Search Results: Authors starting with E from Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting

Blue boards with silver writing on spine; author's initials embossed in silver on front board. Book spine curved in very slightly; illustrations on inside of front and back board. Very slight shelf wear to top and bottom of dust jacket spine; pages and illustrations still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $28.95 and 0211 on front dust jacket flap. Viking First Edition; First Printing as indicated by complete number line ending in "1" on copyright page. The first book in the All Souls trilogy, Harkness' novel is "equal parts history and magic, romance and suspense" and has been made into a television series. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Light-brown and tan boards with gold writing on spine; intricate image embossed in gold on front board. Top and bottom of book spine slightly rumpled; illustrations on interior of front and back boards. Slight wear on tops of dust jacket flap folds; tops of front and back dust jacket has rubbing and wear. Crease on top of dust jacket spine; shelf wear to top and bottom of dust jacket spine. Cover price of $15.95 on front dust jacket flap; book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.Harcourt Brace Jovanovich First Edition, Second Printing as indicated by "C D E" on copyright page. Publisher started first printing with "B" in the letter line and not "A".Eco's amazing novel is a "gloriously rich blending of thriller and Gothic novel" translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Front board is actual start of novel, with next page of text adhered to interior of front board. ISBN appears on sticker adhered to back board as well as listed under publisher's name (McSweeney's). Binding is slightly pulled at top (see picture), but pages still look in excellent condition. McSweeney's First Edition; First Printing as indicated by "First Edition" on copyright page. Copyright page is actually printed on interior of back board. Signed by author on copyright page. Eggers' second novel, where McSweeney's stated first edition was only a 10,000-copy run. Hardcover, but issued with no dust jacket.

Front and back board, along with spine, covered in fur with cutout for eyes on front board. Book is in Fine condition with tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. McSweeney's First Edition; First Printing as indicated by "First Printing" on copyright page. Eggers' own take on both the favorite childhood story "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak and Spike Jonze's screenplay "Where the Wild things Are". Hardcover, but issued with no dust jacket.

Black boards with gold writing on spine; publisher's logo embossed on back board. Book is in Fine condition; sticker stating "Signed by the Author" on front dust jacket. Cover price of $25.95 on front dust jacket flap; book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.Knopf First Edition; First Printing as indicated by "First Edition" on copyright page. Signed by author on title page.Eggers' novel about two men commissioned by their governments to build a road to join old warring nations. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.

Trade softcover edition with black cover and back; book title and author's name in light blue on book spine. Book title, author's name, and image of African-American man on front cover; book overall is in Fine condition with tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Quality Paperback Book Club First Edition, First Printing Thus as indicated by statement of "This edition was especially created in 1994 for Quality Paperback Book Club in arrangement with Random House, Inc." on copyright page. Author's picture and facsimile signature on second interior page of book.Ellison's "masterpiece about the plight of an African-American man" that won the National Book Award for fiction. Trade softcover so unable to be protected by archival Mylar cover.

Blue boards with silver writing on spine; top and bottom of book spine rumpled. Minor chipping on edges of dust jacket where it folds into front and back dust jacket flaps; Shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine; price of $4.50 and "S.G." on front dust jacket flap. Book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.Doubleday First Edition, First Printing as indicated by "First Edition" and no other printings listed on copyright page. Author's signature and "To Doug" on first interior page.Winner of Pulitzer Award for Painting and the Christopher Medal for Illustration, Fisher wrote and illustrated a book summarized as "[a][ vacationing family discover their rented Jamaican villa is haunted by the ghost of a pirate." Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.