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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House. New York, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 515 pages. Styron's love story so hauntingly evocative that it, and it's heroine, became an indelible part of the reader's imagination and our literature. Made into a equally classic film. Not price clipped. Former owner's name and date in small print on top of front freepaper. Small water marks bottom of back dustjacket corner, and front. Edgewear. Otherwise a good dustjacket over a very good book..

Stated First Edition, first printing with full Random House number line in near fine / very good condition. The pages are clean and crisp, in like new condition, with no bent corners. Boards are solid, and the spine is square and tight. The dust jacket has minor shelf wear, and is clipped. Attractive book with minimal signs of use, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.

New York: Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Styron's fifth novel, the story of the relationships between three people living in a Brooklyn rooming house -- Sophie, a Polish Catholic concentration camp survivor; her lover, Nathan, a Jewish intellectual, and Stringo, the narrator, an ex-Marine trying to become a writer. The book won a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and was the basis for a 1982 film starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline that won Streep an Academy Award. First trade edition, first printing (as stated, with complete number line). About 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches, 515 pages in red cloth-covered boards with author's signature in gold on front cover and gold lettering on spine. Dustjacket's front panel shows author and title in two different shades of red against a tan background with "A Novel" in black lettering across bottom edge. Back panel has b & w photo of Styron by Nancy Campton centered against tan background. Previous owner's intaglio stamped on title page, some soiling to text edges, o/w boards and text are complete, clean, and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. Not ex-library, not remaindered. Dustjacket shows some slight edge and surface wear. No tears. creasing, or chipping. A collectable copy of a 20th century landmark novel that is rapidly becoming scarce.

Stated First Trade Edition on Copyright. Book and Jacket intact with no price clipping. Slight tears on jacket edges. Book pages have slight discolorations. Very small intricate drawing of female on edge of page 366 (see photo) . Winner of the US National Book Award for Fiction in 1980. Adapted into a movie in 1982.

First trade edition stated with complete Random House number line. Special Advance Reading Copy slip laid in. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 Book; binding tight, slight bow to boards else clean with sharp corners; small soil spot to fore edge with subtle bump to bottom corner else text free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($12.95) has mild bumping and chipping to mostly spine ends with two 1/4" closed tears to bottom front cover, 4 1/2" crease to bottom front cover with slight fading to spine. Color sharp to covers. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

NY: Random House, 1979. Previous owner's neat name to second free endpaper. The first trade edition of this famous novel by Styron. Basis for the movie of the same name. 515 pp. Tight, clean copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

A very nice clan copy with an intact and clean jacket.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1979 Random House FIRST edition. FIRST printing in F/F condition. The HB shows no bumps and no wear on the crimson boards or on the spine, including its lettering. The books is clean and tight with no foxing spots. The unclipped DJ has very minor wear and one crimson spot on the top of the DJ front. Overall a beautiful copy of a 42 year old classic. The 1982 Alan J. Pakula film won a Oscar and Golden Globe for Meryl Streep. It also was for Kevin Kline's Film Debut (eventually he won a Supporting Actor Oscar winner in 1988). **Brenbooks specializes in first edition books made into films.

First trade edition. A special edition prepared for presentation to the friends of the author and publisher. Boards sunned at top, as is spine. Gilt titles bright. Boards slightly bowed. A very good copy.

Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket First edition.