Comport a L (9 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Covers & Spine: both front and back glossy picture-boards are undamaged with minimal wear along the edges and corners, spine is intact with only slight bumping at ends. Binding: firm throughout, both hinges strong. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, clean throughout, author's personal inscription on opening page. No dust jacket as issued. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 18x22cm]. Fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. No DJ as issued. An excellent copy. Limited edition of 1000 copies - this is an out of sequence un-numbered copy. Illustrated with black & white and sepia/buff reproductions of the artist's work. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 128 pages. A self-published selection of lino cuts by Adelaide artist, Pip Comport.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Adelaide, A.L. Comport, 1997. Octavo, [viii], 128 pages with 66 full-page illustrations; a 4-page priced catalogue of all 66 prints is tipped in on the rear pastedown. Laminated pictorial papered boards; spine sunned; an excellent copy. A self-published work; number 299 of 1000 copies numbered and signed by the artist on the front free endpaper. Pip Comport (1922-2023) emigrated from England in 1957, and settled in Adelaide in 1959. A chartered surveyor by profession, in 1977 he 'retired early to devote more time to art. Started print-making in 1982 as relief from the battle with oils and watercolours' (rear cover blurb). 'The prints were simply and laboriously produced by hand using an old, round, ebony ruler as a roller, pressed down by a hand-held billet of wood. That is why the print runs are all fairly short!' (foreword). Signed.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [Adelaide, The Author, 1993]. Quarto; laminated pictorial card covers slightly marked and creased; an excellent copy. Presentation copy inscribed to Russell [Starke], dated 1998, and signed 'Pip' (the author, a local artist); loosely inserted is a handwritten letter from Pip to Starke. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [Adelaide, The Author, 1993]. Quarto; laminated pictorial card covers slightly marked and creased; an excellent copy. Presentation copy inscribed to Andrea and Ron Adams, signed 'Pip' (the author, a local artist), and further inscribed enigmatically 'At least try Chapter 30!'. Signed by Author(s).