Search Results: Titles starting with P from Armadillo Alley Books

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2011. Like New-Unread. SIGNED Limited Edition. First Edition Thus. Signed Limited Edition 934/1000. Signed by Charles Stross on publisher's bound in limitation page. Unread book is tight and square with good corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($35) and Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. Book won the 2010 Hugo Award for best novella.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. SIGNED. Like New. 1st/1st. Stated First Edition with no other printings. Signed by Beattie on the title page. Unread book is tight and square with good corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped and Fine. 478 pages. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. A collection of 36 stories, 8 appearing in book form for the first time.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. SIGNED and DATED. NF/NF. Stated First American Edition. First printing with no additional printings listed. Signed and dated "Peter Carey 4-28-10" on the title page. Carey has drawn a line through America and written Dallas above it. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding and clean boards. Faint crease to spine and the top front corner. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($26.95) with faint wear to the spine head and a crinkle to the top front corner (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 380 pages. 6½ x 9½" tall.
Olivier—an improvisation on the life of Alexis de Tocqueville—is an aristocrat born just after the French Revolution. Parrot is the motherless son of an itinerant English engraver. Their lives intersect and join when Olivier sets sail for the New World to save himself from yet another revolution and Parrot is sent with… Read More

New York: St. Martins Press, New York, 1979. SIGNED & dated with drawing of a polo player. 1st/1st. VG/VG. Stated First Edition with no other printings listed. Signed and dated on the second free end-paper "All the best, Jerzy Kosinski, Dallas September 1979" and the author drew a sketch of a polo player. Book is tight and square with good corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock has previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down else clean with no writing or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($10.95) with light shelf wear and half inch and one inch closed tears near upper front corner. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
Passion Play is the story of Fabian, Kosinski's most romantic and driven hero. A modern knight-errant, he roams America in his custom-built VanHome, his refuge, transport, and stable for his two horses. His livelihood is polo -- not the millionaire's team sport, but the life-threatening duel of clashing horsemen. The prize is more than… Read More

New York: Little Brown and Company, 2014. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. Stated First Edition, first printing with complete number line ending with 1. SIGNED on the title page by Patrick McDonnell. Unread book is tight and square with sharp corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ( $17.00) and Fine. In a protective Brodart cover. Purchased new.A wonderful tale about cleaning up life's little messes. By the creator of the comic strip "MUTTS".

NY: Crooked Lane Books, 2017. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. Stated First Edition: July 2017, first printing with complete 10 number line ending with 1. Signed by Jonathan F. Putnam and dated July 12, 2017, on the title page during an appearance/book signing in New York City. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp corners, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($25.99) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
Newly minted trial lawyer Abraham Lincoln is riding the circuit, traveling by carriage with other lawyers and a judge to bring justice to the remote parts of Illinois. Meanwhile, Lincoln's close friend Joshua Speed steams up the Mississippi River aboard a steamboat owned by Speed's father when suddenly, his journey is interrupted when a rigged card game aboard the ship turns to violence--and then murder.When a young traveling artist is accused of the crime, Speed… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. SIGNED. NF/NF. First Edition. 10th printing. Signed by Katharine Graham on a bookplate on the front endpaper. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Spine ends gently pushed and faint abrasion streaks to top fore-edges near the spine. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. B&W photos. Dust jacket is unclipped ($35.00) with crease to upper front flap corner, else fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
The woman who piloted the Washington Post through the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, tells her story — one that is extraordinary both for the events it encompasses and for the courage, candor, and dignity of its telling.Here is the awkward child who grew up amid material wealth and emotional isolation; the young bride who watched her brilliant, charismatic husband — a confidant to John F. Kennedy… Read More

New York: Chronicle Books, 2022. New. This special edition invites fans inside the world of Anne Elliot. It includes the full text of Persuasion, plus gorgeous, removable replicas of the characters' letters and other paper ephemera. The unread book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. No dust jacket, as issued. 180 pages. 7½ x 9¼" tall.
Throughout the story, letters, newspapers, maps, and other paper ephemera reveal the characters' deepest motivations and shape their destinies. This deluxe edition brings all of this and more to life. As you read the novel, you will find pockets throughout containing replicas of thirteen items from the story, re-created with exquisite calligraphy and painstaking attention to historical detail.

Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press. No date stated. Circa 1963. Translation by James Legge. Book is Like New. The slipcase is very good. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Illustrations by Jeanyee Wong. The slipcase has minor wear and fading and faint wear to the paper pastedown. 220 pages. 6½ x 10" tall.
Contains An Introduction to Confucius, Confucian Analects, The Great Learning and The Doctrine of the Mean.

New York: Miramax Books/Hyperion, 1994. Purchased New. NF/NF. A novel based on the famous movie starring Holly Hunter and Harvey Keitel. Written by Jane Campion, the writer/director of the film. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. The unread book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Light push to spine tail. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($17.95) with faint wear to the spine tail, else Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 218 pages. 5¼ x 7½" tall.Ada, together with her nine-year-old illegitimate daughter Flora, and her piano, leave Scotland to arrive in the remote bush of 19th-century New Zealand for a marriage arranged by her father.

London: The Folio Society, 1999. Near Fine. Slipcase. Second printing. The book appears unread. Tight and square with solid hinges, sharp tips, and clean gold cloth that is blocked with multiple black cartoons. Faint soiling to the spine. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The slipcase is near fine with a few light scuffs. 272 pages.
Punch was a satirical and humous magazine produced in London from 1841 to 2002 (with a break from 1992-1996). It was immensely popular for a century until it started a fatal decline in the 1950s. The editors poked fun at everyone from politicians to actors, and social mores to sport. It was particularly famous for its humorous cartoons, which accompanied many articles.Miles Kington has gone to a great deal of trouble to pick out what he believes are the 67 best skits, accompanied by 57 black and white cartoons. Many articles in Punch are very specific to the time in which they were published, and a… Read More

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1922. VG-/VG. First edition. First printing. The book is tight with solid hinges and blindstamped tan boards. Red top stain. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Toning strips to endpapers. Pages age-toned. The last two pages are uncut at the top with a small tear. The dust jacket is unclipped ($2.00) on the spine. Quarter-inch closed tear to the top front and an abrasion - not a chip - to the bottom front panel. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 227 pages. 5¾ x 8¼" tall.
Heywood Broun was an American newspaper columnist and critic, best known for his strong stance against social injustice, and his long-running column "It Seems to Me."
His book, Pieces of Hate and Other Enthusiasms, is a collection of humorous short stories about ordinary instances in daily life. We learn many interesting things about life, such as what it feels like to be a god, and why sometimes it would be a good idea to… Read More

New York: Celadon Books, 2021. SIGNED. Purchased New. NF/NF. First Edition. Sixth printing with number line ending in 6. Signed by Jean Hanff Korelitz on a publisher's bookplate on the first free endpaper. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Light creases to the spine ends. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($28.00) with faint wear to spine ends, else Fine (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 322 pages. 6½ x 9½" tall.Hailed as "breathtakingly suspenseful," Jean Hanff Korelitz's "The Plot" is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal. Its theft, achieved by a down-on-his-luck professor, brings him fame, critical acclaim, and casts him into a hideous, downward spiral.

Toronto, Ontario: Inkyard Press, 2022. SIGNED Special Edition. NF/F. Signed by Mara Rutherford on OwlCrate signature page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred illustrated boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Light vertical creases on the last two blank pages. The redesigned exclusive dust jacket is unclipped ($19.99) and Fine. Reversible illustrated dust jacket with art by niru.sky. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 390 pages. 5¾ x 8½. Includes promotional card with author letter on back.
Outsiders are always given a choice: the Forest or the lake. Either way, they're never heard from again. What would you do for true love? Would you buck years of tradition and all you've ever known for a chance at a once-in-a-lifetime romance? Impossible choices, forbidden romance, and a deliciously fantastical folk horror story await you.

