Chatterton by Ackroyd: Signed (39 results)

Condition: Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Signed by author on laid-in bookplate. In protective mylar cover.

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on title page. In protective mylar cover. (Detectives, Mystery).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing/vg hardbacdk in vg dustwrapper with dustwrapper spine fading/signed by the author on half title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing, signed by Ackroyd to title page. No other inscriptions and bar typical toning to stock, all in VG+, clean and bright internal order. Light wear only to smart plum boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831).8vo. [6] 234pp. Signed by Author(s). …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Vg+ in wraps. Advanced reading copy signed by Ackroyd. 1st edition. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Condition: Very Good. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, 234 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is cream with red and blue print. Dust jacket in mylar. "Review copy" slip laid in. Price unclipped: "$17.95". Boards quarter bound with red cloth to spine and blue paper to boards. Slight warping. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column N. 1387850. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Signed by author on label affixed to title page. Pages darkened, head of spine and front lower corner bumped, else near fine. DJ lightly creased and rubbed at head of spine and top of flap folds, else near fine. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcovers. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first prnt. "Sunday Times" Booker Shortlist plate signed by Ackroyd affixed to front free endpage. Beginning page toning (common with this title), slight corner bumps; dustjacket with few crinkles at spine head. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Booker Prize shortlisted. Ackroyd's fourth novel. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed 1st edition with inscription dated 1987 to endpaper - D/j near fine but clipped. I am afraid th text block has darkened on all sides due to just sitting on the shelf for 38 years ! (no stains) Posting from Cornwall ST164. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, signed by author with no further inscription on title page. No significant wear on unclipped jacket. Page block and page edges are slightly tanned. All text is clear. TS. Signed by Author. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition - this copy Inscribed and Signed by the author on the title page. ***very good in brick-red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Top corner of front board bumped. No reading creases to the spine and no reading lean. Spine tight. Internally near fine with the author's inscription on the front free endpaper: 'To Carol, Happy Christmas 1988, from Peter Ackroyd, London, 3/11/88 - no other inscriptions or annotations. Pages clean. Paper stock lightly tanned as usual (cheap paper stock used). No creases or tears. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, which is unpriced (export variant). No chips, creases or tears. Head of spine of dustwrapper uncreased. Spine colour of dustwrapper unfaded. Dustwrapper bright and clean. ***240mm x165mm. 234 pages. ***'What is the mystery of Thomas Chatterton? A young poet and elderly female novelist try to decode the clues found within an eighteenth-century manuscript, only to discover that their investigation is disclosing other secrets for which there is no solution. ***Peter Ackroyd's "Chatterton" is about death. It is about plagiarism. It is about the nature of poetry. "Chatterton" is at once both tragic and profoundly comic, a meditation on human destiny and a satire on human folly.' (Quotes taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the true first edition, in ts original dustwrapper, in nice collectable condition - this copy Inscribed and Signed by the author on the title page. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Octavo, 234 pages. In Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is red with white print. Dust jacket in mylar. Price unclipped: "?10.95 net". Boards in red cloth. Text block has age-toning to paper. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column N. 1387849. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Pages lightly age toned. Signed by author to title page - no inscription. Signed by Author(s).

FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE A CLEAN UNFADED COPY IN EXCELLENT COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.

FINE IN RED PRINTED WRAPS. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE A CLEAN UNFADED COPY IN EXCELLENT COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is PAPERBACK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLUE PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, slight page yellowing, slight lean, not price clipped (£10.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 234pp. Poet, forger and genius Thomas Chatterton died in 1770, aged 18. His death was thought to be suicide. But what really happened? Two hundred years later, Charles Wychwood and Harriet Scrope become obsessed with decoding the clues in an 18th century manuscript. Their investigation raises some intriguing questions. A century before, as 19th century artist Henry Wallis paints his celebrated portrait of Chatterton lying dead in an attic room, he, too, becomes fascinated by the mystery. Then Chatterton himself steps forward, with his own story. Quite scarce signed. Jacket by Craig Dodd after Henry Wallis (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 234 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt, Over Marbled Paper Covered Boards. #117 Of A Limited Edition Of 150 Copies Signed By Author And In A Special Binding. Fine. Lacking The Plain Glassine Book Jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Printer Wrapper. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First American Edition. ADVANCE READING COPY. SIGNED by Peter Ackroyd on the title page. Fine in pictorial printed wrappers.; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition first impression. Booker prize shortlisted, signed by author on Sunday Times bookplate. Near Fine with tanning to textblock in Fine vibrant unclipped dustjacket. A handsome, clean tight copy which appears to be unread. Signed by Author(s).…

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. VG+/VG+. 8vo. original burgundy boards gilt (a trifle rubbed & bumped, paperstock toning, as usual, occ. spotting) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, slightly rubbed & nicked, occ. marks & spots); pp. [vi (last blank)], 234. A very good copy. A 'Sunday Times The 1987 Booker Prize Shortlist Signed Editions' bookplate signed by the author, Peter Ackroyd, is mounted to FFE. Signed by Author.…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Published in London in 1987. First edition. Inscribed on the title page by the author. Book fine, except for slight bumping to bottom front and rear corners, slight sunning to edges of pages. DJ is in fine condition. DJ price reads "£10.95.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 234 pages, near fine condition in marbled paper covered boards and cloth spine with slightly worn clear paper wrapper, edges of pages browned due to paper quality. One of 150 numbered copies of the first edition signed by the author and specially bound for London Limited Editions. Signed by Author(s).…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine DJ. First edition. Signed by the author. Page edges yellowed, otherwise fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1987. Cloth. Condition: Fine. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Page edges lightly tanneded, otherwise fine. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Maroon boards and spine, the latter lettered in gilt. Slight fading to spine of jacket. Internally signed on title page. Contents toned. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author Fine copy Quarter cloth gilt, marbled boards. Some light tanning to glassine dj and pages. Signed by Author(s). Book.

8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR [WITHOUT DEDICATION] ON TITLE. The author's fourth novel, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First US Edition. Maroon cloth and blue pastedown over boards with gilt to spine. Original decorative dust jacket, unclipped. Inscribed by Author(s).