Signed Editions
Cleaning shelves last week was a great way to start the new year. Not only did it provide some order and the feeling of a new beginning, I discovered some items I had forgotten about. I also had a few new items arrive.
So, I thought I would share them with you. All are signed by the author. As always, to order or see images of the signatures or inscriptions, click on the images below. Be well, ~Craig Jones, George; Carter, Tom.
I Lived to Tell It All.
New York: Villard, 1996.
Hardcover. First Edition. Ninth Printing. xii, 333 pp. 8vo. Minor scuffing to edges of dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Very light bumping to corners of boards, clean within.
Inscribed boldly by country legend George Jones on the half-title page. (#28725)
Price: $60.00 |  | |  | Michener, James A.
"Ventures in Editing" Publisher's Archive Including Both a Limited Edition & Proof Copy of Finished Work. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL.
Huntington Beach, CA: James Cahill Publishing, 1995.
Manuscript. First Edition. Archive includes a ten page computer printout of "The Writer and His Machine," which varies slightly from the published edition. The 17 page computer printout varies from all versions. Unsigned Michener note says about this second version ("This Fourth Version of the manuscript, the final version"): "We have indicated by bold face the new material..." Also, two (2) editions of "Ventures in Editing" (xi, 95 pp. 8vo.) Proof Edition: Proof copy bound in maroon cloth and with the colophon of the 26 copy "Lettered Edition" with “Proof Copy” written where the number of this copy would be written. Produced in an edition of 50 copies. Fine in a fine slipcase. Signed by the author and with Michener’s red JAM “chop” stamped on colophon. [Groseclose A.069a] Limited Edition: #56 of 274, bound in blue cloth and matches “Proof Edition” in all other aspects of production. Fine in a fine slipcase. Signed by the author and with Michener’s red JAM “chop” stamped on colophon. [Groseclose A.069b] According to the Groseclose bibliography (James A. Michener: A Bibliography), Michener only signed 148 copies of the Limited Edition.
Original manuscript material by Michener is quite scarce as he donated much of his manuscript material to various institutions during his lifetime. (#26507)
Price: $750.00 |  | | | McCullough, David.
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 558 pp. 8vo. Pristine copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Signed by David McCullough in black ink, with his distinctive flair, on the title page. (#25918)
Price: $75.00 |  | | | Wright, John Lloyd.
My Father Who Is On Earth.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1946.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 195 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket is clean and tight with very minor sunning to the spine, now in mylar cover. Front cover design very reminiscent of his father, Frank Lloyd Wright's style, also the "Father" referenced in the title. Includes the complete text of "The House Beautiful" by William Gannet published as a limited edition by Wright client, William Winslow, in 1896 and illustrated by Frank Lloyd Wright. [Sweeney 648]. Signed by John Lloyd Wright on the half-title page.
The second son of Frank Lloyd Wright and Catherine Tobin Wright, John Lloyd Wright (1892-1927), like his elder brother Lloyd (Frank Lloyd Wright Jr.) followed their father into the profession of architecture. Like so many in their father's orbit, it was a stormy relationship. The disclaimer at the beginning of the book sets the tone: "If the characters in this book resemble in any way, anyone living or dead--it is meant that they should do so." (#28639)
Price: $300.00 |  | | | |
