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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. First edition. Original blue cloth, fine in a nearly fine dust jacket (faint wear and discoloration on the spine). Inscribed by Heller.
The Color Purple by Walker, Alice - 1982
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The Color Purple
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First Edition, First Printing with the words "First edition" printed on the copyright page followed by the publisher's code "BCDE" identifying the First Issue. This copy is SIGNED by Alice Walker on tipped in page. This First Issue dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy SIGNED by the author.
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- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1982
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New York: Random House, 1952. First edition of the author's landmark first novel, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original black and tan cloth. Boldly signed by Ralph Ellison on the title page. Fine in an near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example. Ralph Ellisons first novel is "one of the most important works of the 20th century" (New York Times). It went on to win the National Book Award in 1953. It was named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century and to TIME Magazine's 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005, calling it "the quintessential American picaresque of the 20th century." According to The New York Times, President Barack Obama modeled his memoir Dreams from My Father on Ellison's novel.
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NY. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; G. P. Putnam's Sons; 1961; . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Green illustrated dust wrapper. Very good, several small creases and nicks to edges. Jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc. Green hardcover with yellow titles to spine. Very good, very light rubbing to edges and spine. BCE 414 pages. Heinlein is probably most notable for his sci-fi book Starship Troopers. Rare in dust jacket. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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NY: Covici Friede Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Tan cloth first edition, first issue with "pendula" on page 9, line 21 and a dot between the 8s on page 99, and all first edition points. The dust jacket is first issue and it is priced to flap at $2.00. This is a lovely tight copy, with only a slight fading of the topstain and a bookseller ticket at rear. The DJ is slightly sunned/faded. Housed in a custom clamshell box with chemise. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1886. Early printing of Twain's masterpiece, inscribed by Mark Twain. Octavo, bound in half buckram by Roycroft with paper labels to the spine, tissue-guarded frontispiece photogravure plate of Gerhardt's bust of Clemens, one hundred and seventy-four illustrations by E. W. Kemble. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Mr. Garth W. Cate: Taking the pledge will not make bad liquor good, but it will improve it. Truly Yours, Mark Twain, Nov. 25/06." With a lengthy letter of provenance dated October 14, 1964 and signed by the recipient which reads in part, "Dear Mr. Jacobs, If I had been younger and could have carried out a study of some of Mark Twain's motives and acts, I never would have parted with my cherished old copy of the first printing of Huckleberry Finn. This was the first book given to me by my father... In 1906-1907 I was a lecture manager for Elbert Hubbard, the Sage of East Aurora, whose quasi-socialist group The…
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. First edition. Original blue cloth, fine in a nearly fine dust jacket (faint wear and discoloration on the spine). Inscribed by Heller.
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New York: Random House, 1952. First edition of the author's landmark first novel, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original black and tan cloth. Boldly signed by Ralph Ellison on the title page. Fine in an near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example. Ralph Ellisons first novel is "one of the most important works of the 20th century" (New York Times). It went on to win the National Book Award in 1953. It was named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century and to TIME Magazine's 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005, calling it "the quintessential American picaresque of the 20th century." According to The New York Times, President Barack Obama modeled his memoir Dreams from My Father on Ellison's novel.
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New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1886. Early printing of Twain's masterpiece, inscribed by Mark Twain. Octavo, bound in half buckram by Roycroft with paper labels to the spine, tissue-guarded frontispiece photogravure plate of Gerhardt's bust of Clemens, one hundred and seventy-four illustrations by E. W. Kemble. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Mr. Garth W. Cate: Taking the pledge will not make bad liquor good, but it will improve it. Truly Yours, Mark Twain, Nov. 25/06." With a lengthy letter of provenance dated October 14, 1964 and signed by the recipient which reads in part, "Dear Mr. Jacobs, If I had been younger and could have carried out a study of some of Mark Twain's motives and acts, I never would have parted with my cherished old copy of the first printing of Huckleberry Finn. This was the first book given to me by my father... In 1906-1907 I was a lecture manager for Elbert Hubbard, the Sage of East Aurora, whose quasi-socialist group The…
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The Color Purple
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