agatha christie, Erstausgabe, Signiert (44 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: FINE. Paperback original - first printing. The fifth novel in Collins's series of disaster mysteries, issued as paperback originals. Each centers around a famous historical disaster and has a different famous mystery writer involved who solves the murder - in this book, set in 1942, it is Agatha Christie. SIGNED on the title page. 260 pp. Very near fine (usual light toning to pages).

Zustand: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback original. In this slim book, Brett fills in "a few gaps in the world of mystery fiction. During the Golden Age of crime, when murders were decorously perpetrated at country house weekend parties and investigated by impossibly learned aristocratic sleuths, nobody took the trouble to write a whodunnit in verse. Simon Brett remedies that. Also, regretting the fact that Jane Austen, T S Eliot and Dylan Thomas never found the time to write crime novels, Simon Brett does the job for them." Also included is a "cancelled draft of Agatha Christie's will and a missing chapter from Charles Dickens' Edwin Drood." SIGNED on the title page. 81 pp. plus a 2 pp list of his books. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

Zustand: FINE. Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) A murder set at a convention for fans of Agatha Christie's mysteries - a bibliomystery featuring bookstore owner Annie Laurance Darling. The author's special SIGNED bookplate pasted onto the first page (underneath the printed name is the notation 'Agatha, Anthony and Macavity winner.') Near fine in glossy printed wrappers (hint of spine slant).

Zustand: NEAR FINE. First printing. A massive anthology which spans the entire 20th century starting with Jacques Futrelle ("The Phantom Motor" in 1905) followed by stories from classic writers like G. K. Chesterton, Ellery Queen, Dorothy Sayers, and Agatha Christie as well as contemporary authors including Sharyn McCrumb, Ed McBain, Lawrence Block, P. D. James, and Ruth Rendell. Other authors represented are Dashiell Hammett, Patricia Highsmith, Tony Hillerman, Rex Stout, Donald E. Westlake, and John D. MacDonald and more. SIGNED by Walter Mosley at his contribution "The Watts Lions." Introduction by Jon L. Breen. 579 pp. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. (some spotting to the edges of the textblock).

[Cookery anthology] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.260. With vignette illustrations within the text. Publisher's green cloth hardcovers in pictorial dust-jacket. Editor's inscription the endpaper: "Renee Hellman - Christmas 1961", with recipient's name 'Dawn Field' above. A fine copy of the book in a very good jacket with some small nicks tears and rubs, one larger tear to rear. A selection of favourite recipes from famous people, with a foreword by A. Dickson Wright. Includes Ian Fleming on scrambled eggs, plus contributions from his friends including Noel Coward, Lady Diana Cooper, Wolf Mankowitz and Paul Gallico. A scarce book. Fleming's piece, published as 'Scrambled Eggs' had the working title 'Scrambled Eggs James Bond'. Within his fictional works Fleming provided two recipes; this one for scrambled eggs (007 In New York, 1964) and a recipe for fudge (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 1964). This copy comes from the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencilled ownership within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert C99.

Hard Cover. First Edition, octavo, pp., 192. Publisher's burnt orange cloth with titles in black to spine. In a first state supplied dust-jacket with the correct price of 8s. 6.d to front flap. Boldly signed by Agatha Christie in her inimitable hand to the front free endpaper. Orange cloth slightly soiled and spine faded but a solid copy. The unclipped dust-jacket is near fine with just light soling to the white rear panel and one minor 7mm closed tear. A tale of family intrigue set in the immediate post-war years' as Hercule Poirot is called upon to untangle the mystery of a missing husband, a glamorous widow and the true heir to the Cloade family fortune. The verso of the front free endpaper has the small and neat ownership signature of one 'L (?) Gordon Clark, who may very well be the noted director, screenwriter and author who directed the short TV film 'Murder by the Book' about Agatha Christie attempting to kill off her most famous detective. A superb copy of a rare signed Agatha Christie.

First edition of Christie's final spy novel, published on the occasion of her 80th birthday. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Leon Drucker with best wishes Agatha Christie." From the library of noted collector William Strutz with his small bookplate to the pastedown. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. Passenger to Frankfurt (1970), Agatha Christieâs late-career novel, integrates elements of psychological suspense and political intrigue, offering a nuanced exploration of post-World War II Europeâs socio-political landscape. The narrative follows Mrs. Sara King, a British woman, whose seemingly coincidental encounter with a mysterious man becomes the catalyst for an unfolding international conspiracy.

