Search Results: ARCs & Uncorrected Proofs from Classic Books and Ephemera

New York: Monthly Review Press, 2000. Paperback. Near Fine. xiii, 609 p.: 19 in-text and full-page illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with color illustrated front cover. Includes notes and index. "Uncorrected Page Proofs" at head of front cover. "Peasants, religious heretics, witches, pirates, runaway slaves, prostitutes and pornographers, frequenters of taverns and fraternal society lodge rooms, revolutionaries, blues and jazz musicians, beats, and contemporary youth gangs--those who defied authority, choosing to live outside the defining cultural dominions of early insurgent and, later, dominant capitalism are what Bryan D. Palmer calls people of the night. These lives of opposition, or otherness, were viewed by the powerful as deviant, rejecting authority, and consequently threatening to the established order." [from the back cover]. ISBN: 1-58367-027-0. Book is in Near Fine Condition: pages clean, tight, unmarked; front cover lightly creased at lower edge.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Paperback. Near Fine. 189 p.; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Includes notes and acknowledgments. Advance Reader's Copy; Uncorrected Proof. Back cover gives anticipated publication date of March 2002. ISBN: 0-7432-2283-0. The first novel by the Armenian-American writer about a food-obsessed bomber. In Near Fine Condition: very slightly cocked; clean and tight.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. Paperback. Near Fine. [10], 229 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with color illustrated cover. Label on front cover reading: "Advanced Uncorrected Proof." Virtually all the front matter, typical with uncorrected proofs, is incomplete. Back cover discusses the marketing plan and notes that the expected publication date was June 1997. The cover design matches that used on the dust jacket when published; the design used on the trade paperback was different. Historical fiction set in the Colorado Territory in the 1860s. ISBN: 0-312-15515-8. In Near Fine Condition: corners very slightly rubbed; clean and tight.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Paperback. Fine. [14], 144, [4] p.; 21 cm. Yellow paper wrappers over mockup for front of hardcover dust jacket. Uncorrected Proof. Anticipated publication date of 24 August 2001. "The brilliant debut of an O'Henry Award-winning short-story writer, Dogwalker assembles its cast from society's misfits: the disabled and the blind, the hapless and the troubled, and all species of mutants -- including a giant slug that almost breaks up a marriage, a preponderance of three-legged dogs, and a family of former circus freaks who look remarkably like cats" [from second leaf]. ISBN: 0-375-41232-8. In Fine Condition.

Los Angeles: Bridge Publications, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. [12], 365 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with color illustrated cover. Volume 5 in the Mission Earth series. Advance Reading Copy. Front cover notes anticipated publication date of October 5, 1986, in hardcover. Back cover provides the marketing strategy. ISBN: 0-88303-211-1. In Very Good Condition: cover and edges lightly rubbed; back joint just starting to separate at the tail; clean and tight.

New York: Schocken Books, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/fine. [4], 155 p.: frontispiece; 21 cm. Black paper textured to resemble cloth over boards, with gilt-stamped spine title and blind-stamped cover title. The gold, black, and white dust jacket is shorter than the book, thus in keeping with the title it reveals fragments of the cover. It identifies it as an Advance Reading Copy and announces that the book would appear in October 1996. The Editorial Director's promo for the book tipped in between front free endpaper and half-title page. First published in German in 1995 as Bruchstücke: Aus einer Kindheit 1939-1948. A striking presentation of the experiences of a small child in a concentration camp during World War II. Within a few years of the publication of this book in English, it had been shown to be primarily or entirely a work of fiction and the publisher, Schocken Books, withdrew the remaining unsold copies. However, in 2001 it was reissued with the 374-page report filed by Stefan… Read More

New York: TOR Books, 1986. Paperback. Near Fine. [6], 279 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with light beige cover printed in black. Uncorrected Page Proofs. Front cover notes anticipated publication date of September 1986, to be distributed by St. Martin's Press. "A thought-provoking mix of science fiction, fantasy, action and social satire blend into an exciting new novel by the international bestselling author of Crewel Lye, Ogre, and Shade of the Tree" [from the burb before the title page]. ISBN: 0-312-93272-3. Not part of one of the author's many series, this novel concerns a space captain's search for a new energy source for an energy-depleted Earth. In Near Fine Condition: small nick in upper edge of back cover; clean and tight.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. Paperback. Near Fine. 396 p.; 24 cm. Paperback with color illustrated front cover. Back cover, along with a description of the book, notes that it would be published in July 2001. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof, signed by the author on the title page. Historical fiction set in Missouri from 1826 to 1842. ISBN: 0-684-87143-2. In Near Fine Condition: back cover lightly creased; clean and tight.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Paperback. Fine. x, 289, [3] p.; 21 cm. Paperback with cover design by Abby Weintraub. Includes acknowledgments and a note about the author. "Advance Reader's Edition" -- at head of front cover. "Uncorrected Proof" -- at lower edge of back cover. Anticipated publication date of May 2001. Typical with uncorrected proofs, the Table of Contents does not provide page numbers. With: one sheet of the "Amazing advanced praise" for the book. ISBN: 0-37541145-3. In Fine Condition.

