alfred a knopf random house (461 results)

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. Writing inside. Slightly dampstained.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.75.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. David Scull (Jacket Photo); Carol Devine Carson (illustrator). 1st Edition. First printing of the stated first edition. Faint crease to top edge of jacket's spine, else book and dust jacket in fine condition. Sale includes an extra dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 4th Edition. A new book and D,J, that is unused and unmarked, A book Club Edition. The acclaimed author of The Face of Battle examines centures of conflict in a variety of diverse societies and cultures. "Keegan is at once the most readable and the most original of living military historians . . . A History of Warfare is perhaps the most remarkable study of warfare that has yet been written."--The New York Times Book Review.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Pulitzer, !963 Movie 1970 Thin vertical line drawn through the binder. Notes written on the front and rear endpapers.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Ships quickly. Mild to moderate shelf/reading wear. Orphans Treasure Box sells books to raise money for orphans and vulnerable kids.

Paper. Condition: Very Good. Very good paper copy, viii + 267 pp. + viii, w/ b/w illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of a near fine hardcover with a remainder mark on the lower textblock, in a very good dustjacket with wear to the extremities, and lacking the promotional wraparound band. The 3rd novel in the Michael Kelly mystery series, a P.I. operating in Chicago IL USA.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition stated, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine book in like unclipped DJ w/yellow band, and seal of "Winner of the Bancroft Prize" on front panel. A myth-busting tour-de-force. 603pp inc. Appendix, Notes, Index. 624 p. Book.

Hardcover. PAOLINI, Christopher (illustrator). First Edition , First Printing. Red paper wrapped boards with black cloth spine with gold lettering on spine. End papers illustrations of map in red ink. Front cover has dark rub mark in center and back cover has small 'ding' and light pink spots on bottom edge .Tight, sound and unmarked. 679 pages including pronunciation guide and glossary. Mylar dust jacket has a dark spot on foredge. In mylar and not price clipped ($21.00 US). Size: 6 1/2" x 9 1/4".

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition stated advanced reading copy uncorrected proof issued prior to the 2007 hardcover release first printing of a near fine softcover with minimal curling to the front cover with no jacket as issued. The story of 14-year-old Isabel searching for her brother in an unnamed large country.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Visual Key by Susan Rayfield (illustrator). 1st Edition. NEAR FINE to FINE First Edition (Orig. July 26, 1977) Seventeenth Printing (October 1988), EXCELLENT British-green field-durable vinyl cover w/ gloss-laminated illustrated title wrap in EXCELLENT condition, UNBLEMISHED cream-white card-stock end-papers, AS-NEW perfect binding w/ tightly gathered sheets, VERY-GOOD text-block exterior w/ smooth-cut edges BUT w/ moderate shelf-soiling to bottom edge, PRISTINE interior w/ 262 gloss-laminated plates displaying 584 living birds captured in BRILLIANT full-color field-photography (456 Eastern breeding males plus 128 seasonal males, females, & immatures) * 498 pages of text presented w/ handsome clarity on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper + 262 gloss-laminated plates (760 pp).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition. SUPERB: VG-NEAR FINE Stated First Edition hardcover (March 1973) First Printing: VG-NEAR FINE handsomely-designed unclipped mylar-protected jacket w/ VG edges & corners & showing orig. $15.00 pub. price at top-right inside-front flyleaf, FINE imperial-purple linen-over-boards cover w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners showing only slightest incidence of micro-chipping & tears & Macaulay ELEGANTLY stamped purple-on-purple at top of front panel & titles handsomely gold-stamped on spine, AS-NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & crimson-gold-checked linen bands at spine caps, VG-NEAR FINE unmarked text-block exterior w/ smooth-cut top & bottom edges w/ top edge stained in faded-rose & w/ cut-page-style "deckel" side-edging w/ side & bottom edges showing only slightest incidence of age-dust-rusting, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers MARRED only by the signature of the orig. owner w/ date neatly scripted at top-center inside-front right end-paper, PRISITNE interior SUPERBLY printed in Linotype-Baskerville on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 6.50 x 9.56" x 1.96", 1.26 kg, xvi+502+xxxvi (554) * Illustrated * ABOUT THE BOOK: From Clapham to Cambridge to the House of Commons to Calcutta & back to England, Macaulay is seen not only as a man of extraordinary intellect & vision in search of himself but as the product of a family, a class, a time, & a place. The man & his works are made immediate & are fully understood in this SUPERB full-scale portrait. * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A long-time student of history & a prolific & distinguished editor & writer, John Clive taught for many years at Harvard as Professor of History & Literature. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee) & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations at our posted rates.

Illustrated Wrapper. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Book has no writing or marking.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Type: Remainder First Edition Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Remainder dot on lower edge. .Black quarter-cloth with gilt titles, burgundy boards, very clean and comptely unmarked, binding tight, solid and square, red and black end bands. Internals as new. A masterly examination of the founding years of America, during the last quarter of the 18th century. xi + 283 pages with Notes and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 2007, Alfred A Knopf/Random House, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 253pp., xiv. Stated First Edition, with no number line; presumed First Printing. Mottled taupe boards with gray backstrip for brilliant gilt lettering; bevel fore-edge. Golden-yellow dustwrapper not price-clipped ($24.00; "5/2002" at foot of rear panel) with map illustration in shape of a fan on lower half front cover. (No previous owner names. Clean text.).

