Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, Signed (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 421 pages; 24 cm. SIGNED by the author Rebecca Makkai on a literary society bookplate pasted onto the front free endpaper. A fine copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "A dazzling new novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris, by the acclaimed and award-winning author Rebecca Makkai. In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister. Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster." - Publisher. Size: 8vo. SIGNED. Collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by author on bookplate to front free end page in black pen, signature only. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 to number line, thirteenth printing. 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 Book; binding tight, minor bump to top corners else boards straight and clean; text free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($27.00) has minor bumping to bottom spine. Color bright and sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardccover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Later Printing. Very nice copy signed by author on Title page with brief inscription and then again on Literary Society Book plate on front endpaper. Crisp, unread copy. Finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. No real flaws. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed/3rd printing. Signed and inscribed by author on title page "To Connie". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Fourth Printing. Book and DJ New. NO notes, names or ANY markings. New DJ not clipped ($27) NO stickers printed or pasted. ; Inscribed "to Lizzie, in friendship & great to see you" at title page in 2018.; 421 pages; 4th printing. ; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, 13th printing. Signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Very good book (a few pages have top corners bent) and a bump to the bottom edge near the spine. In a near fine jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. An As New book in an As New dust jacket. First Edition/ 14th printing (20 19 18 17 16 15 14). SIGNED by the author on a Beverly Hills Literary Society bookplate attached to the first blank page. Book is clean, unmarked, tight and square. Jacket is fully intact, bright and clean with no markings or tears. A solid, unread copy over all. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Signed in person by Rebecca Makkai directly on the title page (Not pre-signed on a bookplate or a tipped in page bound by the publisher). NOT signed to anyone. 1st edition /Later Printing. Hardcover. Book is NEW and UNREAD, opened only for signing. No marks, no inscriptions. Not a book club edition, not an ex-library. Dust jacket is new, not price-clipped, in a removable, protective clear cover. This is a beautiful autographed book. Makes a great gift. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition; First Printing. Book and DJ New. NO notes, other names or ANY markings. DJ not clipped ($27) NO stickers of ANY kind. ; Inscribed "to Tony, a believer" and signed in full at title page. ; 421 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, FOURTH printing. "FOURTH printing number code sequence 4 through 10 to the copyright page. SIGNED by the Guggenheim Fellowship and Pushcart Prize winning Hungarian-American author to the title page. This, Makkai's most renowned novel, earned the author numerous accolades including the Andrew Carnegie Medal, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Stonewall Book Award and finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Set in Paris in current times and in Chicago in the 1980s, this beautiful novel brimming with positive life, depicts a smart Gay culture during the AIDS epidemic, and shows its effects in changing the course of various peoples lives, at the time, and 30 years later. Elusive SIGNED in such nice collectible condition. Fine, tight, crisp and firm in orange over tan boards with gilt embossed titles to the spine, golden-yellow headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket; original printed $27.00 price and 0618 date code still intact to the front inner flap. NO remainder mark. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing signed by the author directly on the title page. A nice copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine/fine copy. First UK edition; First printing, signed on the title page by the author. In very collectible condition. Scarce signed, in first printing and in this condition. Signing event provenance is included. Pulitzer prize finalist 2019. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, First Printing. Signed by the author on the TITLE page. Also dated 5/13/2018. NOT inscribed, NOT REMAINDER marked. NOT ex library. NOT Book Club. Securely wrapped, dust jacket in protective cover and shipped in a box. Full # line starting with a 1. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine/Near Fine. First Editions/First Printings. This offer is for complete set of the author's four works - each SIGNED by Rebeccca Makkai on their respective title pages! These include: 1) "The Borrower" (2011) - her debut novel. A librarian and a young boy obsessed with reading take to the road. 2) "The Hundred-Year House" (2014) - a dazzlingly original, mordantly witty novel about the secrets of an old-money family and their turn-of-the-century estate, Laurelfield. 3) "Music for Wartime" (2015) - Now, the award-winning writer, whose stories have appeared in four consecutive editions of "The Best American Short Stories", returns with a highly anticipated collection bearing her signature mix of intelligence, wit, and heart. 4) "The Great Believers" (2018) - a dazzling novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris. In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister. Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster. Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, a finalist for the 2018 National Boook Award for Fiction and a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, amongst many other awards. Additional shipping may be required based on where the books are to be sent. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine/fine copy. First edition; First printing, signed on the title page by the author. Along with her signature, Rebecca Makkai has written the first line of the book, "Twenty miles from here, twenty miles north, the funeral mass was starting." In very collectible condition. Very scarce signed, in first printing and in this condition. Signing event provenance is included. Pulitzer Prize finalist. 2019. Signed by Author(s).