Authors starting with A from Books Tell You Why

New York: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A nice First Edition/First Printing, in unread Fine condition, in alike dust-jacket with minute closed tear to top edge. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number ; The impact of the idea of Communism on American writers of the past fifty years, both on those who ... more information

Boston, MA: Trustees of the Boston Public Library. Fine. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0890730644 . First Edition/First Printing in about Fine condition. An invitation to an exhibit of the work of W. A. Dwiggins (the subject of the book) is laid in. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number on inside front cover; The work of William Addison Dwiggins, the renowne... more information

Boston, Toronto, and London: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0316004111 . First Edition/First Printing in Near Fine condition with lightly foxed top edge in about Fine dust-jacket . ... more information

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1975. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0397010842 . A bright First Edition/First Printing in Very Good+ condition with light foxing, and remainder mark to bottom edge in alike price-clipped dust-jacket with light soiling, edgewear, and a few small closed tears; Easily Abbey's most well-known work of fiction about the use of sabotage to protest environmentally damaging activities in the American South... more information

New York: E. P. Dutton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 052513753X . A smart First Edition/First Printing in Near Fine condition with a few dings to top edge of front and rear board in alike price-clipped dust-jacket with light edgewear. SIGNED by author Edward Abbey directly on the front flyleaf; A collection of satirical essays about the American West by Edward Abbey. What Henry David Thoreau was to New England and Bret Harte to the ou... more information

New York: St. Martin's Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0312041470 . A bright First Trade Edition/First Printing in about Fine condition with a trace of foxing to top edge in Fine dust-jacket. Preceded by a limited edition published by Rydal Press of Santa Fe, New Mexico; "Completed just two weeks before his death at his home in Fort Llatikcuf, Arizona, the book is, in sum, a credo, but in Abbey's nimble hands it is not a dry tome but a colle... more information

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0805009213 . A smart First Edition/First Printing in about Fine condition with lightly soiled edges in Fine dust-jacket; First state dust jacket with the uncorrected errors on both front and rear flaps: "mist" for "myth" and "Mickey" for "Becky." The Fool's Progress can best and only be summarized, in the author's words, as "an Edward Abbey... more information

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 9780517587058 . First Edition/First Printing in about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket . ... more information

New York: Bonanza Books. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. c1958. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0517001004 . First Edition/First Printing in Near Fine condition with light rubbing to extremities, railroad bookplate on front flyleaf in lightly rubbed and edgeworn, Very Good+ dust-jacket . ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394503724 . An attractive First Edition/First Printing in Near Fine condition, slight indentation to back board in alike dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number ; Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter . ... more information

New York: Mysterious Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0892964820 . A handsome First Edition/First Printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Peter Abrahams directly on the title page . ... more information

New York: Ballantine Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0345423844 . First Edition/First Printing in Near Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with light edgewear . ... more information

Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, Ltd.. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Signed and inscribed by author Mayer Abramowitz on the front end page . ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 039451596X . An attractive First American Edition/First Printing in Fine, seemingly unread condition, in alike dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number on front paste down ; ; B & W Illustrations . ... more information

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0151078629 . A bright First Edition/First Printing in Fine, seemingly unread condition; in alike dust-jacket, back panel has a small sticker and is rubbed . ... more information

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 039305747X . A lovely First Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Diana Abu-Jaber directly on the title page . ... more information

New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers. As New; Signed by Author. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9780307719553 . An attractive First Edition/First Printing in As New condition. Boldly SIGNED with added "Eat Well" by chef and author Hugh Acheson directly on the title page; Hugh's menus, like his restaurants and this cookbook are a lot like Hugh; every-changing yet consistent, with nuances and surprising flourishes, intense yet laid back, simple yet serious, never stuff or pr... more information

New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers. As New. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9780307719553 . An attractive First Edition/First Printing in As New condition; Hugh's menus, like his restaurants and this cookbook are a lot like Hugh; every-changing yet consistent, with nuances and surprising flourishes, intense yet laid back, simple yet serious, never stuff or pretentious or fussy. - Bertis Downs, Manager of REM; Color Photographs . ... more information

Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. As New in As New dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0811709019 . A handsome First Edition/First Printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket; Californian Francis Adams Donaldson was 20 years old when he enlisted in the 1st California Regiment, thus becoming part of the Army of the Potomac. He participated in all the major campaigns and battles in the East through late 1863. The astonishingly honest letters he regularly sent home are ful... more information

New York: Scribner. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0684839539 . A handsome First Edition/First Printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Karl Ackerman directly on the title page . ... more information