Divergent Insurgent Allegiant ALL SIGNED by Veronica Roth w/RARE first name sig!

Description: The first three books in the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth. All are signed. Two are first editions / first printings and are flat signed. One is a later printing, signed with a personalized inscription. RARE - Why is this rare? Doing a search on Google for images of Roth's signature finds you dozens of examples where she signs "V. Roth". You don't find any signed "Veronica Roth". Looking through eBay signed Roth listings as this ad was being written, I found only ONE example of her signature using her full first name, out of over 200 signed books. Why is this? I believe that this is because this was a very early signed copy of the book, and Roth decided to go with the shorter signature with just her initial after those first signings.I am of course talking about "Divergent", Roth's first published book. Here is a video of Roth talking about switching to signing with an initial instead of her first name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZKZKXaIHvw . The copy of "Divergent" in this lot is signed "Veronica Roth". Why do I think this book was signed soon after release? The book was released on April 26, 2011 according to Wikipedia. This copy of Divergent was found in a Chicago Western suburban estate sale, near Anderson's Bookshop. This copy of the book had an "Autographed Copy" sticker from Anderson's on the front of the dust jacket. Laid in to the book was a newspaper clipping advertising Roth's visit to Anderson's to sign copies of her book on May 6, 2011, just a few days after the book's release. Roth is actually from a nearby suburb, so this may have been one of her first stops signing her first book. I believe that this was a book signed during this signing visit, before she got tired of writing her full name! Of note is that the one other copy available on eBay happens to be in the Chicago area. By the way, in that video linked above, Roth is signing copies of "Alliegiant" to be sold by Anderson's Bookshop. There's a reasonable chance that the copy of Allegiant in this lot was one of those books, given it was found at an estate sale a few miles from Anderson's. The books are as pictured and described in the condition notes. The signings are done using a medium black marker, as follows:- "Divergent": Signed "Veronica Roth"- "Insurgent": Inscribed and signed: "Jessica -- Be strong! V.Roth"- "Allegiant": Signed "V. Roth" As mentioned above, laid in to "Divergent" is a newspaper article advertising Roth's signing visit to Naperville, Illinois' Anderson's Bookshop. Also included is an Anderson's bookmark. Photos are of the actual books on offer. See the photos for additional insight into content and condition of this set of signed dystopic Chicago novels.

Price: 100 USD

Location: Lisle, Illinois

End Time: 2024-12-10T21:49:08.000Z

Shipping Cost: 10 USD

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Divergent Insurgent Allegiant ALL SIGNED by Veronica Roth w/RARE first name sig!

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Signed By: Veronica Roth

Book Title: Divergent

Book Series: Divergent

Original Language: English

Item Length: 8.2in

Vintage: No

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

ISBN3: 9780062024060

Item Height: 1.5in

ISBN2: 9780062024046

Features: Dust Jacket, Autographed, 1st Edition, 1st Print, Signed

Topic: Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, Chicago, Dystopian, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes), Romance / General, Science Fiction, Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings

Item Width: 5.5in

Signed: Yes

Ex Libris: No

Narrative Type: Fiction

Publisher: Katherine Tegen / HarperCollins

Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults

Edition: First Edition, 1st Print

Title3: Allegiant

Title2: Insurgent

Publication Year: 2011

Type: Novel

Era: 2010s