Nicholas Sparks~SIGNED~The Notebook~1st/1st ARC!!

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THE NOTEBOOK By Nicholas Sparks A Great, RARE, Gift Idea ! - for a friend - or just for yourself ! Nicholas Sparks' First Novel!!! Warner Books, 1996. ARC-Softcover. S IGNED! S IGNED VERY RARE ARC! S IGNED! Beautiful, Brand New! ARC! The True First Edition, First Printing. ARCs - Advance Reading Copies - are distributed BEFORE the first editions, and are considered by many to be the very valuable "true" first editions. Personally signed by Nicholas Sparks directly on the full title page (NOT signed to anyone) . Bonus: A photo of Nicholas Sparks at his book signing will be included with the signed book. Book is Brand New and Unread. No marks. No dust jacket as issued, in a protective plastic cover. A Must Have For Any Nicholas Sparks Fan !! ~ A BEAUTIFUL AUTOGRAPHED ARC FIRST EDITION FOR COLLECTORS ~ Sparks's debut is a contender in the Robert Waller book-sweeps for most shamelessly sentimental love story, with honorable mention for highest octane schmaltz throughout an extended narrative. New Bern is the Carolina town w local boy Noah Calhoun and visitor Allison Nelson fall in love, in 1932, when Noah is 17 and Allie 15 (``as he . . . met those striking emerald eyes, he knew . . . she was the one he could spend the rest of his life looking for but never find again''). Allie's socially prominent mom, however, sees their Romeo-and-Juliet affair differently, intercepting Noah's heartrendingly poetic love-letters, while Allie, sure he doesn't love her, never even sends hers. Love is forever, though, and in 1946 Allie sees a piece in the paper about Noah (he's back home after WW II, still alone, living in a 200-year-old house in the country) and drives down to see him, telling the socially prominent lawyer she's engaged to that she's gone looking for antiques (`` `And it will end, one way or the other,' she whispered''). And together again the lovers come indeed, during a thunderstorm, before a crackling fire, leaving the poetic Noah to reflect that ``to him, the evening would be remembered as one of the most special times he had ever had.'' So, will Allie marry her lawyer? Will Noah live out his life alone, rocking on his porch, paddling up the creek, ``playing his guitar for beavers and geese and wild blue herons''? Suffice it to say that love will go on, somehow, for 140 more pages, readers will find out what the title means and may or may not agree with Allie, of Noah: ``You are the most forgiving and peaceful man I know. God is with you, He must be, for you are the closest thing to an angel that I've ever met.'' An epic of treacle, an ocean of tears, made possible by a perfect, ideal, unalloyed absence of humor. Destined, positively, for success. About the Author Nicholas Sparks is the author of 15 books, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Notebook, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, A Bend in the Road, The Guardian, The Wedding, The Rescue, Nights in Rodanthe, The True Believer, and his moving memoir, Three Weeks with My Brother, written with his brother, Micah. All his books were New York Time and international bestsellers translated into more than thirty languages, and many were adapted into major motion pictures. Nicholas Sparks lives in North Carolina. Please Check out my other items ! Shipping & Handling: Standard shipping to U.S. buyers is $3.95 via USPS Media Mail (Estimated delivery time according to USPS is about 2 - 9 business days). Priority Mail and Express Mail are available upon request for additional fees. International rates may be higher depending on destination. Please email questions. All books are padded securely in bubble wrap to prevent damage. (Please note that if payment is made by echeck, shipping will be delayed until echeck is cleared). All items must be paid for within 5 days or will be re-listed. read more

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