Devil Tree by Kosinski Jerzy, Signed (18 results)

(1973). First edition, first printing. Fine in silver-lettered black cloth over green boards; in a mildly age-toned dust jacket with just a suggestion of wear to the edges. SIGNED by the author to the half-title page, with the generic saluation "With every best wish." A young man tries to piece together his life after the deaths of his wealthy industrialist parents. Fourth novel by the late controversial author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stated first edition hardcover. Inscribed by Kosinski to the ffep. Slight soil//insecting to the edges else tight and square. The DJ in mylar is fine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc., 1973. 208 pp. Approximately 5 1/2 x 8". Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Michael B. Meyers, in appreciaton of his interest, and with every best wish, Jerzy Kosinski, December 1972". Illustrated dust jacket, with some edge wear and creasing on the flaps, in very good condition. Black cloth 1/4 bound over green boards with silver title on spine, top edges foxed, previous owner's name on the half-title page, otherwise in very good condition.Oh, such hardship. A rich young heir in his quest for self, sidetracked by hippie colonies, opium brothels, luxury suites in Manhattan, drugs, and of course, sex. From the jacket: "This fierce novel, swift in action, replete with characters and events, and rising to an unpredictable, shattering conclusion, is a powerful and memorable experience.".

Condition: FINE. First printing. The fourth novel by this Polish-born author, best known for his powerful story of the horrors of World War II, 'The Painted Bird.' In this novel, "Jonathan James Whalen is the American dream soaked in the American nightmare. As the handsome young heir to a vast industrial fortune, he moves freely from the hippie colonies of Nepal and the opium brothels of Burma to the exclusive clinics of Europe and the luxury suites of Manhattan, bathed in the irresponsibility of the super-privileged. . . Whalen comes to discover that the escape route has no exit: for some in America, coming of age means coming apart." SIGNED on the half title page with the words "with every best wish." 208 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

[0-15-125328-5] 1973, 1st US Edition. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 208pp. 8vo. First US edition. Inscribed by author to half title page. Fine copy in fine jacket. Jacket protected in loose mylar sleeve.

Hard Bound. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Signed First Edition, 2nd printing. Fine in near fine dust jacket with tiny, closed tear to top edge, protected by mylar. On front of half-title page, inscription with self-portrait of author peaking around a tree in black ink; author's full signature on verso of half-title page. dated in author's hand: "Dallas September/1979". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. 1st. Bound in the publisher's original black quarter cloth and green boards with the spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is rubbed at the extremities. Kosinski's card, with signed presentation by him, laid in. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible; Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards, endpages, spine, and gilt/lettering are pristine. The pages are clean, having no markings or folds. The dustjacket is bright and in AS NEW condition, save one prior interior corner fold to front inner flap. Original price intact. Brodart protected. No remainder mark. Not ex-lib. Stated first edition. Signed by author "With Best Wishes" (no individuals name). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 208 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Paul Bacon. Inscribed by Kosinski on the first sheet and again on the title page. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy! Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Foxing on foredge, faint stain at the top of the first couple of leaves, a very good copy in very good dustwrapper with a light stain on the front panel. Inscribed by the author: "For John Higgins, Jerzy Kosinski March 1974".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Book in mint condition. A signed presentation copy in near perfect jacket. First edition. book has never been opened.The only repair is to mylar protective cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. 208 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth, green boards. Silver titling, slightly faded, on the spine. Slightly tanned on the back edge. Signed by the author (1933-1991) in blue ink on a prelim listing his other books. On the half-title, in blue ink, is inscribed: "For Lynn, who patiently witnessed 'the viscuous (?) innocence,' admiringly, Jerzy. Richmond. May 8th, 1973." Below this inscription is a drawing showing some steps, a television set, a dark object with, perhaps, branches emanating from it (a tree?), and on object which seems to be hurtling downward toward the tree. The dustjacket is not price-clipped. There are a few brown spots on this margin of this page, there is a small closed tear near the front lower corner of the DJ. Inscribed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (price-clipped). New York: St. Martin's Press, (1981). Newly Revised and Expanded Edition. Presentation copy, signed in full, with a half page sketch of bird-like self portrait, 1981.

8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Inscribed, and signed, by Jerzy Kosinski: "For -, in appreciation, Jerzy Kosinski, Feb. 75" (on the half-title page). Cloth and boards. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in a price-clipped else fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Kosinski's fourth novel, fine in fine dw. Warmly INSCRIBED on the half-title page "for Bob (Thom), idiosyncratically, and with affection, Jerzy - February 1974* (* the year of the Vomit-)." Robert Thom was an author of plays, screenplays, novels and poetry, and a Rhodes scholar. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author, Jerzy Kosinski, to fellow writer, Wayne Warga and his wife. Inscribed: ÒFor Wayne and Carol, With friendship and admiration, Jerzy. December 1972.Ó Below which he has intriguingly drawn a self-portrait, a television, and a coffin. Near fine bright copy with just a thin strip of minor fading to the top and bottom edges in a near fine dust jacket with very slight darkening to the spine. Laid in is a large (12 1/2Ó x 22Ó) mimeograph copy of an article by Wayne Warga which appeared in the April 22, 1973 issue of The Los Angeles Times: ÒJerzy Kosinski Reaches Down Into Life and Writes.Ó Creases from folding, else fine. From the library of journalist and novelist Wayne Warga. The youngest editor at Life Magazine at age 25, Warga reported on John F. KennedyÕs race for the Presidency, and went on to cover the Civil Rights movement for the magazine. For many years, Warga was one of the leading writers at the Los Angeles Times where he did in depth articles and features on writers and people in the arts. Later, Warga became a mystery novelist, creating three well-received bibliomysteries: Hardcover, Fatal Impressions, and Singapore Transfer, featuring Los Angeles rare book dealer, Jeffrey Dean.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Jerzy Kosinski with a full page inscription to former owners and drawings on half title, dated "December / January 1972." [xii], 208, [1] pp. Original black cloth backstrip with green boards. Near Fine with wear along top edge, slight dust-soiling, in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, a little age-toned.