Kept by Taylor, Signed (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First UK edition/First Printing. Mylar protected. WITH WRAP-AROUND BAND. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A nineteenth-century-style mystery, packed with literary illusions. First Edition. One of 100 copies signed and numbered by the author. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, with a wrap-around belly band designed to look like a book clasp. Egg-stealing in the Scottish Highlands, fraud and felony on the streets of London, and strange goings-on in the Fens, 'Kept' is a Victorian mystery about the extreme and curious things men do to get what they want.

Condition: Very Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket: Light shelf wear. Unclipped. Includes the original wrap-around band. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: First printing. Black cloth binding. Foxing to page edges, otherwise in clean condition throughout. Inscribed, signed and lined by the author to title page. . Overall book condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xii, 431. Signed by Author.

First edition, first printing. Signed and dated by the author. Fine in fine dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Signed and dated (2 iii 06) on the title page by the author. An unread copy. The origina, unclipped dust jacket is protected by a clear, removable cover. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. A fine unread 1st impression in a fine dustwrapper, Signed by the Author on the title page. Complete with intact promotional wraparound. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. UK HB 1/1 Signed, Numbered (83 of 100) Super copy, unread, The Author has Hand Stamped a printing of a Blackbird - As New copy and includes the wrap around band. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. UK PB 1/1 Signed, Lined('It was late in the afternoon of an April day in the year of our Lord 1864') and Dated('2nd February 2006') - Fine Condition - Uncorrected Book Proof(ARC) - Scarce with these Attributes. Signed by the Author.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 431 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket and Very Good condition paper wraparound. Spine is black with gilt and white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "£16.99" on front flap. Textblock has moderate age-toning along edges and throughout interior; interior has mild bending wear along head fore corner from front free endpaper-p. 11. Signed flat and dated "16 ii '06" on title page by D.J. Taylor. Shelved Room C. 1404256. Special Collections.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 431 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket and Very Good minus condition paper wraparound. Paper wraparound has mild shelving wear along extremities, small tear along front head edge, moderate sun-fading. Spine is black with gilt and white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "£16.99" on front flap. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine tail. Textblock has moderate age-toning along edges and throughout interior. Signed flat and dated "16 ii '06" on title page by D.J. Taylor. Shelved Room C. 1404262. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, SIGNED, STAMPED with blackbird illustration, NUMBERED out of 100. This SPECIAL BLACKBIRD EDITION was commisioned by the top London Independant Bookseller, Goldsboro Books Ltd. THERE ARE ONLY 100 OF THESE WORLDWIDE. From the Publisher Madness, greed, love, obsession, Machiavellian plotting and a great train robbery? in a captivating Victorian mystery about the extreme and curious things men do to get - and keep - what they want. Synopsis Egg-stealing in the Scottish highlands, fraud and felony on the streets of London, and strange goings-on in the fens. Captivating and ingenious, full of suspense and teeming with life, "Kept" is a Victorian mystery about the extreme and curious things men do to get what they want. In August, 1863 - Henry Ireland, a failed landowner, dies unexpectedly in a riding accident, leaving a highly-strung young widow. Not far away lives Ireland's friend James Dixey, a celebrated naturalist who collects strange trophies, a stuffed bear, a pet mouse, and a wolf that he keeps caged in the grounds of his decaying house, lost in the fog on the edge of the fens. The poachers, Dewar and Dunbar, with their cargo of pilfered eggs; Esther the observant kitchen maid, pining to be re-united with her vanished admirer; the ancient lawyer Mr Crabbe made careless by snobbery; John Carstairs, in search of his cousin, the elusive widow; an enigmatic debt-collector, busily plotting an audacious robbery; various low-life henchmen; and Captain McTurk of Scotland Yard, patiently investigating the circumstances of the Mr Ireland's death and many other things besides - all are drawn into a net of intrigue with wide and sinister implications. Ranging from the lochsides of Scotland to the slums of Clerkenwell, and from the gentlemen's clubs of St James's to the Yukon wilds, "Kept" is a gorgeously intricate novel about the urge to possess, at once a gripping investigation of some of the secret chambers of the human heart and a dazzling re-invention of Victorian life and passions. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 431. Original publisher's black cloth lettered gilt at the spine. Signed by the author on the title page. Blind stamp on title page stating this is number 5 of 'An Exclusive Signed First Edition.' 'Flat-Signed.' (I.e. simply signed without a presentation to anyone.) No other nscriptions, not price-clipped. Signedes.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. An as new First printing in a likewise unclipped dustwrapper and the important wrapround band. This immaculate copy is SIGNED to the title page, Publication Day Dated 22.11.06 and First Lined " I will happily declare." An outstanding unread copy in the very finest collectable condition. Signed and First Lined and Dat.

1st edition stiff wrappers Nice Copy octavo xii + 210pp., b/w pls., index, Signed by Jacob Birnbaum on end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This is a UK SIGNED LIMITED EDITION hardcover printing of this title, published by Chatto & Windus in 2006. It is number 34 of 100 copies. The jacket is Very Fine and unclipped - it states £16.99. The jacket comes with the rare wraparound promotional band, in the design of a clasp. The book is Very Fine with straight spine, sharp corners and firm spine ends. The copyright page has the numbers 1-10 present to confirm the first edition state. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition / Limited Edition. A SIGNED UK first edition, first impression - with a complete number string which includes the number 1. The Goldsboro LIMITED EDITION - signed by the author on the title page, blind-stamped and numbered, 54/100. With hand-stamped black-bird on the title page. Also with wrap-around decorative band imitating an old book clasp. One of 100 copies thus. The Wrapper : The wrapper on this copy is very bright, is unfaded, and is complete. It is unclipped. Looks very sharp. The Book : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners sharp. The pages and closed page edges are clean - both are slightly creamy. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. No remainder marks. This copy has been FLAT SIGNED by D J Taylor to the title page. A lovely copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page, blind-stamped and numbered, 36/100. Also, hand-stamped black-bird on the title page. With wrap-around decorative band imitating an old book clasp. A lovely copy. Fine / Fine.