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

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. The final report on the relocation, internment, and incarceration of Japanese immigrants and of Japanese Americans following the Japanese Navy's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. While the book's chronology begins in January 1942, the chapter called "The Price of Prejudice" notes that the FBI reported on December 11 that more than 1200 Japanese aliens had already been arrested. This report, like many of the post-War publications by the staff of the War Relocation Authority, is critical of the decision to intern the Japanese and is sympathetic to the hardships Japanese and Japanese Americans faced. The book also covers the little-remembered activities of the Farm Security Administration and the Federal Reserve Bank, which was responsible for internees' property. xvi, 212 pages. Illustrated with halftone photographs. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in the original printed wrappers.

London: Methuen & Co, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Narayan was the first professional novelists in India (and he was one of the only writers to stay in India), and this is one of his better novels, a comic and moving tale about a hapless lad who falls for a follower of Gandhi. First edition (states "first published..." on the copyright page). Light yellow-orange cloth stamped in red at the spine. A very good or better copy in a price-clipped dust jacket missing a few small chips from the top edge and some foxing to the back panel. With a previous owner's name inside, dated 1958.

Los Angeles: Skybound Entertainment / Image Comics, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A Walking Dead novel, with illustrations by Charlie Adlard. This is one of 500 numbered copies signed by Kirkman on a tipped-in limitation page. Issued in a slipcase, without a dust jacket. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a near fine slipcase that is lightly bumped at the spine. This copy has the very low number 3, of 500 signed by Kirkman. Uncommon.

Berkeley: Image Comics, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. The Walking Dead, running to 194 comic books collected into 32 trade paperback graphic novels, 16 hardcover volumes, and then 8 "omnibus" editions (color versions are also planned), and adapted into two TV series, several novels, and a video game sequence, has taken over popular culture much like the series' zombies have taken over the world. Early on, the publisher offered a small edition of just 300 signed and numbered copies of the hardcover graphic novels, and then stopped offering them after volume 4. These are undoubtedly the scarcest of the Walking Dead graphic novels, which have now been printed in millions of copies. Each volume collects twelve issues of the monthly comic book. At the back of each of the hardcover graphic novels is a short sketchbook section showing preliminary drawings with Kirkman's introductory text followed by several pages of color illustrations. These "extras" were not included in the comic books or… Read More

Berkeley: Image Comics, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. fine. The fourth (and last) signed and numbered hardcover Walking Dead graphic novel, limited to just 300 copies. The Walking Dead, running to 194 comic books collected into 32 trade paperback graphic novels, 16 hardcover volumes, and then 8 "omnibus" editions (color versions are also planned), and adapted into two TV series, several novels, and a video game sequence, has taken over popular culture much like the series' zombies have taken over the world. Early on, the publisher offered a small edition of just 300 signed and numbered copies of the hardcover graphic novels, and then stopped offering them after volume 4. These are undoubtedly the scarcest of the Walking Dead graphic novels, which have now been printed in millions of copies. This volume collects twelve issues of the monthly comic book. At the back of each of the hardcover graphic novels is a short sketchbook section showing preliminary drawings with Kirkman's introductory text… Read More

Berkeley: Image Comics, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 300 signed and numbered copies of the first hardcover Walking Dead graphic novel. The Walking Dead, running to 194 comic books collected into 32 trade paperback graphic novels, 16 hardcover volumes, and then 8 "omnibus" editions (color versions are also planned), and adapted into two TV series, several novels, and a video game sequence, has taken over popular culture much like the series' zombies have taken over the world. Early on, the publisher offered a small edition of just 300 signed and numbered copies of the hardcover graphic novels, and then stopped offering them after volume 4. These are undoubtedly the scarcest of the Walking Dead graphic novels, which have now been printed in millions of copies. This volume collects the first twelve issues of the monthly comic book. At the back of the book is a short sketchbook section showing preliminary drawings with Kirkman's introductory text followed by several pages of color… Read More

Berkeley: Image Comics, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. The second signed and numbered hardcover Walking Dead graphic novel, limited to just 300 copies. The Walking Dead, running to 194 comic books collected into 32 trade paperback graphic novels, 16 hardcover volumes, and then 8 "omnibus" editions (color versions are also planned), and adapted into two TV series, several novels, and a video game sequence, has taken over popular culture much like the series' zombies have taken over the world. Early on, the publisher offered a small edition of just 300 signed and numbered copies of the hardcover graphic novels, and then stopped offering them after volume 4. These are undoubtedly the scarcest of the Walking Dead graphic novels, which have now been printed in millions of copies. This volume collects twelve issues of the monthly comic book. At the back of each of the hardcover graphic novels is a short sketchbook section showing preliminary drawings with Kirkman's introductory text… Read More

London: Head of Zeus in Association with Goldsboro Books, 2016. First British edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The second book in the epic Dandelion Dynasty series, here in the signed, numbered UK edition limited to 200 copies. The book is signed on a tipped in half-title page and numbered on the title page with a blindstamped limitation. 858 pages. First UK edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy (minor shelfwear on the bottom of the page block) in a fine dust jacket. This is no. 123 of 200 signed by Liu.

