Writers Notebook, Signed (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, in jacket with only slightest sunning to spine. A bright clean copy. Inscribed and dated in year of publication. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Cloth. Signed by author.; 12mo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The closest thing to an autobiography this book is a treat for fans and would-be writers. A tight clean unread copy, signed "To Laurie, with thanks and continued best wishes, Tiff, then Timothy Findley, November 1990". Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Randy Jones (illustrator). 1st Edition. Flat signed by Needham on the front fly. In an unclipped dust jacket. A collection of witticisms from Needham's column in the Globe and Mail. 53 pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Signed by Author to page opposite title page. Copy number 458 No dust-wrapper as issued but very smart velum cream and black binding, with two tiny marks to spine and a little light indentation to back.Top edge of pages gilded. First published 1949. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Red cloth with decorative ruled stamp to front; decorative gilt and black leather labels to spine. Top edge gilt. Side and bottom edges ragged. Limited edition of 1000 copies of which 950 were for sale; this is copy # 523. Author signature to limitation page. Author photograph portrait by Sir Gerald Kelly to frontis. Red and black type to title. Housed in a sturdy black slipcase with paper paste down to side. A very good copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Small Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; 245 x 165 mm), xvi, 367, [1] pages, in red buckram, top edge gilt, titles to spine in black and gilt, in an acetate dust jacket and black slipcase. SIGNED by Somerset Maugham on the limitation page in the front of the book, one of 1,000 signed and numbered copies (ours is number 342). A collection of short excerpts from the notebooks that Maugham kept during much of his life, with entries ranging from 1892 to 1944 and covering numerous countries. Maugham had a keen power of observation, writing vividly about the people he met and the places he visited. For instance, here's an entry from 1917, when he visited Russia during the revolution and met Alexander Kerensky: "He came into the room followed by his A.D.C. [aide de camp], with a quick step, and gave me a firm, hasty, mechanical handshake. He seemed fearfully on edge. Sitting down and talking incessantly, he took hold of a cigarette box and played with it restlessly, locking and unlocking it, opening and shutting it, turning it round and round. His speech was rapid and emphatic; and his nervousness made me nervous too. His conversation did not suggest a man of wide culture, hardly even a man of general education. His personality had no magnetism." (pages 186-187). CONDITION: The book is Fine, the acetate dust jacket has some nicks and tears, and the slipcase is scuffed, edge-worn, and has some flaking along the opening. A beautiful copy of the book, signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Frontis portrait, 9.5 x 6.5", red beveled cloth; teg, 367pp, covers a little rubbed, spine ends bumped, lower fore-corner of front cover a bit frayed, spine sunned, some light spotting to foredge, last few pp roughly opened else a nice copy in an extremity-worn, used slipcase. LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #267), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. AUTOGRAPHED EDITION LIMITED TO ONE THOUSAND NUMBERED AND SIGNED COPIES. This is copy 308 numbered and signed in blue ink by Maugham. Original red cloth over bevelled edge boards. With the original acetate dust jacket. Top edge bright gilt. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. This is a bright and fine copy with the pages still uncut. Lacking the sllipcase. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Signed Limited Edition. hardcover, octavo, signed limited edition, no. 169 of 1000 copies, signed by Maugham on limitation page, title page in red and black, original 1/2 vellum over dark blue buckram , gilt stamped black cloth spine label, top foredge gilt, uncut, fine condition, glassine dust jacket (small chip top front corner) Publisher's board slipcase (lightly soiled). Size: Octavo. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. No dust jacket. The Hardcovers are worn, discoloured along the top and dented, see photos. The text itself is beautiful. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Signed limited edition of A Writer's Notebook by W. Somerset Maugham. (illustrator). Limited Edition / First Edition. Octavo, xvi, 367pp, [1]. Full red cloth, title in gilt over black on spine. Top edge gilt. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, sunned spine, dust remnants to top edge, a near fine example. In the publisher's original acetate dust jacket, lightly sunned on spine, with small chips to corners. A near fine example. Housed in the publisher's matching slipcase, title in black on a red and white label affixed to front panel. A limited edition of 1,000 copies, this one numbered 203. Signed by the author, W. Somerset Maugham, on the limitation page. William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was an English writer with a myriad of plays and novels published by the start of his popular success in 1914. He drove ambulances in World War I as a member of the British Red Cross, and in his spare time, he wrote his best-known piece, Of Human Bondage (1915). Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering in black panel on spine, top edge gilt; pp. xvi, 367. First edition stated. Number 797 from an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by Maugham on the limitation page.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Number 151 of 1000 copies. A collection of observations from the author of "The Razor's Edge" and "Of Human Bondage." A very near fine partially unopened copy in a very near fine acetate dust jacket and in a very good slipcase that has wear to the edges. Signed by Maugham on the limitation page. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Octavo; pp; xvi, 367; frontispiece portrait; terra-cotta cloth with a black spine label lettered in gilt, in a slipcase, untrimmed edges; Very good, spine sunned, some edgewear to slipcase, overall a very nice copy. First American edition, Limited Edition, 1/1000 signed copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition., limited and signed issue. Tall octavo. Quarter Japanese vellum and blue cloth with black leather spine-label gilt. Faint toning at the spine, very modest wear, a nice near fine copy, lacking the publisher's slipcase. One of 1000 numbered copies Signed by Maugham.

