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New York: Random House, 1979. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 515 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Pale yellow spine with dark red text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has dark gray stain at tail edge of spine. Textblock clean. Full number line on copyright page with first trade edition statement. Signed by William Styron on second page. Shelved Room A. 1372919. Special Collections.

Book. Octavo, 515 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is light yellow with plum and brick red lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$12.95" on front flap, has mild shelving wear along extremities and mild sun-fading along spine. Boards fully bound in publisher's plum cloth and have mild bumping to fore corners, mild discoloration along spine tail, and moderate creasing and bending wear along spine; spine mildly cocked. Textblock edges have light scuffing, soiling, and foxing, brown grease stain along fore edge pp.109-150 (interior margin mildly affected). Signed flat on front free-endpaper by William Styron. Shelved Room C. 1401112. Special Collections.

Size: 9x6x1; Random House, 1979; stated first trade edition, with full number line, SIGNED by Styron on ffep; 515pp. Binding is tight and sturdy, but cocked; corners of dark maroon cloth boards and ends of spine bumped; a bit of age-toning along top edge; gilt titling remains bright and bold. About 1" tear to tail of dust jacket spine; some creasing, age-toning. A bit of soiling to text block fore-edge, interior unaffected and free of markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket Signed by Styron Stated First Trade Edition.

First edition, special edition for friends of the publisher and author. Very slight spine-fading, else fine, without the unprinted glassine dustwrapper. Letter from a Random House Vice President laid in, presenting the book. The first trade edition had a large printing, thus this special edition is particularly desirable. Meryl Streep won an Oscar for her portrayal of the title character in the 1982 film directed by Alan J. Pakula, which also featured Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol. A *Burgess 99* title and winner of the National Book Award.

New York, NY: Random House, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 515 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Pale yellow spine with burgundy and brown lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$12.95", has mild shelving wear, stains along the spine, and a small closed tear along the rear joint. Boards have mild bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has mild bending wear along the fore edges of some pages, mild wear along the edges, stains along the tail edges, and light foxing along the edges. Signed "To Dick", by William Styron on the half-title page. Shelved Room C. 1393739. Special Collections.

First edition, special edition for friends of the publisher and author. Spine lightly sunned, near fine in a good only glassine dust jacket with the front panel detached (but present) and a toned spine. Laid in from the publisher is a handwritten menu on printed cardstock from the River Cafe in Brooklyn celebrating William Styron's birthday and Sophie's Choice on June 11, 1979. The celebration was attended by many figures on the New York literary scene including Kurt Vonnegut, Elizabeth Hardwick, Francine du Plessix Gray, John Marquand, and many others. The first trade edition had a large printing, thus this special edition is particularly desirable. Meryl Streep won an Oscar for her portrayal of the title character in the 1982 film directed by Alan J. Pakula, which also featured Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol. A *Burgess 99* title and winner of the National Book Award.

New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.9 inches; 515 pages.

Book. Octavo, 515 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Pale yellow spine with dark red text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has dark gray stain at tail edge of spine. Textblock clean. Full number line on copyright page with first trade edition statement. Signed by William Styron on second page. Shelved Room A. 1372919. Special Collections.