The Great Santini — Pat Conroy ~ First Edition, Signed & Dated (1976)
 
Description: A near fine copy of Pat Conroy’s powerful debut novel The Great Santini, signed and dated October 30, 1980, on the half-title page. This is a true first edition and printing, with the full number line ending in “1” on the copyright page.
Published in 1976 by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, the book is housed in illustrator Wendell Minor’s striking dust jacket (price-clipped, very good+ with light edgewear, spotting, and faint foxing to the verso). Format: 8vo, 536 pages.
Binding: Publisher’s orange cloth with titles stamped in black to the spine, black endpapers, and orange topstain. Condition: Near fine, with a tiny bump to the upper front corner and slight softening to the lower spine tip. Dust jacket shows light wear but remains bright and attractive.
 
Significance:
This semi-autobiographical classic introduced readers to Conroy’s unforgettable character Bull Meecham, later immortalized by Robert Duvall in the acclaimed 1979 film adaptation. A handsome, collectible copy of a cornerstone of modern Southern literature.
 
Key Details:
•  First edition, first printing (number line ending in “1”)
•  Signed & dated by Pat Conroy (1980)
•  Original Wendell Minor dust jacket (price-clipped, very good+)
•  Near fine condition overall