Joy Street: Signed (6 results)

Condition: As New. Signed Copy . Like New dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by author on front endpage.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Price clipped on front flap. Jacket also has severe chipping and a large tear on back. Pictorial end pages are free of bookplates or handwriting. No hinge cracks. Signed by the author on half title page. Page also has gift inscription from another person. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Signed by Keyes. No dust jacket. A little soiling on cover. One page torn. Very Good condition overall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Octavo. Pp. 490. First edition, first printing. SIGNED ON THE HALF-TITLE BY FRANCES PARKINSON KEYES. A novel about Beacon Hill, and a young couple dealing with class distinctions. With many Boston details. Good only in blue cloth boards, rubbed at extremities, lightly soiled, with a tilt to the spine. Drawings at chapter headings by Sue Storey Shaw; dust jacket by Doris Beer; beautiful grisaille endpaper views of Louisberg Square by Thomas Fransioli. Price-clipped dust jacket has tears and one-inch chips, now in mylar. Bookseller's ticket and owner's label on endpapers. Sue Storey Shaw; Thomas Fransioli; Doris Beer (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Fine Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Unique. A series of 20 leaves bound into a presentation full grain crushed morocco "Designer" binding initialled "D. B-W 1986". The 20th century art abstract design in two colours black and salmon pink with gilt embossed titles down the spine and the tips of what I assume to be piglets tails in the design. The 20 original ink drawings with the full rhyme are mounted and set into separate pages on black art card on the right hand sides only. The size is quarto or 27.5 x 22.5 cm (11 x 9.5 inches. All held in a clam shell box with cloth lining, box has slight wear, contents Fine. Sold as a collection of 20 drawings. Accompanied by a copy of the 1933 "Eleven Joy Street Annual" with these illustrations and rhyme at page 61 onwards. *Note on the artist: There is little known of the artist, either birth or death, she illustrated a number of books between 1932 and 1940, this series on Paddy Pig was published in Number 11 Joy Street in 1933, probably drawn in 1932. She illustrated an edition of Alice in Wonderland in 1940 which appears to be her last published work. Was she killed in the war? **See Alan Horne "Dictionary of 20th Century Book Illustrators". The "one off" Presentation binding is a lovely & unique example of 20th century art designer bindery craftsmanship. Initialled inside back board, name not found. A Copy of the Joy Street Annual Number Eleven will be included in the purchase price. Irene Mountfort (illustrator). Signed by Author and Artist.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Very Good in Fair dust jacket Foreword by Marshall Andrews. Black and white photographs and maps. Second printing. INSCRIBED by the author to Major James. D. Schultz (his book-plate on front paste-down) in 1963. Slight spine slant, else very good in a fair (heavy edge wear with long tears and tape repairs on the verso, chipped at the crown of the spine and front corners, creasing) dust jacket with the original $4.95 price on the front flap.; 322 pages; Signed by Author.…