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: As New. No Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Book has no writing or marking.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. first edition,2p; Second Printing. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S26.95) DUST JACKET; GOLD SPINE TITLES ON BLACK CLOTH HARD COVERS.STATES FIRST EDITION,2ND PRINTING.; Photos,Portraits,Map; 320pg pages; landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis, and lyric prose ; PRESIDENTS.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First Canadian edition (preceded by the 2005 U.K. hardcover release) first printing of an as new hardcover in an as new dustjacket. The 13th novel in the Adam Dalgliesh mystery series, a Commander working for Scotland Yard, London England U.K. This series is the basis for the 1983 -1998 U.K. ITV TV series "Inspector Delgliesh" starring Roy Marsden, the 2003-2005 U.K. BBC TV series "Inspector Delgliesh starring Martin Shaw, and the 2021- present (as of June 2023) U.K. Acorn TV streaming series, starring Bertie Carvel.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of a fine hardcover in a near fine dustjacket with one small closed tear on the back cover at the top. An autobiography and sequel of sorts to her first book, she shares her life experiences. With 40 photographs.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Ballantine Books Ed: January 1993. 286 pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Minimally or mildly shelf worn. Slightly slanted spine.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. Alfred A. Knopf (Cover Design & Illustration) (illustrator). 1st Knopf Trade Ppbk Edition May 2002. 186 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. Publisher's remainder mark on bottom edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Type: Hardback First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in FINE Condition. An unusual friendship developed between an American Jew who served as guard in the largest prison in Israel and his prisoner Rafiq, a rising leader in the PLO. Despite their fears and prejudices, they began a dialogue that grew into a friendship. This is an account of life in that harsh desert prison--mean, overcrowded and violent-and of that dialogue between the guard, Jeffrey Goldberg, and Rafiq. It is a dialog of their accusations, explanations, fears, prejudices, and aspirations. Jeffrey Goldber became an award-winning correspondent for The New Yorker and Rafiq became a graduate student in Washington DC where Goldberg was located. And their dialogue continued. Clean, unmarked, solid volume in brown half cloth with bold and bright gilt titles, with gray boards; square with sharp corners. Internals As New. Black jacket with orange and gray titles is clean, unclipped, as new. 316 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Alfred A Knopf/Random House, New York, 2006.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Mary Javorek (front cover photo); Carol Devine Carson (illustrator). 1st Edition. First printing of the stated first edition. Signed by John Casey directly on the title page. Book with a shallow stain alone edge to first 30pp. and light wear to board edge, else fine; dust jacket with some faint shallow crimping extremities, else fine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stated First Edition. COLLECTIBLE: EXQUISITE: INDISPENSABLE to ANY LOVER of LITERATURE & The TRADITIONS of AMERICAN PUBLISHING: VERY GOOD: Stated First Edition (October 1965) First Printing: No Jacket , EXQUISITE VERY GOOD cover w/ library-durable black fabric wrapping spine & extending 1.28" over front & back panels covered in silk-finish emerald linen w/ EXCELLENT edges & corners & w/ titles-&-AK-design-motifs ELEGANTLY stamped in gilt & emerald-green on spine & w/ Borzoi hound boldly gilt-stamped over gilt "50 Years / 1915-1965 " & green-stamped wreath on front panel, EXCELLENT sewn binding w/ tight signatures & faded-yellow-green-checked linen bands at spine-caps, VERY GOOD unmarked but time-blemished text-block exterior w/ smooth-cut top & bottom edges (w/ top edge stained in faded ocher-yellow) & w/ cut-page-style "deckle" side-edging, IMPECCABLE gorgeously-patterned "AK-Borzoi- hound-patterned" card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior SUPERBLY printed in Linotype-Janson on EXCELLENT archival paper showing minor-moderate degree of "aging" w/ faint water-markings on the outside side edges of a few pages--OVERALL for the book-lover this is a volume worthy to keep and to treasure. * 6.50" x 9.50" x 2.0", 1.42 kg, xxxvi+1092 (1128) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: This volume SPLENDIDLY Commemorates 50 years in the life of THE Great American Publishing Institution that is Alfred A. Knopf. Within its pages--drawn from the more than 5,000 books published in AK's first 50 years--are gathered more than a half-million words: 51 writers of prose & verse (representing the United States, Russia, France, Germany, England, Spain, Ireland & China), 6 Nobel Prize laureates, 7 complete novels & novellas, 12 short stories (including several very long ones), a complete play, 23 shorter pieces of non-fiction of various kinds, & a rich selection of poetry. Surveying this retrospective collection one can discern towering peaks of literary achievement, classic, enduring work by such titans as Camus, Sartre, Mann, D.H. Lawrence, Gide, Eliot, Pound, Spengler, Conrad, Stevens, by such masters as Bunin, Cather, Beerbohm, E.M. Forster, W.H. Hudson, Katherine Mansfield, Robert Graves, Clarence Day, H.L. Mencken, Romains, Unamuno, Belloc, A.E. Houseman, Elinor Wylie, & yes, by such brilliant representatives from more recent years as Roald Dahl, Alan Sillitoe, John Updike, John Hersey, & William Snodgrass, &, yes, by an extraordinary virtuoso only more recently included within the domain of high literature, Raymond