Wolfe, Tom

The New Journalism [Signed]

New York: Harper & Row, 1973. First Edition. First Edition, stated. 8vo; Publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped design of a pencil on cover and gilt and silver foil lettering on spine. Bright yellow endpapers. Signed by Wolfe on front free endpaper. Dark blue pictorial dustjacket, unclipped with $10.95 price; 394pp. Boards have a bit of fading along the head edge of boards and spine. Some faded spots on book's spine that correspond with the pencil design along the dustjacket's spine. Corners of boards are square and binding is sturdy. textblock is spotless. Jacket has some creasing to spine head and tail, and the head edges of both front and rear panels are curled out a bit. Very small closed tear near head of spine. Aside from a few blemishes, it remains a handsome copy of this remarkable anthology. A scarce title in first edition, and even scarcer signed. 

This anthology includes selections from Rex Reed, Gay Talese, Richard Goldstein, Michael Herr, Truman Capote, Joe Eszterhas, Terry Southern, Hunter S. Thompson, Norman Mailer, Nicholas Tomalin, Tom Wolfe, Barbara L. Goldsmith, Joe McGinniss, George Plimpton, James Mills, John Gregory Dunne, John Sack, Joan Didion, "Adam Smith," Robert Christgau, and Garry Wills. VG / VG. Item #990
ISBN: 0060147075

Price: $900.00