Murder Cathedral, Signed (20 results)

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Signed by author on title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Later printing. From the collection of poet WD Snodgrass with his signature on ffep. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & foxing on edges of text block. Pencil notations throughout. Price clipped dj quite worn with toning & small stains in a mylar cover. Signed by Other.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. SIGNED by author on the title page; there is wear around the corners with some folding. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: F/F. ISBN: 0002325977 Fine/Fine. Hardcover, signed by author on title page. Clean, square, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket. First British Edition. Hardcover and dust jacket both like new with no faults to note except publisher paper quality is low with some tanning. Signed by the author on the title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1ST. An Outstanding Copy - Signed By The Author On The Title Page. Signature Only. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st edition, with complete number line beginning with 1. Pages beginning to age-tone else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. Humorous. Westonbury Cathedral has been dominated by a clique of High-Church gays, so when Norman Cooper, an austere, intolerant evangelist is appointed dean, there is shock, outrage and fear. David Elworthy, the gentile and politically innocent new bishop, is distraught at the prospect of warfare between the factions and cries on the shoulder of his old friend, the redoubable Baroness Troutbeck, who forces her unofficial troubleshooter, Robert Amiss, to move into the bishop's palace. Soon there is a clerical corpse in the cathedral. Signed by Author. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. Signed by the author on a bookplate. 2nd printing. Foxing has occurred on the edges of the pages.

87 S. Second Printing. Mit einer handschriftlichen Signatur von Mary Hunter an Leonard Bernstein (Namensstempel auf dem vorderen Vorsatz). Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200 8°. Orig.-Leinen (Kanten etwas berieben).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ condition (DJ). Early edition. 86 pages of text. Original hardcover cloth binding with minor rubbing to the extremities, and a small bump to the top of the spine. The price-clipped dustjacket has small chips, scuffs, tears, and creases, and has uneven discoloration to the spine; protected in archival Mylar. Signed on the title page by the author under his printed name "T. S. Eliot" with no further inscription. Laid-in loose is a color illustration of the author which is a reproduction of the portrait painted by Wyndham Lewis in 1938. The text is clean and unmarked. The copyright page states [1.3.47] which we interpret as being a 1947 reprint. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very curious inscription wherein the original inscriptee, Michael Macdonald, is crossed out and Richard Durnin is added. Whether it was done by Eliot or Durnin is unknown. Binding, cover boards and text Near Fine. DJ VG with very minor chips at corners. Overall VG. Inscribed by Author(s).

