Search Results: Authors starting with R from Bill Leone, Bookseller ABAA

Coffee House Press, 1997. First Edition (first printing). The first novel by the author of GLASS HOUSES, the story of an island in the Rio Grande which declares itself independent. Fine/Fine. Signed by Rabasa on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

The Dial Press, 2010. First Edition (first U.S. printing). The debut novel by the author of THE ITALIAN TEACHER, the popular story of the reporters, editors and executives of an English-language newspaper based in Rome as they struggle to keep afloat. Fine/Fine. . Unsigned. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Knopf, 1996. First Edition (first printing). The first novel by this performance-poet, a story told in the voice of a black street girl, sixteen years old and pregnant (again) with her father's child. Basis for the award winning film, PRECIOUS. Fine/Fine. Signed and dated 7/12/96 by Sapphire on the half title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Houghton Mifflin, 2004. First Edition (first printing). The second novel by the author of THE WIND DONE GONE, the story of a black Russian Literature Professor and her relationship with her son, a well-known football player who wants to marry a white woman with a Russian backround. Fine/Fine. Signed by Randall on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

HarperCollins, 2001. First Edition (first printing). The fourth novel by the author of THE ELEPHANT and THE DEVIL'S WIND, the story of a man's excessive quest for beauty. Publisher's promotional materials laid in. Fine/Fine. Signed by Rayner on the title page.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

HarperCollins, 2005. First Edition (first printing). The fifth novel by the author of THE BLUE SUIT and THE CLOUD SKETCHER, the story of an up-and-coming architect who gets involved with the development of the Las Vegas strip at the time of the first atomic bomb tests. Fine/Fine. Signed by Rayner on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Little, Brown, 1999. First Edition (first printing). The second novel by the author of PLAYING THE BONES, the story of a woman who leaves her alcoholic husband. Fine/Fine. Signed by Redd on the title page, . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Doubleday, 2000. First Edition (first printing). The third book by the author of IF I DON'T SIX, the story of a duo who agree to rescue a man's daughter from a strange millennial cult. Publisher's promotional materials laid in. Fine/Fine. Signed by Reid on the title page.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Harcourt Brace, 1998. First Edition (first printing). The first book by this Massachusetts author, the story of family and friends who deal with a young man's disappearance. . Fine/Fine. Signed by Reiken on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Morrow, 1997. First Edition (first printing). The first novel by the author of THE CIVIL WARS OF JONAH MORAN, the story of a decades-old mystery which begins with the disccovery of human bones at the site of the old drive-in. Fine/Fine. Signed by Reynolds on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Canongate, 2003. First British Edition (first printing). The first novel by this young writer, the story of a composer and socialite who lives in self-imposed exile and fantasizes of true love and extravagant suicides. His only constant source of company is an ever-loyal mongrel with the most beautiful eyes. Rhodes was recently named as one of the Best Young British Novelists by GRANTA magazine as part of its third decade listing. Fine in pictorial wraps (with dust jacket) as issued. Signed by Rhodes on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine.

HarperCollins, 1999. First Edition (first printing). The first novel by this Brooklyn author, the story of the personal tragedies and political persecutions of three generations of a Japanese-American family. Fine/Fine. Signed by Rizzuto on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Random House, 1999. First Edition (first printing). A Review Copy (with the slip, promotional letter and author's photo laid in) of the debut by this author who was raised in Sri Lanka, a tender love story set on a tea plantation in 1930s Ceylon. Fine/Fine. Signed by Roberts on the title page.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Little, Brown, 2004. First Edition (first printing). The debut novel by the screenwriter for the films BRAVEHEART and LAST ORDERS, the epistolary story of two sisters, one struggling to make a movie, the other struggling to survive. Fine/Fine. Signed by Robinson on the title page.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Algonquin, 1997. First Edition (first printing). The first novel by this Portland, Oregon author, the story of a young girl who is a child of "love children." Fine/Fine. Signed by Rose on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Ballantine, 2001. First Edition (first printing). The first novel by this Berkeley author, the story of a brother and sister who discover their father's past secrets after he has passed away. Fine/Fine. Signed by Rosner on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986. First Edition (first trade printing). The fifteenth book by the author of AMERICAN PASTORAL and GOODBYE, COLUMBUS, a story of people enacting their dreams of renewal and escape. A finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Fine/Fine but for slight bowing of the boards (which is somewhat common for this title) and incidental toning to the dust jacket flaps. Inscribed by Roth on the title page, as follows: "March 1988/To Sig Tobias -- all my best wishes -- Philip Roth.". Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Houghton Mifflin, 2004. First Edition (first printing). The twenty-second novel by the author of AMERICAN PASTORAL and GOODBYE, COLUMBUS, an "alternative history" story which assumes that Charles Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 Presidential election. Basis for the HBO mini-series. Fine/Fine. Signed by Roth on the title page. Also signed by dust jacket designer Milton Glaser on the rear jacket flap.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Harper Flamingo, 1998. First Edition (first printing). The first novel by the author of THE HUMMING BIRDS, the story of the daughter of a black African writer and a white British actress. Fine/Fine. Signed by Roy on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Heinemann, 1986. First British (and true first) Edition (first printing). The first book by the author of MATING and MORTALS, a story collection primarily concerned with well-intentioned Americans in the black-ruled country of Botswana. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Fine/Fine.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.