Search Results: Authors starting with A from 4Shadows Books, IOBA

Alfred A. Knopf, 2011-06-28. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. No marks inside or out. Fresh hardcover in crisp unclipped dustjacket. Binding tight and square, corners sharp. Appears new. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Stated First Edition with no printings indicated, 1st printing. - A collection of darkly compelling stories. - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

University of Michigan Press, 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Clean unmarked hardcover, crisp unclipped ($7.50) dustjacket in archival cover. Very faint rub to corner tips. Binding and corners square. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1966. No edition or printings indicated. 281 pages. - A study of the English novel before it came of age with Richardson's "Pamela." The first book to trace the history and methods of using letters to tell a story, it draws on more than 200 little-known works, many designed for a public that had little concern with art. Portrays the Grub Street world that gave birth to popular literature. Finally, Richardson is reassessed in light of these predecessor writings to understand better the origins of a literary technique that did so much to revolutionize English fiction in the middle of the eighteenth century. - - Wrapped, boxed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

Pantheon Books, 1999-07-20. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. SIGNED by the author to the title page with brief personal inscription, no other marks inside or out, almost like new. Clean hardcover with square binding and corners. Unclipped dustjacket with very little wear. NY: Pantheon Books, 1999. Stated First Edition with full number line, 1st printing. x, 694 pages; b&w photo plates, endnotes. - A detailed multi-generational study of an upwardly mobile African-American family from the late 1840's to the late 1920's. - - Wrapped, boxed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

Leo Cooper, 1997-03-01. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Previous owners blindstamp seal to front endpaper, no other marks and otherwise about like new. Clean hardcover with tight square binding and sharp corners. Dustjacket with very little wear, in mylar cover, no price on unclipped flap. London: Leo Cooper / Pen and Sword Books, 1997. xiv, 285 pages, [16] pp. of b&w plates; maps, bibliography, endnotes, index. - This book shatters many long-held conceptions of how and why one of Britain's best known disasters occurred. - - Wrapped, boxed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

R.R. Bowker, 1977-01-30. Hardcover. Good/Good. No marks inside or out. Clean oversized hardcover in black cloth with red and gilt spine lettering; square binding and corners, page edges tanned, slight musty smell. Unclipped dustjacket with several small tears, wrinkled spine, tanned flap edges, otherwise light wear. NY: R.R. Bowker, 1977. Second Printing. xxv, 1771 pages. - Huge collection of categorized quotes and extensive indices by author and by subject and proper name. - - 7" x 9.5" x 2.6", 4.5 lb, Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

Naval Institute Press, 1994-08-01. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Previous owners blindstamp seal and name to front endpaper, no other marks. Clean hardcover with square binding and corners. Dustjacket with very little wear, in mylar cover. No price on unclipped flap. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1994. xv, 232 pages; maps, photos, bibliography. - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

The Lyons Press, 2006-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+/Fine. Previous owners blindstamp seal to front endpaper, no other marks found and otherwise about like new. Clean hardcover with square binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dustjacket with negligible wear. Guilford: The Lyons Press, 2006. First Edition with full number line, 1st printing. xvii, 285 pages; 8 pp. of b&w plates. - Presents the background of a proposal to increase American presence in China from 100 P-40's to 350 fighters and 150 bombers, to be used to bomb Japanese forces in China and in Japan. - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

Praeger, 1999-03-30. Hardcover. New. New hardcover, fresh and clean. No marks. Tight and square, sharp corners. Gray cloth with maroon and gilt print front and spine, no dustjacket issued. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1999 1st printing. xiii, 316 pages. Bibliography, index. - Mayne provides an integrated analysis of contemporary and future politics and government, and outlines scenarios for three possible futures. Finally, he presents conclusions that indicate what can be done to achieve a political transition to maximize the prospects for a good human future in the 21st century. - - Wrapped, boxed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

High Lonesome Books, 2002-03-01. Paperback. Very Good. Previous owners blindstamp seal to the first page, no other marks and otherwise about like new. Clean paperback with very light wear, square binding with no spine creases. - Bio of John Harris Behan, a frontiersman of the early Arizona Territory, lawman and misunderstood character in the Tombstone wars, Civil War volunteer, twice a Territorial Legislator, and Yuma Prison Superintendent. - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

Macmillan, 1982-04-01. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG. A brief (Chanukah 1982) gift inscription to the front endpaper, otherwise clean hardcover with square binding and corners, in unclipped dustjacket with light wear to the corners. NY: Macmillan, 1982. First Edition with full number line, 1st printing. xix, 281 pages; 16 pp. of b&w plates. - - Wrapped, boxed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

