Joking, Signed (20 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. paperback, pictorial gloss card covers, inscribed to a previous owner and signed by the author, 60pp. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, WRITTEN TEXT UNMARKED. 1.0. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 33 pp. Inscribed by Matthews on front free endpaper. Fine in original lettered wrappers. Signed.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, signed by the author ['Best wishes, John Taylor, 18.12.94'] otherwise no inscriptions, appears little used. 76 pages; Signed by Author.

Pamphlet. Condition: Good. Pamphlet 32 Pages, Not marked; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author.

Red Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. Signed by Author 146pp. Signed by Mike Yarwood to the title page. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Slight bump to the head of the spine, concealed by the wrapper. Fresh and clean. Dust wrapper not price clipped. Very slightest of fading to the spine of the wrapper. Slight shelf wear to the wrapper edges. A near fine copy. ISigned by Author.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 141pp. Or card. Slight edge wear to cover. SIGNED with non-personalised inscription to half-title page. Experiences in the life of a New Zealander now living in Australia including his experiences in the New Zealand Infantry. Emphasis on humour. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Nr Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 33pp. Nr fine/no jacket. Fawn thin card covers with black lettering on yellow title plate on front cover. Gift inscription "For Igor and Julian" written by author on ffep, signed and dated December 1983. No other inscriptions. Touch of shelf wear to top edge near spine. Slight sun fade to colour at spine. Printed at The Stinehour Press (Vermont, USA) - printers' name and motif appears at end page. No publisher's name is given nor address. Clean inside pages. Appears unread. This book is the fourth of nine poetry titles listed in the Princeton University Library collection of TS Matthew's work. Thomas Stanley Matthews (1901-1991) was a well known journalist with Time magazine in New York, who eventually became its editor (1949-1953), before moving to live and work as a writer in England. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. Wraps. pp 33. Poetry. Signed presentation copy: 'For Desmond & Dorothy/ from their incurable friend/ Tom/ December 1983.' Desmond & Dorothy= D. & D. Harmsworth. Very good indeed. Excellent condition. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. DJ with some edge wear, a few tears and creasing. Stciker to front.

Card. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Slight fading to pink/grey covers, otherwise undamaged. Internally inscription to ffep runs thus:'For Frank and Ceci from Tom December 1953'. Remaining contents unblemished. Pp 33 + (2). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 216. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper, "Best wishes, Alan Ayckbourn." ISBN: 0701124024 About fine in faintly rubbed, very good indeed dust jacket. Signedes.

, 216 pages, SIGNED by Author at title page "best wishes Alan Ayckbourn" First Edition , slight bumping to spine and corners, light pencil marks to front free endpaper, the book is in very good condition , the dustwrapper has been price clipped and is lightly marked, it is in very good condition , red cloth with gilt lettering to spine , 20.5cm x 13.5cm Hardback SIGNED by Author ISBN: 701124024.

A rare signed 2nd printing of the Nobel Prize winner's celebrated memoir, offered at a very reasonable price. Now over 40 years old, the book and dust jacket are in excellent condition -- please see the images; the spine has faded, as is common with this title, but overall this is a very collectible copy. Feynman has boldly signed his full name on the half-title page. He continues to be a cultural touchstone, not just for his ground-breaking insights in physics, but also for his pivotal role in the space shuttle Challenger inquiry. This book was purchased on ABE years ago and has been well cared for.

Penguin Books, London. 1982. 328 pages. SIGNED presentation copy from the author "To Neal with good wishes Alan Ayckbourn" to title page. Sl. staining and damp damage to front cover and lower margin of pre-lims.

Schöner Brief (2 S. 8 to) mit Empfehlung, Unterschrift signiert - über sein Verhältnis zum Fußballer / soccer und seine favourite footballer.

First edition of this collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and one of the greatest scientific minds of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Richard Feynman on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike McIver. Told to Ralph Leighton. Edited by Edward Hutchings. Richard Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. Here he recounts in his inimitable voice his experience trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek; cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets; accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums; painting a naked female toreador. In short, here is Feynman's life in all its eccentricâa combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah. âA storyteller in the tradition of Mark Twain. He proves once again that it is possible to laugh out loud and scratch your head at the same timeâ (New York Times Book Review).

