Search Results: Authors starting with A from Winding Road Books

Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1947. Book. Illus. by A. J. Donnell. Very Good. Hardcover. Not Signed. 1st Edition. First Printing. No Jacket.Book has slight spine fading, slightly tanned endpapers, previous owner's bookplate on front free paste down, and slight soiling of text top block edge. Otherwise clean throughout with tight spine, rigid boards and pointed tips. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..

New York: E. P Dutton & Co., 1935. Book. Illus. by E. H. Shepard. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. Not Signed. 2nd Edition. New Edition, 124th printing. The book has tanning of the endpaper, wear overall and some soiling at top of front cover, but wear especially at spine ends and bottom tips. Previous owner's inscription on the back of the front free endpaper. Else book is free of other internal markings, spine is tight, boards rigid and tops tips are pointed. The jacket is price clipped and is water stained all over. Front colors ok but some letters faded with stains apparent. Loss and small chipping at most edges, especially along spine and 1 inch at top and 1 inch at bottom of spine. Shiny new plastic cover helps it look better. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..

Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1903. Book. Illus. by Troy Kinney and Margaret West Kinney. Near Fine. Hardcover. Not Signed. 1st Edition. A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1903. Hardcover. First Edition/Third Printing though stated as Third Edition on copy write page. Book Condition: Near Fine with stiff solid spine, rigid boards with just some slight almost unnoticeable ripples in the buckram and tiny translucent spots on cover. Beautiful illustrations deeply rich in color by Troy Kinney and Margaret West Kinney, all of which are present. The title is in red and black with a swan ornamental on the front..

New York: Modern Library, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Modern Library, 2002, New York. Hardback, First Edition Thus/First Printing. Modern Library First Edition. Fine/Very Good. Book has straight stiff spine, pointed tips, but slight crumple tiny tear to pages 512-527. Clean internally and externally. Gwyneth Paltrow dust jacket would be fine but for some transparent 1" grooves on the back cover. No other flaws..

New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. The book condition on first edition, first printing is as fine. The text block is solid, clean and square. Endpapers are clear of markings with NO previous owner's signature. Spine tight, boards rigid and tips pointed. Slight smokey odor. Very faint possible remainder mark top rear text block. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped but has minimal chipping around top spine/front of jacket. A fine copy, unread looks dashing in a shiny new mylar cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..

New York: Andrews McMeel Pub, 1983. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Andrews McMeel, New York, 1983. Hard Cover. Condition:As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition/1st Printing.First printing as confirmed by McBride. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. The book is unread and must have sat protected on the shelf for the last 35 years! Collector's copy if there was one. Clean, tight, straight, tips are pointed, slight shelf wear to bottom. Free of odors or marks.Dust jacket has slight rumple across back top and tiny tear at top back hinge but it looks handsome in it's shiny new mylar cover..

New York: Lippincott, 1943. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Not Signed. 1st Edition. Lippincott, New York, 1943. Hardcover. First Edition/Early Printing. Near Fine/Fair. Book has rigid boards with pointed tips and minimal shelfwear. Small amount of tanning. No markings and never read. Jacket has split at spine back but now taped on reverse with removable tape and looks great in it's mylar jacket..

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1985. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed. 1st Edition. Little, Brown and Company, 1985, Boston. First Edition/First Printing. Book condition is as new except for some small amount of shelf wear on the bottom boards. Dust Jacket is as new and now protected in shiny mylar cover. Inscribed by Ansel Adams' wife, Virginia Adams, "To Jack and Peggy - Virginia Adams" Postage a little higher on this heavy, coffee table book..

Colorado Spings, Colorado: Published by Trail's End Publishing Co., Inc. , 1957. Book. Illus. by Cobb, Irvin and Russell, Charles M.. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed. 3rd Edition. Third edition signed by Helen Britzman, wife of Homer Britzman on the title page. Red cloth binding, square boards, firm spine, tips pointed but wear at spine ends. Beautiful full color wraparound endpapers of bison wading by Russell. Front hinge starting but rear hinge fully intact. Charles Russell postage stamp pasted on the upper title page. Front free endpaper has label removal from top right hand corner. Jacket has freying and loss at most edges and folds heaviest at front top and spine resulting in partial loss of letters C,H S,E,L,L,E of artist name and two inch whole on top spine. Index, bibliography. List of illustrations which are numerous. Postal packing suitable for wrapping..

