Born 1945 (57 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Connie Willis captures the timeless essence of generosity and goodwill in a magical collection of Christmas stories that showcase her remarkable talent.Amazon. This copy, in as new condition as a hardback,first pr…

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original illustrated glazed boards, colour end paper maps. 4to. 11½'' x 8¼''. Contains 64 printed pages of text with monochrome and colour illustrations and archive photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 903…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.224. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. Dust-jacket with printed price of £5.50 net. Small dent to fore-edge, offset toning to endpaper. Binding is fine. Wrapper lightly toned with the price truck…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.93; [3]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in gilt to spine, burgundy endpapers. Dust-jacket. Profusely illustrated. Internally fine, very edges of cloth sunned, price to lightly handled dust-jacket struck thro…

Condition: Fine. First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. Quarto. 9½'' x 7¼''. A fascinating photo-biography of Anne Frank's short and tragic life. Written for the younger reader, this is nonetheless a most useful reference for a dark period of history, containing many previous…

dj. First Edition. [British Politics] EX LIBRIS LORD MOYNIHAN, First Edition, association copy. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xii; 273; [1]. With four double-sided black and white plates. In publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket. Recent bookplate detailing provenance affixed to flyleaf. S…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (25 x 15cm), pp.265; [1]. Publisher's purple cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial endpapers, dust-jacket featuring an illustration by Luis Toledo, with printed price of £20. Signed by the author to a tipped in title page…

dj. First Edition. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.288. With in-text illustrations and diagrams. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and green endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket drawn by Victoria Burroughs with printed price £3.00 to flap. Clean pages with spotting to top edge of textblock, sunned t…

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 160 printed pages of text with colour photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, price clipped. SIGNED by the author to the title…

dj. First Edition. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 360. Publisher's grey quarter paper-covered spine, with gilt titles, and blue paper-covered boards. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Lawrence Ratzkin, priced at $23.95. Some light handling, and a red remainder mark to top edge. Near fine. Lieutenant…

dj. First Edition. [Young Adult Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 280 [16]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and black endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by James Fraser, priced at £12.99. Promotional sticker to front cover. A fine, as-…

1p., 4to. On aged and worn paper, with chipping along one edge. He begins: 'Word of the loss of your dear husband reached us some time ago, but I was not able to write you until just now when I received your address from Ralph Hawkes.' He offers his condolences 'on behalf of our whole organisation'. According to Hawkes 'the fune…

dj. First Edition. [Literary biography] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.186 [6]. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket. Top edge green. Internally bright and clean. Gift inscription in black ink to front flyleaf. Jacket price clipped. Some dustiness to top edge. Gentle edgewear.…

dj. First Edition. [Military History / Espionage] FIRST EDITION thus with strikeline '1' present. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xxviii; 612. Illustrated with photographic plates throughout. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket, priced at £30. A frine, fresh copy. Fascinating account of spy operations, raids, di…

dj. First Edition. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST US EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 22cm), pp.[24]. With colour illustrations by the author to every page. Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, with the matching dust-jacket, priced at $9.95. Lightly handled with one small closed tear to jacket. Fine. Two childr…

dj. First Edition. [Military History / biography] FIRST U.S. Edition, first printing. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 558. Illustrated with maps. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, fore-edge untrimmed. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at $35. A clean, fine copy. "A vivid and incisive portrait of Winston Chur…

'Mr Flotsam and Mr Jetsam' are regarded as precursors of Flanders and Swan. The present item is on a 14 x 13 cm leaf torn from an album. The high-acidity paper is discoloured, otherwise in good condition, with no chipping or wear. Entirely blank on both sides apart from the autograph 'Flotsam', with diagonal flourish, beneath a…

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. ISBN 1904034683. Contains [xii] 276 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in Fine condition…

Condition: Good. Original boards. 4to. 44pp. Presentation copy from the artist to the gallerist Solange Simon.Jean-Pierre Touchet est un Artiste Peintre français. Sa peinture contemporaine c'est construite comme des livres.Provenance succession Solange Simon, 1920-2016. Elle fut galeriste à Lille dans les années 60-80, puis coll…

Condition: Good. Artist's statement;18 page interview with Eric Davis from 1999; Reviews by Arthur Danto from 2000 and 2001; Preface from the Bernd Llueser exhibition form 1993; review from Modern Painters, 1993; and from the Wall Street Journal 1995 and ARTnews. Presented in a Knoedler & Company folder. From the collection of t…

dj. First Edition. [Military History] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & DATED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xxxviii; 628; [6], blank. Illustrated with maps and photographic plates throughout. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, photographic endpapers, dust-jacket, priced at £30. With author's signature to title page.…

[Modern literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, number 63 of 138 copies. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.51 [9]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to publisher's limitation bookplate. Publisher's blue cloth, imprint blocked in blind to upper board, gilt titles to spine. Fine, as new. Titled 'The First Chapter of a Novel in Progress.'. Signed…