Adams Peter Shirley (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition paperback pictorial laminated cover no DJ. 183 pages slightly yellowing good and clean with clear print. No foxing, no previous names. 'Knockback is an absorbing account of one man's experiences in the British prison system. It is also a love story.

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Hardback. Peter Aitken (now Adams), the first murderer to stand trial in England after the abolition of the death penalty in 1965, was released from prison in 1982 after serving 17 years - the longest sentence served at the time, by any prisoner who has been released. This book tells how his relationship with a woman, the writer Shirley Cooklin, now his wife, whom he first met when she visited him in prison, affected his release, and how they faced the disappointment of repeated knockbacks by the Parole Board. It is both an unusual love story, told from both their points of view, and a remarkable account of prison life which raises fundamental questions about the prison system. 176pp. 8vo. h/back. F. in F. dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A collection of the best novels from 1950 to 1989 selected by editors Colm Toibin and Carmen Callil. This is a very unique and one of a kind copy signed at their respective selected novel pages by, Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, Peter Carey, Jonathan Coe, Jim Crace, Michael Cunningham, Louis Be Berniere, Roddy Doyle, Bret Easton Ellis, Shirley Hazzard, Alan Hollinghurst, Kazuo Ishiguro, James Kelman, Elmore Leonard, Patrick McGrath, Michael Ondaatje, Anne Rice, Marilynne Robinson, Will Self, Jane Smiley, Jeanette Winterson, Tim Winton. Samantha Harvey, Penelope Lively and Yann Martel have signed at the Booker Prize winner list page. Anne-Marie MacDonald and Kerri Sakamoto have signed at the Commonwealth Prize winner list page. Guy Vanderhaeghe, David Adams Richards, Greg Hollingshead, Richard B. Wright and Miriam Toews have signed at the Governor General's Literary Award winner's list page. Robert Olen Butler has signed at the Pulitzer Prize For Fiction Winner's page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This is a ONE OF A KIND listing of major publications released in 2003, featuring an author signed copy of the 2003 International Festival of Authors Program. In addition to the Program which is signed by ALL the listed authors, signed copies of the following are included; ORYX & CRAKE (Canadian First Edition and First Printing - signed by Margaret Atwood), THE KITE RUNNER (Canadian First Edition and First Printing - signed by Kaled Hosseini), ELLE (Canadian First Edition and First Printing - signed and Lined by Douglas Glover, Governor General's Literary Award Winner), DANCER (USA First Edition and First Printing - signed by Colum McCann), THE CUTTING ROOM (Canadian First Edition and First Printing - signed by Louise Welsh) and THE IN-BETWEEN WORLD OF VIKRAM LALL (Canadian First Edition and First Printing - signed by M. G. Vassanji, Giller Prize Winner). The International Festival of Authors 2003 Program is signed by Fourty (40) plus authors at their respective program biography, as listed, including; Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje (on cover), Kaled Hosseini, Colum McCann, Louise Welsh, William Gibson, Shirley Hazzard, Douglas Coupland, Jasper Fjord, Sebastian Barry, A.S. Byatt, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Hugo Hamilton, David Guterson, Emma Donoghue, Peter Robinson. Ali Smith and M.G. Vassanji. A "One Of A Kind" listing. Images of the 2003 IFOA Program are attached; additional images upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. 65pp. Edges lightly age-toned and bumped, near fine. Contributions by Robert M. Philmus, Margaret Edwards, Ron Loewinsohn, Priscilla Shames, James Reiss, Eric Felderman, Louise Gluck, Daniel Cassidy, Jr., Douglas L. Eichhorn, Paul W. Roewade, Joseph W. Survant, David Landon, Paul Brinkley-Rogers, Peter Welter, Helen Pringle, Anne Cleaves, David E. Cummings, William Pitt Root, Paul Oppenheimer, Shirley Kaufman, Stan Rice, DeWitt Beall, Jane Yolen, Gay Cothran, Kenneth Fields, Benito Cereno, John Peck, David Ransom, Tim Reynolds, L. Wittgenstein, Rodham Tulloss, McLister, Mary Maxwell Davis, Janis Adams, Roger H. Fogelman, Henry Taylor, Richard L. Pevear, Alexander Theroux, James Scay, Coburn Freer, E.G. Leimbacher, Frances McConnel, Susan Mitchell, David F.R. McGeary, Hunt Hawkins, and Patricia C. Smith.