John Piper by Piper, Signed (34 results)

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. NrF/Fine. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JOHN PIPER, on front endpaper. Inscription reads, '25th FEBRUARY 2010/To dearest ---/with love from/John Piper'. An historical novel concerning the 1868 St Petersburg Declaration. Combining rip-roaring adventure with international politics, this thought provoking novel about establishing a just balance between military and humanitarian concerns in the field of warfare. Light bruising to tail of spine; else a near fine copy, in a fine d/w, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JOHN PIPER. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed.

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten Card Signed by Artist John Piper. Dated 1978. A short note about sending his autograph. John Egerton Christmas Piper 1903-1992 was an English painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows and both opera and theatre sets. His work often focused on the British landscape, especially churches and monuments, and included tapestry designs, book jackets, screen-prints, photography, fabrics and ceramics. Size is 150mm x 95mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17341. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. John Piper (illustrator). Limited Edition. Signed limited edition of 650, this No. 257. Bound in the publisher's quarter buckram and marbled boards, light edgewear, and bumping to the spine ends. Top edge gilt. A lovely signed limited edition, illustrated with colour lithographs by John Piper. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This copy signed by both authors on title page. Well produced collection of John Piper's celebrated topographical works. 184 p., illustrations ; 30 cm. First edition, first edition. Grey cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to edges, spine faded, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated thick card color wraps. ALS laid-in. Exhibition: 30 November, 1983 - 22 January, 1984. Color and b&w illustrations. 152 pp. Square, sharp and tight. Scarce with ALS laid-in. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten Letter and Envelope Signed by Artist John Piper. Dated 1963. Letter reads 'Dear Mr Giles, Thank you so much for your letter. I have not worked at Glyndebourne for more than 10 years - the last 'Don Giovanni' but one was the latest thing I did there - and I fear I have no sketches whatever that are relevant to productions there. They all disappeared long ago! I am so sorry. Yours sincerely, John Piper'' John Egerton Christmas Piper 1903-1992 was an English painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows and both opera and theatre sets. His work often focused on the British landscape, especially churches and monuments, and included tapestry designs, book jackets, screen-prints, photography, fabrics and ceramics. Size is 205mm x 140mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17362. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten Letter Signed by Artist John Piper. Dated 1971.The letter reads 'Dear Miss Denby, Thank you so much for your letter. Of course I will sign those unsigned pictures. Do come in with them when you are visiting Marlow Common. I am so glad they give pleasure. We shan't be here next weekend, nor a good bit of the week after (12th - 15th) but if you happen to be around 16-17-18 time we will welcome you, or the week after. A telephone call will (as they say!) ensure satisfaction. Yours sincerely, John Piper' John Egerton Christmas Piper 1903-1992 was an English painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows and both opera and theatre sets. His work often focused on the British landscape, especially churches and monuments, and included tapestry designs, book jackets, screen-prints, photography, fabrics and ceramics. Size is 210mm x 150mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17306. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by all 4 Contributors: Peter Munday and Duncan Butchart and John Ledger and Steven Piper. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 464 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK(if180). Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Piper's paintings of Stowe in Buckinghamshire. Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery, London, 1983. Hardcover. Condition is Very Good. This is Number 257 of 300 which is signed by the artist John Piper. Set in Monophoto Baskerville series 169 sixteen point body and printed under the control of John Parfittat Westerham Press on 100% rag on Fourdrinier paper specially made for the edition at the Rives-sur-Fure Mill of Arjomari-Prioux in France. Housed in black cloth slipcase. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Piper's paintings of Stowe in Buckinghamshire. Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery, London, 1983. Hardcover. Condition is Very Good. This is Number 257 of 300 which is signed by the artist John Piper. Set in Monophoto Baskerville series 169 sixteen point body and printed under the control of John Parfittat Westerham Press on 100% rag on Fourdrinier paper specially made for the edition at the Rives-sur-Fure Mill of Arjomari-Prioux in France. Black cloth slipcase with some wear. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Piper's paintings of Stowe in Buckinghamshire. Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery, London, 1983. Hardcover. Condition is Very Good. This is Number 106 of 300 which is signed by the artist John Piper. Set in Monophoto Baskerville series 169 sixteen point body and printed under the control of John Parfittat Westerham Press on 100% rag on Fourdrinier paper specially made for the edition at the Rives-sur-Fure Mill of Arjomari-Prioux in France. This copy does not come with the slipcase. Some sun fading to cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Printed by The Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge for the Chilmark Press, New York, 1968. Original navy quarter Morocco, navy cloth slides, original slipcase. Size 305mm x 225mm (12"x9"). pp42 + 4 leaves + 10 leaves of extra engravings. One of only 110 numbered special copies signed by the author, artist and engraver. Printed on Wookey Hole mould-made paper. Superb and special book. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by John Piper. Limited edition this being number 25. Book is in very good condition. No slipcase. Colour illustrations throughout. Large and impressive volume. Signed by Author(s).

