Possible Clues:

• "Bring It On Home ___" (Sam Cooke hit)
• Book's self-dedication
• How Narcissus dedicated his book?
• No light reading
• One with an extra-wide spine
• In my direction in volume
• A librarian might issue one in my direction
• Book not quite the best by this writer
• "You talkin' ---?"
• From my point of view, it's a large volume