Search Results: Titles starting with A from Old Algonquin Books

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Biography. 249 pages, index, map endpapers. Dust jacket has two 1/2 inch tears, and spine is faded to gray background, but title still clear..

Wichita: State Univ., 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Biography of Arthur W. Kincade, Kansas bank president, starting with pioneer days in Indian Territory at end of 19th century. 209 pages, index, bibliography. Fine in VG dj with rubs and short tear on back panel.

NY: Scribner, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near fine. The Douglas A-20 airplane used by the French, British and American military in World War II, and by the US air force through Korea and Vietnam. 128 pages, b/w photos, drawings. Book has a small board corner bump. Dust jacket flap is price-clipped

New York: Knopf, 1990. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good +. Fifth edition, revised, of book first published in 1952. The technical terms used in bibliography and antiquarian bookseller's catalogues. Greatl reference for book collectors and dealers. Brown cloth boards, Cream colored dust jacket is slightly faded at spine, but print is bright.

NY: Viking, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Novel of a man who takes on the care of his grandson.

NY: Morrow, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Memoir of the author/farmer/war hero (1906-1996) includes his South African childhood, London in 1920s & 30s, the horse Blady, and an exploration into the human spirit. 255 pages. First American edition.

Cincinnati: Robert Clarke, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Compilation of Lincoln's letters, public addresses, and messages to Congress. 435 pages, index. Brown cloth boards with gold titles on spine. One word in text is underlined with pencil and other word written in margin next to it. Previous owner's name and 1893 date on front free endpaper with a small corner chip on that page. Small ink spot on bottom page edges. Otherwise clean and straight.

New York: Scribner, 1996. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near fine. Story of immigrants to America. Publisher tipped in a limitation page, with author's small signature and number 2273 of 2500 copies. Book is fine except for a bump at top corner. First edition book but the dust jacket does not have a price and states "Limited Signed Edition" and "Not for Sale" on the rear panel. Dust jacket spine very slightly faded.

NY: Mysterious Press, 2004. First American edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. A Marcus Didius Falco mystery. Couple of tiny bumps on board edge, and tiny tear on jacket.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Western fiction about the legend of Wild Bill Hickok. A Double D Western. Black dust jacket has light edgewear.

London: Daldy, Isbister, 1877. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Two volume set, attractively rebound in green half leather over green cloth boards. Spine has raised bands and gilt lettering on red and black strips, with 1877 at bottom. Fine color folded map in pocket at end of Vol. I. Some foxing on verso of frontis and the tissue in volume I. Many full plates & facsimiles and smaller woodcuts in both volumes, however volume I has three of the small woodcuts cut out on pages 325 & 353-354. All other engravings and woodcuts are present. Green leather corners slightly rubbed. Author's own adventures, the places and people, and guide to future travelers, and also discussion of Livingston's travels and death. Heavy set, not available for shipping outside the U.S.

New York: Scribners, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fair. First edition, second state with the A on copyright page, corrected error on page 21, and second state dust jacket. The jacket spine has the black title on orange section. Black boards have bumps on bottom corners. Black dust jacket, with $3.00 price on flap, is bright, has a 1 x 1-1/2 inch chip and a half-inch chip at top, 1-inch tear, and scratches and creases.

New York: Scribners, no date. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Very good -. New Uniform Edition" from ca. 1957-59. Original copyright date of 1950. Gold cloth boards have a tiny bit of wear on bottom corners. Gold dust jacket has $4.50 price on flap. Jacket has a 3/4-inch chip at top of spine and tiny corner chips.

New York: Citadel, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Behind the scenes of racing life." Includes stories of the famous people who lost and won big sums on horse races. 320 pages, index, photos. One page letter from Gene Fowler printed as a foreword to the book. Large previous owner's name partially erased on front free endpaper. One inch fade on green cloth spine of book. Dust jacket has some rubs and light edgewear.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Author's 1st novel is history & romance set in Ireland from 1850s to 1916. Includes glossary of unfamiliar terms. Near fine with light crease on spine, in fine wrapabout color pictorial dust jacket

New York: Random House, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good. Stated first printing. Small book of twelve stories dealing with World War II. Some light offsetting on endpapers and small bump on one board corner. Dust jacket with price intact has some shallow chips and a half-inch tear at edges, and darkened spine..

Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Critical analysis of Lawrence's poetry. 327 pages, index. Dust jacket has 1/4" corner chip and light edgewear.

NY: Little, Brown, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Review copy with PR sheets laid in. Tiny corner crease at top of couple of pages. First printing.

NY: St. Martins, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Mystery with Dan Brodsky, mathematician/sleuth. First printing.

New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1964. Hardcover. Fine. Preface in Volume I by Wilberforce Eames who also wrote Volume III Checklist, Three fine volumes in heavy-weight paper with illustration of each in volumes I and II. Brown cloth, gold title on red box on spine Heavy set: No priority or international shipping.