Full Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Numbered First Edition. A beautiful Limited Numbered First Edition signed by the author and numbered 992 of 1000 Limited Edition copies. Bound in half mushroom calf with blue calf boards. The book is in Near Fine condition with light aging to the light-colored calf leather and a contemporary p.o. name dated 1949. A tear in the blue calf board approx. 1/2" across at rear panel top edge. Very clean and bright with gold gilt on the top edge and rough cut pages. A lovely copy by an important American author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Maugham, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. London etc., W. Heinemann, 1949, 1st ed., XVI,349,(1)p., printed in 1000 numb. and signed copies, orig. giltlettered hvellum w. black mor. letterpiece and darkblue blindst. cl. covers, t.e.g. - Traces of bookplate on upper pastedown. Lower outer corner of frontcover sl. bumped. Very fine copy. Signed by Author.

William Heinemann. 1949. LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000. SIGNED BY MAUGHAM, this being number 595. Bound in quarter vellum, blue cloth boards.Top edge gilt. Endpapers slightly browned. Slight marks to boards otherwise a clean and fresh copy.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by Author. HBNO DJ Issued, SLIPCASE with some rub & wear especially edges, 1949, stated 1st Limited edition, Limited 1,000 Numbered & Signed Copies, #710/ 1,000 copies, Book VG+, AS-IS, NODJ. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First American edition. Large 8vo. Author's preface. Title page printed in red and black. Frontispiece portrait. Original red cloth, spine with gilt and black labels, upper cover with Maugham's blindstamped symbol, t.e.g., uncut, and partly unopened. Very good-fine. Original publisher's black board slipcase. Number 914 of 1000 numbered copies, signed by Maugham on limitation page. Stott A70d. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. [MacLennan, Hugh] Maugham, W. Somerset. A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK. London: Heinemann, 1949. A very good or better copy of the First Edition in the publisher's black cloth with silver décor and spine lettering lacking the dustwrapper. Inscribed by Dorothy Duncan MacLennan to Hugh MacLennan when both of them were laid-up - Dorothy at the Ross Pavilion of the Royal Victoria Hospital and Hugh at the Montreal Neurological Institute: "For Hugh - / in the Neuro - / From Dorothy - / in the Ross - / Oct 1949". Health issues dominated their lives - MacLennan lived continuously with the consciousness of his wife's [American author and painter, Dorothy Duncan MacLennan] illness during the late 1940's & 1950's and shaped his experience into what he considered his best novel - THE WATCH THAT ENDS THE NIGHT. Dorothy Duncan MacLennan chronicled her struggle with chronic illness and the complex issues involved in playing a supporting role for her writer husband (Hugh MacLennan) while pursuing her own career as an author & painter - SMALL TREASURES - The Small Details of Life: 20 Diaries by Women in Canada, 1830-1996 Edited by Kathryn Carter Dorothy Duncan MacLennan and Hugh MacLennan were influential figures in Canadian art and literature. Hugh MacLennan is regarded as a foundational voice of modern Canadian fiction, best known for BAROMETER RISING, TWO SOLITUDES, and THE WATCH THAT ENDS THE NIGHT, novels that shaped discussions of national identity, moral responsibility, and modern life. Dorothy Duncan MacLennan, an author and painter, produced an intimate body of work exploring illness, creativity, and the interior lives of women, later recognized in collections such as SMALL TREASURES. Together, their work represents a meaningful convergence of literary and artistic achievement, valued for its intellectual depth and lasting cultural significance. Signed.

