Search Results: Titles starting with A from Squid Ink Books

First edition 1st printing, Very Good to Near Fine, unread, book with a bit of light soiling on white-cloth quarter binding, small glue smudge along edge of quarter binding on back board, slight soiling top page edges near spine, has a price written in ballpoint near top center of first front end page – this just cries to be covered with a collector’s bookplate; in a similar jacket that has light edge wear, some mild rubbing and soiling, with a light water stain at bottom of spine extending a bit onto both panels. A very tight copy. Essays on travel and places.

First edition 1st printing, Near Fine book and jacket; book has slight pushes at spine ends with a mild bump top of spine; jacket has slight edge and corner wear and light crease with touch of wrinkling top edge front flap. An unread copy signed by author on title page. This was the last Joshua Croft mystery, set in Santa Fe as were all five of the series.

First UK edition 1st printing, Fine unread book in a Fine dust jacket, includes very nicely done, small advanced reading chapbook of the first chapter of the book. This is book one of the Tales of the Otori trilogy.  Book was first published in Australia.

Tenth printing, Very Good book with very light wear corners, soft at spine ends, a few pages are wrinkled on top edges, with some separation, middle of page block near spine; in a Good jacket with sun fade on spine, edge and corner wear with small chips and color loss, soiled back panel, Newberry prize sticker on front panel, price on front flap is $4.00. Children's book, illustrated by Robert Lawson. This copy inscribed To Doris Galehouse and signed by the author.

Text completely in French, a limited editions from Les Sentier de la Creation – Fine minus book, bound in full leather, with three small rubs to spine, in a Fine minus slipcase that has slight shelf wear, number 560 of 1200 such copies. Numerous plates with drawings and paintings, some in full color.

First edition, a paper back original that is Walter’s second mystery. A Poor to Fair copy with considerable creasing, wear and rubbing, corners frayed, mild page yellowing. Book store ink stamp and pricing label inside front cover, small letters UBIC stamped to bottom page edges, tape reinforcement at bottom of spine. This copy has been signed by Satterthwait on the title page.

Fine, unread book in a Fine dust jacket. Univ. Press News Release re this book is laid-in. Signed by Block and Bulow on the title page. Included are aspects of Block's early career, and his first published short story, along with four previously uncollected essays and a Block bibliography.

First edition 1st printing, Very Good unread book that is pushed at spine ends with top corners lightly to moderately bumped, in a Near Fine jacket with slight edge wear. A popular, romantic adventure featuring a woman who was once married to Capt. Ahab. This copy has been signed on the title page by Naslund.

First UK edition 1st printing, a Fine unread book in a Fine dust jacket.

Book is subtitled: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a friendship made and lost in war. Book covers interactions between these two famous writers from World War I to after World War II. Includes seven pages of glossy B/W photos and additional sections reporting Notes, references and bibliographis. Near Fine book that has crimps at spine ends and opens easily to title page, in a Near Fine dust jacket that has small snag top of spine at front flap and slight overwrite impression bottom of spine.

First limited edition 1st printing, Fine unread book in Fine jacket and slipcase. This is copy #121 of 150 numbered copies bound in quarter morocco and marbled boards, signed by Harrington on limitation page. This his third novel, after Dark ride and Dia de los Muertos.

Fine, unread book, no jacket as issued. Numbered, limited first edition. This is number 6 of 150 such copies. Introduction by C. J. Box and Afterword by mystery writer Brian M. Wiprud. Illustrations by Phil Parks. Signed by all four on the limitation page. A short story whose main character is a San Diego bookstore owner whose business is failing. His wife convinces him to take a job, from a distant relative, that involves driving an 18-wheeler to and from New Jersey. Frozen shrimp one way, with lobster and more back. All three authors are fisherman and tipped-in color photos show them with various catches. The illustrations by Parks are also full color and tipped-in.

Fine, unread book in a Fine dust jacket signed by Lethem on the title page. Author's second book.

Doubleday, 1984 Canadian first edition 1st printng of Wright's third novel., Very Good plus book with light edge wear, a bit of page edge soiling and a very light remainder speckling on bottom page edges, in a Very Good plus jacket that has light edge wear but which is moderately sun faded on the spine. An unread copy that has been signed by Wright on the title page.

Fine unread book in Fine dust jacket. Prize-winning author's second book.

First edition 1st printing, Fine unread book in a Fine minus jacket with touch of rubbing on back panel of the black jacket. This copy signed by Kotler on the title page. Kotler's first book is well-written and enigmatic. Short direct prose; a complicated quest with five characters in search of a lost mystical tome of the Kaballah alleged to contain the secret names of God and a backdoor key to Heaven.

Poems, Near Fine book with light wear at corners and bit of boards showing, no dust jacket as issued, price $2.50 top corner front endpage, and with authors name label on spine browned. This copy has been signed
by the Pulitzer Prize winning Native American author on the title page. Small book (8 ½ x 5 ¾ x ¼ inches).

First UK edition 1st printing, Near Fine unread book with slight page edge yellowing, light bumping and rubbing at bottom corners, in a Fine minus jacket with slight touch of rubbing. This copy has been signed by Robinson on the title page. An eco-thriller at the bottom of the world.

Subtitled – A Novel of the Apache Nation. Near Fine book that has light bumps to top corners and slight pushing to top of spine, in a Very Good jacket that has light edge and corner wear with bit of color loss, a 1 ½ inch closed tear and crease top edge of back panel, and a ½ inch closed tear bottom edge near spine also back panel, light overwrite impressions.   This copy inscribed – To Ann – Who watches my papers. Cheers - and signed and dated 3-31-93 on the front end page.

Good to Very Good book with light wear to boards, sun fade along top edges of boards, soft at spine ends, cloth backing bit frayed at bottom of spine, small spot on front paste-down hidden beneath front flap, small ink spot along bottom edge of first three pages, ballpoint "S" to back paste-down; in a Very Good jacket with light edge and corner wear, fraying at top of spine, slight sun fade spine, age yellowing along edges, vertical crease to front flap. Quite decent reading copy.