Found Dead, Signed (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Signed and dated (September 16th 2001) by the author. No discernible flaws to this copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Slight knock to top of spine, minor shelf wear to dust jacket. Spine a bit faded. Signed by Author(s).

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition softcover. SIGNED by author on a bookplate affixed to inside cover (signature only). 785 pages. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NF/NF. First edition, first printing. Signed by author with a brief inscription on title page. 233 pp. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. In the fall of 1991 Roger de la Burdé held an exhibition of some of his art collection at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of the Arts, Anderson Gallery. This is the published catalog for the exhibit, titled "Private Stories, Selections from the de la Burdé Collection". The exhibit featured the paintings of Michael Goldberg, Rainer Gross, Jay Milder, and Jeff Way, and was was held from August 23 to October 20, 1991. A typed letter from Roger de la Burdé to a potential patron, dated September 1991, is signed in black ink by Burdé. . The de la Burdé story , itself, became anything but private, when in March of 1992 he was found dead from a bullet wound to the head. Roger de la Burdé was a controversial person, hailing from Poland, who styled himself a count. He owned considerable collections of art, focusing on African Art and Modern Art. The catalog here presented is of Contemporary Art, and has striking color reproductions of the paintings. The letter, signed by Burdé in ink, was found pressed between the leaves of the catalog, and is addressed to a potential patron of the arts and typed on his personal stationery, which has printed at the top, Roger Z. Cte de la Burdé, Windsor, Powhatan, Virginia. The letter is dated September 12, 1991. CATEGORY : Art Exhibition Catalog TITLE : Private Stories - Selections from the de la Burdé Collection ARTISTS : Michael Goldberg, Rainer Gross, Jay Milder, Jeff Way TEXT : Leslie A. Brothers, Assistant Curator and Registrar of the Anderson Gallery INTRODUCTION : Stephen S. High , Director, Anderson Gallery PHOTOGRAPHS : George Nan PLACE : Anderson Gallery, School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University SPONSOR : de la Burdé Collection of Contemporary Art DATE : August 23 to October 20, 1991 SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES : Laid in is a typed letter from Roger de la Burdé on his personal stationery, to a potential patron, and signed in ink by Burdé. PHYSICAL DETAILS : Exhibition Catalog, contains 10 color plate illustrations on calendered paper; text printed in black and pale gray fonts; title and rear leaf printed on gray, matte paper; 20 pages (pagination includes title page and final leaf; 8 1/2" x 11', matte gray stapled covers with black sans serif lettering (two staples); the title " Private Stories ." spans the front and rear cover. CONDITION -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted :: -- Interior is clean and unmarked; there is fading along spine fold and edge - most extensive on rear cover; a small impact dent on the front cover is barely perceptible, but has extended through all the pages in a slightly more obvious manner - this is not so egregious and displays on the interior as a small dent and surface wrinkle. The letter is pristine. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: New. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 'Extremely unheroic adventure writing.' Signed presentation from the author: 'For Richard Ingrams, all best wishes Mike Harding. Madam Olroyd's Home for the Incurably Optimistic, Cleckhuddersfax, Yorks Nov 2005.' ISBN: 1-904524-42-7 Pages: 200 Fine in fine dust wrapper. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Rich with quirky characters and clever misdirection, Gentill's latest will please fans of locked-room mysteries, especially those Golden Age tales evoked by the setting.-Booklist. The book, signed on tbe title page, is a first printing is in as new condition with no negative issues and a bright, as new dustjacket in clear mylar covering. The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for safe shipping. Signed by Author(s).

Staplebound Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. The scarce promotional pamphlet for 'Found Dead in Texas," containing the short story 'The Man in the Red-Flannel Suit.' Light scuff on the front and rear panels, uncreased. Signed "Thanks & cheers, Jan Grape Oct. 2002." Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Limited edition, SIGNED by All Contributors including Margaret Coel, Anne Hillmeran, Phil Parks (illustrator) and more. Very light wear along edges. Bright and solid in protective mylar sleeve. Illustrated in b + w throughout. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo, 62 pp. Signed at rear copyright page by the artist. Number 4 of 50 printed. Photographic artist's book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Special Edition. Special, collector's edition; small quarto volume in clamshell box with original pencil drawing by Phil Parks matted inside upper lid of box. Signed by Margaret Coel, Anne Hillerman, Keith McCafferty, Phil Parks & others. B&W illustrations. Condition: minor bump to lower corners of box; else as new in fine box. Pages: [xi], 135. Signed by Author(s).