Search Results: Titles starting with B from Grinning Cat Books

First Edition, First Printing. Fine; new unboxed deluxe edition of this important book. A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency. A stunning edition.

First Edition, Fifth Printing (Crown Publishers, New York, 2006). Signed by President Obama on the title page in black ink with his distinctive Capital B and O flourish. The second book written by Obama almost a decade after Dreams From my Father in 1995. Quickly topping the bestseller lists after it's release, the book bolstered the reputation of the then-Illinois senator, who declared his ultimately-successful candidacy for the presidency only a few months after publication. A wonderful collector's copy.

Fine in a just about fine dust jacket. Internally fine, content clean and bright. Fine in publisher's black boards, gold titles stamped to spine, light brown endpapers. Dust jacket about fine with only the very slight edgewear. Octavo. 375 pp. An excellent copy.

First Edition, Later Printing. Signed by First Lady, Michelle Obama, on the pre-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The powerful, inspirational memoir of one of the most influential and accomplished first ladies ever to grace the White House and the public stage. Octavo. 427 pp. A lovely copy.

First Revised Edition. Includes a collection of notes by Rockwell regarding the illustrations he submitted for this edition. Fine in publishers original tan and brown cloth boards with embossed cover title and spine title in gilt. Complete with beautiful, full page colored illustrations by Rockwell bound in. Printed on heavy stock. Prior owners signature and gift inscription on front free endpaper. Lacking the dust jacket. Octavo. 300 pp. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by President Carter on the title page. Fine in a fine dustjacket, with blue cloth and photo-wrapped dustjacket. 272 pp. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Limited Edition of 400 copies, this one numbered 189. Includes a free standing, tipped in, copy of the frontispiece portrait of Leonard Baskin by the famous artist, Barry Moser. Fine, as new. History of the highly regarded and prolific Gehenna Press, of Northampton, MA. Thin quarto. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing (stated first edition by Growell-Collier Press, 1965). An enchanting story by poet Robert Graves of a mischievous little boy names Jack who, after finding a big green book in his uncle's attic, learns a number of handy magic spells that launches a fun-filled adventure for Jack and his family. Graves' first children's book. Part of a then well-known series of books for children featuring renowned artists, this being the only title illustrated by Sendak. First printings from 1962 are quite scarce. A wonderful copy of this vintage classic!

Internally fine with near fine publisher's original green pictorial boards lettered in black and white; Sendak cover illustration in lime green. Some light scuffing to spine tail, corners lightly bumped. No jacket as issued for the first printing. Quarto. Unpaginated.

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Maxwell on half title page. Fine in original grey cloth backed boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. 119 pp.

First Edition. Fine in a fine dustjacket. Signed by author on the title page. The first novel of William Wharton, Birdy won the U.S. National Book Award in the category First Novel. The book was a also Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1980, ultimately losing to The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer. On one level, this is merely a novel about a strange boy named Birdy and his friend Al. On another level, it's an inventive tale about friendship and family. Quarter cream cloth with grey paper boards. In mylar-covered dustjacket. Front board impressed with wing design. Top edge powder blue. Fine. Tall octavo, 309 p. A fine copy of this wonderful classic.

First Edition, First Printing. Very good plus. Quite scarce. An inspirational classic of Native American Literature, being a series of interviews with famous Lalokta holy man, Black Elf, who survived both the Battle of Little Big Horn and the Wounded Knee Massacre. Complete with 15 beautiful illustrations by Standing Bear. Gray cloth with mild spots; rubbing to top and bottom cover edges, with corners bumped. Binding square and tight with no cocking. Pages are fine, clean and unmarked. A very nice copy of this amazing Native American story.