Chandler. This vast & varied library--for it is a library rather than a mere anthology--is supplemented by a lengthy & refreshingly personal introduction plus informal commentaries by the editor, the inimitable Clifton Fadiman who selected the contents entirely w/o consultation w/ the publisher or his associates. "Fifty Years" offers a striking view of a broad literary terrain, concentrating on those first order names which Alfred & Blanche Knopf so wisely & so fortunately sponsored over a half-century of lively & distinguished publishing. * ABOUT THE EDITOR: CLIFTON FADIMAN, educated in New York City schools & at Columbia University, enjoyed a long & distinguished career in American letters, first as book editor at the New Yorker & then as editor & editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster. He edited many anthologies & authored innumerable books & articles & essays, all of which celebrated humanity & the greatness of the written word. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL (or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for A below-cost additional fee of $16.00) & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations at our posted rates.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. MASTERPIECE: NEGLECTED SPLENDOR: FINE First Edition hardcover (Orig. January 1988) Third printing (March 1988): NEW "art-deco" styled gloss-laminated mylar-protected jacket w/ celebrated photo of Oscar Wilde on the front panel & w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & showing orig. $24.95 pub. price at top-right inside-front flyleaf BUT w/ interior flyleaf corners neatly & uniformly clipped c. 0.5" on the diagonal, EXCELLENT smooth-cut text-block exterior w/ slightest shelf-dust soiling & faintest spotting apparent on the top edge only, NEW library-durable lavender-brown linen-over boards cover ornamented on front panel & spine w/ titles silver-stamped & black-stamped "art deco" design motif, IMMACULATE cream-white card-stock end-papers, NEW perfect binding w/ tight signatures & blue-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior printed w/ handsome clarity on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 6.26" x 9.52" x 1.76", 1.22 kg, xviii+680 (698) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: 'How ridiculous of you to suppose that anyone, least of all my dear mother, would christen me "plain Oscar",' he once replied to someone who so supposed. 'I started as Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde.' Indeed nothing about Oscar Wilde was "plain". And in this most pyrotechnic, enchanting, and extravagantly outrageous of 19th-century literary men, Richard Ellmann, one of the great biographers of our time, found his most compelling protagonist. Ellmann devoted his last 20 years to "Oscar Wilde", and it will stand, like his universally admired "James Joyce", as the DEFINITIVE life. The book's emotional resonance, its riches of authentic color & conversation, & the subtlety of its critical illuminations give dazzling life to this portrait of the complex man, the charmer, the great playwright, the daring champion of the primacy of art. And always we sense how he was doomed by the very nature of his powerful intellect, & by that Wildean playfulness that so easily became teasing, to goad the forces of convention into a lethal attack on him at the very moment when he was in most command of is art &--w/ the triumph of "The Importance of Being Earnest"--of his audience. Wilde moved among the great & notorious of his day, & the narrative rings w/ their voices & his own--heard in brilliant discourse, in passion, in conflict, in scintillating thrust & riposte. Drawing on a wealth of documentation, much of it tapped for the first time, & discovering in "Salome", "The Picture of Dorian Gray", "The Importance of Being Earnest", & other works new aspects of their author--Ellmann reveals a Wilde greater & more moving than his legend has allowed, a Wilde who is the 1880s & 1890s incarnate & even today challenges our assumptions w/ his provocative intelligence. * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: RICHARD ELLMANN, during a long & distinguished career, won international recognition as scholar, teacher of English literature, critic, & biographer. His magisterial life of James Joyce is wide acclaimed as the greatest literary biography of the 20th century. Ellmann was born in Highland Park, Michigan, in 1918. He studied at Yale & at Trinity College, in Dublin. He taught at Harvard, Yale, Northwestern, Emory, the University of Chicago, Indiana University, & Oxford, where he was Goldsmiths' Professor of English literature & Fellow of New College. His "James Joyce" (National Book Award, 1959) was preceded by "Yeats: The Man & the Masks" & "The Identity of Yeats" & was followed by--among other greatly praised books two volumes of Joyce letters, "Eminent Domian", & "Four Dubliners". Ellmann died in May 1987, in Oxford, soon after completing "Oscar Wilde" to which he had devoted some decades of study, research & writing. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this great book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or via USPS PRIORITY MAIL (for an additional fee) & to international destinations via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL at our posted rates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tight binding with minor wear to bottom edges. Light soiling to spine. Text and images unmarked. Price-clipped dust jacket in a mylar cover shows some isolated edge wear. 8vo. 268pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Debra Lill (Front-of-Jacket Photo); Carol Devine Carson (Jacket Design) (illustrator). 3rd Printing, February 1990. 433 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal to moderate external wear and clean text. Dj shows moderate cuts and tears around edges. Previous owner's name inside first free front-end page.