Authors starting with A from Joseph The Provider / Books

New York:: Henry Holt,, [1988].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Small 4to. Signed by Abbey on the front free endpaper and dated in the year of publication. ... more information

Dodd, Mead,, [1956].. First edition of the author's second and scarcest book. Hardcover. Fine in a fine, unfaded dust jacket that has been imperceptibly restored at the spine by a master conservator. 8vo. The source for the 1962 Kirk Douglas movie, retitled "Lonely Are The Brave" and with the screenplay written by Dalton Trumbo. ... more information

Tokyo / New York:: Kodansha International,, [1991].. First English-language edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. A short story collection. ... more information

Dayton:: Fine Arts Gallery / Wright State University,, [1978].. First edition. Pictorial wrappers. Near fine. Square 8vo. A collection of photographic studies by Cecile Abish with a two-page introduction by Walter Abish. This copy bears the photographer's warm 1981 presentation inscription to author Raymond Federman. ... more information

London:: Hamish Hamilton,, [1987].. First trade edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket (price-clipped). Small 4to. This copy is signed by the author on the title page. Pages a trifle darkened at edges, as usual. A bibliomystery. ... more information

London:: Hamish Hamilton,, [1990].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in glassine dust jacket, as issued. 8vo. One of 150 numbered, specially bound copies signed by the author. ... more information

New York:: Random House,, [1996].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. The poet's first book, published when she was 83 years old. ... more information

New York:: New American Library,, [1966].. First edition of the author's first book. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. This copy is signed by the author on the title page and is warmly inscribed by her on the front free endpaper in the year of publication. One of an impressive string of first novels published by NAL during David Segal's brief tenure as editor (1966-1968), all of which are scarce and desirable today, including John Gardner's "The Resurrection," William H. Ga... more information

New York:: New American Library,, [1966].. First edition of the author's first book. Hardcover. A fine, unread copy in a fine, fresh dust jacket. 8vo. An uncommon title, especially in such fine condition. ... more information

London:: Heinemann,, [1992].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Small 4to. Described on the dust jacket as "The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy trilogy." With some very slight wrinkling at the top of the jacket spine. ... more information

New York:: Warner Books,, [1981].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. The source for the movie of the same name. ... more information

New York:: McDowell, Obolensky,, [1957].. First edition, first issue, of the author's second (and final) novel. Hardcover. Very good in a very good to near-fine dust jacket. 8vo. Some sunning to spine and edges of boards as well as fading to the topstain. Dust jacket is generally bright and clean but with a short tear at back fold and light wear at spine corners. A Pulitzer Prize winner. ... more information

New York:: Coward-McCann,, 1960.. First edition of the author's first book. Hardcover. Fine in an equally fine, first state dust jacket with the $2.75 price on the inner flap. Later jackets, which are what you generally encounter, were price-clipped by the publisher and the price was raised to $3.50. 8vo. Laid into this copy is an edifying 1963 TLS from Albee in which he articulates his artistic credo: "No beginning playwright, or no playwright at all for that matter, can tell totally about his w... more information

New York:: Dutton,, [1978].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a near-fine dust jacket. 8vo. ... more information

New York:: Atlantic Monthly Press,, [2000].. First edition. Hardcover. As new in publisher's slipcase, as issued. 8vo. One of 250 numbered, specially bound copies (with ribbon marker) signed by Alexie. ... more information

Brooklyn:: Hanging Loose Press,, [1996].. First edition, hardbound issue. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. ... more information

New York:: Atlantic Monthly Press,, [1993].. First edition, advance reading copy. Soft cover. Fine. Pictorial wrappers. 8vo. ... more information

Toronto:: McClelland & Stewart,, [1998].. First edition of the author's second book, his first novel. Soft cover. Fine. Pictorial wrappers (with flaps). 8vo. Signed by Alexis on the title page. There was no hardbound edition. ... more information

Toronto:: Coach House Press,, [1994].. First edition of the author's first book. Soft cover. Fine. Stiff pictorial wrappers with flaps. 8vo. ... more information

Fine, folded for mailing. Some 700 words written on his pictorial Al Hirschfeld letterhead. Allen thanks Steinbeck for sending a copy of "The Sea of Cortez," confides that he might be abandoning his 14-year-old radio program, and expresses his heartfelt desire to write a book. In 1956 Allen indeed published "Much Ado About Me," for which Steinbeck wrote the foreword. The two men were close friends and Allen was the godfather of Steinbeck's son, John, Jr. ... more information