Ebony Tower, Signed (24 results)

First edition, first printing From the library of the poet William Matthews, fully signed with date by Matthews on the opening flyleaf. Very good or better boards with clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by Fowles on the front free endpaper, 'George - With my best wishes and thanks for all the help 'behind the scenes' - John Fowles -Boston. 15th November 1974.' Stated First Edition. Heavily worn dust jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good - Priceclipped. Reprint. 300 pages. Richly satisfying for the ideas they generate and the images they conjure, these novellas are models of the narrator's art - each one a journey in which the travelling is as much a pleasure as the arrival itself. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Publisher's gilt-titled boards. Reprint of 1974. Signed by Fowles to the title page. Hint of insecting to cloth edge, trace bumping to points. The DJ in mylar is fine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 300 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This copy is hand SIGNED on a bookplate by John Fowles on the last endpaper upside down (we do not know why); the signed bookplate was put on the last page upside down; stated First edition, preceding the English edition; 312pp, 8vo; cloth boards and spine; there is lots of tears, nicks and rubbing to dust jacket , otherwise boards and interior in VERY GOOD COND. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Octavo, 300 pages. In Good plus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Volume in full gray cloth binding with gilt titling to spine. Jacket is green with pictorial covers and gilt titling, wrapped in an archival sleeve. Jacket is lightly age toned with mild shelving wear along the edges. Faint water damage visible on the inside of the jacket. Price uncut: "£2.50 net". Boards show light wear, with rubbing along edges and some faint scuffs to covers. Text block is moderately age toned and worn along edges, with some small smudges to bottom and fore edges. Lightly age toned throughout, with some scattered stains on p. 8-15. Signed flat and dated by Fowles in black ink on title page: "John Fowles / 1981". Shelved in Room F. 1411504. Special Collections - Upstairs. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First U.S. Edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. One tiny nick at the top of the jacket spine. One of only 200 copies signed by the author on a page tipped in by the publisher. Signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. London: Jonathan Cape, 1974. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in green pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; 300pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket extremities, flaps and jacket verso rather foxed, light dust-soil to textblock margins, else a Very Good, sound copy. Signed by the author on title page.

Cloth w/DJ. Condition: Collectible-Very Good/G. Not Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. Collectible-Very Good/G. (1974). First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. Signed by the author . 8vo., 312 pp., Dj edges yellowed, chip in crease .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Original cloth gilt. Stated first edition. One of 200 copies signed by Fowles to an extra leaf bound in before the half title page. Slight rubbing to cloth edges, hint of soil to block edge. Very tight, appears unread. The DJ in mylar has clear tape to verso at spine ends/edges to repair/reinforce tiny tears; slight toning or foxing to flap edges. ; 7.0 X 4.1 X 0.9 inches; 312 pages; Signed by Author.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First UK Edition. Collection of five novellas and short stories. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Slightly cocked, boards lightly warped. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with slight fading to the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book has the previous owner's bookplate inside the front cover with very, very light wear on the spine tips. Flat-signed & dated, 7/9/2000, on the title page. The dust jacket has very, very light wear on the spine tips & cover corners. Not price clipped. No chips or tears. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. F. First Edition. Signed by Author. signed, good condition in wrappers.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition U K. This book has been bound in black paper over boards, gilt lettering on spine. Upper corner of front board is slightly bumped. Back cover has very slight outward curve. Minor edge wear. Head of spine has turned in. Book plate affixed to the paste down front. Text has yellowed lightly, solid in binding and clean. No cocking of the spine. Dust jacket is green with gilt lettering on the spine, center illustration on front and author photo on back section. Minor edge and flap hinge wear. Pale yellow stain on front hinge flap. It is unclipped and we have placed it in a protective cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First edition. (precedes the English edition.) 1 of 200 copies not for sale, with an extra leaf signed by Fowles and bound in before the half title. Fine in d/w. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First British edition. Boards a bit splayed, foredge foxed and the topstain with a few spots, very good in a worn and foxed, good only dust jacket. Inscribed by Fowels on the title page in 1982. A collection of novellas and short stories.

Hardcover. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 312 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Blue-green spine with gold and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$7.95", has mild shelving wear, mild wear along the extremities, chipping along the fore corners and spine head and tail edges, and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards have stains on the rear board, water damage on the front head edge, mild wear along the head edge, and light bumping along the rear head fore corner. Textblock has water stains on the head edges from the fron end-page to page 45//46, mild wear along the edges, and stains along the edges. Signed flat by John Fowles on publisher's tipped-in page. Shelved Room C. 1389181. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American edition. Foxing on page edges, about near fine in a very good dust jacket with creases on the flaps, and a couple tiny tears. Signed by the author. A collection of novellas and short stories.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author with an inscription and date of 1987 on the half-title page. Green cloth over the spine with titles in a darker green outlined box in gilt to front tan-cloth; 8vo. 9.25 inches, 3-312 pages. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, Minimal shelf handling wear. The dust jacket with the price of $7.95 has damage on the lower spine corner. Closed tears with wrinkling, older clear tape reinforcement, now in a new clear Mylar sleeve. The author's fifth book, containing a novella and four long stories. Maugham once said, 'The artist's egoism is outrageous; it must be; he is by nature a solipsist and the world exists only for him to exercise his powers of creation.' This idea is central to the title story of Fowles' collection, where the artist must disregard the world and its values to nurture his creativity. Fowles introduces Breasley, a self-centered artist living in seclusion in Brittany, served by two young women. David Williams, a writer who has abandoned his own work, visits to interview Breasley and realizes his own life is empty, hiding his lost potential. In 'Poor Koko,' a 66-year-old reclusive writer is destroyed by a young intruder. In 'The Enigma,' a conservative MP vanishes, leaving behind a question mark over his unremarkable life. The final story is a bittersweet fairy tale, and 'Eliduc' offers a medieval lais. Fowles brings his erudition, sensual detail, and modern commentary, drawing the reader's eye to deeper reflections.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American edition. Slight fading on the board edges else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small tear on the front flap fold and faint spotting on the flaps. One of 200 copies Signed by the author on a publisher's tipped in leaf.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Wraps. White card with two vertical folds. Visual poetry / concrete poery containing image four connected towers (each with profuse small printed words) and a bridge drawn by John Furnival and printed purple on white at the Openings Press. The card measures 350mm x 300mm fully laid out. No date, circa 1970 when Furnival was doing similar folding card visual poetry for Openings Press. There are 2 versions of this Ebony Tower piece with 4 towers etc., this has the words Isambard Kingdom Come at the top of the second tower. Boldy signed by John Furnival in pencil, on blank rear of card. About fine. Excellent condition. Signedes.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Published in London by Jonathan Cape in 1974. "First Published 1974" stated on copyright page, indicating first edition. This copy is INSCRIBED by the author on the title page, "Bruce/ Sincere good wishes-/ All the best!/ John Fowles." In wrappers with proof DJ. Book near fine. DJ very good. DJ price reads ¿2.50. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Original cloth, fine in fine dust jacket. With an extra leaf bound in, signed by John Fowles. One of 200 copies, not for sale. Uncommon in this pristine condition. Signed by Author.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Original two-toned cloth, slight fading to edges as is usual with this title. Dust jacket near fine with minor (very minor) wear along the edge. 200 copies were bound with an extra lead on thick greyish paper and signed by John Fowles. Nice copies, as this one, are becoming increasingly difficult to locate. Signed by Author.