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1986Best.-Nr. 1671First Edition; Complimentary proof copy in Near Fine condition with only mild wear. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A handsome copy of this proof copy somewhat rare in near fine or better condition particularly signed. In a protective mylar sleeve and shipped in a sturdy box. Henry Holt paperback books
1985Best.-Nr. 54772NY: St. Martin's 1985. Seventh printing. Amall 8vo pp. 310. Paper wraps. Cover slightly creased and scuffed but a VG tight copy. St. Martin's unknown books
1998Best.-Nr. 30969New York: Henry Holt and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. First edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; It wasn't a surprise when detective Tom Newquist suddenly died he worked too hard drank too much and exercised too little. Still Newquist's widow Selma was wondering what had so bothered Tom in the last six weeks of his life and asks Kinsey Millhone to set up shop in Nota Lake; 8vo; xii 289 3 pages; FSA . Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
1989Best.-Nr. 593852New York: Henry Holt and Company 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Faint foxing on topedge near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine. Sixth novel in the Kinsey Millhone series about a case surrounding a criminal resurfacing 17 years after his conviction. Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
1982Best.-Nr. UB-17876New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1982. 1. Very Good/Good. 1. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING SIGNED WITH THE PUBLISHER'S REVIEW SLIP. "First Edition" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line 1-10. Signed by Grafton on a decorative bookplate affixed to the half-title. Laid in is the Holt Rinehart and Winston "Advance Copy" slip giving a release date of April 30 1982 and a price of $13.50 which differs from the $12.95 printed on the jacket. The slip gives the publisher's address as 521 Fifth Avenue; the copyright page and jacket give 383 Madison Avenue. Bound in gray textured paper over boards with spine lettered in metallic red with the publisher's skeleton key device. Presents nicely in original pictorial dust jacket in protective archival sleeve. Moderate edgewear to dust jacket with scattered chipping and small tears to edges and extremities as well as mild toning foxing and dust soiling to flaps and verso. Mild wear to binding with gentle bumping to head and tail of spine corners still sharp. Mild foxing to endpapers and page edges. Binding is firm tight and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Overall a very good copy in good dust jacket. Dust jacket shows front-flap price $12.95 code "0482" and features: front panel photograph by Kathie A. McGinty author photograph on rear flap by Steven Humphrey rear panel prints Kinsey's opening paragraph framed by skeleton keys. Book designed by Joy Chu. Grafton's third published novel following Keziah Dane 1967 and The Lolly-Madonna War 1969 and years of screenwriting for television A Is for Alibi was her first mystery and the first Kinsey Millhone novel beginning the beloved "Alphabet" series. Over the next thirty-five years she would carry the series to Y is for Yesterday 2017. She died that December before writing the planned Z is for Zero. Kinsey works out of Santa Teresa the fictional stand-in for Santa Barbara that Grafton took from Ross Macdonald. She is thirty-two twice divorced self-reliant and wryly unsentimental. Together with Marcia Muller's Sharon McCone and Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski whose Indemnity Only also appeared in 1982 she helped claim the hardboiled private-eye novel for women both as writers and as protagonists. Patricia Moyes's blurb on the front flap now reads as prophecy: she predicted the series would run "all through the alphabet." From the publisher: A IS FOR AVENGER. A tough-talking former cop private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa California. She's a twice-divorced loner with few personal possessions and fewer personal attachments but with a soft spot for underdogs and lost causes. A IS FOR ACCUSED. That's why she draws desperate clients like Nikki Fife. Eight years ago she was convicted of killing her philandering husband. Now she's out on parole and needs Kinsey's help to find the real killer. But after all this time clearing Nikki's bad name won't be easy. A IS FOR ALIBI. If there's one thing that makes Kinsey Millhone feel alive it's playing on the edge. When her investigation turns up a second corpse more suspects and a new reason to kill Kinsey discovers that the edge is closer-and sharper-than she imagined. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston unknown books
2007Best.-Nr. 11631New Haven CT: Timber Press Incorporated 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to Oliver Sacks: "Happy Ferning and best wishes.with thanks for your interesting contributions to science including pterodology and for the joy your books." by author. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Minimal shelfwear to dj else tight bright and unmarred. Black cloth. Large 4to. 191pp. Illus. color. Timber Press, Incorporated hardcover books
2004Best.-Nr. 49984Minneapolis MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts / University of Washington Press 2004. Very Good. Minneapolis MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts / University of Washington Press 2004. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 143pp. Very light edge wear and soil to wrappers else Very Good. Minneapolis Institute of Arts / University of Washington Press unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 37191Red Bank NJ: Lavender Crystal Press 1994. Paperback. xvi 256p. softbound in glazed 9x6 inch wraps; faintest signs of any age or handling two sticker shadows on rear wrap a very good copy. Lavender Crystal Press paperback books
