Percy John, Signed (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Top edge gilt. Edges slightly spotted, some foxing of prelims. "Subscribers' Edition", with the (Will Carter, rust) book-label of the bookseller and crime writer George Sims; signed by the author at the foot of the frontispiece and by Thalben-Ball at the foot of his portrait, with an erratum slip tipped in at Eves's. Signed by Author(s).

Kleines Albumblatt mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift signiert Rs. mit aufgezogenem Bild, eigenhändiger Empfehlung, Unterschrift von ANNEMARIE HOLTZ (1899-1987).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by the author to Charles Morgan. Inscribed by Author(s).

FOTO, EIGENHÄNDIG SIGNIERT mit eigenhändiger Empfehlung (dito : Albumblatt mit aufgezogenem k. Orig.-Foto als General mit Unterschrift, darunter U. von JOHN PARIS , 1957 für Euro 25,-).

Cricket autobiography. Pat Pocock played cricket for Surrey from 1963 to 1986, earning a reputation as a fine off-spinner and a witty raconteur, usually against himself. He played for England on 25 occasions. 8vo. 168pp. Profusely illustrated. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed. Signed to half title-page by Pocock with a dedication to John Woodcock, the great cricket journalist and writer (who has also signed the fly-leaf). There is also a typed letter from Patrick Collins to Woodcock.

hardcover. 2010 First Edition. 233pp, Fine in Fine dw. A Limited Edition this is No.30 of 250 copies signed and numbered by Barry Imeson. He was a businessman, a soldier, an historian of mountaineering history but, above all, a mountaineer. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps/ pamphlet. pp 8 (unpaginated). No date (circa 1940). Signed to 'Janet' by John Masefield. Janet= Janet Ashbee, wife of C. R. Ashbee. With short signed letter to Janet Ashbee loosely inserted. Very slight browning at edges otherwise VG.

Pp.[xxxiv].280, dj sl. worn edges, end of front endpaper with fold marks, book in very good condition. Illustrated throughout and with the fine double-page title printed in red and white (by Reynolds Stone). Note: Barbara Kaye (Muir), Percy Muir's widow, purchased this copy at auction (Bloomsbury) and sold it to me after exhibiting it at the Cafe Royal in 1996. She added a pencil note to the front endpaper: "Presentation copy from co-editor [John Carter] to John Rayner. With cutting of review of book by Head Master of Eton Dr Robert Birley". John Rayner's tiny bookplate can be found inside front cover. Two enclosed Prospectuses, leaflets, 4pp., on the front of one which John Carter has added "John Rayner with the compliments of the author of the blurb [i.e. Carter] | 21 Mch 67". He has added the phrase "in depth" to "descriptions of books" on [p.2], excising "full" before "descriptions", and added the phrase "and printed in red" after the printed statement , "double-spread title page engraved by Reynolds Stone", concluding the blurb.