A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, First Edition (37 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. "First Black Cat Edition 1981 / Second Printing 1981" stated on the copyright page. Paperback book with illustrated front cover with publisher's original $3.50 price printed at top right corner of front and rear covers. "1981 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction" printed on front cover. 415 pages. In VERY GOOD + condition. Tightly bound, solid, square, bright, spotless and very clean. No sunning or creasing to spine but there is a light vertical ridge at top end of spine from the binder's gluing process. Light wear along the edges of the front cover with a bottom corner crease and faint small crease to the bottom corner tips of about the first third of the text pages. Otherwise excellent. Unmarked with just slight age-toning.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition, seventh printing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Seventh printing published in 1981. Heavy wear to the dust jacket with tearing and soiling to the inside. Heavy wear to the boards with some discoloration and soiling. Slightly cocked spine. Bumping to the corners. Tight binding. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. In good condition a bit of tape has been removed from the back so the isbn doesnt get seen.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, sixth printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Sixth printing published in 1981. Moderate wear to the dust jacket; dust jacket is price clipped. Light bowing to the boards. Foxing to the top of the text block. Tight binding. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A fourth printing of the original edition in very good condition, but the jacket has a triangular area of loss on the front panel and further loss to the back panel with a spine that is rubbed and worn. A nice book in just a good jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, sixth printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Sixth printing of the original LSU edition published in 1981. Minor creasing to the dust jacket; slight tear along the lower spine of the dust jacket. Minor wear to the dust jacket. Tight binding. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, 5th printing. Pulitzer Prize Winner. Author's first and only novel. Foreward by Walker Percy. DJ is price clipped and has a chip to the rear panel top and the lower rear tip. There is 1.5" closed tear on the front panel at the top tip. Binding is tight, square, and sound. Interior is clean.

Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; Third Printing. Stated third printing of the first edition. Vg+. Pulitzer Prize winning title. Hard cover, two line 1980 holiday gift inscription neatly penned on upper front fly. Clean book, binding is tight and straight. Good only, price clipped (tiny portion of $ remains) DJ. Moderate shelf rub to jacket, however upper left side of spine has a jaggedchip extending down to "D" in confederacy. Jacket will arrive in a fresh mylar cover. * (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) *.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket, first edition, 6th printing, 2nd issue dustjacket (May 1981) (Foreward by Walker Percy).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Lindlof, Ed (Wrapper Illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. 1980 at title page and copyright page. Stated eighth printing. Oatmeal colored full cloth boards, black stylized spine titles, fine. Matte mustard lime endpapers. Pages fine; no writing. Bind fine, square. Dust wrapper, slight wear; unclipped 14.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Wrapper features gold medallion at front panel: "Winner of The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction". Sadly, the author, John Kennedy Toole, took his own life at 32, after facing consistent rejection from nearly every American publisher. Toole's mother, finally was able to have her son's work posthumously published; and, as fate would have it, the satirical novel won the Pulitzer Prize. "A masterwork of comedy. pungent slapstick, sature and intellectual incongruities. make for a grand comic fugue" (New York Time). Presented here is "a great slob of a man in violent revolt against the entire twentieth century!" This book's unusual path to success began in 1976 when John Kennedy Toole's mother Thelma, using a walker, hobbled into the office of novelist Walker Percy at Loyola University. She was followed by a chauffeur carrying a manuscript that she told Mr. Percy was a ''masterpiece''. Percy reluctantly agreed to read it. He became entranced as he read, and decided that the novel was ''a major achievement, a huge comic-satiric-tragic one-of-a-kind rendering of life in New Orleans.'' After several more publishers rejected the book, Louisiana State University Press agreed to take a chance with a first printing of only 2,500. The soon to be Pulitzer Prize winner went on to 50,000 copies in hard cover and nearly 600,000 in paperback within three years. Manufactured in the United States of America. 338 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The first UK edition (first printing), issued a year after the considerably more common US edition. 