1989Best.-Nr. 000975New York: Henry Holt & Company 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beautiful First Printing square tight and clean throughout with perhaps a hint of edge-wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket $15.95 is fresh and bright with no chipping creases or tears. A touch of rubbing on the front panel. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price. Henry Holt & Company hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 5295Complete SIGNED Set of the Kinsey Millhone Myteries A-Y; All books in Near Fine to Fine condition save E VG/NF. All books SIGNED by Grafton. A beautiful set of these mystery novels starring the iconic Kinsey Millhone; uncommon all signed in collectible condition and all together. All books in near fine to fine condition and all in the first printings with these exceptions: A and B are 12th printings; C is an 8th printing; D is inscribed; E shows toning to the pages with advanced age-spotting to the first 20 pages or so; F is an inscribed 8th printing; I is an inscribed price clipped copy; N has a previous owner's name to the front free paper; Y is signed to a bookplate. Overall an outstanding collection of this seminal series; a must have for the modern mystery collector! No book remaindered not ex-library; will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. Additional shipping charges will apply. Henry Holt & Co hardcover books
1982Best.-Nr. 2310539New York: Henry Holt and Company 1982. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x0x8. 4th printing. Sticker remnant on rear jacket corner. 1982 Hard Cover. 274 pp. 8vo. "When Laurence Fife was murdered few mourned his passing. A prominent divorce attorney with a reputation for single-minded ruthlessness on behalf of his clients Fife was also rumored to be a dedicated philanderer. Plenty of people in the picturesque southern California town of Santa Teresa had a reason to want him dead. Including thought the cops his young and beautiful wife Nikki. With motive access and opportunity Nikki was their number-one suspect. The jury thought so too. Eight years later and out on parole Niki Fife hires Kinsey Millhone to find out who really killed her late husband. A trail that is eight years cold. A trail that reaches out to enfold a bitter wealthy and foul-mouthed old woman and a young boy born deaf whose memory cannot be trusted. A trail that leads to a lawyer defensively loyal to a dead partner--and disarmingly attractive to Millhone; to an ex-wife brave lucid lovely--and still angry over Fife's betrayal of her; to a not-so-young secretary with too high a salary for too few skills--and too many debts left owing: The trail twists to include them all with Millhone following every turn until it finally twists back on itself and she finds herself face-to-face with a killer cunning enough to get away with murder. Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
1995Best.-Nr. 571400New York: HarperCollins 1995. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Printed wrappers. Fine. HarperCollins unknown books
1998Best.-Nr. 08373London: Macmillan 1998. First British Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. First British Edition of the 14th Kinsey Milhone Mystery; first printing. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 312 pp. Macmillan unknown books
1995Best.-Nr. 1274New York: HarperCollins 1995. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Fine in glossy wrappers. Author's fifth novel. HarperCollins unknown books
1977Best.-Nr. 628705New York: Mid-Atlantic Radical Historians' Organization 1977. Softcover. Very Good. Presumably Volume 4 No. 1 the contents page incorrectly calls it Volume 3 Number 4 Fall 1976. Octavo. 102pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Wrappers a bit loose with toning and some staining extensive underlining and marginal notes in ink for the first 50 or so pages about very good. Mid-Atlantic Radical Historians' Organization unknown books
2001Best.-Nr. 08365New York: G. P. Putnam 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY SUE GRAFTON ON TITLE PAGE. Inscribed to bookseller Charles Parkhurst and his wife Sandy. First printing. A Fine copy in a Fine Dust Jacket. 352 pp. G. P. Putnam unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 1397868Oakland California: Diana Press 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo 236 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is tan with dark brown lettering. Wraps have mild general soiling shelving wear along extremities and bending wear along front tail fore corner. Textblock has mild scuffing and soiling dark brown staining along fore edge from front cover-p.21. Signed flat on half-title and title page by Rita Mae Brown. Shelved in Room Z. 1397868. Special Collections - Upstairs. Diana Press unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 1398294Oakland California: Diana Press 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo 236 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is tan with dark brown lettering. Wraps have mild general soiling a small black stain along head edge shelving wear along extremities and bending wear along front head fore corner. Textblock has mild scuffing and soiling light brown staining along tail edge from front cover-p.79; has "From the desk of Rep. Gail Shibley" stamped in blue ink on half-title page. Signed flat on title page by Rita Mae Brown. Shelved in Room Z. Gail Shibley was the first openly gay representative elected to Oregon's legislature. 1398294. Special Collections - Upstairs. Diana Press unknown books
2012Best.-Nr. 55951Pasadena: Captain of the Stripes Press 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Large Quarto. 297pp. Original brown cloth with silver lettering on cover silver lettering and publisher's device on spine; in original color-illustrated dustjacket with brown lettering and publisher's device on spine. Black endpapers. Title page painting. Comprehensive volume presenting the work of Pasadena artist Richard Bunkall. Extensively illustrated with color and b/w reproductions of his work and essays on the artist his early work the New York Sketchbooks cityscapes and architectural influences his sculpture with list of selected exhibitions at rear. "In a shortened career of twenty-five years with a focused dedication to artistic integrity Richard Bunkall created a significant body of work that was both original and emotionally compelling. His early work expressed simpler themes; themes he later developed into spiritual and iconic masterpieces. He was able to tell the story of humanity and its vulnerability through his art. He embraced and glorified the creations of man and ensconced them in monuments of his own making adeptly portraying man's desire to create something more permanent than himself." Roger Sparks. Captain of the Stripes Press hardcover books
