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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Robert Penn Warren on the front free end paper. Light wear to the extremities, near fine in an excellent first issue dust jacket with light wear to the crown and foot of the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Set in the 1930s, "All The King's Men" traces the rise and fall of Willie Stark, who resembles the real-life Huey "Kingfish" Long of Louisiana. Stark begins his political career as an idealistic man of the people but soon becomes corrupted by success. Generally considered the finest novel ever written on American politics. Basis for the 1949 film starring Broderick Crawford and the 2006 remake with Sean Penn, Jude Law and Kate Winslet. Named by Modern Library as one the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Penn Warren on the front free endpaper. Near fine in the second state dust jacket which is in good condition with the $3.00 price present. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Set in the 1930s, "All The King's Men" traces the rise and fall of Willie Stark, who resembles the real-life Huey "Kingfish" Long of Louisiana. Stark begins his political career as an idealistic man of the people but soon becomes corrupted by success. Generally considered the finest novel ever written on American politics. Basis for the 1949 film starring Broderick Crawford and the 2006 remake with Sean Penn, Jude Law and Kate Winslet. Named by Modern Library as one the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Signed by Robert Penn Warren on a page bound in. An exceptional presentation. Set in the 1930s, "All The King's Men" traces the rise and fall of Willie Stark, who resembles the real-life Huey "Kingfish" Long of Louisiana. Stark begins his political career as an idealistic man of the people but soon becomes corrupted by success. Generally considered the finest novel ever written on American politics. Basis for the 1949 film starring Broderick Crawford and the 2006 remake with Sean Penn, Jude Law and Kate Winslet. Named by Modern Library as one the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 4th Printing A very good or better copy of the 1946 first edition and fourth printing in a very good dust jacket with the $3.00 price. 8vo. 259 pages - Publishers' red cloth boards with titles stamped in gilt to the spine. Condition: Light toning and sunning to the edges and spine, an inscription in ink to the upper front free endpaper and a previous owner's small stamp to the lower edge. The dust jacket is well preserved, clipped at the corners, but the $3.00 price is present. Chipping to the folds and spine ends, light sunning to the spine and some toning to the back cover. Overall, this is a great copy of Robert Penn Warrens' 1946 first edition, early printing, and winner of the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition, Unknown Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Black Cloth Covers with Dulled Gilt Lettering to Spine; Covers are lightly soiled; White Endpapers; lower edges of front and rear endpapers have some small stained areas along extreme edges from exposure to moisture; lower edges of first 14 and last 20 pages of text have a very narrow line of cover bleed at bottom page edge near spine gutter; book interior is otherwise clean, bright and tight; small 8vo; 134 pages; dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper and is fairly clean and bright; spine panel of dustjacket has a small blue dot below title, and there is a tiny black smudge below publisher's logo at bottom of spine panel; upper edge of rear dustjacket panel has a small closed tear; lower right corner of front dustjacket panel is lightly rubbed at fold edge and top edge has a short closed tear 0.71#; P3; A; MS13.95; OD-062518; C-47; 10/12/244;