[Detective fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.302 [2]. With sixteen illustrations by the author. Publisher's black cloth with red titles to spine and upper, and a sketch-map to front endpapers. With the orange dust-jacket designed by the author, not priced, and the rare promotional wrap-around band showing a three-line endorsement by Agatha Christie. Blue ink ownership to title page. Contents and edges clean. binding is fresh, jacket shows some light wear to edges, soft fold to belly band at spine. Very good indeed. The true first, preceding the Michael Joseph edition by six years. Desirable with the elusive Agatha Chrsitie sash.

First edition of Christie's ingenious murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the month of publication, "For Stephen from Agatha Nov. 1953." Fine in the rare original dust jacket with two small closed tears. Housed in a custom full morocco slipcase with chemise by M.J. Adjarian. From the Richard Manney collection. An exceptional example, one of the nicest examples extant. Here, consulting detective Miss Marple assists with the investigation of the murder of Rex Fortescue, whose autopsy has revealed that the cause of death was poisoning by taxine. "A beautiful precision-tooled job. False clues are laid with effortless skill up to the final revelation" (Julian Symons, Manchester Evening News). "Never has Mrs. Christie exerted her incomparable power of deception with more subtlety or to better effect. Superb book" (Ralph Partridge).

First edition of this classic Agatha Christie title and one of her favorites. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. Agatha Christie was an English writer and known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Christie also wrote the world's longest-running play, a murder mystery, The Mousetrap, and six romances under the name Mary Westmacott. In 1971 she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her contribution to literature. She was initially an unsuccessful writer with six rejections, but this changed when The Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring Hercule Poirot, was published in 1920. During the Second World War she worked as a pharmacy assistant at University College Hospital, London, during the Blitz and acquired a good knowledge of poisons which featured in many of her subsequent novels. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly 2 billion copies, and her estate claims that her works come third in the rankings of the world's most-widely published books, behind only Shakespeare's works and the Bible. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author â" having been translated into at least 103 languages. And Then There Were None is Christie's best-selling novel, with 100 million sales to date, making it the world's best-selling mystery ever, and one of the best-selling books of all time.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. A very good first edition in fine dust jacket. Owned by Charlie Watts, ROLLING STONE drummer. First edition in a very good dust-jacket.WITH COA Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to her secretary, amanuensis and close friend Charlotte 'Carlo' Fisher: 'For Carlo with love from Agatha'. Bookplate "From the library of Charlotte "Carlo" Fisher. Original dust-jacket supplied from another copy. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A lovely fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth fresh and without fading. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the supplied, price-clipped dustwrapper that is otherwise without loss or tears, but with the red lettering on the spine faded to just a shadow. Signed by Agatha Christie in blue ink on the front end paper. The last of Agatha Christie's spy novels, the publication marking her 80th birthday and (by counting up both UK and US short-story collections to reach the desired total), also advertised as her 80th book. Signed copies are scarce. (Hubin; Wagstaff & Poole; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition of Christie's masterful murder mystery; one of her personal favorites. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Agatha Christie Sept 1970." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Kenneth Farnhill. Housed in a custom clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. One of Christie's favorites among her works, Endless Night was first published in the U.K. by the Collins Crime Club on October 30, 1967 and in the U.S. by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The work received some of the warmest critical reviews of Christies career upon publication. "The old maestrina of the crime-novel (or whatever is the female of 'maestro') pulls yet another out of her inexhaustible bag with Endless Night, quite different in tone from her usual work. It is impossible to say much about the story without giving away vital secrets: sufficient to warn the reader that if he should think this is a romance he couldn't be more mistaken, and the crashing, not to say horrific suspense at the end is perhaps the most devastating that this surpriseful author has ever brought off" (Francis Iles, The Guardian).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST IN SCARCE DJ. LAID IN IS SIGNED TYPED LETTER. FADING TO EDGE. Signed by Author(s).

