Beau Geste, Signed (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Helen McKie (illustrator). 1st Thus. No 84 of 1000 copies signed by P C Wren. Deluxe Edition. Illustrated by Helen McKie. Frontis portrait of Wren, 4 col, 16 b&w plates and 9 headpieces. Book is bound in 1/4 red cloth with blue cloth boards. Paper label to spine. Teg. Large thick 8vo. 579pp + words and music of 'Song of the Legion' at rear. Spine is sunned to top 1/2" and just over bottom half of spine. Label is bright and complete. Light rubbing to tips of corners.Inside, owner's bookplate to pastedown, his name and brief address written on ffep. A few spots to early pages. The dj is nearly complete but was in two, almost three pieces. These have been repaired. Piece one comprises front panel and flap. Front panel sunned with small piece of loss to top left and at top of flap fold. flap split 2/3 of length. Piece two comprises spine, rear panel and flap. Spine sunned, top 1/2" ragged and chipped, tear across spine about mid-spine, Loss to bottom spine edge approx 2 1/2" in length, but narrow. Lower section nearly detatch from rear panel. Rear panel sunned, rubbed with creasing to top edge. Wear to rear flap edge with short splits. In protective wrapper which improves appearance. Scans available by request. Author Presentation Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Mckie, Helen (illustrator). Deluxe Edition - 145/1000 copies, general wear to boards, edges, ink stain to back cover. Signed by Author(s).

1st ed. thus 1/4 cloth Nice Copy octavo 579 + (4)pp., frontis., colour & b/w plates, No. 293 of the De Luxe limited edition of 1000 signed by P. C. Wren. With nice Helen McKie illustrations tipped-on to heavy card stock. Quarter bound in red cloth over blue boards. Prize inscription tipped on to free front end paper o/w a nice copy.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. Édition originale, in-8, portfolio illustré d'une épreuve sur la couverture, composé de 15 photographies originales (19 x 13 cm). Timbre sec Ğ Chez Higgins ğ sur les épreuves. Numérotation à 50 ex. Signatures de l'artiste, de l'éditeur et du chroniqueur. Signé par l'auteur.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Very Good. Helen McKie (illustrator). Condition Notes: Gently bruised at the spine ends and corners of the binding which is slightly dull. Insignificant age-toning to the edges of the text block. Private book plate to the pastedown. Hinge weak at the half-title page. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise; Hardback. Quarter-Bound Red on Blue boards with black titles to the spine; Measures 9" x 6ĵ" (1.4 kg); pp 579; Signed by the author, in name only, on the limitation page without provenance.Number 806 of a limited printing run of 1000 copies. Includes: Tissue-guarded Frontispiece; Mounted colour plates (under tissue guards); Mounted black & white plates (under tissue guards); Musical scores; Top edge gilt; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #207209 ||.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The author's presentation copy of this first edition sequel to 'Beau Geste'. The first edition. In the publisher's cloth binding with the original, unclipped, illustrated, dust wrapper. The author's presentation copy, with the author's signed bookplate to the front paste-down. 'Good Gestes' is a sequel to P. C. Wren's popular adventure novel, 'Beau Gestes'. It is a collection of short stories following the characters of Beau Geste, his brothers, and their comrades in the French Foreign Legion. Stories featured include, 'What's in a Name', and, 'The Devil and Digby Geste'. Percival Christopher Wren was an English adventure fiction writer. He is best known for his novel, 'Beau Geste', set in North Africa during the period before the First World War. The work had been adapted numerous times for film and radio, including the 1939 film starring Gary Cooper, and the 1966 film starring Guy Stockwell. With four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the book, and the publisher's advertising pamphlet inserted into the novel. The half title page is present. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding. Externally, excellent with little shelf wear. Fading to the spine. Some offsetting to the free endpapers. Author's signed bookplate to the front paste-down. The original, unclipped dust wrapper is in very smart condition. Some shelf wear to the edges and spine. Spine is slightly darkened. Handling marks to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age-toned but otherwise bright and clean with some light spotting towards the front and rear. Spotting to the fore-edge. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.

