Resultados de búsqueda: Modern First Editions from AARDWOLF Fine Books

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1984; First Edition; 8vo, 735 pages. David Payne’s first novel, winner of the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. Publisher’s promotional bookmark for this title laid in. A sparkling copy.

Random House, New York, 1967; First Trade Edition, First Printing; 8vo, 428 pages; black cloth; gilt titles; tan end papers; ochre topstain. William Styron’s Pulitzer-winning novelization of the events leading up to the 1831 murderous rampage led by runaway slave Nat Turner, in which over sixty innocent Whites were savagely slaughtered, including an infant hacked to pieces as it slept, and ten children who were gathered at the school house for class, all of whom were beheaded. Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. A few light flecks on the top page block edge, very slight sunning of the dust jacket spine panel. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, binding tight, sound, and square, not price clipped, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY, 1973; First Edition, second printing; Signed; 8vo, 342 pages. Collection of 24 stories set in the United States and pre-war Poland. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. Warmly inscribed, "With Love," and signed by the author to renowned Los Angeles philanthropist and patron of the arts Anna Bing Arnold and her husband Aerol. Clean, crisp, and bright, no chips or tears.

Random House, NY, 1971; First Edition; Signed; 8vo, 180 pages. Third Lieutenant Hastings murder mystery, inscribed and signed on the half title page by the author. Enthusiastic rear panel blurb by Ross Macdonald. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket that has not been price-clipped.

Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, New York, 1982; First Edition; 8vo, 240 pages. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, sharp, no chips or tears, no ownership signatures. Blindstamp of Marvin N. Shapiro, notable Los Angeles public interest attorney, on f.f.e.p.

Ballantine Books, NY, 1976; First Edition, first printing. True story of the implausible AEREON aerobody flying ship, a cross between a helicopter and flying saucer, which took 11 years and a fortune to build. First paperback printing. Very Good Plus, in wraps.

Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1952; 8vo, 242 pages. Western fiction shoot-em-up taking place in wild 19th century Arizona featuring Ben Reifel, upright holdup man who meets his match in a rich and pretty stage passenger. Fine. Clean, crisp and bright, in a price clipped Very Good Plus dust jacket. Author’s biography and portrait photo on rear panel.

Simon and Schuster, NY, 1966; First Edition; 8vo, 252 pages. Evan S. Connell’s examination into the workings of the mind of an ordinary person who turns to violence out of frustration and boredom, demonstrating the thin line that separates normal from abnormal. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good dust jacket with a minor short crease near the top edge of the back panel, no chips, no tears. Clean, crisp, bright, and un-yellowed. A fascinating book.

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1987; First Edition; 8vo, 247 pages. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

Hyperion, New York, 1994; First Edition; 8vo, 367 pages. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp. Warmly inscribed and signed to an associate on the title page by the author, "To ____, Thanks for your good work and for your friendship, Your buddy, Jim Burke." Publisher's bookmark laid in. A sparkling copy.

Vanguard Press, NY, 1973; First Edition; 8vo, 561 pages. Novel of an individual’s attempts to find transformative love in the turbulent period of the 1960’s. Very Good, in a price clipped Very Good dust jacket that has two tiny (1/8") edge tears. Clean, crisp, bright, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. A nice copy.

Random House, New York, 1983; First Edition; 8vo, 215 pages. The book that "took Duluth off the map." Fine, in a Fine dust jacket.

Frederick A. Stokes Company, NY, 1928; First Edition; 8vo, 323 pages. Legendary Maui author Armine von Tempski’s story of a young man’s efforts to reclaim the despoiled Hawaiian island of Kahoolawe and restore it to its original splendor. True first edition, first printing. Very Good, with moderate external soiling. No previous owner signatures or any other markings of any kind. No dust jacket.

Viking, New York, 1990; First Edition, first printing; 8vo, 364 pages. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp. Nicely inscribed and signed by the author on the title page "To ____, Con Amistad, T.C. Boyle."

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1979; First Edition; 8vo, 319 pages. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

Harry S. Dube, , 1953; "8 1/2" x 11"; 76 pages; illustrated. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Magazine and Program for 1953, with three-page photo-illustrated lead story by Ernest Hemingway describing his fascination with the circus since childhood and giving his impressions of each of the acts scheduled for the upcoming 1954 Ringling season. Unique for a glimpse of Hemingway in a buoyant mood. Full page Hemingway portrait photo on the facing page, followed by shots posed with a pair of performing bears, and with an elephant raised on its hind legs as the author poses precariously beneath its gigantic foot. Introduction by long time friend John Ringling North thanking Hemingway for his contribution, and urging the reader to buy the newly released novel "The Old Man And The Sea." Fine condition, clean, crisp, bright, no chips, tears, or creases. A beautiful copy.

Morpheus International, Beverly Hills, 1991; First Edition; 8vo, 1,019 pages. Monumental collection of the best works of Harlan Ellison, from earliest beginnings to 1983. Edited and with an introduction by Terry Dowling. First Trade Paperback Edition, October, 1991. Fine, in illustrated wraps.

G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1991; First Edition; 8vo, 240 pages. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, no previous owner signatures or any other markings of any kind, not price-clipped. An attractive copy.

Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1989; First Edition; 8vo, 223 pages. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. A crisp and sparkling copy.

Harper & Brothers, NY, 1929; First Edition, first printing, August, 1929; 8vo, 361 pages; blue cloth; yellow titles and decorations; illustrated end papers. Source for the 1931 Paramount motion picture of the same name starring Gary Cooper and Lili Damita. Very Good, with scattered foxing on the top and bottom page block edges. Text clean and crisp, binding tight, sound and square, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. No dustjacket.