Abacus, Signed (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed by author. Light shelf wear. Else clean and tight.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. 84pp. First edition. Inscribed by author. Minute corner wears, otherwise Near Fine. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. Covers exhibit heavy soiling and discoloration on edges and hinges. Light wear on upper corner of the front cover. Small chip on the front edge of the front cover. Heavy chipping and soiling on spine. Light yellowing to page ends and text due to age. Text is otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes the large folded answer sheet for the problems in the book. Inside back hinge is weak, but still firmly attached. Signed by both authors on half title page. Details how to use and become proficient in Soroban. Lessons in addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-library unless explicitly described as such. Signed by Author(s).

hardback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page. near fine in near fine dust jacket. Library of Congress #95-41552 8vo. 55 pp.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. The book is inscribed and signed by the author on the full title page. The book is very good with light edge wear. Signed by Author(s).

Wrappers, Spine rubbed and a little creased. Inscribed by the author on the title-page, "For Gillian with best wishes Jennie Erdal", and with the pencilled notes and marginal pencillings and underlinings of Sir Michael Holroyd.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Chris Moore, dj art. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s). The dust jacket is unclipped ($23.00). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 number line. Signed by the author on the title page.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Near Fine in Softcover. Inscribed by Kojima. 102pp 12mo. IB. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Original issue featuring "Imaginary Income" by Maureen Owen, with a warm inscription from her in the year of publication. Staplebound. 8.5" x 11" approx. Stapled at top left corner. INSCRIBED by Maureen Owen at front: "Terry & Susan/ Thanks for your/ wonderful hospitality &/ good talks!/ Love, Maureen/ June 1987/ Call me for sure/ when you're out this/ way!" Folds for mailing through center and sticker closure. Very minor toning and wear at corners. Near fine. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Limited eiditon, printed at the Grenfell Press. Signed by the author and all three printers. Hardcover, bound in original black cloth with red boards. Gilt title to spine and gilt pictorial device to front cover. In excellent condition. Tight binding and spotless interior. Boards show minor rubbing to corners, otherwise fine. Now protected in a custom-made clear archival dustwrapper. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed & inscribed by Mary Karr to the previous owner on the title page. First Paperback edition. Signed by Author(s).

8.5 x 6.25 inches. 54 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on title-page. First Edition, the hardcover issue, of the author's acclaimed first book. An extensive collection of Karr's poetry. A near-fine copy, a soft crease on some internal pages in a fine, price clipped jacket.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Inscribed by the author on the half-title to Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Donald Justice: "June 2002. For Donald Justice, with thanks for your kind words, and my great admiration for your consummate music. Emily Grosholz.".

Gr.-8°. Orig.-Klappenbruschur. Unpag. mit farbigen Abbildungen. Gutes Exemplar mit handschriftlicher Widmung der Künstlerin. Gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.

8vo. Numerous paper and printing specimens. Original cloth-backed glazed boards. FIRST EDITION, one of 200 copies signed by Targ and the three printers of the edition: Ronald Gordon, Leslie Miller, and Leonard Seastone. Spine gently faded, without the glassine, a few minor marks on covers, generally fine, and internally fresh and unblemished.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Fine, limited edition book with red-glazed boards, black cloth spine with gilt lettering and gilt illustration of a cat on the front board panel. In near fine plain parchment paper (chipped along edges at head and tail of spine and minimally at fore-edge corners, else fine). One of 200 copies, signed by the author and the three printers, Leonard Seastone, Ronald Border and Leslie Miller. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK and Canada will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher than the stated shipping costs. A signature upon receipt may also be required. Signed by Author.

Hardcover, in dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Inscribed and dated the year after publication by Karr on the title page: "For Parkman - /With hope for better days. 'Here I am, / my back to the wall, playing / [???].' xxoox / Mary Karr / Dec. 11, 1988. " Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Footnotes to Indecent Pleasures & Observations on Fine Book Printing, Book-collecting & Matters personal including How to Survive in the Computer Age. With a Checklist of the first twenty-four titles in Targ Editions. Pp. [90](last colophon), comprising specimen pages on different paper stocks, some illustrated or decorated, several printed in various colours; cr. 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, red glazed papered boards, upper board decorated in gilt, bottom edge of upper board a trifle rubbed; fore and bottom edges uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, top edges of leaves slightly foxed; Targ Editions, New York, 1984. Edition limited to 200 copies, signed by William Targ and the three printers, Ronald Gordon, Leslie Miller, and Leonard Seaston. Targ Editions Number 24. *'An example of typographic eclecticism deemed essential for its diverse textual content' [colophon]. Signed.