Two Inscribed Memoirs by Jim Carroll

Carroll, Jim. The Basketball Diaries. Penguin Books, 1987. Softbound. Cover design by Melissa Jacoby. Cover photo by Rosemary Carroll, with hand coloring by Neil Stuart. $245.

Carroll, Jim. Forced Entries: The Downtown Diaries 1971–1973. Penguin Books, 1987. Softbound. Cover design by Melissa Jacoby. Cover photo by Cindy Lewis, with hand coloring by Neil Stuart. $95.

Two memoirs by the well-connected 'People Who Died' singer, both inscribed by the author to the first (promotional) leaf. Carroll worked for Andy Warhol, dated Patti Smith, was mentored by Ted Berrigan and Keith Richards, and, while still a teen, juggled vocations as basketball star and poetry prodigy with a fervent heroin habit. He would later marry the equally well-connected entertainment lawyer Rosemary Carroll, née Klemfuss, who took the iconic photo of the poet covering The Basketball Diaries and who would later assert that Kurt Cobain's suicide note was forged.

Both books have tight, uncreased spines and clean, unmarked interiors. The Basketball Diaries has some bumped corners and moderate edge-wear. No notable wear to Forced Entries. Featured Rare & Collectible.