Malcolm by Purdy James, Signed (16 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st edition paperback thus. SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page. Light crease on top corner. Signed by Author.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. This book is soft-bound in color, pictorially printed covers. The covers show light wear to the edges and corners. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and generally clean, but with light toning. The book is Signed by James Purdy on the verso of the upper cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by Purdy on the title-page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. jacket has some light surface wear, inscribed by author in 1959 with a program for a reading in 1961 by James Purdy in New York. Inscribed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Penguin edition, orignally published in Great Britain in 1960 by Secker and Warburg. Mass market paperback. Pages age-toned with light dampstain on bottom edges, wrapper corners lightly creased, else a very good copy. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Perhaps the author's most important novel, later dramatized by Edward Albee. Penguin Book 2597.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo bound in cloth and boards. Inscribed and signed by Purdy (twice) at title page. Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. Sunning to board extremities with some toning to edges. Jacket some shelf dusting to rear panel. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First edition. 8 1/4'' X 5 3/4''. 215pp. Some light toning to pages. Inscribed by Purdy. '' For Richard Hadden with thanks and good wishes, from James Purdy February 8, 1960''.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very good first edition with partial inscription from James Purdy on title page. Pages clean an unmarked. Slight bumping to spine ends, edges. Slight discoloration to top of spine. Slight discoloration to top page block. Good dust jacket. Price clipped. General wear and age toning. Wear to spine ends with tape repair. 0.5 by 1.0 inch area of loss to top of spine. 1.0 by 0.5 inch area of loss to bottom left corner of front cover. Slight rubbing to spine. Very minor tape residue to inside of jacket. Else fine. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The first edition of this play that was adapted from the novel by James Purdy. A beautiful, tight clean copy of the book with photo illustrations from the play. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY Mr. Albee laid in. Signed Bookplate.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Boards slightly bowed, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a lightly toned spine, and a couple faint soil spots on the rear panel. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Laid in is an advertisement and mail order form for "Malcom & Others" an evening of dramatized readings by Purdy, presented by Gene Andrewski and co-sponsored by The Poetry Center. Starring Betty Field, Ruth Ford, Zachary Scott, and Eli Wallach. Perhaps the author's most important novel, later dramatized by Edward Albee.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. 8vo, black cloth over lilac papered boards, white and blue titles, 215pp. First edition, signed by Purdy on a tipped in bookplate. Price clipped dust jacket mildly toned to panels, faint wear to edges. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Purdy's tragicomic picaresque novelist debut. A nearly fine copy. Offered together with a first edition of the stage play adaptation by Edward Albee, near fine in an unclipped jacket. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Black cloth/gilt, green topstain. First edition stated. Signed by Albee to the half title page. Near fine or better with just a hint of sunning to cloth top edge and slight rubbing to points. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is mildly sunned to spine, slightly edgeworn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition (presumed)/Later Printing. Hardcover. Near fine book in a very good price clipped dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Includes a one page TLS from the author, with addressed envelope to the person the book is inscribed agreeing to sign "Malcolm". Also includes a photocopy of a profile and review of the author, which is signed by the author. The book has a tape shadow to the front pastedown. The jacket has some wear to the spine tips and edges with toning along the inside edges. Early work from the author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 138 pages; Inscribed and signed on the half-title page by Albee to Jere Real. Under the half-title "by Edward Albee (through Jim Purdy) for Jere Real". Snugly bound in original title lettered dust jacket with $4.95 issue price on unclipped front flap. Real's ownership signature to the top corner of the flyleaf is dated 1970. Dust jacket shelf rubbed at edges with several spots of rub to panel surfaces. Illustrated with photos from the stage production. Jere Real was a professor at Lynchburg College; he coordinated visits and played host to the authors who appeared at the college for speaking and teaching engagements. VG+/VG; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. 138 pages; black cloth, gilt spine titles, authors' names blindstamped to front; top edge green; green endpapers; signed and dated by Albee in blue ink to half title page, erratum slip laid in (noting error on p. 137); several pages of black & white photographs; blue, black and grey dust jacket, not price-clipped, now protected in clear plastic; minimal wear to boards, faintest sunning to top surface of boards only; mild wear to extremities of jacket, light chipping to head & tail of spine; a near fine to fine copy in a very good plus jacket. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. A mix of first edition hardcovers, later printings and paperbacks, all of which are INSCRIBED by Purdy to Brodsky. COLOR OF DARKNESS, (New York): New Directions, (1957), second printing, INSCRIBED, "For Louis Brodsky with sincere good wishes from James Purdy," fine in fine dust jacket with minor edge rubbing. COLOR OF DARKNESS, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1961, first paperback edition, adding an introduction by Dame Edith Sitwell, INSCRIBED, ".with good luck.," touch of minor edge wear still fine in printed paperwraps. MALCOLM, New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy (1959). No statement, so assume a later printing, INSCRIBED, ".with the best wishes.," fine in near fine dust jacket with small chip to rear panel. MALCOLM, New York: Avon, (1959), first paperback edition, INSCRIBED, ".with sincere wishes.," fine in pictorial paperwraps. THE NEPHEW, New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, (1960), first edition, INSCRIBED, ".with sincere wishes.," fine in fine dust jacket. THE NEPHEW, New York: Avon, (1960), first paperback edition, INSCRIBED, ".sincere good wishes.," fine in pictorial paperwraps. CHILDREN IS ALL, (Norfolk): New Directions, (1962), presumed first edition, without statement otherwise, INSCRIBED, ".sincere good wishes.," fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with rubbed creasing to head of spine and two closed tears. ASSOCIATION COPIES, INSCRIBED. Signed.