Obituary, Signed (70 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. A Mariner paperback original; first printing, full number line. Signed by the author on the title page: "Porter Shreve." The book is unmarked; spine cocked but uncreased; wraps smooth; one page is corner-creased; sleeve protected. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. SIGNED 1ST/1ST. Signed by Author(s). Book.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. Signed by the author. First edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A Mariner trade PBO that has been SIGNED by Porter Shreve on the title page! A well-received first novel that Tim O'Brien has called "Taut, compelling, and moving.beautifully written, engrossing from start to finish." Shot through with affectionate humor, "The Obituary Writer" introduces an author of rare talent and enormous heart. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing, a trade paperback original. Arranged alphabetically, this is "a fascinating, off-beat, and darkly humorous necrology that provides the grim, often outrageous details about the passing of influential persons. Meticulously researchedemploying archaeological records, published obituaries, official documents, and forensic evidencethis authoritative, one-of-a-kind reference presents the unabashed truth about a multitude of celebrity deaths, while examining the various deeds, misdeeds, and lifestyle quirks that hastened the demise and determined the departed's role in history and popular myth." SIGNED on the half title page. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Includes a list of the official causes of death on their death certificates. Sources. 241 pp plus credits. Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers. .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Printing, flatsigned on half title page, not remainder, not price clipped, dj protected in clear plastic cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. MacMurray & Beck, Inc.; (1996). Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated "First printing May 1996" with no number line and no suggestion of any later printings. 9-1/4" tall, 370 numbered pages; one piece medium green cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine only, boards plain; plain ivory end pages. Book is square; binding is solid; head and heel of spine very slightly bumped; upper corners very slightly bumped; contents clean and unmarked. Jacket is clean and crisp with very light general wear; publisher's original price "$22.95" on front flap; no tears, chips, or fading. Condition of book and jacket consistent with having been gently read. No other discernible or objectionable faults on book or jacket such as marks or writing within, stains, tears, chips, or other damage that would diminish its appearance. No remainder mark, no previous owner markings or inscriptions, not price clipped, not a book club edition, not a former library book. Signed in thin blue felt tip pen by author on title page beneath the title and his printed name. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: VG-. First Edition. Black cloth, ruled in blind, front panel device and lettering in gilt. Cloth is faded a bit unevenly and somewhat flecked on both panels, with modest shelf wear. Lacks front flyleaf. Slight paper loss to edges of front pastedown and a front blank from insect chewing, contents otherwise intact. 39 pp. Frontis. portrait, with slight paper residue from a small area of adhesion with title page (now separated). Inscribed on a front blank by Ross's widow, Ellen L. Ross, the former Ellen Lyman Phipps of Boston, whom Ross married on 4 Dec. 1870. Ross himself was from Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a Democrat and delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed Associational. Book.

Condition: FINE. First printing. The author's very highly praised -and genuinely original - first novel: "A burlesque on death, resurrection and dinner. . When Bennett stumbles one night into a gangland slaying, his life of moral virtue and culinary vice is turned upside down." SIGNED on the title page. 370 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original 2001 First edition hardback copy of "The Linden: A Story of Hope", by Bud Wilkes in dust jacket. Measures 5 3/4" X 8 3/4", 137 pages. Signed by the author Bud Wilkes (1924-2016) on front endpaper, "To John and Millie With Every Good Wish Bud Wilkes" Also included is Mr. Wilkes's obituary from the Savannah Morning News. An outstanding story of hope in World War II. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition ~1st Printing Hardcover SIGNED and inscribed by author, his 1st novel, just a hint of spine lean, else VG/VG.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN 1603500065. Trade Paperback. Inscribed by author on title page. Very Good Condition. Tight sound copy with minor rubs to edges and corners of covers. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Inscribed by Authors.

Condition: FINE. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The author's very highly praised -and genuinely original - first novel: "A burlesque on death, resurrection and dinner. . When Bennett stumbles one night into a gangland slaying, his life of moral virtue and culinary vice is turned upside down." SIGNED on the title page and dated 7/9/96, in the year of publication. 269 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

