Battye Christopher (11 results)

Condition: Very Good. Christopher Hobbs (illustrator). Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Christopher Battye (illustrator). 1st Edition. Unpaginated 12pp book, the third book in the publisher's second Prospero Poets series. Nine stanzas lavishly illustrated in colour by Christopher Battye. Printed by the Aldgate Press on Scottish Mellotex paper in a limited edition of 499 copies. This copy was numbered 216 but then crossed out by the publisher, Trevor Weston, with his initials on the colophon. Bound with thin card stiffeners inside the folded paper covers. Light sun toning to spine. The publisher (?) has written instructions in pencil (now part-erased) on the plain white rear cover to indicate that this issue is Version A (the book is slightly smaller than other versions). Otherwise in fine condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Christopher Battye (illustrator). 1st Edition. Unpaginated 12pp book, the third book in the publisher's second Prospero Poets series. Nine stanzas lavishly illustrated in colour by Christopher Battye. Printed by the Aldgate Press on Scottish Mellotex paper in a limited edition of 499 copies. 50 copies (I to L) have been reserved for the collaborators. This copy is numbered I with the publisher's initials (Trevor Weston) on the colophon. TW's ownership blind stamp can be seen on the last page. No card binding stiffeners inside the folded paper covers. Touch of shelf wear to tip of top and tail of spine. Faint vertical crease on p2. The publisher (?) has written instructions in pencil (now part-erased) on the plain white rear cover to indicate that this issue is Version B. Otherwise in VG+ condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Christopher Battye (illustrator). 1st Edition. Unpaginated 12pp book, the third book in the publisher's second Prospero Poets series. Nine stanzas lavishly illustrated in colour by Christopher Battye. Printed by the Aldgate Press on Scottish Mellotex paper in a limited edition of 499 copies. This is copy #245 initialed by the publisher (Trevor Weston) on the colophon. Thin card binding stiffeners inside the folded paper covers. Touch of shelf wear to tip of top and tail of spine. Otherwise in fine condition. Laid in is a copy of Clarion Newsletter No.9, featuring articles about Ted Hughes and Christopher Battye.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Christopher Battye (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st Edition 1995 of the single-sheet card containing Hughes's 36-line poem of Football. Signed by Hughes and by Christopher Battye, the artist, whose full-colour illustrations are at the top and bottom of the card. Only 100 copies of the card were published.This being number 83. Card is fine. Ref 18706. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Christopher Battye (illustrator). 1st Edition. Unpaginated 12pp book, the third book in the publisher's second Prospero Poets series. Nine stanzas lavishly illustrated in colour by Christopher Battye. Printed by the Aldgate Press on Scottish Mellotex paper in a limited edition of 499 copies. This copy is NOT numbered but is SIGNED by the author and the illustrator. Thick card binding stiffeners inside the folded paper covers. Touch of shelf wear to tip of top of spine. Small (20mm) vertical closed tear to top corner of front cover. Otherwise in fine condition. Now protected in an archival envelope. Laid in is a copy of Clarion Newsletter No.9, featuring articles about Ted Hughes and Christopher Battye. Signed by Authors.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Christopher Battye (illustrator). 1st Edition. Unpaginated 12pp book, the third book in the publisher's second Prospero Poets series. Nine stanzas lavishly illustrated in colour by Christopher Battye. Printed by the Aldgate Press on Scottish Mellotex paper in a limited edition of 499 copies. 50 copies (numbered I to L) were for the collaborators. This is copy X and is SIGNED by the author and the illustrator. The publisher has inscribed the colophon: "and is for Jeanette". (Jeanette Challier was the Company Secretary of Clarion Publishing Ltd.). Thick card binding stiffeners inside the folded paper covers. Faint sun toning to spine. Otherwise in fine condition. Laid in is a copy of Clarion Newsletter No.9, featuring articles about Ted Hughes and Christopher Battye. Signed by Authors.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Christopher Battye (illustrator). 1st Edition. Unpaginated 12pp book, the third book in the publisher's second Prospero Poets series. Nine stanzas lavishly illustrated in colour by Christopher Battye. Printed by the Aldgate Press on Scottish Mellotex paper in a limited edition of 499 copies. This is copy #128 and is initialed by the publisher (Trevor Weston) on the colophon. The book is SIGNED by the author and the illustrator. The publisher has also inscribed the colophon: "publisher's personal copy" - dated 22 April 2007. TW's ownership blind stamp is also visible on the end page. Thick card binding stiffeners inside the folded paper covers. Repaired small vertical tear to top edge of front cover. Touch of shelf wear to tip of top of spine. Two tiny spots at lower hinge of title page. Otherwise in fine condition. Laid in is a copy of Clarion Newsletter No.9, featuring articles about Ted Hughes and Christopher Battye. Signed by Authors.

1st edition of the single-sheet card containing Hughes's 36-line poem of this name, signed by Hughes and by Christopher Battye, the artist, whose full-colour illustrations are at the top and bottom of the card. Only 100 copies of the card were published, in addition to a signed hardback edition and an unsigned paperback edition.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. One of 50 signed and numbered (in Roman Numerals) "collaborators" copies (this being XXXVI) of this uncollected later poem. Only ever published in this Limited Edition. PLEASE NOTE: THIS BOOK COMES FROM THE ESTATE OF TED HUGHES. ALL PROFITS FROM SALES WILL BE REMITTED TO HUDDERSFIELD UNIVERSITY TO FURTHER THE PURCHASE AND STUDY OF TED HUGHES RELATED MATERIALS. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Christopher Battye (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 499 copies of which 199 were numbered and signed by Hughes and artist Christopher Battye. Copy #164. Color illustrations. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket. Signed by Author(s).