The Basketball Diaries

by Jim Carroll

$1,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition · Signed

Bolinas, CA. Tombouctou, 1978. First edition, first printing. Signed by Jim Carroll with a warm inscription on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original wraps. Very Good with wear to covers, creasing to spine and front cover, a series of indentations to the front cover extending into the first several leaves. The semi-autobiographical novel of reckless youth that inspired the 1995 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio;

• Printing: first

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