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Jacket foxing with light edgewear. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.

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.

New York:: Random House,, 1979.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a very good dust jacket (name on front pastedown, mostly hidden by dj flap, crease to front flap of dj, minor edgewear to dj, original price of 12.95 still present.). First trade edition. Novel of the Holocaust, and its effects on a woman who survived the death camps. Winner of the National Book Award and the basis for the Oscar award winning movie of the same name, featuring Meryl Streep. 515 pp.

{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]

Random House, 1979-04-12. Hardcover. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Very good in very good dust jacket. Later printing.

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.

New York: Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First trade edition. Bottom corners and foot of spine lightly bumped, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine, a bit of delamination on the rear panel, and a crease on the front flap. 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.*.

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

New York: Random House, 1979. Special presentation edition. Hardcover. VG- (Edges of outer binding have aged or faded, otherwise clean.). Blue cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, 515 pp. A novel by American author William Styron (1925-2006), set in a Brooklyn boarding house. This is a special edition copy, "prepared for presentation to the friends of the author and the publisher," and probably reviewers as well. Includes a note from the publisher.

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.*.

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.

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.

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. 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. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Tall 8vo., 515pp. Sharp "Special" First Trade Edition that "...has been prepared for presentation to the friends of the author and publisher", as noted on a specially bound-in sheet before the flyleaf. Laid in is a note typed note on Random House letterhead, signed by Michael T. Pratt, Division B.P., Marketing and Sales, describing the volume. The note is dated April, 27, 1979, well before the announced publication date of June 11. Evidently, the final Trade Edition Dust-jacket was not ready so a plain glassine wrapper was provided with the book. Bound in blue cloth with titles in gilt and blue on spine and facsimile signature of the author in gilt on the front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with no toning or spotting. Some softness to spine ends. Spine and edges mildly toned. Glassine wrapper has a couple of tiny hole and some creasing. Spine toning. Signed by the author on a laid in bookplate. Made into the 1982 award winning film starring Meryl Streep. A sharp collectable copy of this uncommon production.

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. Fine. 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. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase. Tall 8vo., 515pp. Beautiful Unread First Limited Edition, #275 of only 500 copies published. Bound in blue cloth with titles in gilt and blue on spine and facsimile signature of the author in gilt on the front board. Publisher's cloth slipcase. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Mild toning to the spine as is quite common. Slipcase has little if any wear but edges toned. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Made into the 1982 award winning film starring Meryl Streep. A sharp collectable copy of this National Book Award winner at a great price.

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*.

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.

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