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

Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of this collection of stories, the third book by Tobias. Near fine in a near fine jacket. Sunning to board edges - not severe- in a jacket that has light wear to the corners and spine extremities. Clean interior.

Simon and Schuster, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969. 8vo. 222 pp. Black cloth boards w with green lettering to the spine. White jacket with Wolff's photo on the rear panel. Wolff's first book - stated first printing. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Carlos Baker - with respect and thanks. Geoffrey Wolff, October, 1969." Wolff attended Princeton, and Baker was Professor of Literature at Princeton and the author of a well-regarded biography of Ernest Hemingway. Book has a little musty smell else fine in a fine jacket.

Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1951. 8vo. 791 pp. First edition of this collection of McCullers' novels and short stories. Includes "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter," Reflections in a Golden Eye," "The Member of the Wedding," and seven stories. Near fine in a near fine, price-intact jacket. Small owner's gift inscription on the front free endpaper. A very clean copy.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of this comic western. Spine ends of the book have a good little rubbing/fading. THe price-intact jacket is very good with a touch of wear to the top corners and some wear/creasing to the spine extremities. Interior clean - no writing or other defects. A Life Magazine review (positive) of the book by William McPherson is laid in.

Harper & Row, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York: Harper & Row, 1988. First printing. 8 vo, 232 pp. One quarter cloth. Lushly illustrated jacket by Ken Joudrey. Fine in a near fine, price-intact jacket. Spine lightly faded, else fine. Her first novel.

New York: Harper & Row, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated first edition. Early suspense novel by the prolific Freeling. Near fine in a very good plus to near fine jacket. Priced at $3.95. Bookplate on the front pastedown, mostly obscured by the front flap. Minor rubbing to the jacket.

Calder and Boyars, 1967. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine book in a near fine jacket. Essays and reminiscences of Samuel Beckett by 24 authors.

MacMillan, 1907. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1907. First edition with "Published February, 1907" on the copyright page. Sm 8vo. 19 1/2 cm by 13 cm. 242 pp of text, 4 pp of advertisements. Light brown rough buckram. Lettering on the front cover and spine is red with a white outline. Five ape-like footprints on the front cover. Slight forward lean to book, a few small stains to the top edge, and some light offsetting to the endpapers. Very good. Ref: Sisson and Martens 33-34.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1940. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated first edition. Red cloth - bottom corners bumped, dent to the top of the front board. The price-intact jacket has light edgewear including a 1/4" strip of loss at the top of the spine with the loss of half of the letters s, i, n, and c in the author's first name. Very good including strips of offsetting to the front and read free endpapers.

Delacorte Press, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. New York: Delacorte Press, 1972. Stated first printing. 8vo. An "as new" copy of this script for television by Vonnegut. No defects, not price clipped. Rare in this condition - a collector's copy.

Scribners, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Scribners, 1951. 8vo. 222 pp. First edition with the "A" and Scribners seal on the copyright page. Blue cloth with lighter blue lettering and illustration on the front board - near fine or better with very faint tape ghosts to the endpapers. The price-intact jacket ($2.50) is near fine without fading and one tiny chip to the top of the spine fold. A nicely preserved copy. Heinlein's fifth book for young science fiction readers.

Minotaur, 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing of her second novel. Signed by the author on the title page.

St. Martin's Press, 1996. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Signed (only) by Pelecanos on the title page. Fine or better copy.

Black Sparrow Press, 1977. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. One of 200 signed and numbered copies. This is #181 signed by Mrabet and Paul Bowles on the colophon. Near fine with a trace of toning to the top edges in a near fine, original acetate jacket.

Hoder & Stoughton, 2005. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2005. Sm 4to. 398 pp. First edition, first printing. Signed by Fforde on the title page. The first in his series starring DCI Jack Spratt.

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962. Stated first printing. 8 vo. 241 pp. Blue paper-covered boards; black cloth backstrip with gold lettering. Unclipped ($4.50) white jacket with black lettering and blue and green circles. Bookseller's label to rear pastedown; there are also 3 small words and numbers in ink on the rear pastedown. The jacket has a few, small closed tears and light toning to the spine and edges. Very good.

Bantam, 1963. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. New York: Bantam, September, 1963. First paperback edition. Bantam S2642. Near fine with minor wear and without creasing to the spine.

Andre Deutsch, 1963. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Andre Deutsch: London, 1963. Sm 8vo. 241 pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering to the spine. Orange, clipped jacket. First UK edition. Light foxing to the edges; jacket has light wear to the extremities and a moderately faded spine. One of 3,000 copies in the first edition. Ref: Charters A17-c.

The New American Library, 1986. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First printing of this collection of essays. Fine book in a near fine jacket with light wear to the spine ends. Signed by the author on the half-title.

Knopf, 1978. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated First Edition. Wharton's personal copy who has written and signed: "Author's copy, William Wharton, 1-19-79" on the half-title. His first book and a National Book Award winner.