{"product_id":"a-boys-own-story-author-inscribed-with-als-laid-in","title":"A Boy's Own Story [Author Inscribed, With Als Laid In]","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Dutton, 1982. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover octavo in beige DJ. 217 pages; 22 cm Author inscribed to title page. Previous owners signature in ink to front free end paper. Very mild soiling to front free end paper, head and foot of spine. Mild soiling to DJ covers. Mild chipping to head of DJ spine. Very mild rubbing to foot of spine, outer corners of DJ. DJ in archival mylar. 4 cm to bottom edge of back DJ cover. Pages clean and binding tight. Very good(+) in very good(-) DJ. . Hardcover. ISBN: 0525241280\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor inscription to one James to title page, with an engaging, flirtatious two-page ALS handwritten letter to same laid in. Abstract: At home, in school, and on the streets, a homosexual teenager moves through comic sexual experiments, isolation, fear, and exciting expectations toward an escape from childhood and a firm sense of self. Teenage boys -- Fiction. Gay youth\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White, Edmund","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46055888126210,"sku":"89499.0","price":333.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4412\/1602\/files\/holder_4_371f725a-1c18-44ad-9904-98050e6dd734.jpg?v=1744087836","url":"https:\/\/bibliope.com\/products\/a-boys-own-story-author-inscribed-with-als-laid-in","provider":"Bibliope","version":"1.0","type":"link"}