Farbige Kunstpostkarte (Benjamin Britten memorial window, Aldeburgh Suffolk, 1979) rückseitig in schwarzer Tinte eigenhändig signiert.

Hardcover. Condition: See Description. The Author (illustrator). 1st Edition. ELIZABETH PIPER SIGNED ETCHINGS : 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; [4], 12, [24] pages. Publishers original binding in half leather. Unfortunaley, these covers have been damaged by water at some point. The rear board has a large circular area { see images to follow soon } of damp damage, this has penetrated the rear most pages to include the margin of Engraving No 12. There is the faintest of evidence to plate No 11. All else, the text block and the first 10 enravings are fine. All remain securely cased. The upper panel has an area of damage to cloth at the foredge. The book itself is very uncommon and I am pleased to offer this, due to the aforementioned at a much reduced price. Engravings of this quality do command good prices. Not only do we have the block, but all 12 Engravings/Etchings. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: Chatto & Windus The Hogarth Press 1983). First UK Edition. INSCRIBED BY JOHN PIPER. Publisher's grey cloth with dark blue lettering to the spine. Minor foxing to the fore and top edges otherwise a near fine copy in a price-clipped D/W that is VG indeed although slightly faded to the edges of the back panel. Inscribed by John Piper on the title page: "For Serena & Jimmy/ with best wishes from John Piper/ 6 April 1986". Photographs/scans available upon request. Signed by Author.

hard cover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. First published. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. D.w. Signed by John Piper on title page. 86pp. Woth a frontis.and 7 plates, all in black, brown and white. d.w.somewhat foxing and sl.worn at spine. Top edge sl.darkened. E.ps.sl.foxing. [f1301-171409]. signed.

hard cover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. First edition. First published. d.w. Gray cloth. Blue top edge. Signed by John Piper on title page. 34,(1)pp. With 4 coloured drawings by John Piper, Lithographed at the Baynard Press. d.w.chipped and torn. Boards and spine sl.foxing. Top edge sl.damp stained. E.ps.sl.foxing. [f1302-171410]. signed.

FIRST EDITION limited to 100 copies 'numbered and signed'; this copy inscribed 'Number 4 of 20 [out of series] numbered copies. For Marjorie, Love, Love, Love, as always. Tambi 14 July '72'. Lg. 4to., (320 x 245), pp.32(8) - 'Mary's Song and Trio and Chorus from the score by Elizabeth Maconchy' + colophon. Colour frontispiece, two full-page & seven vignette drawings by Piper; a handsome production on handmade paper, printed by the poet's husband, the Printer to the University, Oxford, Vivian Ridler. Very good in original buckram-backed decorated boards and card slip-case (minor damage), backstrip faded. Meary James Thurairajah Tambimuttu was a Tamil poet, editor, critic and publisher, who for many years played a significant part in the literary scenes of London and New York City. Better known as 'TAMBI', a publisher of poetry in London, notably as founder-editor of Poetry London and as editor Editions Poetry London (1940s) and Lyrebird Press (since the late 1960s). 'Tambi arrived on a steamer from Ceylon in January 1938 aged 22 claiming descendance from the Kings of Jaffna. The undisputed future King of bohemian London, he was determined to establish himself as the West's foremost publisher of poetry'. Christopher Fletcher The Independent, 6.3.05. 'Majorie' is almost certainly the historian, theologian & Oxford academic Marjorie E|thel Reeves 1905-2003, whose path would likely have crossed that of Tambimuttu in the Oxford of the 1950s & '60s.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Collins, London in 1942. Number '34' in the 'Britain in Pictures. The British People in Pictures' series. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just some light offsetting and spotting to the prelims. Free from inscriptions and erasures. A hint of rubbing at the spine tips and edges. The WRAPPER is complete and is exceptional near Fine condition. The wrapper is protected in a removable archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by John Piper to the title page. A handsome production with 8 plates in colour and 28 illustrations in black & white. Scarce with such attributes. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original quarter venetian red cloth, colour printed sides to the book, gilt title stamped lettering to the spine. 4to. 12½'' x 9''. Hand written number 288 of 384 Limited Edition copies SIGNED by 'Hugh Fowler-Wright'. Contains 176 printed pages with 250 illustrations throughout, mostly in colour. In Fine unused condition, acetate protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9780955834325 ART [British].

