Search Results: Authors starting with A from Margins13 Books

Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1839. Hardcover. Very Good -. A possible FIRST Edition THUS, (no other dates listed) A Near Very Good copy.VINTAGE Issue, not a facsimile. Original brown embossed binding with gilt spine title (still bright). Spine crown and foot have an approx. 1/8" chip each. Corners are worn and bumped. Scattered mild to moderate foxing throughout. Tight copy. A wonderful warm gift inscription, on front end-paper, dated 1844 . Engraved frontis of sailing ships, has original tissue guard. This title is not part of a series, but a "stand alone' title. (Abbott also wrote the delightful 'Rollo' series for children.) 180 pages. Hard to find early title. Protected in a mylar slip.

Philadelphia, PA: Hogan & Thompson, 1841. Hardcover. Very Good. Early edition. Date on title page 1841 with original issue being 1839. A Near Very Good copy in original embossed green cloth with gilt spine titles and decorations (still bright). Corners are gently bumped. Bookplate from university library, plus another personal bookplate, (a period item), above it, on inside cover. Name on ownership plate also on first blank page (in copperplate script). Engraved frontispiece offset to title page (lacks tissue guard). Scattered mild foxing throughout, with one page having a bent tip.A wonderful copy of a hard to find title. The author meant for his books to be not only amusement but also substantial instruction for young folk. Protected in a mylar slip.

Boston: Brown Taggard & Chase, 1857. Hardcover. Near Very Good. A very early issue. Author famous for his "Rollo Books", plus 22 volumes of biographical histories and the "Franconia Stories". An early American children's author. This volume is bound in original brown embossed cloth; Rear cover is worn at extremities. Still bright spine titles (but rubbed). Gently bumped corners; a p.o. penciled script name (and State) on blank front free end-paper and a few penciled words and doodles on a second blank front free end-paper. No other markings.Tissue guard in place on frontispiece. Scattered mild foxing throughout. A tightly bound text. 220 pages. Delightful copy. Protected in a mylar slip.

Harper, 2014. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. STATED FIRST Edition, THIRD Printing. MINT volume in same condition UNclipped Dust Jacket. * SIGNED* by author, DIRECTLY ONTO THE TITLE PAGE, (Signature only). LAID IN is a color event flier (Also SIGNED) where author lectured. Author is know for her fabulous historical fiction. A FLAWLESS copy. Mylar protected jacket. Heavy volume, suggest Media postage.

New York: Crown, 2019. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. AS NEW volume in same condition UNclipped Dust Jacket. STATED FIRST Edition AND Printing with full publishers number line present. * SIGNED * by author directly onto the title page (signature only). LAID-IN is an event flier Also SIGNED by author. MINT copy - Unread/PAGES NEVER TURNED. A FIRST/FIRST. Mylar protected jacket.

Westview Press, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. FIRST Edition, FIRST Printing with full number line in place. A REVIEW Copy, with the publishers Advance Review Sheet LAID IN. A FINE volume in a Near Fine UNclipped dust jacket. Jacket has four 'ghost' spots at center (seen only when held under bright light) and micro crinkles at lower spine edge. Appears unread. Volume is illustrated with drawings and archival photographs. A scholarly text. A FIRST/FIRST. Mylar protected jacket.

A.A. Knopf, 2017. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/New. STATED FIRST EDITION and First Printing . A tiny red reminder dot on bottom closed page edge, keeps it from being a NEW rating, but really is FLAWLESS and Unread. Priced to reflect this 'dot'. (see photo). Dust Jacket is New with original price intact on front flap. Another intense novel from Ackerman. No award label on jacket. Title was a Finalist for National Book Award. Mylar protected jacket.

Doubleday, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. STATED FIRST U.S. Edition (originally issued in England in 2004). "Chaucer" is the first volume in Ackroyd's BRIEF LIVES series. A MINT volume in same condition UNclipped Dust jacket. Illustrated with 21 b/w prints. New in all ways. Clean, tight, no markings. 188 pages. Mylar protected jacket.

UK: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/As New. STATED FIRST BRITISH EDITION on copyright page. A Near Fine volume, clean and tight. Light tanning to margins, else would be 'As New". Brown end-papers are pristine as is the UNclipped Dust Jacket. * SIGNED * by author, DIRECTLY ONTO THE TITLE PAGE (Signature only) with a blue pen. A fabulous copy. Mylar protected jacket. 277 pages.

