Search Results: Signed Books from Plain Tales Books

New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed and Inscribed by Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed on flyleaf: "To Josie Kasle / whose grandfather Frank / knew me when I was / a little boy / Evan S Connell, Jr.". Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper (to whom book is inscribed). DJ spine faded and worn at head. Top page edge faded. Interior is clean and unmarked. .

Cambridge: John P. Gray and Son Ltd.. No. 127 of a limited edition of 150 copies signed by Lister on the limitation page. Illustrated and with a color frontispiece. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1958.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed and Inscribed by Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed to Chicago reporter, Herman Kogan: "To Marylew and Herman / Kogan / With love / James Farrell". Page edges darkened. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Warmly inscribed on flyleaf to fellow author, Charles Dickinson. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1985.

New York: HarperCollins. Signed on title page: "For Jane Harvey / Saul Bellow". . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1981.

Los Angeles: Shaugnessy, RJ. Signed on title page with limitation "437/500". Author's first book. Slight bump to head of spine. Clean, bright, and unmarked. Limited Edition. . Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Edition. 2010.

Oxford / New York: Oxford Univ Press. Signed on flyleaf: "To Sandy, in gratitude / from Alan". Laid in is a short, signed note from the author on his company letterhead. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1994.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co. Signed on flyleaf: "Eisenstaedt". Introduction by Bryan Holme. Clean and unmarked. . Hardcover. First Edition. 1990.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Gambit, Inc., 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed. First Edition, Limited. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Illustrated. No. 9 of a limited edition of 300 copies. Signed by the editor, Townsend Ludington, on the limitation page. Apparently Bev Chaney's copy. Chaney was a literary writer and John Cheever's bibliographer. This copy has a long inscription on the half-title page to Chaney from the editor, Ludington, thanking him (Chaney) for his part in making this book a success. Also, laid in is card from the publisher, Gambit, Inc. to Bev Chaney which reads: "Dear Bev / Here it is-and / Merry Christmas / from us all too. / Lovell / 11. XII. 73". "Lovell" is publisher Lovell Thompson, founder of Gambit, Inc. A unique association copy. Color frontispiece portrait of Dos Passos by Harold Weston. Housed in a very good slipcase with minor edge wear. .

New York: Vanguard Press. Signed on half-title page: "Joyce Carol Oates". Fading to edges of boards. Page edges darkened with age. DJ spine evenly faded from green to blue. Clean and unmarked. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1967.

Providence, Rhode Island: Matrix Publications, 1980. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Ssigned and Inscribed by Author. First Edition (stated). Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Signed on half-title page: "To Jim Sherwood / Harry Callahan". Housed in a matching cloth slipcase with a photograph mounted on cover. Laid in is the original prospectus for this book which includes a 14" x 14" sample print from the book titled "Providence 1977". The prospectus offered a portfolio of 6 of these "images". Book spine evenly faded. Slipcase has offset fading to front and rear panels. .

Providence, Rhode Island: Matrix Publications, 1980. Map/Print. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed and Inscribed by Author. First Edition (stated). Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Signed on half-title page: "To Nick Merrrick / Harry Callahan". Housed in a matching cloth slipcase with a photograph mounted on cover. Book spine evenly faded. Slipcase has offset fading to front and rear panels. .

Santa Barbara, California: Capra Press. No. 1 of a limited edition of 100 copies. Signed by William Webb and dated 1968 on the verso of a photograph of Henry Miller which is in a pocket on the front fixed endpaper. Clean and unmarked. Limited Edition. . Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1991.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Voyageur Press. Illustrated. Signed on flyleaf: "To Dick, / May the Spirit of the / River flow through / You always-/ The Last River rat / Kenny Salwey". Signed and Inscribed By Author . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 2005.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, Limited. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. One of 500 first edition copies signed by the author-this copy not numbered. very light wear to spine. Housed in a black cloth slipcase with moderate rubbing to edges. Limited Edition. Signed by Author.

London: Jonathon Cape. Signed on title page: "John Fowles / 8/Oct/1982. Foxing to page edges. . Very Good to Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1982.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition (stated). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed on front free endpaper: "Loads of love, with / no disguises, to / Eli and Lee-/ Mona". Some chipping to dj edges and one, short, closed tear. Signed and Inscribed By Author.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Neatly signed on second preliminary page: "Tennessee Williams". Clen and unmarked. .

Peoria, Illinois: Spoon River Poetry Press. Signed on flyleaf: "For my beloved Janet-/ Alice". Signed and Inscribed By Author . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1987.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Signed on half-title page. Laid in is a signed letter from Howard Nemerov to Rosemary Cowler who was a professor of English at Lake Forest (Illinois) College while Nemerov was a poet-in-residence there in January, 1968. Also laid in is a newspaper clipping showing a picture of Nemerov and Professor Cowler. Offset fading to front endpapers from clipping and letter. . Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 1960.