First limited edition of this classic adventure novel. Octavo, original publisher's half-cloth with paper spine label, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece of the author, illustrated throughout. Association copy, inscribed by P.C. Wren on his personal bookplate, "To Ronald Colman Esq with the author's homage. P.C. Wren." In the 1926 silent film of the same name, Ronald Colman starred as Michael "Beau" Geste, the novelâs central character. Colmanâs performance, marked by his signature blend of stoic dignity and emotional depth, helped establish him as a major star of the silent and early sound eras and contributed significantly to the filmâs success and lasting legacy. Additionally signed by the author on the limitations page. One of 1,000 numbered copies, this is number 180. In very good condition with damp-staining to the foot of the spine and a small lose to the paper spine label. Illustrated by Helen McKie. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Accompanied by an autograph letter signed by Isabel Wren, P.C. Wren's second wife and model for the heroine of Beau Geste, asking Colman to send an autographed portrait; along with a typed and signed letter from Wren to Colman thanking him for sending the autographed portrait his wife had requested. Both laid in. Beau Geste (1924) by P.C. Wren is a classic adventure novel that blends themes of honor, sacrifice, and imperial duty within the exoticized setting of the French Foreign Legion. Centered on the three Geste brothers, particularly the noble and enigmatic Michael âBeauâ Geste, the novel explores questions of loyalty and moral code against the backdrop of colonial North Africa. Written in the wake of World War I, the book reflects contemporary anxieties about heroism and decline, casting the Legion as both a crucible of masculinity and a romantic escape from conventional society. Its narrative structureâ"featuring flashbacks, mystery, and shifting points of viewâ"enhances its suspense and psychological depth. Beau Geste has been adapted into multiple films, radio series, and television series.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Helen McKie (illustrator). Illustrated throughout by Helen McKie, this is an excellent copy of the Limited Edition signed Edition de Luxe of P. C. Wren's celebrated adventure novel. An exceptionally bright copy of the signed Edition de Luxe of Percival Wren's enormously popular adventure novel 'Beau Geste', in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Of one thousand copies of this Limited Edition produced, this is numbered four-hundred and eighty-seven, and signed by Wren.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, four tipped in colour plates, and sixteen monochrome plates from British artist and illustrator Helen McKie. Collated, complete.First published in 1924, Wren's enormously popular adventure novel about three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a relative. Set prior to the first world war, it has been adapted for the screen several times.With the inscription of John Howard to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Spotting to fore edge of text block. Front hinge strained but holding firm. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper back strip lightly age toned, with light marks to front wrap. Light edgewear to back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Significant spotting to first and last few pages, otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good. signed by author. book.

8vo. pp.579 + 4p music "Song of The Legion" + 4 colour illustrations and 16 black & white illustrations by Helen McKie + 9 headpieces. Original quarter blue cloth with red cloth spine and paper title label. A few foxing marks as is usual. . The dust wrapper has a little staining and chipping to the top and bottom of spine [ see illustrations] Otherwise a very good hardcover in a very good dust wrapper. The De Luxe Edition limited to 1000 copies This is No 678 signed by Christopher Wren.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. A rare dustwrappered copy (no. 324) of the big, thick Edition-de-Luxe Limited first edition of 1000. 16 Black and white & 4 colour plates (tipped-in & with tissue guards) by Helen McKie plus 9 b&w headpieces and a b&w photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece. Bright two-tone red & blue cloth with cream & blue label to spine. Very good oatmeal coloured dustwrapper with "Edition-de-Luxe 21s. net" to front. Tiny loss at head & foot of dustwrapper spine. School prize inscription to ffep. Some sporadic spotting to page edges. The Song of the Foreign Legion at end. A lovely item and sure to please any collector of PC Wren's work. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: A very good copy. Edition : Edition-de-Luxe. Limited edition: 32 of 1000., contemporary quarter red cloth over blue cloth board, title in black ink on brown paper label on flat spine, light brown dust jacket, red ink title on the upper board and spine of the dust jacket, uncut. , Beau Geste is an adventure novel by P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a relative. Although written in 1924, the novel is set in the period before World War I. It has been adapted for the screen several times.Percival Christopher Wren (1875?1941) was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924, involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. This was one of 33 novels and short story collections that he wrote, mostly dealing with colonial soldiering in Africa., Size : Quarto (4to.), , Edition-de-Luxe.Limited edition: 32 of 1000, signed by author.

Edition de Luxe. Octavo. Half binding with red and blue fabric. Signed edition. Limitations copy, 370/1000. Portrait of author in front endpages. Black and white, as well as colored, illustrations by Helen McKie. An adventure nocel about three English brothers who enlist in the French Foreign Legion after the theft of precious jewels from their relative's country estate. Very Good. Small chip to back endpaper. Slight rubbing to spine head and tail. Aging as expected. Text block clean.

