John Crombie, Signed (20 results)

Condition: FINE. First printing. An unusual anthology which collects essays by 119 crime fiction authors from 20 countries on a book they picked as one of the greatest mystery novels from 1841 (Edgar Allan Poe) to 2008 (Mark Gimenez). Included are contributions from Linwood Barclay, Harlan Coben, Reed Farrel Coleman, Eoin Colfer, Max Allan Collins, Bill Crider, Jeffery Deaver, Joseph Finder, Charlaine Harris, Michael Koryta, William Kent Krueger, Joe R. Lansdale, Dennis Lehane, Laura Lippman, Bill Loehfelm, Lisa Lutz, Water Mosley, Stuart Neville, Ian Rankin, Richard Price, Peter Robinson, M. J. Rose, S. J. Rozan, James Sallis, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Karin Slaughter, Martin Cruz Smith, Mehmet Murat Somer, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kelli Stanley, Donna Tartt, Andrew Taylor, Martyn Waites, Joseph Wambaugh, Minette Walters, Daniel Woodrell, Qiu Xiaolong and many more. SIGNED by FOUR authors at their contributions: Megan Abbott, Cara Black, Ann Cleeves and Deborah Crombie. Introduction by the editors. Each essay is preceded by a brief paragraph about the author whose novel was selected and followed by a biographical note on the author who wrote the essay. Index. xxii, 537 pp. Near fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder line, toning to edges of textblock).

Hardcover. Condition: New. COPY VII OF XX, SIGNED BY CROMBIE. NEW COPY NEVER OPENED. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Included. ONE OF THE 1-100 COPIES SIGNED BY CROMBIE AND BOURNE. TAKEN FROM Q's "UN CONTE A VOTRE FACON". A FINE COPY WHOSE JACKET HAS BEEN PUT IN A PLASTIC SLEEVE. TOP OF THE FRONT PANEL OF THE JACKET, WHICH IS A DUPLICATE OF THE INSIDE PRINTED WRAPPER, IS LIGHTLY CREASED AND WITH 2 TINY TEARS, WHICH OTHER ONLINE COPIES SEEM TO HAVE AS WELL. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Preface by Sir Compton Mackenzie. Edited with an Introduction by Duncan Glen. Drawings by Leonard Penrice. Small quarto. Quarter calf and decorated papercovered boards. Moderate rubbing on the spine, else about near fine. One of 350 numbered copies Signed by Glen and Penrice.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories by various authors. SIGNED by Deborah Crombie, John Connolly, David Morrell, Laurie R. King, Leslie S. Klinger, Dana Cameron, Catriona McPherson, Gary Phillips, Hank Phillippi Ryan and Meg Gardiner on the title page. Light bump to the top outer corner of the book. In near fine / near fine unread condition. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. COPY XV OF I-XV, SIGNED BY CROMBIE. NEW COPY, NEVER OPENED. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Octavo, 2 Volumes. In Near Fine condition, both Volumes still wrapped in publisher's paper covers. Dark blue leather spines with gilted lettering and designs covered by paper covers. Both volumes are signed flat by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger on tipped in publisher's limitation pages. Signed flat by all authors on tipped in pages before each of their stories. Limited editions Volume 1 #10/221 and Volume 2 #10/60. CONTENTS: Vol. 1, "In the Company of Sherlock Holmes", 262 pages - Vol. 2, "Echoes of Sherlock Holmes", 348 pages. JW consignment. Shelved in hallway. 1384737. Special Collections. First Edition, First Printing, Limited Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: New. LIMITED TO 105 SIGNED COPIES. NEW NEVER OPENED. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Paperback in a clam-shell box. 22 x 27 cm. Paper wraps and 25 loose leaves printed in colour in the style of needle-point samplers. Number 84 of 190 copies. Signed by John Crombie and Sheila Bourne. An excellent copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Sheila Bourne (illustrator). Limited Edition. oblong 4to. edition limited to 190 numbered and signed copies (59), c+p 25 sheets and card wrap, very good in original blue cloth solander box with original paper label, Light shelfwear, extremities very lightly sunned, otherwise very good. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Artist and Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Sheila Bourne (illustrator). Limited Edition. oblong 4to. edition limited to 190 numbered and signed copies (59), c+p 25 sheets and card wrap, very good in original blue cloth solander box with original paper label, Light shelfwear, extremities very lightly sunned, otherwise very good. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Artist and Author.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Paperback Edition. 8vo. pp 24. Paperback. Printed by the author at La Charite_-sur-Loire, Frence, on Kickshaws' Dberny & Peignot treadle press, in August-September 2005, in an edition limited to fifty-five numbered copies, this being no. 50. Born in England during the Second World War, John Crombie founded the Kickshaws association in 1980 with Sheila Bourne. Alongside his activity as an independent translator, he launched into typography, and imagined and produced, with or without Sheila Bourne, around 170 books in English or French, of a very personal design, often full of humour, and which he printed himself (140 with hand typography and around thirty produced by other means). Bookplate of Thorsten Sjolin on the front inside cover. Signed presentation from John Crombie on the limitation page to Sjolin. Fine. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited edition. Preface by Sir Compton Mackenzie. Drawings by Leonard Penrice. Quarto. 67pp. Gilt-stamped red leather spine with green papercovered boards with red illustration on the front. Leather spine modestly dry and worn, near fine. This is number 57 of 350 copies Signed by both Glen and Penrice on the limitation page.

First edition. 22x27 cm; Handprinted on BFK Rives paper in an edition of 190 numbered and signed copies. Wrappers, in folding cloth box. Copy number 81 signed by author and artist. Fine. Each page resembles a needle-point sampler, the ornament representing elements within each one-page story.

First edition. Wrappers, small nick in paper jacket, else fine. Crombie's color woodcuts illuminate a phrase of Rimbaud's. Copy number 61 of 105 copies,signed.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Leaves loosely inserted in a printed paper portfolio, in a slipcase. 25.5 x 27cm. 27 leaves including 12 tissue guarded plates by Dan Sabatay. Number 19 of 40 copies signed by the author and artist. Slight markings to wraps, contents clean and unmarked. Signed by Author and Artist.

TRES RARE. In-8 (21,5 x 22 cm), exemplaire en feuilles sous couverture à rabats et étui cartonné toilé, non paginé, 1 de 50 exemplaires numérotés (ici le n°14), brillant exercice typographique signé John Crombie qui reprends ici les titres typographiques et mise en page des livres édités par la presse privée Kickshaws pendant 25 ans. Ce volume a été imprimé en France à la Charité-sur-Loire sur la presse Deberny & Peignot ; très bel état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande. Feuilles sous couverture et emboîtage.

paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. 1st. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the artist and the designer of this first illustrated edition of Yours For The Telling. The text is hand set in Garamont, and the illustrations have been hand printed by Kickshaws. Bound in publisher's original color illustrated wrappers. Signed.

S.l., Kickshaws, n.d. In-8 carré, non paginé, en feuilles, couverture originale illustrée (couverture tachée). Édition illustrée de pictogramme en couleurs de Sheila Bourne. Un des 75 exemplaires tirés, il comprend un envoi autographe signé de Bourne avec un petit croquis. * Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte du lundi au vendredi de 14h à 19h. Merci de nous prévenir avant de passer,certains de nos livres étant entreposés dans une réserve.

Paris, Kickshaws 1988. 16 Blätter Kunststoffringbindung an allen vier Seiten 10 x 10 cm. Eins von 15 röm. num. Exemplaren auf Arches (gesamt 235) von Crombie und Bourne im Druckvermerk signiert.