Book Praise, Signed (14 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Duane Graham (SIGNED) (illustrator). G&S Enterprises, Kansas City, MO. 2008. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition/Printing not stated. Signed on the title page by the author and photographer. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to edges and tips. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. Unpaginated (44 pp by count) 12mo oblong. This book celebrates in poetry and photography the life of the cowboy and the Chase County Kansas territory he lives and works in. A clean very presentable copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. xi, 265 pp. LCC: 749362 Very good condition; touches of wear on edges of covers. Inscribed and signed by the Editor.

Trade Paperback. Condition: New. No Jacket. First Edition. 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.2 inches. Signed by author on frontis page. Grey spine. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by DAVENIER, CHRISTINE; GRAHAM, BOB; COLOR ILUST. (illustrator). first edition,1p; 24681097531pt line. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD CLIPT(NOPR ICE) DUST JACKET. clean, solid, bright****SIGNED BY ILUST "ELISA KLEVEN" in small sixe, with blue pen top of title page.; "Reinforced Trade Edition. WRAPAROUND BEACH SCENE COVER ART by BOB GRAHAM shows 2+ 3 children & black scotty dog on tan sandy beach. Pink HARDCOVERS show several small fanciful drawings in color with title in Black.all on dark peach colored hard covers. Not duplicated by DJ art.Bright green & blue endpapers. ; 77pg pages; foreword has 1x1" photo of editor Reeve with long introduction. .includes index of first lines.Book has large, colorful drawings featuring active children.Book has 4 sections, each illustrated by one of featured artists.in their style. ; Signed by Illustrator.

Paperback. Condition: FINE. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page and hand numbered '41' of an edition limited to 50 signed copies. Unpaginated, a single 12mo chapbook gathering stitched intogreen wraps. Some trivial toning to the spine, exceedingly clean and sharp otherwise. Signed.

Cloth Bound. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. Charming anthology by leading writers. 1917 first edition in good+ condition. 320-page text in very good, tight, clean condition. Well illustrated with coloured plates and black-and-white drawings by leading artists. Slight age-browning of frontispiece and title page No inscriptions. Binding in good+ condition, with minor wear to extremities. See photographs attached. (BM12). Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Author inscribed on the title page: "L. H. Cone, from M. Woolsey Stryker, Dec. 14, 1884". There is a Yale University Library gift bookplate, from "Miss L. H. Cone, 1906" on the inside of the front cover. Embossed brown boards, spine cover missing, both board loose but attached, contents fine. .8vo, 384pp. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Sewn paper wrappers. Extremities faded. #25/100 Copies signed by William Heyen. Inscribed by Heyen on title page as well.

Trade Paperback. First Edition. Unpaginated, 18 pages. Limited edition. Inscribed by the author on title page: 'For my generous friend Herb Yellin, whose books are Buckingham Palaces next to this garbage can. Bill Heyen 11/10/78.' Limited edition, #304/500 copies. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in green wrappers (paperback).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). 1901. Signed by Editor on Title page with Greeting, with date. Nice Firm Clean copy ! 117 pages. In Praise of Books by Ralph Waldo Emerson. A Song of Books and The Choice of Books by Sir John Lubbock. With150 authors quotes on books. 6580.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The First UK Printing published by Cobden-Sanderson, London in 1928. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with a little toning and spotting to the text-block. Light spotting to the prelims. Bookplates of bibliophile and author Simon and Judith Nowell-Smith to the front pastedown. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. Some light edge-wear and creasing at the spine ends and corners. Mild toning to the spine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Signed presentation copy from the author to his fellow 'trench stove' and friend Warwick R. Redway. They served together in WW1 and Redway is referred to twice in the book as 'R' ( pages 79 & 84). Blunden has also written out the poem 'Escape' to the FEP which appears on page 273 of the book. Underneath the poem, he has written 'to his old friend and fellow trench stove, W.R. Redway's book, March 26, 1933'. Loosely inserted is an ALS dated 1930 ( with the original H/W envelope) from Blunden to Redway, which starts 'This is the 14th year since your delightful lapse from the path of slaughter at Givenchy.'. Additionally loosely inserted is the publisher's flyer for this title, with reviews by J.B Priestley, R.H. Mottram, Arnold Bennett et al. With The Order of Service For ' A Service Of Praise And Thanksgiving For The Life And Work Of Edward Blunden'. The service took place on &th March 1974 At the Church of St Bride, Fleet Street, London. The 8 page booklet is in Very Good++ condition. The poet John Betjeman read a lesson and Rupert Hart-Davis gave the address. An important association copy. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1. In Praise of Churches - First edition, first impression. Signed by Hogarth to the tile page. Fine in a Fine d/w. 2. A wonderful original framed watercolour used on page 132 for the poem, 'Blame the Vicar'. Signed in pencil and titled, 'Blame the Vicar'. To the rear of the frame is the label of the Francis Kyle Gallery who were Hogarth's official sellers of his works. Dimensions - With frame - 45 x 32 cms. 3. A typed letter signed in full in which he discusses the book. "My latest book project, the illustartions for John Betjeman's, In Praise of Churshes was published 17 April". He goes on to offer some smaler pieces of artwork from the book for sale to the letter's recipient (Me!). 4. Ephemera including, an invitation to the Kyle Gallery to celebrate the book and watercolours; a price list for the paintings, e.t.c. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Gilt page edges. Presentation inscription to printer. "Richard Brinkerhoff. With th Christian regards of the author, New Brunswick Dec. 18. 1884." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Frederick Nicholls music teacher, composer and poet was active especially between the two wars, was noted for his songs to quality lyrics, like Tears, Idle Tears, Elaine's Song, As Through the Land, Thy Voice is Heard, Blow, Bugle Blow, Eldorado and especially popular, the five songs from A Child's Garden of Verses; but he published instrumental miniatures as well like the Two Short Pieces (Meadow Dance and Dancing Midges) of 1938 for piano solo. This extensive collection of hand written music manuscripts and books, including a one volume preparation for a book about WW1. Also, signed, amicable copyright fee correspondence from various poets. In one set of two SIGNED letters from Harold E. Goad dated May 1922, the poet goes into detail about how he wants to change certain lines of his 'Spring's Sacrifice' poem as it had been published in 'The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse' in its 'not quite finished form'. He then goes on to write which alterations he wishes to be made and asks Frederick Nicholls to make these changes as used in his musical version. His request didn't quite make it to Oxford -the poem still being displayed in its 'initial' form. SIGNED letter from poet Elsa Barker and Duffield & Company [her publishers] giving permission to Fred to set music to her sonnet 'The Mystic Rose'. Schumann: The Mayfair Biographies Series Signed by Frederick Nicholls plus hand written notes and observations. SIGNED card from Eva Gore-Booth giving permission to Fred to set to music her work 'The Waves of Breffny'. Other cards and publisher's correspondence from John Lane, Chapman and Hall, Walter Scott Publishing. Ten 9'' x 7'' exercise books: Orange Blossom 110 pp; A Voice in the Night 36 pp; The Human Revolt and Kindred Essays 120 pp [damp stain along the bottom edge]; Harmony approximately 60 pp; The Art of Counter Melody 93 pp; Imaginative Technique in Musical Composition 182 pp; A Book of Favourite Quotations (1917 - 1945) 80 pp; A Guide to Harmonisation (Part 2) pp 73 141Thistledown 100 pp; A Record of the Lessons (Pianoforte and Musical Appreciation) 200 pp. Member of the P.B.F.A. MUSIC [Classical].