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TBCL The Book
Collector's Library - Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Steinbeck -
Spring- 2011
Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Steinbeck
A
selection of Signed & Inscribed Presentation Copies from the most
collected modern American Authors of the period.
A S m a t t e r i n g
Rare
Signed
Copy of SOLDIER'S PAY 1st UK in Original DJ
Signed
1st of THE WILD PALMS
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Faulkner,
William. SOLDIER'S PAY. London: Chatto & Windus,
1930. Signed First English Edition of the author's first novel. The
first of Faulkner's titles to appear in
England
. Preface by Richard Hughes [who also wrote the preface for The Sound
And The Fury in 1931, which appeared in similar format]. 8vo., 326pp., 4
pages of ads. One of 2000 copies printed from new plates. Publisher's
green cloth stamped in gilt on the spine, top edge stained green. An
extremely nice copy in the original cream coloured dustwrapper lettered
in red & black showing very light use. Neatly signed by Faulkner
on the dedication page in black fountain pen, "William
Faulkner". The dustwrapper states: "NOT A 'WAR BOOK"
on front panel with the Hughes quotation on the back: "... if I
were asked who seems to me at the moment the most interesting novelist
in America, I should not hesitate in naming one who is not only unknown
in England but practically unknown in America also - William
Faulkner." Rare Signed. Peterson A2.14
$6,950
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Faulkner,
William. THE WILD PALMS. New York: Random House, 1939. 1st Edition. First Trade Edition, First Printing,
First
State, with the front & spine stamped in gold & green. A good only
copy showing some use as this was a classroom reading copy [so noted on
the pastedowns] & has two reader names on the ffe., a bit of
marginalia, & wear to the spine & covers. However, this copy
is authentically signed "William Faulkner" at the top of the
front free endpaper in blue fountain pen. In a very good copy of an
early issue dust jacket with a $4.95 price point, quite clean having
been in an old Brodart but with glue remains on the front flap edge
& a couple of tears neatly repaired; hinges archivally strengthened.
While signed limited editions abound, signed trade editions are very
uncommon as Faulkner generally refused to sign them.
$1,350
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Beautiful
Signed
1st of THE TOWN
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Faulkner,
William. THE TOWN.
New York: Random House, 1957. 1st Edition. First Trade Edition, First Issue. Neatly
signed in blue fountain pen on the half title: "William
Faulkner". 8vo. 371pp., "5/57" on the dustwrapper's
front flap, the eighth line repeated in the tenth line on page 327.
Publisher's red cloth with heathered gray endpapers, top edge stained
gray, gilt lettering & gray rules to spine, gilt lettering & a
single gray rule to the front board. A near fine or better copy in
dustwrapper; a couple of tiny closed tear otherwise exceptional,
bright & superior. Extremely nice collector's condition for this
Snopes Trilogy novel. While signed limited editions abound, signed
trade editions are very uncommon as Faulkner generally refused to sign
them. $6,950
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Excellent
Signed
1st of REQUIEM
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Faulkner,
William. REQUIEM FOR A NUN. New York: Random House, 1951.
First Trade Edition, First state, with dark grey top-edge in the First
Issue Dust Jacket [E. McKnight Kauffer misspelled, $3.00 price]. 8vo.,
286pp. A fine copy. [No indication of edition stated as called for]. Nicely
signed by Faulkner in black fountain pen at the top of the front free
endpaper. Quarter-bound in black cloth over sea green cloth with
gilt lettering to the spine. A very nice example of this work; a play,
with long narrative sections, continuing the story of Temple Drake
introduced two decades earlier in 'Sanctuary'. Faulkner's first book
after winning the Nobel Prize. "I Decline to accept the end of man.
He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an
inexhaustible voice but he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion
and sacrifice and endurance". W.F. - Nobel Speech. While signed
limited editions abound, signed trade editions are very uncommon as
Faulkner generally refused to sign them.
$5.975
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Superb
Signed Fitzgerald
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Fitzgerald.
