Shadowboxing, Signed (4 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First. This is a fine, as new, first edition paperback copy, black spine. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Paperback first edition, 2006. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE PAGE. This book is in very good condition - price in ink on half title page; tanning to pages around the edges; crease down spine of front cover. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Cream paper covers with black lettering, glossy with toning along outer edges. Binding is tight and secure. Pages are clean and crisp with light creasing in top right corner. Printed in B&W. 51 pages. Copyright page dated 1979. Signed by author in blue ink on half-title page, inscribed "Mary, with thanks and every good wish," dated "September 1984." A very nice copy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book. Signed by Author(s).

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Floridly SIGNED in full by the Australian author in blue ink on title page. With round sticker to front cover: "Queensland Government - Queensland Premier's Literary Awards - 2006 Shortlist". From inner front flap: "Shadowboxing is a collection of ten linked stories in the life of a boy growing up in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy in the 1960s. A beautifully rendered time capsule, it captures a period of decay, turmoil and change through innocent, unblinking eyes". The cover of the book features a photograph of Smith Street, Fitzroy, in 1967. From inner rear flap: "Tony Birch has published short fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction, and has also worked as a writer and curator in collaboration with photographers, film-makers, and artists. He has a Master of Arts in creative writing and a PhD in urban cultures, and currently teaches creative writing at the University of Melbourne". Shadowboxing is his debut novel. Printed in Australia. Bound in publisher's original pictorial wraps with foldover French flaps. Slight shelfwear, otherwise a very nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 178pp. Scarce signed copy. SB-59. Signed by Author(s).