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A Fine copy of the First American Edition, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY J. M. COETZEE on the title page. The book is the first of Coetzee's fictional autobiographies [The others being "Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II" (2002), and "Summertime" (2009)] . Signed copies are scarce and even more so when in a condition this nice. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY J. M. COETZEE.
Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life
Coetzee, J. M.
New York: Viking, 1997.
Price: $335.00
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A Very Good or better copy (light fading to the spine, minor shelf wear, prior owner's bookplate and evidence of removal of another item to the ffep, hinges solid and uncracked) of the First American edition of George Orwell's debut book, lacking the rare dust jacket. Autobiographical in nature, the book describes Orwell's own experiences in Paris and London, where he held low wage jobs and often lived as a tramp, and presents the poverty in the great capitals of France and England. At least twice rejected by British publishers (including by T. S. Eliot who was then an editorial director at Faber & Faber), the book was finally accepted for publication by Gollancz, subject to the removal of a bit of bad language and some identifiable individual names. Gollancz published the book in January, 1933 and Harper & Brothers published it in June of that year. A Very Good copy of the First American Edition of George Orwell's relatively uncommon debut book.
Down and Out in Paris and London
Orwell, George
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933.
Price: $450.00
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THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE AT A 25% DISCOUNT. A Fine copy (some light age spotting to the bright boards, minor imperfection to topstain, POB to front pastedown) in a Fine (lightly restored) dust jacket which appears new and carries the proper 7/6s price, SIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD on the title page. A semi-autobiographical story of Christopher Isherwood's time in Berlin during pre-Nazi 1930s Germany, and the people he met while living there The book containing six interconnected sorter works including "Sally Bowles" which previously had been published in 1937 as a separate story. (Sally Bowles was a young English woman who performed in a local cabaret.) Isherwood's "Sally Bowles" was first adapted into "I am a Camera", a Broadway play starring Julie Harris (as Sally Bowles) who won her first Tony Award (Best Leading Actress in a play) for her performance. The play was then adapted into the 1955 mediocre film, again starring Julie Harris. Finally, the story then provided the basis for the award - winning 1966 musical "Cabaret" and then for the 1972 cinematic success "Cabaret" starring Liza Minnelli in an Academy-Award winning performance as Sally Bowles. With only 3500 copies of the first edition having been printed, nice copies are none too common. Copies sighed by Isherwood are quite uncommon indeed and rarely come to the market. An Excellent copy of Christopher Isherwood's defining work, SIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD. Rare
Goodbye to Berlin
Isherwood, Christopher
London: The Hogarth Press, 1939.
Price: $12,675.00
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A Fine copy (virtually no age toning to board extremities), in a Fine dust jacket. Frederick Exley's third, and final, novel. His three, and only, novels form a semi-autobiographical trilogy of this alcoholic sometimes institutionalized writer. A Fine copy.
Last Notes from Home
Exley, Frederick
New York: Random House, 1988.
Price: $55.00
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A Fine copy (spine ends gently pushed) in a Fine dust jacket. The book contains a selection of letters from Miller to Nin, his friend and confidant, written from 1931 to 1946, a critical period in Miller's life. A Fine copy.
Letters to Anais Nin
Miller, Henry [Stuhlmann, Gunther, Editor] [Nin, Anais]
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1965.
Price: $55.00
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A Fine copy, in a Very Near Fine dust jacket (slight mar to rear panel), SIGNED BY DARIO FO on the title page. Fo, born in 1926, witness to Italy's tumultuous modern history, and deserter from Mussolini's Army, gives an account focused on his early years and his observations of Italy and its people made as he traveled in Northern Italy with his father, a railway employee in a time of great conflict. Coming of age between the great Wars, Fo was a firsthand witness to the conflicts of the Fascists and the Partisans. Fo is all of a satirist, playwright, theater director, actor, and composer, and the recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Committee commented that Fo "emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden". Signed copies of Fo's works are quite difficult to find. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY DARIO FO. Scarce.
My First Seven Years (plus a few more)
Fo, Dario [Farrell, Joseph: Translator]
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006.
Price: $350.00
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A Very Good copy (some spotting to spine, spotting to edges of the page block, otherwise Near Fine), in a Very Good or better dust jacket (modest edge wear, light age toning, modest soiling), DATED, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WILLIE MORRIS ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER TO HIS LITERARY AGENT JOAN DAVES. Morris has dated the ffep "October 2, 1967" inscribed the book as follows: "To Joan, / who has been right / every step of the way, / and whose encouragement / and friendship helped make / going north a going / toward home. / With my deepest gratitude / and affection - / Willie". Willie Morris was the youngest ever Editor of "Harper's Magazine" (having joined the Magazine as an Associate Editor in 1963 and having been promoted to the Editor-in-Chief position four years later, holding that position until his resignation in 1971. As Editor, Morris helped launch the careers of important American authors such as William Styron, Norman Mailer, Larry L. King, and others. In the first issue under his editorship, Morris published a lengthy excerpt from Styron's "The Confessions of Nat Turner. Morris later published Mailer's "On the Steps of the Pentagon," at 90,000 words, then the longest magazine article ever published.) The Inscribee, Joan Daves, was a literary agent of great note. (Daves was much respected in the trade, serving as agent for a number of important authors including Willie Morris, Kathryn Porter, and others, and was the only person to accompany Dr. King on his trip to receive his Nobel Prize in 1964--when he became the youngest person ever to receive the Prize.) A wonderful Association copy, with a delightful and heartfelt inscription, showing the connection between two important literary figures. Signed copies of this book are few and far between. A nice copy of his important, seminal work, DATED, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WILLIE MORRIS.
North Toward Home [Association Copy, Dated, Inscribed, and Signed]
Morris, Willie
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967.
Price: $750.00
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A Fine copy (tiny bump to one corner, gentle push to top of spine), in a Fine dust jacket, of Frederick Exley's second novel. Exley's three, and only, novels form a semi-autobiographical trilogy of this alcoholic sometimes institutionalized writer. A Fine copy.
Pages From a Cold Island
Exley, Frederick
New York: Random House, 1975.
Price: $60.00
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A Fine copy (a touch of fading at the extremities, spine ends gently pushed) in a Near Fine dust jacket (spine lettering faded, otherwise Fine). An unfinished work, published posthumously, about alcoholism. A very nice copy.
Recovery
Berryman, John [Bellow, Saul: Forward]
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973.
Price: $70.00
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A Fine copy of William Wharton's fourth novel (light age toning to extremities of the white boards, minute rubs at spine ends) in a Fine dust jacket (tiny rubs at each bottom front corner). An interesting novel, autobiographical in nature, by the self-described "painter who writes". A Fine copy.
Scumbler
Wharton, William [Du Aime, Albert William]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
Price: $35.00
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A Fine copy, in a Fine dust jacket. A novel consisting of 53 interconnected stories, both fiction and nonfiction, born out of Vollmann's travels and experiences. A Fine copy.
The Atlas
Vollmann, William T.
New York: Viking, 1996.
Price: $35.00
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