ha, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if Jim owned a signed first edition of Brave New World! I remember him lecturing us about that book's title: "Does anyone know where it comes from?" Of course, we all scratched our heads, much to his dismay, and he replied "The Tempest!!" in such a tone that made us all feel somewhat stupid. :D But thanks to that I've never forgotten it!
Unfortunately I don't have any first editions signed for me because all my admired authors are dead! I do have a first edition The Fire Dwellers that I treasure, though. I spent a lot of time studying The Bell Jar last year, and that's why I researched a first edition as a treat. Instead of that hugely expensive book, I bought a first edition of Letters Home which was edited by Aurelia Schober Plath and released in 1975 (either that or 1973, I can't recall right now). That book alone was over $100 when it came down to shipping and everything. That's a pretty expensive book for me.
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Unfortunately I don't have any first editions signed for me because all my admired authors are dead! I do have a first edition The Fire Dwellers that I treasure, though. I spent a lot of time studying The Bell Jar last year, and that's why I researched a first edition as a treat. Instead of that hugely expensive book, I bought a first edition of Letters Home which was edited by Aurelia Schober Plath and released in 1975 (either that or 1973, I can't recall right now). That book alone was over $100 when it came down to shipping and everything. That's a pretty expensive book for me.