Tie Binds, Signed (20 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. clean text, lengthy gift inscription by the author to his friend. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN. 2008. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Printing by Line Number. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant tip bumps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 167 pp 8vo. The notion behind this book is connectedness and community. The author has noted that the formal organized church has faced monumental change, spiritual inquiry has been sweeping the country. He offers powerful antidotes for the isolation and loneliness that are so prevalent in our contemporary society. Grounding his discussion in biblical and Wesleyan roots, he finds the method of overcome a disconnected church is to connect-with one another in the church, with children and youth, and the unchurched, with the Savior. A clean very presentable copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Fair. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on preface. Dampstained. (bartlett, bartlett family, florida, genealogy ).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine in wrappers. 1st. Fine in wrappers. A fine first softcover edition of Kent Haruf's first novel, signed by author on title page. Trade Paperback 246 p. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. B Specials EW: This regular size hardcover, first edition stated, is msigned by Haruf, (Haruf also wrote the novel Our Souls at Night and that was basis for Movie with Redford and Fonda, Our Souls at Night) Haruf died in 2014. This is a signed, fine copy in a fine dj off-white spine, red title. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1984]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price ($13.95); [8],246pp. Jacket a bit toned and very lightly rubbed at extremities, corners nudged, else Very Good and sound. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. The author's first novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second printing of the author's first book, hardcover, signed by Haruf on the title page, the book has a mild skew to the binding, bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, faint sunning to the spine with a touch of toning to the head and tail edges, and a red star remainder stamp to the tail of the text block. Overall, this is a solid, Very Good copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has bumps with mild creasing to the spine ends and corners, uneven toning across the exterior, and slight rubbing to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book has a light sticker ghost to flyleaf and a small spot to bottom edge of front board. Dust jacket has light edge wear. Overall there is age toning. Dust jacket protected by a removable Brodart cover. Signed by Author on Title Page.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition (SIGNED ARC). Faint signs of handling else fine -- photogr. wraps; title page SIGNED by author. ADVANCE READING COPY of KH's first novel. 246 pp. "This is strong stuff, and marvellous writing"---so blurbs John Irving, back cover. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket price not clipped. Dust jacket and book are clean with minor overall wear. Has a good binding, no marks or notations. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Printing. ; Presentation copy: "To Mac - almost a clansman - thanks for giving me the opportunity to share. Chuck 6/3/93." (Signed on the half-title to military historian and author Dr. Edward M. Coffman). Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. ; Black-and-white photographs; Large 8vo.; xi, 184 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The Tie That Binds is a powerfully eloquent tribute to the arduous demands of rural America, and of the tenacity of the human spirit.There is slight wear on bottom of spine with tape residue on top of boards. Signed by Haruf on title page. His first novel set on northeast Colorado plains with the tragedy of 80 year old Edith Goodnough caring for her father who lost nine fingers in a farm accident. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Kent Haruf's tragic first novel. A scarce book. The book has a touch of wear at top and bottom of spine. Dust jacket has a slight wrinkle at top of spine. A very nice copy. Signed on half title by the author. All our books ship in a box, and ship free within the US. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Clean, bright copy in mylar-protected dj. First novel by the highly respected author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing; slightest wear to book and dust jacket; o/w NF/NF; signed by Kent Haruf on a bookplate that is attached to the front free end paper; pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st U.K. Edition. Book has a slight cock. Dust jacket has light edge wear and is sunned on the spine. Dust jacket protected by a removable plastic cover. Signed by Author on Title Page.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Uncorrected proof. Fine in illustrated wraps. Signed by the author. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1971). 8vo. 1st edition. SIGNED by Wodehouse. Slightest lean to spine. Slight toning to textblock edges with small, dark spot of soiling to top edge. Slightest darkening along spine of barely rubbed cloth covered boards with slightest bumping and wear to forecorners. Creasing and slight soiling to board spine tail end. Light toning along spine and edges of dust jacket verso. Slightest toning along spine and fore edges of gently rubbed d.j. with light scraping and bumping to edges, forecorners, and spine ends. 2 tiny spots of soiling to bottom 1/4 of d.j. Slight scraping and marking to d.j. front fore edge, and crease to d.j. rear panel along top 1/2 of fore edge. Slight creasing with soiling to d.j. front panel top edge and small, faint 'v' shaped scratch just below edge. D.j. covered in removeable plastic covering by previous owner. Slight creasing to top corner of d.j. flaps. VG/VG. Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st ed. 374p. Original cloth. dj. 20 cm. Light stain faintly visible along right edge of front panel of jacket. INSCRIBED on front pastedown by Dreer ("Dave . Best wishes Herman Dreer"). All of the major characters in this romantic novel appear to be white. Dreer, an African American, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1888, graduated Magna Cum Laude at Bowdoin College around 1910, taught for a few years at Virginia Theological Seminary and College (where he also met and married his wife, was ordained a Baptist minister and earned a Master's degree), before moving to St. Louis where he taught and was an administrator at Sumner High School and later at Stowe Teachers College until he retired in 1959. He was strongly committed to the study and promotion of African American history. Dreer was also an active Baptist minister and committed to his fraternity (Omega Psi Phi) for which he compiled the first history. He spent much of the rest of his life in St. Louis. Dreer wrote two novels: "The Immediate Jewel of His Soul" in 1919 and this book 39 years later.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's black cloth spine over grey paper covered boards, titled in red to spine. Dustjacket. 246pp. Some light scuffing and discolouration to the extremities of the cloth, in a dustjacket with some sunning to the spine, and paste residue to the verso, some of which has transferred to the pastedowns of the book and the front flyleaf. About very good, internally clean, spotting to page edges. Signed by the author to the half title. This copy from the library of Donald McCaig, noted American poet and author. Signed.