Condition: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original claret cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, claret end papers. 4to. 10½'' x 8ĵ''. Contains 224 printed pages of text with monochrome works throughout. Fine condition book in in very near Fine condition dust wrapper with light dust spotting to the tops of the inner flaps. Neatly taped on the rear side to the front free end paper is a folding colour Christmas Card 9'' x 4'', being a reproduction of the original drawing by John Piper for the tapestry, woven by The Edinburgh Tapestry Company in 1975, for the entrance hall of Sedgwick Forbes House. The design is based on five of the old gates to the City of London, the appearance of which is known from engravings. SIGNED 'John and Myfanwy Piper' (artists second wife), Sedgwick Forbes House, 33 Aldgate High Street, London. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0436565900 ART [British].

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, the deluxe casebound issue, limited to just 80 numbered copies printed on Lana cotton rag paper, bound into cloth, and signed by John Betjeman, Boyd Harte, Phillida Gili and John Piper [this being #77]. Slim 8vo. Unpaginated. Paper-covered cloth. A minor scuff to the tip of the front free endpaper, else a fine copy with virtually fine dust wrapper. Laid-in are two signed typewritten letters from Ray Carter to fellow Betjeman scholar Peter Gammond. A superb copy of the deluxe issue of this catalogue of a 1983 exhibition at St Paul's School. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition thus, the deluxe issue, #91 of 100 copies (out of a total edition of 1000), printed on hand-made paper, specially bound and signed by both John Piper and Osbert Sitwell. Tall 8vo. xvi, 113pp. Green niger morocco with two raised bands, gilt lettered at the spine and with a gilt-stamped reproduction of one Piper's lithographs to the upper board, and a gilt-stamped publisher's motif to the lower board. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Piper provides a two-colour frontispiece and five two-colour lithographs, three of them double-spread. A little toning to the edges of the endpapers and pastedowns, and a touch of wear to the occasional over-hanging fore edge leaf. Partially erased inked former owner name to the head of the front pastedown. A virtually fine copy, lacking the dust wrapper and slipcase. The second edition of Sir George Sitwell's first published book, a lengthy essay influenced by his study of Italian gardens, which was first issued in 1909 by John Murray, and is here significantly enhanced by Osbert Sitwell's thirteen-page introduction and Piper's splendid lithographs. Signed by Author(s).

32 x 23cm. Hardcover with worn slipcase, 42pp. Signed by John Piper at front colophon, with an inscription "for Jeanne & Sherman [Stonor] with much love from John & Myfanwy, Christmas 1968" [the Hon. Ralph Robert Watts Sherman Stonor (only son of Lord and Lady Camoys of Stonor Park, Oxfordshire) and Jeanne Stourton (i.e. Dowager Lady Camoys)]. Undated publication, but c.1968. A lavish production printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press in Cambridge, but published in New York by the Chilmark Press. Illustrated paper-covered boards. The book is illustrated with ten drawings by John Piper engraved on wood by Reynolds Stone with a descriptive note by John Piper. Bound at the Cambridge University Press. One of 240 copies, of which this is numbered 121. Page edges rough cut. Interesting provenance: the Stonors were a landed aristocratic British couple, occasional patrons of artists such as Reynolds Stone - their daughter Julia Camoys Stonor wrote a memoir of Jeanne Stonor in 2006 alleging that her mother had murdered her husband in 1976, and that she was a Nazi sympathizer and had adulterous relationships with other men including Joachim von Ribbentrop. Some splitting to slipcase, which is fragile and in a perilous state. Book is in very good condition indeed.

