Search Results: Titles starting with A from Tangible Tales

New York: Hyperion Book Ch, 1994. Second printing. Hardcover. Good/very good. Signed by Wegman on the title page with a little sketch of a dog. Hardcover, second printing in dustjacket. A good copy with minor wear to the edges of the jacket and boards, and some crinkling to the pages from use - not heavy. Minor fold to the rear free -endpaper. Unpaginated, filled with the unique and endearing weimaraner photos that Wegman is loved for.

Washington: Fairbanks Art and Books, 2002. Hardcover. Good +. Signed and inscribed by the author (the artist's son) on the half-title page to local acquaintances, "With kindes Personal Regards to Donna and Orville Vander Griend from Florence and Eugene Fairbanks October 2006." Quarto-size green hardcover, no jacket as issued, no indication of printing, one date. A good+ copy with bumping to both spine tips being it's major flaw. Light shelf-wear to the board edges and a bright, attractive cover illustration. The interior is clean an unmarked other thant he author's inscription. Solid binding, lacking in tightness, most likely due to the signing. 168 pp., black and white photos throughout with a handful of full color photos. A beautiful collection of examinations of Fairbanks' monuments and statues.

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/good. Darrow, Paul. Tan hardcover with red cloth spine, 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author without personalization on the half title page, "All good wishes of this playful satirist of the strange land of Academe & its even stranger inhabitants, Richard Armour." A good plus copy with heavy bending at the spine tips. General wear at the edges and scuffing at the corners. Front hinge opens widely - most likely from the author opening to sign. Binding is solid and pages all bound in. Unclipped jacket is in good condition but with a couple of short tears around the head of the spine panel and light wear and chipping to the panel edges. 153 pp., a nice collection of Armour's humorous anecdotes directed at tenured academics and their lot in life.

New York: Cliff Street Books / HarperCollins, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Black hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed by the author without personalization on the title page, "Be Wild! Adam Werbach." A very good copy with bending at the spine tips and mild wear at the board edges. Interior is clean and unmarked, in a solid binding - lightly read. One page creased from being folded down toward the back of the book. Unclipped dustjacket is also very good - matching wear at the spine panel tips and a crease to the bottom of the front flap - bright and attractive. 307 pp., a call to environmental activism and local conscious living from the Sierra Club president.

New York: Pocket Books, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed without inscription by author and mountaineer Jim Wickwire. Blue hardcover, 1st edition, in dustjacket. A very good copy with bending at the spine tips and some fading along the board edges being the only flaws. Dustjacket is also very good with matching wear to the spine panel tips, corners not clipped. 322 pp., indexed, black and white photos throughout. Wickwire's autobiography of climbing peaks around the world.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2008. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Blue and black hardcover 2nd printing in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the facing page, "To Clara, Wishing you a future of great possibilities, Mary E. Pearson." A very good copy - clean, tight and unmarked with some bending and wear at the spine heal and light shelf-wear to the board edges. A very good unclipped jacket with minor shelfwear, most pronounced at the corners. 266 pp., an entry into the futuristic young adult/teen genre, focusing on love and biotechnology.

San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers / an Imprint of Academic Press, 2000. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Good. Oversize hardcover, 4th printing in good condition. Bumps to the corners and general wear to the board edges. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding and hinges are solid though lacking tightness. 856 pp., indexed. A used, but not abused, copy of this text.

Los Angeles: Michael Hamson Oceanic Art, 2007. Paperback. Good. Oversize paperback catalog. A good copy with some scuffing and light soil to the covers, and minor bumps to the corners. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is solid though lacking in tightness especially at the last gatherings. 112 pp., glossy magazine style pages with full color representation of 49 pieces of art from New Guinea.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Black and gray hardcover 1st in dustjacket. Signed by the author without inscription at the top of the title page in 1/98. A very good copy with minor wear at the board edges and some crimping to the spine tips. A clean copy, tight as if unread. Unclipped dustjacket is also very good with slight wear to the panel edges and minor scuffing to the rear panel. 227 pp., the author's first novel, nicely signed.