Zustand: NEAR FINE. First US printing. A "thriller which interweaves a classic whodunit worthy of Agatha Christie with an equally ingenious modern-day mystery that transforms the reader into the detective." One of the most effective and enjoyable novel within a novel books which I have read. Introduces editor Susan Ryeland who turns detective when a manuscript is missing the final chapters and its author has apparently committed suicide. Horowitz, a screenwriter for the television series Midsommer Murders, freely name drops. This novel was itself the basis for an innovative and excellent television series. A 'specially bound copy' SIGNED by the author on a preliminary page. Recommended. 236 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

Rare autograph from one of the most prolific writers in the mystery genre. Octodecimo, one page on Swan Court stationary, boldly signed by Agatha Christie in teal ink. In near fine condition with light rubbing and mail folds. A colorful signature on stationary featuring the address in Chelsea at which she lived and wrote for 28 years. Agatha Christie was an English writer and known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Christie also wrote the world's longest-running play, a murder mystery, The Mousetrap, and six romances under the name Mary Westmacott. In 1971 she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her contribution to literature. She was initially an unsuccessful writer with six rejections, but this changed when The Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring Hercule Poirot, was published in 1920. During the Second World War she worked as a pharmacy assistant at University College Hospital, London, during the Blitz and acquired a good knowledge of poisons which featured in many of her subsequent novels. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly 2 billion copies, and her estate claims that her works come third in the rankings of the world's most-widely published books, behind only Shakespeare's works and the Bible. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author â" having been translated into at least 103 languages. And Then There Were None is Christie's best-selling novel, with 100 million sales to date, making it the world's best-selling mystery ever, and one of the best-selling books of all time.

Typed letter signed by Agatha Christie to 'Mr. and Mrs. Holden' in answer to the question of how many books she has written. One page on Christie's Winterbrook House letterhead, duodecimo, the typed letter reads, '2nd May, 1969 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Holden, In answer to your question, how many books have I written, the answer is between 60-100, but I cannot tell you exactly because books of short stories differ here and in American publications. I suggest that you get Agatha Christie Mistress of Mystery by G.C. Ramsey published in America by Dodd Mead & Co of New York, and in England by Collins, which gives a complete list of short stories, dramatic productions and such. I will try and send you a paper-back copy autographed if I can find one in the house. Yours sincerely,' "Agatha Christie." In fine condition. Agatha Christie was an English writer and known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Christie also wrote the world's longest-running play, a murder mystery, The Mousetrap, and six romances under the name Mary Westmacott. In 1971 she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her contribution to literature. She was initially an unsuccessful writer with six rejections, but this changed when The Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring Hercule Poirot, was published in 1920. During the Second World War she worked as a pharmacy assistant at University College Hospital, London, during the Blitz and acquired a good knowledge of poisons which featured in many of her subsequent novels. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly 2 billion copies, and her estate claims that her works come third in the rankings of the world's most-widely published books, behind only Shakespeare's works and the Bible. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author â" having been translated into at least 103 languages. And Then There Were None is Christie's best-selling novel, with 100 million sales to date, making it the world's best-selling mystery ever, and one of the best-selling books of all time.

Hardcover. First UK Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 430 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is blue with cream, white, and black lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "£20.00" on front flap and has mild shelving wear along extremities. Boards have mild shelving wear along extremities. Contains frontispiece from Agatha Christie's notebooks. Signed flat by John Curran and dated "1/8/2011" on title page. Shelved in hallway. 1391834. Special Collections.

Hardcover. First UK Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 320 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is navy with white and gold lettering. Laminate board covers have mild shelving wear along spine tail and moderate denting to front tail joint. Signed flat by Kathryn Harkup on title page. Shelved in hallway. 1387786. Special Collections.

OLwd. m. geprägtem Rücken- u. Deckeltitel, Farbkopfschnitt u. OU. 8°, 355 S., einige Tafeln. OU randrissig u. mit einigen kleinen Verlusten sowie mit an den Klappen mit Japanpapier montierter Transparentfolie, Buch tadellos. EA. Mit Widmung von (der im Buch betrachteten) Agatha Christie in blauem Kugelschreiber an den Schauspieler O. E. Hasse auf Schmutztitel: «To dear old / O. E. / who loves detective stories / Agatha Christie». Beiliegend 2 gedruckte Visitenkarten von Curt Riess, eine von diesem in blauem Kugelschreiber mit Gruss versehen, eine mit «An O. E. / von C. R.» (in mit Schreibmaschine an O. E. Hasse, «Berlin-Grunewald» adressiertem Couvert).

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First German edition (originally published in the U.S. in 1972, as *Red Mountain, Agatha Christie and Love.* Text in German. Slight bump to bottom corner, very near fine. Inscribed by Masaril to poet Lou McKee.

