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1st edition, 2nd printing.

Random House, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Thumbed edges with minor spots, else tight and clean. DJ shows light rubbing/syunning, minor edgewear.

Thumbed edges with minor spots, else tight and clean. DJ shows light rubbing/syunning, minor edgewear.

Random House. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; Fifth Printing. Paperback. 0394461096 . 1.8 x 9.3 x 6.3 Inches; 515 pages .

First Printing Hardbound Good/Good., DJ 8vo, 515, General wear to covers. Prev. owner's name on front endpaper. DJ has wear with several tiny edge tears. DJ is price clipped. A solid reading copy. ISBN:0-394-46109-6

New York: Random c1976, 1979, 1976. 1st trade . hard. good++/Dust Jacket Included. ISBN: 0-394-46109-6. Good solid reading copy Paul Bacon dj. good++, good price-clipped dj, maroon cloth, soiled edges 515 pgs

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Random House, April 1979. First Trade. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Very minor rubbing to the edges and corners. Minor soiling to the lower exterior page edges. Stated First Trade Edition. Binding is tight and square. DJ is protected by a mylar cover.

1.8 x 9.3 x 6.3 Inches; 515 pages

Random House, April 1979. Book Club. Cloth . Very Good/Good. {6 & 3/8' x 9 & 1/2'} in edgeworn dustjacket with small tears. Brown cloth covered boards with gold (and silver) lettering upon spine, beginning to fade. On front board facsimile of author's signature is also stamped in gold. Sandstone color end pages with writing in red ballpoint upper right corner of ffep. Tiny blind stamped square indicating this is a book club edition in lower right corner of rear board. Binding is sound, despite slight pulling head of spine. [516 pages]

First Edition. Stated first trade edition. DJ shows minor wear. Bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown. Pages clean.

8vo, 515 pp. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket

Stated First Edition, first printing with a full Random House number line in very good condition. Pages are clean and crisp with no bent corners. Boards are solid, and spine is square and tight. The dust jacket has a moderate shelf wear with a small closed tear on the back. Otherwise a solid copy of the book with an unclipped dust jacket, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.

Condition: Very Good. Dust cover good condition. Zero Notes or Blemishes on the Pages.

1st edition, later printing or no printing history stated. Hardcover with dust jacket, very good condition, light wear to corners and edges, clean text, satisfaction guaranteed. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973.

This is a 7th printing. in clipped DJ. Maroon cloth boards with gold letters on the spine. Some fading to top edges. Jacket has small tear on top spine side and bottom rear.

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.

A literary Classic! Book has prev. owner in ink. DJ has edge wear and tears at the edges.

1st edition, 2nd printing.

New York: Random House, 1979. 1st trade ed. Hardcover. Near Fine in VG++ slightly sun-faded DJ. Octavo in maroon cloth and cream DJ; 515 p. ; 25 cm. Holocaust survivors; Fiction; Young men; fiction.  Genre/Form: Bildungsromans; War stories; Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) ;Fiction.

First trade edition, near fine in a very good+ dust jacket. Small owner's name and date on front endpaper. The jacket spine has very light sunning, with a tiny bit of wear at spine ends. Co-winner of the 1980 National Book award (with Garp), and basis for the Oscar winning film. $12.95 price on jacket flap; a tight, square copy.

New York: Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in a very good dustjacket. Some shelf-rubbing, one of the books has ink writing inside. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

First edition. Very good in a very good dustjacket. Some shelf-rubbing, one of the books has ink writing inside. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Random House, 1979. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G+/G; creamy beige spine with burgundy and light brown text; stated first trade edition; dust jacket exterior shows soiling wear; sunned spine; slight edge wear; cloth exterior has fairly mild wear; slightly sunned edges; good binding; text block exterior edges have slight tone; few dark smudges to pp 14-15, interior good otherwise; pp 515. 1366789. FP New Rockville Stock.

Random House. Fine+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394461096 . Book Very Fine. Square, tight and clean. NO notes, names or ANY markings. DJ with gentle use, SLIGHT nick REAR and at spine head else FINE, not clipped ($12.95) ; Thick 8vo; 515 pages; Not price clipped (12.95). .

New York: Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine. First trade edition. Owner name on front fly, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, near fine lacking the dust jacket. 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. *Burgess 99.*.

New York: Random House, 1979. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. A tight and clean very lightly read first printing copy in like DJ. There is a small 1 inch water stain on the rear bottom corner of the DJ and the rear board, else fine.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Dust jacket has some sunning to the spine and a little edge wear. Dust jacket protected by removable Brodart cover..

