Search Results: Titles starting with I from Crooked House Books & Paper

The Feminist Press, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8x5x1. Number line to 2, probably same year as first edition. Full grey cloth with silver lettering to spine, white dust jacket with $16.95 flap price, pink endpapers, 9-1/4" tall, 314 pp. Minor discoloration to page edges, the white DJ has toning to the outside 1/2" of the front panel, else very good with some rubbing. The first (but fortunately, not the last) anthology of Hurston's writings.

Adyar, Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5. Wood, Hilda. Brown cloth with fantastical illustration on cover, 6.5x5 inches, 164 pages, black and white illustrations are peppered throughout text; boards are edge worn and slightly age toned; no dust jacket.

Paulist Press, 1986. Soft cover. Near Fine. 6x0x9. Clean & solid copy; no markings. Check our listings for more in this series.

Portland, Oregon: Trask House Books, 1997. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 0x0x0. Signed by Author(s). Sewn wraps, purple covers with paper onlay art by Liza Jones. Fine condition, inscribed by author on title page. Shugrue's first book of poetry was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award; this is his second book.

Arlington, Virginia: Compass Publications, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Holden, John C. Small hardcover in red coated pictorial paper, 7 x 4 5/8 inches, 111 pages, illustrated with drawings by John C. Holden. Wear and chipping along edges, tiny adhesion injury on front board, spine faded, gift inscription inked in front endpaper, otherwise internally clean and bright, sound binding. Irreverent, silly and sometimes clever collection of verse and cartoons about all things oceanographic and some things that aren't really.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1900. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Hardcover, full brown cloth with white lettering and decoration to front cover and spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, 7" tall, 314 pp. + publisher's ads, illustrated by F.T. Richards, photographic potrait frontispiece. Minor bump to top corner of front cover with some flaking to white at that point, minor rubbing and toning to spine. Humorous stories, often with a moral lesson.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Grey paper-covered boards with blindstamped decoration over black cloth spine; 8-

London: Severn House, 1984. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6. Signed by Author(s). Maroon cloth, gilt stamped titles, 12mo, 187 pages, signed by Anne Tyler on title page; a well kept copy, head and tail of spine show slight evidence of wear; dust jacket now in protective mylar.

Printed for John Starkey, at the Myter betwixt the Middle-Temple-Gate, and Temple Bar in Fleet Street, 1670. Hardcover. Good. Contemporary full calf, 12" x 7.5", copper engraved frontispiece portrait of Pope Clement IX, (8), 330 pp. + 2 pp. ads. Worn at edges and spine, wormholes to foot of spine but not to pages. Ownership inscription of Cardinal Roger Mahony who was the powerful archbishop of Los Angeles from 1985-2011. Mahony oversaw the construction of the new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and was heavily involved in helping migrants and immigrants. His legacy remains in question since he also tried to deal with the accusations of sexual abuse that were running rampant in the Catholic Church at the time. He came into the archdiocese by helping institute a zero-tolerance policy; yet during his tenure there were redactions, delays, and other tactics which, in his mind might have helped the church move forward, but which from victims' point of view are cover-ups and therefore… Read More

London: Collins, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Minus. Pictorial paper covered flexible boards in matching dust jacket, 4to, 50 pages, 8 color illustrations, black and white illustrations throughout. Boards edge worn, offset tanning at half title page and last page from paper being laid in (now gone), edge worn dust jacket with chipping at extremities, toned spine, now in protective mylar cover. Number 126 in the Britain in Pictures series.

New York: The Abingdon Press, 1919. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Mint green cloth pictorial cover, 9 x 6.5 inches, 230 pages, black and white photographs throughout; corners of boards are rubbed, head and tail of spine are slightly worn, glossy pages are clean, top edge gilt; no dust jacket.

Alan Swallow, 1943. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Signed (name only) by author on title page. Paperback, green flecked paper wrappers, 8-1/2" tall, 52 pp. Toning to covers, offsetting to endpapers where flaps lay against them. The first book of poems by Ann Stanford, who was a poet, scholar, and translator (most notably of the Bhagavad Gita.)

London: Constable & Co, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover, grey cloth boards with purple rules & lettering, edges untrimmed, 7-1/2" x 5", 144 pp. Minor toning to spine panel, very light wear to spine ends & tips, ownership inscription dated 1927. Katherine Mansfield was a prominent modernist writer from New Zealand who lived from 1888 to 1923. She is known for her innovative, highly experimental short stories that explored complex psychological and emotional states. Her work had a profound impact on the development of the modern short story, and her influence can be seen in the work of other modernist writers such as Virginia Woolf and James Joyce. Mansfield's writing often dealt with themes of alienation, loneliness, and the complexity of human relationships. Her work was characterized by a keen attention to detail and an acute psychological insight, which allowed her to explore the inner lives of her characters with great depth and sensitivity

Austin: The Encino Press, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). Rawhide leather spine over paper-covered boards, foredge untrimmed, 9-1/4" tall, 177 pp., housed in tan cloth-covered slipcase. Limited edition of 250 copies, this is #195; this edition is printed on Artlaid paper, is specially bound, and signed by McMurtry. Signed on half-title page in purple felt-tip. Book is near fine with minor toning to spine; slipcase has vertical stains to rear panel.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Mackey, John. Shelf worn dust jacket with heavy chipping at spine ends and sunned spine, now in protective mylar cover.

Indianapolis: he Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No additional printings listed. Binding designed by Margaret Armstrong with her "MA" monogram to front cover. Hardcover, full red cloth with green and white lettering and decoration to front cover and spine, 7-5/8" tall, 280 pp. + publisher's ads, plate illustrations by Harrison Fisher. Some dulling and flaking to spine, minor spine slant.

Routledge, 2007. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. 9x6x0. Trade paperback, 9-1/4" tall. Stain to top margin of most pages, certainly a good reading or reference copy.

Pantheon, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x9x0. Full number line; large 4to in green paper covered boards backed in red cloth, unnumbered pages, illustrated by the author. Bit of wear at extremities, occasional signs of handling wear; clipped dust jacket rubbed and edge worn, now in protective mylar cover. When the old rabbit leaves the rabbitgarden he warns the two little bunnies not to eat any apples. Why? Because that's the way it's always been -- if rabbits go near the apple tree then the fox will get them.

Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Full number line; 8vo, 240 pages, black and white photographs; hint of wear at extremities, edge worn dust jacket is price clipped with light chipping at extremities and scratch on front cover, now in protective mylar cover. Betsy Bigley was an entrepreneur, forger, clairvoyant, prostitute and society lady.

New York, New York, U.S.A: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7. Quarter bound in blue cloth with tan paper boards. Mild rubbing at tail of spine. Hint of sunning along top edge of boards. Dust jacket in mylar. Bookstore sticker affixed to the mylar inside the front flap. 451 numbered pages. Elle review, NYT review and Vintage Books Reading Group Guide laid in. Review slip between mylar and rear cover. Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.