A Search for the King por VIDAL, Gore (1925-2012) - 1950

UNCORRECTED PROOF the first edition in grey speckled wraps.

New York: Scholastic Press, 2007. Signed on a special page bound in by the publisher. First edition / First printing. Black laminated boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. Winner of 2008 Caldecott Medal. Basis for the Scorsese film.

NY: A. A. Wyn, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A superior copy of this first collected edition of Capek's trilogy of thematically linked novels. Octavo (8 x 5.5 in.); 460pp.; orange cloth boards, orange topstain, in dust jacket. The barest hint of foxing to textblock fore-edge, else fine in a very near fine, unclipped jacket, printed (per British wartime paper restrictions) on the back of a War Office topographical map of Sumatra.

Hachette Books, 2008. 1st Ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x6x1. Signed. SIGNED BY JULIE ANDREWS on a special page added by the publisher and certified authentic by JSA (James Spence Authenticators). Includes their ironclad Certificate of Authenticity. Also includes bookstore receipt from Bookends in NJ. A beautiful & unread true 1st printing of Julie's flagship memoir in gift-worthy condition. New mylar added to keep your DJ looking terrific. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; Inv 18, signed by author.

Very Good++ antiquarian condition. Strong, tight binding, sturdy hinges; Clean pages with no foxing. From the author of The Awakening of the Sixth Sense". Uncommon*
Inv. # 63656 LGM* bds 9/2023

New York: Vantage Press, 1980. SAREEN'S PRIDE- George Pickard- Vantage Press-NY- ISBN 0-553-04188-0-1980-1st-Edition-1st Printing-Stated- Hardcover:-8vo-Near Fine/Near Fine DJ-light rubs, unclipped, bright and clean-119pp are clean and crisp-number on ffep in pen- otherwise impeccable- SEE PHOTOS- "Story of John Sareen, a scientist who develops a missile system for Israel's armed forces and is not able to cope with the deadly destruction it causes." Rare-only one on net....None listed in World Cat or LOC- Fiction-science-fantasy-war-suspense-Israel (2668) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near FINE/Near FINE. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hutchinson. London. 1984. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Signed by Burgess on the title page. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper with colour illustrations by Alastair Taylor.

"Requiem For A Nun" by William Faulkner. 1951 true 1st Edition, 1st Printing meeting all first trade edition points (first edition not stated and no other statements of printings on the copyright page; dark gray top edge stain; "Chocktaw" on page 21); Random House; New York. The book comes with its original, un-clipped 1st issue dust jacket (with jacket designer's name misspelled as "M. McKnight Kauffer"). REQUIEM FOR A NUNThis sequel to Faulkner's most sensational, Sanctuary, was written twenty years later but takes up the story of Temple Drake eight years after the events related in Sanctuary. Temple is now married to Gowan Stevens. The book begins when the death sentence is pronounced on the nurse Nancy for the murder of Temple and Gowan's child. Told partly in prose, partly in play form, Requiem for a Nun is a haunting exploration of the impact of the past on the present.Condition:Clean covers and spine with no stains; sharp corners. Tight binding. No cracks. No loose pages. Excellent condition… Ler mais

New York: Harper & Row, 1978. First U.S. edition / First printing. Blue cloth. Very fine in very fine, price clipped dust jacket.

First Edition. Small tears at the spine ends taped closed inside. Binding still good but leaning a little to the right. First printing. Pages unmarked.