John Koch, Signed (5 results)

hardbound. b&w illustrations (illustrator). FROM THE LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR CHRISTOPHER KOCH; Signed 1st Edition, being an Association Copy from Molony to Koch - the inscription to title page reads "Christopher, Much good has also come Out of Ireland congratulations John Molony 29 -X - 99", the reference being to Koch's novel 'Out of Ireland', first published in 1999; biography of Thomas Davis, a figure of great significance to Irish Nationalism and the Young Ireland movement in the mid-19th Century; Very Good and clean throughout, dustwrapper very lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good. Dustwrapper. 385pp. 8vo. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

Plastic comb binding. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Gold cover, sticker on front panel. Author signed title page. Oversized genealogy of the allied Mann, Eppler, and Koch families of Missouri. Rebecca Eppler married (1) John Jacob Mann, who immigrated from Germany in 1837, and (2) Jacob Koch, a widow with three children, and together they had four more children. Illustrated with numerous family photographs. Index. ; MCN35163; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 204 pp; Signed by Author.

hardbound. b&w frontispiece plate (illustrator). FROM THE LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR CHRISTOPHER KOCH, being his working copy for the novel 'Out of Ireland' (in which the character Robert Devereux is loosely based on Mitchel); both volumes flat signed/dated 'Koch Hobart, 1992' to half-title page; this copy was also previously owned by Flora L. Shaw (Lady Lugard), British novelist and prominent journalist in the Victorian era, who is also known for having given Nigeria its name - in the late 19th-century she was Colonial Editor for The Times, and spent time in Australia and New Zealand in 1892 - the title page of volume one is flat-signed 'Flora L. Shaw' to top rh corner; Dillon's Life of John Mitchel in two volumes; the majority of Koch's underlinings appear in volume one, which also shows 4 page references in Koch's hand in ink to rear endpaper; b&w frontispiece plate shows a photogravure of Mitchel by Annan V. Swan; a unique copy of an already scarce two volume set, with both the Koch and Flora Shaw associations; includes a 32 page Kegan Paul, Trench & Co's catalogue to rear of volume 2; apart from the annotations, the condition of both volumes is Very Good throughout, with some minor toning to edges of pages, and some minor foxing to endpapers and prelims; boards lightly rubbed, with light worn patch to front board vol.1; both vols with shelfwear to boards and corners lightly knocked. no dustwrapper. 655pp (lii). 2 volumes 8vo. G-VG with ink and pencil annotations by Christopher Koch G-VG with ink and pencil annotations by Christopher Koch.

Original Typed Contract of Howard Koch, John Huston, and John Houseman giving over the rights to their play to Otto L. Preminger, signed by Howard Koch, 2 pages. A Reduced Photographic Copy of an Original Typed Contract of between Preminger and Koch dividing the percentages for film, radio, amateur performances, etc. White text on a black background. 6 pages. Stapled at top edge, else fine. A Photographic Copy of an Original Typed Contract between Koch, Huston and Twentieth Century-Fox to write the screenplay In Time to Come based on their earlier play. Black text on a white background. 11 pages. Stapled at top and side edges, else fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stapled catalog separated at spine. Spine mostly split. Interior wonderful. Inscribed by Koch on title page to Ed Bryant art critic/historian. Rare in every sense of the word. Inscribed by Author(s).