Search Results: Authors starting with A from Star Cat Books

New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1979. 1st. MM PB. Very Good-. 1st ed., 1st printing. Very Good- condition, with rubbing to edges of covers and spine edges. Binding tight, pages clear, printer's yellow ink on edges. "It is a world of the future where women are the dominant sex and men wear chemically treated glasses to keep them in line. But Dr. Peter Grayson has accidentally discovered the key to his chains-an unnoticeable crack in his rose-colored glasses that liberates him from the tyranny of women. Suddenly Grayson is Virgil, he is powerful, women notice him, want him-he is alive! But, unknown to him, his liberation is being monitored-by dangerous underground revolutionaries who want his power to help overthrow the extra-planetary masters of the world, the Utt!" 190pp. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, NY: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1971. Very Good+. MM paperback. 3rd printing, 1st paperback edition, Very Good+ condition of this classic SF book by A.E. Van Vogt. 1960s cover, 3rd printing 1973. Some slight wear to spine (no creasing!), cover, pages, binding in excellent condition. A great find for an SF collector. 190 pages. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, NY: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977. MM PB. Very Good-. A Berkley Medallion Book, 9th printing. Very Good- condition, with rubbing to cover edges, minor tiny chip on bottom spine edge. Binding tight, pages slightly tanned with age. This is van Vogt's first full-length novel. 191pp. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Beautiful copy that looks unread. Signed on title page as a distinctive "A. S." No inscription. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon and Schuster, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. This is one of the classics of early science fiction. Serialized in Astounding Science Fiction in 1945, this 1948 copy is the first book publication of the story. Unlike later editions, this edition uses the "A" with a macron over it to represent the term "Null-A." This is not a book club edition. The cover is unclipped, with the price showing, but it is heavily worn at the edges, with half an inch or so missing at the top of the spine. The book itself is worn at the edges, with bumping of the corners. The spine is tight, with the title and author name on the spine, and the art on the front cover, clear. The pages show almost no yellowing and are toned evenly. This is a rare first edition that would make an excellent place-holder for a serious collector. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal Books, 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Very good condition, slightly canted spine and spine creases from age. Pages tight in binding, crisp, unmarked, sharp edges and corners. Great condition for a book from this pulp period! 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1st edition, 1st printing. No jacket. Red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Fine to Near New condition. An autobiographical tale of the gossip journalist Cindy Adams and her life with her two dogs, Jazzy and Juicy, who were famous throughout the New York scene (Jazzy once hung up on Manuel Noriega by stepping on the phone, thus killing Adams' scopp). Cindy Adams was inducted into the Journalism Hall of Fame in 2013. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

New York, NY: Pocket Books, Inc, 1965. Very Good. Charles Addams. 1st paperback ed. 1st printing. Very Good Condition. Spine slightly creased. Front and back cover show only minor signs of shelf wear including light chips and bumps to corners. Cover art clear and bright. Page edges colored with red printer ink. Front cover slightly loose. Pages tight, clean and clear. Spine is tight. 128 pg. An excellent collection of classic cartoons from Charles Addams. Includes some cartoons that are not usually in collections. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks Casablanca, 2017. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New/Mass Market Paperback. New copy of the book, signed on title page with the message "happy reading." 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

New York, NY: Berkley Books, 1984. 1st. Poor. Mass market pb, Poor condition. Creases to spine, wear on spine, wear on edges of front cover, wear on edges of back cover, writing on inside of back cover. Spine tight, pages clear and bright, a rare find! This is the novel based on the screenplay for the hit movie The Last Starfighter. Cover is move tie-in. First edition, first printing. 218 pp. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Good-. Good- condition. Warping on front board. Slight stain on front board. Front flyleaf stained. Black boards with gold lettering on spine. Black-on-black embossing of death with a sickle on front board. Spine tight. Pages clean and clear. Deck led edges. Wood cut decorations throughout.11th printing of this translation. 278 pg. Colophon in back.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. William Bartlett, Harry Michaels. This is the illustrated edition of Terhune's Lad: A Dog that was treated by Felix Sutton, and illustrated by William Bartlett and Harry Michaels. There are minimal signs of wear at the edges near the spine. Pages are clean, bright, and intact. Beautiful copy. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

New York, NY: New American Library, 1959. Good. Good Condtion. Signet T 4605. Cover has overall shelf wear. Some very light water damage to back of book. Spine slightly creased. Some chipping to cover. Pages clean and tight. 160 pg. A collection of 12 short stories including: T, Not for an Age, Poor Little Warrior! and others. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, NY: The Viking Press, Inc, 1931. 1st. Very Good+. Dr. Seuss. 1st ed. 4th printing. Very Good+ Condition. Small Volume 5.25x6.25" octavo. Minor wear to cover due to age. Spine lightly worn. Pages and boards clean and tight. Small tear to title page. A humorous collection illustrated by Dr. Seuss. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1930. 1st. VG. 1st American ed. Very Good Condition. Some minor shelf wear to spine and boards. Pages clean and tight. Gorgeous detailed illustration of the titanic on front board, clean and clear. Volume 3 of the Torch-Bearers trilogy. 183 pg.

New York, NY: Broadway Paperbacks, 2007. Poor. Signed by the author. Trade paperback, 9th printing Broadway Paperbacks edition. Poor condition, some bumping to corners, worn cover edges, bump in the back cover, stains on edges of last of the pages of the book, "autographed copy" sticker on front cover. Remainder marks on edges of pages. 289pp.

Burlington, Vermont: Book in Hand Publishers, 2010. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New. New condition of this rare title by Patricia Chase Allen, published in Vermont in 2010, about her childhood and memories of growing up in the 1950s on a dairy farm in Vermont as a way, as she says, to preserve those memories for the future as Vermont -- and all of New England -- is slowly changing. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine condition copy of a memoir of growing up American in the Himalayas. Slight discoloration to dust jacket, pages clean and sharp, spine tight. Inscribed by author, dated 1998. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Macmillan, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Anderson, C. W.. Written and illustrated by C. W. Anderson. Anderson profiles and illustrates Fair Play, Man O'War, War Admiral, Blockade, Battleship, Dark Secret, Troublemaker, Ugly, Seabiscuit, Tom Fool, Exterminator, Heatherbloom, Amagansett, Malicious, Native Dancer, Moifaa, Day Dalton, Snowman, Stymie, and Chase Me. This copy is from the seventh printing of the first edition. This is an ex-library copy, with plastic protecting the cover. Spine of cover shows slight fading, and there is a small folded tear on the back cover. Price was clipped. Inside there are library stickers, and residue where pocket was removed. Some pages show traces of wear from reading, but are otherwise unmarked and clean. Overall, a lovely book. This will be perfect for sharing with a young lover of horses, and can become the start of a collection of horse books. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY: Signet, 1975. Good. 1st printing. Good Condition. Cover is chipped and slightly creased in some places. Spine is creased. Some water staining to the first few pages. Library stamp on page edges. Pages have yellowed with age. Some pen markings on endpapers. 222 pg. Book #1 of Bedlam's Bard series. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!