Lost Books Set, Signed (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Complete set of three. ALL are SIGNED and INSCRIBED, " Best Wishes Bill Gulick. These copies are NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE, unclipped ( $12.95 each) DJs designed by Frederick Porter and dated, 0588, 0688, and 0788 on bottom back flaps. Exteriors are rich and clean with only hints of wear, spine letterings are bright. Edges, tips, and spine ends are sharp. Insides are otherwise unmarked, crisp, and tight. Scattered foxing/toning to page edges/ EPs. All are "A Double Western" All are stated First Editions. All DJs are bright and clean with very modest wear/ toning around the edges. ISBN's are 038524164x, 0385241658, and 0385241666. PP. are 179, 186, and 185. Individual SIGNED copies of ANY of these three are SCARCE. NO SIGNED SETS such as this found anywhere in current commerce. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Set of 5 First UK Edition/First Printings, all with the correct number lines for a 1st printing; All books Fine/Fine; All books SIGNED by Jasper Fforde with his usual "Jasper" signing. An outstanding set of the Thursday Next series; critically acclaimed and exceedingly popular; uncommon together in a set, all in F/F condition and all signed. Only some mild foxing to the page edges of "The Eyre Affair" keep this set from rating as new; promotional postcards are laid in the last 3 novels. No book is remaindered, price clipped, or ex-library; the set will be carefully packaged and shipped in a sturdy box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. You are purchasing a RARE SLIPCASE SET of TWO BOOKS. The SET is comprised of: Wandering Soul (The): Glimpses of Life and Lost Poetry (The). Tartarus Press. Coverley House, Carlton, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 4AY, United Kingdom. Published in association with PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire, HU18 1PG, United Kingdom. 2005. WANDERING SOUL (The): GLIMPSES OF LIFE. ISBN 10: 1904619304. Hardcover. Sewn Binding. pp 384+ix. UK FIRST EDITION. AS NEW and an UNREAD copy. One of 150 LIMITED EDITION HAND numbered copies. The copy for sale is Number 136 of 150. Full Print Run Limited to 500 copies (only 150 numbered copies). Presented in a dark blue cloth hard Slipcase. SLIPCASED EDITION OUT OF PRINT. Compiled and Introduced by Jane Frank. Foreword by Mike Ashley. Printed lithographically on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in dark blue wibalin cloth, stamped in silver, with a dark blue silk ribbon marker, head and tailbands and d/w. Illustrated. Fine book in Fine dust jacket. Please see the photographs attached to my listing to verify the condition of this book. LOST POETRY (The). ISBN 10: 1904619312. Tartarus Press. Coverley House, Carlton, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 4AY, United Kingdom. Published in association with PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire, HU18 1PG, United Kingdom. 2005. Hardcover. Sewn Binding. pp 384+ix. HAND SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION. AS NEW and an UNREAD copy. One of 150 LIMITED EDITION HAND numbered copies. The copy for sale is Number 136 of 150. Full Print Run Limited to 500 copies (only 150 numbered copies). Presented in a dark blue cloth hard Slipcase. SLIPCASED EDITION OUT OF PRINT. HAND SIGNED by the compiler, Jane Frank on the title page in black ink. Compiled and Introduced by Jane Frank. Foreword by Mike Ashley. Printed lithographically on 130gsm acid-free paper, and bound by Bath Press in dark blue wibalin cloth, stamped in silver, with a dark blue silk ribbon marker, head and tailbands and d/w. Illustrated. Fine book in Fine dust jacket. The Slipcase is stamped in silver on the spine. The Slipcase is in NEAR FINE, and has a very faint, diagonal surface mark on the back, but is otherwise in Fine condition. The mark does not break the Slipcase cloth surface. THE WANDERING SOUL CONTENTS (part): 'Foreword: The Last Redoubt' by Mike Ashley, 'Introduction: The Wandering Soul' by Jane Frank, References. Avenues to Publication: 'Physical Culture: A Talk with an Expert', 'From the Blackburn Evening Telegraph', 'Physical Culture Versus Recreative Exercise'. 'Health from Scientific Exercise'. Love of the Sea: Aboard the Canterbury, Ship's Log, Glossary. Story-telling through Slide Lectures: 'A Sailor and His Camera', 'Through the Heart of a Cyclone', 'When the Sea Gets Cross', 'A Cyclonic Storm', 'Through the Vortex of a Cyclone'. The Light that is on Land and Sea: Portfolio of Photographs. Speaking His Mind: 'Is the Mercantile Navy Worth Joining? Certainly Not', 'The Poet vs. The Stonemason', 'The Trade in Sea Apprentices,' 'The Peril of the Mine', 'How the French Soldier Deals with Spies', 'A Pen Picture of How Frenchmen Fight', 'The 'Emergency Door' of the Sea. 'Out Boats'', 'An Old French Woman and Her Chickens'. Sentiment Through Verse: 'Boy Billy Boo-Hoo', 'Little Feet of Maggie Lee', 'The Heart Cry', 'Monsieur les Vidoques', 'Tramp! Tramp!', 'Nevermore', 'The Ocean of Eternity', 'Sea Revelry', 'One Nation Are We', 'Pillars of the Empire'. REVIEWS: The major fantasy small press publication of the present century so far, in my opinion, is . The Wandering Soul, a magnificent compilation of material from the archive of William Hope Hodgson. I confess to being seriously envious . there was no way that any effort of mine would have achieved the same magnificence. - George Locke, Ferret Fantasy. Language: eng. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3vol.set: 364,424,&388pp.; HBs red w/gilt-5 band-gilt tirm; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; spines darkened-vol.2w/chip(included); lt.&medium foxing throughout,but clear, & tight pgs. circular stain,ft.endpapers,vol.I. pub.date reads: "1805. - XIII." Title trans.; "Works of Jacques Delille: Paradise Lost, Translated into French Verse" Signed letter by publisher, Michaud tipped in, title. Preface&Remarks in French. Contents in English&French pgs. Vol.I: Livres I, II, III. Vol.II: Livres IV, V, VI, VII, VIII. Vol.III: Livres IX, X, XI, XII. Signed by Author(s).