New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1988. Paperback. Near Fine. xii, 192 p.; 21 cm. Red paper covers. Includes essay on sources. The illustrations not included, since it is an uncorrected proof. Advance Uncorrected Proof. "Instead of trying to evaluate which presidents set consistent and worthy policies and brought them to fruition, Kuklick asks us to pay more attention to how the American people felt about their presidents. The citizenry and its emotional responses are used as the measure of a successful president, rather than the ostensibly rational appraisals of scholars" [from the back cover]. In Near Fine Condition: spine is lightly sunned; otherwise a solid and clean copy.

New York: TOR Books, 1985. Paperback. Very Good +. 350, [2] p.; 22 cm. Light green wrapper printed in black. Uncorrected Bound Proofs. Front cover notes: "A November Hardcover Published by Tor Books. Distributed by St. Martin's Press." ISBN: 0-312-93332-0. The second (and non-series) novel by the author of the Venus Prime series. In Very Good+ Condition: front cover slightly soiled; spine lightly sunned; otherwise clean and tight.

New York: Franklin Watts, 1988. Paperback. Near Fine. [4], 198 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with plain orange covers printed in black. Uncorrected Page Proof. A novel of time travel employed by an overpopulated world, with the main character, a time surveyor, travelling to the Paleozoic and the 1840s. The author, Charles Leonard Harness (1915-2005), worked as a patent attorney in Connecticut and Washington from 1947 to 1981, during which time he published five novels, including The Paradox Men. In 2004 he was named author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. In Near Fine Condition: spine very slightly sunned; front cover slightly soiled; otherwise clean and tight.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. Paperback. Fine. vii, 209 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated front cover. Uncorrected Proof. First page features a blurb with marketing strategy, noting as well that the book, to be 224 pages, would be published in January. "Eleven big-hearted tales by an inspired storyteller at the beginning of his career. Set in the small towns of Utah and Arizona" [from the publisher's blurb]. ISBN: 0-393-04033-X. In Fine Condition.

New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1985. Paperback. Very Good. 351 p.; 22 cm. Light blue wrappers with blank spine. Uncorrected Bound Proofs. Front cover indicates that the book would be published as a hardcover in September 1985, distributed by St. Martin's Press. Kim Stanley Robinson is a prolific writer of science fiction, with most of his books having an ecological component, as well as exploring alternatives to capitalism. His works have been nominated for 29 awards, of which he was won the Hugo Award twice, the Nebula Award twice, a World Fantasy Award once, a John W. Campbell Memorial Award once, and the Locus Award six times. He was the guest of honor in 2010 at the 68th World Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne, Australia. Like his later Mars Trilogy, this book is set in a world in which humans have settled throughout the solar system. Unlike his other works, this has a strong emphasis on the role of the arts, in particular music, in human life. ISBN: 0-312-93467-X. In Very… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. Paperback. Fine. [8], 195 p.; 20 cm. Paperback with color illustrated front cover. Uncorrected Proof. The back cover notes that the tentative publication date [for the hardcover] was May 2002, while the first page, a publisher's blurb, indicates that the book would be 144 pages. Jamaica Kincaid, born Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson in 1949 in Antigua, now lives and teaches in the United States. She is an award-winning author of short stories and novels. Set on the island of Antigua and drawing on the author's own family history, the novel illuminates the power of literacy to shape lives. ISBN: 0-374-21494-8. In Fine Condition.

London: R. Bowyer Historic Gallery, 1801. Very Good. 1 aquatint engraving 316 x 460 mm. (image is 235 x 313 mm.). In Very Good Condition: minor soiling in margins; light creasing along lower edge; otherwise, clean and bright.

New York: Harper Perennial, 2008. Paperback. Fine. xiii, 270 p.: 14 pages of black and white illustrations; 20 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Signed on the titlepage: "S. Elliott." Uncorrected Proof. The back cover details the national marketing plan and gives the anticipated publication date of February 2008. Includes short biographies of the contributors. The contributors are: Steve Almond, Jonathan Ames, Charlie Anders, Jami Attenberg, Nick Flynn, James Frey, Avital Gad-Cykman, Daphne Gottlieb, Liz Henry, Keith Knight, Tsaurah Litzky, Lydia Millet, Mistress Morgana, Rick Moody, Vanessa Norton, Susan O'Doherty, Eric Orner, Peter Orner, Michelle Richmond, Jerry Stahl, Anthony Swofford, Michelle Tea, and Alison Tyler. ISBN: 978-0-06-135121-1. In Fine Condition.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. Paperback. Very Good -. 338 leaves; 28 cm. Orange wrapper with publisher's HBJ emblem repeated across it. White label on front wrapper identifying it as an Advance Uncorrected Proof of The Sunday Woman with a probable date of publication of Sept. 29, 1973. Stamped at the head of the title page: "Apr 12 1973." With a letter to Anne Winsey signed by Bill Jerram, sales representative, asking her to read it and give him her opinion regarding its "literary and sales merits," and a copy of the text intended for the jacket by editor Helen Wolff. This story of murder and intrigue in the city of Turin, originally published in Italy as La Donna della Domenica, received Italy's Book-of-the-Year prize. In Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; head of front joint just starting; lower corner of front wrapper creased, and with minor loss; spine and parts of front wrapper are sunned; clean and tight.

Boston, Mass: Little, Brown and Company, 1969. Good. This is an ARC (Advanced Readers Copy). 650 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Yellow paper covers printed in black. The illustrations are in a separate 48-page booklet and are slightly taller than the volume: 24 cm. In Good Condition: the cover is slightly sunned and soiled; it is separating from the text block; the text and illustrations are clean and tight.