Search Results: Authors starting with A from Good Books In The Woods

Nashville, TN: Southern Methodist Publishing House. Good. 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Presumed First Edition. Ships same or next business day. Ex-library book with all the usual markings. Normal edge and shelf wear. Spine is skewed and faded. Bumps and tears on corners and spine ends. Discoloration and some soiling to boards. Second to last endpaper has 2-inch square piece missing off bottom of page. Rough tears on front paste-down endpaper. Small damp stains along head edges of pages. 1/2-inch piece missing from spine tail. Soiling and tanning to edges of pages. Text is clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages .

Albuquerque, New Mexico: Albuquerque Sierra Club. Fine. 1984. Softcover. SIGNED by Edward Abbey and John Nichols in black ink on the front cover. On February 17, 1984 the Sierra Club of Albuquerque, New Mexico held a benefit event at the KiMo Theater. Edward Abbey and John Nichols both spoke at the event free of charge. Less than a week after the event, the New Mexico Game Commission passed new regulations to help save mountain lions. This booklet contains the full talks given by Abbey and Nichols at that event. Abbey's speech more or less starts with "Eat Less Beef." "If we have to choose between cows and lions, I'll do without the cows." It also includes a Preface by the Sierra Club, an essay on the history of the mountain lion in New Mexico by Carol Cochran, and illustrations by Beth Watkins-Arterburn. Covers and text clean and bright. Booklet protected in a platic bag and loosely backed with cardboard to prevent any damage. Ships same or next business day. ;… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. Book gently bumped at top of spine. Minor soiling to rear board. Dust Jacket has its original price of $5.95. Front flap has a light verticle crease in it, rear flap has a gentle dog-eared crease. DJ front cover has a 1/2 inch scratch. Dust jacket protected in a plastic Brodart cover. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pages .

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0397010842 . Stated First Edition. Remainder mark on top edges. Dust Jacket has its original price of $8.95. Dust jacket has a half inch tear to bottom edge of rear cover near spine. Long narrow superficial scratch to rear cover of jacket. Jacket has minor soiling. Dust Jacket protected in clear plastic Brodart cover. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages .

New York: McGraw Hill. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated with drawings by Peter Parnall. Previous owner address label on front pastedown. Very minor foxing to side page edges. Dust jacket has its original price of $5.95. Dust Jacket has a 1 inch tear to the bottom edge of the rear cover near the spine. Dust Jacket has a small circular piece missing from the rear cover. DJ has several small tears along the top edge, and a 1 inch tear to the bottom edge at the front flap. Dust jacket has dampstaining to the inside of the jacket on the spine and front cover. Overall DJ is VG-/G+. Dust Jacket protected in clear plastic Brodart cover. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 269 pages .

Salt Lake City, Utah: Dream Garden Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 094268818X . SIGNED by Abbey in red ink on the first free endpaper. This is the trade edition of the Tenth Anniversary Edition published by Dream Garden Press. Illustrated by R. Crumb. Small wrinkle in cloth binding on the front cover, wrinkles on the rear pastedown - these are slight manufacturing defects. Bottom corner gently bumped. Dust jacket has its original price of $17.95. Dust jacket spine slightly age darkened. DJ has a 1.5 inch tear in the rear panel near the spine. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 356 pages; Signed by Author .

Great Britain: Seaforth Publishing. Near Fine. 2007. First Edition. Softcover. 1844156974 . "This is the eighth in the Shipcraft series, which aims to provide modellers with all they need to know about a famous class of warship and associated model kits." Spine is slightly skewed. Minor edge wear. Tiny creases on corners, tiny bumps on spine ends. Overall, pages are clean and tight. Ships same or next business day. ; Shipcraft Series; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 64 pages .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0399134557 . "A rollicking new collection of humor and heartbreak by the prize-winning writer Lee K. Abbott." Ships same or next business day. Book has small bumps on both ends of spine, minimal edge wear, light discoloration around edges and bluke covers. Pages are lightly tanned, small water stains on head edge of pages, small black mark on tail edge. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minimal edge wear. ; 1.11 x 9.13 x 6.57 Inches; 206 pages .

New York: Crown Publishers. Very Good in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author in black ink on the full title page. First Edition/First Printing with a full numberline including the 1. Bottom corner of front cover bumped, bumping affected the pages and the first 100 pages are slightly bent at the bottom corner. No previous owner marks. Text is clean. Dust jacket has its original price. DJ is bright with no fading and only minor wear. Dust jacket now protected in Mylar. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages; Signed by Author .

Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1574411225 . Carolyn Fiedler Satterwhite, Assistant Editior. Cover and illustrations by Charles Shaw. "The final volume begins with the move from Wilson Hudson's editorship at the University of Texas to F. E. Abernethy's editorship at Stephen F. Austin State University." Ships same or next business day. Black and white photographs. Text-block head and fore-edge show aging. Dust jacket inside has aging at top edge, protected in archival cover. ; Publications of the Texas Folklore Society; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 232 pages .

New York: Grove Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802110797 . Publicity photo of author laid in. This book "continues Kathy Acker's brilliantly original exploration of the postmodern art of fiction with a story set some time in the future - a bleak, postrevolutionary world in which our society lies dying amid its own ruins." Ships same or next business day. Book has minimal edge wear, small bumps on bottom corners, black pen dot on front board. Pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minimal shelf wear. ; Drawings; 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.5 Inches; 227 pages .

New York: Grove Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802115780 . "Acker discards, mangles, and rewrites literary conventions. Using words as weapons to smash her way into modernity, she pushes language to the tension point, explodes and reclaims it. What emerges is a new way of writing, ensuring Acker's place at the back-bone of America's postmodern literature." -- Boston Sunday Herald. Ships same or next business day. Book has light bumps on both ends of spine and top right corner; overall, book is tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. ; 1 x 8.5 x 5.7 Inches; 277 pages .

London: Hamish Hamilton. Very Good+. 1992. First Edition. Softcover. 0241125014 . Uncorrected Proof. SIGNED by Ackroyd in blue ink on the title page. There are several instances in the text of underlining in blue ink. I don't know if that was done by Ackroyd or a later owner. This book came from the estate of noted book collector Rolland Comstock. Comstock made a point of cultivating relationships with writers and did have the author's own copies of some titles, I just don't know if this particular book was simply signed by Ackroyd for Comstock, or if this book was actually Ackroyd's working copy for finding errors before publication. Very minor wear. A spot of soiling to side page edges, probably a thumb used to flip through the pages. This book was read, the spine is gently creased. Now protected in plastic bag. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Ackroyd in blue ink on the full title page. Inscription reads "for Rolland from Pete." From the collection of Rolland Comstock, the prominent book collector and lawyer from Springfield, Missouri. First American Trade Edition. The First American was published by Franklin Library. The true first was the UK first by Hamish Hamilton. Text is clean and bright with no marks of any kind. Dust jacket spine just a touch tanned. Dust jacket now protected in Mylar. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by Ackroyd in black ink on the full title page. Stated First American Trade Edition. The first American edition was a limited signed edition by the Franklin Library, the true first edition was the UK first issued by Hamish Hamilton, I've sold them both several times. Text is clean and bright with no markings of any kind. Dust jacket is clean and bright and retains its original price. Dust jacket a little wavey. Dust jacket now protected in Mylar. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages; Signed by Author .

New York, New York: Nan A. Talese - Doubleday. Near Fine. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0385477074 . Bound Galley of the First US Edition. SIGNED by the author on title page. Includes a card from the publisher. "Peter Ackroyd's fiendishly clever skill at mixing fact and fiction into an addictive tale has never been more powerful, and his depiction of Victorian London is so authentic as to make readers think they too inhabit the gaslit streets of Limehouse." Ships same or next business day. Protected in a plastic archival bag. Book has some edge wear, most noticeably on ends of spine. ; 282 pages; Signed by Author(s) .

London: Chatto & Windus. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 1856197018 . SIGNED by the author on the full title page. "Set 2,000 years in the future, Peter Ackroyd's imaginative new novel is by turns lively, inventive and surprising." Ships same or next business day. No visible flaws. Dust jacket protected in a archival plastic cover. DJ has minimal shelf wear. ; 139 pages; Signed by Author .

London: Abacus. Very Good+. 1990. Softcover. 0349101310 . SIGNED by Ackroyd in blue ink on the full title page. Book is tight and appears unread. Some wear to cover. Author's first book of poetry since 1978. It includes a representative collection of 15 years worth of Poetry. ; 0.31 x 7.64 x 4.8 Inches; Signed by Author .

London: Chatto and Windus. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0701179112 . Fine black boards with gilt spine title. Very Good dust jacket with small tear on front. Signed by Author on title page. A dazzling new version of Homer's story. Ships same or next business day. ; 9.21 X 6.30 X 0.94 inches; 215 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0385497725 . Very Good Plus blue covers with gilt spine title. Spine top and bottom worn. Two very small marks on bottom edge. Near Fine Dust Jacket. Ships same or next business day. ; 9.50 X 6.64 X 1.45 inches; 524 pages .