Search Results: Authors starting with A from Elk River Books

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Octavo (23 cm), pp. [xiv], 241. Black boards, silver spine titling, pictorial jacket. Includes tables, graphs, references and index. Front of jacket has a gash, repaired with tap, with corresponding scratch on upper board.

Quercus, 2014. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (23.5 cm), pp. 405. Brown boards with light blue quarter cloth and gilt spine text. Crease on front pastedown and minor bumping to spine and jacket.

Sausalito, CA: Post-Apollo Press, 1985. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 103. Pictorial wrappers, illustrated throughout with etchings by Russell Chatham.

Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 304. Later printing. Green cloth boards, pictorial jacket. Translated from the Russian, with introduction and annotations by Australian National University professor of Modern European Languages Kevin Windle. Includes black and white line drawings of waterfowl. Black remainder dot on bottom and top edges. A contemporary of Gogol and Turgenev, Aksakov writes here about the water birds of the Russian steppe.

Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard, 2011. Uncorrected Proof/Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. Fine. Octavo (21 x 15.5cm), pp. 819.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 144 including index. Maroon boards with black title block and silver text on front board and spine. "A work of immense value to those interested in both jazz and literature ... unique and much needed" (Joseph McClaren, Research in African Literatures).

Missoula, MT: Hellgate Writers, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Small octavo (21.2 cm), pp. 92. Blue wraps with illustration by Kathleen Bogan, light blue endpapers. A collection of poetry by Alcosser and fiction by Long, Guthrie and Welch commemorating readings on May 30 and 31, 1987. Light rubbing to wraps, else fine.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1979. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio (33.5 cm), [unpaginated] ca 22. Black and white pictorial boards with red spine titling. Intricate black and white (two in full color) drawings of the fantasy world of Pile, illustrating Brian Aldiss' allegorical poem. gift inscription on front free endpaper. Rubbing, edge wear and bumping to boards. No jacket.

Winnipeg: Turnstone Press, 2013. Paperback. New. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 285. Pictorial wrappers, lushly illustrated with color photos. Includes index.

New York: Heritage Press, 1958. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto (29.4 cm), pp. 466. Green cloth boards with stamped floral motif, with red quarter cloth and gilt and green spine titling. Foreword by Bridget D'Oyly Carte. "Containing complete librettos of the 14 operas, exactly as presented at their premiere performances together with facsimilies of the first-night programmes." Vignette illustrations throughout. Includes the related copy of "Sandglass" pamphlet. Facsimilie programs are the complete set in a gilt paperboard box. A previous owner has also added a October 29, 1992 program from the Dartmouth College production of The Mikado. Staining to spine and very slight bumping, rubbing to boards, else fine. Slipcase shows minor rubbing and edge wear.

London: The Lyons Press, 1990. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo (24.5 cm), pp. 351. Reprint. Green boards with decorative gilt, green slipcase. Includes illustrations and index. Slipcase in fine condition.

New York: American Alpine Club, 1978. Paperback. Very good. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 337-697. Pictorial paper wrappers have moderate wear and creasing. Includes contributions from writers like Jon Krakauer and the late photographer Galen Rowell. Includes black and white photographs, index.

Chicago: American Homes Bureau, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Folio (35 cm), pp. 444. Green cloth boards with black stamped text. Boards are frayed and stained. Binding a little loose, spine-cracked. Fully illustrated with manufacturer's ads with drawings and photos of furniture styles in both color and black and white. Includes features on rugs, bedding, upholstery, various period styles and wood types. No jacket.

New York: American Alpine Club, 1957. Paperback. Very good. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 226. Plain paper wrappers with black titling, black and white plates throughout. A few dog-eared pages, and spine shows moderate wear. Includes accounts of significant ascents by the world's leading mountaineers, as well as club proceedings, book reviews and a memorialization of deceased climbers.

Missoula, MT: Boone & Crockett Club, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Limited edition (#1138/2000), signed by author on limitation page. Quarto (25.5 cm), pp. 308. Pictorial jacket, black cloth with gilt titling. Lushly illustrated with color photos, including a photo gallery (Through the Years) of trophy bighorns. Appendices include More Rams, Following the Tracks of the Wild Sheep and Boot Prints of the Sheep Hunter (with Top 40 sheep from the B&C's Record Books), and a bibliography. With a foreword by hunter and photographer L. Victor Clark, this volume puts sheep hunter narratives front and center.

New York: ROC, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (23.5cm), pp. 422. White boards with tan quarter cloth binding and gilt text on spine. Jacket has light wear at corners and spine, small stain on free front endpaper.

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Signed by author Anderson and illustrator Ed Sutton on half title page. Quarto (28 cm), pp. 241. Navy blue cloth with pictorial jacket. With bibliography, appendices and index. Jacket has light edge wear and one small closed tear at spine. Boards with corner wear. Gift inscription on free front endpaper.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Octavo (21.5cm), pp. 295. Yellow boards with yellow quarter cloth binding, gilt text on spine. Slight bumping on tail of spine.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990. Paperback. Very good. Quarto (29.5cm), pp. 712 with index. First American edition. Pictorial wraps. Cover has moderate wear and is creased at bottom corner, beginning to tear along crease. Oversize book will require additional postage.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1985. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. Very good. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 654. Pictorial color wrappers. Spine is slightly cocked, light edge wear. Book Three in the Earth's Children series.