Fine First Printing (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. Hardcover. First UK Edition, First Printing with full number line on copyright page. Slim hardback bound in publisher's cloth and issued without a jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [8], 447pp, [1]. Yellow boards, black cloth spine, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page, with "R49" in the gutter of page 447. Solid text block, appears unread. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $8.95 on front flap, an outstanding fine example. Cover art by Dave Christensen. (Currey 227) (Brooks A4) Housed in a custom black morocco clamshell, title in gilt on the spine. An outstanding example. This is the third novel by acclaimed writer Stephen King. The Shining was adapted into a notable 1980 film starring Jack Nicolson and Shelley Duvall, directed by Stanley Kubrik. First edition, first printing of The Shining by Stephen King, in the first state dust jacket. A fine example in all regards. (illustrator).…

dj. 1st Edition. Near fine copy in brown spine and reddish paper-covered boards. Stamped in gold. Clean and tight throughout. Signed by Dennis Lehane" on the title page. With map endpapers of Boston and environs. And a touch of dust foxing to the top edges. In a near-fine dust jacket with the price of $27.95. Stated "First Edition" with the complete number line. Lehane, Dennis The Given Day : Signed U.S.A: William Morrow, 2008. Book. Signed by Author(s). Excellent Copy-Signed By The Author On The Title Page. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. (illustrator). Signed" Dennis Lehane" on the title page.…

dj. First Edition and correct number line. Handsome copy in blue cloth spine and gray boards with a pink showing star. Clean and tight throughout. In a very good dust jacket with the price of $6.95. With light wear to the top and bottom of the spine ends. Inscribed on the title page: "For D.D. Ryan from her friend Herbert Gold." Inscribed on the title page: "For D.D. Ryan from her friend Herbert Gold.". Herbert Gold My Last Two Thousand Years by Herbert Gold (Random House, 1972, Hardcover, Signd New York, NY: Random House, 1972. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy! 245 pages. First edition, first printing. Signed by Gold on the first (illustrator).…

Fine in a fine dust jacket. Fine in woven dark red cloth spine stamped in gold. In a fine dust jacket with the price of $22.00. A virtually as-new copy of Mary Oliver's three poems. A splendid collector's copy. A book of three long poems from the winner of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize. Fine in a fine jacket. First Edition with the complete number line; a splendid first edition. Oliver, Mary Thirst Boston: Beacon Press, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. A book of three long poems from the winner of the National Book Award and Pulitze (illustrator). …

dj. 1st Edition. A handsome first edition bound in red spine stamped in white and black paper-covered boards. In near fine condition. Signed and inscribed by Dennis Lehane directly on the title page: "Ann, I hope you enjoy it. Dennis Lehane 12/5/98" In a near-fine dust jacket with the price of $24.00.Clean and crisp. Basis for the major motion picture starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, and Ed Harris; A man's life is turned upside down when his wife and daughter are both kidnapped. He does whatever it takes to get them back, even if it means going to the dark side. Signed and inscribed: "Ann, I hope you enjoy it. Dennis Lehane 12/5/98" Stated First Edition with the complete number line. Lehane, Dennis Gone, Baby, Gone - 1st Edition/1st Printing New York: William Morrow & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0688153321 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xii, [2], 226pp. Black cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Appears unread. Blue endpapers. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, $4.95 retail price on front flap, bright illustrations. A collection of seventeen scientific essays originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and the sixth Doubleday collection of Asimov's F&SF science essays. The first edition, first printing of Science, Numbers, and I by Isaac Asimov, a fine example. (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [8], 150pp, [2]. Maroon cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Red topstain. This copy appears unread. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, $4.95 retail price on front flap, bright illustrations. An exceptional copy of Peck's first novel. Peck's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story set in rural Vermont, centered on a Shaker farm boy, his father, and the difficult lessons of work, loss, and responsibility. The first edition, first printing of A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck, a fine example. (illustrator).…