8vo. vii, 338pp. Cream boards lettered in gold at the spine. Top edge very lightly spotted, and with a little staining to the fore edge. Some uneven toning to the backstrip cloth, which appears to be a fault common to this production. Former owner name boldly inked to the front free endpaper, and a few inked words to the rear pastedown. A good bright copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, quite faded at the spine panel and with the publisher's laminate lifting a fraction in one small area. The author's posthumously published Pulitzer Prize-winning debut, detailing the many, many mis-adventures of the oh-so splendidly named Ignatius Jacques Reilly. (Toole penned his novel 'The Neon Bible' first, at the age of just sixteen, but it was not published until nearly a decade later). This UK edition was supposedly limited to 1,500 copies, one thousand less than the US edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Louisiana State University Press - LSU Press, Baton Rouge. 1980. 338 pages. First edition, third printing, stated. Original DJ with $12.95 price intact on DJ flap and no Pulitzer sticker on front; or any mention of the Pulitzer anywhere on DJ. Walker Percy blurb on rear; however this is the second state DJ with the Chicago Sun Times blurb in the black area, at the top of DJ rear. Despite this, the DJ remains desirable thanks to no Pulitzer mention, hence an early printing. Binding and hinges are strong. Panels, endpapers and pages are all bright and clean; no writing within. Book's only flaw is a minor one; three consecutive pages' cornertips were dogeared, and since flattened-out. In regards to the DJ, Shallow shelf-rub induced chips at crown, and corner folds. Small closed edge tear along rear top edge. A touch of soiling to DJ front, and rear flap. Considering the first printing of this Pulitzer winner was a minuscule 2,500 copies, these early printings remain sought after. Sadly, the author committed suicide, and had no idea his manuscript would ever be published, let alone go on to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. VG+/VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1980 at title page and copyright page. Stated second printing. Light green full cloth boards, black stylized spine titles, moderate shelf, corner wear. Pages generally very good; no writing. Couple at back, lower text block with moderate discoloration. Light olive green endpapers. Bind fine, square. Scarce near very good second (2nd) printing. Sadly, the author, John Kennedy Toole, took his own life at 32, after facing consistent rejection from nearly every American publisher. Toole's mother, finally was able to have her son's work posthumously published; and, as fate would have it, the satirical novel won the Pulitzer Prize. "A masterwork of comedy. pungent slapstick, sature and intellectual incongruities. make for a grand comic fugue" (New York Time). Presented here is "a great slob of a man in violent revolt against the entire twentieth century!" This book's unusual path to success began in 1976 when John Kennedy Toole's mother Thelma, using a walker, hobbled into the office of novelist Walker Percy at Loyola University. She was followed by a chauffeur carrying a manuscript that she told Mr. Percy was a ''masterpiece''. Percy reluctantly agreed to read it. He became entranced as he read, and decided that the novel was ''a major achievement, a huge comic-satiric-tragic one-of-a-kind rendering of life in New Orleans.'' After several more publishers rejected the book, Louisiana State University Press agreed to take a chance with a first printing of only 2,500. The soon to be Pulitzer Prize winner went on to 50,000 copies in hard cover and nearly 600,000 in paperback within three years. Manufactured in the United States of America. 338 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

No Binding. Condition: FEATURECLAMSHELL. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. Louisiana State University Press, 1980. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No Binding. Pulitzer Winning Book- Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Beautiful Custom Leather Clamshell first edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A second printing in about very good condition with tanning to pages . The jacket has wear and chips with small areas of loss. First state jacket with a single Walker Percy quote on the back panel. An early second printing in a first state jacket with moderate wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First printing of first edition. Very Good in a Good first state dust jacket. Pale green cloth boards with slight bowing to front. Touch of soil to page edges. No marks/writing. The dust jacket has fairly substantial wear, including creases and small chips. A larger missing piece at each the head of the spine and just forward of the spine heel. Several short tears, plus a much longer one at the front flap fold (approx. two-thirds of its length). The jacket has in spots been backed with (removable) Japanese tissue paper to prevent further harm. Publisher's original $12.95 price intact. 338 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lindlof, Ed (Wrapper Illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. Signed by professor and author Walker Percy on tipped-in leaf prior half-title page: "Walker Percy." Percy, a professor and author himself, was instrumental in having this discovered gem miraculously published. 1980 at title page and copyright. Stated second printing. Light beige w/hint of green, full cloth boards, black stylized spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages near fine with attractive toning; no writing. Light olive endpapers. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original first edition dust wrapper without Sun-Times review blurb at back panel, moderate edge wear, rub, crease; unclipped 12.