Doubleday, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. STATED FIRST U.S. Edition AND FIRST U.S. Printing, with publishers full number line present on copyright page. A fabulous biography. A Very Fine volume, in same condition UNclipped dust jacket. Illustrated with a few color glossy pages. A large Bibliography and Index at rear. A FLAWLESS copy in every way. A FIRST/FIRST. Mylar protected jacket.

Bloomsbury, 2014. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. STATED FIRST American EDITION and Printing. A MINT volume in same condition UNclipped Dust Jacket. Author was a principal in the English National Ballet (Trained at the Cuba National Ballet School) and a member of the Royal Ballet; now the director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. This is his debut novel. FLAWLESS copy. 333 pages. Mylar protected jacket.

Atheneum Books, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Leslie Tryon. STATED FIRST Edition AND Printing, with publishers full number line in place. A VERY FINE volume in same condition UNclipped Dust Jacket. Wonderful full color illustrations throughout. Delightful for young and old. Glossy book boards mirror dust jacket. Mylar protected jacket. Unpaginated.

Athens, Ga.: Georgia Legal History Foundation, Inc., 2000. Soft cover. Fine. A FLAWLESS 'turn of the century' (Twenty-First Century) copy, Original White Wraps (Softbound). NO 'reader creases' or markings at all. Published annually by the Georgia Legal History Foundation. This volume includes articles on "Satisfaction Due a Gentlemen: Early Conflict Resolution"; "Comity at the Bar from the Segregation Era to the Present';"Standing Against Dragons: Three Southern Lawyers in an Era of Fear", are just a few outstanding articles/essays . 209 pages. Hard to find issue. Protected in a mylar slip

Simon & Schuster, 2012. Hardcover. As New/Fine. A Pristine volume and Dust Jacket with only a gentle bump to front corner tips, else truly a PERFECT copy. A collection of 14 stories by renowned authors, all INSPIRED by the 'John Carter of Mars' classics. Issued for the one hundredth anniversary of the publication of Burroughs' "A Princess of Mars". A three page Forward by award winning fantasy author, Tamora Pierce. 352 pages. Mylar protected jacket.

A. A. Knopf, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. STATED FIRST AMERICAN Edition and Printing. A FLAWLESS volume, clean, tight, NO markings. The dust jacket is price clipped with light age toning to extremities, else a lovely pictorial jacket. A three page Lapine Glossary at rear. 262+ pages. Mylar protected jacket.

Yale University Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. FIRST Edition, having the publishers full number line on copyright page. A Near FINE copy, * SIGNED * TWICE by poet on title page (signature only), PLUS on the previous half-title page she wrote a warm full inscription: "For ___ with wonderful memories of Dosso, and of the beginnings of a shared love. And with love, Julie. Princeton, June, 1988". Part of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, #82. Book boards do not lay quite flat, but does not detract. Very light foxing to blank end-papers, otherwise a clean lovely copy. A Very Good or Better brown dust jacket has two very tiny chips to edges at front flap, with minor edge creases along length of top edge. Extremity of jacket is sun toned. Mylar protected jacket. 71 pages.

Harcourt, 2012. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. FIRST Edition AND Printing, as has publishers full number line present on copyright page AND same date on title page. A FLAWLESS volume in same condition UNclipped dust jacket. Red End-papers; Clean, no markings at all. A FIRST Edition.511 pages. Mylar protected jacket.

Ecco, 2008. Soft cover. New. AS New, clean, tight, orange wraps (Softbound), no markings at all. Includes six short plays. A pristine copy. 80 pages. (Note early copyright date). Author is an American Playwright, screenwriter and comic book writer. Best know for the TV series "Glee", "Riverdale", "Pretty Little Liars" and others. Protected in a mylar slip.

Charleston, S. C. : Walker, Evans & Cogswell and D. Wyatt Aiken, 1871. Soft cover. Good. A Good only copy of this hard to find AUGUST 1871 Agricultural and Horticulture monthly issue. In original wraps (softbound). Moderately foxed throughout. Front cover is detached but complete. There is a pencil signature of 'J.W. Walker at top margin, possibly a relative of one of the publishers? Illustrated with drawings and engravings. Numbered as Pages 602 - 656. After page 656 are 24 pages of period advertisements. Five of these page margins have 1/2' chips, not impacting any text. Rear panel also an advertisement and has edge chips. Protected in a mylar slip.

St. Martin's Press, 2012. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. STATED FIRST U.S.Edition AND FIRST Printing with publishers full number line present. Beautifully illustrated with b/w drawings. 'A Chinese fable set against the landscape of contemporary Beijing, seen through the eyes of two cats'. A FLAWLESS volume in same condition UNclipped dust jacket. A FIRST/FIRST. Purrfect. Mylar protected jacket.