Search Results: First Editions from Armadillo Alley Books

New York: Crown, 2021. SIGNED. Purchased New at Barnes & Noble. NF/NF. Stated First Edition. First printing with full number line ending in 1. Signed by Ai Weiwei on publisher's bound-in page. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding and clean boards. Light creases to spine head. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Color and black, white photos. Illustrated endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped ($32.00) with 1/4" closed tears to top and bottom of back spine edge, else Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 380 pages. 6¼ x 9½" tall.
Hailed as "an eloquent and seemingly unsilenceable voice of freedom" by The New York Times, Ai Weiwei has written a sweeping memoir that presents a remarkable history of China over the last hundred years while also illuminating his artistic process.
Ai Weiwei's sculptures and installations have been viewed by millions around the globe, and his architectural achievements… Read More

New York: Bantam Books, 1982. 1st/1st. VG/VG. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending in 1. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding. Spine ends gently pushed, top tips lightly bumped, and light soiling to back board. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Maps on endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped ($16.99) with light toning, a small stain on the bottom edge of the front panel, and a faint crinkle to spine head. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 606 pages.
A work that has served as a literary cornerstone for the Vietnam generation.
The 13th Valley follows the strange and terrifying Vietnam combat experiences of James Chelini, a telephone-systems installer who finds himself as an infantryman in Vietnam. During twelve watershed, soul-shuddering days in an isolated Vietnamese valley, controlled by the North Vietnamese Army, Chelini and the men of an American airborne infantry… Read More

Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2016. SIGNED. 1st/1st. NEW. First Edition, First Printing with complete number line ending in 1. SIGNED by The Oatmeal Matthew Inman at the bottom of the OATMEAL page after the title page. Over-sized softcover book is new, tight and unread with clean unmarred covers Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered.
Co-creator of the wildly popular Exploding Kittens card game and #1 New York Times best-selling author of How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You, The Oatmeal, aka Matthew Inman, presents an adult coloring adventure book filled with mantis shrimp, angler fish, bear-o-dactyls, space cats, and other fantastical creatures from the wonderland of The Oatmeal. Create your own Oatmeal masterpieces in 404 Not Found.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989. Signed. NF/NF. Stated First Edition. Signed by Susan Sontag on the title page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Spine head gently pushed. The textblock has the previous owner's name on endpaper, but clean with no bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Light toning to endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped ($14.95) very faint wear to the spine head, Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 95 pages. 5½ x 8½" tall.
The idea behind both "Illness as Metaphor" and "AIDS and Its Metaphors" is that society's response to diseases that it does not yet understand is to construct fantasies about them. The metaphorical packaging of AIDS, she argues, increases the suffering of the afflicted while creating unneeded anxiety among the population at large. The disease is felt to be obscene, its name becomes a curse, its diagnosis a death sentence. The stigma and fantasies attached to the disease literally kill… Read More

New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2021. Purchased New. NF/F Stated First Edition. First printing with Printing 1, 2021. Signed by Jamie Foxx on the publisher's bound-in page. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Very faint crease to spine head. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($30.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 221 pages. 6¼ x 9¼" tall.In this hilarious and heartfelt memoir, award-winning, multi-talented entertainer Jamie Foxx shares the story of being raised by his no-nonsense grandmother, the glamour and pitfalls of life in Hollywood, and the lessons he took from both worlds to raise his two daughters.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2018. Like New. F/F. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line starting in 1. Signed on the title page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($26.95) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 316 pages. 6½ x 9½" tall.
A black-hearted comic satire that imagines an America in which angry men engineer a purge of everyone who's ever upset them — and then have to rebuild the country afterward.

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1992. F/F. Like New. Stated First Edition. First printing with no other printings listed. Signed on the title page. Illustrated with drawings and maps by Vollmann. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Endpaper maps. The dust jacket is unclipped ($22.00) and Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. 268 pages. 6¼ x 9¼" tall.
An Afghanistan Picture Show, is Vollmann's first book-length work of non-fiction He paints a brutally honest and dryly comic portrait of a young American coming to terms with his political naivete. It is the story of a would-be giver who finds himself a perpetual Stranger, unable to comprehend the simplest things he hears and sees, and continually compelled to rely on others for help.

