Francis King: Signed (58 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. ISBN:000234-4615. Color and b/w photos by Hurlimann and others. The paper on which the text is printed is browned, the photos are slightly foxed at the margins. Ink inscription on e-p, price-clipped jacket very slightly rubbed and is in a Brodart cover. 311 pages. Signed by Author(s).…

paperback, 8vo, 357pp, text clean and tight, signed and inscribed by the author on title page. no creasing on spine, rear cover corner creased and scuffed, Good condition. ISBN: 9781900850551.

Condition: Acceptable. signed by Francis King.

First Edition. SIGNED. Fine cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Literary lives (Thames and Hudson). Physical description; 128 pages : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Originally published: 1978. Subjects; Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan) (1879-1970). Novelists, English 20th century Biography. 1 Kg.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. GMP 1st thus ed, 1986, paperback on fine condition SIGNED BY AUTHOR above title. Dispatched from Hove UK. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. [vi], 104pp ---- Inscribed, signed and dated 7/12/89 by the author on title page ---- Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Patrick Procktor (illustrator). Inscribed and Signed By the Author.

First Edition. SIGNED. Fine cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Literary lives (Thames and Hudson). Physical description; 128 pages : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Originally published: 1978. Subjects; Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan) (1879-1970). Novelists, English 20th century Biography. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Francis King to the title page. A fine copy of a first edition, first impression hardback in a fine, unclipped dustjacket. All books are swathed in biodegradable bubble wrap and posted in strong, custom made book boxes to ensure undamaged delivery. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. 8vo. pp [iv], 236. Publisher's illustrated covers. Inscribed by Marjorie Watts, the daughter and biographer of C.A. Dawson Scott, to Dorothy (Pritchett) and her husband; the author V.S. Pritchett, with his ownership label at inside front cover. "To Dorothy & V.S.P. with love from Marjorie 19.2.85."ISBN: 0907018386 Clean and unmarked throughout, with light shelfwear at corners. A bit tanned at covers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Solid and tight. Signed by author (Louisa Yeomans King) on FFEP, beneath a quotation in her pen: "Give me a well, a tree, a hive/And I can save my soul alive - K. Tynan". Unmarked otherwise. Spine, extremities, and top edge somewhat darkened, and endpapers show evidence of smoke damage; however, there is no concurrent odor present. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Impression. 1988 first edition, first impression. Inscribed by Author. Size octavo, 331 pages. Black hard cover with silver gilt titles to the spine, patterned end-papers, with the dust jacket. Book condition near fine, corners slightly bumped otherwise fine. Dust jacket condition very good, corners rubbed, spine ends a bit creased, slight curl to edges, slightly age toned, not price clipped. Inscribed by Francis King on the title page; "To Dearest Diana with love from Francis" From the collection of Jonathan Gili (1943-2004), film-maker, director and collector of many things including books. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Wrappers. Covers a little creased. Edition limited to 300 copies "for distribution to the author's friends", this copy inscribed by him to (Sir) Michael Holroyd and (Dame) Margaret Drabble, "For Maggie & Michael - affectionate greetings - from Francis Christmas, 1996". Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. signed by the author. fine copy. Cover By E. Kevin King (illustrator).

1st edn signed and inscribed by author on title page. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 223 (no other inscriptions).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Neville Braybrooke (1923-2001) man of letters: poet, novelist, essayist, biographer of Olivia Manning, editor of literary periodicals (The Wind and the Rain) also literary critic and publisher of Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography. His wife June wrote novels as 'Isobel English' (recently republished by Persephone.) Signed presentation from the author on the title page, "To June and Neville with love from Francis." ISBN: 0094697604 Pages: 224 Fine in very slightly creased, near fine dust jacket. Signedes.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First U.k. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered silver at the spine. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper, "To June and Neville, with love from Francis 18/4/89." Neville Braybrooke (1923-2001) man of letters: poet, novelist, essayist, biographer of Olivia Manning, editor of literary periodicals (The Wind and the Rain) also literary critic and publisher of Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography. His wife June wrote novels as 'Isobel English' (recently republished by Persephone.) ISBN: 0241127254 Pages: 198 Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. Signedes.…

