Search Results: Authors starting with A from Good Books In The Woods

Nashville, TN: Southern Methodist Publishing House. Good. 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Presumed First Edition. Ships same or next business day. Ex-library book with all the usual markings. Normal edge and shelf wear. Spine is skewed and faded. Bumps and tears on corners and spine ends. Discoloration and some soiling to boards. Second to last endpaper has 2-inch square piece missing off bottom of page. Rough tears on front paste-down endpaper. Small damp stains along head edges of pages. 1/2-inch piece missing from spine tail. Soiling and tanning to edges of pages. Text is clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages .

New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. Book gently bumped at top of spine. Minor soiling to rear board. Dust Jacket has its original price of $5.95. Front flap has a light verticle crease in it, rear flap has a gentle dog-eared crease. DJ front cover has a 1/2 inch scratch. Dust jacket protected in a plastic Brodart cover. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pages .

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0397010842 . Stated First Edition. Remainder mark on top edges. Dust Jacket has its original price of $8.95. Dust jacket has a half inch tear to bottom edge of rear cover near spine. Long narrow superficial scratch to rear cover of jacket. Jacket has minor soiling. Dust Jacket protected in clear plastic Brodart cover. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages .

New York: McGraw Hill. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated with drawings by Peter Parnall. Previous owner address label on front pastedown. Very minor foxing to side page edges. Dust jacket has its original price of $5.95. Dust Jacket has a 1 inch tear to the bottom edge of the rear cover near the spine. Dust Jacket has a small circular piece missing from the rear cover. DJ has several small tears along the top edge, and a 1 inch tear to the bottom edge at the front flap. Dust jacket has dampstaining to the inside of the jacket on the spine and front cover. Overall DJ is VG-/G+. Dust Jacket protected in clear plastic Brodart cover. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 269 pages .

Salt Lake City, Utah: Dream Garden Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 094268818X . SIGNED by Abbey in red ink on the first free endpaper. This is the trade edition of the Tenth Anniversary Edition published by Dream Garden Press. Illustrated by R. Crumb. Small wrinkle in cloth binding on the front cover, wrinkles on the rear pastedown - these are slight manufacturing defects. Bottom corner gently bumped. Dust jacket has its original price of $17.95. Dust jacket spine slightly age darkened. DJ has a 1.5 inch tear in the rear panel near the spine. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 356 pages; Signed by Author .

Albuquerque, New Mexico: Albuquerque Sierra Club. Fine. 1984. Softcover. SIGNED by Edward Abbey and John Nichols in black ink on the front cover. On February 17, 1984 the Sierra Club of Albuquerque, New Mexico held a benefit event at the KiMo Theater. Edward Abbey and John Nichols both spoke at the event free of charge. Less than a week after the event, the New Mexico Game Commission passed new regulations to help save mountain lions. This booklet contains the full talks given by Abbey and Nichols at that event. Abbey's speech more or less starts with "Eat Less Beef." "If we have to choose between cows and lions, I'll do without the cows." It also includes a Preface by the Sierra Club, an essay on the history of the mountain lion in New Mexico by Carol Cochran, and illustrations by Beth Watkins-Arterburn. Covers and text clean and bright. Booklet protected in a platic bag and loosely backed with cardboard to prevent any damage. Ships same or next business day. ;… Read More

Great Britain: Seaforth Publishing. Near Fine. 2007. First Edition. Softcover. 1844156974 . "This is the eighth in the Shipcraft series, which aims to provide modellers with all they need to know about a famous class of warship and associated model kits." Spine is slightly skewed. Minor edge wear. Tiny creases on corners, tiny bumps on spine ends. Overall, pages are clean and tight. Ships same or next business day. ; Shipcraft Series; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 64 pages .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0399134557 . "A rollicking new collection of humor and heartbreak by the prize-winning writer Lee K. Abbott." Ships same or next business day. Book has small bumps on both ends of spine, minimal edge wear, light discoloration around edges and bluke covers. Pages are lightly tanned, small water stains on head edge of pages, small black mark on tail edge. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minimal edge wear. ; 1.11 x 9.13 x 6.57 Inches; 206 pages .

New York: Crown Publishers. Very Good in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author in black ink on the full title page. First Edition/First Printing with a full numberline including the 1. Bottom corner of front cover bumped, bumping affected the pages and the first 100 pages are slightly bent at the bottom corner. No previous owner marks. Text is clean. Dust jacket has its original price. DJ is bright with no fading and only minor wear. Dust jacket now protected in Mylar. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages; Signed by Author .

Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 1574411225 . Carolyn Fiedler Satterwhite, Assistant Editior. Cover and illustrations by Charles Shaw. "The final volume begins with the move from Wilson Hudson's editorship at the University of Texas to F. E. Abernethy's editorship at Stephen F. Austin State University." Ships same or next business day. Black and white photographs. Text-block head and fore-edge show aging. Dust jacket inside has aging at top edge, protected in archival cover. ; Publications of the Texas Folklore Society; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 232 pages .

New York: Grove Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802115780 . "Acker discards, mangles, and rewrites literary conventions. Using words as weapons to smash her way into modernity, she pushes language to the tension point, explodes and reclaims it. What emerges is a new way of writing, ensuring Acker's place at the back-bone of America's postmodern literature." -- Boston Sunday Herald. Ships same or next business day. Book has light bumps on both ends of spine and top right corner; overall, book is tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. ; 1 x 8.5 x 5.7 Inches; 277 pages .

New York: Grove Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802110797 . Publicity photo of author laid in. This book "continues Kathy Acker's brilliantly original exploration of the postmodern art of fiction with a story set some time in the future - a bleak, postrevolutionary world in which our society lies dying amid its own ruins." Ships same or next business day. Book has minimal edge wear, small bumps on bottom corners, black pen dot on front board. Pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minimal shelf wear. ; Drawings; 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.5 Inches; 227 pages .

Paris: Presses De La Renaissance. Fine. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 2856163009 . First French Edition in trade paper. SIGNED by the author on the full title page. Ships same or next business day. Book has small bumps on both ends of spine; otherwise, in like new condition. Protected by plastic archival bag. ; 246 pages; Signed by Author(s) .

London: Thames and Hudson. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0500130698 . First Edition Signed & Dated by Peter Ackroyd on the full title page. With 111 Illustrations and period photographs of Pound throughout his long literary career. Very Good brown boards with gilt cover design and gilt spine title. Top and bottom of spine bumped with small tear on bottom of spine. Near Fine dust jacket with photos of Pound on front and back. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front pastedown. Protected in archival plastic cover. ; Signed by Author(s) .

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Near Fine. 1997. First Edition. Softcover. 0226002640 . SIGNED by Ackroyd in black ink on the full title page. First edition Thus with a full numberline including the 1. Covers and text clean and bright. Covers have just a bit of edgewear. Book now protected in a plastic bag. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 169 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good+. 1992. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. An indispensable companion to the life and work of the quintessential Victorian. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York, New York: Grove Weidenfeld. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802111610 . Signed by author on full title page, "Peter Ackroyd / London: April 20, 1990." This is "a pastoral novel of the late twentieth century, in which Peter Ackroyd meditates upon the nature of history, the problem of time and the true qualities of the English landscape. It is a novel in which comedy aligns with lyricism and in which the most illuminating speculations fit easily in the context of rural life." Ships same or next business day. Book's spine is slightly skewed, small dent on head edge of front board, lightly bumped corners. Pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. ; 328 pages; Signed by Author(s) .

London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 1856197115 . "Thomas More is one of the great figures in English history, but his life and career bear little resemblance to the myth of the saint or of the 'man for all seasons'. In this remarkable new biography Peter Ackroyd reveals a man more troubled and more perplexing than that of any previous account." Ships same or next business day. Book has light bumps on both ends of spine; otherwise, it is in almost like new condition. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. ; B&W and Color Illustrations; 435 pages .

London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus. Near Fine. 1998. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. 1856197115 . Uncorrected Proof of First British Edition - True First Edition. "Thomas More is one of the great figures in English History. [...] Ackroyd investigates the paradox of this 'man for all seasons': the man of the world who travelled across Europe to negotiate on behalf on his king, and the unworldly man whose careful silence on the matter of Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn would lead to his disgrace and execution." Ships same or next business day. Book has minimal shelf wear; otherwise, pages are tight, bright, and clean. ; 422 pages .

London: Abacus. Near Fine. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0349101329 . SIGNED on the title page by author. First Abacus British edition paperback. This is "a pastoral novel of the late twentieth century, in which Peter Ackroyd meditates upon the nature of history, the problem of time and the true qualities of the English landscape. It is a novel in which comedy aligns with lyricism and in which the most illuminating speculations fit easily in the context of rural life." Ships same or next business day. Protected in plastic archival bag. Book has minimal edge wear; otherwise, free from major defect. ; 328 pages; Signed by Author(s) .