1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Eliot, T. S. Meutre dans la Cathédrale. [Murder In The Cathedral] Signed. Association Copy, Inscribed By The Author Of The First French Edition Of Murder in the Cathedral. Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1946. 1st French ed. Publisher's Printed Wrappers. Sm. 8vo., 142pp. A fine copy showing very light use [hint of soiling / foxing to cover] in the original glassine, - unopened & unread. Inscribed & Signed by Eliot on title page to the noted French writer & translator of: James Agee, Penelope Lively, George Orwell, John Cowper Powys, F Scott Fitzgerald, Iris Murdoch, Thurber & others: "Inscribed for / Jean Queval / by T.S.Eliot". In the rare original Publisher's wraparound band. [22-30887]. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Murder in the Cathedral, TS Eliot, first edition, first print, Faber, 1935; inscribed two days before publication to the uncle of the woman who was Eliot's muse and object of intense and forbidden longing (as he was already married), Emily Hale. 'Inscribed for Dr. John Carroll Perkins by the author T. S. Eliot 11.vi.1935'. Emily Hale was brought up by John Carroll Perkins and her aunt Edith Perkins after her mother became unable to look after her. Eliot wrote more than 1,100 letters to Emily Hale between 1930 and 1957, once declaring: I would literally give my eyesight to be able to marry you. TS Eliot and Emily Hale stayed with Emily's uncle and aunt the Perkins during the summer from 1935 to 1939 in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England. Book is in very good condition, with a tear to the hinge of the first front endpaper and a further tear to the top edge of the same page; tape mark to the top edge verso. Two small patches of abrasion to the front pastedown endpaper. Slight fraying to the cloth at the spine edge and light wear to the corners. Light pencil marks through book (erasable). Very good dust wrapper, not price-clipped, with a light marks and wear to the edges. A fascinating association copy; rare inscribed, especially in the month of publication. Please contact me for postage costs outside the UK as I will need to calculate insurance costs for this book due to its high value. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Faber and Faber, London in 1935 (The first complete edition, having been slightly preceded by an acting edition). The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Some light spotting to the blank end-papers and a little toning to the text-block. Free from inscriptions. Some pages remain uncut. A very small tear to the lower edge of pages 7 and 9 which is likely to have been a production fault in the cutting of the pages. The WRAPPER is complete and is in exceptional condition. Just a a hint of toning to the spine. The red colouring to the spine remains unfaded. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the author to the title page. The book is housed in a custom solander box with marbled inserts, gilt titling and a silk tie. A very sharp copy. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by T.S. Eliot on a laid in signature. A beautiful copy. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is vibrant in color with minor wear to the spine and edges. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL cloth from the publisher. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with a hint of wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A sharp copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED T.S. Eliot First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Folio. 2 Bl., 24 Bl. Original-Radierungen auf starkem Bütten. OLeinen-Schachtel mit montiertem Rückenschildchen. Diese Mappe mit den 24 einzeln signierten und numerierten Radierungen wurde 1970 von Adolf Hürlimann, Zürich, in einer einmaligen Auflage von 50 Stück herausgegeben. Unser Exemplar trägt die Nummer 1. - Sehr schöne Erhaltung. Sprache: deutsch.

First Edition - American. Signed by the actor Paul Rogers who played one of the Knights sent to assassinate Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170, in the film version of T.S. EliotĠs play Murder in the Cathedral. Signed twice by Rogers - on the title page and on his portrait on page 130. Rogers has also appeared in Beau Brummel, Our Man in Havana, Billy Budd, Stolen Hours, The Shoes of the Fisherman, The Looking Glass War, etc. With prefaces by T.S. Eliot and George Hoellering. Illustrated throughout with 6 color plates, 48 pages of monochrome illustrations of stills from the film, and 69 line drawings. Includes the complete screenplay for the film, with a few minor cuts and alterations, along with new scenes for the film written by T.S. Eliot exclusively for this publication. Near fine bright copy with just a touch of edge wear in a slightly used dust jacket with some shallow chipping along the top of the spine and front panel, a 1/2Ó piece near the bottom of the spine, and some small tears and chips. The film was directed by George Hoellering, and starred John Groser as Thomas Becket, Alexander Gauge as Henry II, and, Leo McKern (of televisionĠs "Rumpole of the Bailey" fame) as a Knight in one of his earliest film roles.

Zürich, Adolf Hürlimann 1970. 40 x 28 cm. 2 Bl. und 24 teils farbige Original-Radierungen auf Bütten. Alle Radierungen von Guldenschuh einzel signiert, nummeriert (3/50) und datiert (69). Lose in Original Leinen.-Kassette. Nr. 3 von 50 Exemplaren. Kassette gering angestaubt, Radierungen sehr sauber.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. Later edition. Signed by T. S. Eliot on the title page and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's original red cloth boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slight fading to spine cloth, toning to pages and small vintage bookseller ticket to front pastedown. In a Fair dust jacket, unclipped, tattered, worn, fragile at the folds and with large chips missing.

1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Eliot, T. S. Murder In The Cathedral. Signed. Folded card stock 2pp., 5" x 7"1/2 folded in very good or better condition, mildly foxed Special performance of this, his cornerstone play at Westminster Cathedral Hall, January 18th (1939). Neatly signed by Eliot in blue fountain pen at the top of the front cover. A rare item as such. $1775. Signed by Author.