Original Red Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Limited. Limited edition 1 of 1000 SIGNED BY MAUGHAM. Slip case very good with some very light chipping to the edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. By the Author.

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. A Writer's Notebook. Original cloth in publisher's slipcase. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1949. First American edition (same year as the English edition). Stott A70.d. One of 1,000 copies signed by Maugham. Spine faintly sunned, slight wear to slipcase, else a fine copy. Signed.

First Edition. Maugham at Work - His Private Notebook Signed Limited Edition-One of 1,000 Copies MAUGHAM, W. Somerset Maugham. A Writer's Notebook. London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1949]. First edition thus. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies (this copy no. 970), signed by the author. Large octavo (8 7/8 x 6 1/8 inches; 225 x 155 mm.). [xvi], 1-349, [3, blank] pp. Publisher's quarter cream calf over dark blue cloth boards ruled in gilt, spine with black morocco label lettered in gilt. A fine copy, preserved in the original glassine wrapper and cream board slipcase. One of the most revealing of Maugham's works, A Writer's Notebook gathers decades of observations, sketches, character notes, and reflections - material drawn directly from the author's private working journals. It offers a rare glimpse into the formation of his fiction and the discipline behind his craft. Issued in a handsome signed limited format, these copies were produced for collectors and are far more desirable than the standard trade edition. The survival of the original glassine wrapper, often discarded, adds significantly to the appeal.9. Signed.

xvi, 367 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Limited edition ("published simultaneously with the ordinary trade edition, but in printing followed the trade edition" - Stott), no. 369 of 1,000 copies SIGNED by Maugham. xvi, 367 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Extracts from the writer's voluminous notebooks, arranged chronologically, and selected for their relevance to Maugham's technique of literary production and process of creation. Stott A70c Original blue cloth, vellum spine with leather label, t.e.g. Fine. Roger Stenhouse copy, with his signature, notes and bookplate Limited edition ("published simultaneously with the ordinary trade edition, but in printing followed the trade edition" - Stott), no. 369 of 1,000 copies SIGNED by Maugham.

First American and Limited Edition, No. 169 of 1000 copies SIGNED by Maugham. Frontispiece portrait after Sir Gerald Kelly. xvi, 367 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Extracts from the writer's voluminous notebooks, arranged chronologically, and selected for their relevance to Maugham's technique of literary production and process of creation. Stott A70d Original red buckram, spine lettered in gold on black, t.e.g. Slight fading to spine, otherwise very good, without slipcase Frontispiece portrait after Sir Gerald Kelly. xvi, 367 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First American and Limited Edition, No. 169 of 1000 copies SIGNED by Maugham.

First Edition. A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK, Doubleday, 1949, first edition, fine in chipped plastic dust-wrapper and about vg slip-case. 1/1000 copies SIGNED by the author.