Authors starting with A from Discovery Bay Old Books

William Morrow, 1970. All Grass Isn’t Green by A.A. Fair (Erle Stanley Gardner). First edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Willliam Morrow, New York, 1970. First edition with publishing date on title-page and copyright page. Dust jacket in fine condition with minor edge wear to top and minor wrinkling to front inside flap. Dust jacket is not price clipped with price of $4.95. Binding in fine condition. Book contents clean throughout. 192 pages.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ... more information

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William Morrow, 1957. You Can Die Laughing by A.A. Fair (Erle Stanley Gardner). First edition in dust jacket. Publisher: William Morrow, 1957. First edition with publishing date on title-page and copyright page. Dust jacket in excellent condition, minor edge wear. Dust jacket is not price clipped with price of $2.95. Binding in excellent condition. Contents clean without. Old tape marked at bottom title-page. 214 pages.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ... more information

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Little, Brown, 1953. Beyond This Place by A.J. Cronin. First edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Little, Brown and Co, Boston, (1953). First edition so stated on copyright page. Dust jacket in excellent condition, minor wear to top and bottom of spine, top fore-edge corner with minor wear. Binding and book in near mint condition, clean throughout. 316 pages. Protected in Mylar.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ... more information

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Doubleday, Page, 1910. Camera Adventures In The African Wilds by A. Radcliffe Dugmore, F.R.G.S. First edition. New York: Doubleday, Page, 1910. Bright green cloth blind stamped title, author and lion on front cover. Minor fraying to top and bottom of the spine. Book clean throughout. Owner’s signature and bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Copyright page “First published February 1910”. Publishing date also on title-page. 73 pages of photographs. 233 pages.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/N... more information

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Hilliard and Brown, Cambridge, 1829. The Annals of America, From The Discover By Columbus In The Year 1492, to the Year 1826. By Abiel Holmes, D.D. Two Volumes. Second edition, so stated on the title-page. Publisher: Hilliard and Brown, Cambridge, 1829. In paper over boards binding, beige with green cloth spine binding. Paper labels. Both volumes tight and clean throughout, staining to boards on front cover. 584; 599 pages. Errata slip in back of volume two on last page of the index. Overall nice set.. 2nd ... more information

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Allan Lane, 1980. The Girl In A Swing by Richard Adams. Signed first British edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Allan Lane, London, (1980). Signed and inscribed on the title-page: “To Ayresome Johns, with my best wishes. Richard Adams”. First edition with printed notation on copyright page, “First Published 1980”. Dust jacket in as new condition. Dust jacket is not price clipped with price of £5.95 net. Binding in as new condition. Book contents clean throughout. 397 pages. Protect... more information

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Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams. First edition, proof copy. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. In original yellow wrappers. Excellent condition. 339 pages.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. ISBN: 0-394-51049-6. ... more information

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Alfred Knopf, New York, 1980. The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams. First edition in dust jacket. First edition with “First Edition” printed on the copyright page. True first edition with “Kathe Geuther” , later suppressed and changed. Publisher: Alfred Knopf, New York, 1980. Dust jacket in mint condition. Dust jacket is not price clipped and price reads $11.95. Book in mint condition, clean throughout. 339 pages. Protected by Mylar.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ... more information

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Herbert S. Stone, Chicago and New York, 1900. Fables in Slang by George Ade. Signed and numbered edition. Publisher: Herbert S. Stone, Chicago and New York, 1900. Signed and numbered in a preprinted box on the front pastedown. This being number 237 of one thousand copies. Box in near fine condition, minor soiling to the rear cover. Book contents clean. 201 pages plus ads in back.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. ... more information

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Warner Books, 1981. The War of the Roses by Warren Adler. First edition in dust jacket. Publisher: New York: Warner Books, (1981). First edition with phrase “First Printing; April 1981” and first issue number sequence 1-10. Dust jacket in fine condition. Dust jacket is not price clipped with price of $10.95. Binding and book contents in fine condition, clean throughout. 263 pages. Protected by Mylar.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ... more information

