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New York, NY: Random House Publishing. Good in Good dust jacket;. 1979. First Trade Edition; 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 515 pages; Maroon cloth with white discolored places that look like finger prints. DJ minor edge wear, no tears. Name FFEP. .

New York: Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Styron's fifth novel, the story of the relationships between three people living in a Brooklyn rooming house -- Sophie, a Polish Catholic concentration camp survivor; her lover, Nathan, a Jewish intellectual, 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 a 1982 film starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline that won Streep an Academy Award. First trade edition, first printing (as stated, with complete number line). 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 front panel shows author and title in two different shades of red against a tan background with "A Novel" in black lettering across bottom edge. Back panel has b & w photo of Styron by Nancy Campton centered against tan background. Previous owner's intaglio stamped on title page, some soiling to text edges, o/w boards and text are complete, clean, and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. Not ex-library, not remaindered. Dustjacket shows some slight edge and surface wear. No tears. creasing, or chipping. A collectable copy of a 20th century landmark novel that is rapidly becoming scarce.

NY: Random House, 1979. Previous owner's neat name to second free endpaper. The first trade edition of this famous novel by Styron. Basis for the movie of the same name. 515 pp. Tight, clean copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2. Winner of the 1980 National Book Award and the basis for the Kevin Kline/Meryl Streep movie by the same name. Book seems to be a pirated English edition that was printed in China. Remnant of fep sticker provides Taipei, Taiwan origin and Copyright page provides information in Chinese characters. The only vestigial characteristic of its life as a library book is a discard stamp on fep. No other markings. Boards are bright red leatherette with gilt text on spine. Also there is no gilt Styron signature on front board. Book has lightly scuffed extremities and is tight and square. Unclipped DJ ($12.95) shows edge wear and faded spine. DJ rear panel features photograph of Styron by Nancy Crampton. Will provide digital photographs on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 071213.

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.*.

Stated first trade edition with the number line ending in a 2 (indicates first printing for Random House); a Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the front free end paper. Basis for the outstanding movie starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline. This copy is in near fine condition showing only some light rubbing to the spine and board edges and some faint age-spotting to the exterior text block, else fine. Housed in a clean and bright very good dust jacket that shows some moderate sunning to the spine, some mild rubbing and chipping to the spine ends and edges, and a light crease to the front flap. A handsome copy of this novel whose title has entered the vernacular for making a decision between impossible choices, Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.

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. 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. 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/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*.