Search Results: Authors starting with P from Christopher Morrow, Bookseller

London: Doubleday, 2023. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 271pp. 8vo. Paper over boards, stamped spine. Author has signed his name on a tipped-in page. Book is a stated first edition with the number 1 on the copyright page. Book is unread, unclipped, unmarked, tight, bright with a removable archival Brodart jacket protector. Slight push to spine heel. Signed Copy sticker on jacket front. Gift quality. Author was in "Juno" and now stars in "The Umbrella Factory." Kirkus says, "An affecting and timely memoir.

Bradford, England: Caliban, 1998. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. David Fletcher. 97pp. 6" x 8 5/8". Graphic cover over boards, gilt on spine.No jacket as issued. Book is signed by illustrator David Fletcher, this being copy #184 of 250 numbered copies. Book was first published in 1926. A collection of ten stories, with a Foreword by Brian Stableford, an Afterword by Richard Dalby, and Translations of foreign sections. Can be morbid.

New York: Wm. Morrow, 2004. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 370pp. 8vo. Quarter bound paper and cloth over boards, stamped spine. Signed by author on title page. A very nice copy of this novel. Book has a complete number line and is a stated first edition. Deckle fore-edges. Jacket has a mylar protector on it.

Burton: Subterranean Press, 2016. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. As new/as new. Vincent Chong. 110pp. Small 8vo. Dark cloth over boards, gilt on spine. Signed by the author to a special limitation page, this being copy #724 of 1000 numbered copies. Book jacket has Brodart protection, and book is unread, unmarked, unclipped, tight, bright, and gift quality.

Burton: Subterranean Press, 2023. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Vincent Chong. 673pp. 8vo. Cloth over boards, stamped spine. Book has been signed by the author on a publisher's limitation page, this being #252 of 1,000 numbered copies. Book is a stated First Edtion and first printing. Book is unread, unmarked, unclipped, tight, bright, straight, and it has a removable archival Brodart jacket protector. Gift quality. Book has 13 novelettes and novella, some appearing here for the first time.

New York: St. Martins Press, 1988. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 354 pp. 8vo. Author's second novel. Signed on title page by author. Snapshot of author signing book is tipped in to jacket protector. Slight shelf wear. Dust jacket is protected with a Brodart archival cover.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 342pp. Author's debut novel, signed on title page. Page edges show tanning as do the jacket edges, else Fine. Slight bumping to spine ends, otherwise a straight and un-price clipped copy. Jacket shows some rubbing at some of the corners. Jacket has a protector.

Burton: Subterranean Press, 2017. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. As new/as new. Vincent Chong. 134pp. Small 8vo. Cloth over boards, gilt on spine. Signed by the author on a limitation page, this being #212 of 1,000 numberred copies. Book is unread, unmarked, unclipped, tight, bright, and Brodart protected. Gift quality.

Burton: Subterranean Press, 2019. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 105pp. Small 8vo. Gold cloth over boards, stamped spine. Signed by the author on a special limitation page, this being #499 of 1000 signed copies. Publishers Weekly said "Dark humor, razor-sharp prose, and an air of foreboding pervade this excellent fantasy novella..." Gift quality.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 181pp. 5.75" x 8.50". Blue cloth over boards, stamped in silver gilt on spine. Book has a complete number line from 1-10, is untread, unmarked, unclipped ($7.95), tight, bright, straigth, and jacket has a protector. Spine head has been bumped. Private eye Spenser and his old friend Hawk go from London, to Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and the Olympic Games at Montreal hunting terrorists for a client. Gift quality book.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1984. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 228pp. 8vo. 3/4 paper on black boards with sliver gilt. A Spenser Novel. Book is a stated First Printing, is unmarked, has its original price intact, looks unread, is straight; dust jacket has a couple of small shelf wear spots and is protected with an archival cover.

