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.
Grove Press, 2004. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author, with an inscription to a fellow writer, on the title page. Pages crisp and clean; hard cover shows small brown specks and spots around heel edges and at lower spine, and dust jacket bears a band of fading and a...... More
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1975. Illustrated by Lasansky, Mauricio. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed and dated by the artist across from the table of contents (10/12/75), with no inscription or named recipient. Crisp, clean pages; no ownership marks; the full blue cloth cover bears one small, light surface abrasion..... More
Iowa City: Four Peaks Press, 2010. Illustrated by Lasansky, Tomás. Limited Edition. Hard Cover with Slipcase. Signed by the artist on the limitation page and numbered 110/500. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; full red cloth cover and pastedown remain as new; black linen slipcase shows only a touch of..... More
Dream Horse Press, 2012. Softcover. A postcard signed and inscribed to a named individual by the author laid in; postcard and book are crisp and clean, with no signs of wear beyond almost invisible shelf rubbing at the spine heel, otherwise as new. More
Knopf, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by the author to a named individual on the title page. No owners' marks; pages are clean and bright; binding is square and tight; the hard cover shows a few handling smudges on its front and back surfaces, only visible if the..... More
The Kent State University Press, 2007. First Printing. Paperback. Signed by the poet on the title page, with an inscription to a named individual. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; as new.; Signed by Author. More
Norton, 2012. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Don Lee on the title page with no date or inscription; first printing. Crisp, bright, and clean; except for a small wrinkle at the spine head of the dust jacket, as new. Jacket now protected in a clear sleeve.; Signed by Author. More
Houghton Mifflin, 1979. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed and Inscribed to a named individual by the author at the title page. Clean, crisp, bright pages; square, tight binding; jacket bears chipping at the corners and spine ends, a small tear and several short creases at the top rear, and modest fading..... More
Milkweed Editions, 2014. Hardcover. Signed by the author at the title page with no date or named recipient. Crisp, clean, and bright except for a small, more tangible than visible scuff at the left front of the hard cover and a tiny curl at the spine head; otherwise excellent.; Signed..... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2013. First American Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author, without date or inscription, on a tipped-in signature page. Clean and bright; except for a touch of shelfwear at bottom corners of the hard cover and a very small crease and spot of wear at the..... More
Spiegel & Grau, 2009. Hardcover. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a named individual by the author on the title page. Clean except for a stray dark spot on the top edge of the book; hard cover and jacket show some crimping at spine ends and edgewear at spine ends and..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Paperback. Signed and inscribed to a named individual by the poet on the first (half-title) page. Clean and bright; except for light shelf rubbing at corners and spine ends, excellent, nearly as new.; Signed by Author. More
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972. Trade Paperback. Signed by the author on the title page. Crisp, clean pages except for a hint of foxing starting at the outside edges of the page block; spine square and uncreased, soft cover bearing small surface chips along the spine, a vertical..... More
Doorjamb Press, 2008. First Edition. Paperback. Signed and inscribed by the poet to a named individual on the title page. Clean, crisp and bright, without owners' marks; binding is tight; there is a small chip on the spinehead and a very faint fold at the bottom front corner of the..... More
Basic Books, 2003. Paperback. Signed by the author on the title page, with a brief inscription to a named individual. Crisp and clean; no owners' marks; except for very light edgewear at spine ends, excellent.; Signed by Author. More
Cedar Falls, Iowa, U.S.A. KUNI, 2000. Trade Paperback. Signed by editor Barbara Lounsberry and by book designer Amy Roach at the title page. Signed by contributors Mickey Zucker Reichert, Donald Harstad, Ann Struthers, David Yepsen, O. Kay Henderson, Valerie M. Hudson, Dennis Goldford, Carole Shelley Yates, Charles L. P. Silet..... More
Hyperion, 2009. First Edition - First Printing. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by the author to a named individual on the title page. Pages are clean, bright and crisp; binding is square and tight; except for a crease on the bottom free corner of the rear jacket flap, as new. Jacket..... More
Bookman Publishing and Marketing, 2005. Softcover. Clean, bright pages; square, uncreased spine; soft cover shows a few small, shallow surface chips and a thumbnail crease on the back as well as gentle corner wear, otherwise excellent. 116pp. More
Privately Printed. Paperback. Undated; ca 1988. Signed, dated, and inscribed by the author, without a named recipient, on the inside of the front cover. Crisp, clean pages; square, uncreased spine; soft cover has a pair of small, brown spots at the lower left front, some tiny creases and wear at..... More
W. W. Norton & Co., 1995. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed to a named individual by the author at the title page. Clean and bright; the hard cover shows moderate bumps at the left rear corners and spots of rubbing at spine heel and corners, and jacket bears minor creasing at..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Hardcover. Signed by the author on a bookstore's preprinted signature plate affixed to the blank page preceding the title page. Crisp, clean pages; square, tight binding; some softening at the spine heel and light rubbing at spine ends and corners of the hard cover; jacket bears..... More
Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2011. First Edition. Paperback. Signed, dated, and inscribed by the author to a fellow poet on the title page. Clean, bright, and crisp except for an upper margin crease on p. 5; no other owners' marks; binding is tight; except for scattered, nearly invisible rub..... More
North Point Press, 1989. Hardcover. Clean and bright; mild shelfwear around the spine heel, otherwise excellent. Author's signature is on bookplate laid in (not affixed).; Signed by Author. More
The Donning Company, 1989. Hardcover. Signed by the author with no date or inscription at the front free endpaper. Crisp and clean except for a short gift note penned at the top of the title page and a little dust spotting at the head edge of the page block; hard..... More
