Melons, Signed (11 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Lawry, Vance (illustrator). 1st Edition. [6], 22pp, [1], staple bound in illustrated stiff paper covers, Signed by the Author "May 31, 1999 / Todd Walton" on the half title page. From the personal collection of Author and Anthropologist Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, with her notation of the title page. BOOK SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Signed First Edition. Near Fine book in a Near Fine dustjacket. Signed.

Condition: FINE. Later printing. A biography and introduction intro to the work of Japanese haiku poet, "Brother Issa" (Kobayashi Yatora, 1763-1827), whose deep love for the natural world is reflected in more than 30 poems included in this lovely book. Biography and translation by Gollub, Japanese calligraphy by Keiko Smith, and beatiful full-color illustrations by Kazuko G. Stone. SIGNED on the title page by Matthew Gollub with the word 'haiku' in both English and Japanese characters. Includes notes on the life of Issa, on the translations, and on haiku. Large format, unpaginated. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Kazuko Stone (illustrator). An attractive, fine copy in a near fine, mylar protected DJ. Inscribed, dated, and signed by the author on title page; 5th printing; Slight wear to DJ and DJ edges, 4to., 40 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0. Inscribed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Illustrated by Kazuko G. Stone (illustrator). Stated First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition, third printing. SIGNED, dated and inscribed to "My Teacher" from the author in ink on front free end paper. Book is firm in binding, color illustrations throughout, several plates, crisp interior. Protected, unclipped, dustjacket, is bright and crisp. Glossy, pictorial boards, pristine. The author translated the haiku of the Japanese poet Issa and wrote the story. Beautiful color illustrations with captions in Japanese script accompany English text. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED First Edition Hardcover- glossy pictorial boards- in FINE Condition. INSCRIBED on half-title: "For Chris, - Irreplaceable wonders from the past.-- Amy Goldman." Other than author's inscription, INTERIOR PRISTINE: clean, tight, bright. illustrated throughout with color photographs, most full page. With Commercial Sources, Bibliography, Index. A beautiful volume, rare in a signed copy.Carefully shipped. Inscribed by Author(s).

Pictorial boards. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. Kazuko G. Stone (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. INSCRIBED on the title page by Author Matthew Gollub & Calligrapher Keiko Smith with EXTRA CALLIGRAPHY, 4to (8 5/8" x 10 5/8"), glossy pictorial boards by Kazuko Stone, who has profusely illustrated the book with full-color artistry, fine calligraphy along margins by Keiko Smith, green endpapers, N.P. [40] pages. MATTHEW GOLLUB is an award-winning children's author, entertainer, musician, and storyteller. He does this while speaking four languages: English, Spanish, Japanese and jazz! He has created 15 picture books which have won 25 national awards and distinctions. His musical narrations on CDs have been set to jazz to accompany some of his books. Kobayashi Issa (1763 1828), aka "Issa" [meaning cup-of-tea], was a Japanese poet and lay Buddhist priest known for his haiku poems. He is regarded as one of the four haiku masters. Gollub's retelling of Issa's life and over thirty of his best-loved poems, along with Kazuko Stone's sensitive and humorous watercolour paintings when combined with Keiko Smith's inspired calligraphy make this a classic introduction to Issa's work. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION & SIGNED by Author and Calligrapher on title page. No remainder markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Later printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. *** Signed by Author, Carol Ryrie Brink, on a book plate pasted on front end paper. *** Sixteenth Printing, 1968. A few pages around title page nicked on upper edge. Pages are clear of marks and notations. Binding is secure. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Or.bds. Dustjacket. 253pp. Many b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Inserted is a typewritten letter signed by Tom Garnett, critical of his publisher. The articles in the book are mostly about gardens and gardening.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First. First edition. London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1789. Octavo (9 13/16" x 6", 250mm x 153mm): A-Q8 [$4 signed; -A1]. 128 leaves, pp. i-iii (title, blank, preface) iv-xvi, 1 2-238, [2] (2pp. advertisements). [=xvi, 238, ii] With five engraved plates (sanguine). Bound in publisher's blue boards, rebacked to style, preserving the original spine label. Bottom and fore-edges untrimmed. Rebacked to style, with the original spine label laid down. Rubbing and soiling to the boards, and some loss to the front fore-corners (especially the lower). L2.3 unopened. A lovely copy, without foxing or toning. On Q8 (pp. 237/8), the blind armorial library stamp of Ri[chard] Grosvenor Bartelot FSA. Although the first pineapple was cultivated in the UK in the late seventeenth or likelier the early eighteenth century, a mania for them continued right through the Georgian period. Pineries, hothouses specifically for pineapples, became a grand statement of wealth and cultivation. The pineapple would come to be the table centerpiece par excellence, and pineapple finials on buildings became common in Britain; the pinnacles of the belltowers of St. Paul's Cathedral are golden pineapples. (Mrs Malaprop makes a very good pineapple-pinnacle swap.) John Abercrombie (1726-1806) established himself as the great Georgian gardening expert; with Thomas Mawe he wrote Every Man His Own Gardener (1767), an exceptionally popular manual. He was employed at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. His fame brought him to the attention of Catherine the Great but he sent a book rather than going himself to oversee her hothouses. The Hot-House Gardener was an invaluable tool for the widespread establishment in England of artificial climates, whether full glass houses or merely walled gardens with elaborate networks of pipes to ripen fruit early and more reliably. The Reverend Richard Grosvenor Bartelot (1868-1947) was long vicar of Fordington St. George, Dorset (after serving at Shrewton and Corfe Castle). There he preached 4,000 sermons. Bartelot served as editor of the Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries, and was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He descended from a long line of Bartelots (he re-antiquated his surname from Bartlett), and corresponded with Thomas Hardy (who was president of the Society of Dorset Men in London) on matters of local interest. Cleveland Herbal 589, Henry 402, Hunt 700.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st UK Ed. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. xii, 232pp. 23cm x 14.5cm. Contemporary paper-covered boards, later but not recent cloth spine with paper label. Extremities slightly rubbed. Small losses to spine label. First and last few pages slightly foxed, with occasional slight foxing thereafter. Pages uncut. Inscribed on the front free end-paper "To J. Backhouse York 1830 from the Author". Inscription from Author.