Search Results: Titles starting with I from Good Books In The Woods

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0374335257 . SIGNED by author on full title page. "In this singular collection, the heroes and heroines of fifteen Greek and Roman tales give dramatic, first-person accounts of events." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed and loose, minor edge wear, small bumps on spine ends; otherwise, in fine condition. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. ; Drawings; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 98 pages; Signed by Author .

New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1118013786 . 1st Edition/1st Printing with numberline including the 1. Tail of spine bumped. Spine slightly slanted. Text is clean. Tail of DJ spine bumped. Front and back of DJ has a few very light smudges. 'I Am John Galt' introduces you to the real-life titans who've lived their lives like Ayn Rand's fictional heroes and the malefactors who've lived like her fictional villains - (from DJ). Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 307 pages .

Austin, Texas: Eakin Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 157168722x . SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author in black ink on the full title page. Inscription reads "For Laverne Hays, from an old Memphis girl, with much love, Frances Nail (Toots)." Author's third book of essays. Author was an Austin artist who began to write stories of her life when she was in her 70s. Text and illustrations clean and bright. Dust jacket is clean and bright with only minimal wear. Dust jacket protected in Mylar. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 164 pages; Signed by Author .

London: MacMillan. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author in blue ink on the full title page. First Edition/First Printing with full numberline including the 1. The first of the Claudia novels. No previous owner marks. Text is clean and bright. Dust jacket is bright with no fading and only minor wear. DJ has its original price and is now protected in Mylar. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 pages .

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by author. Inscription reads, "For Bev Chaney, With all best wishes and gratitudes for his help with this book. Louis Auchincloss Aug 23, 1972." Bev Chaney wrote bibliographies of Robert Stone, Paul Theroux, and John Cheever. He was a lifelong bookman and book salesman who was President of the Association of Book Travellers. Travellers was industry slang for travelling salespeople who drove all over the country visiting bookstores and convincing them to stock and promote their publisher's offerings in the days before Amazon. Letter from the publisher laid in. "This is a story of guilt and expiation by one of the modern American masters of the novel." Ships same or next business day. Book has light bumps on both ends of spine; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in plastic archival cover. DJ has normal edge wear, lightly discolored. ; 8vo… Read More

Beijing, China: Beijing Culture and Art Audio & Video Publishing House. Very Good+. N.D.. Hardcover. Songs sung by Chinese Oil Workers in Chinese. Includes CD and small blue book with song lyrics in Chinese and English. Made jointly by the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation and the Beijing Real Cultural Program Manufacture Company Limited. Sample of some song titles: "The Oil Workers are Filled with Vigor"; "I Contribute Oil to the Motherland"; "Looking up to Beijing with Deep Passion." Unique. We are unaware of any similarly devoted American oil worker songs. Ships same or next business day. ; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 16 pages .

New York, New York: Henry Holt & Co. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0805010858 . INSCRIBED by author on full title page, "to Russell...Sue Grafton." "Patterned along the lines of a legal case, 'I' Is for Innocent is seamlessly divided into thirds: one-third of the novel is devoted to prosecution, one-third to the defense, and a final third to cross-examination and rebuttal." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly loose, minimal edge wear, lightly faded on spine ends; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minor edge wear, lightly tanned on edges. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 286 pages; Signed by Author .

Berkeley, CA: Image Comics. Very Good+. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. 1607061724 . "Barbara Thorson is your new hero. A quick-witted, sharp-tongued fifth grader who isn't afraid of anything. Why would she be..? After all, she's the only girl in school who carried an ancient Norse warhammer in her purse and kills giants for a living..." Spine is skewed and slightly loose. Spine is skewed. Moderate edge and shelf wear. Bumps on top corners and spine ends, small bumps on bottom corners. Overall, pages are clean and tight. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. Heavy book -- may require additional shipping. ; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

New York: Ecco Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0880012609 . Ships same or next business day. Slight rubbing along tail edge; otherwise, appears unread and free from defect. ; 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.7 Inches; 98 pages .

Quanah, Texas: Nortex Press. Near Fine. 1977. Hardcover. 0890151784 . A history of Tioga, Texas and its early years, based on the tape recorded memories of Ross Estes. Pages 100-114 are about various citizens of Tioga. Book is clean and bright with no previous owner marks. Gentle bump to upper corner. No dust jacket. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 130 pages .

