Search Results: Authors starting with S from Joe Staats, Bookseller

New York, NY 10010, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2003. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Mint/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Shan Sa's first two novels won the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman and the Prix Cazos. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED GO won the Kiriyama Prize. Born in Beijing, she studied in Paris and worked for two years with the painter Balthus. Mint, unread, first edition, first printing copy, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. L137

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From the bestselling author of SNOW BLIN: A Brief History in the Cocaine Trade comes a mesmerizing account of the U.S. Marshals Service. Established during George Washington's first term as president, the Marshals Service is charged today with running the controversial Federal Witness Protection Program. 16 pages of photographs.Author of SNOW BIND. Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NFS2/A56

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, Inc., 2001. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Chinese Mafia has always been a mystery to both law enforcement and the media--part of an unapproachable and unfathomable conglomeration of secret societies operating worldwide. To this day, though, police and prosecutors insist that Johnny Kon's own secret organization--the Big Circle--is public enemy number one. Distinguished journalist John Sack spent twelve years fearlessly shadowing and befriending the most powerful crime lord in the Chinese Mafia, and introduces us to this secret world and its top criminal mastermind, reporting from the homes, hotel rooms, crime scenes, and jail cells of Johnny and his gang, all reported with their full cooperation. From Kon's escape from poverty in China and his golden years as a smuggler during the Vietnam war, THE DRAGONHEAD traces Johnny's rapid rise to power and chronicles the… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Viking, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. America's most infamous soldier tells all. Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} BIOS1

University of California Press, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oliver Sacks has been described (by The New York Times Book Review) as "one of the great clinical writers of the 20th century," and his books, including the medical classics MIGRAINE and AWAKENINGS, have been widely praised by critics from W. H. Auden to Harold Pinter to Doris Lessing. In his last book, THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT, Dr. Sacks undertook a fascinating journey into the world of the neurologically impaired, an exploration that Noel Perrin in the Chicago Sun-Times called "wise, compassionate, and very literate . . . the kind that restore(s) one's faith in humanity." Now, with SEEING VOICES, Dr. Sacks takes us into the world of the deaf, a world he explores with the same passion and insight that have illuminated other human conditions for his readers everywhere. Seeing Voices is a journey: a journey first into the history… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Counterpoint, 2011. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As new, unread copy, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. L123

Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2013. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Mint/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. On a remote island in Orkney, a curiously matched couple arrive on their honeymoon. He is an eminent literature professor; she was his pale, enigmatic star pupil. Alone beneath the shifting skies of this untethered landscape, the professor realises how little he knows about his new bride and yet, as the days go by and his mind turns obsessively upon the creature who has so beguiled him, she seems to slip ever further from his yearning grasp. Where does she come from? Why did she ask him to bring her north? What is it that constantly draws her to the sea? Author also of THE STILL POINT (2010 aileys Women's Prize for Fiction Best Book nominee) and painter to the king. Mint, unread, first edition , first printing, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} L154

San Francisco, CA: Everett Madison Publishing, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated "L.A. BEA, May, 2008" by author on title page in black fountain ink. (BEA is the acronym for BookExpo America.) Illustrated by Shanon Essex. Driving a cab has been rated the most dangerous job in the United States, surpassing the risk of being a police officer. At the same time, it is most entertaining. Especially in San Francisco, cab passengers are from diverse and contrasting walks of life: the rich and the poor, the sorry and the psychotic--drug dealers, gang members, French tourists, hookers, derelicts, transvestites, muggers, and even other cab drivers. They share their predicaments, a snippet of their lives. Sometimes a snippet is too much. Color promotional card laid in. New trade PBO in pictorial wraps. NF37/ NF41

Toronto, ON, Canada: Alfred A. Knopf, Canada, 1998. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author's first novel is a rare and powerful novel about memory and murder, and the unusual friendship that develops between an aging Japanese-Canadian woman, Asako Saito, and a young girl desperate to uncover the truth. Winner of the 1999 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Novel, THE ELECTRICAL FIELD was also shortlisted for Canadian Governor General's Award. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M46

