Search Results: Signed & Association Copies from JimsOldBooks

London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. Very slight creasing to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a very good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The story deals with a young Australian woman (Jake) who lives on a sheep farm on a remote British island where something is killing her sheep one-by-one; and with her earlier, traumatic life in Australia. NOT a first edition, number line on rev of title page starts with a 3. Signed by the author to original owner on title page. 229pp. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1984. Some minor creasing to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book dealing with an expedition to Peru near the source of the Amazon undertaken by a Christian medical mission in 1982. Signed by author on title page. 192pp, 29 b&w illustrations and a map.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Press, 1994. Some fading to front of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Poems written by the author on the life and death of her five year-old son Andrew. Signed by the author on title page ''June 13th 1998, Blackpool. For ... and ..., in memory of ..., Love never dies, Shelly Wagner''. 86pp.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Scarborough: Valley Press, 2013. Slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, some individual words in the poems have been underlined by a previous owner, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim soft-cover book. Contains twenty-six poems by the author. Signed by the author on title page "With best wishes, Patrick Lodge". 56pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Milton Keynes: AuthorHouse, 2007. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover novel. The story, set in Govan, deals with a young man starting out as a professional boxer who discovers that his manager is only interested in making money by fixing matches. Signed by the author on page facing title page "To Jim, he was never a punchbag, Robson". 252pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Women's Press, 1991. Some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book, being a collection of six short stories by the author. Signed and inscribed by the author to original owner on title page "For .... With love and many thanks for a week's retreat. Margaret. August 1991". 261pp.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Lewes, Sussex: Temple House Books, 1986. A minor crease to the spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover novel set partly in the Yemen and involving an expedition looking for the Ark of the Covenant. Signed by the author on the first page ''Richard R Nisbet / Aug 1986''. 142pp.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Headline, 2012. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers. Sticker on front cover ''Signed by the author at Waterstone's'', and signed ''Quintin Jardine'' on title page. The third of the author's Primavera Blackstone stories set in Spain. 378pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Bloomsbury, 2005. A crease to the spine and to top corner of back cover, some yellowing to the pages, also some corrugation to outer edge of pages where water has been spilled at some point, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this soft-cover novel. A psychological thriller set in the Australian outback. Signed by the author to previous owner on title page "To ... with best wishes, Lesley Glaister". 327pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren förlag. , 2000. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, very slight bumping to corners of blue boards, a previous owner's gift message on f/ep (possibly from the translator: last word looks a bit like Eivor, but I can't be sure), but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in Swedish as "Astrid Lindgren - Vildtoring och lägereld " in 1992, this is a later English-language edition, here translated by Eivor Cormack. A critical study of the works of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, best-known for her "Pippi Longstocking" stories. 328pp, a few b&w illustrations from the books.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lombard, Illinois: Wallace Homestead Book Company, 1987. Some fading to the spine, title page has been torn out, otherwise a good clean tight copy. Deals with making patchwork quilts using actual scrap fabrics. Signed by the author on first page ''To ... With my warmest regards ..... Judy Florence July 9 1992 ''. 107pp, 10 colour illustrations, numerous b&w illustrations and diagrams.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Ann Arbor: Bloody Brits Press, 2009. A crease to top corner of front page and to first few pages of text, a few tea(?) stains to edges of first ten pages or so, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The first of the author's "Fizz and Buchanan" mysteries set in Scotland featuring an Edinburgh lawyer (Tam Buchanan) and his sidekick /clerk "Fizz" Fitzpatrick. Originally published in hardback in 1998. Signed by the author to previous owner on title page "To .... with thanks, Joyce Holms". 239pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Gollancz, 2014. Very slight wear to the outer corners of cover, otherwise a very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The first in the author's Kenstibec Trilogy, the story is set in Britain in a future where there is war between Humans and Artificial Life Forms (or Reals and Ficials). Signed by the author on first page ''All the best Tennis (?), Jon Wallace''. 249pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: HarperTeen, 2018. Very slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean copy of this hard-cover book. A YA fantasy novel set in eleventh-century Ireland at the time of the Norse invasions, the story deals with an Irish princess with psychic abilities joining forces with a Norse warrior with similar abilities to fight a much darker enemy. Signed by the author on label on f/ep. 421pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Coleraine: Cuilrathain Publishing, 1994. A good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover novel (with some Christian emphasis) set in rural north-west Ulster in the 1930s and '40s. Signed by the author on title page ''Every Blessing, Speedy''. Originally published in April 1994, this is a reprint from November the same year. Speedy Moore died on 31st July 2008. 187pp.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Tor, 2018. A very good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper. The story, intended for a "young adult" readership, is set in ancient Rome and deals with a Thracian girl captured and sold as a gladiator (or is it gladiatrix?) who escapes and leads a slave rebellion. Signed by the author and dated (American style) 1-16-18 on publisher's bookplate stuck on f/ep. 320pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Canongate, 1999. Slight fading to spine and to left-hand side of front cover, a tiny bit of scuffing to top end of spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book, the third collection of poems by the author. Signed by the author on title page. 81pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Marion, South Dakota: Rose Hill Books, 1994. Minor scuffing to corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this slim soft-cover book. The author's account of his trial and thirteen-months imprisonment in the US after taking part in vandalising a B-52 bomber at Griffiss Air force Base in January 1992. Signed by the author to previous owner inside front cover "To .... Peace and Solidarity May Day 94, Ciaron". 163pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Arrow Books, 2004. Quite a bit of creasing to the spine and corners, also some scuffing to same. Some yellowing to outer pages and to page edges, old tea (?) stains to a few pages, but otherwise a not too bad copy of this soft-cover book. Following on from the authors' "Hiram Key", more on the origins of Freemasonry in Biblical times and more. Original owner's name on half-title and signed by one of the authors (Lomas) to him "To .... Hearty Good Wishes, Robert Lomas". 690pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cape Town: David Philip, 2014. A good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the independent South African publishing company David Philip from the early 1970s to the late 1990s when David and his wife Marie retired. Signed by the author to original owner on title page. Also includes some David Philip catalogues. 154pp, 20pp colour illustrations of book covers, b&w illustrations in the text.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.