Attacks Taste (7 results)

Unbound. Condition: Fine. Publisher's advertisement. One sheet of Gotham Book Mart letterhead printed on both sides. Fine. The recto prints two questions: "Which book or books were your favorites or influenced you most as a teenager and why?" and "How would the following people respond?," followed by a list of 40 names including, to name a few, Auden, Bowles, Ishwerwood, Creeley, Dos Passos, Durrell, Ginsberg, Kerouac, Mailer, Moore, Updike, Vidal, and Williams (Tennessee). The verso prints eleven lines of information about the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Number 73 of an edition of 500 copies, signed by Evelyn B. Byrne and Otto Penzler. This was John Updike's copy as written on the limitation page, 'John Updike's Copy. Short essays from famous authors on their teenage reading experience. Authors include Updike and Tolkien, Agatha Christie, E.B. Whiite . Dust jacket is plain white paper. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Limited to 500 copies Signed by the Editors. A fine copy in beige cloth, paper label to the spine and front board in a near fine unprinted dustwrapper. 8vo. 63 pp. An eclectic selection of authors write about their favourite authors. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Limited Edition. 65 pages. First limited edition. One (292) of 500 numbered copies of which 100 were for presentation. Each was signed by Byrne & Penzler. A compilation of the thoughts of writers about their early literary influences. Contributors include Agatha Christie, Jack Kerouac, P. G. Wodehouse, J. R. R. Tolkien, John Updike, Allen Ginsberg, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, Anais Nin & Ralph Ellison. As new book in an as new white unprinted dust jacket. A beautiful copy! Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition. Edition limited to 500 copies. Tan cloth with paper labels lettered and decorated in black and red affixed to front cover and spine. A fine copy in near fine plain white dustjacket with a closed tear to upper edge of front panel and a couple of nicks. Signed by Penzler and Byrne on the limitation page. The first 100 copies of this title were for presentation only and not for sale. This is copy no. 7 and is signed and inscribed by Otto Penzler on the flyleaf: "For Walter T. Shirley - On the auspicious occasion of his acquisition of first books by two writers - Raymond Chandler and Otto Penzler." Also comes with a later Christmas card signed by Penzler. A compilation of the thoughts of writers such as Agatha Christie, Jack Kerouac, P. G. Wodehouse, J. R. R. Tolkien, John Updike and many others on their early literary influences. A lovely copy. ; Octavo; Signed by All Authors.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). A signed limited edition of this collection of essays by a host of popular authors such as Agatha Christie and J. R. R. Tolkien on their early literary influences, with this copy being presented to the celebrated queen of crime, Agatha Christie. A limited edition, with this being number 23 out of 100. The first edition was limited to 500 copies numbered and signed by the editors, with this being the smaller limitation of 100 copies, which were for presentation and not for sale.A brilliant association, with this copy being previously owned by the legendary crime writer, Agatha Christie. This work was presented to Christie, a contributor to this collection of essays, with "Agatha Christie's Copy" inscribed to the edition page to the rear by the editors. Agatha Christie's contribution for this work discusses her enjoyment in Stanley Weyman's historical novels and the Sherlock Holmes stories.Signed by both the editors to the edition page.This limited edition work features a collection of essays from popular literary figures and important individuals, discussing their early literary influences, and was edited by Evelyn Byrne and Otto Penzler. The work features contributions from the likes of J. R. R. Tolkien, Anthony Burgess, Tennessee Williams, Richard Nixon and Agatha Christie.In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking plain dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking plain dust wrapper. Externally excellent with slight fading to the spine and marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Near Fine. signed by author. book.

Evelyn B. Byrne, Otto M. Penzler, editors.Attacks of Taste.New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1971. Limited edition, No. 222 of 500 numbered copies. Signed by Evelyn B. Byrne and Otto M. Penzler (to limitation page), additionally signed and inscribed by Otto Penzler to half-title:The first copy of my first book that I've seen in years! Octavo. 63pp. Publisher's tan cloth hardcover boards, paper labels to front and spine, brown endpapers. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. . Extremities gently rubbed, else fine. LMM-276.