Tough Guys Don't Dance (Signed) by Mailer, Norman - 1984

Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited Signed First Edition collection; signed by the author. Brown leather with raised bands; gilt spine decoration and title; both front and back boards stamped in gilt; all edges gilt; marbled endpages; sewn-in ribbon marker. With a special message from the author. Frontispiece portrait of Roth by Burt Silverman. "Roth is one of the most awarded U.S. writers of his generation: his books have twice received the National Book Award, twice the National Book Critics Circle award, and three times the PEN/Faulkner Award. He received a Pulitzer Prize for his 1997 novel, American Pastoral, which featured one of his best-known characters, Nathan Zuckerman, the subject of many other of Roth's novels. The Human Stain (2000), another Zuckerman novel, was awarded the United Kingdom's WH Smith Literary Award for the best book of the year. In 2001 Roth received the inaugural… Read More

PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Empire is the fourth historical novel in the Narratives of Empire. he Narratives of Empire series is a heptalogy of historical novels by Gore Vidal, published between 1967 and 2000, which chronicle the dawn-to-decadence history of the "American Empire"; the narratives interweave the personal stories of two families with the personages and events of U.S. history. Despite the publisher's preference for the politically neutral series-title "American Chronicles", Vidal preferred the series title "Narratives of Empire". The seven novels can be read in either historical or publication order without losing narrative intelligibility.; 8vo .

PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Publisher's letter laid in. Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Illustrated by Anthony Russo. A collection of stories with southern women as the central character; Grau is a Pulitzer Prize winning author. "Infrequent in appearance, Grau's books are always an occasion for celebration. The nine stories in this new collection all with a woman as their central character confirm her as a writer of keen psychological insight and luminously resonating prose." Publisher Weekly Review ; 8vo .

PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Remains in the original publisher's shrinkwrap. Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Oates (1938) has won many awards for her writing, including the National Book Award, two O. Henry Awards, and the National Humanities Medal. ; 8vo .

PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Original publisher's letter laid in (one light smudge.) Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Illustrated by Herbert Tauss. Hersey, (1914-1993) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer and journalist considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism. The Call is a work of historical fiction drawn from the the journals and correspondence of his parents, missionaries to China. "...his best fiction... allows readers to live history through characters caught up in actual events." (Publisher's letter). Beautiful copy. ; 8vo .

Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited Signed First Edition collection; signed by the author. Brown leather with raised bands; gilt spine decoration and title; both front and back boards stamped in gilt; all edges gilt; marbled endpages; sewn-in ribbon marker. With a special message from the author. Frontispiece portrait of Roth by Burt Silverman. "Roth is one of the most awarded U.S. writers of his generation: his books have twice received the National Book Award, twice the National Book Critics Circle award, and three times the PEN/Faulkner Award. He received a Pulitzer Prize for his 1997 novel, American Pastoral, which featured one of his best-known characters, Nathan Zuckerman, the subject of many other of Roth's novels. The Human Stain (2000), another Zuckerman novel, was awarded the United Kingdom's WH Smith Literary Award for the best book of the year. In 2001 Roth received the inaugural… Read More

PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Empire is the fourth historical novel in the Narratives of Empire. he Narratives of Empire series is a heptalogy of historical novels by Gore Vidal, published between 1967 and 2000, which chronicle the dawn-to-decadence history of the "American Empire"; the narratives interweave the personal stories of two families with the personages and events of U.S. history. Despite the publisher's preference for the politically neutral series-title "American Chronicles", Vidal preferred the series title "Narratives of Empire". The seven novels can be read in either historical or publication order without losing narrative intelligibility.; 8vo .

PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Publisher's letter laid in. Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Illustrated by Anthony Russo. A collection of stories with southern women as the central character; Grau is a Pulitzer Prize winning author. "Infrequent in appearance, Grau's books are always an occasion for celebration. The nine stories in this new collection all with a woman as their central character confirm her as a writer of keen psychological insight and luminously resonating prose." Publisher Weekly Review ; 8vo .

PA: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Remains in the original publisher's shrinkwrap. Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Oates (1938) has won many awards for her writing, including the National Book Award, two O. Henry Awards, and the National Humanities Medal. ; 8vo .

PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author . SIGNED by Author, Limited, signed first edition; preface written by the author for this edition. Original publisher's letter laid in (one light smudge.) Full leather stamped in gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpages & silk ribbon marker. Illustrated by Herbert Tauss. Hersey, (1914-1993) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer and journalist considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism. The Call is a work of historical fiction drawn from the the journals and correspondence of his parents, missionaries to China. "...his best fiction... allows readers to live history through characters caught up in actual events." (Publisher's letter). Beautiful copy. ; 8vo .