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The Nathaniel Branden Institute, New York, 1962. Antitrust by Alan Greenspan. Pamphlet is original white wrapper. Publisher: The Nathaniel Branden Institute, New York, [1962]. Expanded version of an article in Barrons, February 5, 1962. 8 page. In fine condition with some minor browning to wrapper. Postal code: “New York 16, N.Y.”.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. ... more information

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Little, Brown, Boston, 1929. An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott. The Beacon Hill Book edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Little, Brown, Boston, 1929. Dust jacket in fine condition. Dust jacket is not price clipped with price of $2.00 net. Binding in fine condition. Book contents clean throughout, owners signature and date on first free endpaper. 328 pages. Protected by Mylar.. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ... more information

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Fields, Osgood, 1870. The Story of a Bad Boy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. First edition, first issue, with correct readings on pages 14 and 197. Boston: Fields, Osgood, 1870 (1869). Small 8vo, original blind red cloth, gilt spine stamping including several vignettes, dark brown coated endpapers, wood-engraved frontis and text illustrations, 23-page publisher’s catalog at rear. Moderate cover wear and rubbing. Fraying at top and bottom of spine. Text tight. BAL 269, Peter Parley to Penrod, page 35. Christm... more information

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Farrar, Straus and Company, 1963. The Early Years of Alec Waugh by Alec Waugh. Signed first edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Company, New York, (1963). Signed and inscribed on the first blank endpaper. First edition with phrase “First Printing, 1963” on the copyright pages. Dust jacket in ear fine condition, chip to top of spine and 2 inch tear at bottom of spine front edge (no loss). Else a very nice jacket. Dust jacket is not price clipped with price of $6.00. Binding in exc... more information

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Doubleday, 1976. Roots by Alex Haley. First edition, later issue in dust jacket. Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, (1976). Dust jacket in excellent condition, chipping to top corners of spine. Dust jacket is not price clipped with price of $12.50. Book binding is in excellent condition. Book contents clean throughout. 688 pages. Very nice copy. Protected in Mylar.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ... more information

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Doubleday. A Different Kind of Christmas by Alex Haley. First edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Doubleday, New York, (1988). First edition so stated on copyright page. Dust jacket in fine condition. Dust jacket is not price clipped with a price of $15.00. Book in fine condition, no marks or tears throughout. 101 pages. Protected by Mylar. Beautiful copy.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 0-385-26043-1. ... more information

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, (1971). Edition with phrase “This edition 1971”. Dust jacket in fine condition. Dust jacket is not price clipped with price of $7.95. Binding in fine condition. Book contents clean throughout. 174 pages.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ... more information

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Loring, 1870. Rufus and Rose by Horatio Alger. First edition, first issue. Publisher: Loring, Boston, [1870]. First issue per Gardner and Bennett bibliographies. In original purple cloth. Binding in excellent condition. Front and back covers bright, spine faded. Spine with all gold lettering and borders visible. Spot on front cover. Slight cocking. Book contents clean throughout. Christmas inscription on front blank endpaper. 292 pages. In general an excellent copy of a difficult Alger title.. 1st Edition. ... more information

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Penn Publishing, Philadelphia, 1892. The Young Boatman by Horatio Alger. First edition, later issue in blue cloth binding with silver printing on black background. Publisher: Penn Publishing, Philadelphia, 1892. Publishing date is on both the title-page and copyright page. Nice tight, clean binding, some rubbing to the spine. Book contents clean throughout. Top page corners bent on front endpapers, 369 pages plus ads in back.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. ... more information

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The Century Co., New York, 1909. Mr. Opp by Alice Hegan Rice. First edition in original green cloth. Publisher: The Century Co., New York, 1909. First edition with “Published, April, 1909” on the copyright page. Binding in excellent condition, minor edge rubbing. Book contents clean throughout. 326 pages.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. ... more information

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