Search Results: Authors starting with G from Armadillo Alley Books

New York: Delacorte Press, 2021. SIGNED. New. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Diana Gabaldon on the publisher's bound-in page. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($36.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 902 pages. 6½ x 9½. Ninth novel in the Outlander series.
Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall were torn apart by the Jacobite Rising in 1746, and it took them twenty years to find each other again. Now the American Revolution threatens to do the same.It is 1779 and Claire and Jamie are at last reunited with their daughter, Brianna, her husband, Roger, and their children on Fraser's Ridge. Yet even in the North Carolina backcountry, the effects of war are being felt. Tensions in the Colonies are great and local feelings run hot. Jamie knows… Read More

Burbank, CA: Gagne International Press, 2000. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. 1st/1st. NF/NF. Stated First Edition, first printing with complete number line ending in 1. Copy number 495 of 1000, SIGNED and NUMBERED on the title page by Michel Gagne the author and illustrator. The book is tight and square with good tips and clean unmarred boards that mirror the dust jacket. Textblock clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($24.95) and near fine with light shelf wear. B/W illustrations. Unpaginated. 4vo 11" - 13" tall. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. A sophisticated and mystical tale about the evolution of two diverse beings as they struggle to inhabit one world.Gagne has crafted a meticulously detailed and magical world through his exquisite black-and-white ink drawings. The art feels abstract and surreal, organic and lively, all at the same time. This minimalist, primordial world that Gagne has created -- one where creatures come in… Read More

Gagne International Press, 1999. SIGNED. NF/NF. 1st/1st. Copy number 745 of 1000, SIGNED and NUMBERED on the title page. First edition, first printing with complete number line beginning with 1. The book is tight and square with sharp corners and clean unmarred boards that mirror dust jacket. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped with very mild shelf wear. B/W illustrations. Thin Quarto. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover.He is an unusual creature with a strange origin and a wonderful destiny. He meets both friend and foe and struggles with adversity in an ageless story of acceptance and brotherhood.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. SIGNED. Purchased New. NF/NF. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line starting with 1. Signed by Rivka Galchen in silver ink on the title page. The unread 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 ($27.00) with a hint of rubbing, else Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 275 pages. 5½ x 8½" tall.
The story begins in 1618, in the German duchy of Württemberg. Plague is spreading. The Thirty Years' War has begun, and fear and suspicion are rampant throughout the Holy Roman Empire. In the small town of Leonberg, Katharina Kepler is accused of being a witch.
Katharina is an illiterate widow, known by her neighbors for her herbal remedies and the success of her children, including her eldest, Johannes, who is the Imperial… Read More

New York: Knopf, 2022. SIGNED. New. F/F. Barnes & Noble First Edition, 33rd printing. Signed by Bonnie Garmus on the publisher's bound-in page. The unread 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. The dust jacket is unclipped ($29.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 390 pages. 6 ¼ x 9 ¼" tall.
Elizabeth Zott is a frustrated chemist who finds herself at the helm of a cooking show that sparks a revolution. Welcome to the 1960s, where a woman's arsenal of tools was often limited to the kitchen—and where Elizabeth Zott is hellbent on overturning the status quo one meal at a time.

New York: Clarkson Potter, 2006. SIGNED Bookplate. NF/NF. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Ina Garten on a Jessica's Biscuits Cookbooks bookplate on the front endpaper. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Faint creases to spine ends. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Light corner crease to page 137. Color photos and recipes throughout. The dust jacket is unclipped ($35.00) with just a hint of shelf wear. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 256 pages. 7½ x 10¼" tall.
Ina offers the tried-and-true recipes that she makes over and over again because they're easy, they work, and they're universally loved. For a leisurely Sunday breakfast, she has Easy Cheese Danishes or Breakfast Fruit Crunch to serve with the perfect Spicy Bloody Mary. For lunch, she has classics with a twist, such as Tomato, Mozzarella, and Pesto Paninis and… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. NF/NF-F. Stated First Edition with no other printings listed. The book is near fine with solid hinges. Slight soiling and ½-inch light soil spot on top exterior pages. The bottom of spine is mildly bumped with a slight bump to back bottom corner. Otherwise tight and clean with no interior writing, previous owner's signature, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is near fine/fine with no rips or tears and not price-clipped ($26.00). Winner of the 1996 National Book Critics Award for criticism. In a protective New Brodart cover.
How do writers find an appropriate form to relay their ideas and thoughts? These 19 essays celebrate precision intellectual workmanship and showcase multifaceted models of how writing and thinking relate to life. Not exactly a casual read, but many claim Gass to be inspirational, with "essays that give off light with the profligacy of a sun on steroids".

