Gould John, Signed (105 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. I6 - A first edition (numberline starts at 1) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and dents, light discoloration and shelf wear. 8.5"x6", 232 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Told from a father's perspective, The Withering Child is the story of a young boy's profound reaction to the disruptive forces of change. John A. Gould's artful narrative of a domestic crisis aptly gauges the subjective undercurrents of contemporary family life. Indeed, parents who read it will confront facets of their own - and their children's - expectations and apprehensions. In August 1990, Gould, his wife, Jane, and their two children, five-and-a-half-year-old Gardner and sixteen-month-old Sam, left their home in Massachusetts for a yearlong stay in England. For the Goulds (he, a teacher and scholar, and she, an Episcopal priest) it was to have been a long-awaited, working sabbatical. Ten harrowing weeks later, they left England. In so short a time, Gardner had developed anorexia and had lost a third of his body weight. The Goulds came home, essentially, to save his life. Gardner had always been a "handful" - capable and caring, but often willful, inattentive, and overly energetic. When the Goulds departed for England, the child relinquished the familiar people, places, and things that had afforded stability and comfort. The losses overwhelmed him. Once in England, Gardner's emotional fuse shortened steadily, and his typical enthusiasm waned. Worse still, as soon as he entered his new school, the boy fell into a pattern of fasting and vomiting. Weakened further by sleeplessness and cramps, Gardner appeared to wither before his parents' eyes. Gould writes of their dogged adherence to family routines as he and his wife sought help for their troubled son. Fighting off misgivings that they were being manipulated by a selfish child, they often escaped into their work and all but welcomed preoccupation by lesser problems. In this mélange of evasion and confrontation, guilty acquiescence engendered bitter standoffs. Then, late one afternoon, in what evoked a deathbed bequeathal, the exhausted child stirred from a nap long enough to hand a favorite toy to his father and ask him to give it to a playmate. In a matter of days, Gardner, his brother, and his mother were on a plane bound for home; his father followed a week later. In the epilogue, Gould tells of his son's happy recovery under professional care. Discussing the causes and complications of Gardner's ordeal, Gould also speaks candidly of its effects on what he calls "the ecology of our family - that fine balance of give and take between the various members." He urges readers to profit from what he learned, to remember what they should already know: that children are not pliant creatures "we can mold into perfect images that reflect our perfect selves." They have - and are entitled to have - their own identity, their own natural rhythms, and their own pace at which they grow and develop. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Covers very stained, inner hinge cracked, pages good. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Signed by Author; - Brief dedication on first page. - Good overall condition. General wear. No major blemishes. No writing. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. From the back cover: "This tale deals with two young lovers who make the heart-wrenching decision to escape to America from Schleswig-Holstein in 1835, knowing they will never see their families again." No damage noted. --- We are a Benedictine Monastery/Seminary Library; thank you for your support. By Author with Inscription.

Vg/vg. Signed by author. Signed / autographed; 14680.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition softcover (only published in softcover) inscribed and signed by the author on the half title page. Near fine. Ships in a box. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Slightly discolored covers, owner name, binding good, pages very good. Inscribed by author. Dust jacket browned, chipped, soiled, in two pieces, spine faded, taped. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket SIGNED by author. Signed.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition 1996. Signed, Inscribed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This is a signed and inscribed on half title page, hardcover, first edition, second printing of The Greenleaf Fires. The book published in 1978 by Charles Scribner's Sons: New York is in very good condition with very small stain at outer top edge of book. The unclipped dust jacket is in very good condition with very small chip missing on bottom edge of front of jacket and a crease on the inside front fold of the jacket and the back inside fold of the jacket. 211 pages. ISBN 0684154781. The author has inscribed the book "Milton, MA August 14, 1981 For Marita, Who taught across the hall, and who could make drab days bright, with a smile. Love, John A. Gould". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Signed, dated and inscribed by the author to Sanford Phippen on the front free endpaper. From the library of Sanford Phippen, Maine author. ; ; 155 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second printing. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page: "For Paul P-- / With best wishes from the author / John A. Gould." The author's debut novel. The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $8.95); the top edge is chipped and worn; slight fading to the spine; Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Covers heavily rubbed. Large soft crease front cover top corner. Otherwise this copy is clean and unmarked in very good condition. Signed by author on first end page. 181 pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Consuelo Eames Hanks (illustrator). 1st Edition. 183-page hardcover with illustrations by Consuelo Eames Hanks. Signed on the front free endpaper by the author. 50 more great John Gould stories. Near fine with previous owner's inscription under the front dust cover flap. Near fine unclipped jacket. Ships in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition softcover (only published in softcover) signed by the author on the half title page. Very good with only slight edge wear. Ships in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Book has blue cloth boards in Very Good condition. Minor smudges to the book and the top of the page ends. The dust jacket is FINE. 181 pages. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. Selling quality books for 40 years. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed First Edition. A nice copy with clean, bright interior pages and solid binding. DJ in nice condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a fine hardcover first edition, first printing copy in a VG mylar protected DJ, tan spine. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, apparently unread copy, in a fine jacket. Signed on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by the author on the half-title. Bound in boards with dust jacket. Moderate shelf-wear with slight stain top rear jacket and spotting top edge. Signed by Author(s).

London: Chatto & Windus:, 1918. First edition, Hardcover, SIGNED, Good with no dust jacket, 127 pp. Foil stamping on spine strip nearly gone and with light chaffing to head and heel of spine strip. Text block lightly toned. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. First edition, Hardcover, SIGNED, Good with no dust jacket,

New York: Macmillan:, 1930. Hardcover, SIGNED, Very Good with no dust jacket, Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Clean, straight and tight with previous owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, Foil stamping on spine very faint, and with modest toning to front matter and extremities of text block. Hardcover, SIGNED, Very Good with no dust jacket,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition hardcover, signed by the author. 212 pages with illustrations by Edward Malsberg. Very good, clean and tight. Previous owner's inscription. Dust jacket with faded spine, small tear to top of spine, else very good and not price clipped. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 21 page softcover, inscribed and signed by Gould on the half title page. Near fine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Spine faded. Signed by the author, a presentation copy to Judge and Mrs. Agtener. COLLECT SIGNED BOOKS. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. Salmon colored paper covered boards with brown cloth backing. Unclipped dust jacket very clean. Boldly signed by author on front flyleaf. Contents very clean and tight with no marks or inscriptions. PayPal accepted. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, signed by the author on FFE, along with pasted-on photo of the author. Book is ex-library with card pocket and usual glue/tape residue. Front hinge is starting, but all pages are in place; otherwise, binding is square and tight. Green cloth-covered boards are clean with modest shelf wear: corners are bumped, two are slightly torn; spine ends are worn. Spine is faded. No dust jacket. Previous bookseller's stamp; otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket edge worn with multiple large chips out of edges, now in protective Brodart cover. Slight discoloration to covers, end papers tanned, binding tight, pages near very good. Inscribed by author. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Very light shelfwear to beige and green hardboards with sharp tips and bright gilt on spine, signed and inscribed by author, very clean, tight, no other markings ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition hardcover, inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. 212 pages of great Maine-based stories with illustrations by Edward Malsberg. Near fine in a very good jacket with light rubbing. Signed by Author(s).