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

apocalypse, 1966. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Book has a slant; jacket is near fine and not price-clipped. Early Viet Nam anti-war novel.

Bobbs Merrill, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1968. Thin 8vo. 72 pp. Yellow cloth with red titles to the spine. Near fine in a very good, price-intact jacket that has some light rubbing to the front and rear panels. Shepard's second book.

Atheneum, 1980. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Stated first edition. Fine in a fine jacket. Signed by Albee on the half-title page. Not price-clipped and no other defects. Review copy with "Not For Resale" stamped on the top edge of the book. Protected in a mylar jacket and ships in a box.

London: Quercus, 2015. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition, first printing of this Bernie Gunther thriller. Signed by Kerr on the title page. Fine in a fine jacket.

Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1874. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Sm 8vo. 326 pp. Green cloth with intricate and attractive gilt design and lettering to the front panel and spine. A bright copy of this early novel by Howells. Very good or better with a little wear to the top of the spine and bottom two corners. Slight forward lean. Pencil inscription to the second front endpaper: "For my dear, my darling, my life. My precious, loving wife.

Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1903. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1903. 8vo. 281 pp. First edition of the author's first book -essays on the deserts of California. A very good copy with rubbing to the corners (but not worn through), and the spine ends are softened. Front hinge weak but holding. Also, the last page of text is clipped deeply, but not affecting the text. No writing or other defects. Very good.

Rider, 1957. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Rider: London, 1957. First edition, 4th printing. Originally published in 1940. Sm 4to. 520 pp. Blue cloth; gilt titles to the spine. Some spotting to the spine - very good. Price-clipped jacket has light shipping to the ends of the spine, and wear to the extremities - very good. Bernard was a scholar of hatha Yoga and Tibetan Buddhism. He was also married for a few years to Ganna Walska, owner of Lotusland in Montecito, CA.

Seaview Books, 1981. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Stated first edition. Near fine book in a near fine jacket. Inscribed by Lange on the front endpaper. Also, a stapled 10 page, mimeographed selection titled "Kitchen-Counter Publishing" by Lange is inscribed and laid into the book.

Mark V. Ziesing, 1988. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/As New. Mark V. Ziesing: Willimantic, CT, 1988. First edition. Signed, numbered, and slipcased issue. Signed by Blaylock, Lucius Shepard (who wrote the introduction), and Dennis Loughner, the illustrator. One of 750 numbered copies; this copy #444. Book and jacket are as new; slipcase has a little rubbing to the top edge. Also included are four illustrated "Last Coin" postcards, each with a different drawing.

The Dial Press, 1970. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. New York: The Dial Press, 1970. First printing. Very good plus book (toning to fore-edge; light offsetting to the endpapers) in a near fine jacket that is not price-clipped. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper: "Smooth sailing, Darryl Ponicsan." Basis for the eponymous movie staring Jack Nicholson.

The Dial Press, 1970. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, 1970. Book has a slight lean and some offsetting near the gutters of the boards, in a very good jacket. Signed "Smooth sailing, Darryl Ponicsan" on the front endpaper.

12-Gauge Comics, 2016. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. First edition of the first graphic novel about Nick Travers. As new. Signed and dated on the title page by Atkins.

New York: Viking, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition, first printing of this "real western." A fine copy in a fine, unclipped jacket although this copy has a black remainder stripe to the bottom edge. Signed by Ken Kesey on the title page.

Portents, 1969. 1st Edition. . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Portents: New York City, 1969. A 10 by 14" broadside printed in black on white paper. Portrait of Kerouac by Robert LaVigne. Issued in November, 1969 as a memoriam after Jack's death. Near fine with the top right corner creased. Scarce. Ref: Charters A 26.

Dell, 1959. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First printing, April, 1959. Paperback original. Fine book except for a bookstore stamp on the front endpaper.

Dutton, 1983. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First printing of this Paul Christopher spy novel. Signed by McCarry on the title page. Some toning to text block else fine in fine jacket.

Putnam, 1957. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. A late collection of stories from this Danish writer, author of Out of Africa. Near fine book in a very good, unclipped jacket that has some darkening to the spine and parts of the front and rear panels. Minor edge wear to the jacket including a couple of short, closed tears.

Tachyon, 2018. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. San Francisco: Tachyon, 2018. 8vo. Red paper-covered boards with black lettering to the spine in a lushly illustrated jacket. First edition thus. First published by Subterranean Press as "The Last Unicorn: The Lost Version" in 2007. An as new book, unread. Signed by Beagle on the title page.

Cape Goliard Press, 1970. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cape Goliard Press: London, 1970. One of 100 signed and numbered copies of this screenplay, this copy being #63. Gray-green buckram binding in a tissue jacket. Gold lettering to the spine. Front board a little splayed; the tissue jacket is very good plus with wear to the corners and edges. Signed and numbered by WSB on the title page. Uncommon.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Reprint edition. Text is toned else fine in a fine if not very fine jacket. Rare in this condition.