Secret History by Tartt Donna, Signed (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine UK 30th Anniversary hardback, first printing thus - no dustjacket (as issued) - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - 500 numbered copies - Pictures of the books are available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition/3rd Printing (Sept. 1992). SIGNED by author on bokplate affixed to front end page (signeture only). Glassine DJ lightly rubbed as is common with book; price-clipped with just tiny part of $ sign showing. Author's first book. (Bonus: Comes with a free unsigned 1st Printing hardcover copy of Tartt's novel "The Goldfinch"). NOTE: No international orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine printed acetate dust jacket with slight rubs. The printed acetate dust jacket has a tiny corner crease and is protected with a plain acetate cover. Novel of a crime committed by privileged college students. Signed by author on half-title page. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated 1st edition. Black, photographic boards in transparent DJ. Faint soil marks to top edge of text block, bump to head and tail of spine.PO name in ink on front pastedown and FFEP (first page). General wear to DJ. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. An excellent UK first edition/ first print trade (C Format) paperback with flaps. This edition was published at the same time as the UK hardback edition. The book has been signed directly to the title page by Donna Tartt and as such is a rare find. The cover shows some slight signs of shelf wear; a tiny tear at right hand front corner and very slight scuffing on jacket as is usual with matte covers, especially black ones. There is a faint brown line inside the front cover where the jacket flap has been against the opposing white page. (See photo). The book block is tight. there are a couple of small marks on the top of the book block. Otherwise the book is a tight copy, unread and in fine condition. Please note all of my books are securely wrapped and shipped with care in protective packaging within 2 working days. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. *No extra postage* 1st Printing. Signed and Numbered Edition with colour printed endpapers and head and tail bands. Brand new copy. Number may vary. Signed by Author(s).

First edition of this contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller.absolutely chilling" (Village Voice). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Signed three times by legendary jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel of the book, on the half-title page and rear jacket panel. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd and Barbara De Wilde. Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality. â A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment. Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled" (The New York Times).

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. Brand new, still sealed in publisher's shrink wrap. Stated on box: "This limited edition box set (one of a thousand) is printed on wood-free, acid-free paper and features specially designed endpapers, a reading ribbon and stunning silver-edged pages. Both books are signed by the author using Venetian ink." There is a rubbed tear where a price sticker was removed that was on top of the the sticker label on back of slipcase sticker; sticker label is on the outside of shrink wrap and does not affect the slipcase/books. There are three small tears in shrink wrap, books unaffected. See photos. Signature upon delivery required. Returns must be in sealed condition as received. Signed by Author.

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 523 pages. The wildly popular and critically acclaimed debut novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Goldfinch." A clean and tight very near fine copy in pictorial boards in a very near fine printed acetate dust jacket that has some light rubbing. Signed by Tartt on the half title page. A much nicer than usual copy of a book that is very prone to wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by the author. Hardcover, bound in boards with printed glassine dust jacket. Light rubbing to the jacket, slight bump one rear corner. Signed by Author(s).

First edition of each of her first three books together with two interesting circa 1992 photographs of Tartt. THE SECRET HISTORY (Knopf, 1992): SIGNED on laid-in bookplate. Near fine with spine ends gently pushed; in near fine dust jacket with light crimping to spine ends and corners and the usual slight cloudiness from aging. THE LITTLE FRIEND (Knopf, 2002): INSCRIBED on title page, "to Biff/ Donna Tartt." Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with barest wear. THE GOLDFINCH (Little, Brown, 2013): Her Pulitzer Prize winner, INSCRIBED on title page, "especially for Elaine/ with all warm regards/ from/ Donna Tartt." Fine with barest shelf wear; in near fine dust jacket with just a touch of minor rubbing. TWO PHOTOGRAPHS: AP LEAFDESK wire / press-release BLACK-AND-WHITE photo by Caitlin McCaffrey as used, without credit, on the dust jacket rear flap of SECRET HISTORY. 8.5 x 11" coated paper with 4 lines of text running along fore edge ("ADV. FOR SUN, NOV. 22," etc.) and image of Tartt measuring approximately 7 x 10"; near fine with just one tiny rubbed spot. GLOSSY COLOR apparent proof photo of Tartt sitting in grass at foot of a marble statue with her dog. Sheet measures approximately 8.5 x 11.5" with image, which is slightly askew, approximately 7.25 x 10.75"; handwritten copyright on back "REX - Donna Tartt" as well as "A42630" (photo would appear to be from a photo shoot by Dewey Nicks for the September 1992 Vanity Fair article, "Smart Tartt"); near fine with only a touch of creasing to margins. Altogether a near fine assemblage.

First edition of this contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller.absolutely chilling" (Village Voice). Octavo, original illustrated boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Diana- warm regards- Donna Tartt." Additionally signed four times by jacket designer Chip Kidd; on the front panel book, on the front panel of the dust jacket, on the half-title page and rear panel of the jacket. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd and Barbara De Wilde. Rare and desirable. Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality. â A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment. Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled" (The New York Times).