dj. First Edition. Handsomely. bound in dark red cloth stamped in gold along the spine. Very clean and tight throughout. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates directly on the half-title page. In a very good dust jacket with wear along the edges of the front cord and a touch of wear to the top of the spine ends. Great photo of Oates on the rear panel. With the price of $4.50 and a small scratch at the center edge of the front panel.An attractive copy of her first collection of poetry, signed. First printing of the first edition. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates directly on the half-title page. Oates, Joyce Carol Anonymous Sins & Other Poems Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1969. First printing of the first edition. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates directly on the title page. Book in fine condition; dust jacket also fine with m (illustrator).…

dj. 1st Edition. Nicely bound in brown cloth spine stamped in gold. In Orange boards which are mottled somewhat. Green endpapers. Very clean and tight throughout. With light dust-foxing to the fore-edges. In a handsome pictorial dust jacket with a great photo of the Dahl family on the rear panel. Very good plus and price-clipped. First Edition with the complete number line. Illustrated by Jill Bennett Dahl, Roald Danny The Champion of the World USA Knopf 1975. A first edition, first printing published by Knopf in 1975. A fine book in like dust wrapper which is unclipped showing $5.95. A beautiful copy (illustrator). …

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [2], 597pp, [5]. Red cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine. Stated "First Edition" with "I-M" code below, noting the publication date in September, 1962. Cartographic endpapers. Two stamps with "1031" code on the front pastedown, dust jacket previously affixed to endpapers, with light glue remnant. Text block clean throughout. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, $5.95 on the front flap, "0163" code on lower flap, a bright, attractive example. The Sand Pebbles was Richard McKenna's first and only completed novel, published in 1962 by Harper & Row. McKenna, a former Navy machinist himself, drew heavily from his own experiences serving on a Yangtze River gunboat in the 1930s, lending the novel a strong sense of authenticity. The book was both a critical and commercial success, winning the 1963 Harper Prize and becoming a finalist for the National Book Award. Its popularity led to a major motion picture adaptation in 1966, starring Steve McQueen. The first edition, first printing of The Sand Pebbles, a novel by Richard McKenna, in the publisher's fine dust jacket. (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xii, [4], 511pp. Black cloth, title in silver on spine and front panel. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page. Illustrated endpapers. Internally clean, solid text block. Owner's name on half title, dated "1964." A fine example. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $6.95 retail price on front flap, touch of wear from handling at the head of the spine, exceptionally bright spine, a near fine example. A scarce first printing of this Pulitzer Prize recipient. The Guns of August, written by Barbara Tuchman, won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1963, establishing Tuchman's reputation as a skilled historian and narrative writer. The first edition, first printing of The Guns of August, by Barbara Tuchman, a fine example. (illustrator). …

Full leather. Condition: Near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [two volumes], 388pp; 406pp. Three-quarter navy blue morocco, light blue cloth boards, gilt ruling to covers. Title in gilt on spine, five raised bands with gilt-ruled compartments. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Red ribbon bookmarks sewn in. Bound by Root & Son. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, faint foxing to title page, not affecting text, a touch of rubbing to joints. Volume I with frontispiece and tissue. Both volumes have original cloth spines preserved on rear flyleaves and bookplates of Thomas W. Lawson on verso of front free endpapers. Senior Chaplain of the U.S. Navy Fitch W. Taylor (1803-1865) was first a minister for the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Maryland. During his twenty-four years of service in the U.S. Navy, Taylor circumnavigated the globe aboard the USS Columbia, one of the first U.S. naval ships to make such a voyage. The Flagship details his experiences aboard this vessel. The bookplates in these volumes belonged to Thomas W. Lawson (1857-1925), a controversial Boston businessman who promoted and manipulated stocks, primarily in the copper market. Scarce first edition, first printing of The Flagship by Fitch W. Taylor in a fine binding. (illustrator).…