Search Results: Authors starting with V from Paul Johnson Fine Books

Harper & Brothers, 1958. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition of this Judge Dee mystery. Book has some light discoloration to the endpapers and gutters else near fine. Jacket has some light soiling to the rear panel, wear to the bottom of the front panel (1/8" high); and a small (3/4" X 1/2") triangular piece missing from the bottom of the rear panel adjacent to the spine. Not price-clipped.

Little, Brown & Company, 1946. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Sm 8vo. 255 pp. Light blue cloth with dark blue titles. Book has toning to the edges as well as foxing to the fore-edge; one-word owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has wear/missing material from the corners and spine ends as well as toning to the rear panel. Ethel Vance is a pseudonym of Grace Waring Stone.

Lippincott, 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1930. Sm 8vo. 317 pp. Red cloth with black titles. Book would be fine except for owner's name, address and dates (3 of them) stamped on the front free endpaper. the jacket is price-intact ($2.00) and is very good or better with only minor wear.

JB Lippincott Company, 1932. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A near fine or better book in a near fine jacket that has a little fading to the spine. Not price-clipped; the price of $2.00 is still present on the bottom of the front flap. Rare in this condition.

JB Lippincott Company, 1931. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. NY, 1931. Rare advance copy in colorful wraps. Some creasing to the spine although the text is solid and tight. Staining to the top edge, at times extending into the text pages. In a mylar jacket. Scarce.

J. B. Lippincott, 1934. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. New York, 1934. First edition. Near fine book in a very good jacket that has some rubbing and fading to the spine. Otherwise, this is a near fine jacket and not price-clipped. Nice copy of a scarce book.

Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1988. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition, signed by Vargas Llosa on the half-title page. Top corners bumped, else fine in a fine jacket. Apparently unread as this is a very tight copy. Author of The Green House and Conversations in the Cathedral.

Harper & Row, 1978. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Harper & Row: New York, 1978. First printing. Fine in a fine jacket. Signed boldly on the front free endpaper by the Nobel laureate.

Harper & Row, 1979. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Harper & Row: New York, 1979. First Printing. Small, faint smudge to the bottom of the text block; still a fine copy in a fine jacket. Signed boldly on the front free endpaper by the Nobel laureate.

FSG, 1987. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Farrar Straus Giroux: New York, 1987. Stated first edition. Fine book in a fine jacket. Signed boldly on the front free endpaper by the Nobel laureate.

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1984. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Farrar Straus Giroux: New York, 1984. First trade printing. A fine copy in a fine jacket (some toning to flaps as per usual with this title). Tight, square copy, possibly unread. Signed by the Nobel laureate on the half-title page.

Harper & Row, 1968. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Stated first edition. Near fine (trace of foxing to fore-edge) in a fine jacket, which is not price-clipped. Signed by the author on the half-title. Nice copy.

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1986. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. Farrar Straus Giroux: New York, 1986. Limited signed edition, one of 125 copies. This copy is designated "A/C" on the limitation page. An "as new" copy in slipcase. Tight and unread.

Pacific Books, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Palo Alto: Pacific Books, 1983. First edition. Sm 4to. 314 pp. Full brown cloth with white lettering to the spine - a little splayed, but still near fine. The jacket is lightly faded to the spine and has a little wear to the top of the spine - also near fine. Inscribed by Dorothy Varian on the half-title and dated December, 1983. The story of Russell and Sigurd Varian, who in 1948 founded Varian Associates, a pivotal Silicon Valley corporation.

Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1968. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated first printing. Book is very good plus with a little fading to the topstain and to the top 1/4" of the spine. Small ownership stamp to the top of the front free endpaper. Unclipped jacket has a couple of rubbed spots to the spine; minimal toning to the rear panel. A political novel, it was the basis for the eponymous Costa-Gavras film. This was Vassilikos' most popular and enduring work.

Knopf, 2009. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, fifth printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine book in a fine jacket.

New Leaf Press, 1977. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New Leaf Press: Harrison, Arkansas, 1977. First edition, 4th printing. 8vo. 174 pp. Blue boards with gold lettering to the spine. White jacket with a photo of Maria Von Trapp on the rear panel. Signed by her on the front free endpaper.

New York: Scribners, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition of Vonnegut's first book. Date of 1952 and the Scribners seal are on the copyright page. A very good book with fading to the edges. The jacket is very good - wholly intact and unclipped - the edges and spine have turned brown from the original light green. Light soiling and staining to the rear panel.

Delacorte Press, 1973. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing stated. Fine in a fine, price-clipped jacket. Bright, unfaded topstain; no fading to the spine; no writing or other defects.

Delacorte Press, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. New York: Delacorte Press, 1972. Stated first printing. 8vo. An "as new" copy of this script for television by Vonnegut. No defects, not price clipped. Rare in this condition - a collector's copy.