Styron William Clark 1925 2006 (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book with usual markings. Has loose spine/binding. Pages still intact. Meets the acceptable condition guidelines. Has wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Mass market paper edition, 1967. A solid copy, normal used condition with aged text.

Condition: Good. Good condition. (African Americans, Slave Revolts, Biographical Fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

First printing (per publisher's requisite statement upon copyright page). [10], 507 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with some nicks and abrasion at edges, strong rubbing to spine with usual toning to white lettering, front panel's white lettering still bright, some soiling and toning to white rear panel, original $5.95 price at front flap's top corner (i.e. not price-clipped). Black cloth. Light fading to red top edge; touch of soiling to fore-edge and bottom edge. Light toning to endpapers; interior pages are clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket. Styron's third published book following "Lie Down in Darkness" (1951) and "The Long March" (1952).…

First edition thus. xxx, 314 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.5cm. Dust jacket well rubbed and soiled; small chips, tears, and creasing at edges; sunning to spine's red title block. Green cloth. Small stains and soiling to text block's top edge. Small chip at bottom center of pages 1-2 likely being a production flaw; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Features thirty-three short stories including "Limbo" by Nancy Hallinan on pages 8-21, "The Enormous Window" by William Styron on pages 71-89, "The Last Christmas" by Mario Puzo on pages 176-182, and "April Is the Cruelest Month" by T.L. Berger on pages 207-213.…

British first edition (per "First published . . ." statement upon copyright page) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. [8], 507 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with bright colors to spine and front panel; light bumping and a few scuffs at edges; soiling and light toning to white rear panel; front flap is price-clipped at bottom right corner. Dark red boards; vibrant gilt stamping to spine; spine head bumped as is front board's top fore-edge corner. Faint cigarette odor to book which will fade with time. Author's boldly written black ink signature "William Styron" upon the title page; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding retains some crispness. Styron's third published book overall preceded by "Lie Down in Darkness" (1951) and "The Long March" (1952). Random House published the American first of "Set This House on Fire" in 1960. Among the most lauded twentieth 20th century American authors William Styron won the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.…

#122 of a limited first edition of five hundred copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR PLUS ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED. Blue slipcase, H 25cm x L 16.75cm, with some rubbing and light sunning; seams are firm. No dust jacket as issued. Collates as [limitation leaf], [i-x], 1-517 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16.25cm. Handsome blue cloth with vibrant metallic blue and gilt stamping to spine and front board. Blue top edge. Author's black ink signature "William Styron" and handwritten copy# on aforementioned unpaged limitation leaf (copyright page additionally features Random House's requisite first edition statement and descending number line); author's three-line ink inscription "To Carson Holloman | best wishes | William Styron" upon page 1; interior leaves are otherwise bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A fine copy in a near fine slipcase. Inscribee Curtis Carson Holloman Jr. (1939-1991) served on the English Department faculty at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, Mississippi and many of the signed/inscribed books in his collection were obtained at events held at the University of Mississippi in nearby Oxford. ISBN 0394461096.…

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#91 of a limited first edition of 250 slipcased copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Red slipcase, H 25cm x L 17cm, which remains in its mostly intact original shrink-wrap other than opening at slide-out; original ISBN/price sticker still affixed atop shrink-wrap at lower left panel. No dust jacket as issued. Collates as [limitation leaf], i-xii, 1-307 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16cm. Maroon cloth with copper and gilt stamping to spine and front board. Author's black ink signature "William Styron" and handwritten copy# on aforementioned unpaged limitation leaf (copyright page additionally features Random House's requisite first edition statement and alternating number line); interior leaves are otherwise bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A fine copy in a fine slipcase. Features a collection of reminiscences, reviews, and reflective essays by Pulitzer Prize winner William Styron with eleven sections titled as "South," "The Habit," "Forebears," "Hell Reconsidered," "Victims," "Down the Nile," "Lollipops," "The Service," "Chicago-1968," "Portraits and Farewells," and "Looking Back." The penultimate section includes Styron's portraits of friends Robert Penn Warren, Peter Matthiessen, and William Blackburn, and eulogies for William Faulkner, Philip Rahv, James Jones, and Bennett Cerf. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. ISBN 039452974X.…

First edition thus INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WILLIAM STYRON. [6], 309 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed; splatter staining to spine with shallow overlap into front panel; shallow chipping, tears, and creasing at edges with old tape repairs/reinforcements on verso; toning to rear panel and flaps; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top right; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Black cloth; spine slightly cocked. Black top edge; light toning to fore-edge and bottom edge. Endpapers toned with light stains to pastedowns. Three-line ink inscription "To Carson Holloman | best wishes | William Styron" upon half-title page with his secondary signature "William Styron" on page 269. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a good+ dust jacket. The book's inscribee, Curtis Carson Holloman Jr. (1939-1991), served on the English Department faculty at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, Mississippi and many of the signed/inscribed books in his collection were obtained at events held at the University of Mississippi in nearby Oxford.…

