The Philadelphian

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing; SIGNED by author, also signed & inscribed by author's daughter. Black & white tweed boards with unfaded black cloth spine, red title box on spine. Slight browning to to edges on tweed cloth portions of boards. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Signed by Richard Powell on front free endpaper; inscribed on rear free endpaper by Powell's daughter Dorothy: "For Cathy, I hope you enjoy reading my Dad's book. - Dorothy Powell Quigley." Dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped (3.95 on front inside flap); slight wear at top and bottom spine edge, slight browning at front flap fold. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A novel covering four generations of a Philadelphia family, beginning with an untutored Irish immigrant girl in 1857, and ending with her great grandson--a successful Philadelphia lawyer at the top of the social ladder. The book was made into a successful movie in 1959 starring Paul Newman. The book was inscribed to me when I interviewed Dorothy Powell Quigley in 2007. 5-3/4" x 8-1/2". Fiction. First Edition, First Printing; SIGNED by author, also signed & inscribed by author's daughter..