✍️ Hiaasen ~ STORMY WEATHER ~ SIGNED ~ 1st ed. (1995) For Sale

✍️ Stormy Weather (Hardcover) 1st SIGNED!!! ⛈️⚡️

Carl Hiaasen

Alfred A. Knopf, New York: 1995

Signed, First Edition

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ISBN 10: 0679419829

ISBN 13: Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

1st Edition. This 1995 Knopf 1st edition of Hiaasen's sixth comic mystery is ***SIGNED*** on the title page. Condition: Both the HB & DJ are "Very Good", clean and unmarked throughout, some dust top of text block. UNREAD!!!

The DJ is not price-clipped. Price $24.00 intact. Smaller dent mid left front panel. Some corners and spine ends have slight wear, and minor dent top of back panel edge. Faint crease front jacket flap lengthwise. Otherwise jacket is bright and vibrant. Great looking copy of an early Hiaasen. ***. Signed by Author(s). (see pictures)

For the antiquarian and signed first edition book collector.

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Ships in well-padded container.

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Why this book is important:

Stormy Weather is Carl Hiaasen's sixth comic mystery.

Hiaasen began his career as a newspaper reporter and by the late 1970s had begun writing novels in his spare time, both for adults and for middle grade readers. Two of his novels have been made into feature films (Striptease, starring Demi Moore and Burt Reynolds) and one has been adapted into a TV series (Bad Monkey, on Apple TV, starring Vince Vaughn).

Hiaasen has won numerous awards, including the following:

* 2003: Newbery Honorfrom the Association for Library Service to Children, for Hoot.

* 2005: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, for Hoot.

* 2005: Dagger Awards Nominee - Best Novel, for Skinny Dip.

* 2009: Sélection prix Nouvel Obs et BibliObs du roman noir, for Croco-deal (Nature Girl).

* 2011: Prix du Livre Environnement de la Fondation Veolia Environnement - Mention jeunesse, for Panthère(Scat).

* 2011: Prix Enfantaisie du meilleur roman, for Panthère (Scat).

* 2012: Prix Barnes & Noble du meilleur roman jeunesse, for Chomp.

* 2013: Prix Science en toutes lettres from The Académie de Rouen, for Panthère (Scat).

* 2014: National Book Award for Young People's Literature Longlist, for Skink: No Surrender.

* 2017: Marjorie Harris Carr Award for Environmental Advocacy

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*Grading definitions from Vermont Antiquarian Booksellers Association.

As a seller, I describe most collectible books as either in Near Fine or Very Good condition. I have never described even books in pristine condition as “Fine”.

UNREAD ~ Sometimes I add a note that a book is “unread”. A book which is in very good condition with notable defects can also be unread-in fact this is common. “Unread” does not mean free of defects, but means just not read, and it’s hallmark is that the front board of the book does not flop open perpendicular to the text block when the book is placed flat on its spine, or wraps in pages that are bent and curled from use. The boards retain some stiffness at the hinges and tend to cling to the text block. Unread does not mean never opened. An unread book is more desirable than one with boards that flop open when unsupported, or wraps and text block which are worn and gnarled from reading, and so “Unread” should be noted in a description if present.

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