Barry Crump, Signed (21 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Peggy Spicer (illustrator). First Edition. Signed by Author(s).

TIPPED IN PAGE WITH SIGNED INSCRIPTION FROM AUTHOR, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

FIRST EDITION THUS (PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS 'GULF'), SIGNED BY AUTHOR; octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine copy, inscribed by Barry Crump on the dedication page. Signed by Editor.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very good copy with just slight age toning in the endpapers. SIGNED BY BARRY CRUMP ON THE FRONT ENDPAPER. The dust jacket is bright but has very slight edge wear and one corner gap/tear. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Crump Productions Ltd Auckland First Edition Signed by author 109pp VG- (black cloth w title in gilt on spine, sl worn, head and foot of spine sl bumped, edges sl foxed, inscription on fep , SIGNED by author on copyright page) in VG DW (sl worn and rubbed, tidy). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Dennis Turner, Will Mahoney, Roger Hart, John Crawley, Tony Stones, Garth tapper and Howard Baker (illustrator). B/w illustrations. The author has signed his name in blue ink in the front of the book. The book is very worn. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good - Near Fine. First Edition. 110p Wrapper with flaps over card covers Slight rubbing of black colour extremities of wrapper Slight spotting base VG - Near Fine Signed and inscribed by the author, his 14th piece of extended fiction, in which he exposes the perils of golf. Signed by Author(s).

SIGNED FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, blue heavy boards, pink gilt lettering to spine, 172pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked & lightly tanned, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning/foxing & soiling to boards & page edges, light foxing to front eps & prelims).

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo black cloth boards, white lettering to spine, 237pp., VG+ (light scuffing to boards, a touch of foxing here & there) in d/w nr. FINE.

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 109pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Illstd in b&w by Dennis Turner. SIGNED BY BARRY CRUMP ON THE FRONT ENDPAPER. Also a name plate and light foxing in the front endpaper, a full gift inscription on the half-title page. Dust jacket is unclipped but has edge wear/small gaps, light rust stain on the flaps, protected in a fitted clear film sleeve. Signed by Author(s).

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, octavo, light blue heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 152pp, illus, VG (light brusing & tanning to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, top corner of ffep missing, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor loss also, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps).

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, vi + 142pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading & rubbing to spine & folds of flaps/covers, light creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, sl chafing).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Spine faded. A 50 chip at tail of dust-jacket spine. Some tears to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; This copy signed by the author on the front free endpaper. vi, 109 pages. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. "We follow Fred's adventures from an advertising agency in Auckland to a remote village in Westland and the characters he encounters on the way have to be read about to be believed. And only Crump could have made such a preposterous collection of odd bods and sods not only believable, but laughing-out-loud funny." - from dust-jacket blurb.; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by author. First edition. DJ rubbed and edge worn. Slightly musty, with a little discoloration p. 77, which just might be a printing error. ; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. 30mm tear at corner of front panel of dust-jacket. Fading to dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover.; This copy inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper: "God Save Us, Mac! / Barry Crump. / May '70". First printing. 183, [1 (blank)] pages. Orange boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216 x 138mm. Illustrated by Tony Stones. A collection of short stories by popular New Zealand author Barry Crump. "This book, Barry Crump's eighth title, is his first published collection of short stories. These nineteen stories vary widely in length and setting, mood and technique, but they have one quality in common: the freshness and vitality that have distinguished Crump's work ever since 'A Good Keen Man' appeared in 1960." - from dust-jacket blurb. ; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very Good With Bumped Corners With A Presentation Inscription From The Author On The Title Page In A Complete But Edge Worn Jacket And A 10Cm Split Front Hinge Pp 152. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Mahony, Will (illustrator). First Edition. 20mm tears at ends of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover. ; This copy inscribed and signed by the author in black ink on title page: "To [Mr.Wright (crossed out)] / (pardon) Miss Wrice, / Barry Crump / Oct '64". First printing. 172 pages. Blue boards with metallic red lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 212 x 131mm. 12 stories set in Queensland, Australia. Crocodile shooting. Illustrations by Will Mahony. ; Signed by Author.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New octavo 172pp., illusts., An account of Crump's adventures crocodile shooting in Northern Territory. "I've written Gulf around what I learned when I was a professional croc-shooter in North Queensland" Lovely crisp copy signed by Barry Crump on the title-page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Will Mahony (illustrator). 1st Edition. Stated "First published 1964". Signed by the author on the title page and dated "Oct '64" which places the signature in the same year as publication. Rear flap of jacket waterstained, chipped and torn along edges. Slightly cocked. A fictionalised account of Crump's adventures crocodile shooting in Northern Territory. "I've written Gulf around what I learned when I was a professional croc-shooter in North Queensland, The Northern Territory, and on Cape York Peninsula. The story's largely fictional; but the details about crocs and country are pretty right.". Signed by Author(s).