Signed. Inscribed by author to former owner. First trade edition. DJ not price-clipped; mild edgewear and bumping; sunning to spine. Quite a bit of foxing to upper edge of pages, some on outer edge and bottom. Boards good with some edgewear and fading. Pictures available upon request.
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.
Signed. Inscribed by author to former owner. First trade edition. DJ not price-clipped; mild edgewear and bumping; sunning to spine. Quite a bit of foxing to upper edge of pages, some on outer edge and bottom. Boards good with some edgewear and fading. Pictures available upon request.
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. .
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.
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]
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
Signed by Styron on the front endpaper. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($12.95), a crease in the front flap, a bit faded at the spine. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Styron's highly acclaimed, National Book Award-winning work, later adapted into the 1982 film starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline.
New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Styron on the front endpaper. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($12.95), a crease in the front flap, a bit faded at the spine. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Styron's highly acclaimed, National Book Award-winning work, later adapted into the 1982 film starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline.
First edition. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with just a touch of the usual fading to the delicate yellow spine. Laid in is a first day cover Signed by Styron. 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 nicer than usual copy. *Burgess 99.*.
First Printing. Flat-signed by author on ffep with NO inscription. Burgundy full-cloth boards with gold foil-stamped cover and spine. Includes "Kroch's & Brentano's bookmark provenance laid in. FINE condition with NO flaws other than having been read. NO markings of any kind throughout (other than author's signature, of course). DJ is VG with slight fading to spine, two small chips to top edge and minor age-toning to flaps. NO other flaws. Price intact: $12.95. Protected in archival cover.
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.
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.
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endpaper: The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).