Four Postcards, Signed (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Skulduggery Pleasant, Playing with Fire, The Faceless Ones, Dark Days, Mortal Coil, Death Bringer, Kingdom of the Wicked, Last Stand of Dead Men, The Dying of the Light. Signed UK first editions, first printings of the first 9 books in the Skulduggery Pleasant series. Four books are also lined, 2 are doodled and 3 promotional postcards (2 signed) are included. All books are in at least near fine / near fine unread condition. Condition photos uploaded to Abe are of Skulduggery Pleasant and Mortal Coil. Additional photos of individual books are available on request. Skulduggery Pleasant (ISBN 9780007241613) UK 1st edition /1st printing (Harper Collins, 2007). Flatsigned and first-lined 'Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone?' to title page. Near Fine / Near Fine unread condition with a slight spine lean (see photos) and just minimal shelfwear and page tanning. Protected dustwrapper. With signed promotional postcard. Playing with Fire (ISBN 9780007257034) UK 1st edition / 1st printing (Harper Collins, 2008). Flatsigned to title page. Very near fine / very near fine with just tiny traces of shelfwear. Bookseller's 'Signed First Edition' sticker to front cover. The Faceless Ones (ISBN 9780007302147) UK 1st edition /1st printing (Harper Collins, 2009). Flatsigned, lined and dated 26 Mar 09 to title page. Fine / Fine unread condition. Protected dustwrapper. With signed promotional postcard. Dark Days (ISBN 9780007325948) UK 1st edition /1st printing (Harper Collins, 2010). Flatsigned, lined 'These are dark days indeed' and dated 26 Sep 10 to title page. Fine / Fine unread condition. Protected dustwrapper. Mortal Coil (ISBN 9780007325986) UK 1st edition /1st printing (Harper Collins, 2010). Flatsigned and doodled to title page. With promotional bookmark. Book has developed a very slight lean to spine (see photos) and is therefore graded Near Fine / Near Fine unread condition. Death Bringer (ISBN 9780007326020) UK 1ST edition / 1ST printing (Harper Collins, 2011). Flatsigned to title page. Very near fine / very near fine unread condition with just tiny hints of shelfwear to the spine. Protected dustwrapper. Kingdom of the Wicked (ISBN 9780007480227) UK first edition first printing (Harper Collins, 2012). Flatsigned, lined and dated 14 Sep 12 and doodled to title page. Fine / Fine unread condition. Protected dustwrapper. Last Stand of Dead Men (ISBN 9780007489206) UK first edition, first printing (Harper Collins, 2013). Flatsigned to title page. Fine / fine unread condition. Protected dustwrapper. The Dying of the Light (ISBN 9780007489251) UK first edition, first printing (Harper Collins, 2014). WHS Exclusive Collector's Edition. Flatsigned to title page. Protected dustwrapper. With promotional postcard. PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING Our descriptions are accurate. Photos are of the actual book(s) for sale - if you require additional photos, please ask. We will despatch your books rapidly (almost always within 24 hrs of the receipt of your order) using proper book wraps / boxes. For books sold for more than £50 we will use only despatch methods that are fully tracked, insured and will require a signature on delivery. Postage costs are included in our prices for UK customers. For overseas customers, we have set a standard Abe postal rate, but will communicate direct with customers and charge the actual cost of postage and packing by tracked and insured delivery methods requiring signature. Please note that new EU regulations make it impractical for us to post books to the EU. Therefore, prospective customers from the EU are requested to email us before making an order so that we can discuss how best we might get the books they want to them. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. Four Original Handwritten and Signed Postcards by Writer Antonia Fraser to Fellow Writer Josephine Pullein-Thompson. Dated C1990. Both authors were great friends. Friendly letters about gardening. PEN and other matters. Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Fraser, b1932 is a British author of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction. She is the widow of the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Harold Pinter (1930-2008. Josephine Mary Wedderburn Pullein-Thompson 1924-2014, sometimes known as Josephine Mann, was a British writer known for her pony books. She was a leading member of the Pony Club and PEN International. Size is 150mm x 108mm. Condition is good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17704. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. CORRESPONDENCE: Spirited dialogue between Stephen Potter & Jon Wynne-Tyson concerning Stephen Potter's commission to write an Introduction to the Centaur Press edition of 'Omniana' by Robert Southey. However, in 1967 the commission transferred to Robert Gittings and Potter's version remained unused; the letters reveal why. Wynne-Tyson's increasing frustration with the non-appearance of Potter's work is apparent: 5th September, 1966 "The situation with regard to this wretched work gets less and less satisfactory.after two solid years or more I still haven't got an Introduction from you, short or long, good or bad." concluding damningly "Do you indeed exist, Mr. Potter, for I have little evidence for the assumption." TIMELINE: The collection of correspondence began in December 1964 in a straightforward formal but lively fashion with "Dear Mr. Potter, Thank you very much for the kinky blurb. I'm not really much of a modern, but I think that's the word." A business-like discussion of the 1812 edition of 'Omniana' follows, with typed letters in 1965 on Centaur Press headed paper, laying out guidelines for an Introduction for the new edition, with mention of Coleridge's footnotes. Cracks appear by May 1966 when notes from Jon Wynne-Tyson to Stephen Potter begin to put pressure on and display exasperation "I keep announcing the book each year and booksellers are getting tetchy." A softer approach is also tried: "why not do a shorter piece within