Death Grass, Signed (4 results)

Quarter Cloth and Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Yellow hard cover with gray cloth spine wrap and yellow lwttering to the spine. ASSOCIATION copy, SIGNED and INSCRIBED to Scott ( and Kay) Schurz, long time publisher and editor-in-chief of the Hoosier Times, Inc, " For Kay and Scott Schurz-- with best personal regards of the author--Pete Hathaway Capstick.". This copy is NEAR FINE in a NEAR FINE price clipped DJ designed by Irene Friedman. Exterior is rich . Lettering is bright. Edges sharp. Moderate foxing across upper page edges. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and tight. DJ is bright and clean . Sharp edges. Only hints of crinkling. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. M. Philip Kahl (Photographer) (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition in unclipped dust jacket, association copy inscribed to his friends and SIGNED by the author. Mottled Orange/yellow boards with light brown cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Two tiny dents to base of front board (no breaks in paper covering). Binding is tight, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper: "For Heather and P? Frazer - In delighted memory of their last safari to the Long Grass of Naples, with the warmest personal best wishes of the author - Peter Hathaway Capstick." Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. 297 pages. Book review from the Naples Daily News by Jan Frazer is tipped in opposite the title page. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has edge wear; full panel photo of author on rear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo. 224 pp. Gray cloth. Book condition: Very Good. Some wear to boards. Lacking dust jacket. Inscribed by Lillian O'Donnell, previous owner's name and phone number to front free endpaper. Signed by Author(s).

First edition. Octavo, boards. Signed by Christopher on the title page. "A rapidly mutating virus wipes out all of Earth's grasses, including grain crops." -Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-42. Filmed in 1970 as No Blade of Grass (which is the title of the U.S. publication of this book). [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-240. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 21. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1541-44]. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with two tiny tears to the upper front panel. A sharp copy, not often found signed. (33471).