Search Results: Titles starting with W from Ed Smith Books

New York: Penguin, 1982. First edition thus. Paperback. A fine copy in perfect bound printed orange wrappers, as issued. An advance reading copy of a Penguin Paperback Original. Published in the U.S. for the first time. First published in 1980, it was chosen by Penguin for its series Great Books of the 20th Century and won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for fiction. This book is the work of an Old Testament prophet who sees no escape from the rain of fire even for those who warn of its coming, and who knows that it is both important and futile 'that in the farthest outpost of this Empire of light there existed one man who in his heart was not a barbarian'. 156pp.

New York: Pantheon, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. A fine, crisp copy in a fine dust jacket. Winner of the National Book Award as well as the PEN/Faulkner Award. This novel is based on a true story that Jin heard from his wife when they were visiting her family at an army hospital in China. 309pp.

New Orleans: Faust Publishing Co, 1988. First edition. hardcover. A near fine tight copy. Illustrated from photographs. 116 pages. Includes; Foreword, Preface and Acknowledgments, Introduction. A. Primary Sources: 1-15 Books, Speeches, and Essays printed under separate cover in English and in translation. 2. Periodicals: Reviews and review essays. 3. Periodicals: Articles, introductions, essays, excerpts. 4. Interviews, speeches, panels. 5. Records, tapes, and Miscellaneous. B. Secondary Sources. 1. Extended works; a. books. b. bibliographies. c. dissertations and theses. 2. Periodical articles and reviews, biographical material, chapters in books. a. General articles, pamphlets, and chapters on Percy's works. b. specific articles and journal reviews of Percy's works. 3. Reviews and articles in newspapers and magazines. 3. Reviews and articles in newspapers and magazines. About the author. Bound in green cloth with gilt stamping to front cover and spine, issued without a dust jacket.

New York: Grove Press, 2021. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. A near fine copy. Byrne, the award-winning star of over eighty films, delivers his memoir, an exquisite portrait of an Irish childhood and a remarkable journey to Hollywood and then on to Broadway. Winner of a Golden Globe for his performance on HBO's 'In Treatment', he has received two Emmy nominations. On Broadway, he won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor and has been nominanted twice for the Tony Award. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, as well as a lyrical homage to the people and landscapes that ultimately shape our destinies. 196 pages, perfect bound in the original wrappers as issued.

Lewiston: Confluence Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in green illustrated cloth, issued sans jacket. Signed by the author on the title page, then, in different ink, under her signature, "Best Wishes July 21, '96 NC". A volume in the American Authors Series. Introduction by James R. Hepworth. Illustrated, 280 pages. Includes: Separate Publications - Contributions to Books - Articles in Periodicals and Newspapers - Short Stories in Periodicals and Newspapers - Miscellaneous - Foreign Language - Manuscripts and Special Collections - Appendix - Selected Materials on Wallace Stegner - Index.

New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1981. First edition. Paperback. A fine copy. Proof. Bound in the original yellow printed wrappers. Label to front cover with publication date, price, and ISBN #. Fine. From the estate of Beef Torrey, writer, raconteur, and close friend of the author.

New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. This novel parodies nearly everything for which critics had taken Harrison to task. Johnny Lundgren, a.k.a. Warlock, becomes a private detective after he loses his job as a foundation executive. Unable to handle women, earn the devotion of his dog or remember to load his pistol, he bumbles through a series of adventures on the behalf of a deranged physician. From the estate of Beef Torrey, writer, raconteur, and close friend of the author.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993. First edition. hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 4to. While writing her 1992 novel, Possessing the Secret of Joy, Walker opened a painful door: she brought the issue of female genital mutilation, a practice that affects one hundred million of the world's women, to the attention of the reading public. She realized she had not yet done enough to help stop this age-old practice and she resolved to make a documentary film that would fruther educate people about the harmful, sometimes deadly process. To make the film Walker teamed up with Indian-British filmmaker Pratibha Parmar, whose credites include several widely acclaimed documentaries focusing on issues of race, gender, and sexuality. This book chronicles their odyssey together. Illustrated from photographs. 372 pages.

New York: Tor, 22019. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. This is the author's never before published first novel. Draw near and listen, or else time is at an end. The waterholes of the Plain are drying up, the fearsome fanghorn grow more numerous, and bad omens abound. Wulfgar, a leader of the Altaii people, must contend with twin queens, warlords, prophets, and magic in hopes of protecting his people and securing their future. Elspeth, a visitor from another world, holds the answers, but first Wulfgar must learn to ask the right questions. But what if the knowledge that saves the Altaii will also destroy them?

