First Blood (15 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. This copy appears as never read. No creasing of the covers or spine, interior text is clean and binding tight. Numerous black and white illustrations. various (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Condition: Very Good. 6 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: A4 Size. Category: History Today; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 7 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 17.5 x 24 cms. Category: History Today; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First English Edition. Octavo, xx, [8pp maps], 257pp. Maroon cloth, title in gilt on spine and front panel. First edition with full number line on copyright page. Light foxing to top edge of text block. In publisher's dust jacket, retail price on front flap, faint shelf wear, near fine condition. Signed by President Jimmy Carter on front free endpaper, with a full signature. With the weight of the presidency behind him, President Carter offers an unbiased and critical analysis of the Israeli / Palestinian peace process, while also offering steps forward for US involvement. The first English edition of The Blood of Abraham, signed by President Jimmy Carter. (illustrator). Signed.…

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xx, [8pp maps], 257pp, [1]. Maroon cloth, title in gilt on spine and front panel. The first printing, with a complete number line on the copyright page. Faint dust remnant along top edge of text block, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $15.95 on the front flap, light shelf wear to both covers, near fine condition. Signed by President Jimmy Carter on front free endpaper, with a full signature. With the weight of the presidency behind him, President Carter offers an unbiased and critical analysis of the Israeli / Palestinian peace process, while also offering steps forward for US involvement. The first edition, first printing of The Blood of Abraham, signed by President Jimmy Carter. (illustrator). Signed.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, x, 82pp, [2]. Publisher's red cloth, title stamped in blue on the spine. Stated "first edition" on the copyright page. Internally clean, solid text block. In the publisher's dust jacket, $2.00 retail price on the front flap, a few chips at the spine, a very good example. (Wright, A1). Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company in New York in 1942, this was Jarrell's first book, issued in a reported edition of 1,700 copies. The first edition, first printing of Blood for a Stranger by Randall Jarrell, the author's first book. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, x, 704pp, [6]. Orange hardcover, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First Edition: October 2012" on copyright page, with full number line listed. Solid text block, fine condition. In the publisher's dust jacket, $30.00 retail price on front flap, fine condition. Inscribed on the title page: "Tom Wolfe 10/29/12." Includes a ticket to "ALOUD: An Evening with Tom Wolfe," with an event date that matches the signature. Signed first edition of Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe. (illustrator). Signed.…

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition. Octavo, xix, 552pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Appears unread. Light dust and faint foxing along top edge of text block, otherwise fine. Numerous maps, plates, and photographs from the author. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, retail price on front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. The signed first edition of "Written in Blood," A History of the 126th New York Infantry in the Civil War by Wayne Mahood. (illustrator). Signed.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition / Signed Limited Edition. Octavo, viii, [2], 373pp, [1]. Red cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. The first printing, with Scribner's "A" and code on the copyright page. In the publisher's fine dust jacket, $5.95 retail price on the front flap, touch of wear at heel of the spine, bright illustrations, a fine example. Signed by the author on the limitation page. (Nevins I, 45) (Dornbusch III, 2444) (Eicher, 34). The first edition, signed limited issue of First Blood: The Story of Fort Sumter by W.A. Swanberg. (illustrator). Signed.…

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [9], 337pp. Red hardcover, cloth spine, title stamped in gilt. Stated "First Edition" with a full number line. This copy appears unread. Light dust remnant along top of text block, internally fine. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $17.95 on the front flap, photography by Mark Morrow on rear panel, touch of shelf wear, light red stain to verso at head of the spine, no impact to front panels, a near fine example. Housed in custom black cloth clamshell. Published in 1985, Blood Meridian is now widely regarded as Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece and one of the defining works of late twentieth-century American literature. A radical reimagining of the Western, the novel draws on the historical record of the Glanton gang to produce a stark meditation on violence and moral order, rendered in McCarthy's distinctive, biblical prose. It was a finalist for the 1985 National Book Critics Circle Award, and its reputation has grown since its publication. The first edition, first printing of Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. (illustrator). …

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xiv, [2], 814pp, [2]. Brown cloth, title stamped in silver on spine and front cover. Swastica stamped in blind on cover. The first printing, with "Scribner's A" on the copyright page. Top edge dyed pink. Light rubbing to tips of spine, some offsetting to endpapers, solid text block, a near fine example. Complete with frontispiece portrait of Hitler, and nine illustrated plates. In the publisher's scarce first state dust jacket, $3.75 on front flap, archival tissue repairs to rear hinge, a few closed tears, light sunning to spine, a very good example. I Knew Hitler by Kurt Lüdecke, his memoir published in 1937, provides one of the first intimate profiles of the early Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler himself. The New York Times characterized the book as "a historical document" and "indispensable" to people wishing to understand the rise of fascism in Germany. Historians have been split on the reliability of Ludecke's account, noting that it should be read with "extreme caution." Ludecke escaped to America in 1933, after briefly being sent to a concentration camp by Hitler. He returned to Germany after the war and died in 1960. This memoir was released in London the following year by Jerrolds Publishers, Limited. The first edition of I Knew Hitler: The Story of a Nazi Who Escaped The Blood Purge by Kurt G.W. Ludecke, in the publisher's scarce dust jacket. (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First French Edition. Octavo, xxiv, 228pp. Original paper wraps, title printed on front cover and spine. Solid text block. In the original glassine dust jacket, light wear to corners, rear panel trimmed off. One of 35 copies, this being number 27. A nice copy of the author's first book, translated to the French by M.E. Coindreau. First French edition of Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor, limited to 35 numbered copies. (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 232pp. Yellow cloth, title in gray on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $3.00 retail price on front flap, touch of wear to corners. Limited professional restoration to verso with archival tissue paper, reinforcing a few small holes and closed tears. A scarce copy of this author's first novel in its original dust jacket. (Burgess, 99). Wise Blood (1952) is the first novel by Flannery O'Connor, published by Harcourt, Brace, and Company, and remains one of the central works of postwar Southern fiction. O'Connor later revised the novel, and it was reissued in an expanded edition in 1962 with a new introduction by the author. First edition of Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor, in the publisher's scarce dust jacket. (illustrator).…

JANOS Ein Arzt erzählt sein Leben (Autobiografie) Paul List Verlag, München Leipzig Freiburg i.Br., 1. Auflage 1949, ERSTAUSGABE, 1.-5. Tsd., 414 SS. gebunden (Hardcover,8°), gut erhalten. In einer Lasche lose dabei : Eigenhändiger Brief mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert Baur au Lac Zürich, 26.12.1951 2 S. 8° - launiger Brief in deutscher Sprache " Ich weiss von Loerke über sie und mich haben sie in orientalischer Tracht auf dem Orlik-Fresco im Garten von L. gesehen Oh du lieber Augustin ", weiter über seine Schwierigkeiten einen geeigneten, zuverlässigen Chaffeur zu finden. …