Set Fair, Signed (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. John Austen (illustrator). Two volume set. 30 x 19.5 cm. 772pp. Purple cloth spines with floral patterned paper over boards covers. Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Limited to 1500 sets signed by the artist John Austen on the colophon in volume 2 of which this is copy 1068. Lacking jackets and slipcase. Spines are faded. Closed tear to spine of volume 2 and some fraying to the head of the spine of volume 1. Joints partially cracked but holding.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This is a SIGNED LIMITED EDITION hardcover set of the Hollow Gods trilogy: 1) SMILER'S FAIR: This book is a UK SIGNED LIMITED EDITION hardcover, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2014. It is number 444 of 500 copies. Issued in pictorial boards without jacket, the book is Very Fine with straight spine, sharp corners and firm spine ends. The copyright page has the number 1 present to confirm the first edition state. 2) THE HUNTER'S KIND: This book is a UK SIGNED LIMITED EDITION hardcover, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2015. It is number 212 of 250 copies. Issued in pictorial boards without jacket, the book is Very Fine with straight spine, sharp corners and firm spine ends. The copyright page has the number 1 present to confirm the first edition state. 3) THE SUN'S DEVICES: This book is a UK SIGNED LIMITED EDITION hardcover, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2020. It is number 139 of 250 copies. Issued in pictorial boards without jacket, the book is Very Fine with straight spine, sharp corners and firm spine ends. The copyright page has the number 1 present to confirm the first edition state. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback trilogy - no dustjackets (as issued) - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - ALL 3 COPIES ARE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - all are numbered limited editions (not matching) - Pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: vg. Limited edition. Large quarto. XX, 365, VI, 366-772pp. Original red cloth over decorative paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Lacking dust jackets. Uncut. Decorative endpapers. Ex-libris of Lucy Smith Battson (ex Lucy Doheny) on free front endpaper of both volumes. Illustrated half title page, colored frontispiece and illustrated title-page on both volumes. Decorative headpieces. Beautiful edition of this classic novel, profusely illustrated with numerous full-page colored plates by John Austen. Limited edition of 1500 copies, this being No.258 signed by the illustrator. Minor age-toning on boards. Spines slightly faded and corners slightly rubbed. Bindings in overall very good, interior in fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 2014-20, 1st editions, 1st impressions. Set of three fine hardcover books. Titles - Smiler's Fair, The Hunter's Kind and The Sun's Devices. Unread, all three books are signed by the author and stamped with the limitation numbers 261/500, 200/250 and 200/250 respectively. Otherwise no inscriptions or other markings. This set of books is part of The Coetmor Collection which comes from a local book collector in North Wales. His particular area of interest is modern fiction. All his books are 1st Edition, 1st Impression, hardback, bought new by himself, and all in Fine or Near Fine condition. Signed by author on title pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth, TEG, untrimmed edges. 4 volumes. All limited editions, numbered, limited to 200 copies. All signed by Williamson to the limitation page. Book one is #54 of 200, with slightly sunned spine/extremities and slight corner wear, endpages toned. Book two is lightly soiled and insected to the cloth, #41 of 200. Book three is #15 of 200, cloth spine/extremities mildly sunned. Book 4 is #1 of 200, spine sunned with mild insecting to cloth, trace corner wear, endpages toned. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Author.

Hardback. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 1st UK, 1st and 2nd impressions. Very rare, highly collectable and desirable set of the first three novels in what became known as the Mortymer saga. Through several generations of this family, Cordell skilfully paints a very vivid picture of the nascent industrial Wales and how people react to the massive and swirling changes overtaking them. Highly readable, if not melodramatic in parts, but very well-researched and, commendably, geographically and historically very accurate. Very rare to have an almost complete signed set."Rape of the Fair Country" in 2nd impression is dedicated and signed by the author on the rear of the front endpaper to Jim Jenkins 'with kind thanks for the overdraft.' An included newspaper clipping from the Weekly Argus review of 17 January 1959 talks of a 'vivid tale.of slavery, brutality, immortality and drunkenness."A later press clipping of 1963 talks of Cordell's impending emigration to Hong Kong."Hosts of Rebecca" is signed on the front endpaper. There is some tanning to page edges. expected, age-related atrophy. No marks or inscriptions. Jackets suffer some losses to the first two books. They have survived well given the poor quality paper of the early wrappers. Two of the three books re first impression. .