WREN, Percival Christopher. Beau Geste. Original cloth, printed paper spine label, T.e.g. London: John Murray, [1927]. Edition de Luxe. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. Additionally, Wren's bookplate is affixed to front pastedown inscribed, "To Miss Micaela Martinez, with the author's compliments. P. C. Wren." Spine lightly sunned, else a very good copy. Signed.

First deluxe illustrated edition, number 414 of 1,000 copies signed by the author. Beau Geste was originally published in 1924 and it is no coincidence that this edition followed the success of the silent film version of 1926. Copies are rare in the fragile jacket. Large octavo. Photogravure portrait frontispiece of the author, 4 colour plates tipped in to pale grey heavy stock paper, 16 monochrome plates tipped to laid paper, all with captioned tissue guards, 9 headpieces by Helen McKie; title page printed in red and black. With 4 pp. of sheet music to rear. Original red and blue cloth, paper label to spine, brown endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. With dust jacket. Binding clean, a little foxing internally, plates bright; jacket unclipped, sunned and worn with some loss at extremities, front joint repaired with tape: a near-fine copy in good jacket.

Edition deluxe, no 628, signed by the author. Photograph portrait of the author; illustrated by Helen McKie with 4 color plates and 16 black & white ones. [xii], 579, [1], [4, printed music] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Handsomely bound copy of the deluxe edition of this instant classic, source for the famed movie, with "The Song of the Legion: March Theme of the Paramount Picture" at the end. Ronald Colman's starring role in Beau Geste, filmed in the Arizona desert in 1926, caught the fancy of millions. The film was one of the most profitable pictures of the silent era and paved the way for the actor's memorable successes of the 1930s. Black morocco gilt, a.e.g., for Asprey. Fine Photograph portrait of the author; illustrated by Helen McKie with 4 color plates and 16 black & white ones. [xii], 579, [1], [4, printed music] pp. 1 vols. 4to Edition deluxe, no 628, signed by the author.

With illustrations by Helen McKie. Pp. [xii]+580(last blank)+[4](music & lyrics to Song of the Legion, dated 1926, the theme for the Paramount Pictures film of the book), frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, plus 20 hand-tipped plates (4 coloured, on brown card), lettered guards, 9 headpiece illustrations, the title page printed in red & black; thick med. 8vo; qr. red cloth, with printed paper title label on spine, light blue buckram boards, the spine cloth slightly spotted; t.e.g., others uncut; dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, with a few small chips, the backstrip quite discoloured and torn; upper hinge starting, pages 36/7 browned at upper margin near hinge, outer leaves and edges foxed; John Murray, London, 1927. De luxe edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. *Presentation copy, with the author's armorial bookplate on the upper pastedown; the bookplate inscribed and signed by Wren and his new wife, Isabel, 'With love to Madge & Peter'. Isabel was P. C. Wren's second wife, and had previously been married to Cyril Graham Smith, a civil engineer with the Indian educational service at Poona. In 1927 Smith filed for divorce, citing Wren as co-respondent. 'Madge & Peter' were Mr. & Mrs. A. H. Parkes. (Alfred Herbert Parkes, who disliked his baptismal name, was customarily called 'Peter' by family and friends). The Parkes met the Wrens on a cruise, probably in 1927, and began a long-standing friendship. This copy of Beau Geste, Wren's most famous book, is the first of many volumes the author presented to the family over the years - usually to their son Francis Patrick, who was Wren's godson. Signed.

Edition DeLuxe; No. 464 of 1000 copies, signed by the author. Photograph portrait of the author; illustrated by Helen McKie with 4 color plates and 16 black & white ones. [xii], 579, [1], [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The deluxe edition of this instant classic, source for the famed movie, with "The Song of the Legion: March Theme of the Paramount Picture" at the end. Ronald Colman's starring role in Beau Geste, filmed in the Arizona desert in 1926, caught the fancy of millions. The film was one of the most profitable pictures of the silent era and paved the way for the actor's memorable successes of the 1930s. Original red and blue cloth, printed spine label, t.e.g., others uncut, Fine in original slipcase Photograph portrait of the author; illustrated by Helen McKie with 4 color plates and 16 black & white ones. [xii], 579, [1], [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo Edition DeLuxe; No. 464 of 1000 copies, signed by the author.