#275 OF A FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 326 COPIES - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Unpaged - 20 pages. String-bound paperback booklet: H 20.75cm x L 15.75cm. Saddle-stitched string at spine; French marble paper covers. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding is firm. Rear colophon (on page 19) provides the edition and limitation statement of three hundred numbered copies and 26 lettered copies along with Styron's brown ink signature. The booklet offers an essay, originally published in Life magazine in 1962, relaying Styron's impressions of William Faulkner's July 1962 funeral in the sweltering heat of an Oxford, Mississippi summer. …

British first edition (per Jonathan Cape's "First published . . ." statement upon copyright page) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. xiv, 428, [1] pages. Hardcover: H 21.5cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket rubbed with nicks at edges; light staining along bottom margins of spine and panels; front flap retains publisher's printed price at bottom right; older trimmed mylar sheet present as a dj protector. Dark brown boards; vibrant gilt stamping to spine; slight bumping to spine heel; aforementioned dj staining only faintly visible at front board's bottom margin. Red colored top edge; several small faint stains to fore-edge. Author's ink signature "William Styron" upon title page; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding retains some crispness. Although without any markings as such, this book was acquired from the estate collection of Curtis Carson Holloman Jr. (1939-1991) who served on the English Department faculty at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, Mississippi. Most of Professor Holloman's books had author signatures acquired at literary events held at the University of Mississippi in Oxford but this British edition may well have been acquired from a dealer instead. {LitShelf#6|CMS-00183}.…

First edition (not stated but per matching dates upon title and copyright pages) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WILLIAM STYRON. xxviii, 323 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket toned particularly at spine with some staining and soiling; shallow chipping at edges with tears and creases; old tape repairs/reinforcements to dj's verso; front flap is not price-clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Gray cloth; toning to spine and to board margins; slender fraying/bumping to spine ends and board corners. Some soiling and small stains to toned text block edges. Text includes "A Moment in Trieste; A Sketch" by William Styron on pages 241-247 with his two-line ink inscription "To Carson Holloman | William Styron" at top of page 241; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy in a good+ dust jacket. Inscribee Curtis Carson Holloman Jr. (1939-1991) served on the English Department faculty at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, Mississippi and many of the signed/inscribed books in his collection were obtained at events held at the University of Mississippi in nearby Oxford.…

UNCORRECTED PROOFS COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. [14], 472 pages. Paperback: H 23.25cm x L 15cm. Red paper covers in a rubbed clear mylar dust jacket (the latter presumably added by a past bookseller). Mild curl to front cover's fore-edge; some red color bleed from covers to respective adjacent free endpapers. Thumbing to fore-edges with rear leaves having some rippling to their top and bottom fore-edge margins. Author's black ink signature "William Styron" upon the half-title page. Binding is firm. A very good- copy.…

First edition (as stated upon copyright page) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 400 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 15.25cm. Dust jacket retains bright coloration to front panel although spine is strongly toned with small surface abrasion at center; toning to white rear panel and at flap edges; shallow wear, scuffing, and short tears at edges; front flap retains publisher's printed price at bottom right; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Dark olive cloth; slight bumping to spine ends; front board and spine's gilt stamping remains bright. Light soiling to text block's top edge; light toning to deckle fore-edge. Endpapers toned; author's three-line ink inscription "To Carson Holloman | With best wishes | William Styron" upon the title page; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket. The highly lauded LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS was William Styron's first novel published at just the youthful age of 26. Styron won the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER. The book's inscribee, Curtis Carson Holloman Jr. (1939-1991), served on the English Department faculty at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, Mississippi and many of the signed/inscribed books in his collection were obtained at events held at the University of Mississippi in nearby Oxford. {LitShelf #4|CMS-03126}. …

#382 of a slipcased first edition limited to 500 copies SIGNED BY WILLIAM STYRON. Orange slipcase, H 22.75cm x L 15.75cm, lightly rubbed and soiled; slight shelf abrasion to bottom panel; seams are firm but with small surface paper nick at top left seam. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. [4], i-xvi, 1-428, [2] pages. Red cloth binding with vibrant black and silver stamping to spine and front board. Dark maroon top edge; deckle fore-edge. Author's blue ink signature "William Styron" on publisher's special limitation page adjacent to ffep. Interior leaves are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER won the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Please note that this book has an approximate shipping weight of 3 pounds (1.36 kg) and may require additional postage/insurance for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. …

Oblong-small-8vo. 1 p. Printed lettercard. Letter to a collector (Mr. Johansen from Norway): [] My best thanks to you or your friendlyy message. []" - In a postscript he added On the map, it seems your cite of Trondheim is on a fjord, is this correct?". Styron was best known for his novels, including:Lie Down in Darkness (1951), his acclaimed first work, published when he was 26;The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967), narrated by Nat Turner, the leader of an 1831 Virginia slave revolt;Sophie's Choice (1979), a story "told through the eyes of a young aspiring writer from the South, about a Polish Catholic survivor of Auschwitz and her brilliant but psychotic Jewish lover in postwar Brooklyn".In 1985, he had his first serious bout with depression. Once he recovered from his illness, Styron was able to write the memoir Darkness Visible (1990), the work for which he became best known during the last two decades of his life. …