Boyle Kay, Signed (159 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition softcover. Attached to title page is handwritten cut signature card SIGNED by author: "Kaye Boyle, 326 N. K Street, Cottage Grove Oregon 97424". AUTHOR SIGNATURE.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First. From the publisher: "The Underground Woman" by Kay Boyle is a poignant exploration of social justice, personal conflict, and the complexities of womanhood, drawing heavily from the author's own life experiences. The novel centers around Athena Gregory, a character who, like Boyle, finds herself imprisoned for protesting against the Vietnam War. The narrative is divided into two parts: the first details Athena's observations and interactions with fellow female protesters, long-term inmates, and prison staff, exposing the harsh realities of incarceration and the specific struggles faced by black and Latina women. The second part follows Athena's return home, where she confronts another form of captivity as her house becomes a refuge for a cult that has taken over her life. Throughout the story, themes of duality and the search for identity are prominent, as Athena grapples with her roles as a mother and a social activist. The novel ultimately reflects Boyle's lifelong commitment to justice and the complexities of female existence, encapsulating her vision of being an "underground woman" who navigates the tensions between societal expectations and personal convictions. This copy is fine with a black cloth spine on gray paper-covered boards and silver titles on the spine. No marks or damage at all. The unclipped DJ is also excellent. Unscribed by Boyle on the half title page. BI21.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition/1st Printing. SIGNEDand inscribed by author on a bookplate on front end page. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Dust jacket spine panel lightly sunned. Warmly inscribed by Boyle and dated in year of publication to national book award winning author Herbert Nic Kubly, with his bookplate on front end paper. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 264 pages. A novel of cults and civil disobedience. Warmly inscribed by the author on half-title page and dated April 1975, San Francisco. First edition (first printing). A very good copy with edge and corner wear and some mild cover soiling. Dust jacket has inside tape repairs to closed tears, mild soiling, and a crease to front cover.

First thus. SIGNED. 127pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] in silver-colored wraps. Rubbing and light wear to wraps, crease to front wrap at top. Signed and inscribed by Erica Jong on half-title: "For L---, Fellow poet, pen-pal, sister- with love, Erica, April 77" and also signed by Jong on the title page of her contribution. From the rear cover: "A four-cornered view of America-- a quadrophonic vision. We chose strong voices from two generations of American literature and asked each to write what he or she felt was most compelling. Intense music from a surprising quartet.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. > SIGNED and inscribed by Author | > Edition/Printing: First edition | Bookplate to FFEP. Corner and edge wear. Old tape piece to edges. Interior pages clean. Dust jacket has corner and edge wear. Fading to spine. Small piece torn from top of spine. 264 pp. | > Language: English | > Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4 in - 9 3/4 in Tall | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |. Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Ed. Wrappers. Signed by author on bookplate. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing. Inscribed by Boyle to novelist Herbert Kubly in 1962. Some edge wear to and light sun to dust jacket, especially at spine head, which has a very small chip. 2nd printing. Inscribed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed 1st edition, 1st printing, North Point Press hardcover w/ DJ, 1985. Book is Near Fine, w/ clean text, binding tight enough to suggest it is unread; light bump to upper rear corner. DJ is VG, w/ light edge/shelf wear (no tears or chips). Signed by author (and inscribed to previous owner) on title page. Free delivery confirmation. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Selected essays spanning more than a50 years of Boyle's remarkable life. Signed by Boyle on bookplate. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Cut-Signature (from return envelope) SIGNED by author Kay Boyle with a Park Ave. NY address. mounted on a 3"x5" card. AUTOGRAPH.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st paperback. Kay Boyle (1902 1992) was an American novelist, short story writer, educator, and political activist. She is best known for her fiction, which often explored the intersections of personal and political themes. Her work contributed significantly to modernist literature, and she was an active participant in the expatriate literary scene in Paris during the 1920s. From the publisher: In both her art and her life, Kay Boyle has exemplified that quality she values most in other artiststhe bold articulation of a passionately held belief. An American expatriate in Europe from 1923-1941, Boyle was part of that pioneering group of modernists forging the "revolution of the word." Her stories from that period, thirteen of which are collected in Life Being the Best & Other Stories, are masterful in their complex, innovative use of language and their ironic acknowledgment of the subversive realities of life. From the quivering expectancy of the three sisters awaiting "The First Lover" to the dashed hopes of the architect's daughter in "The Meeting of the Stones" to the desperate remedy a small boy finds for life's dissatisfactions in the title story, Boyle provides a catalog of the ways in which love can fail. The missed (or nearly missed) chances for human connection as each individual mounts his or her solitary quest for identity provide Boyle's characters with moments of personal intensity and her readers with an ache of recognition. Boyle strove (as she once said of Harry Crosby) to write "with an alertness sharp as a blade and as relentless." She succeeded. This copy is fine in color-printed wrappers. No marks or damage at all. The author's is inscription on the title page. BI20.