2000Best.-Nr. 2314436Fishers N.Y: Footprint Press 2000. Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. Second edition revised and expanded. Minimal wear to corners. 2000 Trade Paperback. 256 pp. "The walks rambles strolls and hikes in this book are designed for people who delight in exploring unique or little-known places. The trails lead through forests fields marshes and hills where you can enjoy the natural world. This book will help you learn more about local history get much-needed exercise introduce your children to the joys of nature or find new places to walk your dog. Don't stash it away in winter either. Many of the trails are good for cross-country skiing and snow shoeing. With this guide you'll be able to explore the Rochester NY area with ease and confidence. Each of the 40 walks is rated for difficulty type of terrain and described by length and estimated time required. In addition you'll know how to easily find the trails and parking. Whether young or young at heart you can enjoy the adventures this guide brings to life." Includes maps and index. Footprint Press paperback books
2001Best.-Nr. 143341Harlow England etc.: Longman An imprint of Pearson Education 2001. First edition. A fine copy of this very valuable reference on typography. From the rear cover: "Language in Social Life is a major series which highlights the importance of language to an understanding of issues of social and professional concern. It will be of practical relevance to all those wanting to understand how the ways we communicate both influence and are influenced by the structures and forces of contemporary social institutions. Typography and Language in Everyday Life provides a detailed look at graphic as well as linguistic aspects of language and suggests there is much to be gained from collaboration between typographers and applied linguists. The first part of the book provides an introduction to aspects of typographic theory and history and suggests some areas of applied linguistics that offer approaches to studying graphic language. The second part comprises case studies which look at the relationship between prescription and practice for visual organization by considering everyday display typography house style and typing manuals and letter-writing. Each of these subjects is looked at from historical and theoretical perspectives. Aimed at those who may be unfamiliar with theoretical and historical perspectives on the graphic aspects of language and with broad concepts in applied linguistics the book also directs readers to areas of further reading in each of these fields. Extensively illustrated with examples of past and present graphic language Typography and Language in Everyday Life is essential reading for students of typography graphic design applied linguistics and education as well as the general reader. Sue Walker is Head of the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at The University of Reading where she has taught since 1980. Alongside her academic work she practices as a typographer and information designer and was a founding partner of Text Matters an information design consultancy in 1990. Longman, An imprint of Pearson Education unknown books
2001Best.-Nr. 91507Berkeley: University of California Press 2001. cloth paper cover and spine labels slipcase. Aldine Press. small 4to. cloth paper cover and spine labels slipcase. 671 3 pages. First edition. Fine in fine slipcase. This catalogue provides a descriptive bibliography of books in the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine collection at the University of California Los Angeles together with abbreviated notices of works not at UCLA. Handsomely produced slipcased and carefully annotated this volume should become a major resource for Aldine studies and the history of the book. The Aldine Press revolutionized the production accessibility and use of the book. Founded by Aldus Manutius c. 1452-1515 the press introduced a number of innovations that helped shape the development of the modern book including italic type and the smaller pocket-sized volume. By putting the Greek and Latin classics in a form that everyone could afford it revolutionized scholarship: the uniform Aldine texts made comparison and collation universally available and they were used in schools. Collectors were interested in the Aldine Press from the beginning; Jean Grolier acquired over two hundred of its publications often having the books elegantly bound and handsomely illuminated. Since that time the output of the Aldine Press has been sought after by scholars book collectors and librarians. Copies of its books are found in libraries all over the world where they remain a prized possession and the object of much scholarly research. For thirty-two years Franklin D. Murphy who came to UCLA as its sixth chancellor fostered the expansion of the Aldine collection and encouraged its growth. During the greater part of this long period he was joined in these endeavors by the Ahmanson Foundation whose constant support permitted the collection to increase in both size and significance. Following Dr. Murphy's death the Ahmanson Foundation continued its generous support for the expansion of the collection and in addition by means of a grant late in 1996 enabled the present catalogue to come into existence. The binding cloth used for both the book and the slipcase is a Japanese book cloth no. 2504 distributed by the Campbell-Logan Bindery. The binding board is 110 point acid-free Eska board from Ecological Fibers Inc. University of California Press unknown books
1987Best.-Nr. 349587Iowa City: University of Iowa Press 1987. Hardcover. 326p. very good condition in like dj. Letters. University of Iowa Press hardcover books
2003Best.-Nr. 1416870Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003. Hardcover. Octavo vi 409 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is black with white print. Boards in blue cloth. Text block has bookplate on front flyleaf. Illustrated: b&w plates photographs. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K ND-K. 1416870. FP New Rockville Stock. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1986Best.-Nr. 329380San Francisco: San Francisco Arts & Athletics Inc 1986. 16p includes covers 8.5x11 inches very good newsletter on the upcoming Gay Games II. Schedules photos articles news etc. San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc unknown books
