Search Results: Titles starting with A from Gargoyle Books

Newcastle, California: Sierra Oaks Publishing Company, 1988. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine. First-of-its-kind book created by a member of the Wyandot tribe which offers an ethnically sensitive & culturally relevant introduction to reading & learning the ABCs for Native American Indian children, in 55 pages, with vintage duotone photos throughout shared by tribal members. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1988, scarce in hardcover (lots of paperback reprints). Though an Ex-Lib copy, with the usual stamps & markings & card pocket inside front cover, this square hardcover 8vo is in Near Fine condition: extremely clean, reinforced library binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with just a hint of tanning to edges, but completely unmarked. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends &… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The very first book in the author's renowned alphabet series & the one that introduced female private investigator Kinsey Millhone to the world. From the estate of a local mystery collector, this is a FIRST EDITION, First Printing hardcover book with original, unclipped DJ, which has been protected in a mylar cover since purchased Brand New. SIGNED by the AUTHOR in black marker (her name only) on title page. Both book & DJ are in Fine condition (our highest grade): just slightly less crisp than Brand New! Completely clean, binding strong & square, creamy white pages. Absolutely NO writing or underlining or highlighting. NOT ex-lib; NOT bce. The DJ is virtually flawless: bright & colorful NO fading or wear. A beauty! Please see our photos--they show the EXACT book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand!… Read More

Farrar/Straus/Giroux, 1977. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Charming children's story about Abel the mouse, stranded on an uninhabited island, who struggles to get back home to his family. Would go on to become a Newbery Honor book (this was too early an edition to have the silver seal). First published in 1976, this is the Third Printing of that FIRST EDITION from 1977. With light blue cloth-covered boards & silver lettering to spine. Condition is Near Fine: very clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white with mild foxing to fore edge. Old gift inscription to half title page. Only other flaw is rubbing to extremities. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to VG+ due to some rubbing with a chip to head of spine & a few other tiny chips to same top edges, short tear with creasing to bottom edge of back cover; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books… Read More

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Life Cycle Books, 1979. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Extremely scarce, purporting to be " [a] doctor's personal report on the agonizing issue of abortion,'' the true account of an ob-gyn who formerly performed abortions but had a "moral turnaround" & became vehemently anti-abortion, co-founding the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws shortly after Roe v. Wade was codified into law. Claims to expose the "political maneuverings of the "pro-abortion" movement & the "machinery of the massive abortion industry,'' using the same rhetoric presented 40 years hence by those who fought (& just succeeded in 2022) in overturning Roe. In 330 pages with Index + blank Notes pages in rear. First Mass Market Paperback Edition, First Printing, from 1979, published by an obscure Canadian press. Condition is VG: very clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages show… Read More

Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first full-scale, definitive study of the abstract tradition in American art, spanning the period 1927-1944. Focus is on 43 artists, with 216 brilliant illustrations throughout the 256 pages, including 64 in full color. Also includes introductory essays on the Abstract tradition by both editors, & a catalogue of works, Index, & Bibliography in rear. A First Edition, first printing, published in conjunction with a traveling exhibit of the same name that opened at the Carnegie Institute's Museum of Art in Pittsburgh in Nov. 1983. Oversized hardcover has soft gray cloth-covered boards with embossed design to front cover/silver lettering to spine. Condition is Fine (our highest grade): stunningly clean & bright, binding straight & strong, pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning to edges, but unmarked. Remainder stamp to bottom outside page edges. The unclipped DJ is equally flawless: bright… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Rogers, Walter S.. Book #7 in the 20-volume YA series penned under the same pseudonym as the author of the Hardy Boys, featuring intrepid young aviator, Ted Scott. The actual principal author, John W. Duffield, who also contributed to the Don Sturdy and Bomba the Jungle Boy series, was a "conscientious student of aeronautics." With the later tan cloth binding (for the earlier red version, see our listing #019716), this is a slightly later printing of the FIRST EDITION, listing to Self & to HB#6 in front matter, but to TS #15 in rear, in 216 pages with glossy (not plain) frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. Condition is only Fair, downgraded primarily due to spotting & rubbing & soil to exterior, heaviest on spine, worn nearly threadbare in places. Inside is generally clean with the occasional spot or smudge, binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Pages show… Read More

