Authors starting with A from Quill & Brush

(Dickerson, MD: Quill & Brush, 2004-2007). This indispensable tool contains sample signatures, brief biographical sketches, and information for the identification of the first U.S. and U.K. editions of 219 authors on an easy-to-use CD: Edward Abbey, James Agee, Edward Albee, Louisa May Alcott, Nelson Algren, Woody Allen, Sherwood Anderson, Margaret Atwood, W. H. Auden, Jane Austen, Paul Auster, James Baldwin, Julian Barnes, John Barth, Donald Barthelme, Ann Beattie, Saul Bellow, Thomas Berger, ... more information

Boston: Branden Press (1968). First edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Fine in stiff paperwraps. ... more information

(Dickerson: Quill & Brush, 2004). Includes a facsimile of the author's signature; a brief biographical sketch; a list of the author's first editions (American and British) current to the date of publication of the guide, with entries for limited and trade editions; number of copies (if available); how to identify the first edition; and estimated values with and without the dustwrapper (if applicable). Issued on 10 three-hole-punch, looseleaf pages, for ready reference in a binder of you... more information

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. (1975). First edition. Radical environmental classic. Lower tips lightly bumped, otherwise fine in a bright white dust jacket with the barest wear. ... more information

Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. (1858). First ?. Old inscription on front end paper. Pictorial red cloth cover shows some wear but still very good or better. ... more information

Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1839. First edition. A little book of life lessons for children. Frontis black-and-white scenic plate, tissue protected. Gift inscription, boards slightly soiled, touch of rubbing to edges and corners, foxed throughout, otherwise very good or better. Scarce. ... more information

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons (1991). First edition. A novella and stories. Fine in dustwrapper. ... more information

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons (1989). First edition. A collection of short stories. Fine in dustwrapper. ... more information

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons (1986). First edition. A collection of short stories. Page edges lightly soiled, otherwise near fine in dustwrapper. ... more information

(Chapel Hill): Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1986. First edition. Short stories. Fine with light soiling on page edges; in a price-clipped dustwrapper. ... more information

Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1991. First edition. Fine uncorrected proof in pictorial paperwraps. ... more information

New York: Simon & Schuster (1997). First edition. An advance reading copy, fine in stiff pictorial paperwraps. ... more information

London: John Lane, 1913. First edition of this scarce, early book. Spine a bit rubbed at extremities, covers somewhat soiled, one corner worn to boards, otherwise very good. Spare spine and front cover labels tipped to rear blank. ... more information

New York: Doubleday (1989). First American edition. INSCRIBED, "For James O. ---- With all good wishes Chinua Achebe March 3, 1990." Looks like red wine splashed on bottom page edges and a little of covers, otherwise would be fine in dust jacket. ... more information

(New York): Oxford University Press, 2000. First American edition. SIGNED by author. Looks like red wine was splashed on the bottom edge, staining it and the verso of dust jacket. Can't see the stain from the front. Too bad as would be fine in dust jacket. ... more information

London: Heinemann (1972). First edition. A paperback original, the true first of this, his first collection of stories, which was published in hardback in the U. S. the following year. There was no hardback U. K. edition. Near fine in pictorial paperwraps. ... more information

New York: Grove Press (1988). First U.S. edition. Tiny tear on front hinge paper (production error), otherwise fine in dustwrapper. ... more information

New York: Grove Press (1988). Advanced reading copy of the first U.S. edition. Fine in publisher's pictorial paperwraps. ... more information

New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday (2000). First U. S. edition. Bound galley proof. Covers and pages slightly bent, otherwise fine in glossy pictorial paperwraps. ... more information

London: Hamish Hamilton (1987). First edition. On the Booker Shortlist. Fine in fine dustwrapper. ... more information