Publicado por Atheneum, New York City, New York, 1969
Librería: Navalperson Books and More from Bob, Ashland, OH, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. "The Wake of the Icarus", by Nathaniel Benchley. Copyright 1969 by the author. Published by Atheneum New York. Stated First Edition. NOT Ex-Library. No ISBN. Like New condition in olive/black/bright shiny gilt-lettered hard boards, 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 308 unmarked, unopened and unread pages of excellent humorous fiction from a master and a member of a wonderful writing family. The author is the son of Robert Benchley, the lead member of the Algonquin Round Table. His son is Peter Benchley, author of the Jaws trilogy. Brilliant authors all. A U. S. Navy spy vessel on a secret voyage through the Caribbean Sea sinks. The crew is rescued and lands on a small island where the polite, friendly Captain runs into issues. His own men and the Islanders object to all the activity - and no one can talk about the mission. The gentlemanly approach fails. The French gun runner, the female revolutionary, the local witch doctor, but especially the ship's Executive Officer are all big problems. Wonderful Benchley humor and satire. A tight, firm volume with no wear in a Good dust jacket. No looseness, No mustiness, No smoke smell. No names. No other markings. NOT Ex-library. NOT Remainder-marked. A marvelous find.
Publicado por Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York City, New York, 2003
ISBN 10: 0689833008 ISBN 13: 9780689833007
Librería: Navalperson Books and More from Bob, Ashland, OH, Estados Unidos de America
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Pictorial Cover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Terry Widener Ilustrador. 1st Edition. "Girl Wonder", by Deborah Hopkinson, Illustrated by Terry Widener. Copyright 2003 by the author. Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York. Stated First Edition, Coded First Printing. NOT Ex-Library. Like New in multicolor illustrated hard boards - boards and jacket bear the same image. 11 1/2" x 8 1/4" x perhaps 50 clean, pristine pages of splendid text, color illustrations and artworks between clean, unmarked and illustrated endpages. Based on a true story - Alta Weiss was a tomboy, a Doctor's daughter - born and raised in what is now Amish Country, Holmes County Ohio. She was a professional baseball player in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana in the 1907-1922 era - later she became a Physician. No dogears, No looseness, No mustiness, No smoke smell. No names, No markings, No bookplates, NOT Ex-library. NOT remainder-marked. A marvelous and historic find.
Publicado por Atheneum, New York City, 1981
ISBN 10: 0689111924 ISBN 13: 9780689111921
Librería: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. No markings, no bookplate, no remainder marking. No jacket tears or chips and not price-clipped.
Publicado por Atheneum Books, New York City, 1983
Librería: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Jack Gaughan(Jacket Painting) Ilustrador. First Edition. 'Ware Hawk by Andre Norton (First Edition) Bright, square, unread copy. Bright original pictorial DJ, price stated as 11.95. Minor 1 inch fold to front flap. Minor creasing to top spine end and some discoloration to back cover top edge. Some bumping to bottom extremities. First edition stated on copyright page. Hardcover copy with original pictorial dustjacket. pp 214. BOOK.
Publicado por Atheneum, New York city, 1975
ISBN 10: 0689106807 ISBN 13: 9780689106804
Librería: Sellsbooks, Indio, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good +. First Edition. First printing. Flat-signed and inscribed by author on half-title and title pages. Grey and wine colored half-cloth boards with silver foil-stamped spine and navy topstain. Very slight fading along bottom board edges. Very minor bumping to top and bottom spine edges. Exceptionally clean and solid pages and binding. NO rem mark or ex-lib. DJ is missing several chips large and small. Price intact: ($8.95). Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por Atheneum, New York City, NY, 1973
Librería: Sellsbooks, Indio, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Hard Bound. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good +. First Edition. First printing. Flat-signed and inscribed by author. Red and blue cloth and paper boards with silver foil-stamped spine. Book is exceptionally clean, square, solid, and tight (appears unread). Flaws: minor bumping to spine edges and one light scuff mark to front board. NO other flaws. NO rem mark or ex-lib. DJ has moderate shelf scuffing and one crease to rear flap. NO chipping, soiling or tears. Price intact: $7.95. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por Atheneum, New York City Ny, 1961
Librería: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good + Jacket. 1st Edition. 169 Pp. Hardcover. First Edition Stated. Near Fine In Very Good + Dust Jacket Priced $3.75.
