QB VII – Signed First Edition – Leon Uris – 1970 – Original Dust Jacket

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Leon Uris directly on the half-title. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1970. 504 pages. Hardcover in the original dust jacket, retaining the publisher's $7.95 price on the front flap. A signed first edition of Uris's major 1970 novel, QB VII, a sweeping courtroom drama dealing with the Holocaust, memory, guilt, and responsibility. Book is in Very Good condition, remaining sound and attractive with generally clean interior pages. Leon Uris's large signature appears prominently on the half-title. Previous owner's handwritten notation “Brown 70” appears on the front endpaper, with a small penciled notation/price on a preliminary page. Mild age toning consistent with a book of this vintage. Original dust jacket is in Good to Very Good condition, showing age toning and surface soiling, rubbing, scattered marks, and wear along edges and corners. Jacket retains the original $7.95 publisher's price and is now protected in a clear archival cover. A collectible signed first edition of one of Leon Uris's best-known novels, particularly desirable with the author's signature directly in the book and the original priced dust jacket present.…