New York: William Morrow, 2015. SIGNED. NEW. F/F. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete number line ending in 1. Signed by Gregory Maguire on the Limited Signed Edition bound-in page. Two tiny pen marks at bottom edge of signature page. Unread book is tight and square with sharp corners and clean unmarred illustrated boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Translucent dust jacket is unclipped ($26.99) and Fine. Protected in a removable new Mylar cover. 273 pages. 6 x 8½" tall. Purchased new at Barnes & Noble.
Down the rabbit-hole, where adventures await . . .When Alice toppled down the rabbit-hole 150 years ago, she found a Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules and abrasive egos as the world she left behind. But what of that world? How did 1860s Oxford react to Alice's disappearance? In this brilliant new work of fiction, Gregory Maguire turns his dazzling imagination to the question of underworlds, undergrounds,… Read More

NY: Hill & Wang, 2014. SIGNED. Brand New. 1st/1st. First edition, first printing with complete number line ending with 1. Signed by Rall with a black Sharpie on the half-title page. The book is unread, tight and square with solid hinges, sharp tips, and clean boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped and pristine. Protected in a Brodart cover. Includes photos and many color reproductions of Ted Rall's comic journals. Purchased after a book signing appearance at Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon.An unflinching account—in words and pictures—of America's longest war by our most outspoken graphic journalist. Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall traveled deep into Afghanistan—without embedding himself with U.S. soldiers, without insulating himself with flak jackets and armored SUVs—where no one else would go (except, of course, Afghans). He made two long trips: the first in the wake of 9/11, and the next ten years… Read More

United Kingdom: Orbit, 2022. SIGNED. Fine/Fine. First Edition. First printing with number line starting with 1. Signed by Daniel Abraham on a bound-in limitation page and is numbered 1939 of 2000. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. Red page block with a decorated side fore-edge. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped no price) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 432 pages. 6¼ x 9½" tall.
The first of an epic fantasy trilogy that unfolds within the walls of a single great city where every story matters — and the fate of the city is woven from them all.
Kithamar is a center of trade and wealth, an ancient city with a long, bloody history where countless thousands live and their stories unfold.
This is Alys's.
When her brother is murdered, a petty thief from the slums of Longhill sets out to discover who killed him and why. But the more she discovers about him,… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. 1st/1st. NF/NF. Stated First American Edition. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($18.95) with light shelf-wear and faint crinkles to spine ends. Seven stories plus a preface with 40 B&W illustrations by John Lawrence. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
The sweet scents of rural life infuse this beautifully crafted collection of Roald Dahl's country stories, but there is always something unexpected lurking in the undergrowth. Whether it is taking a troublesome cow to be mated with a prime bull; dealing with a rat-infested hayrick; learning the ways and means of maggot farming; or describing the fine art of poaching pheasants using nothing but raisins and sleeping pills, Roald Dahl brings his stories of everyday country folk and their strange passions wonderfully to life. Lacing each tale… Read More

New York: Random House, 1963. VG/VG- First Edition. Stated First Printing. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and black boards. Yellow top stain. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($5.95) with chipping and crinkles to spine ends and light shelf wear. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 401 pages. 6 x 8½".
There are twelve hardback volumes in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents (AHP) anthology series. "Stories My Mother Never Told Me" is the fourth volume and is considered by many to be the best. It contains twenty-three short stories, two novelettes and one novel. The stories are above average for this genre, including "Dip in the Pool" by Roald Dahl, "The Wind" by Ray Bradbury, "The Summer People" by Shirley Jackson, "The Children of Noah" by Richard Matheson, "The Secret of the Bottle" by Gerald Kersh" and "Some of Your Blood" by Theodore Sturgeon.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. SIGNED. NF/NF. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by George Stephanopoulos on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Light wear to spine ends. Light smudge to top fore-edges. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Black and white photos. The dust jacket is unclipped ($27.95) with faint wear to spine heads. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 456 Pages. 6½ x 9½" tall.A Rhodes scholar with a healthy ego, the young idealist George Stephanopoulos thought he was ready for the obscure governor of Arkansas. But soon after he signed on as his presidential campaign manager, the odds of Clinton's triumph soared, and so did the chance for calamity via Gennifer Flowers and other scandals. Stephanopoulos scrambled behind the scenes, squelching rumors, spinning major news organizations,… Read More

