Figures Life, Signed (32 results)

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Signed by author on dedication page.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by author on title page. Minor shelf wear to binding. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. Signed by Author.

1st edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR F/F.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Trade Edition, Inscribed and SIGNED Bookplate by Author on FEP, Light Shelf Wear to Covers, Inside Like New. Inscribed by Author(s).

First edition, first printing From the library of the poet William Matthews and signed and dated by Matthews on the full title page in 1978. Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text and just a light toning.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of some of the transcripts from his television show. An about near fine copy with some minor bumping to the top corner of the rear panel in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Buckley on a bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Signed.

Condition: Collectible - Very Good. Signed by William Buckler.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG pictorial softcover. 2003. SIGNED by AUTHOR on title page w/non-personalized inscription. Previous owner's name to title page - other wise pages all clean/unmarked. Heavily illustrated throughout with instruction. Lightest scuffing to edges. Covers bright and clean. SCARCE signed copy by this award winning sculptor. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This edition is in Fine condition. The front and back covers are in terrific condition and the gilded page edges show hardly any wear (see pictures of all sides). There are no markings, bookplates, or other signs of prior ownership in this book. This book was published by The Franklin Library and would be a beautiful addition to your Franklin Library book collection. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition, signed by Buckley on bound in leaf preceding the half-title page. Bound in full decorated leather, all edges gilt. Bit of spine lean else fine, a fresh likely unread copy. Publishers prospectus for the book laid in. (fiction special). Signed by Author(s).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 288 pages. Gass' third book, a collection of essays on literary subjects. Gass would go on to win the American Book Award for his novel "The Tunnel." A tight very good plus copy in orange cloth boards with a bookplate removal to the front free endpaper and a small faint spot to the bottom edge of the pages but otherwise a clean copy and in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Signed by Gass on the title page. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Trade Edition. Signed bookplate affix to front end page - Signed " For Mr & Mrs. Robert C Kennedy, Gratefully, William F Buckley". First Edition, First Printing. With corresponding number line. Book is in Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Book is covered by Mylar Brodart. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Nicely bound in gilt decorated full leather. 533pp. a.e.g. b/w photographic ills. Fine. Limited First Edition signed by William F.Buckley Jnr. exclusively for members of the Signed First Edition Society.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 441 pages: illustrations, 29 cm. Signed by the author Del Deo dated 1994. Very good in jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine unmarked. Limited signed 1st edition. Covers two decades of the author*s remarkable public TV series. Publishers letter laid-in. Ribbon still in original positon. Flat-signed by author. Perfect copy. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2, 533 pp, index, guest list, b/w frontispiece, b/w photos, all edges gilt, violet silk placemarker woven-in, marbled endpapers. Hardcover in black leather heavyweight gilt-stamped boards w gilt spine titling, 4 raised spine bands.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First edition. First edition. Illustrated by photographs. . 533pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed "For Dick & Shirley Clurman" Cloth. A very fine copy in a fine dust jacket Illustrated by photographs. . 533pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed.

First Edition. Signed by Frances Partridge. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 158, [2] pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 160). Contents; In the beginning -- The art-quake of 1910 -- Omega & Ottoline -- Charleston -- Carrington & complications -- In the sun -- Darkened days. Subjects; Woolf, Virginia. Bell, Vanessa. Carrington, Dora. Woolf, Virginia 1882-1941. Bell, Vanessa 1879-1961. Carrington, Dora 1893-1932. Sackville-West, V. (Vita) 1892-1962. Lopokova, Lydia. Mansfield, Katherine 1888-1923. Partridge, Frances. Garnett, Angelica. 1900-1999. Bloomsbury group History. Women artists England London History 20th century. Women authors History 20th century. Women England London History 20th century. 3 Kg.

Card Covers. Condition: Good. 35 X 46 cm. 35 coloured miniature pictures, each of a different scene in the life of a young gentleman. Also colour portrait of Alken surrounded by facsimile book wrappers and pasted-in illustration of a scroll. Brown card covers. Spine chipped, covers chipped and torn at edges. Alken drew his inspiration from the highest social and sporting circles. Preface by C.F.G.R. Schwerdt. No. 289 of 400 copies, signed by the editor.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. US orders ship with signature confirmation. Feb 1971 Knopf hardcover stated 1st edition inscribed (which always means to a particular person) by the author on the ffep. A lot of edgewear (some tears closed) , soil/tanning and some chipping on dj (now protected in mylar) corners bumped, sunning and light fraying on cover, smudge on ffep and small stain on one page, else text clean, binding tight . Inscribed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed & inscribed by William H. Gass on the title page. 1st edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).