THE VEGETABLE or FROM PRESIDENT TO POSTMAN. Signed. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1923. First edition, First Printing of Fitzgerald’s satirical play written at the height of his popularity and published just before The Great Gatsby in a smallish run of only 7650 copies compared to the 20,870 copies for Gatsby or 20,600 for The Beautiful and Damned. 8vo., 145 pp. + 2 pages of advertisements, "Published April, 1923". Very neatly and authentically signed by Fitzgerald in full in blue fountain pen on the front free endpaper. An excellent example. Original blue-green cloth, titles to spine gilt and to cover
blindstamped, fore-edges of the leaves are untrimmed. A very near fine or better copy lacking the original dustwrapper but with a fine facsimile supplied for display. From the library of an avid collector and lover of all things Broadway, this book was kept quietly for years amongst the many memorabilia of a life of good taste & connoisseurship. Bruccoli [A10].
$8750
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Signed
1st of Jazz Age
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott.
TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE. New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons, 1922. First Edition, Second
State. 8vo., publisher's dark bluish green linen-like grain cloth,
blind-stamped upper cover title, spine lettering stamped in gold; [2],
xi, [1], 317 p. with the correction "and" made on line 6,
page 232, [Bruccoli A.9.1.b]. Signed
in pencil [a bit faded] on the front free endpaper: " From / F.
Scott Fitzgerald /
St. Paul
Minn.
". A very good copy showing modest use; the spine a bit
darkened, the back panel with a gentle crease, a small repair to the
lower front hinge & a tear on the rear endpaper, the text block
evenly toned as usual, 3 very faded book inventory stamps [ E.W.
Edwards & Sons ] on the preliminaries. A collection of short
stories: Porcelain and pink, The jelly-bean, The diamond as big as the
Ritz The camel's back. A fine facsimile of the famous John Held
designed Jazz Age dust jacket supplied for display. Published October
1922. One of only 3,000 second printing copies after an initial run of
8,000. Rarely encountered signed. $8750
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Signed
Beautiful And Damned In Original Dustwrapper
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott.
THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED.
New
York: A.
L. Burt, 1922. Early Reprint.. With "Reprinted March, April
1922" stated. Nicely signed
by the author in black fountain pen on the dedication page:
"Sincerely / F. Scott Fitzgerald". Not the 1st edition to
be sure but an early edition using the Scribner's sheets, with an
undated A. L. Burt title page [possibly a cancel]. Bruccoli A.8.1.e.,
the 5th printing, describes a dated 1924 title page, making no mention
of an undated TP but for all intents & purposes, this copy appears
to be the same. 8vo., 449pp., dark green cloth, lettered in gilt; A near
fine or better sharp copy, stamped in gilt on the spine & upper
cover. In a flawed but lovely bright original dustwrapper lacking about
3" of the bottom spine panel. Quite nice. Rare signed. The
Beautiful and Damned brought Fitzgerald accolades from those whose
opinions he valued. Mencken congratulated him for staking out new
ground. Fitzgerald was aiming high; he only wanted to be the best
novelist of his generation* (Turnbull, 130-3 1). Fitzgerald wrote to
Zelda in 1930, $7750
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*I
wish The Beautiful and Damned had been a maturely written book because
it was all true. We ruined ourselves. I have never honestly thought that
we ruined each other* (Bruccoli, 180).
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SIGNED
First Edition GREAT GATSBY
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott.
THE GREAT GATSBY. Signed., New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First edition, First Issue of Fitzgerald's High Spot & perhaps the most famous of all American novels. With all of the correct issue points present including: p.60.16 "chatter" p. 119.22 "northern" p.205.9-10 "sick in tired" p. 211.7-8 "Union Street station", 1925 on Title Page, & the Publisher's Seal on the Copyright Page. 8vo., 218pp. Publisher's dark greenish blue cloth, gilt - lettered on the spine,
blind-stamped upper cover. A very good attractive copy showing minimal use.
