Percy Walker 1916 (24 results)

Reprint. xxii, 348 pages. Paperback: H 20.25cm x L 13.5cm. Glossy paper covers lightly rubbed with minor wear at corners; slight bumping at spine ends. Faint impression of past bookseller's pencil note at half-title page's top right; interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A near fine copy. {MS-Shelf#34} ISBN 0807100722.…

Condition: FINE. 1st trade paperback printing. Posthumous publication of some of Percy's previously uncollected nonfiction - essays on language, literature, philosophy, religion and living in the South - edited and with an introduction by Patrick Samway. Bibliography, notes, 428 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Slightly oversized format.…

Percy, Walker, 1916-1990. Der Idiot des Südens: Roman. Deutsch von Peter Handke. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1988, Erste Auflage, 464pp., PAPERBACK, very good, light wear, previous owner's name and blindstamp on front endpaper. Suhrkamp Taschenbuch, 1531. ISBN 9783518380314.

xviii, 117 pages. Hardcover. No dust jacket as issued. Green cloth with bright gilt stamped lettering to spine and front board. A few foxing sports to text block edges. Interior pages are clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. ISBN 0917905067.

Reprint (originally published March 1941). [2], xxii, 348 pages. Paperback: H 20.25cm x L 13.75cm. Paper covers lightly rubbed. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains crisp. Still a fine copy. A beloved classic of Southern and particularly Mississippi literature, LANTERNS ON THE LEVEE features the reminiscences of William Alexander Percy, most of which regard life in Greenville and the Mississippi Delta with chapters on the Great Flood of 1927, Ku Klux Klan activities, travels in Europe, World War I, attendance at Harvard Law School, etc. spiced with impressions of Yankees and reflections upon race relations in the South. Son of Senator LeRoy Percy and grand-uncle of novelist and essayist Walker Percy, William Percy died January 21, 1942 less than a year after the book's initial first printing. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {Lit_Shelf #39} ISBN 9780807100721.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). xiv, 110 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 13cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Mustard yellow cloth. Pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. {LitCritShelf#1|CMS-02655}.…

First trade printing (not stated) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. viii, 372 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket rubbed; a few scuffs/nicks at edges; flaps toned with staining at top of rear flap; front flap is not price-clipped. Black cloth spine with bright copper stamped lettering; green boards with staining at top of rear board. Toning/foxing and staining to text block edges and to endpapers; some interior leaves affected by light staining at margins and slight rippling. Only a good copy in a good+ dust jacket but with the author's black ink signature "Walker Percy" above his printed name upon title page. This Farrar, Straus, Giroux unstated first trade printing was preceded by the true first published by The Franklin Library and a Farrar limited edition. ISBN 0374273545.…

First printing (per publisher's requisite statement upon copyright page). [10], 257 pages. Hardcover: H 21.5cm x L 14.25cm. Black dust jacket rubbed with nicks at edges, short tear at rear panel's top right, usual color fading to spine's lettering, some toning to flaps. Orange cloth with some light soiling, spine's gilt stamping remains bright. Muted orange top edge; faint foxing to fore-edge. Interior pages are clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A near fine copy in a very good- dust jacket. Walker Percy's fourth novel.…

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. The story of the disintegration of the scion of a distinguished Louisiana family, as he recounts it from his confinement at the Institute for Aberrant Behavior. 257 pp. Near fine in a very good dustjacket (crease on flap of dj, some sunning to title on spine.).

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. The story of the disintegration of the scion of a distinguished Louisiana family, as he recounts it from his confinement at the Institute for Aberrant Behavior. 257 pp. Near fine in a good dust jacket (some short closed tears to dj, name on front flap).

Condition: FINE. First printing. The story of the disintegration of the scion of a distinguished Louisiana family, as he recounts it from his confinement at the Institute for Aberrant Behavior. 257 pp. Fine in a very near fine dustjacket (crease on flap of dj, some sunning to title on spine.).

xiv, 256 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket. Black cloth. An as new copy which remains in the publisher's original shrink-wrap. ISBN 0878054871.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; [6],409p 23cm. Subjects; American fiction 20th century. Alienation (Social psychology) Fiction. Mississippi Fiction. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; [6],409p 23cm. Subjects; American fiction 20th century. Alienation (Social psychology) Fiction. Mississippi Fiction. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 403p 23cm. Subjects; American fiction 20th century. Percy, Walker 1916-1990. Southern States Fiction. Secker and Warburg 1978. Philosophical fiction, American. Identity (Psychology) Fiction. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 403p 23cm. Subjects; American fiction 20th century. Percy, Walker 1916-1990. Southern States Fiction. Secker and Warburg 1978. Philosophical fiction, American. Identity (Psychology) Fiction. 1 Kg.…