Original-Pappband. Zustand: Gut. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Gut. 1. Auflage. auf Titel mit Widmung signeirt von dem britischen Regisseur Michael Winner (1935-2013). Winner drehte viel Mit Charles Bronson und Oliver Reed. Auch drehte er die Agatha-Christie Verfilmung " Rendezvous mit einer Leiche". leichte Gebrauchsspuren, oberer Schnitt stockfleckig. signed by director Size: gr. 8 °. Vom Regisseur signiert. Buch.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo, wrappers. Text block loose from over-sized wrappers due to poor binding, else near fine copy. Inscribed by Masarik to his friend and fellow poet: "for Lou [McKee], 13 years later the glue not worth a sniff, the face on the back too cherubic for comment, Al Masarik, Sept. '89".

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this engaging mystery novel by Peter Lovesey, signed by the author. The first edition of this work, published in the same year as the first US edition. A mystery novel following a series of deaths investigated by Bertie, son of Queen Victoria, Prince of Wales who would one day be King Edward VII. Written in the "golden age" tradition of detective fiction, intended as a homage to Agatha Christie in the year of her centenary.Signed by the author to the title page. Peter Lovesey is a British author of detective novels and short stories,mainly known for his characters of Sergeant Cribb, Victorian-era London detective, and Peter Diamond, modern day detective in Bath.Complete with its original, unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Signed by the author to the title page. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Fine. signed by author. book.

Zustand: Wie neu. Erstausgabe. 361 (7) Seiten mit einer graphischen Darstellung. 22 cm. Umschlaggestaltung: Cornelia Niere. Auf dem Titel mit Widmung signiert von den deutschen Schriftstellern Volker Klüpfel (*1971) und Michael Kobl (*1973). Lesetipp des Bouquinisten! Sehr guter Zustand. Frisches Exemplar. Wie ungelesen. »Eine Hommage an den klassischen, englischen Whodunnit im geschlossenen Raum à la Agatha Christie. Verspielt, humorvoll, augenzwinkernd genauso wie wir den Krimi hassen. Aber es ist ja auch gar kein Krimi. Sondern ein Regionalkrimi.«, Stern, 17.12.2009. Das Problem des geschlossenen Raumes, bei dem ein Verbrechen in einem von außen nicht mehr zu beeinflussenden Terrain passiert, ist fast so alt wie das Krimi-Genre selbst. Eigentlich gibt es die Kulisse schon bei Edgar Allen Poe, der in seiner berühmtesten Kriminalerzählung ein großstädtisches Mietshaus in der Rue Morgue als Schauplatz wählte, letztendlich aber taucht sie in Arthur Conan Doyles Geschichten rund um seinen Meisterdetektiv Sherlock Holmes auf oder eben bei Agatha Christie, die in Mord im Orientexpress nicht zuletzt die Geschlossenheit eines Zuges nutzt, damit Hercule Poirot den (bzw. die) Mörder zu überführen kann. Kein Wunder also, dass Volker Klüpfel und Michael Kobr in Rauhnacht den Vorbildern Doyle und Christie durch das Problem des geschlossenen Raumes ihre Reverenz erweisen. Mit seiner Frau ist Kommissar Kluftinger in einem exklusiven Berghotel abgestiegen, um sich dort die Silvesterzeit mit einem Live-Krimischauspiel zu vertreiben. Christies Meisterermittler Hercule Poirot soll er dabei geben, und er freut sich schon darauf, in historischer Kluft in der Hotelhalle zu erscheinen dumm nur, dass sein größter Widersacher Dr. Langhammer als Sherlock Holmes' Gehilfe Dr. Watson ebenfalls mit von der Partie sein wird. Doch dann geschieht ein echter Mord und der ebenso sympathische wie kauzige Kluftinger muss in dem inzwischen eingeschneiten Hotel all seine grauen Zellen" aktivieren, um den Fall aufzuklären. . Rauhnacht ist Kluftingers inzwischen fünfter Fall, und er ist aufgrund der Grundkonstellation sein bisher sicher ungewöhnlichster. Kluftinger-Fans müssen sich also darauf einstellen, dass das inzwischen liebgewonnene Personal des Kommissariats diesmal fehlt. Egal: Rauhnacht ist einmal mehr spannend, raffiniert gewoben, witzig, ja: wie immer beizeiten richtig komisch geschrieben. So kommt man als Krimi-Liebhaber auf jeden Fall voll auf seine Kosten. -- Stefan Kellerer. - Volker Klüpfel teilt mit Kluftinger den Heimatort Altusried. Doch den ehemaligen Journalisten hat es beruflich nach Augsburg verschlagen. Dort lebt er nach wie vor mit seiner Familie, auch wenn ihn sein Beruf nun nicht mehr in die Kulturredaktion der Augsburger Allgemeinen, sondern an seinen Autoren-Schreibtisch führt. Studiert hat Klüpfel, Jahrgang 1971, Politik und Geschichte in Bamberg, arbeitete dann bei einer Zeitung in den USA und vertreibt sich seine Zeit mit Sport und Theater entweder als Zuschauer oder als Mitspieler bei den Freilichtspielen in Altusried. Wie Kommissar Kluftinger. Michael Kobr, geboren 1973 in Kempten im Allgäu, studierte Germanistik und Romanistik in Erlangen. Er arbeitete nach dem Staatsexamen an verschiedenen Realschulen in Bayern, momentan aber ist er beurlaubt um sich dem Schreiben der Romane, den Shows und der Familie widmen zu können. Kobr wohnt mit seiner Frau und seinen beiden Töchtern im Allgäu. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 637 Blauer Pappband mit farbigen Vorsätzen, Lesebändchen mit Schutzumschlag.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A lovely signed first edition of this Bertie, Prince of Wales mystery by Peter Lovesey. Signed by the author to the title page.The first edition, first impression of this work.Complete with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.This murder-mystery novel set in 1890 follows a sinister turn of events during a high-class Victorian dinner party.Written by Peter Lovesey in the tradition of the "golden age" detective story, the book was intended as a homage to Agatha Christie in the year of her centenary. In the original cloth binding. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely. Dust wrapper is also lovely, with only minor sunning to the spine head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages have a touch of age toning due to paper used, however clean throughout. Fine. signed by author. book.

