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.
University of Iowa Press, 1995. First Printing. Soft Cover. Signed by the author, with no date or inscription, at the title page; crisp and clean, with no owners' marks; except for very gentle toning along the spine and foreedges, excellent. More
Harvard University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a named individual on the front free endpaper. Clean except for a gray smudge on the right edge of the page block and modest dust staining and rubbing around the head and heel edges of the hard cover; jacket bears..... More
HarperCollins, 1997. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed to a named individual by the author on the title page. Crisp, clean pages with no owners' marks, though age-toned throughout; hard cover and dust jacket show some crimping at the spine heel, and jacket bears a few small, gray smudges at the lower..... More
Free Press, 2006. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page with no date or inscription. Clean and bright; except for light edgewear at the spine ends of the dust jacket, excellent. More
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee: Jefferson Press, 2008. Hardcover. Signed by the author, with an inscription to a named individual, on the title page. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; as new. More
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1987. Later Printing. Paperback. Like all books in the "Scribner Signature" edition, this has a printed version of the author's signature on the title page, but it is ALSO signed by the author in blue ink, with a warm inscription to a named individual, on the dedication..... More
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A. Sarabande Books, 1996. Paperback. Signed by the poet, dated, and inscribed to a named individual at the half title page, this beautifully kept book shows gentle edgewear at corners and is otherwise excellent. More
Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press, 1986. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed, dated, and inscribed by the author to two named individuals on the back of the half-title page, and signed again by the author at the title page. Crisp, clean pages; square, tight binding; hard cover shows only gentle..... More
Black Sparrow Press, 1994. One-Quarter Cloth. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; a touch of shelfwear at the tips of the heel corners and a hint of toning to a "Signed" sticker on the acetate, otherwise fine. Hand-numbered 83 (of 100) and signed by the author on the limitation page..... More
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1973. Hardcover. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a named individual by Dr. Menninger at the front free endpaper. Clean, crisp pages; square, secure binding; full cloth cover shows softening and creasing at the spine heel, light dust staining at the head and heel edges, and..... More
White Pine Press, 2013. Paperback. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a named individual by Christopher Merrill on the title page. Except for a tiny edge fold at the bottom front of the soft cover, as new. More
Milkweed Editions, 2011. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by the author to a named individual on the title page. Clean; mild shelfwear at spine ends and corners of the hard cover and dust jacket, otherwise excellent. More
Toronto: Exile Editions, 2004. Paperback. Signed, dated, and inscribed by the author to a named individual at the title page. Pages are crisp and clean, spine square and uncreased, soft cover only very gently rubbed at the corners with one shallow, light chip at the top rear, otherwise excellent. 75pp..... More
Saint Paul, Minnesota: Hungry Mind Press, 1998. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a named indiviual by the author at the title page. Crisp, bright pages; binding leans slightly to the right but remains secure; hard cover bears only modest softening and rubbing at spine ends. Jacket shows..... More
Picador, 2003. Hard Cover. Signed by the author on a tipped-in plate at the half-title page. Clean and bright; except for gentle shelf rubbing at the spine ends of the hard cover and a few tiny chips and edge wrinkles on the dust jacket, excellent. More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on the half title page, with no date or inscription. Clean and bright except for a pale brown droplet mark on the bottom edge of the book; hard cover shows mild softening at spine ends and a bit of..... More
University of Iowa, 2009. Staple-bound Softcover. Signed and inscribed to a named individual by the author at the first page. Crisp and clean; except for gentle rubbing along the spine and a thumbnail mark at the top left rear, excellent, nearly as new. [20pp.]. More
Kangaroo Court Publishing, 1985. Limited. Paperback. Second Printing, limited to 212 copies. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a fellow writer by the author at the title page, this copy is crisp, bright, and clean; except for a hint of shelf rubbing at the corners and spine tips, as new. More
Graywolf Press, 2010. Paperback. Signed and inscribed to a named individual by the author across the title page (the inscription is five lines of text written in a radiating pattern around the asterisk printed on the title page). Clean and bright; soft cover shows mild curling and edgewear around spine..... More
West Branch, Iowa: The Toothpaste Press, 1982. Illustrated by the Author. Paperback. Long 12mo. Signed, dated, and inscribed to named individuals by the author and his partner on the first (blank) page. Crisp, clean pages; secure binding; mild fading along the spine of the soft cover, two tiny, brown droplet..... More
Roseville, Michigan, U.S.A. Ridgeway Pr, 1997. Soft Cover. Except for almost unnoticeable rubbing at the corners of the soft cover, as new; inscribed to a named individual at the half-title page, dated, and signed by the poet. More
E. P. Dutton, 1988. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a named recipient by David Morrell on the front free endpaper. Crisp, clean pages; square, secure binding; hard cover shows spots of rubbing at the corners and spine ends but is otherwise clean and excellent. Dust jacket bears..... More
New York: M. Evans and Co., 1977. First Printing. Hardcover. Fondly inscribed to a named individual by the author at the first free endpaper, dated and signed. This copy has clean, crisp pages except for foxing evident at the head- and fore-edges of the page block; the binding is square..... More
Greenville, South Carolina: Greenville County Museum of Art, 1972. Cloth. Signed and inscribed by artist William M. Halsey, to a named individual, at the front free endpaper. There is a small, light adhesive stain at the top of the first page (a photo of artist); pages otherwise clean, binding square..... More