8vo, 271pp, orig. cloth gilt. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the Author in ink to title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Impression. 1973 first edition, first impression. Inscribed by Author. Size octavo, 256 pages. Blue hard cover with silver gilt titles to the spine, pale grey end-papers, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners rubbed and bumped, spine ends rubbed, previous owner's bookplate to front paste-down, pages are slightly toned otherwise clean throughout. Dust jacket condition very good, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed/creased, slight curl to edges, not price clipped. Comprising 2 short novels:- "The Infection" and "The Cure". Inscribed by Francis King to the front end-paper; "Best wishes to Brian Hill from Francis King" From the collection of Jonathan Gili (1943-2004), film-maker, director and collector of many things including books. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. SIGNED BY PAUL MAGRIEL inside front board. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 332 pp. "Act of Darkness is a passionate novel of evil and redemption" that takes place in Colonial India in the 1930s. Spotting to page edges. Spine sunned, light wear to extremities of dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. Size: 8vo. Signed - Association Copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. Published by Arcadia Books, London in 2003. Softcover. No Hardcover edition published in the UK. Signed without inscription by the author to the title page. A late novel by the prolific author and Longlisted for the 2003 Booker Prize. A Fine copy. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Francis King on the title page. Close to fine in a fine dj. (Hint of foxing at top edge); Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback in dust jacket. 348pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Binding slightly cocked. Name to ffe. A very good copy. In good [only] dust jacket; lower spine fold torn with tape repair to reverse; some loss to spine ends. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 237. Original publishers blue cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper to Neville Braybrooke (1923-2001) man of letters: poet, novelist, and essayist, and his wife June (wrote novels as 'Isobel English', recently republished by Persephone.) ISBN: 0091205808 Very good indeed very good indeedd ust jacket.Excellent condition. Neat penciled notes at the rear in the hand of Neville Braybrooke, possibly for a review. VG clean second d/w underneath first d/w. Signedes.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 332. Fiction. Signed by the author on the fep - ' Love to June and Neville from Francis. Oct 15th, 1983.' Also Signed by the author on the title page. From the library of Neville Braybrooke (1923-2001) man of letters: poet, novelist, essayist, biographer of Olivia Manning, editor of literary periodicals (The Wind and the Rain) also literary critic and publisher of Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography. He was married to the novelist Isobel English (June). ISBN 0091535204. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. Signedes. …

Hardback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 224. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered silver at the spine. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper, "To June and Braybrooke, with love from Francis." Neville Braybrooke (1923-2001) was man of letters: poet, novelist, essayist, biographer of Olivia Manning, editor of literary periodicals (The Wind and the Rain) also literary critic and publisher of Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography. He was married to the novelist Isobel English (aka June Neville)ISBN: 0091241901 Slight lean, otherwise very good in used and chipped, very good minus dust jacket. Signedes. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 22.5 × 14cm, 265pp. Signed, dated and dedicated directly to the title page by Francis King. Dedicated with "Every good wish to Mort and Dick", Mort in this instance is Professor Morton Cohen, the pre-eminent Lewis Carroll scholar. Peopled with eccentric, extravagant and touching characters, this is a novel about two young English people whose year in Florence is a lesson in much more than the Italian language. Condition: This copy is in good solid condition but lightly tanned to the page edges and margins, and with some crinkling to the dustwrapper's top edge and a small closed tear by the top corner of the front panel. Signed by Author(s).…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. SIGNED by author. Not price-clipped. Physical description: 198 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects: Gay men Germany ; Fiction; Medical students ; Fiction; Homosexuels masculins Allemagne ; Romans, nouvelles, etc.; E?tudiants en me?decine ; Romans, nouvelles, etc.; Gay men; Medical students; Gay men Germany ; Fiction; Germany; Fiction in English 1945- Texts. 1 Kg.…

SIGNED & dedicated. Dedicated in Kyoto (Japan) where the author was living. VG+ in about VG dustwrapper (a little browned around the edges).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. . 1996 limited ed of 300, inscription SIGNED AUTHOR, bright clean copy, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback in dust jacket. 343pp. SIGNED by author to title page; with the inscription "Every good wish". Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. A little rubbed to spine edges. A near fine copy. In good [only] dust jacket; folds torn with tape repair to reverse; significant loss to spine ends. Inscribed by Author(s).…