Condition: FINE. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Part literary mystery, part love story, this is a novel about the lives of two women in two different eras and the surprising connection between them - Claire in 1960 when Kennedy is president and Vivien in 1919 who is still searching for her lover who disappeared in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. SIGNED on the title page. 292 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. A rather uncommon advance issue.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust. First Edition. Former library book with minor marks as such. The jacket is protected in an archival sleeve, but the flaps were adhered to the inside of the covers. Very nice else! ; SIGNED and numbered limited edition to 1,000 copies, this is number 697. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 472 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second printing. Signed by the author on the title page: "Ann Hood." The book is unmarked; slight spine slant; corners sharp, spine ends unbumped; age-toning to the pages. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $26.95); Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: FINE. First printing. Part literary mystery, part love story, this is a novel about the lives of two women in two different eras and the surprising connection between them - Claire in 1960 when Kennedy is president and Vivien in 1919 who is still searching for her lover who disappeared in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. SIGNED on the title page. 292 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

hardcover. Condition: Fine. Signed. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Spine a little rolled else near fine in about fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to noted American poet Daniel Hoffman, and with a letter laid in from Akst to the poet thanking him for inspiring him whne he took his class 19 years earlier. Also with a retained copy of the poet's reply.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 380 pp., index, bibliography, endnotes, photographs, maps, facsimile documents. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with no inscriptions. The author's life long interest in the McLaurys has resulted in this book. He interviewed family descendants and mined their sources, government correspondence, and letters that have never before been published to reveal the human lives behind the storied events. For the first time the events of the O.K. Corral gunfight are presented from the viewpoint of the McLaurys, two brothers who lost their lives and reputations, and a family who tried in vain to find restitution. COLLECTOR QUALITY. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by author on title page appears unread but text block darkened (off white - cream) fine boards & fine unclipped D/j - Guaranteed posting 24hrs from Cornwall St127 Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light grey boards with brown spine and silver lettering on the spine. 292 pages. Dust jacket is a little loose and is scuffed at the bottom of the spine. Binding is square and tight. Pages are clean and unmarked. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Linda, Ann Hood". Overall a very nice copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HBDJ,1978, 1st edition, with #1 Intact in Number Line, Minor rub,wear, tiny chips Tears Extremities DJ, , VG+/ VG+, AS-IS, Salmon cloth lettered Gilt spine, Book Slight Lean, 205 pages, Interior relat ively Nice, tight Clean. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Wrappers. Inscribed by the author, "To Anthony Hobson, this memoir of an old friend, from Edward M. Wilson 8 March, 1973"; loosely inserted a typed letter signed from the author to Hobson, 1p. 8vo, Cambridge, 28 February 1973. Rodríguez-Moñino, Professor of Spanish at the University of California, Berkeley, had just completed a Diccionario bibliográfico de pliegos sueltos poéticos. Inscribed by Author(s).

Facsimile Edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; slightly edge-bumped and dust-toned as with age. Light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Presentation copy. Series; Oxford Historical Society ; 56. Physical description; xliii, 153 pages : plates ; 36 x 24 cm. Notes; Added title page in colors: Liber obituarius Aulae Reginae in Oxonia. Text in Latin and English. Subjects; Queen's College (University of Oxford). Registers. Obituaries. England. Oxford. Religious calendars. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern). England. Oxford. Facsimiles. Universities and colleges. England. Oxford. History. Sources. Oxford (England). Church history. Sources. 3 Kg.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition Thus. A Bound Volume Of Original Newspapers, With Articles Famous For Their Environmental Consciousness, Issued Between January 2, 1989 And December 18, 1989. Signed On The Ffep By Ed Marston, Betsy Marston, Florence Williams, Kay Henry Bartlett, Steve Hinchman And Linda Bacigalupi. Includes A Full Page Obituary/Tribute To Edward Abbey Who Died March 14, 1989, Written By Steve Hinchman And A Two, Full Page Profile By Bruce Hamilton (March 27Th Issue). Extra Postage Required. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Advance reading copy. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Inscribed by the author to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco. Containing a blurb from Delbanco on a preliminary page and circled in pen by the author. A novel.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Kerry McCaffety (illustrator). First. Introduction by Andrei Codrescu. Illustrated throughout with color photographs by the author. 128 pages. Large square 4to, black boards, d.w. (New Orleans: Pontalba Press, 1998). First edition. Very slightly musty, otherwise a near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, inscribed by the author on title page.

The story of the most famous Motor Racing Managers. Foreword by Stirling Moss. Signed with dedication to the title page. Plus a newspaper cutting from "The Times" of 23-8-2001 of "Wilkies" obituary. The d/w has slightly sunned.

Facsimile Edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; slightly edge-bumped and dust-toned as with age. Light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Presentation copy. Series; Oxford Historical Society ; 56. Physical description; xliii, 153 pages : plates ; 36 x 24 cm. Notes; Added title page in colors: Liber obituarius Aulae Reginae in Oxonia. Text in Latin and English. Subjects; Queen's College (University of Oxford). Registers. Obituaries. England. Oxford. Religious calendars. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern). England. Oxford. Facsimiles. Universities and colleges. England. Oxford. History. Sources. Oxford (England). Church history. Sources. 1 Kg.