Future Comrade by Kosinski Jerzy, Signed (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First paperback edition of Kosinski's first book (other than two works in Polish), and the first of two under the Novak pseudonym. Very good, solid copy, spine not cracked or creased. Inscribed by Kosinski on the first page. He first signed his name as Joseph Novak, drew beneath it what looks like a caricature of a bird (an allusion to The Painted Bird, perhaps), and then wrote the following over the rest of the page: "For Americe (?), with warmest regards, sincerely, Jerzy Kosinski Fall of 1987." This paperback edition is uncommon. Kosinski's reputation as a writer and his personal reputation as well came under a cloud in the years before his suicide in 1991. It is interesting that, in maligning him, his critics did not address the composition of the two Novak books, which only he, based as they were on his own experiences, could have written, and which are extremely effective pieces of writing. Introduction by Irving R. Levine. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Kozinski inscribed this book "To Bill [Bill Berg, his literary agent] - with sincere gratitude - J. New York, March 1960." The inscription is prefaced by the following quote from Dostoevsky in Kosinski's distinctive handwriting: ". God took seeds from different worlds and sowed them on this earth, and his garden grew up and everything came up that would come up only through the feeling of the contact with other mysterious worlds. If that feeling grows weak or is destroyed in you, the heavenly growth will die in you . Then you will be indifferent to life and will even grow to hate it." Red lettering on grey covers in a grey pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 286pp. This was te author's first book. The dust jacket spine ends are lightly chipped and there is a triangular 1/4" x 3/8" piece missing on the top front edge. A letter provided to me by the person who bought the book at a Stamford, CT auction gallery is included, as provenance, with the book. Inscribed by Author(s).

First Edition. THE FUTURE IS OURS, COMRADE, Dutton, 1964, first paperback edition, vg in stiff wraps. The authors first book (and written under the Joseph Novak pseudonym). Inscribed by the author using his real name at time of publication utilizing a 5 line quote from Proust.

Softcover. First Paperback Edition. 12mo, 286 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is off-white with black and red lettering. Wraps have mild general soiling, a small crease along rear head edge, and moderate sunning along spine. Signed flat on publisher's laid-in compliments slip by Jerzy Kosinski as Joseph Novak. Shelved Room C. 1397045. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The first British edition of the author's first book, a pseudonymously published nonfiction account of Russia in the postwar years, predating his first novel, The Painted Bird, by five years. Inscribed by the author as "Jerzy Kosinski" for Hugh Moorhead in 1982. Moorhead was a Philosophy professor at Northeastern Illinois University who wrote to 250 authors to ask them what they thought the meaning of life was, and then published their answers in a depressing book that suggested nobody had much of a clue. Stripe at bottom page edges; very good in a very good dust jacket chipped at the upper front spine fold. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. First Edition of Jerzy Kosinski's first book, published pseudonymously, Inscribed by him on the half-title. A near fine copy in the publisher's pictorial stiff card wrappers, as issued, showing some light use. 8vo. 286 pp. [22-27514]. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Irving R. Levine. A little modest overall wear, about near fine in very good dustwrapper with some small chips and tears. The author's very fragile, pseudonymous first book. Inscribed by the author, preserving his anonymity with a quote from Dostoevsky: " 'Till the secret is revealed there are two sorts of truth for me - one, their truth, yonder, whether I know nothing about so far, and the other my own. And there is no knowing which will turn out the better.' (F. M. Dostoevsky). To Mr. and Mrs. Frederick O. McKenzie - as a token of sincere gratitude and profound admiration from Author, New York, New York. May 1960.".

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 286 pages. The author's first book. A look at everyday life in the Soviet Union. Introduction by Irving R. Levine. First edition (first printing). A bit of edge wear, and top of page block toned, thus near fine. In a dust jacket with light wear to spine ends, else near fine. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author in 1974 to the previous owner and signed both as 'Jerzy' and 'Joseph Novak.' [JSP01].

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Introduction by Irving R. Levine. A trifle foxed thus near fine in near fine dustwrapper with a couple of very small tears. Signed by the author as both Jerzy Kosinski and Joseph Novak. The author's first book.

286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition. First edition. 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The author's first book, published pseudonymously as Joseph Novak, here INSCRIBED to Mrs. Alexander Knox ("from the author / New York January 1961") and with a 5 line Spinoza quote. Publisher's gray cloth, very good with light spotting to endpapers, in very good dust jacket, creased and worn, spine faded and chipped.