Titles starting with A from Joseph The Provider / Books

London:: Chatto & Windus,, [1986].. Uncorrected proofs. Printed wrappers. Light rubbing to front cover, else fine. 8vo. ... more information

New York:: Knopf,, 1985.. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a couple of short tears. 8vo. One of the author's finest novels and the source for an excellent movie. ... more information

New York:: Pantheon Books,, [2005].. First edition. Hardcover. As new in wraparound band, as issued. Large 4to. Signed by Ware on the wraparound band ... more information

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, [1985].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket, virtually like new. Small 4to. ... more information

New York:: Harper & Row,, [1989].. Advance reading copy of the first edition. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. Small 4to. ... more information

Concord:: Ewert,, 1988.. First separate edition. Broadside. Fine. Broadside poem. Folio. One of 50 copies signed by the author (the entire edition). Issued to honor Carver on his induction into the American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters. A rarely offered item even at the time of publication. ... more information

Boston:: Little, Brown,, 1935.. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket (price-clipped). 8vo. The American edition has a different ending than the English, which was published in the same year, with Charlie Allnut, who was memorably portrayed by Humphrey Bogart in his Oscar-winning performance, drowning after failing to sink the German ship. ... more information

London:: Chatto & Windus,, 1939.. First edition. Hardcover. Offsetting to endpapers, else a lovely copy in an equally lovely dust jacket.. 8vo. Huxley's Hollywood novel, "a satire and parable on modern civilization" -- Baird & Greenwood, #1237, in which biologists search for the secret of eternal life. Tipped into this copy by the publisher is a typed note: "2 Sept. '40 -- This copy of my book signed with great pleasure for my good friend Herbert Geo. Wells on his birthday b... more information

New York:: Knopf,, 1994.. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. ... more information

New York:: Random House,, [1947].. First edition, preceding English publication -- Bloomfield & Mendelson A29. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 12mo. Advance review copy with publisher's slip laid in. ... more information

Toronto:: McClelland & Stewart,, [1996].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Small 4to. The third of Atwood's novels to be nominated for a Booker Prize (along with The Handmaid's Tale and Cat's Eye). ... more information

New York:: Knopf,, 1983.. First edition of the author's first book, a short story collection. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. Advance review copy with publisher's slip and publicity photograph of Martone laid in. ... more information

New York:: Knopf,, 1983.. Uncorrected proofs of the author's first book, a short story collection. Printed wrappers. Fine. 8vo. ... more information

London:: Harvill Press,, [1996].. First edition, preceding American publication by two years. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. Edited by William L. Stull. With an introduction by Tess Gallagher. Contains all of Carver's verse. ... more information

New York:: Pantheon Books,, [1995].. Advance reading copy. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. Small 4to. This novel was touted in the New Yorker as a major achievement that announced the emergence of an important voice in American literature. ... more information

New York:: Gotham Book Mart,, [1976].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in publisher's slipcase, as issued. 4to. Illustrated with drawings by Edward Gorey. One of 200 numbered copies signed by author and illustrator. Bound in pictorial boards with giltstamped leather spine. At this writing, no copies were available online. ... more information

New York:: Horizon Press,, [1981].. First edition of the author's first book. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. Signed by Butler on the half-title. ... more information

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, [1991].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 4to. Signed on the title page by Silko and dated in the year of publication. The author's most ambitious novel, more than 750 pages long, with a long blurb from Larry McMurtry on the back panel. ... more information

Santa Barbara:: Black Sparrow Press,, 1985.. First edition of this single poem, issued as a New Year's greeting. Printed wrappers. Fine.. 16mo. No copies were for sale. ... more information

Mt. Horeb:: Perishable Press,, [1969].. First edition. Embossed wrappers. Fine. Small 4to. One of 250 copies (the entire edition) printed on Shadwell paper. ... more information