Titles starting with 1 from Books Tell You Why

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. c1917. Original Cloth. A Fine Harper & Brothers Edition in the original red, gilt decorated cloth, published in May 1917 (E-R) and following the 1892 first edition published by Charles L. Webster. In the scarce, still Very Good dust-jacket with a few chips and closed tears ; The astonishing tale of a pauper who couldn't get a £1,000,000 bank-note changed, yet who was enriched by its mere possession . ... more information

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 3991430258 . First Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket . ... more information

Indianapolis, IN: Que. As New. 1997. Second Edition. Softcover. Brand-new, never opened or read . ... more information

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0070287929 . First Edition/First Printing in Very Good condition with cocked spine, foxed bottom edge, and inscription on the front free end paper in Very Good+ dust-jacket with writing on the front flap . ... more information

New York: Random House Inc. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth Spine. 0-394-48414-2 . First Edition, First Printing, said to have been from a print run of 2,600 copies or less in better than Very Good+ condition in alike dust-jacket ; Irving's scarce third novel, the tale of Vienna born Severin Winter, professor in German and varsity wrestling coach. Many of his judgements are made on basis of wrestling weight classes, a book he doesn't like might e... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394414144 . First Edition/First Printing, in Near Fine condition, sunning to board edges in 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; . ... more information

Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag. Fine. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. An about Fine First Edition/First Printing in unread condition, minor rubbing and sunning along original wraps with price of 4:75; The first title of the 2011 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, his collection of 17 poems, including the famous and powerful "Epilog" as final. In the original Swedish language . ... more information

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New in As New dust jacket; Signed by Author. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0743226712 . A most attractive First Edition/First Printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author and Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough directly on the title page. [XII], [2], 3-116, 16 plates, 117-386, [2] pages; Written by Pulitzer Prize winning author David McCullough, 1776 examines one of the most pivotal years in history. Through the eyes of the ... more information

New York: Warner Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0446516619 . A nice First Edition/First Printing in Very Near Fine condition in alike dust-jacket complete printing number line 10 to 1; A mystery of murder and revenge that reaches from San Francisco's Potrero Hill to the jasmine scented coast of Burma . ... more information

New York: Arbor House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0877954135 . First Edition/First Printing in Very Good+ condition with scribbling to front free end paper in Very Good dust-jacket with edgewear and two closed tears to upper rear . ... more information