Adams Media, 1998-05-01. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Previous owners blindstamp seal to ffep, no other marks and otherwise about like new. Clean hardcover with square binding and corners. Unclipped dustjacket with negligible wear and no tears, in mylar cover. Holbrook MA: Adams Media, 1998. xiii, 338 pages; photos, maps, endnotes, bibliography, index. - Each battle involving the Army of Northern Virginia is recreated in fascinating fetail, paying special attention to the strategies and tactics employed by the commanders on both sides.- - Wrapped, boxed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

UAHC Press, 1995-09-01. Paperback. Very Good. A gift inscription to the first page, otherwise as new. Fresh, clean paperback with negligible wear; tight, square binding with no spine creases. NY: UAHC Press, 1995. ix, 406 pages. - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

D. C. Heath, 1933-01-01. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Name inked to front pastedown, no other marks found. Clean hardcover in blue cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine; square binding and corners, spine faded and with light wear to the ends. Page edges tanned, slight musty smell, no dustjacket. Boston: D. C. Heath, 1933 Revised Edition. xlii, 1003 pages. - The first annotated edition of the Italian text of the Divine Comedy published in America in 1909, numerous small changes and an index added for this reviewed edition of 1933. - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

Rowman and Littlefield, 1974. Hardcover. VG/None. Hardcover in blue cloth with gilt spine print, sunned spine and board edges. No dustjacket. Small stamp on pastedown and embossed seal to the half title page, no other marks. Binding and corners square. Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, 1974. xxxiv, 225 pages. - Eighteenth-century Scots poetry. From the Introduction: "We have brought together in this volume a collection of the poems of Allan Ramsay and Robert Fergusson that, we hope, is representative of their best and most typical work. With two exceptions, both from Fergusson, our selection has been made from their Scots poems, chosen not only because they are Scots but also because they are their authors' best. Students of the eighteenth-century revival in Scots poetry - a revival that was to initiate a series of revivals, in the Scots verse of Robert Burns, James Hogg, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hugh MacDiarmid, and in the Scots dialogue of Walter Scott, John Galt and Lewis Grassie Gibbon… Read more

Mutual Publishing, 2001-10-01. Hardcover. VG+/Fine. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author to the half-title page with brief inscription, previous owners blindstamp seal to the ffep, no other marks. Clean oversized oblong hardcover with square binding and corners. Crisp dustjacket with negligible wear, in removable mylar cover. Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 2004 Sixth printing. ix, 118 pages; illustrated throughout, many in color, bibliography. - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

Davis-Poynter Limited, 1977-06-01. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG. Previous owners blindstamp seal and name to ffep, no other marks. Clean hardcover with square binding and corners. Unclipped dustjacket with mild spine sun and light wear, in mylar cover. London: Davis-Poynter, 1977. First Edition with no printings indicated, 1st printing. 343 pages; maps, bibliography, index. - A wide-reaching study of the Malay and Singapore campaign. - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

Hyperion, 2002-05-15. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Previous owners blindstamp seal to front endpaper, no other marks found and otherwise about like new. Clean hardcover with square binding and corners. Unclipped dustjacket with very little wear and no tears, in mylar cover. NY: Hyperion, 2002. First Edition with full number line, 1st printing. xxviii, 300 pages. - 60 Minutes reporter Mike Wallace looks at the lives of the recipients of the medal and explores what it is that drove them to go so far above and beyond the call of duty.

Abelard-Schuman, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good+. Library discard, not pretty but complete. Hardcover in black cloth with red spine print, dustjacket in a fresh archival cover. A few library stamps, cardpocket removed from back free endpaper. Previous jacket cover (not the jacket itself) was pasted to the pastedowns, remnants remain. Spine is leaning, corners rubbed and bumped, some soiling of the pages. $5.00 price is intact at top of front flap, bottom corner of front flap is diagonally clipped. In a fresh archival cover. London: Abelard-Schuman, 1967. No edition or printings indicated, an indication of 1st printing for this publisher. 244 pages. - This anthology of mysteries by the Edgar Award-winning author is number 123 on the Queen's Quorum, a chronologically ordered list of the 125 most important detective and crime fiction books. - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

Doubleday, Doran & Company / The Crime Club, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/None. Cute gift inscription to the half-title page, no other markings. Hardcover in black cloth with red print to spine and front. Binding with a very slight lean, not tight but quite sound, a hint of tan to page edges, barely nudged corners. No dustjacket. Garden City: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. Stated First Edition with no printings indicated, 1st printing. 321 pages. An Albert Campion mystery, British title "Look to the Lady." - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

Casemate, 2006-08-19. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Previous owners blindstamp seal to the front endpaper, no other marks and otherwise almost like new. Clean hardcover with square binding and corners. Unclipped dustjacket with very little wear, in mylar cover. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2006. First Edition with full number line, 1st printing. xiii, 274 pages; maps, photo plates, endnotes, bibliography. - - Carefully packed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.