This is, after all, a UNESCO City of Literature and home to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so we tend to have a few books signed by authors. Whether they came to town with a professor or student, were signed at a reading at local legend Prairie Lights or at the University of Iowa, or were collected by the literature lovers of to Iowa City, signed books are commonly featured in our collection.
Other Press, 2012. Second Printing. Paperback. Signed by the author on the title page, with a brief presentation inscription to a named individual. Crisp, bright, clean; except for some fading of the yellow portions of the spine, excellent.; Signed by Author. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. One-Quarter Cloth. Signed, dated, and inscribed by both authors, to named individuals, at the dedication page. Clean and bright; binding tight; hard cover shows only small handling stains around the heel edges and minor rubbing at corners and spine ends. Jacket..... More
Des Moines: Iowa State Education Association, 1993. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed to a named individual by the author at the title page. Clean, bright pages except for light foxing along the head edge of the page block; binding square and tight, full cloth cover only lightly dust-stained at the top..... More
Flamingo Press, 1978. First Edition. Staple-bound Softcover. Signed by author on the title page, with a short presentation inscription to named individuals. Clean, crisp, and bright; no owners' marks or wear; as new. Erratum slip laid in (correction to acknowledgements page).; Signed by Author. More
Warrensburg, Missouri: Pleiades Press, 2001. Paperback. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a fellow writer at the title page by the poet, this copy has a faint fold at the upper front corner and very slight rubbing at the lower corners of the soft cover, but is otherwise crisp, bright, and..... More
Toothpaste Press, 1983. First Printing. Hand Sewn Paper. Signed by the author on the colophon page. Clean and bright except for a band of modest age-toning across the lower front and a few pale spots of foxing forming amid the texture of the cover; cover corners bear modest shelfwear; otherwise..... More
Hibiscus Press, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Signed and inscribed by the author to a named individual on the half title page. Pages clean, with no owners' marks; binding square and tight; soft cover has gentle rippling along the spine at front and back, some toning at spine and edges, a...... More
Ballantine Books, 2012. First Edition - First Printing. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed to a named individual by the author on the title page. Clean and bright; hard cover bears modest softening at the spine heel, a light taps at the top right front corner causing a tiny surface wrinkle, and..... More
Awst Press, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. Signed by the poet on the first (title) page, with an inscription to a named individual. Crisp, bright, clean; no owners' marks; as new. More
University of South Carolina Press, 1997. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by the poet on the title page with no date or inscription; signed again by the poet on the half-title page with a short inscription to a named individual. Clean and bright; full cloth cover shows light shelfwear at corners..... More
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2012. Paperback. Signed by the author on the title page, and signed more familiarly with an inscription to a named recipient on the half-title page. Clean and bright, with no owners' marks; except for almost negligible edgewear at corners, as new.; Signed by Author. More
New York, NY: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author at the title page with no date or inscription, this copy is clean and bright, with no owners' marks; the jacket shows some rubbing and a little chipping at the corners and spine ends but..... More
Black Lawrence Press, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. Signed by the author on the title page, with a presentation inscription to a named individual. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; as new.; Signed by Author. More
Anhinga Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Robert Dana without inscription on the title page. No owners' marks; pages are clean, crisp and bright; binding is tight; there is a small tap and wrinkle at the spine head and the dustjacket bears a pair of pressure creases on the..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a named individual by the author on the title page. Clean and bright; a touch of softening and edgewear at the spine heel of the hard cover, a few tiny nicks in the edge of the dust jacket..... More
Pace e Bene Press, 2013. Paperback. Signed and inscribed to a named individual by the author on the first (half-title) page. Clean and bright; no use marks or wear; as new.; Signed by Author. More
New York: William Morrow, 1977. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a named individual by the author at the front free endpaper, this copy has crisp, bright pages clean except for a hint of dust spotting at the head edge of the page block; the binding is square..... More
Gival Press, 2006. Paperback. Signed by the author without inscription on the dedication page. No owners' marks; pages are clean and crisp, binding is square and tight; there is rubbing at the spine ends, with a small chip in the spine head, as well as a discolored spot on the..... More
Bear Star Press, 2000. Paperback. Signed and inscribed briefly by the author, to a named individual, on the title page. Clean and bright, with no owners' marks; several tiny surface chips on the soft cover along both sides of the spine, a rectangular patch of fading and a spot of..... More
Kearney, NE: Morris Publishing, 2001. Paperback. Signed by the author at the title page with no date, inscription, or named dedicatee, this copy is crisp and clean as new.; Signed by Author. More
Baen Books, 2000. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed to a named individual at the title page by co-author S. M. Stirling. Clean, crisp pages; square, tight binding; hard cover shows modest softening and rubbing at spine ends, and jacket bears a shallow crease at the spine heel and a...... More
Baen Books, 1999. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed to a named individual at the title page by co-author S. M. Stirling. Crisp, clean pages; square, secure binding; hard cover shows modest shelfwear at spine ends and bottom edges, and jacket bears mild rubbing at spine heel and corners, otherwise..... More
Baen Books, 2000. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed to a named individual at the title page by co-author S. M. Stirling. Clean, crisp pages except for a few brown specks at the lower foreedge and a binder's narrow miscut at the bottom right corners of pp.283-290; square, tight binding;..... More
Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1998. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author at the front free endpaper, with no date or inscription. Pages clean except for light foxing around edges; hard cover and dust jacket show light crimping and softening at spine ends, otherwise well-kept. Jacket is unclipped and..... More