North Carolina: Funcom, 2008. Paperback. Good +. Oversized paperback originally included with the video game limited edition. A good + copy with all wear being external - moderate wear to the edges, minor corner bends and some light soiling to the covers. Inside, this is a very good copy with pages clean and unmarked, binding solid, bright and attractive artwork. 127 pp., a great addition to Conan collections, available originally only with the Massively Multiplayer video game.

Italy: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations / International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. White oversize staple-bound paperback. A very good copy with previous owner's name to the top of the title page being the only marking. Clean, tight and square, as if unread. 78 pp., filled with charts and graphs.

Italy: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations / International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. White oversize staple-bound paperback. A very good copy with previous owner's name to the top of the front cover and title page being the only marking. Bending to the corners and a bit of a lift to the front cover. Cleanand tight, as if unread. 141 pp., filled with charts and graphs.

Italy: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations / International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. White oversize staple-bound paperback. A very good copy with previous owner's name to the top of the title page being the only marking. Clean, tight and square, as if unread. 46 pp., filled with charts and graphs.

Italy: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations / International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. White oversize paperback. A very good copy with previous owner's name to the top of the front cover and title page being the only marking. Clean, tight and square, as if unread. 162 pp., filled with charts and graphs.

Italy: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations / International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. White oversize paperback. A very good copy with previous owner's name to the top of the title page being the only marking. Light bending to the corners. Clean, tight and square, as if unread. 150 pp., filled with charts and graphs.

Texas: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1963. Limited ed. Paperback. Good. Paper, staple-bound exhibition catalog, limited to 2500 copies. Errata laid in at front. A good copy, with general wear to the cover edges, and scuffing to the white rear cover. Bending at the corners. Ghost of a previous bookstore price ot the top of the front free-endpaper appears to be the only marking in the catalog. Interioir is clean and the staples a firm and tight. Unpaginated, roughly 30 pages, with black and white representations of 16 of the artist's works.

Oregon: Tripletree Publishing, 1998. Limited ed. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Clark, Alan M.. Hardcover limited edition, number 86 of 500 copies. Signed by the author and the illustrator without inscription on the limitation page. A very good copy with a minor warp/lift to the front cover being the only discernable flaw. Unclipped jacket is also very good with light soil to the spine panel and light shelf-wear at the panel edges. 405 pp., a collection of artwork and short stories illustrating each other.

New York: Franklin Watts, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Green and tan hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Joyce, with thanks for your support. Jack Smith Sept. 15, 1990." A very good copy with mild wear at edges and corners, and a bit of discoloration at the spine tips. A tight, clean and solid copy, as if unread. Dustjacket has some wear at the spine tips, , otherwise bright and attractive with its original price intact. 256 pp., Smith's autobiographical piece that followed his major heart surgery.

New York: The Tea and Coffee Trade Journal Company, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Heavy brown cloth hardcover, 1st edition, with gilt titles. A good plus copy. Worn at the corners and spine extremeties, with bending and discoloration. General shelfwear to the board edges, and some darkening to the brown cloth from age and use. Soiling and scuffing to the text block edges. Hinges are solid and the binding is strong. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown appears to be the only marking in the volume.The pages themselves are clean and bright with magazine style thickness. A mix of colorized and black and white illustrations and photos throughout. 796 pp., including a robust bibliography and index. This volume chronicles everything from the agriculture and propagation side of the industry, to the commerce and trade that introduced coffee to Europe, England, and North America. Difficult to find - and this copy is more attractive than most.

Oregon: University of Oregon Books, 1959. Hardcover. Good +/good. Red cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering, in dustjacket. A good copy - clean and tight, but with minor bending at the upper corners and spine tips. Unclipped jacket is not as good with scuffing to the panels visible as white against the dark green paper, some chips and bending at the panel edges, and an indiction that the book was stored next to some spiral bound materials that have dug into the dustjacket at the joints leaving small punctures to the paper which have minimally ground through to the book joints . 226 pp., indexed, with one fold-out map toward the front of the book. Volume two in the Univeristy of Oregon Monographs series, Studies in History.