New York: Harper, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. Wayne McLoughlin. 4to. A series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. This series is primarily set in fictional forests. The series was writtten by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes. Bonus poster present. Profiles on more than seventy-five of the most important cats. An insider look at each of the Clans. Never-before-seen stories about how Bramblestar and Tigerstar received their nine lives, and more. 222 pages.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. Second edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 4to. Signed by the author on the half-title page. As the global wine industry reinvents itself for twenty-first-century palates, Washington is poised to become as important and influential as California on the world stage. National and international attention has brought interest in the state's wines to an all-time high. Yet, in just the past few years a tidal wave of change has rolled over the state's wine industry, with a few illustrations, an epilogue, the author's anual top 100 list of Washington State Wines, and index. 331 pages.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. A very good plus copy in a price-clipped very good jacket with a closed tear to the bottom of the front panel near the spine. Signed by the author at the top of the first white blank page. Here, the author tackles politics with his characteristic wit and insight and traces the fortunes of a number of men and women who in the years 1937 to 1952 helped to transform the American republic into what Vidal refers to as "possibly the last empire on earth." The author's sixth novel in his Narratives of Empire series of historical novels. 377 pages.

Chapel Hill: Algonquin, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of death. The world of the circus: to Jacob it was both salvation and a living hell.

New York: Knopf, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in dust jacket. A near-future thriller that casts new light on how we live today, and what may be in store for us tomorrow. Featuring a Los Vegas 'water knife' named Angel Velasquez,who is a detective, assassin, and spy, who "cuts" water for the boss of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, one Catherine Case.

New York: Random House, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. These are the stories that came to me to be told after the close of a magical marriage to an extraordinary man that ended in a less-than-magical divorce. I found myself unmoored, unmated, ungrounded in a way that challenged everything I'd ever thought about human relationships. Situated squarely in that terrifying paradise called freedom, presipitously out on so many emotional limbs, it was as if I had been born; and in fact I was being reborn as the woman I was to become."

New York: Norton, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This copy has a long inscription by the author on the half-title page dated "3-6-97 / Ft Lauderdale." 13 stories.

Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1984. Signed limited edition. Hardcover. A nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. #49 of 50 copies signed by both Kittredge and Carver. Additionally inscribed by Kittredge to another (her signature and another to front endpaper). Eight stories; The Waterfowl Tree, Thirty-four Seasons of Winter, Flight, The Soap Bear, Blue Stone, Momentum is Always the Weapon, The Underground River, and We Are Not in This Together. One of the best publications of the press. 128 pages. Blurbs by Edward Abbey, Thomas McGuane, John Nichols and Richard Ford. In his foreword Carver writes; "Whole thing works on gravity. Heavy falls and the light floats away." This is said by a wheat rancher as he explains how a threshing machine operates in "The Van Gogh Field," the title story in Kittredge's first book of short stories.

Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. One of 50 numbered copies, #49, signed by both Ray Carver and William Kittredge. Also inscribed by Kittredge (with ownership signature to the front endpaper of the person who the book is inscribed to). 128pp. Stories.

New York: Rudder Finn Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. During his momentous time as Secretary-General of the UN, Kofi Annan played a decisive role in launching the Millennium Development Goals, establishing the International Criminal Court, and articulating the Responsibility to Protect as a guiding principle for international action. In 2001 - just after 9/11 - he and the UN jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize, 'for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world.' These and other crucial events - including the crises over Kosovo and East Timor, and the war in Iraq - are encapsulated in this book of Kofi Annan's key speeches from throughout his term of office. The selection gives a broad view of Annan's most pressing concerns, and the eloquence with which he addressed them. Covering subjects from development, health, and climate change to the prevention of genocide and the ideal of diversity, these statements show how deeply involved the UN was… Read More

Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 2004. First edition. hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Winner of the S. Mariella Gable Prize. Amid the stormy days of Birmingham in 1963, eleven-year-old Taylor Wakefield becomes the sole witness to a murder. But fears and family loyalties keep him silent. Fifteen years later, as a substitute weatherman for a fly-by-night broadcasting newwork, Taylor finally launches his spiritual comeback. 225pp.