Ironweed (Pulitzer Prize winner, signed by William Kennedy)

First Edition, First Printing of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Signed by William Kennedy on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. First issue DJ with $14.75 price intact on flap, pink highlights on back of dj with two blurbs, with Saul Bellow blurb on front, and Viking address on rear flap.

Kennedy won the Pulitzer Prize for Ironweed in 1984, and he wrote the screenplay for the 1987 film adaptation directed by Hector Babenco, which starred Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. The film was mostly shot in Albany. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (for Nicholson) and Best Actress in a Leading Role (for Streep).