Gate Angels by Fitzgerald: Signed (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. Booker shortlisted. SIGNED by Fitzgerald at title page with name only. Near fine with a slight spine slant, in near fine unclipped jacket with slight scuffs to surface of bottom foldovers. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. * CONDITION : Used - Good * OTHER: * SIGNED PLATE ATTACHED ON FIRST PAGE * The dustwrapper has some light wear to the edges and corners. The spine is bumped top and bottom. The black boards are clean, with bright lettering to the spine. The binding is firm. The pages are generally clean . This book has 167 pages. All in all a nice example of this book. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardback. Condition: nrFine. nrFine DW. Reprint. Signed by the Author on the Sunday Times 1990 Booker Prize Shortlist label pasted onto half-title page. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket (£12.95 net) are in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Reprint--1st stated Reprint printing of UK Edition (1990). SIGNED by author on 'Gate of Angels' bookplate affixed to half-title page (signature only). Previous owner's inscriptionon front end page. Price present, in UK Pounds, on DJ flap; mylar protected. Relatively scarce signature from Booker Prize winning author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (£12.95). Signed by the author in black ink directly to title page without dedication. Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, the odd small mark, one small patch of wear/loss to top (picture) surface to front, the odd small crease/rub to edges, minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners, the odd small scratch and a few small marks/old damp mark to reverse (white side). Boards are near fine with a hint of pushing to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages are a little tanned. Odd small mark/spot of foxing/scratches to top edge of pages. Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Collins, London in 1990. 8vo., black boards lettered in gilt to spine with publisher's device to foot; dark green endpapers; in the unclipped pictorial wrapper (£12.95 net) featuring an angel with a harp; taken from a photograph by Georges Gaud; The BOOK is in near Fine condition ; The WRAPPER also near Fine, the tiniest of creases and rubbing to the folds the only defects. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. This copy signed (without dedication) by the author to the upper margin of title page. One of four historical novels published at the end of Fitzgerald's career, after she "had finished writing about the things in my own life, which I wanted to write about." Other books written around this time were set in Italy, Moscow and Germany. 'The Gate of Angels' was her penultimate work, and is set in 1912 at St Angelicus, a fictional Cambridge University college. Fitzgerald had been inspired to write about Cambridge in the 1910s after researching her family history for 'The Knox Brothers', an essay she published in 1977. Her uncle had been a Classics scholar, and a contemporary of M. R. James. The protagonist of 'The Gate of Angels', Fred, and his provost Dr Matthews (a medievalist, paleographer and author of ghost stories), can be seen as loosely based on these two characters. The plot follows Fred as he wakes up after a bike accident in bed with a stranger and fellow casualty Daisy Saunders. Fitzgerald once claimed that this book was the only one of her novels to have a happy ending. The work was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in the year of publication. Loosely inserted is a Bookmark for the 1990 Booker Prize Shortlist. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Run of eight first editions, first printings and one early second impression; one signed; in Fine or Near Fine condition: The Golden Child, 1977; Offshore, 1979 (Winner of the Booker Prize); Human Voices, 1980; The Bookshop, 1980 second impression; At Freddie's, 1982; Innocence, 1986; The Gate of Angels, 1990 (signed to the title page by the author without dedication; The Blue Flower, 1995 (short stories); The Means of Escape, 2000. No previous owners' marks throughout; all in original cloth bindings with largely hard spine tips and sharp corners; very clean and tight end papers and text blocks throughout; not price clipped. Heavy set of 9 books will need additional postage. Signed by Author(s).…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Reprinted 1990. Publisher's black boards with gilt spine lettering. A fine copy in a near fine D/W that would be fine save for an almost imperceptible 2cm indentation in laminate at front. Internally pristine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE: "MARGARET -/ BEST WISHES - PENELOPE FITZGERALD/ FEB : 1991". Signed by Author.…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. SIGNED COPY. Publisher's black boards with gilt spine lettering. Green end-papers. A near fine copy in like D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page. A nice copy. Photographs/scans available upon request. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression in Near Fine condition. Signed by the author to the title page without dedication. Very clean and bright original cloth binding with firm spine tips and corners to the boards; very clean and tight text block. Dust jacket condition: Near Fine: not price clipped. Signed by Author(s).…

dj. First Edition. First edition. Presumed review copy with publisher's "Compliments" slip laid in. INSCRIBED BY FITZGERALD on title page to Rolland Comstock, "Rolland - with best wishes -/ Penelope Fitzgerald/ May 1991." A Booker shortlisted title, her fourth to be nominated for the prize. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed.…