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Scarce very good second printing in same first edition wrapper. The author of this hilarious satire, John Kennedy Toole, took his own life at 32 after facing consistent rejection from nearly every American publisher. Toole's mother, finally was able to have her son's work posthumously published; and, as fate would have it, the satirical novel won the Pulitzer Prize. "A masterwork of comedy. pungeant slapstick, sature and intellectual incongruities. make for a grand comic fugue" (New York Time). Presented here is "a great slob of a man in violent revolt against the entire twentieth century!" This book's unusual path to success began in 1976 when John Kennedy Toole's mother Thelma, using a walker, hobbled into the office of novelist Walker Percy at Loyola University. She was followed by a chauffeur carrying a manuscript that she told Mr. Percy was a ''masterpiece''. Percy reluctantly agreed to read it. He became entranced as he read, and decided that the novel was ''a major achievement, a huge comic-satiric-tragic one-of-a-kind rendering of life in New Orleans.'' After several more publishers rejected the book, Louisiana State University Press agreed to take a chance with a first printing of only 2,500. The soon to be Pulitzer Prize winner went on to 50,000 copies in hard cover and nearly 600,000 in paperback within three years. Manufactured in the United States of America. 338 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Signed by Contributor.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Lindlof, Ed (Wrapper Illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. True first edition; 1980 at title page and copyright pages without additional printings stated. One of only 2,500 first printings. Tan full cloth boards, black stylized spine titles, light shelf wear, moderate discoloration at back board. Pages generally near fine, clean; moderate discoloration to apprx. 1" of lower exterior text block corner. Classic vintage inscription at front endpaper: "Mardi Gras 1982, Dear Claudia and Bob, This is very appropriate to the season. A crazy read! Rich." Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Dust wrapper, moderate edge wear, rub, chip, crease; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. First edition wrapper without Chicago Sun-Times blurb at back panel. Rare near very good first edition in same matching wrapper. "A masterwork of comedy. pungent slapstick, satire and intellectual incongruities. make for a grand comic fugue!" - NYT. Presented here is "a great slob of a man in violent revolt against the entire twentieth century!" This book's unusual path to success began in 1976 when John Kennedy Toole's mother Thelma, using a walker, hobbled into the office of novelist Walker Percy at Loyola University. She was followed by a chauffeur carrying a manuscript that she told Mr. Percy was a ''masterpiece." It was through Thelma Toole's great efforts that her late son's satirical novel was finally posthumously published with assistance from professor and author Walker Percy. This unique satire soon garnered acclaim and then the Pulitzer, twelve years after her son took his life in despair from rejection of this very novel. He did this at 31 years of age in 1969 after facing consistent rejection from nearly every American publisher. Walker Percy reluctantly agreed to read it. He became entranced as he read, and decided that it was ''a major achievement, a huge comic-satiric-tragic one-of-a-kind rendering of life in New Orleans.'' After several more publishers rejected the book, Louisiana State University Press agreed to take a chance with a first printing of only 2,500. The soon to be Pulitzer Prize winner went on to 50,000 copies in hard cover and nearly 600,000 in paperback within three years. Manufactured in the United States of America. 338 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. first. First edition, first printing, 1980 stated on title and copyright page, in a first sate dust jacket. Book fine. Dust jacket very good, glue residue on long inside edge of both flaps. Housed in a custom-made fold-out case.

First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing with no additional printings listed on the copyright page. First issue dust jacket with the Walker Percy blurb on the rear panel. Signed by author Walker Percy, who wrote the foreword for the book, on a tipped in page professionally affixed by a bookbinder. This book measures approximately 9.25" x 6", with 338 numbered pages. This book is in very good plus condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Minor staining to edges of textblock. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown. Dust jacket is in very good plus condition. Minimal edgwear to the spine ends. Small stain to the top of the front flap. Original $12.95 price present. "A Confederacy of Dunces" remained unpublished for 11 years after the author's death. Toole's mother convinced Walker Percy to read the manuscript, who in turn convinced LSU to publish the book. The book went on to become a cult classic and earned Toole a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981. The novel's central character is an educated but slothful 30-year-old man living with his mother in the Uptown neighborhood of early 1960s New Orleans, who in his quest for employment, has various adventures with colorful French Quarter characters. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory number (N2-26).

