[Signed] [First Edition] Shoeless JOE Kinsella, W.P. [Used - Near Fine] [Hardcover]

Signed first printing of this beloved baseball novel adapted into the Kevin Costner film FIELD OF DREAMS. Inspired in part by the Black Sox Scandal, Kinella's best-known novel is at least equally influenced by magical realism (how else to account for J.D. Salinger's appearance as a willing character?). A handsome signed example of this American classic - albeit written by a Canadian. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original quarter beige linen over black paper boards stamped in gold. In original price-clipped color pictorial dust jacket featuring Wendell Minor's cornfield baseball diamond design. [12], 265, [11] pages. Signed by Kinsella on title page. Tiny nick top of jacket spine. Trace shelfwear here and there. Else bright, clean, and sharp. Near fine in a near fine jacket.