Search Results: Titles starting with R from Paul Johnson Fine Books

Cassell, 1950. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First UK edition. Contains four novels, five short stories and essays of Robert Louis Stevenson. Selected and edited by G. B. Stern. Near fine in a near fine jacket.

New York: Arbor House, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing of this posthumous novel. Very clean, tight copy.

Random House, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1959. 8 vo. 142 pp. First edition. The first play by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway. Nominated for four Tony Awards in 1960 and widely considered to be one of the best plays ever written. Book is fine with the photo of Sidney Poitier on the front panel. The jacket is clipped but retains the "6/59" date on the bottom of the front flap. Very good or better jacket with light soiling throughout and creasing to the top and bottom of the spine. (There is a piece of masking tape on the verso of the jacket at the head of the spine.)

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.

Macmillan & Co., 1893. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York: Macmillan & Co., 1893. Sm 8vo. 275 pp. First edition. Teal cloth with red circular decorations on the front board along with the title and author's name in black. Gilt lettering to the spine. Minor wear to the corner and spine extremities. A very good copy.

Knopf, 2018. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. As New/As New. Stated first edition. An "as new," unread copy in jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

Mycroft & Moran, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. One of 2,000 copies. Black cloth with silver titles to the spine. Sm 8vo. 199 pp. Top edge a little dusty else fine. Price-intact jacket has minor edgewear and toning to the extremities - near fine.

Collins, 1967. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First UK edition of Maas' first book. the story of "the greatest submarine rescue of our time." Fine book in a fine jacket.

Little, Brown, 2002. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. First edition, first printing. Toning to the text block else near fine in a fine jacket. Signed and dated (8th March 2003) with his tic tac toe drawing on the title page.

Mycroft & Moran, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Sm 8vo. 261 pages. One of 2,000 copies. Black cloth with green titles to the spine. Illustrated green and black jacket. Top edge dusty and with a few spots of foxing - very good or better. Minor edgewear to the jacket. Price-intact. vertical strips of growing to the flaps and pastedown from old glue. However, the jacket is not glued down. A little toning to the edges of the rear panel. Better than it sounds.

Atlantic Little, Brown, 1961. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated first edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket which is not price-clipped. A little bit of fading to the red print the spine of the jacket. Nice copy.

Abrams, 1986. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Near fine (foxing to top edge; blind stamp to front endpaper) in a fine jacket.

Summit Books, 1980. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Fine book in a fine jacket with two faint, short creases to the flaps.

Little, Brown, 2001. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Pelecanos on the title page. Fine copy.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First U.S. hardcover printing of Niven's science fiction classic. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards. Fine book in a near fine, price-clipped jacket. The jacket retains the numerals "0777" at the bottom of the front flap. There is a short, closed tear (less than 1/2") to the top of the rear panel. Signed by Niven on the title page in a slightly shaky hand. The book was signed on November 18, 2023 at an event at Planet Book in Signal Hill, CA. Clean copy.

Ticknor and Company, 1885. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First edition, first issue with the ads at the front stating: "Mr. Howell's Latest Works" (instead of Novels) and on Page 176, "sojourner" is in unbroken type. Sm 8vo. 515 pp. Blue cloth with black and gold lettering and decorations. The only defect in this copy is that the blank page before the half-title is torn horizontally and the top half is missing.

Ticknor and Company, 1885. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 515 pp. Sm 8vo. Original blue/green cloth. First edition, mixed issue. Has battered type in the word sojourner on P. 176 indicating a second issue but with the first issue point of the boxed ad on the verso of the half-title headed: "Mr. Howells Latest Works." Bookplate of John Haskell Kemble on the front pastedown. Kemble was a professor of History at Pomona College and an influential maritime historian. This copy comes with a supplied mylar jacket.

New York: The Viking Press, 1940. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1940. 8vo. 245 pp. First edition of Still's second book. Oatmeal cloth with a green vignette on the front cover and green lettering to the spine. Green, price-intact jacket has some wear to the corners and spine ends with some loss of material. A rare book, especially in an acceptable jacket.

New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1937. First Thus. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Junior Edition - abridged. Illustrations from drawings by John R. Neill. Near fine with minor edge wear and rubbing. No jacket as issued; the boards are colorful and bright.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of Roberts' first book, a "Saxon Mystery." Fine in a fine jacket. No defects. Clean copy.