![Item #72522 THE GENERAL; [Inscribed association copy]. Alan Sillitoe](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage-req.png?auto=webp)
London: W. H. Allen, 1985. Reissue. Originally published in 1960. INSCRIBED BY SILLITOE on front free endpaper, “For Walter and/ Jane -/ much love from/ Alan and/ Ruth./ 30th. April 1985.” INSCRIPTION CONTINUED on rear endpaper, "First draft was a/ short story written in/ Nottingham 1950 -/ reworked for ten..... Item #72522 More
London: W. H. Allen, 1959. First edition of his first book. Nine related stories including the title one which was the basis for the 1962 film of the same name with screenplay by Sillitoe. A poor Nottingham teenager with bleak prospects turns to long-distance running for emotional and physical escape..... Item #54092 More
![Item #72118 THE LOST FLYING BOAT; [Inscribed association copy]. Alan Sillitoe](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/72118.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1682453513)
Boston: Little, Brown, (1983). First U.S. edition. "...a story of courage and cowardice, morality and desperation. The flying boat Aldebaran has a strange and sinister crew...." (from the dust jacket flap). SIGNED IN FULL on title page and INSCRIBED BY SILLITOE on front endpaper to Walter Sullivan, "A ripping yarn!..... Item #72118 More
![Item #72208 MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN: Nine Stories; [Inscribed association copy]. Alan Sillitoe](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/72208.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1709666652)
New York: Scribner's Sons, (1973). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED BY SILLITOE on front endpaper, "All the good stuff/ came out of ‘Mimic.'/ Written in one of Robert/ Graves’ houses in Majorca/ 1971!/ Best wishes to Walter,/ and in sincere appreciation/ of his valuable work,/ from Alan/ 28th March 1985/ Nashville.”..... Item #72208 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1988). First U.S. edition. Short novel about a young working-class man and wealthy middle-aged widow. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED BY SILLITOE on title page, “For Walter, who is one/ of the happy few,/ a tale from the depths,/ Alan Sillitoe/ Nashville,/ Queen of Cities, 17/4/90.” Walter..... Item #72207 More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1979). First U.S. edition. A man tells tales "to save his life, and comes finally to take lives to tell tales" (from the dust jacket flap). INSCRIBED BY SILLITOE on publisher's logo page (preceding title page), "Another one out of 'Mimic'-/ and out of my..... Item #72148 More
London: W. H. Allen, 1979. Second edition, first printing: "Originally published in 1972, RAW MATERIAL has been revised and augmented by the author, and is here re-issued together with a new introduction." INSCRIBED BY SILLITOE on front free endpaper, "All best wishes/ to/ Walter Sullivan/ from/ Alan Sillitoe/ Vanderbilt/ 11/Jan..... Item #72475 More