Search Results: Limited Editions from Armadillo Alley Books

New York: HarperCollins, 1992. NF/VG. Limited, Signed First Edition. Copy Number 88 of 125. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed on the limitation page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The slipcase is Very Good with light soiling and chip to bottom. 442 pages. 6½ x 9½.
A rich and penetrating portrait of Lessing's homeland, African Laughter recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989, and 1992, after being exiled from the old Southern Rhodesia for 25 years for her opposition to the minority white government. Lessing uses memory and reminiscence with recent experience to depict a country in the process of change.

London: Constable & Co, 1930. G/G. First UK edition and first printing, one of 750 printed. Brown cloth stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover. Wear to boards that are slightly bowed. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Pages lightly age-toned. Sales tag from J.W. Robinson Department Store in Los Angeles on back paste-down. The dust jacket is unclipped (15/- net) with chips and creases and tape repair on the front corners (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 162 pages. 6 x 9" tall. Introduction by John Middleton Murry
The Aloe is Katherine Mansfield's only novel, which she did not publish. She wrote it to crystallize the memories of her childhood and then reworked it to create her short story, "Prelude". After Mansfield's death, her husband, John Middleton Murry, edited and published The Aloe and restored its original length, detail, and texture.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2004. Like New. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Limited to 900 Numbered Copies. This is # 677. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings. In full leather with gold etching on the cover, hubbed spine accented in 22 KT gold, satin ribbon page marker, gilded page edges, and archival-quality, acid-neutral paper. Gilt has tiny scratches on top and side fore-edges but gilt still intact (see photos.) Certificate of Authenticity and Notes laid in. A very nice collectible copy.

West Virginia: Westvaco, 1972. Fine/VG. Limited Edition Published Christmas 1972. Presentation slip signed by Jack Vincent laid in. The book is Fine. Tight and square with solid hinges and bindings and sharp tips and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Illustrations are ornamental designs from the 1924 Louis Henry Sullivan "A System of Architectural Ornament." Foreword by Jean A. Bradnick. The beige paper slipcase is very good with minor wear, a few smudges and light soiling to base. 171 pages. 6 x 9½" tall. First Published on 1906.
George Ade was perhaps America's first modern humorist. Originally published in 1899, Ade's Fables in Slang pursued a genial satire notable for its scrupulous objectivity. Ade followed in the footsteps of his idol Mark Twain by making expert use of the American language. His practice was to record the pragmatic efforts of the little man to get along in a world that is changing… Read More

NY: Random House, 2007. SIGNED & Numbered Limited Edition. 1st/1st. Brand New. Stated First Edition. First Printing with complete number line beginning with 1. Signed and numbered bookplate by Anna Quindlen just for this edition. # 4 of 100. The book is tight and square with sharp corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($14.95) and pristine. Book purchased directly from Random House and accompanying letter states "This book is a first edition hardback that bears the same dust jacket and ISBN. Each bookplate has been hand embossed with our seal, the historic Random House logo." B&W photos. Protected in new Brodart Mylar cover.

Tucson, Arizona: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2002. SIGNED. NF/F. Limited Signed Edition. This is number 4 of 350 copies signed by George Pelecanos. Stated First Edition. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and original yellow Brillianta cloth binding, with gilt titles. Light creases to spine head and top front board near spine. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Faint abrasion marks to top fore-edges near the spine. The dust jacket is Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. Slipcase has light crease to spine tail edge, else fine.
Washington, D.C. private investigators Derek Strange and Terry Quinn are hired to find a 14-year-old white girl from the suburbs who's run away from home and is now working as a prostitute - but then a senseless death shakes Derek Strange's existence.A victim shot down by bullets meant for another; a tragic accident that strikes just too close to home. Strange's… Read More

Tucson, Arizona: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2000. True 1st/1st. Like New. SIGNED and Numbered. Stated First Edition. Signed by Scott Phillips on the limitation page. This limited edition is 152 of 225 copies. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp tips and quarter morocco with marbled boards are clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Dust jacket is Fine. Slipcase is Fine.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1972. 616 of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator René Ben Sussan. This oversized book has light shelve wear with good tips and clean boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Color and black and white illustrations by Ben Sussman. Translated from the French by Arthur Machen and Selected by J. Rives Childs. No dust jacket, as issued. The slipcase is near fine with light wear and small damp stains on the back panel. 502 pages. 8½ x 12" tall.
Casanova was a Venetian adventurer and author (1725-1798). His Memoirs provide an intimate insight into the life of European society in the eighteenth century. These Memoirs are the history of a unique life, personality, and record of adventures. They tell the story of a man who loved life passionately for its own sake: one to whom women were, indeed, the most important thing in the world, although there was nothing in the world to which he was… Read More

New York: HarperCollins, 1993. F/NF. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. 406 out of 526 copies. Stated First Edition. Signed by Tony Hillerman on the Limitation Page. The book is Like New. Tight with solid hinges and bindings, sharp corners, and clean boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. No dust jacket, as issued. 305 pages. 6½ x 9¾" tall. The slipcase is Near Fine with faint marks to top, else Fine.
During a kachina ceremony at the Tano Pueblo, the antics of a dancing koshare fill the air with tension. Moments later, the clown is found bludgeoned to death, in the same manner a reservation schoolteacher was killed only days before.
Officer Jim Chee and Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn believe that answers lie in the sacred clown's final cryptic message to the Tano people. But to decipher it, the two Navajo policemen may have to delve into closely guarded tribal secrets—on a sinister trail of blood that links a runaway, a holy artifact,… Read More

New York: Random House,1982. SIGNED Limited Edition. 1st/1st. Near Fine. Limited to 500 signed copies. This is #388. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line beginning with 2 (which in 1982 signified a Random House first printing). Signed by James A. Michener on the limitation signature page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, and clean silver boards. Light creases to spine ends and top back corner. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Faint bottom tip creases to pages 551-552. Illustrated color endpapers. No dust jacket, as issued. Black cardboard slipcase has light shelf wear, else fine. 622 pages. 6½ X 9½" tall.
Engineer Stanley Mott, astronomy student John Pope, naval hero Norman Grant, and rocket engineer Dieter Kolff serve as principals in the forty-year history of America's space program and share the complex drama with numerous others.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2018. Signed Limited Edition. NF/NF. Stated First Edition. Signed by John Scalzi on the publisher's Special Signed Edition page. This is 563 of 1000. 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 ($40.00) with faint crinkles to spine ends, else bright and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 6" X 8 1/4" tall. 429 pages.
"'Virtue signaling' is a phrase the dim and bigoted use when they want to discount other people expressing the idea that it would be nice if we could all be essentially and fundamentally decent to each other." -- John ScalziFor twenty years now—yes, twenty—John Scalzi has been writing on his blog Whatever, writing about, well, whatever: politics, writing, cats, the internet and the great social and cultural events of our times.… Read More

Great Britain: Hamish Hamilton in Association with Goldsboro Books, 2021. Like New. F/F. Exclusive Limited Signed Edition. This is 109 of 200 copies. Signed by Pat Barker on the limitation page. UK First Edition. First Printing. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Decorated endpapers. The dust jacket is Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 306 pages. 6 ¼ x 9½.
A daring and timely feminist retelling of "The Iliad" from the perspective of the women of Troy who were forced to endure this tumultuous time. Barker's novel follows the story of Briseis and the other women who are taken as slaves when the Trojan Horse infiltrates the walls of Troy.