An excellent & authentic Fitzgerald signature very neatly double mounted & pasted to the front free endpaper on a 1" x 2 1/2" rectangle. This is a superior example of the author's unique signature in black fountain pen of a caliber seldom seem these days. The book is enclosed in an elegant custom clamshell case in very fine condition. A perfect facsimile of the famous rare dustwrapper supplied for display. Life, love & infidelity on Long Island amongst the rich, beautiful & famous, Fitzgerald's testament to the American Dream, & a title now & forever part of American mythology. Filmed 4 times. In 1926 by Herbert Brenon, a silent movie of a stage adaptation, starring Warner Baxter & Lois Wilson; In 1949 by Elliott Nugent, starring Alan Ladd & Betty Field; In 1974 by Jack Clayton, often considered the definitive screen version, starring Robert Redford in the title role & Mia Farrow as Daisy Buchanan, with a script by Francis Ford Coppola & In 2000 by Robert Markowitz, a made-for-television movie starring Toby Stephens & Ira Sorvino. Lovely example. Bruccoli A.11.1.a. [29857]
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Marvelous Presentation Copy - Pyle To
Steinbeck
[Steinbeck] Pyle, Ernie. HERE IS YOUR WAR. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1943. The
Pyle / Steinbeck Presentation Copy.
8vo, 304pp., tan cloth, black
titles. A wartime production of uncertain bibliography with binding
variants frequently encountered; teal boards with silver titling, green
cloth with black titling, burgundy cloth with silver titling.
Regardless, this is one of Pyle's own copies of this WWII classic. Inscribed
by one great war correspondent, Pulitzer winner & great friend to
another on the front free endpaper: "To Gwyn & John Steinbeck -
/ Alright goddamit, since you wouldn't ask / for one, here's one anyway
- personally, I / think its wonderful! / Ernie Pyle" An
extraordinary copy in very good condition with some professional repair
to the spine ends, contents clean, dust jacket with original $3.00
price, showing modest use with small loss at the crown & heel. [In
later printings, the excerpt by Malcolm Bingay on the rear flap was
replaced by a blurb by Steinbeck]. Custom Clamshell Collector's Case
with a beautiful wood cut style blind emboss of the famous Pyle dust
jacket illustration. Ernie Pyle's moving first-hand reportage as a
roving war correspondent for Scripps-Howard, of the plight of WWII
American G.I.'s fighting Germans in
North Africa
. Pyle followed the American troops from
England
through the campaign in
Tunisia
, the Allies first great victory. "There are really two wars and
they haven't much to do with each other. There is the war of maps and
logistics, of campaigns, of ballistics, armies, divisions and
regiments--and that is General [George]
Marshall
's war. - $7,750
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Then there is the war of the homesick, weary,
funny, violent, common men who wash their socks in their helmets,
complain about the food, whistle at the Arab girls, or any girls for
that matter, and bring themselves through as dirty a business as the
world has ever seen and do it with humor and dignity and courage--and
that is Ernie Pyle's war." - John Steinbeck, TIME |
Very
Nice Presentation Copy of TORTILLA FLAT
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Steinbeck, John.
TORTILLA FLAT.
New York: Covici-Freide, 1935. Presentation Copy. 8vo., 317pp.,
first edition, 6th printing, November 1935 [The 1st, May, 1935]. Nicely
inscribed in blue-black fountain pen on the front free endpaper:
"For Gary Smith / Again thank you / Sincerely / John Steinbeck /
Los Gatos Calif. / Oct 14, 1949" A near fine copy, bookplate
glue remains on the front pastedown hidden by dust jacket flap. Dust
jacket illustrated by Ruth Gannett neatly price-clipped and in very good
or better condition showing modest use. A very nice copy of his 4th
novel, his first best seller. Highly uncommon inscribed.
$5,750
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Signed
1st of LONG VALLEY - Lovely Copy
| Steinbeck, John. THE LONG
VALLEY.
New York: The Viking Press,
1938. First edition, first issue. His first book published by Viking.
An excellent near fine example neatly
signed by the author in black ink on the front free endpaper: "John
Steinbeck / 1945" 8vo., 303pp., terra cotta & beige buckram
boards. A very nice copy of this important Steinbeck short story
collection [13] which includes the classic 'Saint Katy the Virgin',
'Flight', 'Johnny Bear', the 4 stories comprising 'The Red Pony'. The
binding is bright, the endpapers clean & free of the endemic
darkening & spotting found in most copies, the brown topstain is
unfaded. In a very good or better first issue correctly priced, corners
unclipped dust jacket showing light use with one small chip at the crown
professionally restored. The jacket features the Elmer Hader
illustration of the red pony overlooking the
Salinas
Valley
, 'The Long Valley' of the title. Goldstone & Payne A11a, Morrow
90A. Only 8000 copies printed - much fewer than Grapes at 50000 or East
at 100000. A title seldom found signed.
$6,950
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Signed
1st of GRAPES - Very Uncommon
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Steinbeck, John. THE
GRAPES OF WRATH.
New York: The Viking Press, 1939. First Edition. 8vo.,
[i-vi]
[1-2] 3-619 [3]. Signed by the
author at the top of the '
Battle
Hymn' front free endpaper in blue fountain pen: "John
Steinbeck". A very good copy showing moderate use in an about
very good Elmer Hader designed dustwrapper that has had a long
vertical cut at the spine repaired, narrow loss at the spine heel, a
"W" chip at the crown, bottom corner First Edition slug
clipped leaving the blue edge visible, correct two dollar &
seventy-five cent price present. Faults aside, a very good signed copy
of this 20th century masterpiece singled-out in his citation for the
Nobel Prize decades later. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for 1940 &
two Oscars for the 1940 John Ford film of the same title starring
Henry Fonda. Goldstone & Payne A12a.
Salinas
Public Library, 29. Bruccoli & Clark I:354, Time Magazine's 100
Best Modern Novels & Modern Library's Top 100 Novels [1998]. The
most sought after signed Steinbeck title.
$12,750
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Another
Copy - Excellent Inscribed 1st of THE MOON IS DOWN
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Steinbeck, John. THE
MOON IS DOWN. New York: Alfred A. Knopf., 1942.
Presentation Copy. Sm. 8vo.,
188pp., blue cloth with silver titles. True First Edition. Very
neatly inscribed by the author in blue-black fountain pen on the half
title: "For Gordon and Selam / In grateful memory / John
Steinbeck". A lovely very good or better copy of the first
issue with all relevant issue points present; large period on p.112,
line 11; absence of printer's name on copyright page. The rough-textured
Frank Lieberman illustrated dustwrapper is first issue with the $2.00
price & untrimmed with all corners present & in fine, fresh
condition. Steinbeck's unique novel on the abject brutality of German
occupation and courage under much duress. In a custom clamshell
collector's case. An exceptional example. Goldstone & Payne A16.
"For the first time since he wrote his first novel, twelve years
ago, Steinbeck has gone outside of
America
for his setting. Yet this book, more than any other he has written, is
of our times and of our hearts today. Its people are men and women like
ourselves, and its hero, Mayor Orden, will stand with George and Lennie,
Tom Joad and Jody Tiflin, among the immortal characters of
fiction."- Publisher. $5,575
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Signed 1st,
1st Issue EAST OF EDEN
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Steinbeck, John. EAST
OF EDEN.
New York: The Viking Press, 1952. First
Edition, First Issue. 8vo., pp. 602. A fine example in the publisher's
original green cloth with all first issue points: "bite for bight,
pg. 281/38". In a near fine 1st state dustwrapper with Steinbeck's
photo on the back panel & w/o reviews. Neatly signed in blue ink
on the title page: "John Steinbeck / 1953". An extremely
nice copy. While the signed limited edition is readily available, signed
trade editions are very uncommon. Steinbeck said (to his
editor/publisher, Pat Covici) of East of Eden "I have written each
book as an exercise, as practice for the one to come. And this is the
one to come. There is nothing beyond this book-nothing follows it. It
must contain all in the world I know and it must have everything in it
of which I am capable." "The subject is the only one man has
ever used as his theme - the existence, the balance, the battle, and the
victory in the permanent war between wisdom and ignorance, light and
darkness - good and evil." - John Steinbeck. Goldstone & Payne
A32b, Morrow 218, Callil #38; Toibin; Modern Library. (200 Best Novels
in English since 1950). $6,500
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