New York: Doubleday, 1959. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First printing. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Inscribed by author on the front free endpaper.The book is fine, the text block is solid, clean and square. No remainder, not book club. Spine tight, boards rigid and tips pointed. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped but has some small fray/chipping at spine ends and most edges and small rip on front cover.Also a closed tear on the back dj cover. Now looks majestic in it's archival mylar cover.Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..

Annapolis: Naval Institue Press, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Naval Institute Press (2007), Annapolis, 2007. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; Stated First Printing. Appears unread...book and DJ as new. Inscribed by author, "12 July 2007, To Captain Jerry A Donevant in appreciation for your continuing support of Naval Aviation through ANA. With best wishes, Jim Holloway, Admiral USN, CNO1974-78." New ANA (Association of Aviation) sticker enclosed..

New York: Book League of America, 1937. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Not Signed. Reprint. This Book League of America edition was published in the same year as the 1st Edition. This copy is over 80 years old, has been well taken care of and is in fine condition. Its construction is unlike most of the poorly made book club editions. The cloth covered boards, embossed front cover, and matching top stain add up to a handsome edition possibly as desirable and rare as the first edition. The text block is solid, clean and square. Endpapers are clear of markings with NO previous owner's signature. Spine tight, boards rigid and tips pointed. There is no book club deboss on the rear cover. The jacket is in near fine condition with bold colors on the cover, with a tiny 1" closed tear and 3" fold at the top of the back cover with some shelf wear at folds some edges. It looks spectacular in its shiny new plastic cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order… Read More

New York: Harper, 2019. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Fresh and crisp straight from the bookstore shelf. Spine tight, boards rigid, tips pointed. No dings or marks. No remainder mark or other issues. Dust jack is not clipped and is as new and looks spectacular in its new shiny mylar dust protector. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..

Atlanta: Turner Pub, 1996. Book. As New. Hardcover. Not Signed. 1st Edition. Turner Pub, Atlanta, 1996. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Ed/ First printing. Unread, clean, as new..

New York: Random House, 2008. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Random House, New York, 2008. Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition/Sixth Printing. Signed by the author on a Literary Society bookplate now affixed to the front free endpaper. Fresh and crisp straight from the bookstore shelf. No dings, marks or issues. Dust jack is not clipped has slight shelf wear and looks spectacular in its shiny mylar dust protector. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..

New York: Ronald Press, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Third Printing. Bound in blue cloth with gold lettering. Albert Bandura signed bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Very good copy, hinges sound though has label removal remains at bottom of spine. Library stamp on title page and faint numbers on front free endpaper are only evidence of ex-library status. Else, the book is clean and actually newish throughout, no other markings of any kind and clean of any type of stains or soil. Looks like it sat on the shelf all these years. The book has square, stiff boards with minimal wear, a tight spine and pointed tips. In a facsimile dust jacket, which is new, that was taken from a second printing. Looks handsome in a new plastic removable cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1922. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Not Signed. Reprint. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1922. Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine Reprint/Printing Unknown probably 1940s era. Excellent copy with some minimal staining to bottom text block. Light Blue hardcover, with dark blue lettering and dark staining to top of text block. Beautiful original dust jacket with small loss and frays at top of spine and tiny fray at bottom of spine. Now encased in acid-free mylar cover..

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1891. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Not Signed. 1st Edition. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia,1891. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Black cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Spine ends pushed and worn, previous owner's 1" x 1" name sticker on front past down. Damp stains around top of front free endpaper and top of a few pages at back of book including rear free endpaper, on text block edge and slightly near spine on cover though hard to see. Spine straight, tight and text block firm. Boards rigid and tips pointed. Light pencil notations on both sides of front free endpaper. Light tanning throughout. Shelfwear to bottom..

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2009. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Little, Brown and Company, New York 2009. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine 1st/1st. SIGNED by the author on a literary society bookplate pasted onto the front free endpaper. A fine copy of the first printing..

New York: Bantam, 1989. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Bantam Books, 1989. Hardback. Book Condition: Beautiful, as new copy that must have been signed and then stored on the shelf! Dust Jacket Condition: As new. SIGNED FIRST PRINTING! Inscribed "To Roslyn and Chet With Best Wishes Buzz Aldrin" on the half- title page. First printing of the First Edition with full number line. The now encased in mylar dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. .