First edition, first printing From the library of poet and editor of Origin Cid Corman with his own personally signed small bookplate to the opening flyleaf. Just lightly touched fleck marks by Cid Corman in his reading which may be interest for a new reader. Close to fine bright wraps with strong spine.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 264 pages. A novel of cults and civil disobedience. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by the author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1991 reprint of 1933 edition. SIGNED and inscribed by author on a bookplate on front end page. $18.95 price present on DJ flap. Signed by Author.

Paperback. 120p., introduction by Liam Hunt, personal inscription to Kay Boyle signed and dated 1977 by the author, lightly-soiled cream wraps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Inscribed by Boyle on first leaf. Jacket has some edge wear. ; 8vo ; 224 pages; Signed by Author.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine+. 1st Edition in paper wraps. Four essays. SIGNED and inscribed by Jong on half-title page. Also SIGNED by Thomas Sanchez on a bookplate on inside cover. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, very good copy in very good DJ Signed bookplate laid in. ; 8.0 X 5.2 X 1.1 inches; 262 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of first British edition. Signed by Kay Boyle directly on the title-page. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with light toning to spine and crease to foot of spine, else fine. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Kay Orchison (illustrator). Limited edition of 100 copies. This is No. 47. Rare Object Series 18/20. Cover art tipped on to front cover. Art and design by Michael Brennan and Kay Orchison. 12 pages including covers. Rare. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED by Kay Boyle on page 9 by her entry, "Report from Lock-Up." "A four-cornered view of America - a quadraphonic vision. We chose strong voices from two generations of American literature and asked each to write what he or she felt was most compelling." Ships same or next business day. Book has minor edge wear. Moderate shelf wear. Reading crease on front cover. Price scratched out on head edge of back cover. Small folds on corners. Scratches on both covers. Light soiling to edges of pages. Text is clean. Protected in archival bag. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Robert Wax (Back cover photo); Peter Rauch (illustrator). 1st Edition. First printing of the stated first edition. Signed by Kay Boyle directly on the title-page. Faint tanning to top edge of boards and a couple pages with corners creased, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to spine and jacket margins, creasing/wear to spine ends and corners, two closed tears near bottom front corner, and a small rubbed area mid spine, else fine. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover in illustrated wrappers. Advertising yellow band with blurb from Katherine Anne Porter. Signed on title page by Kay Boyle. Some sunning to front and back of wrappers and small watermark on bottom corner pages 19-26 (does not affect words). Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by the author in 1971. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Wraps. With a warm inscription to author Kay Boyle in 1983. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition/1st Printing. SIGNEDand inscribed by author on a bookplate on front end page. Slight spine slant. DJ rubbed, faded with shelf edge wear and chips on top of spine and tape reinforcement to corners and spine top. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Four Visions of America by Erica Jong (Limited Edition) Signed A sharp tight copy. Reflective gilt dust jacket. Minor bumping to panels. Not price-clipped. Signed edition limited to 225 copies. Signed by all 4 Authors on limitation page. #135/225. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. Fine in a near fine or better jacket. Signed by Ms. Boyle on the title page. Errata slip tipped-in. Signed by Author(s).