Random House. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Very Good dust jacket.

First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Very Good dust jacket.

New York: Random House, Inc. BOOK: Corners, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Boards, Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Fading Due to Sun Exposure; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. A Novel. ALSO KNOWN AS: Portions of this book previously appeared in Esquire. MOVIE TIE-IN: This novel was the basis for the 1982 feature film of the same name. SYNOPSIS: Sophie's Choice unfolds a story as absorbing and effective and memorable as any work of fiction in our time. It is written at full tilt, and the mastery of its style and the power of its narrative never falter. Stingo came to Brooklyn by way of Virginia and the Marine Corps - with a brief sojourn as a manuscript reader at McGraw-Hill. He settled in Yetta Zimmerman's pink-painted rooming house, where the rent was cheap enough for a young man with only a few hundred dollars to devote himself to the novel he wanted to write. Sophie and Nathan lived upstairs, as he agonizingly discovered when their rocking bed threatened to collapse the ceiling. Thus began a strange relationship: Sophie, the Polish Catholic girl whose wrist bore the grim stamp of a concentration camp . . . Nathan, her lover, the charismatic Jewish intellectual . . . and the narrator Stingo, the sex-starved "South'n" boy who was instantly captivated by Sophie's vulnerable blond beauty. As Stingo struggles with his book - and tries desperately to cope with his growing but unrequited love for the woman upstairs - he also becomes Sophie's confidant, irresistibly absorbed in the harrowing story she tells of Nathan's obsessive jealousy and her own unshakable devotion to him. And as Nathan and Sophie's quarrels intensify, and Stingo is drawn even more into her life, she is compelled, bit by bit, to confront her past - a past strewn with death that she alone survived. In Sophie's Choice, William Styron gives us a love story so hauntingly evocative that it, and its heroine, will become an indelible part of the reader's imagination and our literature. William Styron was born in Newport News, Virginia. He served almost three years in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, and after the war, returned to complete his studies at Duke University. Lie Down in Darkness, William Styron's first novel, appeared in 1951. For that initial work, he was awarded the Prix de Rome of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Two years later his short novel The Long March was published, followed by Set This House on Fire (1960), The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967), which received the Pulitzer Prize for 1967, and a play, In the Clap Shack (1973).. First Edition 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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, 1979. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 515 pp. Wear to fore-edge. Jacket has a couple of closed tears and some general edgewear as well as some fading due to sun.

NY: Random House, 1979. Previous owner's neat name to front pastedown. The first trade edition of this famous novel by Styron. Basis for the movie of the same name. Remainder mark to bottom edge. Overall, a most acceptable copy. 515 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++.

New York: Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good Plus. Styron's fifth novel, the story of the relationship between three people living in a Brooklyn rooming house -- Sophie, a Polish Catholic concentration camp survivor; her lover, Nathan, a Jewish intellectural; 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 the 1982 film starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline. First trade edition, first printing (as stated, with complete numberline). 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 graphic front panel shows author and title in different shades of red against a tan background with "A Novel" in black across bottom of panel. Back dj panel centers a b & w photo of Styron by Nancy Compton on tan background. Boards show a faint, narrow line of color loss on some edges. Text edges show a touch of soiling and two, tiny, almost unnoticeable dents on fore edge. O/w, boards and text are complete, clean, and unmarked in tight, square binding. Dustjacket is price-clipped and spine is sun-faded. Both DJ panels have vertical creases at fore edges where previous owner tried to correct for off-center spine. The DJ is o/w clean, with very minimal surface and edge wear. A not-perfect-but-still-very-decent first edition copy of this 20th century landmark novel.

Stated First Edition, first printing with a full Random House number line in very good condition. Pages are clean and crisp with no bent corners. Boards are solid, and spine is square and tight. The dust jacket has a moderate shelf wear with a small closed tear on the back. Otherwise a solid copy of the book with an unclipped dust jacket, and no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.

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..

New York, NY: Random House Publishing. Good in Good dust jacket;. 1979. First Trade Edition; 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 515 pages; Maroon cloth with white discolored places that look like finger prints. DJ minor edge wear, no tears. Name FFEP. .

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.

1st edition, later printing or no printing history stated. Hardcover with dust jacket, very good condition, light wear to corners and edges, clean text, satisfaction guaranteed. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973.

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.

