Search Results: Titles starting with A from Joe Staats, Bookseller

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in her unique, beautiful calligraphic hand.. Mystery novel featuring wise-cracking female private investigator, Kinsey Millhone. When Nikki comes out of jail after serving a sentence for murdering her husband, she calls in Kinsey Millhone to track down the real killer. Sue Grafton was one of the most popular female writers, both in the US and in the UK before her untimely death in 2017 at the age of 77> "A" IS FOR ALIBI is the first boook in the 'alphabet' series to feature her celebrated sleuth, Kinsey Millhone. This is a very scarce, prized title, especially in this condition. Fine, first edition, first printing, in very fine first state dust jacket(#12.95 and 0482 on front flap0 in mylar-protected cover. M103

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Random House Inc, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. n this definitive work, biographer and children's author Ann Thwaite traces A.A. Milne from his birth in 1882 through a rather traditional upbringing into adulthood. For a brief period, he was one of England's most successful playwrights. But Milne's novels, plays, and essays were eclipsed by his four major books for children (WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, NOW WE ARE SIX, WINNIE-THE-POOH, and THE HOUSE ON POOH CORNER), which distressed him greatly. Illustrated with black-and-white photos. 554 pp, with Index. Very fine, unread, first edition, first printing, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} A104

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Joanna Cotler Books, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illustrated profusely with full-color reproductions of highly imaginative original paintings by the author. Very fine, first edition, first printing, in very fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} L96

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Random House, Inc., 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first complete biography of the founder of New York City's Museum of Modern Art. In 1901, Abby Aldrich married John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and set about transforming the fabulously wealthy but closed-minded Rockefellers into the progressive force in philanthropy, the arts, and politics we know today. Photos. Fine,first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-narked or price-clipped}A86

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tor Books, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Mint/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mint, unread copy, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. L119

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Penguin, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Author of HIGH FIDELITY, HOW TO BE GOOD, A LONG WAY DOWN, SLAM; and JULIET, NAKED. Basis of the popular movie starring Hugh Grant. As new, unread, first edition, first printing, in as new, mylar-protected dust acket. L150

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Penguin, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Association copy handsomely signed on title page by actor Hugh Grant. Will Freeman may have discovered the key to dating success: If the simple fact that they were single mothers meant that gorgeous women - women who would not ordinarily look twice a Will - might not only be willing, but enthusiastic about dating him, then he was really onto something. Single mothers - bright, attractive, available women - thousands of them, were all over London. He just had to find them. SPAT: Single Parents - Alone Together. It was a brilliant plan. And Will wasn't going to let the fact that he didn't have a child himself hold him back. A fictional two-year-old named Ned wouldn't be the first thing he'd invented. And it seems to go quite well at first, until he meets an actual twelve-year-old named Marcus, who is more than Will bargained for. Author of HIGH… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Riverhead Books, 1998. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page. Author of HIGH FIDELITY, HOW TO BE GOOD, A LONG WAY DOWN, and SLAM. Basis of the popular movie starring Hugh Grant. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L15/L78/ L106

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Kodansha America, Incorporated, 1994. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NF30

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Scribner, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From "one of the most notable investigative reporters in the country" (The New York Times) here is an inside look at the always political, sometimes corrupt, surprisingly inept, but steadily more powerful U.S. Department of Justice. Includes charts and graphs. Fine, first edition, first printing copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NFBS2

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Greenwillow Books, 1996. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. G

A: Library of America, 1989. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. As New/Slipcase. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Abraham Lincoln measured the promise-and cost-of American freedom in lucid and extraordinarily moving prose, famous for its native wit, simple dignity of expressions, and peculiarly American flavor. This volume, with its companion, Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writing 1859-1865, comprises the most comprehensive selection ever published. over 240 speeches, letters, and drafts take Lincoln from rural law practice to national prominence, and chart his emergence as an eloquent antislavery advocate and defender of the constitution. included are the complete Lincoln-Douglas debates, perhaps the most famous confrontation in American political history.with Index. 898 pp, New, unread, in blue cloth boards with sewn-in silk ribbon marker. Fifth printing. As issued, in slipcase, without dust acket {BUND}

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. Author of STONE QUARRY, and WINTER AND NIGHT, the winner of the 2003 Edgar Award for Best Novel, among others. As new, unread review copy with publisher's letter laid in, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M28

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Warner Books, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A thriller of unparalled suspense that dares to explore the unthinkable. Trapped behind a two-way mirror in a country house in Maryland Luther Whitney, a professional burglar, witnesses an event that destroys his faith in justice forever. A vicious murder - involving the US President. Now Whitney is the property at stake and, by the time he has escaped across a cornfield pursued by two Secret Service agents, a young woman has been sexually assualted, then shot dead. And a breathtaking cover-up has been set in motion...ABSOLUTE POWER is Baldacci's first novel. Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust cover. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} BUND

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Atria Books, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As new, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A48/M56

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Random House, Inc., 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beautifully signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. Author of THE RUSSIAN DEBUTANTE'S HANDBOOK and SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY. An uproarious and poignant story of one very fat man and one very small country. Meet Misha Vainberg, aka Snack Daddy, a 325-pound disaster of a human being, son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia, proud holder of a degree in multicultural studies from Accidental College, USA (don't even ask), and patriot of no country save the great City of New York. Poor Misha just wants to live in the South Bronx with his hot Latina girlfriend, but after his gangster father murders an Oklahoma businessman in Russia, all hopes of a U.S. visa are lost. Salvation lies in the tiny, oil-rich nation of Absurdistan, where a crooked consular officer will sell Misha a Belgian passport. But after a civil war breaks out between two… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Inc., 1992. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chronicles the inside story ofone of the world's most ruthless terrorist and his international network, which includes links with Iraq, Libya, Syria, as well as with a number of European intelligence agencies Fine, unread, first edition, first printing, , in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NFS2

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Free Press, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Edited with An Introduction and Commentary by Stanley I. Kutler. As new, unread, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. 675 pp, with Index. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} *Packed carefully and shipped in a box to insure arrival in this condition. NF66

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2000. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L46

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pegasus, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First novel by the publisher of Soho Press, and former screenwriter, Bronwen Hruska. As new, unread copy, in as new, myar-protected dust jacket. L122