illustrated boards, slightly bowed. A fantastic gift!

Very rare. Contemporary rich calf, beautifully rebound in matching style. Near fine, especially for the age. The best on the market we've seen. Light toning, foxing and a bit of soiling.
This scarce, official printing of the collected laws passed by the Fifth United States Congress, includes the notorious Alien and Sedition Acts, passed in 1798. 'There are three Alien acts, which grew directly out of the XYZ Affair and the failure of the embassy to France. Debate began in April 1798, as the story was reported to Congress. The first bill, the Naturalization Act, was signed into law on June 18, 1798. It increased the residency requirement for American citizenship from five to fourteen years and created other hurdles to citizenship (the majority of emigrants were supporters of the Jeffersonian Republicans). The second, the Alien Friends Act, was passed on June 25, 1978. It allowed the President to imprison or deport aliens considered 'dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States.' On July 6 the… Read More

First Edition. First Printing. A fine set. Six volumes, complete (The War Years, in 4 vols, The Prairie Years, in 2 vols.). Sandburg was awarded the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for History for "The War Years." Publisher's full, rich blue cloth, gilt lettering on spines, blind-stamped medallion on covers, fore-edges deckle. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs, illustrations, sketches, cartoons and maps. War Years in original publisher's matching slipcase. Fine with boards ever so lightly shelf-worn, all volumes unmarked, tight, square and clean. Large 8vo 9' - 10' tall. Volumes 1-4 660,, 655, 673 and 515 pp., respectively. A fine and truly lovely first edition set of this timeless classic by Sandburg.

First Deluxe Limited Edition thus, First Printing. Fine. A beautiful limited edition published under the auspices of The American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. Leather bound with hubbed spines, accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with all edges gilded. The end sheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. 8vo 8' - 9' tall. A wonderful copy and edition of this award winning title by Carl Sandburg.

First English Edition, First Printing. Signed by Harold Brodkey on title page. Fine in original boards and near fine dust jacket. Octavo. 5.25 x 8.75 in. [vi], 297 + [1] pp. A lovely copy.

First English Edition, First Printing. Signed by Harold Brodkey on title page. Fine in original boards and near fine dust jacket. Octavo. 5.25 x 8.75 in. [vi], 297 + [1] pp. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine dustjacket. Signed by the amazing illustrator, Jerry Pinkney, on the title page. Profusely and beautifully illustrated throughout. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Soros on the title page. Rare thus. Fine in a fine dustjacket. Fine in original cloth with orange lettering. 'It is hard to deny [Soros'] thorough familiarity with today's profoundly interdependent world' (The St. Louis Post Dispatch).

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the artist, Barry Moser, on the title page. Fine in 1/4 royal blue buckram and light blue paper covered boards with metallic blue text stamping on the spine. inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. This is first trade edition of 'The Pennyroyal Edition'' as designed and illustrated by Barry Moser. 167 pages of text over two dozen beautiful illustrations throughout by Barry Moser. Folio. 13 3/8 by 8 3/8. A lovely copy!

First Revised Edition thus. A fine copy in publisher's printed board slip-case. Published in 2015 as a large limited edition; reissued in this smaller format with new binding and slip-case, and with water color added by renowned children's artist, Charles van Sandwyk. Fine in a fine publisher's slipcase. As new. Color frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous color and monochrome illustrations, many full-page, and with illustrated endpapers; red cloth, upper board framed and blocked in gilt enclosing mounted illustration. A beautiful edition of Alice.

Fine in a fine dust jacket. The beautiful Trade Edition, limited to 1,000 copies (although not stated). Second edition. New. Signed by the artist on title page; scarce thus. One of the most creatively rendered Alice's since Dali, with color illustrations throughout, including four (4) amazing fold-out illustrations. Includes both stories, bound back-to-back; beautifully bound back-to-back in a "mirror" image binding (so, when you finish reading Alice, you turn the book over and move onto Through the Looking-glass) In full black cloth stamped in gilt, filled with the exquisite, vivid and ornate artwork of Anne Bachelier. In a fine pictorial dust jacket. 4to, 216 pages total - 105 pp. numbered from the front and 111 pp. numbered from rear in mirror printing. An absolutely amazing edition for the Alice fan and collector!

First Trade Editions, First Printings. Vol. 1 Alice in Wonderland: Inscribed by the artist, Barry Moser, on the title page. Fine in a fine dustjacket. This book is hard-bound in purple paper covered boards, with a red cloth spine with purple stamping. The contents are bright and clean with wonderful illustrations throughout by Barry Moser. Vol. 2 Through the Looking Glass: Signed by the artist, Barry Moser, on the title page. Fine in 1/4 royal blue buckram and light blue paper covered boards with metallic blue text stamping on the spine. inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. These are the first trade edition of 'The Pennyroyal Edition'' as designed and illustrated by Barry Moser. 147, 167 pps. of text, each with over two dozen beautiful illustrations throughout by Barry Moser. Each a folio measuring 13 3/8 by 8 3/8. A wonderful set for the Alice and/or Barry Moser collector!