Paris, France: Delpire & Co, 2022. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Unpaginated. 8 1/2 x 7 1/2". Cloth over boards, stamped spine and stamped boards, front and verso. A collection of Parr's color photographs (taken mostly from 2006 - 2018) and Cartier-Bresson's black and white photos (which were taken in 1962). Book is unmarked, unclipped tight and bright. Parr has signed on a tipped-in page. From the publisher: "Each book has both the English and the French cover. Les Anglais serves as the front cover to the Cartier-Bresson side of the book while The English serves as front cover to the Parr side of the collection. This is a two-way book." "The interest of this book is to qualify these divergences of point of view which, according to Henri Cartier-Bresson, belong to "two different solar systems". The previously unknown photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson to be discovered there resonate in a disturbing way with those made by Martin Parr, more than 20 years apart in the same… Read More

New York: Phaidon, 2021. First edition. First Printing. Fine/no dj. 144pp. 10" x 11 1/2". Photo illustrated boards, no dust jacket as issued. Signed by Parr on a tipped-in publisher's page. Book is unmarked, tight, bright, and gift quality. Includes 85 color photographs. Parr photographed at the four Grand Slams: Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia, 2014 and 2018; French Open, Roland Garros, Paris, France, 2016; Wimbledon, London, England, 2015; U.S. Open, New York, NY, USA, 2016, 2017. From the publisher: "Anyone for tennis? Martin Parr's unique and evocative pictures capture the spectacle of a year at the Grand Slam tournaments......Match Point features more than 80 photographs from a brand new body of work - many published here for the first time. Contents: Forword by Francesca Lavazza,; Introduction by Sabina Jaskot-Gill; Plates; List of Locations; Acknowledgments.

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2016. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 322pp. 8vo. Quarter bound paper and cloth over boards, stamped spine. Author has signed her name only on the title page. Book is a stated First Edition and has a complete number line from 1-10. It is unread, unmarked, unclipped, tight, clean, and dust jacket is Brodart protected. Deckle fore-edges. Very slight bump to spine head. Some dust jacket crinkling at spine head also.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2021. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 322pp. 8vo. Quarter bound paper and cloth over boards, stamped spine. Author has signed her name only to the title page. Book is a stated First Edition with a complete number line from 1-10. It is unread, unclipped, unmarked, tight, bright, and has a Brodart archival jacket protector. Fore-edges have a deckle edge. Push to spine heel. Book has an Introduction, 22 essay chapters, an Epilogue, and Ackowledgments.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2007. Stated First edition. Paperback. Fine. 295pp. 8vo in illustrated wrappers. Signed by author on the title page. This is an Advance Reader's Edition, or ARC, with a complete number line from 10 - 1, shows slight edge wear. Author also wrote "Be Canto" and "State of Wonder." Book is a story of family, secrets, duty, responsibility, and the lengths we will go to protect our children. Hardcover ISBN is 9780061340635.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2023. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 309pp. 8vo. Quarter bound paper and cloth over boards, stamped spine, and publisher's logo blind stamped on lower right corner of front boards. Author has signed her name on the title page. Book is a stated first edition with a number line starting with 1. Book is unread, unmarked, unclipped, tight, bright, and jacket has a removable archival Brodart protector. Small bump to spine heel and manufacturing crease on title page. Otherwise book is gift quality.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982. First American edition. Paperback. Near fine. 168pp. With text and pictures. Has a complete number line from 1-10. Chapters include: Thinking About Nature; Photographing Nature; Photographing Natural Elements & Habitats; Photographing Plants & Their Function; Photographing Animals and Their Behaviour; The Photography of Natural Things; Check Lists. Book is tight, clean with minimal wear, small delamination on rear of book.

New York: Wm. Morrow, 2016. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. As new/as new. 317pp. 8vo. Paper and cloth over boards, gilt on spine. Auhtor has signed her name on the title page, book has a complete number line from 1-10, is tight, clean, unmarked, unread, unclipped, and dust jacket has a Brodart protector. Author's American debut fiction; book was originally published in the Netherland and sold over 200,000 copies in Europe. Blurb on back of jacket from Herman Koch, author of "The Dinner." Gift quality.

New York: Crown Publishing, 2012. Stated First edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. 327pp. 8vo. Black paper over boards with gilt on spine. Signed boldly by author on the left side of title page, this is the author's debut spy thriller. Book is tight and unread and has a complete number line beginning with the number 1. An exciting story of spies, spycraft, and human nature which takes place in Washington, DC, briefly, then moves to Europe for the rest of the book. Book is pristine and is gift quality. Jacket is Brodart protected.