Publicado por Atheneum, New York City, NY, 1990
ISBN 10: 0689120907 ISBN 13: 9780689120909
Librería: Sellsbooks, Indio, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. First printing. Flat-signed, dated and inscribed by author (first name only) on ffep. Grey paper and brown cloth boards with brown foil stamped spine. Invitation card for Rodman's book signing laid in. NO FLAWS or markings of any kind throughout - no rem mark or ex-lib. DJ has minor bumping to bottom spine edge and minimal shelf scuffing. Price intact:( $17.95). Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por Atheneum, New York city, 1987
ISBN 10: 0689118635 ISBN 13: 9780689118630
Librería: Sellsbooks, Indio, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. First printing. Flat-signed and inscribed by author on Title page. Blue quarter-cloth boards with gold foil-stamped spine. Exceptionally clean and solid. Only flaws are light bumping to top spine edge and prev owner's bookplate attached to ffep. NO markings throughout - NO rem mark or ex-lib. DJ is lightly bumped along top edge only. NO chipping, creases or tears. Light shelfwear. Price intact: $16.95. Photos avail upon request. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por Atheneum, New York city, 1986
ISBN 10: 068911804X ISBN 13: 9780689118043
Librería: Sellsbooks, Indio, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Hard Bound. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good +. First Edition. Second printing. Flat-signed and inscribed "For Diane" by authors. Both are wives of former senators and presidential candidates. Blue and black sixth-cloth boards with copper stamped spine and blind embossed cover & lavender topstain. Only flaw is very slight bump to tail of spine. NO markings of any kind - NO rem marks or ex-lib. NOT a book club edition. Exceptionally clean, bright and solid. DJ is slightly bumped at spine edges with minor shelfwear but NO chipping, soiling or tears. Price intact: $15.95. Photo avail upon request. Signed by Both Authors.
Publicado por Atheneum, New York City Ny, 1967
Librería: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 268 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. Yellow Endpapers. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, Tiny Price On Front Free Endpaper. Dust Jacket Priced $4.75, Light Usage, Spine Sunned.
Publicado por Atheneum, New York City Ny, 1968
Librería: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Xv, 362 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, Slight Usage, Former Owner's Small Name. Dust Jacket Priced $10Bright Clean And Unfaded, But 1" V-Chip At Bottom Of Spine, 1/4" Closed Tear Bottom Front Flap Fold, And Fraying Along Top Edges Of Dust Jacket.
Publicado por Atheneum Publishers, New York City
Librería: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Canada
1971, uncorrected proof. (Mass market paperback) Good to very good. [unpaginated proof]. Uncorrected proof. Reviewer's copy. 4to. In original dark-blue wrappers; printed paper label to top cover. Wrappers worn; corners bumped, lightly creased; faint offsetting to rear cover and spine; small splits at hinges at head and heel of spine. Some evidence of dampening(?) to wrappers, as evident by the slightly stiff front cover and dark blue spotting to front blanco. Else free of any dampstaining, etc. Uncorrected proof sent to noted academic and educator Judith Serebnick of the Library Journal for review, with her notations, marginalia, and endnotes in ink. Short TLS from Gail Rentsch of Atheneum laid-in at rear with short sheet of notations; notes also continue on the rear of the letter. With the exception of Serebnick's notations and marks, the textblock is bright and clean; free of any toning, foxing, or staining.
Publicado por Atheneum Books, new york city, 1983
ISBN 10: 0689113935 ISBN 13: 9780689113932
Librería: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. there is military precision to six babies in six years. you might have thought mom might have gotten a year off at some point.
Publicado por New York City, NY: Atheneum Books For Young Readers, 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 141694804X ISBN 13: 9781416948049
Librería: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 440 pages. Published in 2008. The author's debut novel for young adult readers. One of Oscar Hijuelos' finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequernt editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. "Autographed Copy" red sticker pasted in front. Presents Oscar Hijuelos' "Dark Dude". The Latino and African-American ironic term for a male who is fair-skinned or worse, white. Hijuelos has written, without condescension, a fable of a novel for younger readers: Rico is Hispanic, but doesn't fit in because he has blond hair and a light complexion. He doesn't fit in with the white kids at school either because he is Cuban, a "fake" white. Struggling desperately in a crime-riddled neighborhood (Harlem) and on the verge of being sent to military school for truancy, he runs away with a friend (alas, a drug addict) to Wisconsin. An inspiring pioneer-figure among Hispanic-American writers, Oscar Hijuelos died prematurely and suddenly on October 12, 2013 at the age of 62, his place in American literature secure, and his contribution of enduring significance. An absolute "must-have" title for Oscar Hijuelos collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Oscar Hijuelos. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize For Fiction in 1990 for "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love". One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER OSCAR HIJUELOS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 141694804X. Signed by Author.
