Pritchett Signed (11 results)

1979 / 1981 US Vintage paperbacks in good condition. Both signed by V.S Pritchett.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reynolds Stone Wood Engravings (illustrator). SIGNED by Pritchett with a note by way of a bookplate. This exquisite little hardback is chiefly noted for its gorgeous wood engravings. This was issued in two editions, a double signed limited and a trade hardback. This is the first printing of the trade edition. Unclipped protected jacket. Language: eng. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. 1st Edition Thus 1984. A new edition with an introduction by Paul Theroux. The Authors Own Retained Book with a Presentation Dedication Inscription to His Wife Who the Book is Dedicated to. With the authors Bookplate to the endpaper. A new printing of his classic adventure novel. Dorothy Pritchett became the ideal partner to VSP, as he was known, and as she always called him. She made a career out of looking after her husband, typing all his manuscripts, hammering away at tremendous speed on an Imperial typewriter. She worked through the second, third and fourth drafts and was the only person who could decipher VSP's notoriously spidery handwriting. Book is good++ and quite bright. Cloth with surface rubbing and marking. Contents good. The wrapper very good and quite bright.Spine tips with surface loss. Edges rubbed and nicked in places. Small closed tear to top front edge. Light age toning/marking. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18670. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Edition 1956. The Authors Own Retained Book and with his Bookplate to the endpaper. Also includes a signed inscription to the endpaper about returning the book. A few line annotations in the authors hand. Collection of thirty-seven short stories by the master storyteller. Book is very good and bright. Spine a little age toned and cloth lightly marked. Contents good. The wrapper very good and quite bright. Edges rubbed and nicked. Light rubbing loss to some corners. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18670/18666. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reynolds Stone (illustrator). First Edition. 1st Edition 1982. The Authors Own Retained Book with a Presentation Dedication Inscription to His Wife. With the authors Bookplate to the endpaper. A limited edition of 150 copies this being number 21 and signed by V S Pritchett and Paul Theroux.Dorothy Pritchett became the ideal partner to VSP, as he was known, and as she always called him. She made a career out of looking after her husband, typing all his manuscripts, hammering away at tremendous speed on an Imperial typewriter. She worked through the second, third and fourth drafts and was the only person who could decipher VSP's notoriously spidery handwriting. Book is near fine and bright. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18670. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Edition 1945. The Authors Own Retained Book with a Presentation Dedication Inscription to His Wife Who the Book is Dedicated to. With the authors Bookplate to the endpaper. The wrapper is a 2nd Imp in the same format and style. A collection of short stories. Dorothy Pritchett became the ideal partner to VSP, as he was known, and as she always called him. She made a career out of looking after her husband, typing all his manuscripts, hammering away at tremendous speed on an Imperial typewriter. She worked through the second, third and fourth drafts and was the only person who could decipher VSP's notoriously spidery handwriting. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good and quite bright. Spine tips with small loss. Edges rubbed and nicked in places. Age toning. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18670. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. B. S. Biro (illustrator). First Edition, First Impression. 1956 First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by V. S. Pritchett. Size octavo, 9.25" tall, 339 pages. Taupe cloth covered boards with gilt titles and bands to the spine, bevelled edges, pages edges rough trimmed many uncut and/or partially unopened. With original marbled paper covered slipcase which is in unfortunate condition, corners and edges are rubbed, falling apart at the seams. Condition very good plus, spine a little tanned, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed, contents are very clean. An anthology published to celebrate the completion of ten years of broadcasting by the BBC Third Programme. With various contributions from the shows grouped into the categories of Imagination, Argument, Experience and Exposition. "Unlike the standard edition it contains decorations by B. S. Biro" V.S. Pritchett contributes "Maisie" in the Imagination section and "The Artist in Society" along with Graham Greene and Elizabeth Bowen in the Argument section. One of a limited edition of thirteen hundred Tall copies printed on Barcham Green's rag mould-made paper by The Stellar Press. Where the number should be handwritten at the end of the limitation statement (which appears at the end of the book) instead is handwritten "Out of Series" and the word Number is crossed out. One of V. S. Pritchett's own copies, with his small owner's label to the front paste-down, signature in pencil on the front free end-paper and below the pencil signature is inscribed in blue biro; "For Lady Warlby. This playlet here included which I wrote in Parkhill Road. VSP with love" Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. 1st Edition 1961. The Authors Own Retained Book with a Presentation Dedication Inscription to His Wife Who the Book is Dedicated to. With the authors Bookplate to the endpaper. A collection of short stories. Dorothy Pritchett became the ideal partner to VSP, as he was known, and as she always called him. She made a career out of looking after her husband, typing all his manuscripts, hammering away at tremendous speed on an Imperial typewriter. She worked through the second, third and fourth drafts and was the only person who could decipher VSP's notoriously spidery handwriting. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper very good and quite bright.Spine tips with surface loss. Edges rubbed and nicked in places. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18670. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. 1st Edition 1980. The Authors Own Retained Book with a Presentation Dedication Inscription to His Wife Who the Book is Dedicated to. With the authors Bookplate to the endpaper. A collection of short stories. Dorothy Pritchett became the ideal partner to VSP, as he was known, and as she always called him. She made a career out of looking after her husband, typing all his manuscripts, hammering away at tremendous speed on an Imperial typewriter. She worked through the second, third and fourth drafts and was the only person who could decipher VSP's notoriously spidery handwriting. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper very good++ and quite bright. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18670. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Edition 1942. The Authors Own Retained Book with a Presentation Dedication Inscription to His Wife Who the Book is Dedicated to. With the authors Bookplate to the endpaper. A collection of short stories. A few hand corrections by the author within the text. Dorothy Pritchett became the ideal partner to VSP, as he was known, and as she always called him. She made a career out of looking after her husband, typing all his manuscripts, hammering away at tremendous speed on an Imperial typewriter. She worked through the second, third and fourth drafts and was the only person who could decipher VSP's notoriously spidery handwriting. Book is good++ and quite bright. Cloth with surface rubbing and marking. Contents good. The wrapper very good and quite bright.Spine tips with surface loss. Edges rubbed and nicked in places. Small closed tear to top front edge. Light age toning/marking. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18670/18664. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Charles Mosley (cover) (illustrator). 1st Edition. SIGNED AND RARE THUS. Rightly regarded as a classic, this first part of a great writer's life has enormous freshness and an everlasting relevance to all aspiring writers. Lovely illustrated wraparound jacket by Mosley, although it is a bit damaged; a half inch tear at the top left of the front panel, some tiny chippings at the top of the spine; but considering this is a laminated 1968 jacket it really is not too bad, and it is protected now. The price is not clipped and nothing 'live' is affected. The book itself has a slight lean, and the spine of the binding is creased slightly at the top. All corners are firm and unbumped. There are no inscriptions, no ownership names, and no damage to the text block. Very Good sounds worse than it turns out to be, because the impression of this book in the hand is clean and tight. The three photographs at the end of the book are true first printings with no wear to the plates, which is one of the reasons a first printing is sought after. Signature on the title page. Utterly collectable. 0.0 0.0 0.0. Signed by Author.