Fredericksburg, Texas: The Admiral Nimitz Foundation. Very Good. 1975. Softcover. SIGNED by Admiral Nimitz on back cover. Some Memories of Commander Hal Lamar, Fleet Admiral Nimitz's Flag Lieutenant 1941-1945. Many historical photographs by the U. S. Navy photographers. Very Good. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Biographee .

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. "Here is Australia today - a striking sketch of its beginnings and a broad panorama of its present, brightly and vividly reported." Ships same or next business day. Book has moderate edge wear, small bumps on spine ends, bumps on bottom right corner of front board and top left corner of back board, tiny rubs along head edges, faint soiling on head edge; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket has edge and shelf wear, chips and two 1-inch tears on spine head, 1/2-inch chip on bottom right corner of front cover, 2-inch tear on top left corner of back cover, 3-inch tear on fore-edge of back cover, lightly tanned, tape on interior of jacket at stress points. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages .

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. "In this book, Kingsley Amis's funniest novel since Lucky Jim, Ronnie Appleyard, the hero (the word acquires in the end a certain aptness) is the successful conductor of a TV panel-discussion show." Ships same or next business day. Book's spine is slightly skewed, minimal edge wear, light bumps on head of spine, a few small spots of discoloration on head edge of pages. Overall, book is tight and bright. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has normal edge and shelf wear, multiple small (less than half-inch) tears along head edge, one-third inch tear on tail edge of back cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages .

London, United Kingdom: Jonathan Cape. Very Good. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Uncorrected Proof of the True First Edition. "In this book, Kingsley Amis's funniest novel since Lucky Jim, Ronnie Appleyard, the hero (the word acquires in the end a certain aptness) is the successful conductor of a TV panel-discussion show." Ships same or next business day. Spine is cocked, multiple creases along spine, normal edge wear, light bumps on front corners, crease on front cover. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 255 pages .

New York: American Mercury/ Lawrence E. Spivak. Very Good. Softcover. Mercury Mystery No. 137. First Thus. Previous owner pencil mark on front cover. Rubbing to spine with some loss of paper cover. Minor wear to edges of cover. Top left corner bumped. Text clean. Covers bright. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 125 pages .

New York: Metropolitan Books. Near Fine. 2000. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. SIGNED by author on full title page. Uncorrected Proof in red wraps. "Fiendishly funny and dark, here is a Canterbury Tales for the millennium, a vision of the New Europe where the young (ish) and bright(ish) live ultrahip lives of noisy desperation." Ships same or next business day. Book has minor edge wear, sticker residue in center of front cover, two spots of sticker residue on back cover. Pages are clean and tight. Protected in archival plastic bag. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 261 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition. Author's third novel. Spine slightly slanted. Previous owner name and address stamp on front pastedown. Small label of previous bookseller on rear pastedown. Dust jacket has its original price of $3.75. Dust jacket has a 3 inch diagonal tear through the spine title. Bottom of DJ spine has small chips and tears. Minor soiling to rear cover of DJ. Dust jacket protected in a clear plastic Brodart cover. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages .

Oklahoma City: Institute for Energy Development. Very Good. 1978. Softcover. 0894190334 . Volume II. Ships same or next business day. Spine is creased and tilted, minor edge and shelf wear, small bumps on spine ends, lightly tanned on edges of pages, spine tail is pulling away from text block, miscut pages (309-390) from publisher; otherwise, free from major defect. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by author in black ink of full-title page. "ALLEY JAGGERS, Paul West's first novel about the bizarre Jaggers family of Shalethorpe, was greeted with wild enthusiasm... ...I"M EXECTING TO LIVE QUITE SOON is Mrs. Jagger's book. She's a larger than life character too, who copes heroically with her weekly visits to Alley, her neighbour's side-long glances, her mother-in-law's cantankerousness and her father's noisy senility. " -DJ. Includes copy of note to noted collector Rolland Comstock from Endicott Booksellers Stuart Bernstein, dated June 11, 1991, regarding Paul West's signing of this Comstock copy. Book is slightly bumped at head and tail ends of spine. Price-clipped. Dust jacket is taped on the inside at head and tail ends of spine and at four corners where front and back covers meet flaps. Protected is plastic, archival cover. ; 8vo 8"… Read More

New York: New Art Publications. Very Good+. 1990. Softcover. BOMB issue No. XXX111. Address label of noted collector Rolland Comstock on cover. Issue also includes writing by Carson McCullers and Susan Sonde. Very minor wear. Protected in plastic sleeve. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 91 pages .