Sand Pebbles, Signed (7 results)

Stapled Card Stock. Condition: Very Good+. First Printing. The book is inscribed and signed by the author on the first page. The book is very good+ with slight edge wear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Signed by Author(s).

1970. (Card covers) Near fine. 34pp. SIGNED. Poetry.

Stapled Paper. Condition: Very Good ++. 3'rd Printing. A note, verso back cover of this 40 page booklet, says that some of these poems have previously appeared in the Heralds of Calgary and Lethbridge, as well as the Regina Leader Post. Three titles, for flavour, are : `The Play Off', `The Toiler', and `Tuition '. UNillustrated. Photo of author on first page. Dedication is to Beryl's mother. Aithor has sugned - with a gift inscription - the first page. Cond :Dark brown cover with orange lettering. Orange cover graphic has a lone woman looking out to sea. .Volume is clean and square and bright. No marks nor tears. Collectible ! ! QUote (p. 19) : " It can't be bought with riches, And it usn't won with fame, And those who really find it, Never knowits name. If we make ._._.-. . " Size: 8vo. Signed by Author.

CHAU3558 This is a superb opportunity to secure this stunning large 10" x 8" hand signed photo for Richard Crenna?in his epic lead role in The Sand Pebbles who has personally autographed the souvenir where his signature rests perfectly accompanying his portrait ?in mint?condition and undedicated?too. You wont source better.".Crenna starred in such motion pictures as Made in Paris (1966), Marooned (1969), Breakheart Pass (1975), The Evil (1978), The Flamingo Kid (1984), Summer Rental (1985) and Sabrina (1995). His first success came on radio in 1948 as high school student Walter Denton co-starring with Eve Arden and Gale Gordon in the series Our Miss Brooks. Crenna continued with the comedy in its 1952 move into television. He also starred as Luke McCoy in the television series The Real McCoys (19571963). In 1985, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his portrayal of the title role in The Rape of Richard Beck (1985).".

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Stephen Dwoskin (illustrator). First edition. A pleasing signed first edition of this very scarce volume of poetry by Louis Newman. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper.The first edition of this very scarce work.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A lovely series of poems by Louis Newman, whose mother emigrated from Russia to America, where he fulfilled a degree in accounting. His security of this position allowed him to spend more time carrying out his deeper interest in poetry, with influences including Stanley Kunitz and Henry Wells.With original drawings throughout by Stephen Dwoskin. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with shelf wear to the spine head and tail. Dust wrapper is very smart, with edge wear to the spine head and tail and minor marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Author's ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Near Fine. signed by author. book.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Signed. First Edition. Stated first edition. Signed by the author on the half-titlle page, in Chapel Hill, dated 1962, without personalization. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector, shows minor wear and slight chipping on the edges, later state. Minor foxing on the edges, pages are lightly tanned and clean. A copy in near fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Orange cloth with gold lettering, 597 pp., South China map on end papers. Signed by author on half title page "Richard McKenna, Chapel Hill 1962". Spine slightly slanted, corners bumped with a little chipping to bottom corners, slight edge wear, owner's name on front paste down. Pages 181-189 sunned except for about 1" strip at top, otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. A little spotting to top and leading edges. Dust jacket in new Brodart, price clipped, spine sunned, some darkening and edge wear, some chipping along top edge and at base of spine, 3/4" chip at base, 3/8" chip at top of rear flap, 1" tear from top of front flap. Author's only novel, winner of the 1963 Harper Prize, and later made into a movie that included Steve McQueen in the cast. "A gripping novel of adventure aboard a Yangtze River gunboat at the very moment of China's bloody awakening to its new destiny. It is the story of men, a ship, and a way of life engulfed in a tidal wave of revolution. But most of all it is the story of Jake Holman, a tough young American sailor who finds himself caught between the perils of love and the madness of war. "; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; Signed by Author.