New York, New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1935. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Author's second book, which she both wrote & illustrated, again set in her native North Carolina, drawing on personal childhood experiences. It portrays 2 white & 2 black siblings who get into mischief together. Though later criticized for the dialect ascribed to the African-American children, the book was praised for its attempt to document Black life in the rural South of the 1930s. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1935, this oblong hardcover 8vo (9" x 11") has light green cloth-covered boards lettered in bright orange to front & spine. Condition is VG+: very clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with very mild tanning. Modest rubbing to extremities, with slight fraying at spine tips & corners. No DJ. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hemingway's first novel in more than a decade after his magnum opus, "For Whom the Bell Tolls.'' Once more, it features an American military man--US Army Colonel Richard Cantwell--iwho becomes with an Italian countess in Venice in the aftermath of the Second World War. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing ("A") from 1950, this hardcover book has matte black cloth-covered boards with the author's name in gilt to front cover, faded gilt to spine. Condition is VG: very clean, binding straight & strong, pages surprisingly white, with tanning to endpapers. Heavy foxing to fore edge, lighter to other outside page edges. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib.The price-clipped DJ is also VG: colorful & bright, with extremely modest edgewear; nicely protected in clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us,… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Rogers, Walter S.. Book #7 in the 20-volume YA series penned by under the same pseudonym as the author of the Hardy Boys, featuring intrepid young aviator, Ted Scott. The actual principal author, John W. Duffield, who also contributed to the Don Sturdy and Bomba the Jungle Boy series, was a "conscientious student of aeronautics." With the earlier red cloth binding (not the later tan, see our listing #019786 for that version), this is a true FIRST EDITION, First Printing, listing to Self & to HB#6 in front matter & TS #5 in rear, in 216 pages with glossy (not plain) frontispiece by Walter S. Rogers. Condition is Good+: generally very clean with the occasional spot or smudge, binding strong & straight, hinges intact. Interior pages show modest tanning, commensurate with age; no foxing. Old gift inscription dated 1929 in front matter, else unmarked. Mild-moderate… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Behavioral Publications, 1972. First Edtion . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Presents results of a study of 229 activist & nonactivist students at 3 American colleges in the late 1960s, describing the social, political, & moral factors that, more than left- vs right- vs centrist political orientation, impact the decision to participate in political & social action. Hardcover book with plain red boards is completely clean & tight, pages white & unmarked--pages: appears never opened, DJ shows yellowing & minor/chipping all around. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Free Press, 1985. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Part of a collection of social science books--the majority packed away since Brand New--just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions. Hardcover 8vo has deep navy cloth-covered boards lettered in bright gilt to spine, in 484 pages with Index, Bibliography, black & white photos throughout. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1985, it is As New: bright & appearing never opened! The unclipped DJ is equally Fine. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York: Hyperion Books, 2003. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. True story of Ada Blackjack, an Inuit woman who went on a daring expedition with four young men to the Arctic in 1923 to colonize Wrangel Island & ended up stranded there for a harrowing 2 years. In 431 pages with maps in rear & 8 pages of black-and-white photos in center. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 2003, SIGNED by the AUTHOR with a personalized inscription in 2 places: to title page & on a separate postcard; also includes printout of email between author & former owners of the book documenting here signature & detailing her own travels back to the Island. Hardcover small 4to has burgundy cloth-covered boards lettered in bright gilt to spine. Both book & the unclipped DJ are in Fine condition: appear Brand New! Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white & unmarked. The DJ is equally flawless & is beautifully protected in new clear mylar cover to… Read More

London, England: George Routledge & sons, Ltd., 1933. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-/G+. Continuing the exploration of theosophy that he began in his earlier book, "Through the Eyes of the Masters,'' the author applies both "an astrological & an occult point of view" to investigate how the four elements of the physical world--fire, earth, air, & water--along with the Ether, control human physical, emotional, spiritual, & mental consciousness, & consequently, how control of these elements can control our fates & "hasten the Era of the Coming Race." Also included are horoscopes of the United States & of members of the Theosophical Society. In 104 pages with colored horoscopes throughout. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1974, this hardcover small octavo has bright orange cloth-covered boards stamped with a darker orange lettering to spine. Condition is Near Fine: very clean & bright, binding strong &… Read More

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Sleeping Bear Press, 2001. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. Frankenhuyzen, Gijsbet van. Husband and wife team draw on their many years of working together at animal shelters to write & illustrate this charming story of a very special Great Horned Owl. A First Edition, sixth printing, this hardcover book & DJ are in Fine condition: stored since Brand New! Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white; & unmarked. DJ is equally flawless! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.