Publicado por Atheneum, New York City, NY, 1981
ISBN 10: 0689111940 ISBN 13: 9780689111945
Librería: Sellsbooks, Indio, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Hard Bound. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Fourth printing. Flat-signed and inscribed by author. Red and navy-blue quarter-cloth boards with gold foil-stamped spine. Many B&W photos. Flaws: top spine edge is very slightly rubbed (NO chipping or abrading). NO other flaws. NO markings throughout - NO rem mark or ex-lib. DJ has light shelfwear, minor yellowing to rear panel and one short (3/8") tear at bottom or rear panel. Is price-clipped. NO other flaws. Photos avail upon request. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por Atheneum Publishers, New York City, 1985
ISBN 10: 0689114826 ISBN 13: 9780689114823
Librería: Sellsbooks, Indio, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good ++. 1st Edition. First Edition (stated). Flat-signed and inscribed by author on ffep (same date). Blue and red-orange quarter-cloth boards with silver foil-stamped spine and yellow topstain. Near Fine cond. Flaws: Only flaw is light bumping/fading to top spine edge. NO other flaws - NO markings throughout - NO rem mark or ex-lib. DJ has light bumping to top spine edge, light shelf-scuffing and a dampstain line along top edge of front panel. NO chipping, soiling or tears. Price intact: $14.95. Inscribed by Author(s).
Publicado por New York City, NY: Atheneum, 1997, 1997
ISBN 10: 0689319924 ISBN 13: 9780689319921
Librería: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Sabuda, Robert Ilustrador. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 50 pages. Published in 1997. Children's book classic. One of Robert Sabuda's finest achievements as a visual artist/illustrator rather than the Master Pop-up Artist he is now known to be. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run by Atheneum Press as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Marguerite W. Davol's and Robert Sabuda's "The Paper Dragon". Dazzling. "Mi Fei is a humble painter of scrolls. Although the scrolls bring him fame, Mi Fei is content to live in his village, surrounded by the people he loves. One day, a messenger enters the village with terrible news: The dragon Sui Jen has awakened from its hundred years' sleep and is destroying everything in its path. Someone must find a way to return Sui Jen to its slumber. To the villagers, only one among them is wise enough to confront the scary beast. Mi Fei. The power of the artist's vision and the ever-sustaining nature of love are brought together in Marguerite W. Davol's beautiful story, strikingly interpreted by Robert Sabuda in a series of gatefold illustrations that convey the storytelling majesty of the Chinese scrollmaker's art" (Publisher's blurb). A work of art, the book anticipates Sabuda's work as the pop-up artist of "Encyclopedia Mythologica: Dragons And Monsters". An absolute "must-have" title for Robert Sabuda and Marguerite W. Davol collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed and inscribed in black ink-pen on the front free endpaper by the artist: "Never fear Paper Dragons! Robert Sabuda". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. There is no recipient named. This title is a children's book classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and inscribed copy of the 1997 First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are in innumerable subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. One of the most brilliant children's book artist/illustrators of our time. The greatest pop-up artist of our time. A fine copy. ISBN 0689319924. Signed by Author.
Publicado por Atheneum, New York City, 1965
Librería: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. black-and-white photographs Ilustrador. 1st edition. pp. ix, 241.,large 4to, A large quarto-sized book in nf cond., together with two nf LP records, all in a sl scuffed, but vg, red white & blue slipcase.
Publicado por Atheneum, New York city, 1987
ISBN 10: 0689117078 ISBN 13: 9780689117077
Librería: Sellsbooks, Indio, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Hard Bound. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. First printing. Flat-signed and inscribed by both authors. Green and red eighth-cloth with gold foil-stamped cover and spine and light yellow topstain. Slight bumping to spine edges an NO other flaws. NO markings of any kind throughout - NO rem mark or ex-lib. NOT and book club edition. DJ has moderate bumping along top and bottom edges and one closed tear (1/2") but no chipping. Price intact: $22.95. Photos avail upon request. Signed by Both Authors.
Publicado por Margaret K. Mcelderry / Atheneum, New York City Ny, 1983
ISBN 10: 0689502575 ISBN 13: 9780689502576
Librería: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. First American Edition. Illustrated Boards. Children's Pop-Up Book. First American Edition Stated. Fine, No Wear Or Marks.
Publicado por Atheneum, New York City, 1961
Librería: Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue cloth covers are mostly clean, with gilt title on spine. Boards show a little edgewear. Corners are sharp. Spine has gilt text and is bright with bumped foot end. Binding is firm. Canary yellow end papers/ pastedowns show little to no sign of age or wear. Interior exhibits minimal signs of age and wear. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have red ink along head, a mark at fore edge, some unevenness to page edges at foot. See photos. DJ looks great behind Mylar and is backed with archival paper. Close examination of DJ reveals bumping at foot edge, tiny chips and closed tears especially at spine ends, chipped corners, a little darkening at edges of returns. See photos.** PS2023.0726** 367 pages. 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches** The third novel written by Al Hine (1915-1974), reporter, novelist, and movie producer. Hine's material is generally considered humorous pop culture; Lord Love a Duck was made into a movie starring Tuesday Weld and Roddy McDowell. But when the novel appeared in 1961, its skewering of American society, with its love of beautiful people and easy answers, was expected to be a painful look in the mirror. At least, that is what the jacket blurb writers anticipated.** A very nice first edition copy, with original dust jacket. Its condition suggests minimal handling in the years since its publication. Dust jacket is designed to read from the front or from the back.** First edition, as per the copyright page.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #009755"**.