Search Results: Authors starting with F from Nigel Sustins Books

UK: Picador, 2006. Very good paperback original, first printing, signed and dated (13.x.06) to title page. 'The Ice Age' also available signed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

UK: Picador, 2002. Very good paperback original (minimal rubbing to covers), signed first printing. 'Tramp in Flames' also available signed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

UK: Blackwood, 1882. 27 engraved plates with tissue guard, and fold-out map at rear, brown cloth with black decorations of urn and frieze, title on spine has lost its colour, cloth is worn and marked, spine ends rubbed and frayed, corners pushed and worn, rough cut edges foxed and dusty, pastedowns and endpapers severely browned, only a little browning to frontispiece, other plates and tissue guards in very good condition, some stains to page edges throughout, but generally very good, some straining to stitching, but binding secure, map at rear is foxed and browned (affecting final page), with a repaired tear, but is predominantly still legible.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Illus. by Lord Windsor.

USA: Donning, 1985. Over 350 rare photographs on the history of Hartford from the Connecticut State Library, with linking narrative, signed by author on fep, near fine book in a very good d/w that has some marks, chips and creases, and a small tear on the back at the bottom. Extra postage required.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

USA: The Research Center, The University of Texas, 1959. No. 280 of a limited edition of 500 catalogues produced, very good in stapled wraps.. Paperback. Very Good.

USA: Dell, 1963. Paperback original, first printing, in good used condition.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good.

London: London Magazine, 1979. Ex-library, but only signs are library stamp, 'withdrawn' stamp and inked price to first (advertisement) page. Includes Stephen Spender on Rilke and Eliot, and Leigh Fermor's piece 'Paradox in the Himalayas'. Crease to spine, but internally very good.. Paperback. Good.

London: Culley Undated, but gift inscription to front endpaper dated 1913, attractive illustrated boards, spine ends and corners rubbed/bumped, some dust and (child's?) pencil marks to edges. Some strain to stitching but binding secure. Illustrated in black and white. Interesting 16-page catalogue of illustrated books at the back with 5 sample illustrations.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Soho Press, Incorporated, 1991. Inscribed 'for Linda' and signed by author ('Meg'). First printing, some wear/dust to spine ends, speckles to top edge, internally very good. Dust-wrapper rubbed/marked in places. 'Los Angeles Times' review of the book loosely inserted.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Oxford, UK: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1939. Re-bound in attractive brown decorated paper boards with half maroon leather (worn and rubbed to spine ends, with 5 raised bands, also rubbed), edges slightly dusty, internally very good; bookplate of Harold J Wright to front pastedown, and his pencilled signature with another (in ink) to front free endpaper. INSERTED is a two-sided letter to Wright dated 1946 from the author's wife Hilda Finberg, stating that this copy was bound by Richard Finberg (her brother-in-law) from a set of sheets from the original small first printing (500 copies). Extra postage required.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

USA: Archon, 1966. Green cloth with repair to top of spine, pushing to base, photo illustrations, charts and two pull-out maps, d/w has repair to the top, tear at bottom of wrapper spine, chips, tears and rubbing to edges, flaps clipped (one portion used to repair top of spine). Title on spine is hand-written. Extra postage required.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable.

UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. Signed first printing (2004, different cover) of the second volume in a fantasy trilogy, sequel to 'The Oracle' (also available is the third volume 'The Scarab' with inserted signature], a paperback original, unread in card covers, signed by author to title page, with an additional 'Enjoy!'.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 2005. First printing (2005, different cover) of the third volume in the 'Oracle' trilogy, inserted author's signature on a Hay Festival ticket, (the second book 'The Archon' is also available signed], a paperback original, unread in card covers.. Inserted Signature. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Bodley Head, 2005. First printing of the true first edition, unread in new condition with dust-wrapper. The cover design differs from later printings in having the author's name at the top, and includes the wording: 'How far would you go to escape your brother's shadow?'. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.

UK: Macdonald, 1964. No. 206 of a limited edition of 500 copies, signed by author and artist; red leather with some wear/rubbing, gilt cover illustration and titles on spine, sellotape residue on pictorial endpapers, otherwise internally very good, profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. Extra postage outside the UK.. Signed by Author and Artist. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Roger Tory Peterson.

USA: Bloomsbury, 2005. Scarce signed first USA printing of the second volume in the 'Children of Plynlimon' trilogy (volume one 'Sabrina Fludde' also available signed in the same hardback format), set in Shropshire and Wales, virtually fine copy with a little pushing to spine ends, in a fine d/w. Only published as a paperback original in the UK. Signed by author to the (red) front free endpaper.. Signed by Author. First USA Edition. Hard Back. Fine/Fine.

UK: Walker Books, 1997. Signed first printing of the author's fourth novel, with a Shropshire setting, near fine cream boards with minimal wear, d/w has a little rubbing, and slight chips to the corners, but colourful wraparound cover artwork by Christian Birmingham is fine, signed by author to title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

UK: Bloomsbury, 2005. Scarce signed unread first printing of the second volume in the 'Children of Plynlimon' trilogy (volume one 'Sabrina Fludde' also available signed), set in Shropshire and Wales. Published in the UK only as a paperback original. Signed by author to title page. ALSO INCLUDED (but NOT signed) the third volume 'Mad Dog Moonlight' published by Bloomsbury as a paperback original, first printing 2009. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Fine.

UK: Bodley Head, 1994. Signed first printing of the author's third novel, set on the Shropshire borders, minor wear to very good cloth cover, edges tanned, pages beginning to brown at margins, d/w bright and predominantly very good, with a little creasing along top edge, signed by Pauline Fisk to half-title. Gorgeous wraparound cover artwork by Tom Saeker (preferred by the author to the jackets of later editions).. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

London, United Kingdom: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1999. Signed first printing, a very good copy with slight wear/rubbing to spine ends, and a little dust/browning to edges, tiny dint to top edge which has just nicked the edge of a few pages, d/w is very good with slight rubbing and marking, signed by author to front free endpaper. Cover illustration by Tim Gaudion.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good.