Original-Broschur. Zustand: Gut. Erstausgabe. auf Titel signiert von dem britischen Schauspieler und Autor Sir Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) ,Im Heft sind einige Fotos der Aufführung, in der auch Ustinov mitwirkte. leichte Gebrauchsspuren,Deckel kleiner Fleck. signed by author. Size: 8°. Vom Autor signiert. Buch.

Original-Pappband. Zustand: Gut. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Guter Umschlag. 1. Auflage. auf Titel mit Datum unter seinem Foto signiert von dem britischen Schauspieler Sir Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) , leichte Gebrauchsspuren. signed by author/ actor . Size: 4°. Vom Autor signiert. Buch.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Tall narrow 8vo. Trendy in appearance with blue thin plastic covers printed orangey red over abstract photo by Michael Dillon. No date (1967). Stiff plastic spine with 18 page catalogue printed recto only on 3 different coloured papers. Short introduction by John Fowles ('Only Connect.') Signed at front 'John Fowles 1982.' Foreword by the cover's illustrator Tom Adams whose gallery this was. It was showing the work of poet / artists like Michael Horowitz and Asa Benveniste and established artists like Prunella Clough, Carel Weight and John Bratby. The first item listed in the unillustrated catalogue was an oil by Adams 'The Magus.' Adams did the jackets for Fowles first 3 books as well as many Agatha Christie works. A rare ephemeral item lacking from most Fowles collections. A search on the web revealed the following: 'In 1967 Adams opened the Fulham Gallery, which not only gave first exhibitions of some now famous artists, but was for several years the center of the late '60's phenomenon - the poetry print. With C.Day-Lewis (the Poet Laureate) and artist Joseph Herman and John Piper, Adams produced the investiture print for the Prince of Wales. Adams also designed posters for Mark Boyle's light shows (The Sensual Laboratory), going on tour with The Jimmy Hendrix Experience and The Soft Machine. His connection with the modern world of rock music continued when he met Lou Reed, an admirer of his Christie and Raymond Chandler covers. Reed asked Adams to design the cover for his first UK solo album. As a result of this friendship with Lou Reed, Andy Warhol offered to sponsor of exhibition of Tom's work in New York. Adams did eventually work in the States in the early 70's where he was asked by Marshall Arisman to teach at the New York Central School of Art.' Very good indeed. Signedes.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine unprinted dust jacket with some soiling and small tears. One of 500 numbered copies Signed by the editors. A compilation of the thoughts of writers about their early literary influences. Contributors include Agatha Christie, Jack Kerouac, P. G. Wodehouse, J. R. R. Tolkien, John Updike, Allen Ginsberg, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, Anais Nin & Ralph Ellison.