First edition. Very good in a very good dustjacket. Some shelf-rubbing, one of the books has ink writing inside. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Random House, 1979 SOPHIE'S CHOICE- William Styron- Random House- ISBN 0-394-46109-6- 1979-1st-1st- Very Good/Very Good. First Trade. Made into a Movie, jacket has 2 small nicks and toning- in mylar. Clean pages- PO name on ffep- A love story so hauntingly evocative that it, and its heroine, will become an indelible part of the reader's imagination and our literature. Sophie, the Polish Catholic girl whose wrist bore the grim stamp of a concentration camp, Nathan, her lover, the charismatic Jewish intellectual, and the narrator Stingo, the sex-starved "South'n" boy who was instantly captivated by Sophie's vulnerable blond beauty.-printing line 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2- 1st Edition as per 1st Random House- Fiction-romance-movie-tie-in (303) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Random House, 1979-04-12. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. From the second endpaper: "This special edition has been prepared for presentation to the friends of the author and the publisher". The volume is sunned on the top edges and spine area. The tissue jacket is spine and edge toned, and has tiny tears and shallow chips on the edges. The glassine jacket has a curved 1" tear on the spine crown.

Burgundy cloth covered hardcover boards with author's signature in gilt on front cover, gilt lettering to spine, orange endpapers. Slight wrinkle on 2-3 pages of text block. Otherwise, no condition issues.DJ is unclipped and very slight edgewear to top of spine.This work earned Styron the 1980 National Book award and was a National Book Award winner. It was also a nationwde bestseller. A 1982 film version was nominated for five Academy Awards.Mylar protected.

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.

Stated First Edition, first printing with full Random House number line in fine/ like new condition. The pages are clean and crisp, in like new condition, with no bent corners. Boards are as new, and the spine is square and tight. The dust jacket has a tiny bit of shelf wear, but no nicks or tears, and is now protected by a mylar cover. The dust jacket is clipped. Attractive book with no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.

Random House, 1979. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Basis for the 1982 film of the same name starring Meryl Streep & Kevin Kline (in his first feature film appearance) as lovers in present-day Brooklyn, haunted by shadows of the past. A FIRST EDITION, Fifth printing hardcover from 1979, in publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to front & spine. Condition is Fine: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning to edges but unmarked. The unclipped DJ is Near Fine, virtually flawless save for some minute chips along top edges; else, clean & bright & protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

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 edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Very Good dust jacket.

Random House Inc, 1979. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket First edition . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket First edition.

New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good- dust jacket. A few tears to jacket edges. Owner name and date to front end page. Text is clean and unmarked. First Trade Edition is stated. ; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 515 pages.

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]

Stated First Edition, first printing with full Random House number line in fine/ like new condition. The pages are clean and crisp, in like new condition, with no bent corners. Boards are as new, and the spine is square and tight. The dust jacket has a tiny bit of shelf wear, but no nicks or tears, and is now protected by a mylar cover. The dust jacket is clipped. Attractive book with no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.

1st Printing. 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.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition stated, with correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Minor text block edge foxing. "VERY GOOD" dust jacket is not price-clipped with edge scrapes, tears and one inch enclosed tear on rear top; creasing on ffep.. This collectible, " NEAR FINE" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Nice collectible copy.

First Edition stated, with correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Minor text block edge foxing. "VERY GOOD" dust jacket is not price-clipped with edge scrapes, tears and one inch enclosed tear on rear top; creasing on ffep. This collectible, " NEAR FINE" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Nice collectible copy.

Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket First edition.

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..

First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line (line ends in a 2, first printing for Random House at the time); a Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the board and panel edges, mild sunning to the spine, and a couple of short creases to the spine ends. SIGNED by the author to a bookplate affixed to the front free paper. A sharp, bright, and tight copy of this novel by the Pulitzer Prize winning author; basis for the excellent movie starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a fresh Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2. Winner of the 1980 National Book Award and the basis for the Kevin Kline/Meryl Streep movie by the same name. Book seems to be a pirated English edition that was printed in China. Remnant of fep sticker provides Taipei, Taiwan origin and Copyright page provides information in Chinese characters. The only vestigial characteristic of its life as a library book is a discard stamp on fep. No other markings. Boards are bright red leatherette with gilt text on spine. Also there is no gilt Styron signature on front board. Book has lightly scuffed extremities and is tight and square. Unclipped DJ ($12.95) shows edge wear and faded spine. DJ rear panel features photograph of Styron by Nancy Crampton. Will provide digital photographs on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 071213.

