Fans Notes by Frederick Exley, Signed (6 results)

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original grey cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the James Spanfeller illustrated dustwrapper. Avery good or better copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with the signed bookplate of Peter B. Messent (author and Professor of Modern American Literature) to the front pastedown, are clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper that is a little nicked at the spine tips and is otherwise bright and without loss. Not price-clipped (35s / £1.75 to the lower front flap). The author's first book, a cult classic. Sub-titled a 'fictional memoir', the novel is based on the author's real struggle as a New York Giants fan, complicated by alcohol abuse and mental illness. The book formed the basis for the 1972 Palme d'Or nominated film of the same name directed by Eric Till, starring Jerry Orbach and Patricia Collins. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Near Fine purple quarter cloth over orange boards, 385 pages. Dust jacket shows rubbing to base & few small nicks & closed tears to crown of spine & front panel, as well as 1/8 inch closed tear to rear; otherwise healthy. This copy is SIGNED "Sincerely Fred Exley" on title page. It bears previous owner's name ("Gartland") on front free endpaper. While First Edition is not stated, the code 1-S on copyright page and, on the flap 0968 suggest September 1968, same as True First pub. date. We have not determined why a 2nd printing would have been made so close to the first one. Rear flap bears small price sticker from Robinson's Book Store, Watertown, New York, which was Exley's home town.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition. 385p octavo, A fine copy in like dust jacket . Signed by Exley in 1972. Bookplate.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Harper & Row. (1968). First Edition. Fine. His first book, and the subject of a 1972 film. Presentation copy signed in full, 1991.

Hardcover. First edition. 21 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 385 pages. Purple cloth spine and red boards in dust jacket. Signed inscribed and dated by the author on the title page. Stated first edition. Fading to the edges of the cloth spine. 1 cm piece out of bottom of spine of dust jacket and light chipping to top of dust jacket spine. 2 cm closed tear to back dust jacket. Original price of $6.95 present on dust jacket flap. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Advance Reading Copy. Printed red wrappers. About fine. Inscribed by Exley: "For Burt Britton with all deep affection 11/19/74 Exley, and thank you." Exley's well-received first book, a "fictional memoir" (which seems more memoir than fiction). An exploration of the life of a fan of the New York Giants football team, told between drinking bouts and episodes of madness. A title which in recent years has been steadily gaining recognition as a masterpiece. Famously troubled, Exley wasn't a prolific signer and this is the only signed copy of the Advance Reading Copy that we've seen.