Hardcover. Good. Signed by the author on the half title page. Stated First Trade Edition with number line {9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2}. Missing dust jacket. No writing other than the mentioned autograph, and no highlighting, stickers, stamps, or remainder marks. Fairly tight binding and little wear to the cover from shelving/use. Small faint blue stain on the edge of the cover and pages on one side.
New York: Random House. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1979. Later prt.. hardcover. 8vo, 515 pp., Inscribed & signed by the author on the half-title page. .
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1979. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Book Club Printing.1979. A splendid signed copy in near fine condition that shows mild age toning in a well used price clipped dustjacket that is slightly faded with chips and archival repaired closed end tears. This copy is square, tight, clean and sturdy with no spine loosening--as with most larger books. Styron won the Pulitzer Prize for "The Confessions of Nat Turner" A very nice signed copy--although a BOMC issue. Made into a well known prize winning movie.
Random House, April 1979. First Edition. Cloth . Good/Very Good. Octavo. In chipped, edgeworn dustjacket. Flap is clipped. In brown cloth covered boards with gold -- fading -- lettering on spine with gold facsimile signature stamped on front of board. This one has real signature and inscription on half title page that reads: 'To Lou and Bubb with best wishes, affectionate regards, Bill Styron, Greenwood, March 1980.' Squash orange end pages. Previous owner's name in ink front pastedown. Top of spine is pulled and starting. Yet binding remains intact and whole. Stated 'First Trade Edition' with this number line: '9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2'. For Random House titles of this Vintage this indicates a First edition/first printing. Not the 2nd printing it means for most imprints, including RH titles before this period and after this period. [515 page]
Random House. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-titled cloth, blue topstain. First trade edition stated, full number line. #150 of 500 copies signed by Styron to the colophon. Lacks slipcase. Spine slightly sunned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 515 pages; Signed by Author .
Random House, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. A lovely copy of the first printing in dust jacket. Kroch's & Brentano's The First Edition Circle bookmark laid in..
Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing trade edition signed by Styron to the ffep. Spine softened, edges lightly soiled. The DJ in mylar is slightly soiled, creased to flap. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 515 pages; Signed by Author .
New York, New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 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.
Stated first trade edition with the number line ending in a 2 (indicates first printing for Random House); a Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the front free end paper. Basis for the outstanding movie starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline. This copy is in near fine condition showing only some light rubbing to the spine and board edges and some faint age-spotting to the exterior text block, else fine. Housed in a clean and bright very good dust jacket that shows some moderate sunning to the spine, some mild rubbing and chipping to the spine ends and edges, and a light crease to the front flap. A handsome copy of this novel whose title has entered the vernacular for making a decision between impossible choices, Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.
Random House, 1979-04-12. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. Signed by Author. 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.
Random House, April 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Trade Edition stated, first printing with number line beginning with 2 (being the Random House designation of the first printing). Binding tight and square, corners and spine ends very mildly pushed but not rubbed. The dustjacket is not price-clipped, has no rubbing at the corners or the bottom of the spine, there are very short closed tears at the top of the spine and the front panel, and the spine is very slightly sunned. Signed by Styron with no inscription on the half title.
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1979. First Edition 1st Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author on free front endpaper. Jacket is price clipped else fine. Loosely laid in Kroch's and Bretano's 1st Edition Circle bookmark.
Random House Inc, 1979. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket Signed by Styron Stated First Trade Edition. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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. In a clear protective Brodart Cover. The novel of Sophie , the Polish catholic girl who bore the stamp of a cpncetration camp, who struggles with love in the presentr and her the events of her past. Basis for the excellent movie of the same name starring Meryl Streep. Light to front board, Light creasing to edge of flaps and to bottom end of dj spine. One small short-closed tear at top edge.. SIGNED Bookplate Laid-in. First Edition-First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.
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.
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.
NY: Random House, 1979. Limited issue of the first edidtion of 500 numbered copies signed by Styron on the limitation page as issued. Copy #132. Full cloth. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Spine cloth with beginning toning; slipcase with beginning edge toning. Unread copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine slipcase. National Book Award winner and the basis for the 1982 film starring Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep who won her first Oscar for her performance of the title character.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
New York: Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Slight bump at the crown, else fine in near fine slipcase with a bump at the topedge but none of the usual fading. Copy number 52 of 500 numbered copies Signed by the author. Winner of the National Book Award. Meryl Streep won an Oscar for her portrayal of the title character in the 1982 film directed by Alan J. Pakula, and that also featured Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol. A beautiful copy, seldom found unfaded. *Burgess 99*.
New York: Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine slipcase with a touch of the usual fading. Copy number 50 of 500 numbered copies Signed by the author. Winner of the National Book Award. Meryl Streep won an Oscar for her portrayal of the title character in the 1982 film directed by Alan J. Pakula, and that also featured Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol. A beautiful copy, seldom found unfaded. *Burgess 99*.
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