leather_bound. Condition: Fine. Signed. First Edition. Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 2 vols. in wrappers. Vol. 1. 20 pp. (some folding) photographs. Vol. 2. 24 pp. text containing the poem 'Gesprek met God' by Pierre van Berkel. Special typography. Signed and dated (2005) by Alexander Korsmit on a loose insert. Rare. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1ST TRADE EDITION/1ST PRINTING STATED hardcover book NEAR FINE/dustjacket NEAR FINE brodart covered, SIGNED/INSCRIBED on a sealed in bookplate by author WILLIAM F BUCKLEY JR. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. First Edition. 1st printing. A few closed tears to DJ o/w F/NF-. Signed by Author.

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Foreword by Frances Partridge. Signed by Jan Marsh and Frances Partridge on title page. Dust jacket clean and tidy with minimal signs of shelfwear, boards in good condition, very light spotting to closed edges at head, illustrated throughout with colour and black/white archive material, 'Bloomsbury Women presents portrait studies, decorative images, line drawings and photographs' of the art and ideas of this group of people, pp very clean and bright, binding sound. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. First Edition. Gass's third book and first collection of essays. Harold Brodkey's copy with his ownership SIGNATURE on the front endpaper. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper with a small nick at the top of the spine.

Card Covers. Condition: Fine. First Edition thus. First Paperback Edition of Alken's most detailed work, the forerunner of Nimrod's The Life of a Sportsman. Oblong folio (348 x 445mm): 10pp, including title-page vignette, colored portrait of Alken and facsimiles of 11 wrappers on one plate, and photographic illustration of the scroll case, followed by 35 colored aquatint scenes (miniature adaptations of plates in National Field Sports), depicting incidents in the life of a squire's son, mounted on five stiff-card leaves. Original publisher's mottled tan card covers lettered in black. Signed by the editor, C. F. G. R. Schwerdt, on limitation leaf. A pristine example in the original publisher's stiff card decorated envelope, lightly nicked. Originally published in scroll form, in 1820, the Panorama is extremely scarce; in the preface Schwerdt states: "apart from the writer's own copy, only one other complete specimen has come to his notice during the forty-five years that he has been collecting." Four hundred copies of this edition were published: this is no. 4 of 250 copies printed for Great Britain, with a further 150 copies for sale by Ernest R. Gee, in New York. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pub by American News Co., 1866, stated 8th Edition. Scarce. NOT exLib. Hand-inscribed in calligraphic print on ffep, "Presented to L.E. Poyner, Oct 14th, 1872, by (signature?) Sim D. Kehoe, 100 William Street, New York City, Elmira N.Y., 1872." VG-minus cond. hardcover, no dj. Black pebbled cloth over bds w/ gilt pict dec & reverse lettering on front cover. Several small chips to spine, w/ slight loss at head, o/w only light exterior soiling & wear. Well illustrated in b&w w/ some offestting. 80pp of text + 14pp marvelous advts for various games, incl for Boxing, BASE BALL, Cricket, Archery & more. Square, straight, tight, clean & unmarked except as noted, overall VG- used cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. ** SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING ** About this Item First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 288 pages. Gass' third book, a collection of essays on literary subjects. Gass would go on to win the American Book Award for his novel "The Tunnel." A tight very fine copy in orange cloth boards with an H red stamp the size of a quarter on the bottom rightf corner endpaper and a small faint spot to the bottom edge of the pages but otherwise fine. Fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. Signed by Gass on the title page. SYNOPSIS Fiction and the Figures of Life is a collection of twenty-four essays and reviews by William H. Gass, a master prose stylist and linguist. The book made an immediate and profound impact on critics, with The New York Times Book Review describing the "unlikely combination of criticism, philosophy and metaphorical inventiveness" as resulting in a "kind of poetry". The book explores the intricate relationship between fiction and reality, arguing that fiction both reflects and shapes human experience. Gass offers insights toward the construction of meaningful fiction, which he refers to as "objects which are especially worthy of love". Key themes and topics covered in the essays include: Language and Identity: Elucidating the disparities between fiction and philosophy while revealing shared techniques and obsessions. Artistic Independence: Emphasizing the independence of art and rejecting the notion that literature is an inferior mode of ordering experience. Narrative Techniques: Exploring narrative techniques, the role of language, character development, and the philosophical dimensions of storytelling. Focus on Prose: Urging writers to begin with the raw materialsā"words, punctuation, and white spaceā"rather than focusing primarily on character, setting, and meaning.