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. SIGNED. 1st/1st. NF/NF. First edition, first printing with complete number line ending in 1. Signed by Patricia Cornwell on the title page - a nice early example of Cornwell's signature. Book has very slight lean but tight with solid hinges, good corners, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock has faint pencil lines on the top corner of half-title page otherwise clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($20.00) with light toning to flap edges. Protected in a Brodart cover. The third book in the Kay Scarpetta mystery series.

New York: Scholastic Press, 2017. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. First edition, first printing with complete 10 number line ending with 1. Signed by Maggie Stiefvater on the title page. The book is tight and square with sharp tips and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
Here is a thing everyone wants: A miracle. Here is a thing everyone fears: What it takes to get one. Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado is likely to find a landscape of dark saints, forbidden love, scientific dreams, miracle-mad owls, estranged affections, one or two orphans, and a sky full of watchful desert stars. A gripping tale of darkness, miracles, romance death, redemption and family.

Washington, DC: National Geographic, 2018. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. First Edition, First Printing with no other printings listed. Signed by Winston Groom on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp tips, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. B&W photos map illustrations. The dust jacket is unclipped ($30.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
By the end of World War II, 59 nations were arrayed against the axis powers, but three great Allied leaders--Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin--had emerged to control the war in Europe and the Pacific. Vastly different in upbringing and political beliefs, they were not always in agreement--or even on good terms. But, often led by Churchill's enduring spirit, in the end, these three men changed the course of history. Using the remarkable letters between the three world leaders, enriching narrative details of their… Read More

London: Constable & Co, 1930. G/G. First UK edition and first printing, one of 750 printed. Brown cloth stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover. Wear to boards that are slightly bowed. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Pages lightly age-toned. Sales tag from J.W. Robinson Department Store in Los Angeles on back paste-down. The dust jacket is unclipped (15/- net) with chips and creases and tape repair on the front corners (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 162 pages. 6 x 9" tall. Introduction by John Middleton Murry
The Aloe is Katherine Mansfield's only novel, which she did not publish. She wrote it to crystallize the memories of her childhood and then reworked it to create her short story, "Prelude". After Mansfield's death, her husband, John Middleton Murry, edited and published The Aloe and restored its original length, detail, and texture.

New York: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2019. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending in 1. Signed by Katharine McGee on the publisher's bound-in page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($18.99) on lower back panel) and Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover.What if America had a royal family? Two princesses vying for the ultimate crown.Two girls vying for the prince's heart.This is the story of the American royals.When America won the Revolutionary War, its people offered General George Washington a crown. Two and a half centuries later, the House of Washington still sits on the throne. Like most royal families, the Washingtons have an heir and a spare. A future monarch and a backup battery. Each child knows exactly what is expected of them. But these aren't just… Read More

New York: Flatiron Books, 2020. SIGNED. 1st/1st. Purchased New. NF/F. Limited Signed Edition. Stated First U.S. Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending in 1. Signed by Jeanine Cummins on the publisher's bound-in page. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Faint crease to spine tail. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Map endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped ($27.99) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable.Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters… Read More

New York: Flatiron Books, 2020. SIGNED. True 1st/1st. NF/F. Stated First U.S. Edition January 2020. First printing with complete 10 number line ending in 1. Signed by Jeanine Cummins on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips and clean unmarred boards. Quarter-inch tear to gently pushed spine tail. Faint crease to spine head. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Map endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped ($27.99) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable.Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters… Read More