Silvette Herbert, Signed (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. inscribed by author, clean and tight in nice dj, price not clipped, all dj's are placed in mylar covers. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Small octavo, pp. 243. INSCRIBED by the author on the free front endpaper to G.S.T. Cavanagh, late Emeritus Professor of Medical Literature at Duke University; Curator of Duke's Trent Collection; author; and antiquarian bookseller. Book is Good and sound in the publisher's textured black cloth with spine lettering gilt. Color illustrated dust jacket is Poor only, with perimeter rubbing and chipping, discoloration and abrasions on rear panel, and a 3/4 inch loss at foot of spine. Jacket protected now from further wear by a new sheet of archival mylar. Inscribed by Author(s).

Pamphlet. Condition: Good. INSCRIBED by Herbert Silvette, bot the "late" author and his own executor. A Good copy of this 21 page stapled pamphlet. Red stain on bottom edge and back cover. #. Signed by Author(s).

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Limited/Numbered. INSCRIBED by Herbert Silvette, both the "late" author and his own executor. A Very Good copy of this 12 page stapled pamphlet. Numbered #99 of 100. #. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Acceptable dust jacket. Inscribed by author on front endpage. Slightly dampstained. (literature, novel).

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the ffep. 256 pages in very good condition; edges and endpapers a little yellowed. Red hardcovers with gilt titles on the spine. Corners not bumped. Yellow, illustrated DJ with yellow titles. Spine faded, light wear on corners and edges. One taped tear at base of spine, light crease on front jacket. Not price clipped. VG-/GOOD+. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Book.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Trevor Denning (dust jacket illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 282. Bound in bright red cloth with black lettering and rules stamped on spine. Cloth is mottled, as with other copies we've seen (likely a production flaw), and with a dampstain on the front board. In the illustrated dust jacket that shows dampstain on the front panel; slight edge-wear. Inscribed by Silvette on the front free endpaper. Inscription in green ink reads, "To Paul Jordan Smith with kindest regards [signed] Herbert Silvette / [unintelligible] Stanardsville, VA 10 Jan. '58". Jordan-Smith was the American lecturer and scholar of English literature whose art movement, "Disumbrationism," was eventually revealed as a hoax. Wilbur Jordan Smith, his son, ran UCLA Special Collections from 1950s-1970 or so. The dust jacket, illustrated by Trevor Denning, is now preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.