Ginger Man by Donleavy, First Edition, Signed (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, a very good copy in the dust wrapper, signed by the author facing the title page, with John Ryan's signature to the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. xvi, 372, (12) pages. Illustrated. 225x145mm. Original decorative orange paper covered boards, spine lettered black, with original pictorial unclipped dust jacket. With foreword by Johnny Depp, introduction by Sean O'Reilly, afterword by Bob Mitchell, appendix (The Publishing Odyssey of The Ginger Man) by Bill Dunn. *Signed by J. P. Donleavy on the title page.* Irish bookseller's 'Signed by the Author' sticker on dust jacket, A near fine copy Images available on request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First USA Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine book in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed and dated, in Austen Texas by the author on the half title page. The book has light edge wear and toning. The jacket has slight edge wear. The Ginger Man was originally published by The Olympia Press in Paris 1955, and then in England as expurgated edition in 1956 and the USA in 1958. This is the first Unexpurgated USA edition. Signed by Author(s).

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Limited First Edition.Signed by J.P. Donleavy on hte second front end paper. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Leather, fine copy. Signed by Donleavy. First edition thus. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Sixtieth Anniversary Edition, 2015. With letters between Donleavy and Arland Ussher as well as archival material including pages from the original manuscript. Signed by J. P. Donleavy in pen on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Sixtieth Anniversary Edition. Fine book in a Fine Dust Jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Includes a forward by Johnny Depp, introduction by Sean O'Reilly, Publishers note, and an afterword from Bill Dunn detailing the publishing odyssey of the novel. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine leather bound Book, no flaws, Signed in protective cover. Signed by Author(s).

Leather Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. SIGNED limited edition. Close to fine in green leather binding with satin marker ribbon and gilt edges, withoutdust jacket as issued. (Trifle foxed at top edge. ) Note from the editors pamphlet laid-in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First trade edition. SIGNED by J. P. Donleavy on half-title page. Fine in very close to fine dust jacket. (Tiny scratch on front panel of jacket. ) Slated to be produced as a film by actor Johnny Depp. (GC) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 372 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Atlantic Monthly Press, New York. 1988. 347 pages. Wraps. This is the first printing of the Atlantic Monthly edition which was published 33 years after the true 1st printing back in 1955. SIGNED by JP Donleavy without inscription directly to the title page. Book is clean and tight with only the lightest soiling to covers and page edges. Light rubbing to exterior. A nice signed copy of the classic! Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression, signed and dated (March 6, 1957) to the title page by J P Donleavy. Near Fine: tight and square binding in sharp blue cloth; small area of toning to the head of the spine (where exposed by a dustwrapper chip); moderate spotting to the top-edge of the page block and sporadically to the fore-edge, else bright, crisp and clean. The unclipped dustwrapper is Very Good+: vibrant colouring and very clean; modest toning to the spine and extremities; chip to the head of the spine; one tiny spot to the rear panel; presented in a removable protective cover. A very attractive copy with the distinction of the author's signature. Loosely laid-in is an interesting letter (from the 1990s) to the publisher, Neville Spearman, on the subject of Donleavy and the novel, from the editor who had overseen the first UK paperback edition. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with 1 inch missing chip spine, First edition. 292pp. This was the first London edition [expurgated] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed in my presence in 2010 in his house in Mullingar. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; Signed by author on 2nd FEP. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book is signed by author on half title page. Cover shows slight wear. Very clean interior. Book states Revised edition 1958 and also states first edition. Pictures on request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine to Fine. First American Edition. Nice copy in its first printing. Copyright page states Revised Edition as the first European printing was outlawed as Obscene. This has the best jacket as the British and Olympia Press printings have jackets that are either boring or not capturing the feeling of the book. His first book and to me, his best by far. Unmarked, tight and square. Price intact jacket has only very light edgewear at spine ends, else fine. Red jacket is bright and fresh with no color fade on spine. Signed neatly by author on second free endpaper with no inscription. Scarce signed. A classic! In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 327 pages. In Good condition with a Good minus condition dust jacket. Red spine with white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$3.95", has mild wear along the extremities, chipping along the front head and fore edges, stains on the rear cover, two open tears along the spine head edge, a closed tear along the spine, and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the extremities, mild age-toning along the head and tail edges, and stains on the tail edges and spine. Textblock is lightly cocked, has a stain through the front end-page, mild age-toning along the end-pages and pastedowns, mild wear along the edges, age-toning along the edges, stains along the edges, and faded red inking along the head edge. Signed flat by J.P. Donleavy on title page. DL consignment. Shelved in Case 2. States Revised Edition on the copyright page as "The Ginger Man" was originally banned in the US and Ireland prior to revisions for obscenity. Contains a second same edition price-clipped dust jacket between the boards and mylar covered dust jacket. 1388530. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Octavo. 327pp. Fine in original black cloth pictorially stamped in blind on the upper cover and lettered in gilt on the spine. Spine just a tinge cocked. In a near fine mildly rubbed pictorial dust jacket with the original $3.95 price on the front flap.SIGNED on the half title by J.P. Donleavy. The author's first book originally published in Paris by the Olympia Press in 1955. .