Fourth printing (per publisher's statement upon copyright page). xii, 338 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed with slight soiling and some toning; light sunning to spine with chipping at ends and adjacent panel corners; lesser nicks/chips at panel edges and flap fold ends; creasing and tear at front panel's top left; front flap is not price-clipped; dj's rear panel has total of five blurbs; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Beige cloth with black stamping to spine; light bumping to spine ends with slight scuffing at heel. Several stains to text block edges fractionally affecting some leaves at their margins; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good copy in a very good- dust jacket. Wonderful Pulitzer Prize winning novel first published in 1980 by sheer force of indomitable maternal persistence and Walker Percy's influence eleven years after the author's 1969 suicide. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {Lit-Shelf#12} ISBN 0807106577. …

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-bumped, sun-toned, and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 359 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects; Psychiatric hospital patients Fiction. Men Southern States Psychology Fiction. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-bumped, sun-toned, and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 359 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects; Psychiatric hospital patients Fiction. Men Southern States Psychology Fiction. 1 Kg.

#126 of a first edition limited to 250 numbered copies (plus another 75 deluxe copies) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. [4], 20, [2], [1] pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16cm. No dust jacket (evidently as issued). Red cloth spine with gilt lettering; patterned paper boards toned. Past owner's five-line ink gift inscription on front free endpaper; toning to front and rear endpapers. Author's black ink signature "Walker Percy" at title page's top right immediately above his printed name; interior pages are otherwise clean. Publisher's limitation statement and handwritten red ink copy# on rear colophon page. Binding is firm. ISBN 0917905059.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing (not stated but per matching dates upon title and copyright pages with latter having no additional printing statements) SIGNED BY WALKER PERCY. xii, 338 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Correct first state dust jacket - dj lightly scuffed at spine and flap fold heads; front flap retains publisher's $12.95 printed price at top right; white specks at panels' top margins and along spine (publisher's intentional "star effect"); rear panel features Walker Percy's two paragraph blurb; dj now presented in a new Brodart protector. Beige cloth; black stamping to spine; slight bumping to boards' top fore-edge corners. Faint cigarette odor to book which will fade with time. Blue ink signature "Walker Percy" written atop and underneath his printed name upon the title page; two slight creases to pages 231-232 as a minor production flaw; interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. Still a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Wonderful Pulitzer Prize winning novel first published in 1980 by sheer force of indomitable maternal persistence and Walker Percy's influence eleven years after the author's 1969 suicide. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {Lit-Shelf#17|CMS-00285}. Signed by Author(s).…

First UK Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. SIGNED and inscribed. Physical description: 257 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects: Fiction in English; English fiction; Fiction in English 1945- Texts. 1 Kg.…

First UK Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. SIGNED and inscribed. Physical description: 257 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects: Fiction in English; English fiction; Fiction in English 1945- Texts. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book Club Edition. A PROPHETIC AND DARKLY COMIC MASTERPIECE OF MODERN SPECULATIVE FICTION. Published in 1971, Walker Percy's third novel follows the misadventures of Dr. Thomas More-a 'Bad Catholic' and psychiatrist-in a near-future Louisiana teetering on the edge of total social and spiritual collapse. This first edition, featuring the quintessential black cloth and gilt design, is hand-signed by the author on an attached bookplate, standing as a 'Total Work of Art' for collectors of Southern literature and dystopian classics. KEY FEATURES +++ Signature: Hand-signed by Walker Percy with a warm inscription and Above his name on the title page. +++ Genre Hybrid: A foundational work that successfully blends Southern Gothic, Dystopian Science Fiction, and Catholic Existentialism. +++ Imprint: New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971. Book Club Edition/BCE +++ Visuals: Iconic Janet Halverson-designed dust jacket with vibrant typography against a crisp white background. +++ Design: Features the publisher's original black cloth with bright gilt spine lettering and the distinctive burnt-yellow topstain. +++ Specs: 8.5 inches tall / [vi], 403 pages. CONDITION: Near Fine in a Very Good Dust Jacket -- The bindings are tight and square; the black cloth is clean with only minimal evidence of shelf handling. The text is bright and free of markings. The dust jacket is unclipped ($7.95) and presents very well, though it shows mild, even age-toning typical of this edition's paper stock. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE -- Following the National Book Award success of 'The Moviegoer,' Walker Percy pivoted toward a more expansive, satirical vision of America's future. 'Love in the Ruins' is often cited as his most ambitious work, predicting a nation divided by extreme polarization and the alienation of technology. Through the invention of the 'Lapsometer'-a device to measure the soul's sickness-Percy explores the intersection of science and faith with a wit that has only become more relevant with time. As a 'Southern Catholic' writer, Percy occupies a unique space in 20th-century letters, often compared to Flannery O'Connor for his focus on the 'grotesque' and the search for grace in a ruined world. This 1971 first printing is a cornerstone of American letters, marking the moment when Percy moved from a local Southern voice to a major commentator on the American 'End of the World' psyche. SUBJECTS: Dystopian Fiction, Southern Literature, Catholic Existentialism, Satire, Louisiana History, 1970s Literature, Science Fiction. Signed.…