Lydia Davis: Signed (74 results)

First Edition. A new copy. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to noted writer and Booker Prize winner, Lydia Davis. We provide PROTECTIVE packaging. Photos of our books are always available upon request. SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS ON ABE SINCE 1997 AND IN OUR STORE IN THE BERKSHIRES FROM 1987 TO 2015.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good paperback. First Edition, First Printing with the full number line. Signed by Davis on the title page with a non-specific inscription. Overall an attractive copy. The text is clean and bright. Light shelf wear to the covers. BH. 201 pp. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. 1st Edition. Crisp, clean, firmly bound copies lined & signed by our neighbor & friend, Lydia Davis, on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 3rd Printing. First edition, 3rd printing. Clean, firmly bound copies. Signed by friend of our store, Lydia Davis, on the title page. In mylar sleeve. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by Foer on the title page. Also signed by Barry Lopez and Siri Hustvedt at the beginnings of their chapters. The binding is tight, corners sharp though slightly rubbed. Some light edgewear on the bottom edges of the boards. Text unmarked. Tipped in color plates. The dust jacket shows some very light handling. 8vo. 238pp. Signed by Editor.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good +. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Lydia Davis to title page. First edition, with full number line indicating first printing. 7 1/4" X 5". 139pp. Mild shelfwear to unclipped dust jacket featuring a photograph of the author by Theo Cote. Bound in red paper over boards, with spine lettered in black. Mild shelfwear to binding with gentle bumping to extremities. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. A highly presentable signed first edition of this illuminating reflection on the creative process from acclaimed fiction writer, essayist, and translator Lydia Davis, her 2024 Windham-Campbell Lecture. ABOUT THE BOOK: When asked why she writes, Lydia Davis confesses that the question makes her uncomfortable. Maybe she would rather not know. Instead, Davis considers how she writes her stories, how other writers write, and what insights the how might provide into the why. In this free-ranging exploration, Davis discovers that one reason she writes is for pleasure: the pleasure of encountering something that demands to be treated in language, of handling and manipulating the language into the form it ought to take, and, finally, of seeing a story exist where it didn't exist before. As she observes the processes of some of the authors who interest her the most, she finds that there seem to be as many reasons to write as there are writers: to relive an experience, to share an experience, to articulate something one has not quite comprehended. Reflecting on an eclectic mix of thinkers, including James Baldwin, Kate Briggs, Walter Raleigh, Christina Sharpe, Knut Hamsun, Grace Paley, Josep Pla, John Ashbery, and John Clare, Davis undertakes a clear-eyed, patient inquiry into the manifold reasons we choose to put pen to paper and begin something new. (Publisher). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Crisp, clean, firmly bound copies lined & signed by our neighbor & friend, Lydia Davis, on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Bright, crisp, unclipped dust jacket in Bro Dart cover. Tight binding, solid boards with sharp corners, clean, unmarked pages throughout. 1st edition. Signed on title page by friend of our store, Lydia Davis. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. First Edition. Inscribed and signed ("For Marty") by the author on the title page. Crisp, unmarked copy. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Dust jacket protected in a Mylar cover. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated 'For Brandy with best wishes.to gospel' by the author on the half-title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket has some edgewear and rubbing. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 201 p. Audience: General/trade. Book has bruising to the base of the spine. Flash fiction by the Man Booker International Prize-, MacArthur Fellowship-, Whiting Award-, Guggenheim Fellowship-, Lannan Literary Award-, Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres-, American Academy of Arts and Letters Award of Merit Medal-, and Philolexian Society Award-winning author of 'Can't and Won't' and 'Varieties of Disturbance'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).…

French Flaps. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: "French Flaps". First U.K. Edition/First Printing. This copy of the First UK Edition with French Flaps has been SIGNED by Kathryn Davis on the title page! The story of two very different women coming to grips with their own difficulties and with each other, this is as well a short course in opera, a kind of sexual history of the twentieth century, and a philosophical - even religious - passage from despair towards redemption. In the perfection of its language, in its dignity and wit, it is a novel of extraordinary intelligence and stunning imagination. A small printed "damaged" stamp on the bottom edge is present - indicates a remaindered copy in the UK. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st U.S. printing. Book is unread, with remainder dot on bottom of text block; unclipped DJ shows light overall wear. Autographed by translator Davis on title page at a New York event (see photos). Uncommon signed. 142 pages. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Bright, tight copies signed by the author, in our shop by neighbor and friend of our store, Lydia Davis, on title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New from our store. Lined and signed on title page by neighbor and friend of our store, Lydia Davis. 1st edition, 1st printing. Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. First edition, trade paperback in stapled wraps, signed by Davis on the title page, the book has light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, a shallow crease to the upper rear cover corner, and light rubbing with a touch of edgewear to the covers. Overall, a Very Good+ copy. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Bright, crisp, unclipped dust jacket, protected in mylar jacket. Tight binding, solid boards with sharp corners, clean, unmarked pages throughout. 1st edition, 1st printing. Signed on title page by neighbor and friend of our store, Lydia Davis. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine unused, unblemished book and dust-jacket, signed by the Author on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; white c w/gilt spikne titles; 512 clean, unmarked pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Bright, tight copy signed by the author on the title page. DJ is not price-clipped, light soil from handling, protected in mylar. Boards firmly bound, pages crisp & clean. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New from our store. Signed by friend of our store Lydia Davis on title page. 1st edition, 1st printing. Protected in mylar. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. a convergences of writings and a tribute to the work of Joseph Cornell; front dust jacket has a slit of about 2 inches along edge with no piece missing. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Fine in fine wrapper. First printing. Signed copy, to half-title. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. signed by author; signature obtained in person; the memories of a love affair. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Signed on the title page by Lydia Davis. Red cloth. 139 pages. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Original-Broschur. Condition: Gut. Erstausgabe. auf Titel mit Datum signiert von der amerikanischen Schriftstellerin Lydia Davis (*1947) , minimale Gebrauchsspuren. signed by author. Size: 8°. Vom Autor signiert. Buch.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. This copy of "Can't and Won't" has been SIGNED by Lydia Davis on the title page! The stories may appear in the form of letters of complaint; they may be extracted from Flaubert's correspondence; or they may be inspired by the author's own dreams, or by the dreams of friends. What does not vary throughout "Can't and Won't", her well-received seventh collection of stories, is the power of her deft and precise prose. Davis is sharply observant; she is wry or witty or poignant. Above all, she is refreshing. Winner of the 2013 Man Booker International Prize which is significantly different from the annual Man Booker Prize for Fiction. In seeking out literary excellence, the judges consider a writer's body of work rather than a single novel. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. This copy of the wise and witty roman a clef of a young Parisian woman dealing with the fallout of her parents' decadent and antic life during the 1960's has been SIGNED by Lydia Davis (who translated this work from the French) on the title page. Signed By Translators.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Brand new, unread copy of first edition, first printing. Signed by Davis on title page. Mint condition. DJ in mylar cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. dj. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 193 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is black and white with white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$21.00" on front flap. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head and tail. Textblock fore edge has faint smudging. Signed flat on title page by Lydia Davis. Shelved in Room Z. 1403964. Special Collections - Upstairs. Signed.…

Hardcover. dj. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 289 pages. In Very Good condition with Near Fine condition dust jacket. Spine is white and green with black and white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$26.00" on front flap. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head. Signed flat on title page by Lydia Davis. Shelved in Room Z. 1403977. Special Collections - Upstairs. Signed.…