Puffball by Fay Weldon: Signed (3 results)
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.Good Books In The Woods
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. SIGNED by author in blue ink on full title page. "The theme is the way in which women, as the bearers of children, are at the mercy of their biological impulses; defined by their bodies often against their will." Ships same or next business day.…Bookplate of noted collector Rolland Comstock on paste-down endpaper. Head end of spine very gently bumped, head and fore-edges of text block are lightly soiled. Dust jacket has wear especially along head edge at folds, quarter-inch tear at head edge of front cover, small tear at head edge of back cover, and small tear at head edge of back flap. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages; Signed by Author.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1980
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: James N. Beal, TORONTO, ON, CanadaJames N. Beal
Contact seller3-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
US$ 95.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Book is virtually As new and, although read, is without any blemish whatsoever and is Signed and dated February, 1980 (the month of publication on the 18th) by the author on the FFEP (which also contains a very decorative, non-perso…nalized bookplate). Mylar-protected dustwrapper is unclipped(£5.95 net in UK), unfaded(including the spine), unrubbed, uncreased and without any corner or edgewear or any other blemish. In essence, a superb and thus scarce copy of the author's book included in the Callil-Toibin 1999 publication THE 200 BEST NOVELS NOVELS IN ENGLISH SINCE 1950. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1980
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 166.18
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A signed first edition of this supernatural drama novel by English author Fay Weldon, with the unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author, including a dated, dedicated inscription (Oct. 87) to the front free endpaper and the signature on its o…wn to the title page.First edition, first impression.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.'Puffball' centres on a young couple who move to the country and wish to have a baby. Their neighbours, through the use of herbs, meddle with this process.The themes explore the way in which women can defined by their bodies often against their will, and the notion of being at the mercy of biological impulses.A self-declared feminist, Fay Weldon's list of works frequently touch on women's issues, conflicts and relationships. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with minor bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is also very smart, with slight sunning and edge wear. Handling marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a few light spots to the endpapers. Near Fine. None (illustrator). signed by author. book.
