Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Downtown Brown Books, ABAA

New York: Tor / Tom Doherty Associates, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A science fiction debut novel. This is the first American edition (the book was initially published in the UK in 2010). First US edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A short story, here in one of 50 specially bound copies signed by Oates. 44 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy. No. 40 of 50.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. The first American hardcover issue of the fourth Travis McGee novel, first published in paperback in 1964 and in hardcover in London in 1966. The first US hardcover issue (first printing, with no indication of later printings). A near fine hardcover copy with a slight spine lean in a near fine, very slightly spine faded dust jacket. The dust jacket has light wear at the spine ends and corners. The jacket is the correct first printing jacket with a $5.95 price and 374 date code on the front flap. One of the less common of early Lippincott hardcovers.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Historical fiction. This is one of 500 signed copies numbered by Goldsboro Books using a blindstamp on the title page. The UK edition (published April 3) is the correct first edition; the US edition appeared a month later. Issued in black paper-covered boards and a paper slipcase. Not issued in a dust jacket. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine slipcase. This is copy 78 of 500, signed by Owen.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. With a preface by Bradbury written for this edition. Issued ahead of the trade edition. 261 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy but for tiny nicks in the gilt edges. With the First Edition Society card laid in. Signed by the author.

New York: Avon, 1996. Uncorrected Proof. Trade paperback. Near fine. An advance reading copy (labeled "uncorrected proof"), issued before the regular first edition or the Franklin Library version. A collection of 21 short stories and an essay. viii, 261 pages. Bound in glossy wrappers (paper covers) printed with a design similar to the first edition. This advance copy has a simpler dedication to Bradbury collector and friend, Donn Albright. In the printed book, Bradbury added the comic descriptor, "my Golden Retriever". That joke is lacking in the ARC. A near fine copy, with a bit of wear at the corners and a bit of lamination peel. Signed by Bradbury on the title page.

London: Heinemann, 2003. First British edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. The UK edition of volume 1 of the Baroque Cycle. 927 pages. First UK edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). Page block beginning to sag and tan, as usual, else fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Stephenson on the title page.