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. first. First edition. Book fine. Dust jacket near fine, slight wear at top of spine. Housed in custom-made foldout case.

Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with spine lettered in black. Very Good+ with foxing to cloth, slight splaying to boards and pages lightly toned. In a Very Good+ unclipped first issue dust jacket with Walker Percy quote on rear, light wear at extremities and foxing and toning to the blindside.

First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing with no additional printings listed on the copyright page. First issue dust jacket with the Walker Percy blurb on the rear panel. Signed by author Walker Percy, who wrote the foreword for the book, on a tipped in page professionally affixed by a bookbinder. This book measures approximately 9.25" x 6", with 338 numbered pages. This book is in very good plus condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Small staining to the edges of the textblock with an indentation to lower corner of textblock. Dust jacket is in near fine condition. Minor edgewear to both ends of spine and flap folds. Original $12.95 price on front flap. "A Confederacy of Dunces" remained unpublished for 11 years after the author's death. Toole's mother convinced Walker Percy to read the manuscript, who in turn convinced LSU to publish the book. The book went on to become a cult classic and earned Toole a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981. The novel's central character is an educated but slothful 30-year-old man living with his mother in the Uptown neighborhood of early 1960s New Orleans, who in his quest for employment, has various adventures with colorful French Quarter characters. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(M2-2).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Published in a small first printing eleven years after the author's suicide, this sleeper Don Quixote tale set in early 1960's New Orleans won the Pulitzer Prize. A Burgess 99 selection. Fine in the correct dustjacket with $12.95 price and only the Walker Percy blurb on rear panel. The dustjacket is about fine, with only trace rubbing and with blue color of lettering on spine unfaded. An unusually nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Lindlof, Ed (Wrapper Illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. True first edition in first state wrapper; 1980 at title page, and copyright page without additional printings stated. One of only 2,500 of the first printing. Signed and inscribed by Thelma Toole on signature clipping adhered at front endpaper: "June 14, 1981, Regards, from Thelma Ducoing Toole". Beautifully signed and underscored with a flourish. Tan full cloth boards, black stylized spine titles, fine. Pages fine; no writing. Bind fine, square. Dust wrapper, light shelf wear; unclipped 12.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Rare first state wrapper correctly has the stars in the black night sky background; and is without the Chicago Sun-Times blurb at back panel. Near fine first edition in same wrapper. Mrs. Toole was the mother of John Kennedy Toole, author of "A Confederacy of Dunces". It was through her great efforts that her late son's satirical novel was finally posthumously published with assistance from professor and author Walker Percy. The unique satire soon garnered much acclaim and then the Pulitzer, twelve years after her son took his life in despair from rejection of this very novel. He did this at 31 years of age in 1969 after facing consistent rejection from nearly every American publisher. "A masterwork of comedy. pungent slapstick, satire and intellectual incongruities. make for a grand comic fugue!" - NYT. Presented here is "a great slob of a man in violent revolt against the entire twentieth century!" This book's unusual path to success began in 1976 when John Kennedy Toole's mother Thelma, using a walker, hobbled into the office of novelist Walker Percy at Loyola University. She was followed by a chauffeur carrying a manuscript that she told Mr. Percy was a ''masterpiece''. Percy reluctantly agreed to read it. He became entranced as he read, and decided that the novel was ''a major achievement, a huge comic-satiric-tragic one-of-a-kind rendering of life in New Orleans.'' After several more publishers rejected the book, Louisiana State University Press agreed to take a chance with a first printing of only 2,500. The soon to be Pulitzer Prize winner went on to 50,000 copies in hard cover and nearly 600,000 in paperback within three years. Manufactured in the United States of America. 338 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lindlof, Ed (Wrapper Illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. True first edition; 1980 at title page and copyright pages without additional printings stated. One of only 2,500 of the first printing. Tan full cloth boards, black stylized spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages generally near fine, no writing; few at front with little discoloration at edge. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Dust wrapper, moderate shelf wear, rub; unclipped 12.95, protected in new clear sleeve. First state wrapper, without Chicago Sun-Times blurb, and Walker Percy summmary review at rear panel. Rare near fine first edition in same first state wrapper. Includes original hand written signed letter and play-list by Thelma Ducoing Toole dated February 7, 1982. Beautifully composed message contains songs for the seasons and 'nostalgic' songs. One of which written by Thelma Toole entitled "New Orleans" and another "Everywhere You Go" for her son, John Kennedy Toole. Original envelope w/New Orleans post office stamp features Thelma's address label and the American flag 20 cent stamp of the time. Letter has been folded twice and once more vertically. It was through Thelma Toole's great efforts that her late son's satirical novel was finally posthumously published with assistance from professor and author Walker Percy. The unique satire soon garnered much acclaim and then the Pulitzer, twelve years after her son took his life in despair from rejection of this very novel. He did this at 31 years of age in 1969 after facing consistent rejection from nearly every American publisher. "A masterwork of comedy. pungent slapstick, satire and intellectual incongruities. make for a grand comic fugue!" - NYT. Presented here is "a great slob of a man in violent revolt against the entire twentieth century!" This book's unusual path to success began in 1976 when John Kennedy Toole's mother Thelma, using a walker, hobbled into the office of novelist Walker Percy at Loyola University. She was followed by a chauffeur carrying a manuscript that she told Mr. Percy was a ''masterpiece''. Percy reluctantly agreed to read it. He became entranced as he read, and decided that the novel was ''a major achievement, a huge comic-satiric-tragic one-of-a-kind rendering of life in New Orleans.'' After several more publishers rejected the book, Louisiana State University Press agreed to take a chance with a first printing of only 2,500. The soon to be Pulitzer Prize winner went on to 50,000 copies in hard cover and nearly 600,000 in paperback within three years. Manufactured in the United States of America. 338 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Signed by Author's Mother.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Foreword by Walker Percy. A fine and tight copy (with none of the usual splaying of the boards) in fine first issue dust jacket. Housed in a custom quarter morocco gilt and cloth clamshell case. Advance Review Copy with the publisher's printed slip laid in, as well as a letter from the Louisiana State University Press sending along this review copy. Posthumously published novel that was the first work of fiction published by Louisiana State University Press, and which had a very small first printing (reportedly 2500 copies). Initially the book was rejected by dozens of publishers and the author committed suicide in 1969. Years later the author's mother brought the manuscript to Walker Percy, insisting that he read it. Percy championed the book, arranged for its publication, and contributed an introduction. Excellent reviews and word of mouth led to it becoming a bestseller, and eventually winning the Pulitzer Prize. A book which has become exceptionally uncommon. An especially nice copy, and uncommon Advance Review Copy. *Burgess 99.*.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with no indication of later printings on the copyright page. A fabulous dustjacket that is rich in color with light wear to the edges. This original First Printing dustjacket has the $12.95 price present on the front flap and the Walker Percy quote on back panel. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is great shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with a hint of wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A beautiful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION.

First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Walker Percy on the title page, who wrote the foreword and upon his insistence had it published. Fine in near fine first issue dust jacket with light rubbing and shelfwear. Jacket illustration by Ed Lindlof. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A very nice example, uncommon signed. â A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue" (The New York Times Book Review). The book's passage to success began in 1976 when John Kennedy Toole's mother Thelma, using a walker, hobbled into the office of the novelist Walker Percy at Loyola University. She was followed by a chauffeur carrying a manuscript that she told Mr. Percy was a ''masterpiece.'' Percy agreed to read it. He became entranced and decided that the novel was ''a major achievement, a huge comic-satiric-tragic one-of-a-kind rendering of life in New Orleans.'' After some more publishers rejected the book, Louisiana State University Press agreed to take a chance with a first printing of just 2,500 copies. It sold about 50,000 copies in hard cover and nearly 600,000 in paperback within three years of publication.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. True first printing, of which there were 2500 copies. Cocked, jacket a bit edge-worn. Inscribed and signed by Toole's mpther, Thelma, to her pastor, whom she addresses as "Dear Bill." Also inscribed by Walker Percy. The parts both played in getting this book published are well known. Copies signed by one or the other turn up, but a copy inscribed by both is rare.