Search Results: Signed & Association Copies from JimsOldBooks

Burghead: Burghead Headland Trust, 2007. Some minor scuffing to outer corners of cover, minor water-marking inside covers, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. A collection of images of people and places in Burghead, Morayshire taken as part of the Burghead Headland Trust Artist Residency project between April and September 2007. Not much text, mostly pictures. Signed and inscribed by both authors inside front cover. Includes a fifty-minute DVD inside back cover. 76pp, colour illustration throughout.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Polygon, 2001. Some fading to the spine which is now a greenish colour rather than orange, and to a lesser extent to the top edge of back cover. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A collection of short stories by the author set in Glasgow, Pakistan and elsewhere. Signed and dated (June 2001) by the author on title page. 240pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2000. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at the history and use of the canoe in north America (US and Canada). Signed by the author on half-title "Jim Poling Sr". 143pp, numerous colour illustrations, also some in b&w.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2003. Very slight creasing to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at two brothers from Boston, Lincolnshire (2nd Lieut. Geoffrey Staniland and his brother Capt. Meaburn Staniland of the 1/4th Lincolnshire Regiment) who were killed in Belgium on 14th April and 29th June 1915. Signed and inscribed by the author to original owner on title page "For .... , best wishes, Martin Middlebrook". 144pp, b&w illustrations throughout.. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Martin Secker, 1929. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, old cup-marks on front board, spine has faded to a khaki colour but gilt titles thereon are still clear, as is the small gilt illustration of a knight and a beggar on front board, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this small hard-cover book. Originally published in 1912, this is a later edition from 1929, part of the publisher's "New Adelphi Library" series. Signed by the author on f/ep. 446pp plus 8pp adverts.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Black and White, 2016. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. Based on the stage play of the same title, the story deals with the efforts of the residents of a care home in the Highlands to raise the money to pay for the increased fees demanded by the owners. The author usually writes as Philip Paris. Signed by the author on title page "For ..... Best Wishes, Philip Paris". 314pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Honesdale, Pennsylvania: WordSong, 2016. Very slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Written in the form of a sequence of poems, the story of a girl from Alabama who moves to Illinois and has to try to fit in to a new school. Signed by the author on title page "Jan 2016". 221pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John Murray, 2009. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The story, set in Orkney and in Italy during WW2, deals with a (fictional) Italian soldier held in a PoW camp in Orkney who helps build the famous "Italian Chapel", and his girl back home in Wartime Italy. Signed by the author to original owner on title page "To .... With Best Wishes, K MacKenzie, 18 July 2009". 309pp.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Schenectady, NY: Benche Inc, 1983. White cloth boards a bit grubby, and with minor bumping to spine ends and corners of same, but green titles on spine and green titles and illustration of squirrels on front board still bright. So a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel, a sequel to the author's ''Dagger in the Snow''. Signed by the author ''Collie D Middleton'' on title page and with a lengthy inscription on f/ep signed Laura D Foster (her real name). 133pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan, 2015. A very good clean tight copy on similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover book. The story involves a woman who, on returning from her honeymoon, discovers a dead man in her Edinburgh flat. Signed by the author on title page ''To ... with very best wishes, Louise Millar''. 389pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Guildford: Grosvenor House Publishing, 2010. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, a small tea (?) stain to fore-edge, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The autobiography of the author, a long-distance and ultra marathon runner, who held several World records, including for fastest time for Lands End to John O'Groats (12 days 16 hours 22 minutes). Signed by the author on title page. 272pp, a few b&w illustrations.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Shaftesbury, Dorset: Element Books, 1984. A small crease to the top corner of back cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. The author, previously a news reporter and later a writer and artist, died in December 2017. His account of nine winters (1970s-1980s) spent at remote Cockley Beck in the remote Duddon Valley (or Dunnerdale) in the Lake District . 141pp, small b&w drawings at chapter heads. Signed by the author on half-title "John Pepper / Broughton in Furness / Cumbria 1986".. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Pan, 2017. Slight creasing to spine, minor scuffing to outer corners of cover, some rubbling to gilt title on front cover, but otherwise a god clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. The seventh in the author's series of mysteries set in Shetland. Signed by the author to previous owner on title page "For ... with best wishes Ann Cleeves". 387pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover collection of nine short stories by the author. Issued in the US as "In the Driver's Seat". The stories are : "The Door", "The Year's Midnight", "Every Third Thought", "Early One Morning", "The Tree", "If I'm Spared", "The Phlebotomist's Love Life", "The Green Room", and "Constitutional". Signed by the author on title page. 133pp.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Coventry: The Mercian Publishers, 1945. Some small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, a crease to top corner of front panel of same. Minor bumping to spine ends of green boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book, a short novel set around the Rollright Stones in the East Midlands around 2000 years ago (although the characters all have Saxon names and some are Christians). No publication date given, but the British Library has it as 1945. Inscribed (not signed) by the author on f/ep ''With the author's best wishes''. 88pp, 1 map.. Inscribed by Author. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, NZ: Tandem Press, 1994. Very slight scuffing to the corners of the front cover and to the outside edge of back cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover novel. The tale involves a woman visiting her relatives in Hawaii and rediscovering her Polynesian roots. There are some Lesbian themes in the story, so not recommended for those offended by such matters. Signed by the author to original owner on the title page ''Tia ara ...... Arahanui - Cath''. 123pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dusseldorf: Willi Möhring KG, 1965. Some creasing and small tears to the edges of the dustwrappers (there are three together), minor bumping to spine ends of blue cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover romantic novel, originally published in English in 1961 as ''The Guinea Stamp'', and in the US as ''The Courting of Joanna'', this being the first German edition, translated by Alfred Dunkel. Inscribed by the author on f/ep ''To ... with happy memories of the days when we sat together at Camp Hill, and I was A C Humphrey'' (her maiden name). Also includes a two-page (four sides) handwritten letter from the author to the same recipient (on NUJ notepaper), partly relating to the book and related matters, but mostly on family topics. 271pp.. Inscribed by Author. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Kondanya Press, 2015. A tiny crease to bottom corner of back cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this slim soft-cover book. Conspiracy theory sort of stuff in which the author claims that the Islamic Revolution in Iran was engineered by the West as part of a long-term plan to replace Communism with Islamism as the Bad Guy. Signed and inscribed to the editor by the author on page opposite copyright page.56pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: HarperCollins, 2023. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends and to upper corners of black boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Signed by the author on black felt-tip on title page. First edition, with only a number 1 showing on rev of title page. The author's first novel, the story involves a former detective from the city moving to the country after inheriting a house from an uncle, and the discovery of a woman's remains in a local wood. 344pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Bantam Press, 2005. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, "Signed by the author" sticker on front panel of same, some yellowing to the pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel by the author of "The Horse Whisperer" who died in August 2022. First edition, the number line on rev of title page starts with a 1. Signed by the author on title page. 403pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.