Search Results: Titles starting with A from Second-handSOME BOOKS

VERY GOOD condition — BOARDS: Shelf rubbing to foredge and foot, primarily the former. A couple of small bumps to top right edge, back, and bottom left edge. front. Top outside corners scuffed, primarily back. BOOK: Blemish to textblock foot gilt near spine (moisture?). Faint staining (horizontal) to endpapers, front and back. Minor fraying of bookmarker tail. Please see photos for condition details. If any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
This text was featured in the Franklin Library series The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. Published in 1975, bound in handsome Tan leather, and beautifully illustrated by John Tenniel, this edition would be a worthy addendum to your collectables library.
All Franklin Library full leather editions feature:

High quality paper.Pages that are sewn not glued into the binding.Gold gilded page edges on all three sides.Raised spine bands that give each book that distinctive antique look
Full genuine leather binding.
22k. gold lettering and stampings on the spine… Read More

VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Minor wear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Slight crease to outside edge, front flap. BOARDS: Sun fading to top and bottom areas, both boards. Very small bump to top edge, front. Very small indent to lower front board. Minor scuffs to outside corners. Crown and foot of spine soft. BOOK: Ink markings top of FFEP. Very light soiling to textblock head and foredge, primarily the latter. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of James Herriot's compilation novel, All Creatures Great and Small, chronicling his early experiences as a veterinary surgeon in England. This work consists of his first two books in the series of the same name: If Only They Could Talk, and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet. This copy is a 1st American trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by St. Martin's Press in 1972. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.… Read More

VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Minor wear to top and bottom of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Small tape strip, bottom of spine. BOARDS: Very good condition. Tape tears to top and bottom edge, front, covered. Bottom outside corners bumped/scuffed, front and back. Tape scuffs to top and bottom edges, back. Minor vertical soiling to same. BOOK: Very good condition. Tape affixed to top and bottom edges, both pastedowns. Library stamp to FFEP and textblock foot. Library card pocket affixed to LFEP. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of Mickey Mantle's baseball memoir, All My Octobers, written with the help of Mickey Herskowitz. This copy is a 1st edition, 1st printing of the work, ex-library, published by HarperCollins in 1994. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.
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"In this unparalleled memoir, Mickey Mantle recounts both the joys and agonies of his rise… Read More

VERY GOOD — Sound binding. Crisp extremities. Clean, unmarked pages. NOTE: Very minor bow to back board. Minor fraying of moire endpapers around edges, primarily bottom. Please inspect photos for condition details. THIS IS A LARGE, HEAVY BOOK.
This title was featured by Easton Press in the Science & Nature series and presented here in a collectible edition. Published in 2006, bound in handsome Burgundy leather, and beautifully illustrated by William Sharp, this edition would be a worthy addendum to your collectibles library. Specifics of this series from the Easton Press website:
Fully and tightly bound in genuine leather.
22kt gold accents deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine.
Heavy duty binding boards...
Superbly printed on acid-neutral paper... .
Sewn pages – not just glued like ordinary books.
...moiré endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker.
Gilded page ends.
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The most complex biological mechanism in the world, the human body has… Read More

VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Minor wear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Small stain to bottom of spine. BOARDS: Very good condition. No issues. BOOK: Very good condition. Nice topstain. Faint ink markings top of FFEP. Slight lean to spine. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain, his first novel under his own name; a thriller that was the basis for the 1971 film with the same title. This is a true 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Alfred Knopf in 1969. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.
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" . . . Five prominent biophysicists give the United States government an urgent warning: sterilisation procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, Project Scoop sends seventeen satellites into the… Read More

VERY GOOD condtion — BOARDS: Some color fade to title badge on spine. Small cut to lower hinge, front. A couple of small spots, back. BOOK: Nice topstain. Small cut to lower hinge, front pastedown, corresponding to cut on front board. Cracked hinge at back flyleaf page. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. Any questions, please ask.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of Ayn Rand's dystopian novel Atlas Shrugged, which she considered her magnum opus. This is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Random House in 1957. There is no dust jacket with this copy.
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"Ayn Rand's epochal novel, first published in 1957, has been a bestseller for more than four decades as well as an intellectual landmark. It is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world--and did. Was he a destroyer or the greatest of liberators? Why did he have to fight his battle, not against his enemies but against those who… Read More