Search Results: Titles starting with A from Paul Johnson Fine Books

MacMillan London, 1974. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. MacMillan: London, 1974. First printing. Fine in a fine jacket. No flaws.

Little, Brown, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2013. Sm 4to. 663 pp. White paper-covered boards with a grey spine; silver lettering to the spine. Jacket photograph of a climber on Everest. First printing. Owner's bookplate, mostly obscured by the front flap else fine. Jacket is fine with the exception of a little crimping tot he top, rear corner. Signed by Simmons to the title page. Uncommon signed.

Scribner, 2004. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Small 4to. 402 pp. Fine in a fine jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. There is a small "Autographed Sticker" label on the front panel of the jacket.

Random House, 1936. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Random House: New York, 1936. First printing. Very good plus book: some wear to the gilt lettering on the spine. Red top stain. Very good jacket with moderate edge wear. There is about a 2" split along the rear flap fold. Spine a little darkened. A very good overall copy of this classic.

Scribners, 1950. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition with the "A" and Scribners seal on the copyright page. First issue jacket with yellow instead of orange on the spine. Very good or better book with three tiny stains to the top edge, some offsetting to the edges of the endpapers, and rubbing to the boards. The price-intact jacket has benefited from some professional restoration and presents as near fine.

Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated first edition of this civil war novel. Near fine in a very good plus to near fine jacket. Not price-clipped.

Seaver Books, 1986. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in a fine jacket. Clean copy. A collection of selected essays.

Capra Press, 1976. Limited Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Limited, signed edition of 100 copies, this being #73. Brown cloth with a nature photo affixed to the front panel. Some fading to the extremities of the book, and a small stain to the top of the front panel. Publisher's acetate jacket. Signed by Sanford on the colophon.

Capra Press, 1976. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. This copy is #8 of 100 signed and numbered copies issued by Capra Press in 1976. Fine in a near fine acetate jacket as issued by the publisher.

Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1940. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated first edition. Ross was a pen name of Leo Rosten, the humorist and writer. Near fine book (top edges a little sunned) in a near fine, price-intact jacket with some fading to the spine.

Simon & Schuster, 1985. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Fine book in a fine jacket. Signed by Hawkes.

Doubleday, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Stated first edition. A biographical novel about Eugene Debs by the author of "Immortal Wife" and "Lust For Life." The volume has some light edge wear and rubbing. The jacket is unclipped and has just a bit of wear to the top of the spine, light soiling to the rear panel, and a stain to the fore-edge. An overall attractive copy. Signed and inscribed by Stone on the half-title page.

Doubleday, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1947. First edition stated. 8vo. 432 pp. Top two corners bumped, softening to the top of the spine, rubbing to the bottom of the boards - very good or better. Jacket is about near fine with light soiling to the rear panel. No tears, minimal edgewear, price-intact. Signed by Stone on the half-title. A biographical novel based on the life of Eugene V. Debs.

New York: Putnam, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition of this collection of short stories, articles, essays, and short novels. A very clean copy in a near fine or better jacket with 3 tiny nicks to the front panel. Price of $5.00 on the front flap.

Scribner's, 1910. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, 1910. African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-naturalist. First edition. Sm 4to. 583 pp. 1/2 leather with green boards. Marbled end papers. Very good with moderate wear to edge, particularly the bottom edges. Some light rubbing to the green paper boards. Gilt on spine is bright and unfaded. Ink name on the title page. An attractive copy.

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1966. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition of this collection of critical essays written between 1961 and 1965. Toning to the cheap paper else near fine in a near fine, price-intact jacket.

New York: Dutton, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1963. 8vo. 221 pp. First edition of this biography of Matthew A. Henson, the black explorer who accompanied Robert Peary to the North Pole. Henson was the first African-American Arctic explorer, an associate of Robert Peary. Henson served as a navigator and craftsman, traded with Inuit and learned their language, and was known as Peary's "first man" for their numerous expeditions. Matthew Henson died on March 9, 1955. Henson's signature is adhered to the front free endpaper and dated 7/28/51. Uncommon signature.

Reynal & Hitchcock, 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1942. 8 vo. 437 pp. First edition thus - comprised of Wind, Sand and Stars, Night Flight, and Flight to Arras. Orange boards with silver titles to the spine. The price-intact jacket (3.00) has some edgewear, toning to the extremities and to the spine - very good.

New Age Publishing Company, 1954. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Company, 1954. First edition. Yellow stapled wraps with green lettering on the front wrapper. Further conversations with Alan, a visitor from a different world. Very good or better with some toning to the edges and spine.

Putnam, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London: Putnam, 1925. Second printing, published in October, the same month of the first printing. Sm 8vo. 147 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front panel - very good or better with some soiling to the top edge. The yellow jacket is very good with moderate edge wear and faint fading to the spine. Signed boldly on the front free endpaper by Dunsany.