First edition, early printing of this collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and one of the greatest scientific minds of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author to his cousin on the half-title page, "To Frances Lewine Hi Franky - send me your book -- you ought to write one- it's easy, all you have to do is tell all those wonderful stories of yours to some friend with an open tape recorder. Richard." The recipient, Frances Lewine was known as a champion for the rights of women journalists throughout the 1950's, 60's, and 70s and worked to fight discrimination. Growing up near Feynman and his sister in Far Rockaway, Lewine was assigned to the White House in 1956 as a reporter covering the activities of first ladies and Washington society. In 1965, the same year Feynman won the Nobel Prize for Physics, Lewine became the first full-time female White House correspondent. Just over a decade later, she joined the administration of President Jimmy Carter and became the Department of Transportation's deputy director of public affairs in 1977. After Carter left office, Lewine joined the Cable News Network as an assignment producer and field producer at the age of 60. As her professional career, her letter, and Feynman's inscription suggest, she had many colorful stories to tell. In an unpublished letter to Feynman dated October 23, 1965, Lewine wrote "I have spread the word all over Washington-- including the White House that I am a close relative of the Nobel Prize winner-- and I am basking in glittering reflected glory. .'three cheers for Richard Feynman----and his cousins and his sisters and his aunts.' . Aside from clucking like [I'd] won the prize myself, I have been busy at the White House with LBJ's gall bladder." (Courtesy family of Joan Feynman). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mike McIver. Told to Ralph Leighton. Edited by Edward Hutchings. Signed examples of this book are rare; inscribed copies are rarer still; and association copies are rarest of all. Indeed Feynmanâs signature has become something of a âFeynman storyâ of its own. The legendary physicist, it seems, who understood so much, could never understand why people collect autographs. He asked one collector, âCould you please write and explain it to me?â To another he wrote, âIâm sorry to have to inform you that I do not send autographsâ; and then he signed the letter, thereby sending an autograph. He even made a bet, once, on how many times he would have to sign his name in connection with a certain speaking engagement. He lost. Requests for Feynmanâs signature were referred routinely to his secretary, who returned instead a printed card saying firmly that âProfessor Feynman has found it necessary to refuse all requests for autographs.â Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Richard Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. Here he recounts in his inimitable voice his experience trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek; cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets; accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums; painting a naked female toreador. In short, here is Feynman's life in all its eccentricâa combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah. âA storyteller in the tradition of Mark Twain. He proves once again that it is possible to laugh out loud and scratch your head at the same timeâ (New York Times Book Review).

First edition of this collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and one of the greatest scientific minds of the twentieth century. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Richard Feynman on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Mike McIver. Told to Ralph Leighton. Edited by Edward Hutchings. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Signed first editions are exceptionally rare and desirable. Richard Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. Here he recounts in his inimitable voice his experience trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek; cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets; accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums; painting a naked female toreador. In short, here is Feynman's life in all its eccentricâa combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah. âA storyteller in the tradition of Mark Twain. He proves once again that it is possible to laugh out loud and scratch your head at the same timeâ (New York Times Book Review).

A collection of materials pertaining to Richard P. Feynman's involvement in Theatre Arts at the California Institute of Technology (TACIT), with all materials from the estate of Shirley Marneus, who founded TACIT and directed stage productions there for over 20 years. Highlights include a signed copy of Surely You're Joking, Mr. Fenyman! New York: W.W. Norton, 1985. Ninth printing. Near Fine with foxing to the top edge and lesser so to the fore edge and endsheets, corner crease to page 127/128; in the original dust jacket which is spine-faded; and a first edition of the posthumously published Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman, inscribed by Feynman's daughter, editor Michelle Feynman, to Marneus: "For Shirley, I know my father thought the world of you - as do I. All the best, Michelle Feynman". Additional material includes: The original cast information sheet for what is perhaps Feynman's most memorable role, the High Priest in TACIT's 1982 production of South Pacific, which includes Feynman's contact information, as well as costume measurements including his shoe and hat sizes; The rehearsal schedule for South Pacific, which notes a production meeting with Richard Feynman and fellow Caltech physicist Robert B. Leighton, who played the High Priest's assistant; Programs for six of the productions in which Feynman appeared and is credited: Guys and Dolls, South Pacific (four copies), The Lady's Not for Burning, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Kismet, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; Cast list, organized by scene, for TACIT's 1978 production of Fiorello!, in which Feynman appeared as a gangster; the 1983 Caltech Faculty Roster, in which Feynman is identified as the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics alongside his portrait; 18 copies of a memorial program insert dedicating an unnamed production to Feynman "who brought the same compassion, integrity and sense of joy to each of his roles as he did to all other aspects of his life," listing all eight TACIT productions in which he appeared. Some toning and soiling to the programs with staining to several copies of South Pacific; Guys and Dolls is hole punched along the left margin, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is folded in half. Feynman was already regarded as the most brilliant, influential, and iconoclastic figure in his field when Marneus approached the theoretical physicist, who had been a member of the Caltech staff since 1949, about performing in a 1977 production of Guys and Dolls. Feynman recalled this moment in his irreverent memoir Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman, ".at Caltech there's a group that puts on plays. Some of the actors are Caltech students; others are from outside. When there's a small part, such as a policeman who's supposed to arrest somebody, they get one of the professors to do it. It's always a big joke - the professor comes on and arrests somebody, and goes off again. A few years ago the group was doing Guys and Dolls, and there was a scene where the main guy takes the girl to Havana, and they're in a nightclub. The director thought it would be a good idea to have the bongo player on the stage in the nightclub be me." Feynman was known to be an enthusiastic bongo player, after having developed a passion for samba music during his 1951-52 sabbatical in Brazil. In her remembrance of Feynman for The California Tech, a campus weekly, Marneus recalled, ".immediately, he wanted to find out more about the stage, about acting, how to do it well, to really go for the principles of the form. And though his research, classes, conferences kept him on a rigorous schedule, he always made time to come back to TACIT, each time fresh yet more skilled, each time challenging himself. Finally, as the Sewer King in The Madwoman of Chaillot, he pulled off a little jewel of characterization - a mix of wry humour, weary insight, delicious dubiety determined that the 'good guys' in the play should at least have a chance to win. The subtleties and loving details of his performance, how he 'saucered 'n blowed' his tea with an elegant lift to his pinkie finger, were noticed by a reviewer who praised his work. This worried him: 'Now I gotta be good!' He was. He was just the best. While he suffered no flatterers and few fools, his in-home courtesy was incredible. For instance, while he was rehearsing for Kismet, he was appointed to the President's Commission on the Challenger explosion. He called me the same night to explain and to ask if I'd understand if he quit the show.".