Billy Clark, Signed (9 results)

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Signed/Inscribed by author on limitation page. Limited edition copy number 510 / 950.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No. 604 of 950 signed copies, Sesquicentennial edition, first page in the book is the author signed, dated, limitation page. ; 80 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Light wear to jacket, now protected in mylar. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. An x-library copy; some staining to foredge. Uncommon in first edition. Inscribed "To Hardin E. Smith, in friendship and appreciation. All good wishes Billy C. Clark". Autographed copies rarely offered. Billy C. Clark was a member of a sprawling, ragged family. His father was an intelligent, fiddle-playing shoemaker with little formal education. His mother often took in washing to help provide food for the family. Billy grew up in a derelict house, The Leaning Tower, on the banks of the Ohio. Always hungry, often dirty, and without sufficient clothing, he led an adventurous life on the two rivers, swimming, fishing, and salvaging flotsam from the frequent floods. He set trotlines for fish and trap lines for mink and muskrats, and he walked fourteen miles before school to clear his traps. He learned laughter from his magnificent mother and wisdom from his father, who taught him that poor folks have a long row to hoe. Billy was the only one of his family to seek an education, and through his traps, his river salvage, and odd jobs, he earned money to put himself through school. The book ends with a powerful account of his parents' pride at his graduation. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. Maroon hardcover shows only the slightest edgewear. The FFE has owner's signature at top edge. THIS HAS A SHORT INSCRIPTION AND SIGNATURE ON THE TITLE PAGE. The DJ shows only very slight edgewear. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. A New collection of poetry by one of Kentucky's great authors & educators (1928 2009). Clark was an American author of 11 books and many poems and short stories influenced by his childhood poverty growing up in Kentucky. 80 pages. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor corner wear. Uncommon signed title. Inscribed by Author(s).

Eldridge, Harold (illustrator). F/F. Signed and dated (11-19-94) by the Author on the front fly-leaf. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover. Edited and with an introduction by Jerry A. Herndon. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo.; 274 pages; Signed by Author. Illustrated by Harold Eldridge. First Edition. Binding is Hardcover.

Perfect Binding, 146 pages. Condition: Good +. First Edition. Signed and inscribed on title page by Steven Johnson Leyba.First Edition. Signs of reading, handling and shelf wear to covers. Creasing and rubbing to covers. Light bowing to book and to corners. Scuffing to covers with heavier signs on back cover. Creasing to various inner pages of text block.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Alan M. Clark (illustrator). 1st Edition, Signed, Limited. First edition, hardcover, signed by the author (as Brite) and marked as a publisher's copy (PC) on the limitation page, the book has a very minor lean to the binding, and a touch of wear to the spine ends. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, clean Near Fine copy in a crisp, like dust jacket, which is wrapped in Mylar. The item is housed in a Very Good matching tray case box, which is starting to pull and split at all but one of the tray corners, and has very slight bumps to the spine ends and corners.