Authors starting with Z from Books Tell You Why

New York: Coward - McCann, Inc.. Near Fine with no dust jacket; Signed by Author & Illustrator. 1945. First Edition. Cloth. An attractive Near Fine First Edition, signed August 20, 1945 by author George Zabriskie with a hand drawn illustration by his wife (Elizabeth). Author inscribed with beautiful grazing horse illustration to wood artist/craftsman Becherer "To Ralph Becherer with our affection George & Elizabeth" ; George Zabriskie's poem Like The Root, dedicated to his wife an... more information

New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0393047970 . A handsome First Edition/First Printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Michael Zadoorian directly on the title page . ... more information

New York: Penguin Press. As New in As New dust jacket; Signed by Author. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A superb First Edition/First Printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket with (printed) appearance of it being worn. SIGNED by author Carlos Ruiz Zafón directly on the title page; Daniel Sempere, a ten-year-old son of a widowed bookstore owner in Barcelona, Spain, discovers a mystery novel, The Shadow of the Wind by Julián Carax in a mystical labyrinth called the ... more information

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0896598810 . A most attractive First Edition in Fine condition in alike dust jacket; . ... more information

Frankfurt am Main: Georg Kurt Schauer. Very Good with no dust jacket; Signed by Author. c1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing and limited edition of 500 copies signed by Herman Zapf, this one being #441. Overall in Very Good condition with the only blemishes being two small tears to last two pages and limited sunning to boards, else Fine. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her ... more information

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0385152191 . First Edition/First Printing in Very Good condition with lightly foxed edges in Very Good- dust-jacket with chipping to upper back and spine and moderate edgewear . ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 039452750X . A very attractive First Edition/First Printing in about Fine 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 and signature on front paste down; . ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394514750 . First Edition/First Printing in Fine, seemingly unread condition, in spine faded, else Fine 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 and signature on front paste down; Lisa Zeidner's first book . ... more information

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0375502866 . An eye-catching First Edition/First Printing in Near Fine condition with cocked spine, lightly bumped corners, and minor soiling to page edges in alike dust-jacket with minor edgewear and price tag to lower rear . ... more information

New York: Dutton Children's Books. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket; Signed by Author. 1997. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0525456074 . A handsome First Edition/Later Printing in unread Very Fine condition in Very Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author and illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky directly on the title page; Color Illustrations . ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374229422 . A handsome First Edition/First Printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket . ... more information

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers / The Corning Musuem of Glass. Fine. 1990. 1st Paperback Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0810938014 . A beautiful First Paperback Edition/First Printing in Fine condition; . ... more information

Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Signed by Author. 1996. Reprint Edition. Cloth. 0786401834 . A handsome Corrected Reprint Edition in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. Laid in is publisher's card SIGNED by author Robert B. Zeuschner; The complete, annotated and gold standard bibliography of the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of Tarzan . ... more information

Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Fine with no dust jacket. 1996. Reprint Edition. Cloth. 0786401834 . The Corrected Reprint in Fine condition without dust-jacket; The complete, annotated and gold standard bibliography of the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, the creator of Tarzan . ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 039452098X . A nice First American Edition/First Printingl, light sunning in very Nearly Fine 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; ; B&W Photographs . ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1978. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394421248 . A handsome 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 and signature on front paste down ; A wonderfully candid documentary that traces, over four decades, the true, uncens... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1978. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394421248 . A handsome 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 ; A wonderfully candid documentary that traces, over four decades, the true, uncensored feeling o... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394500261 . An attractive First American Edition/First Printing, in Fine, seemingly unread condition, in about Fine dust-jacket. Also including is a proof dust-jacket, stamped as such and with blank flaps and back panel. 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 and signatu... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394577302 . A bright First American Edition/First Printing in Very Good+ condition in alike dust-jacket with light edgewear . ... more information

Nashville, TN: Oliver Nelson. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket; Signed by Author. 1985. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0840790392 . First Edition/Second Printing in Very Good+ condition in Very Good- dust-jacket with edgewear, chipping, and several small closed tears, one of which has been repaired with scotch tape. SIGNED and inscribed by author Zig Ziglar on the front free endpaper . ... more information