next few weeks? Say 2000-3000 words for the usual £25 rather than something which is going to tax your time and thought?" Replies came rather like trying to catch butterflies: short notes on post cards "I will write to you on Sunday next and explain" followed by "Please give me another day or two before writing" The situation has deteriorated further by April1967, & ultimatums are despairingly issued: "As you have already made it clear in best bookmanship manner that our usual fee, although good enough for some of the highest paid scholars in the country, is peanuts for S.P., I shall quite understand if you would rather forget about the whole thing." Mysteriously, in May 1967 "Among the stuff you gave me I have found the enclosed, which has all the aspects of an Introduction. Am I being the victim of super-gamesmanship? Is the implication that Potter pens prefaces in his sleep.?" By return, from the Saville Club, Brook Street "Omniana Intro. I had quite forgotten I had started it: though I remember doing a chunk of reading for it." The whole saga ends amicably shortly afterwards: Potter's unfinished Introduction needed yet more work & Robert Gitting "had your blessing before coming across the typescript, so I'd hate to disappoint him." The correspondence concludes with a short to & fro on a different subject: the idea Jon Wynne-Tyson might be interested in purchasing books from Stephen Potter's collection "What about the great Potter classic the Muse in Chains, never reprinted since the War.(Or Mrs. Coleridge's letters?)" LETTERS: Typed Wynne-Tyson letters frequently re-use the reverse of old letters eg. from Punch Publications, to photocopy letters for the record; these are included in the dialogue. The correspondence is a window on the working practice of author and publisher; the professional relationship of trust and respect; and the display of strong of personalities which ensues. Stephen Potter's hand-written letters have a rather scatty and optimistic style "My friend, Southey is beginning to get us down.* Don't let this spoil a pleasant prospective friendship." Jon Wynne-Tyson's typed, professional, & encouraging letters which become thoroughly fraught,"for pity's sake bring the matter conclusively to an end one way or the other, as I have but one life, one pair of hands, and one unduplicated set of nerves that already resemble a wire brush." THE LONDON LIBRARY: There is also an amusing glimpse into a lost world of letters & libraries: J.W-T to SP: "The Librarian of the London Library. Signedes.

RPPC. Condition: Near Fine. Date of 1914 from verso of card with Raja-Yoga Academy students in costume for Swedish folk dances, which has "Copyright by Katherine Tingley, 1914" printed after caption title. Four circa 1914 silver gelatin RPPCs (3 sepia toned) together, offering an historical snapshot view of some of the then extant classic architecture and one of the student classes being held at the "Lomaland" Theosophical compound in San Diego, California. All cards measure aprox. 3.25 x 5.25 inches and are postally unused. Interestingly, the Swedish folk dance card has " K.T." blind stamped at bottom left corner. The copyright act came into effect in the US in 1909. Cards with some toning and minor corner chips from emulsion, else all about fine. Lomaland was a Theosophical community located in Point Loma in San Diego, California from 1900 to 1942. Theosophical Society leader Katherine Tingley founded it in 1900 as a school, cultural center, and residential facility for her followers. The American headquarters of the Theosophical Society Pasadena was also situated there. The facility was important to the growing city of San Diego for its cultural offerings, and it left a lasting legacy in its campus (now Point Loma Nazarene University) which still retains many of the unique architectural features of the original Lomaland. wiki.

The coloured postcards show the following vessels : HMS Dreadnought Making a Record -:- HMS Dreadnought 'On Guard' in the North Sea -:- HMS Superb at Anchor -:- HMS Bellerophon on Gun Trial -:- HMS Invincible Coming Into Harbour -:- HMS Indomitable Home AGain. The photographs and cards are mounted onto thick card, all the photographs are fronted by a glassine title leaf, the text is on art paper, all bound within a full calf gilt case, all edges gilt, the binding with silk end-papers, signed by EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE. The leaves are now coming loose from the binding, the spine is wearing at the ends, despite which both joints are intact, the front board carries the gilt Royal coat of arms, the rear board has the gilt Admiralty device. *This clearly a special production for a high functionary probably naval - an ink inscription on the verso of the front free end-paper reads 'B.J. Dec.1940'; an erased pencil signature can just be read - W. R. YEADELL ? However, the style of binding and printing is considerably earlier than 1940; all of the named ships were completed in 1906-1907 and the appearance is of a work pre-WWI.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A small archive beginning around the mid-1990s and written, where stated, between Boston and California. In addition to quotidian subjects such as travel and meeting up, readings and teaching, Howe often responds to Miller's work and addresses his response to her work. There are mentions of Robert Lax, Robert Grenier, Theo Angelopoulos, Beatrice Bruteau, Levinas, and Tom Raworth, who adds a brief note to one postcard, and Howe is interesting on areas of theology, such as Pseudo-Dionysius ('very important to me as guide'). Although these are generally short missives, there are expansive passages, for example the comment: 'I've been writing but feel like a failure. When I was a child, the world seemed to be populated by giants. It still does. I've got to get the sky in Focus.' Also enclosed are four single-sided sheets (computer print-outs) of work by Howe. Very Good with some moderate wear, the larger items folded for mailing (their envelopes not present), occasionally with Miller's brief notes added. Signed by Author(s).