River Runs by Norman Maclean, Signed (8 results)

1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case for Norman MacLean's majestic writing that later became a movie starring Brad Pitt. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. The case is finished in black Nuba® with a 'sculpted fly-fishing' image with green sides. Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba® or a combination of both. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. "Book definitely NOT included" When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age. The text can be altered to remove "signed" or other special requests.Sized to fit: 8.75"x5.75"x0.75".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 6th printing 1979, Signed by the Author on the full title page, light toning/soiling to edges of text block - light rubbing to top/bottom edges of spine and top/bottom corners of boards - a small spot of soiling to lower left of front board - 3 thin/faint lines of soiling across center of rear board - 3/8" long/straight tear to cloth up from bottom edge of spine - a former owners name inked in red to upper right of front free end paper, dj now enclosed in mylar wrap shows edge wear, light soiling, scattered light foxing and fading to spine - 1/2" tear to top right edge with 1/4" tear and associated short creases to bottom right edge of front panel - 5/8" tear with associated short creases and 7/8" tear to top edge of rear panel - 1/2" wide x 3/8" deep stain to top edge with 21/4" wide x 1/2" deep stain to bottom edge (wraps around to bottom edge of front/rear panels) of spine - staining along edges of folds of spine to front/rear panels - 7/8" wide x 5/16" deep stain to top with a very small hole and 1/2" oblong stain outline to lower fold rear panel to flap - 1/4" line of light foxing/soiling to top/bottom edges of front/rear flaps - original price intact. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. Later printing. Signed by Norman Maclean on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with former owner name and small stain to front free endpaper as well, in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light general wear and soiling, three tape ghosts to the blindside with an associated small hole to the front flap. A nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A signed letter from Norman Maclean to an admirer. Uncut dust jacket $7.95. Missing digit ISBN. Adways on p.27. Signed by Author(s).

Moser, Barry (illustrator). 8vo. quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards, front pastedown. (iv), 161+(1) pages. Limited to an edition of 200 signed by the author and Barry Moser, the artitst. Private bookplate on the front free endpaper. Spine with a hint of fading, minor shelfwear, with some minor wear to the spine ends. Else a near fine copy. The flies, used as models for most of the wood engravings, were all tied by George Croonenberghs except for the "Bunyan Bug" which was tied by Norman Means. The book is so beautifully designed, the sum is far greater than its parts. The book was published the year before the author died and was the basis for the incredible Brad Pitt film which was directed by Robert Redford. Norman Maclean's most famous novel of Presbyterian angst and flyfishing and is indeed one of the best-known angling books ever written. quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards, front pastedown.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second Printing. Second printing. An association copy signed by Norman Maclean on the front free endpaper and warmly inscribed "University of Chicago / Nov. 16, 1976 / To Mary [Petrie], These stories which I wrote in my retirement as a supplement to a course in English you and I had together on your way to being Treasurer of the University." Bound in publisher's light blue cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with trivial rubbing to spine ends and several spots of foxing. Light offsetting to front free endpaper affecting Macleans inscription and a small date penned to the title page. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with trivial wear.An exceptional copy with fantastic provenance. A semi-autobiographical collection of three-stories being the first work of fiction that nearly won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for literature, which served as the basis for the 1992 film starring Brad Pitt.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good copy in hardcover with very good minus jacket. First state of first edition. Inscribed by Maclean on endpaper, "Missoula, Montana, Aug. 9, 1929 (crossed out with 1979 written in pencil next to it) To Barbara and Bob, Who share with me a love of the west and western waters and the religious belief they should be fished only with flies. Norman Maclean." Book plate on first pastedown. Small tea-colored stain on fore-edge of page block that does not bleed onto pages. Jacket is price-clipped, has lightly faded spine, minor chipping at spine ends, light rubbing at fore-edge corner folds. Some toning along fore-edge fold edges. Inscribed by Author(s).

xiv, 217 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Preserved in a custom quarter morocco folding (clamshell) box. First edition. Tiny stain to the presentation page (not anywhere near the inscription); else a very bright, near fine copy with a little of the usual tanning to the top edge of the cloth. The dust jacket is very slightly sunned, but otherwise a very nice copy. Signed "Norman" and inscribed with thanks by the author to his first publisher, March 12, 1976.