Bitter Lake: Signed (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press 1996. Trade Paperback. 0870744054 . First edition of the author's first novel after her 1993 John Simmons Award winning volume of short fiction . This copy has been signed, and then below inscribed, dated and signed again, by the the author on the title page. 253+ pages. Very good with edge wear and corner creasing. clphE.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near fine hardcover with very good clipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. 1969. No Edition Remarks. 318 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Signed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to edges. Wear marks overall.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A signed copy of this scarce first edition novel by film producer Lawrence Bachmann, inscribed to American author Paul Gallico and his wife Virginia. The first edition of this novel by Lawrence Paul Bachmann, American film producer who also served in the US Army Air Forces and was the principal overseas correspondent forAir Force magazine. After a long career in the motion picture industry, he started writing novels again.A signed presentation copy, inscribed to the front free endpaper 'For Virgina and Paul, with many thanks for encouraging me to develop my "writing muscle." Affection, Larry,' dated 1969. An association copy, the inscription being to Paul Gallico, American novelist and short story and spots writer, best remembered for The Snow Goose and The Poseidon Adventure, and his wife Virginia. This volume wasacquired from a sale of his library.The plot concerns a cargo ship stuck in the middle of the Arab-Israel conflict while passing through the Suez Canal, and its direct effect on the war, a mixture of fact and fiction. With the unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Inscribed and signed by the author to Paul and Virginia Gallico to the front free endpaper, dated 1969. The dust wrapper is unclipped and very smart, with minor shelf wear and a minor soiling to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. With a minor spotting to the top edge, affecting only slightly the odd margin, the pages are otherwise bright and clean. Near Fine. None (illustrator). signed by author. book. …