Language: English
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. Bright red hardcover shows only very slight edgewear. THIS IS SIGNED:GREETINGS FROM HARLAN COUNTY, WILLIAM D. FORESTER, 12-95. The pages appear unread and are clean, tight and unmarked. The white DJ shows slight edgewear. This is a history of Harlan County, Kentucky. Signed by Author(s).
US$ 583.34
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 5th Imp 1935. Signed inscription from the author to the inner page. The cornerstone item in Forester collectionâ (Smiley, 39) and the basis for the classic, 1951 John Huston film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. Bogart won the Best Actor Academy Award for his performance. It was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1994, with the Library of Congress deeming it "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". Book has been rebound in brown cloth. Book is near fine and very bright. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18840. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Toronto, S.J. Reginald Saunders, 1944, Toronto, 1944
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
First Edition Signed
Very good in pictorial cloth with some wear along the gutter of the front boards. Light soiling to the cloth. In A very good minus dust jacket with some chips and a closed tear one the front panel. Small chip at the top of the rear panel. This copy has been inscribed by Forester: "Fred McCarthy in memory of a very peasant Friday the 13th--Feb 1953 with best wishes from C.S. Forester (underlined). on the front endpaper. VG-/G+ in illustrated paper-covered boards printed in yellow, blue, and grey. With faint outline of dampstain on the lower portion of the rear panel. In a heavily chipped dusjacket printed with the same scene: the doctor looking curiously at the three maiden ladies seated on pillows at the gaming table. Several closed tears; with small pieces missing at the top of the spine and at the bottom of the front panel. Scarce signed. First Edition. Stated: "First Edition 1944" on the copyright page. Stated "First Edition, 1944." The true First & Only Edition.