Robert Dessaix, Signed (26 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed by author with inscription to former owner on title page. Clean and solid. ; Color Illustrations; 8vo; 329 pages; Signed by John Burbridge.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Every night for twenty nights in a hotel room in Venice, an Australian man recently diagnosed with incurable disease writes a letter home to a friend. In these 20 letters he describes not only the kaleidoscopic journey he has just made from Switzerland across northern Italy to Venice, but reflects on questions of mortality, seduction and the search for paradise in a deeply life- enhancing ways.". Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 12x19cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Inscribed and signed by author to previous owner. Edited and Annotated by Igor Miazmov. 276 pages. A terminally ill Australian writes letters home - describing not only his journey but also reflecting on mortality, seduction and the search for paradise. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Signed by Author. Author's inscription reads "For Gail and Liz Robert Dessaix." Size: Octavo (standard book size). 220 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Australia; Signed by Author. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781742753072. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 33960. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. Uber-scarce in the trade, being the only copy SIGNED by the author, in this case, in his shaky hand at title page, being inscribed to the previous owner, the Classics expert, Peter Morris Green. It's an unusual novel, written (interior) from an Italy hotel-room, by a protagonist who is very sick and facing death, writing about his travel. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn but for a bit of furling to top of rear flap inner and ding to rear upper tip. [4], 5-275 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. Signed by Author.

Duodecimo Hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) Signed by Author; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo hardcover (VG+) adhesive residue to title page, otherwise very tidy; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Book in good condition overall. Tanning of pages. Half title page has some notes in pencil and a card signed by the author taped at bottom of page. Every night for twenty nights in a hotel room in Venice, an Australian man recently diagnosed with an incurable disease writes a letter home to a friend. In these letters, against a rich background of earlier journeys in literature, with Dante as his imagined guide, he reflects on what it means to live a good life in the face of death. Signed by Author(s).

INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo hardcover (nr. FINE) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Front of dj partly faded, edges of pages/ book yellowed and top edge dust-stained. Signed by author on title page. Tight, clean book, appears unread. Signed by Author(s).

432pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, a little rubbed. Colour plates, a very good copy. First edition. Signed and inscribed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine In A Like Jacket. Presentation Inscription From The Author On The Title Page Pp 218. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

276pp. Sml 8vo. Original boards in pictorial dustwrapper. Includes map endpapers. A fine copy. First edition. Signed copy.

Quarto, x+310 pages, original boards in dustwrapper, a near fine copy. First edition, signed.

A Mother's DisgraceA paperback reprint of Dessaix's popular memoir, signed to the title page and dated 23/11/98 A VG+ copy - BooksCurious 195 pp. signed by author.

Or.bds. Dustjacket. 218pp. Very good copy. 1st ed. Signed by the author. In today's crazily busy world the importance of making time for leisure is more vital than ever. Yet so many of us lack a talent for it. Dessaix explores how taking leisure seriously brings freedom.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Sydney: Picador, 2001. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean copy. Blue endpapers, inscribed by the author to a prior owner on the title page. Octavo, 346 pages. CORFU is a novel inspired by the life of the little-known Australian writer Kester Berwick, following an Australian actor living alone in a cottage on a Greek island as he reconstructs the mysterious life of the absent man who owns it. Dessaix (b. 1944) is an Australian novelist, essayist, and broadcaster, best known for his acclaimed debut NIGHT LETTERS (1996) and memoir A MOTHER'S DISGRACE (1994). CORFU is his second novel. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine In A Like Jacket, Presentation Inscription From The Author On The Title Page Pp 310. Signed by Author(s).

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Australian Edition. (and so forth)The Australian first edition in hardback - a collection of Dessaix's shorter works of fiction, essays and journalism Signed to the title page and dated 23/11/98 The boards are clean and sharp with a little wear to the spine tips A trace of dust and age spotting to the page edges The dustjacket is Near Fine Laid in are a couple of clippings about this book and Dessaix - BooksCurious 432 pp. signed by author.

First Australian Edition. Twilight Of LoveThe Australian first edition in hardback with illustrated boards and no dustjacket, as issued Signed and inscribed on the title page A Near Fine copy - BooksCurious 275 pp. signed by author.

First Australian Edition. Speaking Their Minds - Intellectuals & The Public Culture in AustraliaA paperback original based on the Radio National series, signed to the title page and dated 23/11/98 Laid in is a flyer for Dessaix's appearance at a Dymocks Literary Luncheon, a ticket for his Glee Books appearance and a clipping of a short book review A VG+ copy - BooksCurious 314 pp. signed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. mint in dust jacket. signed by the author title-page; first edition; 269 pages including acknowledgements. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Pp. [viii]+432, 8 coloured plates; dust wrapper; Macmillan, Sydney, 1998. First edition. *Collection of Dessaix's short fiction, essays, articles and reviews, signed by the author (dated Feb. 2000) on the title page. Signed.

Col.ill.bds. 275pp. Bound-in marker ribbon. Very good copy. 1st ed. @Signed by the author.@ For 40 years until his death, Ivan Turgenev, one of Russia's greatest novelists was passionately devoted to the diva, Pauline Viardot. Robert Dessaix travelled in Turgenev's footsteps through Europe.