Tapping the Source
Signed and inscribed
New York: Delacorte Press, 1984. Jacket illustration by Bob Giusti. Stated first printing. Hardcover in an unclipped jacket ($14.95).
Octavo. Buff colored boards with a black spine and silver gilt titles. The author's first novel and the book that pioneered the surf noir genre. A gritty coming of age mystery set in the 1980's surf culture of Huntington Beach, California. Signed copies with inscription are uncommon and this is an unusually sharp and bright copy of this surf noir classic.
Signed and dated on the half title page and inscribed with a quote from the book including a handy page reference. "You're out there on your own and it can get weird and I've seen people flipped out by it, pg 252 Ken N June 11, 1988"
Price: $375.00