Folio. First edition. Limited edition of 300 copies of which this is number 208. Signed by John Piper on the limitation page. Original marbled cloth binding by Smith Settle. Gilt to spine. Printed on French rag paper at Westerham Press. In matching cloth slipcase as issued. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Fine in fine slipcase. 'Mr. Piper may go where he likes in the house and grounds, and is not to be molested'! The artist's responses to Stowe are reproduced in a magnificent production. Uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. A Signed Limited Edition; Number 239 of 300 copies signed by the Artist. Folio (497 x 400 mm), Publisher's patterned cloth, colour illustrations by Piper, housed in Publisher's slipcase. Published by the Hurtwood Press in association with the Tate Gallery, 1983. A fine copy in a near fine slipcase. This production shows John Piper's works of Stowe in Buckinghamshire; a place he regularly visited and had a great affection for. Of Stowe, Piper stated: "There is no end to the things one can paint there, and dream about. Mark Girouard, commented on Stowe: A diamond which flashes in a different way, depending on the angle one looks at it." John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (13 December 1903 28 June 1992) was an English painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows and both opera and theatre sets. His work often focused on the British landscape, especially churches and monuments, and included tapestry designs, book jackets, screen-prints, photography, fabrics and ceramics. He was educated at Epsom College and trained at the Richmond School of Art followed by the Royal College of Art in London. He turned from abstraction early in his career, concentrating on a more naturalistic but distinctive approach, but often worked in several different styles throughout his career. Piper was an official war artist in World War II and his wartime depictions of bomb-damaged churches and landmarks, most notably those of Coventry Cathedral, made Piper a household name and led to his work being acquired by several public collections. Piper collaborated with many others, including the poets John Betjeman and Geoffrey Grigson on the Shell Guides, the potter Geoffrey Eastop and the artist Ben Nicholson. In his later years, he produced many limited-edition prints. (Tate Galleries.) Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Folio. First edition. Limited edition of 300 copies of which this is number 45. Signed by John Piper on the limitation page. Original marbled cloth binding by Smith Settle. Gilt to spine. Printed on French rag paper at Westerham Press. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Spine faded and with a tiny split to the cloth at the foot. A short scratch to the back board. Contents clean and fresh. Near fine. 'Mr. Piper may go where he likes in the house and grounds, and is not to be molested'! The artist's responses to Stowe are reproduced in a magnificent production. Copies 1-50 included two signed prints by the artist. These are not present in this copy. Uncommon.

FIRST EDITION, no.38 of 50 copies with the aquatint frontispiece hand-coloured by Piper, signed by artist & author; lg.4to., pp.160; aquatint & four lithographs specially drawn for this book, 24 colour & 217 monochrome illustrations; a very good copy in original buckram & dust-wrapper (small loss from spine panel); slip-case a little worn but serviceable. Orginal Signed Aquatint Art Refrence.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, number 21 of 300 numbered copies, each signed by John Piper. Elephant folio (50" x 40"). 47pp. Original publisher's marbled cloth. Printed on 100% rag Fourdrinier paper especially made for the edition at the Rives-Fure Mill of Arjomari-Prioux in France. With fifty colour and duotone plates showcasing Piper's paintings of Stowe in Buckinghamshire, plus a 'visual index' of thumbnail reproductions. The merest hint of wear to the base of the backstrip, else in fine state. No dust wrapper, as issued. The first fifty copies - of which this is one - were issued with two additional signed prints, but these, alas, are no longer in situ. A quite magnificent book, produced under Rowley Atterbury's Hurtwood Press imprint (Atterbury studied under Berthold Wolpe at Faber and went on to become a pioneer of colour printing and computer typesetting. This is one of a number of his projects which is now deemed to have set new standards in the field). Most uncommon. Levinson 180. Signed by Illustrator(s).