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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.

New York: Random House, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Tall 8vo., 515pp. Sharp "Special" First Trade Edition that "...has been prepared for presentation to the friends of the author and publisher", as noted on a specially bound-in sheet before the flyleaf. Laid in is a note typed note on Random House letterhead, signed by Michael T. Pratt, Division B.P., Marketing and Sales, describing the volume. The note is dated April, 27, 1979, well before the announced publication date of June 11. Evidently, the final Trade Edition Dust-jacket was not ready so a plain glassine wrapper was provided with the book. Bound in blue cloth with titles in gilt and blue on spine and facsimile signature of the author in gilt on the front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with no toning or spotting. Some softness to spine ends. Spine and edges mildly toned. Glassine wrapper has a couple of tiny hole and some creasing. Spine toning. Signed by the author on a laid in bookplate. Made into the 1982 award winning film starring Meryl Streep. A sharp collectable copy of this uncommon production.

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

Random House. New York. 1979. Burgundy boards with author's signature inlaid on front in gold with gold lettering to spine. Very good minus First Edition (stated), first printing with number line ending in "2", the customary ending for first printings from Random House. Kroch's & Brentano's 1st edition circle bookmark enclosed. Signed in birght blue "sharpie" on half title page. Several small white dots on front board, wrinkle to top of front paste-down with corresponding defect on front board. The very good plus unclipped ($12.95) jacket shows minor shelf wear with bump marks to top/bottom of spine, upper right on front and small closed tear upper left on back. Jacket is protected with a removable mylar cover. Sophie's Choice is the story of the impossible; a nightmare that only war can bring to a parent of small children. Brilliantly written yet hard to read. Basis for the 1982 film starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline. 9.5 x 6.25 in. 515 pg.

New York: Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Fine. 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: Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 515pp. Near fine/near fine. Jacket spine ever-so-faintly sunned. Tight and lovely first trade edition, signed large and bold by Styron in black ballpoint on front flyleaf.

Book. 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.