The hardcover stated Random First Edition from 1979. Other than a name on the flyleaf, both the cover and the book are in positively excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc., and the pages and binding are tight as a drum. If you wish to negotiate the already low price, buyers are ALWAYS welcome to make me an offer I can't refuse.Very Good

The hardcover stated Random First Edition from 1979. Other than a name on the flyleaf, both the cover and the book are in positively excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc., and the pages and binding are tight as a drum. If you wish to negotiate the already low price, buyers are ALWAYS welcome to make me an offer I can't refuse.

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. Fine.. Franklin Library limited first edition of this tragic romance, adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Meryl Streep. Meryl Streep earned her first Academy Award for her role as the titular Sophie in the 1982 film adaptation of the novel. Contains a new introduction by Styron penned specifically for this edition, as well as original illustrations by Alan Reingold. Uncommon this complete. 9.25'' x 6''. Original brown guilt leather. All edges gilt. Silk moire endpapers. 624 pages. Illustrations by Alan Reingold. In original box, with Franklin Library "Notes from the Editors" booklet. Box with touches of wear. Else bright, tight, clean, and sharp.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First English edition. Bottom corners a little bumped, else fine in fine dustwrapper. 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. *Burgess 99.*.

New York: Random House, 1979. First Trade Edition [stated]. First printing [per Random House printing convention]. Hardcover. Good. [10], 515, [3] pages. No dust jacket present. The cover has some wear and soiling. Slightly cocked. As the fierce lovemaking and fights of Nathan, a paranoiac Jewish intellectual, and Sophie, a Polish-Catholic concentration-camp survivor, intensify, Stingo, a writer who lives below them in a cheap rooming house, becomes more and more involved in their lives. The book won the National Book Award and it is a *Burgess 99* title. Made into the 1982 Alan J. Pakula movie starring Kevin Kline & Meryl Streep. William Clark Styron Jr. (June 11, 1925 - November 1, 2006) was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work. . Styron's childhood was a difficult one. His father, a shipyard engineer, had clinical depression, which Styron himself would later experience. Styron enrolled in Davidson College. Styron transferred to Duke University in 1943 as a part of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps V-12 program aimed at fast-tracking officer candidates by enrolling them simultaneously in basic training and bachelor's degree programs. There he published his first fiction, a short story heavily influenced by William Faulkner, in an anthology of student work. Styron published several short stories in the university literary magazine, The Archive, between 1944 and 1946. Though Styron was made a lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, the Japanese surrendered before his ship left San Francisco. After the war, he returned to full-time studies at Duke and completed his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English in 1947. Sophie's Choice is a 1979 novel by American author William Styron. The author's last novel, it concerns the relationships among three people sharing a boarding house in Brooklyn: Stingo, a young aspiring writer from the South, Jewish scientist Nathan Landau, and his lover Sophie, a Polish-Catholic survivor of the German Nazi concentration camps, whom Stingo befriends. It was controversial for the way in which it framed Styron's personal views regarding the Holocaust. Stingo, a novelist who is recalling the summer when he began his first novel, has been fired from his low-level reader's job at the publisher McGraw-Hill and has moved into a cheap boarding house in Brooklyn, where he hopes to devote some months to his writing. While he is working on his novel, he is drawn into the lives of the lovers Nathan Landau and Sophie Zawistowska, fellow boarders at the house, who are involved in an intense and difficult relationship. The beautiful Sophie is Polish and Catholic, and a survivor of the Holocaust and Nazi concentration camps, and Nathan is a Jewish-American and purportedly a genius. Although Nathan claims to be a Harvard graduate and a cellular biologist with a pharmaceutical company, it is revealed that this story is a fabrication. Almost no one—including Sophie and Stingo—knows that Nathan has paranoid schizophrenia and that he is abusing stimulants. He sometimes behaves quite normally and generously, but there are times when he becomes frighteningly jealous, violent, abusive, and delusional. As the story progresses, Sophie tells Stingo of her past. She describes her violently anti-Semitic father, a law professor in Kraków; her unwillingness to help him spread his ideas; her arrest by the Nazis; and particularly, her brief stint as a stenographer-typist in the home of Rudolf Höss, the commander of Auschwitz, where she was interned. She specifically relates her attempts to seduce Höss in an effort to persuade him that her blond, blue-eyed, German-speaking son should be allowed to leave the camp and enter the Lebensborn program, in which he would be raised as a German child. She failed in this attempt, and ultimately, never learned of her son's fate. Only at the end of the book does the reader also learn what became of Sophie's daughter, Eva. Eventually, Nathan's delusions lead him to believe that Stingo is having an affair with Sophie and he threatens to kill them both. As Sophie and Stingo attempt to flee New York, Sophie reveals her deepest secret: On the night that she arrived at Auschwitz, a camp doctor made her choose which of her two children would die immediately by gassing and which would continue to live, albeit in the camp. Of her two children, Sophie chose to sacrifice her eight-year-old daughter, Eva, in a decision that has left her in mourning and filled with a guilt that Sophie cannot overcome. By now alcoholic and deeply depressed, Sophie is willing to self-destruct with Nathan, who already has tried to persuade her to die by suicide with him. Despite Stingo proposing marriage and a shared night that relieves Stingo of his virginity and fulfills many of his sexual fantasies, Sophie disappears, leaving only a note in which she says that she must return to Nathan. Upon arriving back in Brooklyn, Stingo is devastated to discover that Sophie and Nathan have killed themselves by ingesting sodium cyanide.

