place whitton signed de keneally thomas (7 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First U.S. Edition. A fine book in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Minor wear to the extremities and some toning to the rear white panel. The first book by Australian best seller Thomas Keneally, best known for his novel that was made into the film Schindler's List. This is a mystery set in a Catholic seminary in Sydney, Australia. Signed by the author on the title page with his smiley face. Signed by Author(s).

HARDCOVER. 1965, First US edition. A very good copy with a previous owners detail on the front pastedown and age tanning of the pages. The d/w is unclipped and good with some some shelf rubbing and edge chipping. This copy has been SIGNED by the author on a bookplate on the front free endpaper. Now in a protective cover. Scans available if required.

HARDCOVER. 1964, First edition. A very good copy only marked by light tanning/foxing on the edges and first couple of pages and some old tape marks on the rear free endpaper. The d/w is unclipped and also very good with light edge wear. This copy has been SIGNED by the author on a loosely tipped in bookplate. Now in a protective cover. Scans available if required.

HARDCOVER. 1964, First edition. A near fine copy of this authors first book. Only marked by very light tanning of the edges and a previous owners name and date on the front free endpaper. The contents are very fine and unmarked. The d/w is also near fine with only light rubbing of the edges and rear panel. Now in a protective cover. This copy has been SIGNED by the author on a loosely tipped in plate. Scans available if required.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 220 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Black spine with blue and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "$3.50", has mild shelving wear, small open tears along the fore corners and spine tail edge, a small closed tear along the spine head edge, chipping along the fore edges and spine, a white sticker on the rear cover, and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the extremities and stains throughout. Textblock has pencil marks on the front end-page, stains on the rear end-page, mild wear along the end-pages, mild wear along the edges, and moderate age-toning along the edges. Inscription on the title page reading "To Dick Best Wishes", signed Thomas Keneally, dated "1992". Shelved Room C. 1391107. Special Collections.

First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Signed bookplate loosely laid-in; Octavo (20cm); black boards titled in gilt on the spine; tiny "K" embossed on the rear cover; dustjacket; 220pp.; foxing to the endpapers and textblock, affecting the margins of several pages of text; Very Good. The dustjacket is price-clipped with rubbing and nicks to the extremities; minor ink touch-up to verso; Very Good or better. Author's first book- "Outsiders had always distrusted the isolation of the place at Whitton. Locked away behind its tall gates, this college for priests.dedicating their youth and freedom to a mysterious unseen God. The battered corpse of Wally Scott lay gruesomely in one of the college pig-pens. Sergeant Ptolemy was tracking a homocidal maniac." HUBIN, p.236.

First American Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original boards in black pictorial dust jacket designed by Christopher Simon; [4],219pp. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities and panels, minor dusting to rear panel, textblock uniformly toned due to poor paper stock, else interior near fine. Very Good overall. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. Keneally's first novel, a murder mystery set in a Catholic seminary.