New York: Knopf, 2021. SIGNED. Purchased New. NF/F. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by R.J. Palacio on the publisher's bound-in page. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Light creases to spine ends. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($17.99 on back panel) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 289 pages. 6 x 8½" tall. By the author of Wonder.
Twelve-year-old Silas is awoken in the dead of night by three menacing horsemen who take his father away. Silas is left shaken, scared, and alone, except for the presence of his companion, Mittenwool . . . who happens to be a ghost. When a pony shows up at his door, Silas makes the courageous decision to leave his home and embark on a perilous journey to find his father. Along the way, he will face his fears to unlock the secrets of his past… Read More

New York: Penguin Press, 2016. SIGNED. NF/NF. First Edition. First printing with full number line starting with 1. Signed by Elizabeth McKenzie on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding and good tips. Light creases to spine ends and faint smudge to back cover. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Black and white matte photos. The dust jacket is unclipped ($26.00) with light creases to spine heads and top of back cover (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 430 Pages. 6 x 8½" tall.
An original novel that's as big-hearted as it is funny. Set in and around Palo Alto, amid the culture clash of new money and old (antiestablishment) values, The Portable Veblen is a look at the way we live now. A young couple on the brink of marriage—the charming Veblen and her fiancé Paul, a brilliant neurologist—find their engagement in danger of collapse. Along the way, they weather everything from… Read More

New York: Crown Publishers, 2017. SIGNED. F/NF. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line starting with 1. Signed by George W. Bush on the title page. The book is tight with solid hinges and binding and clean boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Color photos. The dust jacket is unclipped ($35.00) with faint wear to the top back panel and a small crease to the mid spine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 191 pages. 8¼ x 10¼" tall. Presidential Library Exhibit flyer included.
Growing out of President Bush's own outreach and the ongoing work of the George W. Bush Institute's Military Service Initiative, Portraits of Courage brings together 65 full-color portraits and a four-panel mural painted by President Bush of members of the United States military who have served our nation with honor since 9/11-and whom he has come to know personally. Each painting in this meticulously produced hardcover… Read More

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. Like New. 1st/1st with full number line beginning with "1". Pre-publication, association edition inscribed by Cornwell with full name on the half-title page to a former co-worker at the Virginia State Laboratory in Richmond Virginia. "To Mary Lea, Best Wishes, Patricia Daniels Cornwell 1989." Book has mild slant from reading otherwise tight with good corners and clean boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Faint foxing to side fore-edges. A bend on page 214 where the page was dog-eared. Dust jacket is unclipped ($16.95) with mild toning to upper flaps. Original seller provided a 1991 VDGS (Virginia Department of General Services) newsletter about their now-famous employee. A lovely copy. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. Winner of the 1991 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.
The provenance of this copy of POSTMORTEM:I contacted the seller to ask about the circumstances of the… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1991. SIGNED/DATED VG/NF. First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. SIGNED by the author (Heat-Moon) on the half-title page, and dated 2016. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, and clean boards. Three corners bumped and light crease to the spine tail. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Maps and endpapers by author. The dust jacket is unclipped ($24.95) with light shelf wear. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 624 pages. 6¼ x 9½. Chronicles the author's eight-year research into the people, geology, legends, and history of a tiny cross-section of the Great Plains--Chase County, Kansas--to unearth some of the mysteries of nature.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. DOUBLE SIGNED. 1st/1st. NF/NF. First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending in 1. Signed by both Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Light creases to spine ends. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($24.00) with light rubbing, including two small faded circular spots on the front panel (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 444 pages.
The time is 1925. The place, St. Louis, Missouri. Charley Floyd, a good-looking, sweet-smiling country boy from Oklahoma, is about to rob his first armored car.
Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Larry McMurtry and his writing partner, Diana Ossana, Pretty Boy Floydtraces the wild career of this legendary American folk hero, a young man so charming that it's hard not to like him, even as he's… Read More