Search Results: Titles starting with N from Armadillo Alley Books

New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2015: SIGNED. 1st/st. New - Unread. Stated First Edition, first printing with complete number line starting with 1. Signed with a doodle on the title page. An unread book is tight and square with sharp corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or marks and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped with opaque cut-outs and pristine. Illustrations by Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen. This affecting middle-grade psychological thriller has been hailed by critics.
For some kids summer is a sun-soaked season of fun. But for Steve, it's just another season of worries. Worries about his sick newborn baby brother who is fighting to survive, worries about his parents who are struggling to cope, even worries about the wasp's nest looming ominously from the eaves. So when a mysterious wasp queen invades his dreams, offering to "fix" the baby, Steve thinks his prayers have been answered.All he has to do is… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 2019. SIGNED. 1st/1st. NF/NF. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending in 1. Signed by Colson Whitehead on the title page. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and clean boards. Light creases to the spine head and top corners. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($24.95) with very faint wear to the spine head. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 213 pages. 5¾ x 8½" tall. Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Inspired by a Florida news story, the Pulitzer Prize-winner imagines two black boys fighting to survive a juvenile reformatory in the Jim Crow South. Like The Underground Railroad, the book draws from U.S. history to underscore the continued relevance of the characters' oppression.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1988. 1st/1st. F/NF. 1st/1st. First Edition stated w/no other printings. Unread book is tight and square with good corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, stamps or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($17.95) with mild toning to upper flaps and spine, otherwise Fine. Protected in a Brodart cover. Author's first book. "Daring and remarkably assured . . . provocative." -- Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times"Certain to bring [Watkins] comparisons not only with Stephen Crane, but with Hemingway and Remarque for its parallels with his classic All Quiet on the Western Front...His virtuosic first novel won't be easily forgotten." -- John Blades, The Chicago Tribune

New York: Harper, 2020. SIGNED. F/NF. Stated First Edition. Seventh printing with number line ending in 7. Signed by Louise Erdrich on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The fragile dust jacket is unclipped ($28.99) with light shelf wear (see photos). Removable SIGNED COPY sticker. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 451 pages. 6¼ x 9¼" tall. Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
It is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before Congress. The US Government calls it an 'emancipation' bill, but it isn't about freedom - it threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land, their very identity. How can he fight this betrayal? Based… Read More

New York: Knopf, 2022. SIGNED. Purchased New. F/NF. Stated First Edition. First printing with no other printings listed. Signed by Leila Mottley on the publisher's bound-in page. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($28.00) with a faint crease to the spine heel of the back edge, else Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 271 pages. 6½ x 9½ The story of a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system—the debut of a blazingly original voice and "a soul-searching portrait of survival and hope." — Oprah Winfrey

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2015. SIGNED. Purchased New. NF/NF. First Edition. Twenty-eighth printing with number line ending in 28. Signed by Kristin Hannah on the title page. The unread book is tight with solid hinges and binding. Light creases to spine tail and top front corners. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Illustrated endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped ($32.00 on the back panel) and faint wear to top corners. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 438 pages. 6¼ x 9½" tall.
The story of two French sisters during World War II and their struggle to survive and resist the German occupation of France. It was inspired by the story of a Belgian woman, Andrée de Jongh, who helped downed Allied pilots to escape Nazi territory.

New York: Harper, 2016. SIGNED. 1st/1st. Purchased New. NF/NF. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending in 1. Signed by Jean Kennedy Smith on the title page. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges. Creases to spine ends and bottom back corner. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Color painting by Ted Kennedy and black and white matte photos. The dust jacket is unclipped ($29.99) with faint 4 inch diagonal crease to front flap edge. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 272 pages. 6 x 8¼" tall.
In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy (until her death in June 2020), offers an intimate and illuminating look at a time long ago when she and her siblings, guided by their parents, laughed and learned a great deal under one roof. Filled with fascinating anecdotes and vignettes, and illustrated with dozens of… Read More

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. SIGNED. Collector's Edition. Near Fine. Signed by Doris Kearns Goodwin on a special signature page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good corners, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, stamp, or markings. Thirty glossy black and white photographs. Bound in black leather with raised bands to spine, 22 kt accents, gilded pages, silk moiré end papers, hubbed spine, and a sewn-in satin bookmark. Printed on archival paper. The gilt has some faint, small scratches to side fore-edges, else bright and fine. Signed Certificate of Authenticity and "Collector's Notes" included. 759 pages. 6 X 9½ " tall. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, No Ordinary Time is a chronicle of one of the most vibrant and revolutionary periods in US history. With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin weaves together a number of storylines — the Roosevelt's marriage and partnership, Eleanor's life as First Lady, and FDR's White… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1972. Review slip and publicity photo laid in. NF/NF. First American edition/first printing. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and clean red & black patterned boards. Red top stain is bright and unmarred. Minor fading on spine tail and minimal bumping to bottom corners. Textblock has an extremely minor pencil erasure and resultant indentation on page 55 (barely discernible except in the bright light). Minimal crimping to several interior pages. Not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. The dust jacket is near fine with no rips or tears. Unclipped ($5.00) with very light rubbing, small crease along bottom front flap and top of back flap. Fading to spine and mild toning to upper flaps. In a new protective Brodart Mylar cover. By the author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
'A storm rages around the towers of the big house near Geneva. Behind the locked doors of the library, the Baron, the Baroness and their handsome young secretary are not to be disturbed. In… Read More

London: Arcturus, 2022. New. Collector's Illustrated Edition. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, sharp tips, and clean, unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Lavishly illustrated with images from his notebooks and several of his most famous works of art including The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. 159 pages. 6 x 9¼ tall.
This carefully edited collection of Leonardo da Vinci's original notebooks represents his genius and shows how he recorded his thoughts on various topics. Selections from his work on anatomy, the flight of birds, warfare, and his stunning inventions, such as the flying machine, are included. The original drawings and diagrams from his notebooks are placed next to the relevant text so the reader can see Leonardo's mind at work.