Search Results: Authors starting with A from Joe Staats, Bookseller

London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author A.A. Milne on ffep to his early supporter, longtime friend, and sometimes correspondent Victor (Seligman). This presentation copy seems to be only the third that Milne bestowed as can be deduced from the inscription above his signature: "Vincent's copy of the play, of whose first audience he was a distinguished third." There were a total of 260 signed copies of this play, the London stage production of which starred Herbert Marshall and his wife, Edna Best. This early edition precedes the signed and numbered edition.It is a very scarce item (only a half-dozen signed,especially in this condition, and due to its personal connection to the author. Even the paper spine title is bright and intact after ninety-one years. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of his books about the teddy bear… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A. : E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1958. First Thus Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Published in 1958, THE WORLD OF CHRISTOPHER ROBIN was a compilation of Milne's complete WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG abd NOW WE ARE SIX. This new volume included all new illustration which are generously spread throughout the text enhancing the stories and eight new full-color illustrations on facing pages. Book is in near-fine condition (there is slight separation down the gutter following the ffep (otherwise fine) and is without a dust jacket. First thus edition, first printing in grey cloth boards with cover illustration and colored pictorial endpapers.

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Minotaur Books, 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Second thriller by the author of THE CARETAKER. As new, unread, first edition, first printing, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped{ M89

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grand Central Publishing, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Third in the series of "Sam Capra" spy thrillers, which also includes ADRENALINE and THE LAST MINUTE. As new, unread copy, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. M64

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. With 422 illustrations, including 390 in full color, with many double-page spreads. Very fine, in ivory cloth boards, in very good (fine except for upper right corner blotch, but presents very well in mylar) mylar-protected dust jacket. 11 3/4" x 9 3/4" x 1 7/8". *Please note that heavy, oversize art book will require additional postage. {BUND}

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press, 1994. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jacket carries raves from such luminaries as James Lee Burke, James W. Hall, Jeremiah Healy, Elmore Leonard, Robert B. Parker and Donald E. Westlake for Abel's exciting debut thriller. Near-fine (sm damp stain on fr edge, else as new) in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M20

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second novel by the author of BAIT (which James Lee Burke called "a stunning achievement right down to the last scene...one of the finest crime novels I have ever read). Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {BUND}

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated April 24, 2004, Los Angeles by author in black fountain ink on title page. Does one ever escape from the family? How much do we understand about our own past? How do we come to be who we are? Walter Abish, the internationally acclaimed author of How German Is It, examines these questions through the prism of his own experience, and confronts and encapsulates the historic upheavals of the mid-twentieth century in this brilliant, deceptively simple, and quietly wrenching account of his two journeys.The first begins in Vienna, where Abish was born in the 1930s in the Jewish, but not-too-Jewish, household of a prosperous perfumer. Then it ricochets around the world as his parents flee first to France (his mother had to sneak alone across the Italian border), then to war-torn Shanghai under Japanese occupation, just ahead of Mao's… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A. : HarperCollins, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ingrid is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or at least her shoes are. And getting them back will mean getting tangled up in a murder investigation as complicated as the mysteries solved by her idol, Sherlock Holmes. With soccer practice, schoolwork, and the lead role in her town's production of Alice in Wonderland, Ingrid is swamped. But as things in Echo Falls keep getting curiouser and curiouser, Ingrid realizes she must solve the murder on her own -- before it's too late! "My all-time favorite. Astonishing."--Stephen King As new, first edition, first printing, in qas new, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} L164

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Warner Books Inc, 1995. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Basis of movie with Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes about a fan whose personal life is falling apart, and whose fixation on his favorite sports hero takes a deadly turn. Superior suspense thriller and excellent baseball writing. By the author of LAST OF THE DIXIE HEROES. As new, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M25/ A49

New York, NY, U.S.A.: William Morrow/Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., 2005. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, unread, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} M5

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 2001. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A30/ A49

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 2002. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A49

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Inc., 2000. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Eight years ago, a remarkably talented reporter named Rachel Abramowitz began interviewing the women of Hollywood to, in her words, "puncture the mythology and to circumvent the silence" of this rarefied world. At the time, women directors, agents, producers, and studio executives made up only a tiny minority of the industry. Abramowitz wanted to find out what had allowed this handful of women to infiltrate the male-dominated world of moviemaking--and what was keeping other women out. IS THAT A GUN IN YOUR POCKET? brings to light the previously untold saga of the rise of women in Hollywood over the past forty years. Here, in their own candid and provocative words, are Jodie Foster, Penny Marshall, Dawn Steel, Sue Mengers, Sherry Lansing, Polly Platt, Barbara Streisand, Paula Weinstein, Nora Ephron, Carrie Fisher, Meryl Streep, Jane Campion,… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1988. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Organized by Alexander Graham Bell, the NGS is the largest scientific educational organization in the world, as well as one of the largest and most profitable diversified publishing companies in the world. This is the fascinating story of the Society, a secretive, influential and world-renowned organization, whose magazine has the third-largest circulation in America, exceeded only by 'TV Guide' and 'Reader's Digest'. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NF3

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1995. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NF1

New York, New York, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2003. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As new, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A37

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As new, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NF51

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Press, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L95

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Press, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L126