[Rarebooks] FS: 3 signed novels

[Gerard Gormley]

For your kind consideration ---



ABSTRACTS


Cormier, Robert~.  I AM THE CHEESE~.  Pantheon, 1977.  Signed
firsts very, very hard to find -- Hardcover out of Print --
Children (Young Adult) -- Signed Presentation copy -- Association
Copy.  First Printing.

Cormier, Robert~.  AFTER THE FIRST DEATH~.  Pantheon, 1979.
Signed Presentation firsts very, very hard to find -- Hardcover
out of Print -- Children (Young Adult) -- Signed Presentation
copy -- Association Copy.  First Printing.

Parker, Robert B~.  THE WIDENING GYRE: A Spenser Novel~.
Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1983.  Signed Presentation firsts
very hard to find -- Hardcover out of Print -- Signed
Presentation copy -- Association Copy.  Third printing.



DETAILS



Cormier, Robert~.  I AM THE CHEESE~.  NY NY, USA: Pantheon, 1977.
Keywords: Signed firsts very, very hard to find -- Hardcover out
of Print -- Children (Young Adult) -- Fiction (novel) -- Signed
Presentation copy ('To Ted [Vrettos] with great admiration [rest
illegible] Bob Cormier [date illegible] -- Association Copy from
library of Author/Professor Theodore Vrettos who, among other
accomplishments, conceived and directed the New England Writers
Conference, an annual event at which various well known writers
appeared as guest lecturers -- Many signed books for Vrettos and
his wife, Vas, with whom most of them became fast friends --
Vrettos is close friend of Bernays, Beattie, Fowles, King,
Updike, & many others -- English language.  First Printing
(Number series, "1" present).  Hardcover.  Dust jacket present,
price intact.  233 pages.  Binding height: 8-1/2".   Book Near
Fine: light bumping to 1 fore-corners & spine-top/bottom, 1 score
across leaf fore-edges.  Binding strong & tight, insides Fine.
Dust jacket Very Good to Near Fine: light rubbing to fore-
corners, moderate wrinkle to spine-top/bottom, light rubbing over
half-cloth boundaries, moderate scoring to back.
ISBN:0394834623.  [Digital JPEG image (1.75) available on
request].  TV65~.  US$95.95


Cormier, Robert~.  AFTER THE FIRST DEATH~.  NY NY, USA: Pantheon,
1979.  Keywords: Signed Presentation firsts very, very hard to
find -- Hardcover out of Print -- Children (Young Adult) --
Fiction (novel) -- Signed Presentation copy ('To Ted [Vrettos]
with my great best wishes,  Robert Cormier -- Association Copy
from library of Author/Professor Theodore Vrettos who, among
other accomplishments, conceived and directed the New England
Writers Conference, an annual event at which various well known
writers appeared as guest lecturers -- Many signed books for
Vrettos and his wife, Vas, with whom most of them became fast
friends -- Vrettos is close friend of Bernays, Beattie, Fowles,
King, Updike, & many others -- English language.  First Printing
(Number series, "1" present).  Hardcover.  Dust jacket present,
price intact.  233 pages.  Binding height: 8-1/2".   Book Near
Fine: Random House stamp on top leaf-edges, lightest bumping to
spine-top/bottom.  Binding strong & tight, insides Fine.  Dust
jacket Very Good to Near Fine: moderate wrinkle to spine-
top/bottom (light tearing to top), lightest scoring to front
(light to back).  ISBN:0394841220.  [Digital JPEG image (1.75)
available on request].  TV66~.  US$95.95


Parker, Robert B~.  THE WIDENING GYRE: A Spenser Novel~.  NY NY,
USA: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1983.  Keywords: Signed
Presentation firsts very hard to find -- Hardcover out of Print -
- Fiction (novel) -- Signed Presentation copy ('Vas & Ted, thanks
for everything (initials, as Parker always signs) -- Association
Copy from library of Author/Professor Theodore Vrettos who, among
other accomplishments, conceived and directed the New England
Writers Conference, an annual event at which various well known
writers appeared as guest lecturers -- Many signed books for
Vrettos and his wife, Vas, with whom most of them became fast
friends -- Vrettos is close friend of Bernays, Beattie, Fowles,
King, Updike, & many others -- English language.  Third printing.
  Hardcover.  Dust jacket present, price intact.  183 pages.
Binding height: 8-1/2".   Book Near Fine: light bumping to 1 fore-
corners (lightest to spine-top/bottom).  Binding strong & tight,
insides Fine.  Dust jacket Near Fine: lightest wrinkle to top
edges, lightest scoring to back, lightest rubbing over half-cloth
boundaries.  ISBN:0385292201.  [Digital JPEG image (1.5)
available on request].  TV41~.  US$59.95


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