First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in a fine dustjacket. Light grey cloth with brown gilt lettering, cloth a tad dull, else fine. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Harry Crosby was the godson of J. P. Morgan and a friend of Ernest Hemingway. Living in Paris in the twenties and directing the Black Sun Press, which published James Joyce among others, Crosby was at the center of the wild life of the lost generation. Drugs, drink, sex, gambling, the deliberate derangement of the senses in the pursuit of transcendent revelation: these were Crosby's pastimes until 1929, when he shot his girlfriend, the recent bride of another man, and then himself. In this book, biographer and novelist Geoffrey Wolff's provides a subtle and striking picture of a man who killed himself to make his life a work of art. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Impression, second state. One of only 500 copies thus. Fine in a near fine dustjacket, with foxing to the upper edges and spine. Otherwise a fine copy in excellent condition.
Blasting and Bombarding was the first of two autobiographical books written by Lewis (followed by Rude Assignment, 1950), and covers the period from 1914 to 1926, tracking Lewis's progress through the First World War and the literary and artistic upheavals of Modernism. Original orange cloth, titles to spine in black, top edge yellow. With dust jacket. Frontispiece and 13 plates from artwork by the author, 4 plates from photographs. Octavo. A wonderful copy in great condition.

Softcover, as published. First Edition. Signed by President Carter on the title page. Near fine, with very slight rubbing on on the head and tail of the spine. Content bright, clean and unmarred. 257 pp. An excellent copy, one that is becoming scarce.

Near fine in original lettered white wrappers, two tiny staple holes on front panel. Advanced Uncorrected Proof Copy of paperback reissue of author's first book contains nine page new introduction. Very scarce. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 257 pp.

First Limited Edition. Fine, as new. Signed by Morgan. One of 100 specially-bound and numbered copies, thus being number 96. As new in tan textured Japanese silk cloth lettered in black on the spine and housed in a textured black Japanese silk cloth slipcase adorned with a reproduction of the mountains of the Cumberland Plateau at dawn by Dobree Adams mounted on the front panel. With a few black-and-white illustrations and five maps. Boone has enjoyed enormous critical success with extended, glowing reviews in The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times Book Review. Octavo. 6 x 9.25 in. xxii; 538 pp. A wonderful copy for the Morgan fan.

The Bridge in the Jungle. London: Jonathan Cape, 1939. Proof Copy. Paperback. Dated one year before the published Cape edition of 1940. Very good in original blue printed wrappers. Spine slightly cocked and toned, but binding is tight. Duodecimo. 5 x 7.375 in. 267 + [1] pp. Very scarce.

First American Edition (Bantam), Second State (1988). With introduction by Carl Sagan. Fine in a fine dustjacket. Dark blue jacket (rather than Silver). With the the dedication on the copyright page and contents page. The First State is extremely rare as there were numerous errors in it and it was pulled from booksellers' shelves and most were subsequently destroyed. A beautiful, fine copy of Hawking's seminal work.

Third Edition. Juglar was a French statistician for whom the Juglar cycle is named, one of the first business cycles identified in economic theory. Translated, edited, and updated with an introduction by DeCourcy W. Thom. Very good in original maroon cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and spine, spine lettering dull, page edges and endpapers somewhat spotted, binding otherwise tight and sharp. Duodecimo. 14 x 19.5 cm. [viii]; 189 pp.

First Edition, First Printing. Just about fine in original brown boards and in like pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped). Signed by author Doris Lessing on half-title page. The 2007 Nobel Prize winner's best novel. According to BBC Radio 4, the Swedish Academy, which awards the prize, described Lessing as "that epicist of the female experience, who with skepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilization to scrutiny." "Oh good, did they say that about me?' Lessing replied. "Oh goodness, well obviously they like me better now than they used to."

First Edition, First Printing. Fine, as new. This cloth-bound deluxe, special limited edition is one of 1,000, signed by Mantel on the title page. Winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize, "Bring Up the Bodies" is the second novel in Hilary Mantel's historical Thomas Cromwell trilogy. In this novel, Mantel traces the downfall of Anne Boleyn. A beautiful, immaculate copy of this award-winning tale.