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Author also of THE BLADE ITSELF, GOOD PEOPLE, AT THE CITY'S EDGE, and THE AMATEURS. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {BUND}

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As new, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M48

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Minotaur Books, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author also of THE BLADE ITSELF, GOOD PEOPLE, and THE AMATEURS. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M55

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. Nominated for both the 2008 Anthony and the Barry Awards for Best First Novel. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M28

Paris: Terrail. First Edition . Original Wraps. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fine, as issued without dust jacket, in stiff pictorial wraps.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Welcome Rain Publishers, 2000. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. H

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Walker & Company, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The author describes her experiences retracing, with her husband, the route of the Long March, and shares the reminiscences of surviving members of the march Fine,first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NFBS2

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Penguin Press HC, The, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. PROVENANCE is the extraordinary narrative of one of the most far-reaching and elaborate deceptions in art history. Investigative reporters Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo brilliantly recount the tale of a great con man and unforgettable villain, John Drewe, and his sometimes unwitting accomplices. Chief among those was the struggling artist John Myatt, a vulnerable single father who was manipulated by Drewe into becoming a prolific art forger. Once Myatt had painted the pieces, the real fraud began. Drewe managed to infiltrate the archives of the upper echelons of the British art world in order to fake the provenance of Myatt's forged pieces, hoping to irrevocably legitimize the fakes while effectively rewriting art history. The story stretches from London to Paris to New York, from tony Manhattan art galleries to the esteemed Giacometti and… Read More

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1988. First Edition 1st Printing. Full-Leather. Very Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. De Felice, Ronald. Signed by author in blue fountain ink on second blank page. Recounts Salisbury's experiences as a journalist, providing an insider's views on many key personalities and events of the past three decades. Harrison E. Salisbury was a long time reporter and editor at The New York Times. Earlier in his career he had worked for the United Press, which he joined after earning a B.A. at the University of Minnesota in 1930. He began his career in journalism as a part-time reporter for the Minneapolis Journal during 1928-29. Although he served in many different positions and places during his long career at the Times, Mr. Salisbury is perhaps most famous for his work as Moscow correspondent, covering the U.S.S.R. during the early years of the Cold War. After serving as the Times' Moscow Bureau Chief from 1949 to 1954,… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Walker & Company, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink, John Turner-ex-policeman, ex-con, war veteran and former therapist-has come to a small town somewhere near Memphis escape his past. But the past proved inescapable; thrust into the role of Deputy Sheriff, Turner finds himself at the center of his new community, one that, like so many others, is drying up, disappearing before his eyes. As SALT RIVER begins, two years have passed since Turner's amour, Val Bjorn, was shot as they sat together on the porch of his cabin. Sometimes you just have to see how much music you can make with what you have left, Val had told him, a mantra for picking up the pieces around her death, not sure how much he or the town has left. Then the sheriff's long-lost son comes plowing down Main Street into City Hall in what appears to be a stolen car. And waiting at… Read More

Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink.DRIVEN is the sequel to DRIVE, now also an award-winning film. As we exit the initial novel, Driver has killed Bernie Rose, 'the only one he ever mourned,' ending his campaign against those who double-crossed him.DRIVEN tells how that young man, done with killing, later will become the one who goes down 'at 3 a.m. on a clear, cool morning in a Tijuana bar.' Seven years have passed. Driver has left the old life, become Paul West, and founded a successful business back in Phoenix. Walking down the street one day, he and his fiancee are attacked by two men and, while Driver dispatches both, his fiancee is killed. Sinking back into anonymity, aided by his friend Felix, an ex-gangbanger and Desert Storm vet, Driver retreats, but finds that his past stalks him and will not stop. He has to turn and face… Read More