Fine copy in a fine d/j. 12mo., green buckram cloth, with title labels, in original dust jacket; 382 pages Second Revised Edition, Signed by Donleay on the half-title page. This is the revised edition, published by Olympia Press in 1958. The first edition was published by the same press in 1955. Revised with the restoration of much material that had been cut from the earlier edition, The Ginger Man is a novel set in Dublin, Ireland in post-war 1947. Upon its publication, it was banned both in Ireland and the United States of America by reason of obscenity The Ginger Man has sold 45 million copies worldwide and has never been out of print. It was named one of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century by the Modern Library in 1998.

First edition, first issue with the words, Special Volume, Francs: 1.500 to the rear panel. Small octavo, original green wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "Washington D.C. March 1994 J.P. Donleavy." In fine condition. From the library of Donleavy's publisher Seymour Lawrence. Introduction by Arland Ussher. An exceptional example. The New York Times said "[t]here are a few novelists who are writing out of a sense of what the contemporary world is all about. The best of them is J. P. Donleavy," and the Scientific American called it "one of the books which reveals their quality from the first line. On every page there is that immediacy all good writing has." The Modern Library named The Ginger Man one of the 100 Best Novels of the Twentieth Century in 1998, and it has sold 45 million copies world-wide. Consequently, it has never been out of print, and it has been made into several theater and film adaptations.

First edition, first issue with the words, Special Volume, Francs: 1.500 to the rear panel. Small octavo, original green wrappers as issued. Boldly signed by J.P. Donleavy on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition. Introduction by Arland Ussher. A nice example. The New York Times said "[t]here are a few novelists who are writing out of a sense of what the contemporary world is all about. The best of them is J. P. Donleavy," and the Scientific American called it "one of the books which reveals their quality from the first line. On every page there is that immediacy all good writing has." The Modern Library named The Ginger Man one of the 100 Best Novels of the Twentieth Century in 1998, and it has sold 45 million copies world-wide. Consequently, it has never been out of print, and it has been made into several theater and film adaptations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. McDowell, Obolensky New York. 1958. First American Edition, first printing. SIGNED by JP Donleavy directly to the first half-title page. Aside from Mr. Donleavy's signature he also added year and location of the signing: Austin, Texas 1976. A VG++ copy that is tight and clean. Would grade near fine if not for two corners that show a most gentle wrinkle to cloth at corners. Light, faint toning along endpaper edges and a small faint cloud to topstain. Original $3.95 price intact on DJ flap. DJ backstrip is bright red. DJ shows light scuffing and some rubbing along edges; small chip to edge on rear. This is JP Donleavy's first book and a modern day classic. Originally published in paperback by Olympia Press in Paris in 1955. Three years later it would be printed in nardcover in the USA; in a revised edition. This is that offering; aka the First American Edition; first printing. Signed and dated by JP Donleavy in Austin, Texas; 1976. A beauty! Signed by Author(s).

First American edition of the author's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "J.P. Donleavy Washington D.C. March 1994." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alfred Manso. A bright example. The New York Times said, "There are a few novelists who are writing out of a sense of what the contemporary world is all about. The best of them is J. P. Donleavy," and the Scientific American called it "one of the books which reveals their quality from the first line. On every page there is that immediacy all good writing has." The Modern Library named The Ginger Man one of the 100 Best Novels of the Twentieth Century in 1998, and it has sold 45 million copies world-wide. Consequently, it has never been out of print, and it has been made into several theater and film adaptations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First American edition (first thus).  SIGNED by Donleavy on the half-title page:  "The Ginger Man / Houston / 15 April 1994 / (signature)."  The Ginger Man is a pub in the Rice University Village in Houston.  Laid into the book is a color photo of a gray-haired and gray-bearded Donleavy (in contrast to his photo as a young man on the back flap of the dustcover) with a table full of drinks in front of him and a beautiful young woman in a tight, short red dress next to him.  Black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, blind stamped decoration on front cover (matching that on the dustcover front), 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches, 327 pp.  Book very good (fading of black cloth over spine due to sunning through the dustcover; modest sunning and a small stain, top edge; 1/8 inch focus of edgewear with erosion of cloth, bottom edge, front board at tip). Dustcover very good (modest edgewear with small chips, top and bottom edges, mostly at spine ends and ends of rear flap fold; 1/2 inch closed tear, bottom edge, rear, near flap fold; moderate sunning, spine).  Defects necessarily described in detail, but both book and dustcover are still very attractive. (3214030). Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.25cm); beige paper-covered boards and light green cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine, and publisher's logo embossed onto front cover; blue topstain; dustjacket; [iv],156pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, price-clipped, with some trivial wear and dustiness. Dramatic adaptation of Donleavy's 1956 novel, published by The Olympia Press.