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

Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Sm 8vo. 242 pp. Stated first edition. Violet cloth with burgundy lettering and decorations to the spine and front panel. Glue residue to rear endpaper although this has no library markings. Also a small areas of price sticker residue on the top of the front free endpaper. - very good. The jacket is not price-clipped; some wrinkling to the rear panel - otherwise fine.

Dutton, 1979. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First US printing. Fine in a fine jacket. "Everything is what it seems." Nice, clean copy.

Follett, 1968. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated first printing. A children's beginning science book by Isaac Asimov. Slender 8 vo, 32 pp. Near fine in near fine jacket, which is price-clipped.

Scribner, 2010. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/As New. First printing of the author's first novel. This copy is signed by him on the title page. A very clean and tight copy. This was a break-out book for Pizzolatto, preceding the success of his HBO show, "True Detective.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1932. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1932. 12 mo. 315 pp. Green cloth with gold lettering to the spine. Slight forward lean, mild foxing to the top-edge, creasing to the spine - very good. No jacket. First edition. A science fiction novel of sorts with the narrator, Sir Edward Leithen, meeting the brilliant physicist and mathematician Moe as he presents a way for people to see future events.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second printing. A very good book in a very good, price-intact jacket. Sunning to board edges and there is a small strip of loss of material across the top of the spine.The jacket has small areas of loss to the spine ends and a few spots of soiling and rubbing to the rear panel. Signed by Wiesel on the table of contents page.

Viking, 2016. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing of the author's second novel. A fine copy in all respects. Signed by Towles on a tipped in page with his stamp. "Signed Copy" sticker on the front panel of the jacket. No flaws.

George H. Doran Company, 1927. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. George H. Doran Company: New York, 1927. Sm 4to (approx. 8" by 10 1/4"). 203 pp. Illustrated by Theodore Nadejen. Brown cloth with Gold lettering to the spine and front panel, including a golden seated Buddha on the front panel. First edition. Rubbing to corners; bottom corners worn through. Light rubbing to edges. Evidence of a couple of labels removed from front endpapers; previous owner's name and date on the half-title page; B'nai B'rith Temple Library stamp on the title page. Very good.

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, Inc., 1944. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition of this mystery tale told in rhyme. Tan cloth with gilt lettering. The orange and black jacket depicts a leaping horse with a female rider. Jacket is priced at $1.00. Moderate fading to the spine and a small loss of material at the base of the spine - very good. Included is an ALS from Long to a Miss Alexis Smith of the Screen Actors' Guild asking for her recommendation and consideration of the book as a screen presentation. The letter is dated September 17, 1951 and signed William Henry Long. Scarce - no other copies located as of the time of this entry.

Harper & Row, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York: Harper & Row, 1984. First edition, first printing. This is the Buffalo Medicine publication, with a special slipcase and original artwork by Ernest Franklin. There is a full page color illustration on the half-title page as well as another on the dedication page. Signed by Hillerman on the title page. Fine book in a near fine jacket (light fading to the spine) in a fine slipcase.

Random House, 2000. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing with the complete number to the number "2." Fine book in a fine jacket. Simply signed on the title page by David Mitchell. His first novel.

Dutton, 1962. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Stated first edition. Fine, clean book in a very good jacket with some rubbing to edges and the bottom of the spine. One short closed tear to the bottom of the rear panel. Flap is not price-clipped, but there is a small retailer's price sticker over the original price. Protected in a mylar jacket and shipped in a box.

Sheed, Andrews & McMeel, Inc., 1977. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 1977, Kansas City. First edition. SIGNED by Lopez on the title page. Fine in near fine jacket, with minor wear to top and bottom of jacket spine.

New York: Knopf, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First trade edition. Signed by Heller on the front free endpaper. The book is fine except for an owner's blind stamp to the bottom of the front free endpaper. There is also a book plate on the verso of that same page. The jacket is near fine with minor rubbing to the front panel and unclipped.

Random House, 1997. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York: Random House, 1997. 8vo. 321 pp. First American edition. One quarter green cloth with grey boards. Silver lettering to the spine. A fine, fresh copy in a fine jacket. Signed by Roy on the title page. Her first book and winner of the Booker Prize in 1997.

Basic Books, 1979. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing. "A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll." The book has some light staining to the edges; spotting to the covers and the lettering on the spine is faded. The jacket has a 1" one closed tear to the top of the front panel, some creasing, light fading to the spine, and is price-clipped.

D. Appleton and Company, 1932. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Name on the front endpaper else near fine in a fine jacket which has benefited from professional restoration. Jacket priced at $2.50. Nice looking copy.

Cassirer, 1962. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First English edition. 8vo. Approximately 5 1/2" by 8". 390 pp. Pale tan cloth with brown lettering to the spine. Moderate spotting to the front and rear panels, corners just bit curled - very good. Small ownership stamp at the top of the front free endpaper. A little toning to the jacket's edges; no tears or loss of material. A nice-looking copy.

Amherst Press, 1964. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition of Drake's first book - about the possibilities that extra-terrestrials visited our earth long ago, writing this them before Von Daniken was first published. Sm4to. 176 pp. Tan cloth with dark brown titles. Small sticker to front free endpaper. Top edges foxed else fine. Pictorial jacket not price-clipped (($5.00). Minimal edge wear. Scarce.

Knopf, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York: Knopf, 1996. 8vo. 399 pp. First U. S. printing. One quarter dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Illustrated jacket - price of $20 on the front flap. Fine in a fine jacket. The first book in Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy.