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New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 515 pp. Wear to fore-edge. Jacket has a couple of closed tears and some general edgewear as well as some fading due to sun.

New York: Random House, 1979. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 515 pages. Review copy with laid in slip. The National Book Award winning novel from the author of "Lie Down in Darkness." The basis for the Alan Pakula directed movie with Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline. Streep won an Oscar for her performance. A clean and tight near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some slight sunning to and along the spine.

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.*.

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.

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. 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.