London: Victor Gollancz, 1983. SIGNED. VG/F. 1st/1st. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good corners and clean unmarred boards. Mild fading to top spine and board edges. Textblock has faint erased pencil ghosting to first free endpaper and pages lightly tanned. Otherwise clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is not price-clipped (£8.95) and Fine. Protected in a Brodart cover. This is the prolific UK author'sfirst adult novel which propelled her to prominence in Science Fiction & Fantasy. Golden Witchbreed is the first book in the Orthe duology followed by Ancient Light in 1987.

London: The Folio Society, 1997. Near Fine. Eighth printing. The book is Fine -tight with solid hinges, sharp tips, and clean illustrated olive cloth boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Nine watercolors by Quentin Blake. The slipcase is near fine with very faint wear. 206 pages. 6½" x 9" tall. Originally published in 1932.
Following the death of her parents, Flora Poste, who has no means of earning a living, visits her distant relatives at the isolated Cold Comfort Farm in the fictional village of Howling. Those who live there — Aunt Ada Doom, the Starkadders, and their extended family and workers — feel obliged to take her in.
The farm is not doing well. Everyone who lives at Cold Comfort Farm has some long-festering emotional problem caused by ignorance, hatred, or fear. Flora, being a level-headed, urban woman determines that she must apply modern common sense to their problems and help them adapt to the 20th century… Read More

London: Arcturus, 2021. New. Sealed in shrinkwrap. Collector's Edition of one of the most beloved classics of our time. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean purple silk boards with gold foil blocking. Vertical paper sleeve to back panel. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Color illustrated throughout with images that capture the spirit of the text. Introduction by John Baldock. 160 pages. 6 x 9¼ " tall. Pictures from an opened book are included in the photo display.
Published in 1923, Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece has been translated into more than forty languages. The Prophet is a collection of 28 poetic short yet profound discourses on aspects of life and the human condition. This includes love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge,… Read More

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1994. SIGNED. F/NF. First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Ellen Gilchrist on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped (no stated price as issued) with faint rubbing, else Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 297 pages. 6 x 8½" tall. Set in ancient Greece around 500 BC, "Anabasis" is the story of Auria, a young girl who is born into slavery but is taken on as an apprentice to the gentle genius Philokrates, who spent his last few years teaching Auria all that he could about healing, nature, politics, geography and human nature.When Philokrates dies, Auria becomes more aware than ever that she is a slave and fated to a life of servitude. But when she is called to help deliver a neighboring woman's child and discovers… Read More

New York: Viking Press, 1969. VG/VG. First edition. First printing with "Published in 1969 by The Viking Press" on copyright page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips in ochre cloth boards, and a blue and black design on the spine. Stained top fore-edges. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Pages lightly age-toned. Map endpaper. The dust jacket is unclipped ($6.95) with light scratches to the spine ends and stains on the back panel (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 376 pages. 6 x 9" tall. A well-to-do London businesswoman gives up her comfortable life, including the man who loves her, to become a cloistered Benedictine nun.

NY: Delacorte Press, 1974.VG/VG. 1st/1st. First Edition, Stated First Printing. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. Mild fading to top red stain. Textblock is clean with No writing, bookplate, stamp or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($7.95) with chips at spine crown and small closed tears to lower front and back panels. (see photos). Lightening to spine and mild aging to flaps. Basis of the blockbuster film starring Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier. Goldman wrote the screenplay and also the screenplay for his comedy-fantasy novel The Princess Bride. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover.