London: Head of Zeus in Association with Goldsboro Books, 2015. First British edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first book in the epic Dandelion Dynasty series, here in the signed, numbered UK edition limited to 200 copies. The book is signed on the title page and numbered with a blindstamped limitation. 624 pages. First UK edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This is no. 123 of 200 signed by Liu.

New York: Random House, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A children's biography of Osceola and the Seminole War in Florida. 180 pages. No. 50 in the Landmark Books series. First edition (no statement of later printing; this book is the last on the Landmark list at the back of the book and on the rear panel of the dust jacket). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket has a one-inch snag at the top edge and minor loss to the spine. This copy is inscribed by McNeer and signed by both McNeer and Ward with their first names, suggesting that this was signed for people close to them. "All good wishes to Josephine and Bob from May and Lynd." All but the last word is in McNeer's hand.

London: Gollancz, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The second book in the Thief-Takers series. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Deas on the title page and numbered 26 of 50 on the title page. This copy has a printout of the Goldsboro offering for this book. Unlike some Goldsboro Books limited editions, this title did not come with dyed page edges.

London: Head of Zeus, 2019. First British edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An eco-techno-thriller, first published in Chinese and translated into English by Ken Liu. This is one of 350 copies issued by Goldsboro books signed by the author and translator on a limitation page. First UK edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This is copy 222 of 350 signed by Liu and Qiufan.

London: Titan, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A full-color coffee-table book about the making of the Watchmen comic book series. 9-1/4 by 12-1/4 inches. About 250 pages. First edition (with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a very near fine jacket. Signed by Gibbons on the front free endpaper. The signature is a little smudged. With a Random House autographed sticker on the front cover (suggesting this may well have been a US import).

London: Bloomsbury, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Three books bound in illustrated boards, two in the Watchmaker series, and another novel. The first book is one of 300 copies; the other two are both one of 250 signed copies. The books have the author's custom ink stamps on the title page. First editions (first printings with numberlines ending in 1). Fine copies; no jackets, as issued. These books are each no. 210. Signed by Pulley on the title page.

London: N.A.G. Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xxxii, 252, [4] pages. with 3,000 definitions and 1,100 illustrations by E. A. Ayres. A useful reference, with more than thirty pages of ads for 1950s watch and clock makers and dealers. First edition (first printing). Very good in a very good dust jacket.

London: Bloomsbury, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Three books bound in illustrated boards, two in the Watchmaker series, and another novel. The first book is one of 300 copies; the other two are both one of 250 signed copies. The books have the author's custom ink stamps on the title page. First editions (first printings with numberlines ending in 1). Fine copies; no jackets, as issued. These books are each no. 26. Signed by Pulley on the title page.

New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. The author's second book. First edition (stated, with a number line ending in 2, which is how the publisher identifies first printings). Library discard stamp on the front free endpaper (no other library markings; this may have been a donated book). Jacket with short tears to edges. A presentable copy.

New York: Ultramarine Publishing, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A Hoke Moseley novel, bound with sheets from the Random House edition. Willeford died a few days after this novel was published; this signed limited is about the only way to get a signed copy of the book. This is one of 99 signed, numbered copies bound by Denis Gouey in half marbled paper with a black leather spine stamped in gilt. There are at least two variants to the binding, copies with brown, yellow, and dark blue marbling (this copy) and one with a more dominant orange color. 245 pages. First edition (limited edition). A fine copy, signed by Willeford.

New York: Ultramarine Publishing, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A Hoke Moseley novel, bound with sheets from the Random House edition. This is one of 99 numbered copies bound by Denis Gouey in half marbled paper with a black leather spine stamped in gilt. There are at least two variants to the binding, copies with brown, yellow, and dark blue marbling and this version, with a more dominant orange color. 245 pages. First edition (limited edition). A fine copy, signed by Willeford.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. A separate printing of a short story by Susan Sontag set at the beginning of the AIDS crisis. This edition is illustrated with full-color reproductions of handcolored engravings by Howard Hodgkin. 30 pages. First UK trade edition. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). This copy is inscribed to Sontag's friend Peter Perrone, who helped her with Volcano Lover and In America. "for Peter, dear comrade, beloved friend-who became part of this, too-as ever-Susan. March 1991.