First Trade Edition; First Printing. Inscribed by the artist, Barry Moser, on the title page. Fine in a fine dustjacket. This book is hard-bound in purple paper covered boards, with a red cloth spine with purple stamping. The contents are bright and clean with wonderful illustrations throughout by Barry Moser. This is first trade edition of 'The Pennyroyal Edition'' as designed and illustrated by Barry Moser. 147 pages of text over two dozen beautiful illustrations throughout by Barry Moser. Folio. 13 3/8 by 8 3/8. A lovely copy!

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Sabuda on front pastedown, wishing you "Happy Adventures in Wonderland!" Quite rare thus. Fully illustrated with color pop-ups by Robert Sabuda after the fashion of John Tenniel, with a text faithful to its inspiration. Fine in original illustrated boards. Quarto. 8.25 x 10.25 in. Unpaginated. A stunning popup.

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine dustjacket. A major study that traces the history and evolution of writing from ancient times to the present, and discusses how the letters of the alphabet have been invested with political, mystical, and religious significance over the centuries. Folio. A wonderful copy.
Long regarded as a divine gift, the alphabet has been seen not just as a collection of arbitrary signs but as the direct visual embodiment of meaning. Pythagoreans, Kabbalists, neo-Platonists, and medieval Catholic mystics regarded the alphabet as a code that explained the universe. Drucker (art history, Yale) examines these and other ideas about the origins and inherent meanings of the alphabet, relating them to their intellectual milieu. She also discusses developments in the forms of the letters. She notes, for example, how modern typefaces, first developed in the late 18th century, embody Enlightenment philosophy. Her well-written discussion is enriched with over 300 illustrations… Read More

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by President carter on the front free endpaper. Fine in original cloth backed boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. Prior owner's date on front free endpaper. The first collection of poetry by former President Jimmy Carter, who shares here his private memories about his childhood, his family and political life, with illustrations by his granddaughter. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.25 in. 130 pp. A wonderful copy.

First Edition. Scarce in dust jacket. Very good plus, overall. Near fine in green cloth with black tiles and gilt lettering. Pictorial boards with photographs richly colored and clean, Very good dust jacket with wear and some small chipping to head and tail of spine, corners and edge and rear cover edge, otherwise very nice.in price-clipped dust jacket. Octavo. 22x15 cm. 445 pp. A lovely copy.

First Trianon Edition. Limited issue, numbered 338 of 480 copies (526 in total). Fully and beautifully illustrated with 18 full-page color plates, facsimile reproductions of the original illuminated pages from 1887, (printed for The William Blake Trust from trustee Paul Mellon's original volume). Printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match that used by Blake, with each page watermarked with Blake's monogram. Just about fine in original dark blue quarter-morocco over marbled paper. Presented in publisher's matching near fine marbled paper slipcase. Mild spotting to end sheets and slightest edge wear. ''America' was the first of Blake's books to name a place (Lambeth) in the imprint. which was an act of defiant courage. for the first time he designated one of his books as 'a prophecy,' he concentrated particularly on the dramatic events in Boston. Blake continued his tale in Europe and then to make the cycle of continents complete he wrote 'Africa' and 'Asia' giving a general title of all four of his… Read More

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by President Hoover on the front free endpaper. Very good plus. With scarce, first state dustjacket, (with no review on front dj panel), in very good plus condition; small chip and crease on lower back cover and edge, and a bit toned. Near fine with publisher's original blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Content fine, with pages and text bright, clean and unmarred.
A collection of political essays written by Hoover six years before he sought the presidency. A short but important book, arguing for American individualism, 'our most precious possession', and against governmental encroachment on personal freedom, initiative and enterprise' (Hazlitt). American Individualism was the future 31st president's first political book, and the first aimed at a popular audience, following only a book on mining and two reports to the US Food Administration. Hoover was at the time the third US Secretary of Commerce, then one of the most influential positions in… Read More

First Deluxe Limited Edition thus. One of 200 copies printed, (this one unnumbered), on the occasion of the American Bicentennial, this copy being unnumbered. A stunning work. Fine in dark blue half-bound goatskin over beautiful hand-marbled boards by Barnard & Jackson, lettered in gilt within a circular leather onlay on the front cover. Presented in a near fine lightly rubbed blue cloth slipcase. Illustrated with 30 hand-colored maps, all but one of which fold-out, and many of which are two pages. Pages are hand-numbered. First published in 1776, this was one of the first major atlases of the Americas.
This extremely high quality facsimile was based on the hand colored copy of the original held by the Royal Geographical Society and was issued to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The Maps cover the whole of the Americas, but the majority focus on the then known areas of North America. This beautiful copy is quite large and heavy, and may require additional postage.