Goldengirl by Peter Lear, Signed (6 results)

Soft cover. 8vo. pp [iv], 377, [3]. Colour illustrated wraps. Signed by the author at the first endpaper; "For Dave, with every good wish, Peter (Lear) Lovesey. Sept 1978." Peter Lear was the Pseudonym of Peter Lovesey. ISBN: 0583128580 Good condition. Pages tanned throughout, and a little foxed at prelims. Some surface rubbing to covers and a little sunned at spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED by PETER LEAR " Peter Lovesey, aka Peter Lear) " on title page. Hardbound in dust jacket. 1st edition. Minor wear to dust jacket, otherwise very good. Signed by Author(s).

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed with a dedication by the author as Peter Lear (A.K.A. Peter Lovesey). Slight bump to bottom front corner and a small dent in the bottom edge of the front panel. Slight trace of a price in pencil to the front free endpaper. Page edges a little browned with a small black mark near the spine on the top edges and some other light marks to the top edges. The pages are a little browned but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Jacket has slight edge creasing. First printing. Signed by Author(s).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Sports Dystopia] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] 377 [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £3.95. Light rubbing, bumping and sunning out outer edges of binding and jacket. Near fine. A novel exploring the possible consequences, should Nazi eugenics and American marketing have ever come together in the world of professional sport. Signed.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. An excellent signed first edition of this psychological novel set at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Signed by the author to the title page.The first edition, first impression of this work.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.The 'Goldengirl' is Goldine Serafin, a superb American runner expected to take victory at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. However, when marketing man Jack Dryden is invited to join the consortium in wait for her win's payoff, a more sinister picture is revealed about her adoptive father.From British author Peter Lovesey, written here under his pseudonym Peter Lear. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with only minor bumping to the spine head and tail. Dust wrapper is very smart, with edge wear, heaviest to the spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author as both Peter Lear and Peter Lovesey. Very scarce thriller about a beautiful blonde powerhouse bred during the Nazi-era to take the Olympics by storm, and the machinations of a consortium of business interests in order to help her win. Basis for the 1979 film starring Susan Anton in her film debut.