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

Hyperion, 1996. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. This is the special ABA collector's edition. Jacket's front panel is white with an embossed jukebox. Signed gum-backed bookplate laid in. Edges a bit tanned; jacket is fine.

Doubleday, 1979. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. New York: Doubleday, 1979. Later printing with an ISBN of 0-385-04053-9. 8vo. 537 pp. One quarter cloth with blue paper-covered boards. Silver lettering to the spine. Blue jacket priced at $17.95. This is an as new copy, tight and unread, from Herman Wouk's personal library, which his family donated to the Palm Springs library.

The West Coast Publishing Company, 1906. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. San Diego, 1906. First edition. Near fine copy with a little fraying beginning to the spine extremities. Small ownership stamp on the front pastedown and title page. A nice copy.

McGraw-Hill, 1962. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition stated. A nice copy of this column of "The American Trails Series." A fine book in a very good or better jacket with a little wear to the front two corners, toning to the spine and one spot to the front panel. Not price-clipped. Interior is clean. The uncoated jacket frequently shows up in much worse condition.

Appleton Century Crofts, 1953. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Tape "ghosts" on the front and rear endpapers, else near fine. Jacket is near fine, bright and clean, with just a tiny chip to the rear panel at the flap fold. Neat owner's name under the front flap. Not price-clipped. Very nice looking copy.

Harper & Row, 1978. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Harper & Row: New York, 1978. First printing. Fine in a fine jacket. Signed boldly on the front free endpaper by the Nobel laureate.

Little, Brown, 1939. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition thus. This book collects three of the Hornblower tales: Beat To Quarters, Ship of the Line, and Flying Colours. Very good plus book in a very good jacket that has some wear along the front flap fold, base of the spine and some loss of material to the top of the spine affecting the words "Captain" and Horatio.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First in a edition of the author's third book, a novel of prison life. Near fine in a near fine jacket. Soiling to top edge of the book. THe price-intact jacket ($3.75) has a little toning to the rear panel else fine.

Little, Brown, 2012. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing of Rowling's first mystery. Fine book in a fine jacket.

Viking, 1992. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. New York: Viking, 1992. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Fine copy. Perfect bound, 94 pp.Sm 8vo.

Simon & Schuster, 1961. Book Club Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book Club Edition as printed on the bottom corner of the front jacket flap. Near Fine book in a a near fine jacket with a little rubbing to the bottom of the jacket's spine (affecting the word "Schuster," and to the rear panel. Nice, tight copy.

Little, Brown, 1951. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Little Brown, 1951. First Book Club Edition. Photo of Salinger by Lotte Jacobi on the rear panel of the jacket. Front flap of the jacket states "Book-of-the-Month Club Selection." Laid in is the "Report by Clifton Fadiman" brochure. Very good in a very good jacket that has has staining to the rear panel, a strip of loss across the top the spine (3/8" deep, not affecting the title), and a closed tear to the bottom of the spine.

Atheneum, 1963. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/As New. A superb copy of this novel by Morris. Signed on the first blank by him. Stated first edition.

Jonathan Cape, 1979. 2nd Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 2nd printing. Fine in a fine jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

Harper & Brothers, 1906. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First edition. 8 vo. 290 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering and top edge. Near fine. Front panel has a couple of small, faint stains. In a supplied mylar jacket.

Putnam, 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (August) 1926. Sm 8vo. 294 pp. First U.S. edition. Light blue cloth with black lettering to spine and front board with a small depiction of the charwoman. Blue endpapers; owner's name on second endpaper. A little toning to the spine and board edges - very good. Very good jacket: toned spine; external tape repair to the top of spine; minor chipping at bottom of the spine. Ramon Alonzo's sister needs s dowry, and he needs to study with a magician to learn how to make gold. But the price is high - his shadow. He meets an ugly charwoman who has also lost her shadow to the same magician. He vows to return it to her. Ref: Joshi & Schweitzer I.A.44.b.1. Also Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, P. 170.

Knopf, 1961. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. A fine book in a very good, price-clipped jacket. Spine is toned; minor edge wear. By the author of The Folded Leaf and They Came Like Swallows.

Simon & Schuster, 2008. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First UK printing. Near fine (light bumps to rear bottom corner) in a jacket with a little wrinkling to the same corner. Signed on the title page.

New York: Stein and Day, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of Brown's second book, following "Manchild in the Promised Land." Near fine book (2 tiny dots on the front free endpaper) in a near fine, price-clipped jacket that has a little soiling to the rear panel and a closed 1/4" closed tear.

New York: Dutton, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated first edition. A very good or better book in a very good minus jack: rubbing, short tears, wear to corners and spine ends with minimal loss of material. Price-intact jacket. No writing or other defects.