Authors starting with I from Ed Smith Books

n.p.: Department of State, n.d.. First edition. Paperback. The pair are very handsome and solid and are both in uniform very good plus condition. Two galleys, measuring 9 x 12 inches, perfect bound in brown printed wrappers. Part 1 is Galleys 1-434, and Part II is Galleys 435-834. Over 5 pounds of information. The Malta Conference was held January 30-February 2, 1945, and the Yalta Conference was held February 4-11, 1945. A wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, The United Kingdo... more information

New York: Random House, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. Proof. A novel about a family marked by tragedy and the "difficult" women who survive. Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character--a "difficult" woman. By no means is she conventionally "nice," but she will never be forgotten. Ruth's story is told in three parts, each focusing on a critical time in her life. When we first meet her, on Long Island, in the summer of 1958, she is only fou... more information

n.p.: n.p., n.d.. First edition. No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. A close-up measuring approx 8 x 10 inches (full bleed), signed on the image by John Irving. He is best known for his novels The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules. Irving won an Academy Award for the screenplay of his novel Cider House Rules. He was born in Exeter, New Hampshire in 1942. Irving has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and is probably the only writer in that august body that has also been induc... more information

New York/Los Angeles: Miramax, 1999. First edition thus. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket as issued. 133 page screenplay, consisting of 8 1/2 x 11 mechanically reproduced sheets pinned into the studio wrappers, sent out to SAG (Screen Actors Guild) members to facilitate voting, for the Academy Awards. Letter from SAG laid in with screening times and places. The film won Oscars for Michael Caine (Best Supporting Actor) and John Irving (Best Screenplay Based on Previously Published material (his novel)). One of th... more information

New York: Random House, 1998. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Two pages of color promotional material laid in. A novel that tells the tale of Ruth Cole, a complex, often self contradictory character, and it is told in three parts, each focusing on a critical time in her life. ... more information

New York: Random House, 1999. First edition. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. Proof. This memoir describes the author's involvement (and lack thereof) in five of the films that have (and have not) been made from his nine novels. Irving also sheds light on the difference between writing a novel and writing a screenplay. In the original perfect bound wrappers, as issued. 170 pages, plus an index of photographs from films. ... more information

New York: Random House, 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good plus to near fine. the slipcase is very good. 16mo. 3 volumes in the original publisher's cardboard slipcase. One of 750 copies printed at the Walpole Printing Office, New Rochelle. Includes Rip Van Winkle, The Great Mississippi Bubble, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Irving, 1783-1859, was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th Century. Irving, along with James Fenimore Cooper, was among the first A... more information

London: Faber & Faber, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Ishiguro's first book appearance, includes three of his short stories; A Strange and Sometimes Sadness, Waiting For J, and Getting Poisoned. Also included are stories by J.K. Klavans, Steven Kupfer, Tim Owens and Amanda Hemingway. Nice clean copy. ... more information

London: Faber & Faber, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine (price-clipped). Winner of England's prestigious Booker Award and the source for the acclaimed big screen film of the same name. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, an ageing butler, has embarked on a rare holiday, a six-day motoring trip through the West Country. But his travels are disturbed by the memories of a lifetime in service to the late Lord Darlington, and most of all by the increasingly painful recollection of his friendship w... more information

New York: Putnams, (1986). First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/a fine. Author's second novel that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of the Whitbread Prize. This copy is briefly signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. ... more information