New York: Random House. 1979. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 0394461096 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. 1/2 inch open tear at bottom of rear gutter. Remainder mark on top edge of text block. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.9 inches; 515 pages .

London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First English edition. Bottom corners a little bumped, else fine in fine dustwrapper. 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. *Burgess 99.*.

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 stated, with correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Minor text block edge foxing. "VERY GOOD" dust jacket is not price-clipped with edge scrapes, tears and one inch enclosed tear on rear top; creasing on ffep. This collectible, " NEAR FINE" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Nice collectible copy.

New York: Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 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 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.*.

New York: Random House, 1979. First trade edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This novel concerns the relationships among three people sharing a boarding house in Brooklyn: Stingo, a young aspiring writer from the South, Jewish scientist Nathan Landau, and his lover Sophie, a Polish-Catholic survivor of the German Nazi concentration camps, whom Stingo befriends. Basis for the big screen film directed by Alan J. Pakula, that stars Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline. Meryl Streep won an Oscar for Best Actor for her role in this powerful rendering of Styron's novel.

The hardcover stated Random First Edition from 1979. Other than a name on the flyleaf, both the cover and the book are in positively excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc., and the pages and binding are tight as a drum. If you wish to negotiate the already low price, buyers are ALWAYS welcome to make me an offer I can't refuse.

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.

New York: Random House. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394461096 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. 1/2 inch closed tear at spine crown. Lightly sunned spine. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.9 inches; 515 pages .

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. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 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. 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: Random House, 1979. First edition. Near fine.. Uncorrected proofs of this tragic romance, adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Meryl Streep. Meryl Streep earned her first Academy Award for her role as the titular Sophie in the 1982 film adaptation of the novel. 9.25'' x 6''. Original [publisher's printed red wrappers. 417 pages. Minor shelfwear, shelfsoil. Spine faintly sunned. Else clean and sharp.

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.

New York: Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, trade issue. Light foxing on topedge, and the spine just a trifle cocked, near fine in very near fine dust jacket with much less than the usual spine-fading. 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 nicer than usual copy. *Burgess 99.*.

First edition, trade issue. Light foxing on topedge, and the spine just a trifle cocked, near fine in very near fine dust jacket with much less than the usual spine-fading. 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 nicer than usual copy. *Burgess 99.*.

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. 1st. Hardcover. 03944601096 . Lightly dust dulled to top edge of textblock. ; Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. First Edition copy. Both book and dustjacket are in almost pristine condition. Previous purchase Invoice for $550.00 from reputable dealer is laid in. Dustjacket is protected in a Mylar sleeve. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 515 pages; Signed by Author .

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.*.

New York: Random House. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394461096 . Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.9 inches; 515 pages .

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. Fine/Fine. First edition, trade issue. Fine in fine dust jacket with none of the usual spine-fading. Advance Review Copy with publisher's printed slip and promotional photo of 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. *Burgess 99.*.

New York: Random House. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394461096 . Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.9 inches; 515 pages .

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. 0394461096 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Front panel bowed slightly upwards. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.9 inches; 515 pages .

New York: Random House, 2004. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo (518 pages). A very good copy of the First American trade edition in an unclipped dust jacket that has faded modestly with some creasing and a short tear and fractional loss to the rear face, lower edge, and creases to the rear flap. Else fine. Signed by the author in black ink on the title page.

First edition, trade issue. Light foxing on topedge, and the spine just a trifle cocked, near fine in very near fine dust jacket with much less than the usual spine-fading. 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 nicer than usual copy. *Burgess 99.*.

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*.

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*.

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.

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.

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*.