New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2020. SIGNED. NF/VG. Includes peel off These Violent Delights clear sticker. Stated First Edition. Ninth printing with number line ending in 9. Signed in gold ink by Chloe Gong on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding and clean boards. Spine ends gently pushed. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($19.95) with faint wear to the spine head and two thin horizontal scratches to the back panel. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 450 Pages. 6¼ x 9¼" tall. This New York Times bestselling debut fantasy novel is a dark, imaginative Romeo and Juliet retelling set in 1920s Shanghai, with rival gangs and a monster in the depths of the Huangpu River.

New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2022. Purchased New. F/NF. First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed on the title page. The unread book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and black cloth boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($21.99) with faint rubbing else Fine (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 528 pages. 6¼ x 9¼" tall.
It's 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue.
Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging—and allows her to heal from any wound. In short, Rosalind cannot die. Now, desperate for redemption for her traitorous past, she uses her abilities as an assassin for her country.
Code name: Fortune.
But when the Japanese Imperial Army begins its invasion march, Rosalind's mission pivots. A series of… Read More

New York: Saga Press, 2023. New. F/F. Chloe Gong's adult epic fantasy debut. Barnes & Noble Exclusive edition. First edition. First printing with number line starting with 1. Signed on title page with cat drawing. The unread book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and black cloth boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Illustrated endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped ($28.99) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 369 numbered pages. 6½ x 9¼" tall. Includes interview with author and Selected Excerpts from the Complete Encyclopedia of Talin.
Inspired by Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, Immortal Longings is a fiery collision of power plays, spilled blood, and romance amidst a set of deadly games.
Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin will flock to its capital twin cities, San-Er, where the palace hosts a set of games. For those confident enough in their ability to jump between bodies, competitors… Read More

Kingston, NY: McPherson & Company, 2010. SIGNED. 1st/1st/ NF/F. First edition, first printing with complete number line starting with 1. Signed by Jaimy Gordon on the title page. Book appears unread. Tight and square with solid hinges, mild bump to front top corner, else boards are clean and unmarred. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($25.00) and fine. Protected in a new Brodart cover. Winner of the National Book Award. First printing of 8,000 copies.
In the ruthless and often violent world of cheap horse racing live the trainers and jockeys, grooms and hotwalkers, as well as the loan sharks — all struggling to take an edge, prove their luck, or simply survive. Called "equal parts Nathanael West, Damon Runyon and Eudora Welty", the book follows five characters -- scarred and lonely dreamers in the American grain -- through a year and four races at Indian Mound Downs, downriver from Wheeling, West Virginia.… Read More

Bloomfield Hills, MI: Bruccoli Clark, 1974. NF. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and limited to 350 numbered copies, of which this is #196. The first 50 were not sold in bookstores. Book is tight and square with clean boards and mild wear to corners. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. 32 pages. No dust jacket as issued. Winner of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Guard of Honor. Cozzens was nominated for a second Pulitzer in 1958 for By Love Possessed.

NY: Henry Holt & Co, 1989. SIGNED. 1st/1st. NF/NF. Stated First Edition, first printing with complete number line starting with 1. Signed on the title page by Sue Grafton with her characteristic black sharpie. A very carefully read tight copy with solid hinges, good corners and unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing or bookplate and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($15.95) with very light shelf wear. Protected in a Brodart cover. A nice copy of the author's 6th Kinsey Millhone novel.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. SIGNED. NF/NF. First Edition. 10th printing. Signed by Katharine Graham on a bookplate on the front endpaper. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Spine ends gently pushed and faint abrasion streaks to top fore-edges near the spine. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. B&W photos. Dust jacket is unclipped ($35.00) with crease to upper front flap corner, else fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
The woman who piloted the Washington Post through the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, tells her story — one that is extraordinary both for the events it encompasses and for the courage, candor, and dignity of its telling.Here is the awkward child who grew up amid material wealth and emotional isolation; the young bride who watched her brilliant, charismatic husband — a confidant to John F. Kennedy… Read More