Cambridge University Press, 1987. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket as Issued. Two volumes in one! As New! Part of a collection of social science books just removed from storage where they have been since the 1990s following review for an academic publication. To get them listed expeditiously, we are foregoing our usual detailed descriptions: we trust you'll know if a book is what you're looking for! Completely clean & unmarked, bindings straight & strong; no DJ as issued. Virtually flawless! A chance to build your library with essentially new books that have been long out of print or not seen the light of day in decades! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1936. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Third & final book in the short-lived (3-volume) series featuring the plucky Adventure Girls, all members of the senior class of Marchton High who are "ready for any excitement." From 1936, this hardcover book has pale yellow cloth-covered boards with black lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG: quite clean, pages heavily tanned around edges, lesser so to center, commensurate with paper quality at this time, but unmarked. Binding strong & straight, both hinges secure. The spine & lower edges sow heavy foxing/discoloration that looks like dampstaining, but no indication inside. Not soil. Mild rubbing to extremities, bumped corners. The unclipped DJ is VG, downgraded due to a few small chips & very light creases, slight fading to spine; nicely protected in nonreflective mylar cover by former owner. Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from… Read More

Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1972. Book Club Edition (BCE) . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Viskupic, Gary. One volume containing the first 3 exploits of the famed "Stainless Steel Rat,'' aka criminal-virtuoso-turned-undercover-agent James BolivardDiGriz or "Slippery Jim." Includes: 1) 'The Stainless Steel Rat'' (1961); 2) "The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge" (1970); & 3) "The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World" (1972). Hardcover Science Fiction Book Club Edition is Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped DJ: both are completely clean, pages creamy white with a hint of tanning; no foxing. Binding strong & straight. NO writing, highlighting or underlining; not ex-lib. DJ (with cover art by Gary Viskupic) is Near Fine: bright & clean with slight rubbing to extremities & mild spine fading, heavier toward top edge. Please see our photos--they show the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of… Read More

La Jolla, California: Green Tiger Press, 1978. First Softcover Edition . Soft cover. New. Teeple, Lyn; Teeple, Bill. The British author's final work of fiction for children, this is a magical story about a little girl, Josie, who finds herself unable to run & play while recovering from an illness, which allows her the opportunity to meet the magical people who inhabit her garden through a series of connected stories. In 47 pages, with full-color tipped-in plates throughout + frontispiece & front/back cover illustrations by Lyn & Bill Teeple. Orig. published in hardcover, this is the First Softcover Edition, Second Printing, from the small Green Tiger Press of La Jolla, CA, from 1978. Just removed from its sealed cellophane wrapper to do this listing, it is a Brand New book! Never opened, completely clean & unmarked. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays… Read More

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1936. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Book #2 in the short-lived (3-volume) series featuring the plucky Adventure Girls, all members of the senior class of Marchton High who are "ready for any excitement." From 1936, this hardcover book has deep green cloth-covered boards with black lettering to front & spine. Condition is amazingly VG+: completely clean, pages heavily tanned around edges, lesser so to center, commensurate with paper quality at this time, but unmarked. Binding strong & straight, both hinges secure. Mild rubbing to extremities, bumped corners. The unclipped DJ is VG, downgraded due to a few small chips & very light creases, slight fading to spine. Nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later… Read More

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1934. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine. DuBois, Jacqueline. Lovely edition, illustrated by Jacqueline Dubois, in this new easy-to-read format. Unpaginated. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing of this edition from 1934 (First, Thus), this slim hardcover is in incredibly Fine condition: very clean, blue cloth-covered spine strong, sewn binding is secure, & So Clean! NO writing, highlighting, or underlining; NOT ugly ex-lib. Only flaw is very slight rubbing to both the top & bottom edges of both boards. Please see our photos--they show the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Description & photos property of Gargoyle Books. All orders processed before 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time) ship Same Day; Weekends & holidays ship next business day.