Time Kill Signed First Edition by Grisham John (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Wynwood Press, New York. 1989. 415 pages. First edition, first printing. One of only 5,000 copies printed, in the original Wynwood Press first edition. Signed and dated by John Grisham directly to the second half-title page. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Shelf-rubbing at tips. Copper-color endpapers. Nickel-size drip stain on title page corner, with a smaller, faint stain on flanking half-title pages. Small faint discoloration on top page edges. This is a large, tall book measuring approximately 9.5 inches tall by 6.5 inches wide. Copper boards quarter-bound with purple cloth binding; stamped in gold on backstrip. This book has been professionally restored to bring it to Good condition. Color contrast exists on base of cloth binding, on bottom front edge. A sturdy copy of John Grisham's first book in the first edition, first printing. One of only 5,000 copies printed, back in 1989, when Mr. Grisham was still selling these out of the trunk of his car. First/first. Signed. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Doubleday. New York. 1993. 487 pages. First edition thus., first printing with full numberline including 1. Printed November 1993. Hand-signed by John Grisham on a loosely laid-in adhesive-backed bookplate. Book is about fine, its only flaw is a small ownership stamp that is easily covered with the signed bookplate should you choose to, as stamp is small and sits in the center of the page on the front endpaper. Book is bright and clean. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Black cloth binding over blue paper-covered boards. Gold endpapers. $23.50 price intact on DJ flap. DJ is near fine; minimal speck-rubbing to gold letters on front. This is the first Doubleday edition, first printing of this title. This title was published a few years after the super-rare Wynwood first edition from 1989. Doubleday bought the rights from Wynwood and re-released this title as a result of the massive success Doubleday had with John Grisham's first best seller, The Firm. Near fine with loosely laid-in bookplate; flaw noted. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Doubleday. New York. 1993. 487 pages. First edition thus., first printing with full numberline including 1. Printed November 1993. Hand-signed by John Grisham on a loosely laid-in adhesive-backed bookplate. Book is about fine, its only flaw is a tiny indentation on panel edge; barely. Book is bright and clean. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Black cloth binding over blue paper-covered boards. Gold endpapers. $23.50 price intact on DJ flap. DJ is near fine. This is the first Doubleday edition, first printing of this title. This title was published a few years after the super-rare Wynwood first edition from 1989. Doubleday bought the rights from Wynwood and re-released this title as a result of the massive success Doubleday had with John Grisham's first best seller, The Firm. Near fine with loosely laid-in bookplate. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Doubleday. New York. 1993. 487 pages. First edition thus., first printing with full numberline including 1. Printed November 1993. Hand-signed by John Grisham on a loosely laid-in adhesive-backed bookplate. Book and DJ are fine. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Black cloth binding over blue paper-covered boards. Gold endpapers. $23.50 price intact on DJ flap. This is the first Doubleday edition, first printing of this title. This title was published a few years after the super-rare Wynwood first edition from 1989. Doubleday bought the rights from Wynwood and re-released this title as a result of the massive success Doubleday had with John Grisham's first best seller, The Firm. A pristine copy with a loosely laid-in bookplate. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Doubleday. New York. 1993. 487 pages. First edition thus., first printing with full numberline including one. Printed November 1993. Hand-signed by John Grisham in blue ink on the half-title page' no inscription, signature only. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Black cloth binding over blue paper-covered boards. Gold endpapers. $23.50 price intact on DJ flap. This is the first Doubleday edition, first printing of this title. This edition was published a few years after the rare Wynwood retail trade edition from 1989. Doubleday bought the rights from Wynwood and re-released this title as a result of the massive success Doubleday had with John Grisham's second book, and first best seller, The Firm. A pristine first Doubleday edition, first printing, signed, of John Grisham's first book. F/F. Signed by Author(s). …

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Signed "John Grisham 27 Dec 94." This copy from the collection of Grisham's literary agent, Jay Garon, who championed A Time to Kill after numerous rejections and eventually launched the author's career. With the ink stamp of the Jay Garon-Brooke Associates agency. A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket. Top edge of closed text block a bit dustsoiled. Dust jacket panels just slightly rubbed, with a bit of creasing to front flap. Jay Garon (1924 - 1995) was a literary agent best known for his professional partnership with the author John Grisham, which saw the publication of Grisham's first six novels and brought massive commercial success to both men. Their partnership began when Grisham sent unsolicited chapters of his first novel, A Time to Kill, to nearly thirty agents; only Garon saw the potential in the work and called him back. Though the novel did not immediately gain traction - after fifteen publishers rejected the title, Garon finally placed it with the fairly obscure Wynwood Press - Garon continued to champion Grisham's work. Two years later, Garon secured publication with Doubleday for Grisham's second novel, The Firm (1991), which became a massive hit and prompted Doubleday to reissue A Time to Kill in 1993. The Firm began a run of dozens of bestselling novels and numerous film adaptations, including The Pelican Brief (1993), The Client (1994), and A Time to Kill (1996). Garon's advocacy in the early years of Grisham's career was essential, and it was through their partnership that Grisham reached the heights of literary fame that he has seen over the past three and a half decades. Grisham's debut novel, A Time to Kill, was inspired by his decade-long career as an attorney. Drawing on a harrowing case Grisham witnessed in 1984, the legal thriller reflects on innocence, vengeance, and race in the American legal system. The novel was adapted for the screen in 1996 by Joel Schumacher with Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew McConaughey starring. Provenance from the estate of Gary Sullivan, Jay Garon's longtime partner, through Sullivan's acquaintance and fellow Fire Island resident. "Jay S. Garon; Literary Agent for John Grisham." Los Angeles Times (August 28, 1995). "J. S. Garon, 71, Literary Agent Who Saw Talent Others Didn't." New York Times (August 25, 1995). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Signed.…