Personal Matter, Signed (13 results)

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on half title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition First Printing. 4to. 88 pages. Hardcover with a grey and white dust jacket. Moderate wear to the jacket, which as some scuffs, edge tears and creases on the front panel. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf with some additional creative notes on the rear flyleaf and pastedown. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 88 pp. First printing. The cover is slightly bumped at the base of the spine. The binding is tight and the text is clean. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, with a presentation inscription to Dori Sanders, South Carolina author. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Inscribed by author. fine like new. Signed by Author.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Trade Paperback Edition/First Printing. This flawless copy of the paperback issue has been INSCRIBED/SIGNED by Oe on the half-title page in both English and Japanese script! Kenzaburo Oe, the winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature, is internationally acclaimed as one of the most important and influential post-World War II writers, known for his powerful accounts of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and his own struggle to come to terms with a mentally handicapped son. The Swedish Academy lauded Oe for his "poetic force [that] creates an imagined world where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today." His most popular book, "A Personal Matter" is the story of Bird, a frustrated intellectual in a failing marriage whose Utopian dream is shattered when his wife gives birth to a brain-damaged child. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited/Numbered. Hardback, limited edition (#375/1000), in very good, almost like new condition. Has a newspaper clipping (dated Sunday, November 7, 1993) taped on the inside of the front board, mostly hidden by the dust jacket flap. 88 pages with beautiful black & white pictures throughout. Inscribed and signed on the back endpaper and back inside board. The dust jacket is good to almost very good condition, with only minor edgewear/handling, slight creasing at upper edge. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Good Only. None (illustrator). First edition. A scarce copy of this fictional work from prolific victorian writer, Charles Reade. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed in ink "To Edwin Arnold with Charles Read's kind regards, March 19th 1875". From the writer of Love Me Little, Love Me Long, Autobiography of a Thief, and Put Yourself in His Place. Rebacked in a cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Externally, lightly rubbed, with minor wear to extremities. Both hinges are slightly strained. Internally, generally firmly bound, bright, with the odd handling mark and spot. Ink stamp to the rear endpaper. Good Only. signed by author. book.

first us edition, signed to bookplate in both english and kanji, 1968. translated from the japanese by john nathan. kenzaburo oë, awarded the 1994 nobel prize in literature, is celebrated for illustrating the psycho-social effects of the hiroshima bombing on post-war japan. the alienation of the individual in this period is embodied by the protagonist, bird, whose crumbling marriage and moral decline are triggered when his wife gives birth to a disabled child. new york: grove press. 5.5 x 8 inches. 214 pages. hardcover. bound in light brown cloth-covered boards. book condition: near fine. jacket condition: some slight wear to joint. unclipped ($5.00). near fine-.

signed first us edition, 1968. signed in both english and kanji by oë. signed by translator. awarded the 1994 nobel prize in literature, oë is celebrated for illustrating the effects of the hiroshima bombing on post-war japan. his novel satirizes the student protests of 1960s. the alienation of the individual in this period is embodied by the protagonist, bird, whose crumbling marriage and moral decline are triggered when his wife gives birth to a disabled child. translated from japanese by john nathan. new york: grove press. 5.5 x 8 inches. 214 pages. hardcover. bound in light brown cloth-covered boards. book condition: near fine. jacket condition: fine. unclipped ($5.00).

Condition: Near fine in very good jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First printing. Signed first edition in English of this semi-autobiographical novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Japanese author - the story of a man wrestling with the reality of his son being born with severe developmental disabilities. Oë is the second Japanese author to have won the Nobel Prize in literature, though he faced controversy in Japan for his unconventional usage of the Japanese language. Addressing the criticisms in the opening to this book, his translator John Nathan writes: "He violates natural rhythms; he pushes the meanings of words to their furthest acceptable limits. In short, he is in the process of evolving a language all his own, a language which can accommodate the virulence of his imagination." Like much of Oë's writings, A PERSONAL MATTER was inspired in large part by the author's own son, Hikari, who was born with developmental disabilities. Decidedly uncommon signed. 8'' x 5.25''. Original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($5.00) color pictorial jacket designed by Kuhlman Associates. x, 214 pages. Signed by Oë to title page in Japanese and English. Jacket with light wear, few spots of soil. Minor sticker residue visible verso only. Book with touch of soil to text block edge, else crisp and clean. Signed.

First edition in English (preceding the British edition by one year) of the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, warmly inscribed by the author in Japanese on the front free endpaper to Howard Hibbett. The recipient, Howard Hibbett was a prominent Harvard scholar, translator of Japanese literature and friend of Oe's. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, with Hibbett's occasional marginalia. Jacket design by Kuhlman Associates. Translated from the Japanese by John Nathan. An exceptional association, uncommon signed and inscribed. Kenzaburo Oe, the winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature, is internationally acclaimed as one of the most important and influential post-World War II writers, known for his powerful accounts of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and his own struggle to come to terms with a mentally handicapped son. The Swedish Academy lauded Oe for his "poetic force [that] creates an imagined world where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today." His most popular book, A Personal Matter is the story of Bird, a frustrated intellectual in a failing marriage whose Utopian dream is shattered when his wife gives birth to a brain-damaged child. âIn writing novels there is no substitute for maturity and moral awareness. Kenzaburo Oe has both" (Alan Levensohn).

TWO UNPUBLISHED SIGNED LETTERS, ONE FROM FBI DIRECTOR J. EDGAR HOOVER AND ONE FROM FBI ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CLYDE TOLSON, DOCUMENTING THEIR SHARED PERSONAL LIFE. ***** The first letter is from J. Edgar Hoover, on his exclusive FBI director letterhead, to close personal friend Marie Zografos, widow of George Zografos (who had been the catering manager at the St. Moritz Hotel in New York.) In this letter, dated April 24, 1954, Hoover thanks Zografos--quite poetically--for her Easter card. Signed "Edgar" in his characteristic blue ink. ***** The second letter is from Clyde Tolson, the assistant director and Hoover's partner (in every sense, apparently), on his personal letterhead. It is dated February 28, 1955 and addressed to Marie's sister, Beulah Wagner, and offers condolences upon Marie's death. It is signed "Clyde", also in blue ink. IT COMES WITH THE ORGINAL ENVELOPE, FROM THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR (!). UNIQUE DOCUMENTATION, IN PERFECT CONDITION.

First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; x,214pp. Elegantly signed by the author in Japanese on the title page. Previous owner's ink inscription to front endpaper, else a clean, Fine copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped, showing light wear to spine ends, some mild surface wear, with one tiny tear, and a small, faint stain to lower edge of front panel; Very Good+ or better.The Japanese Nobel Prize-winner's grim semi-autobiographical novel, in which a young father must come to grips with his newborn son having severe mental difficulties after being born with a brain hernia. Originally published in Japan under the title Kojinteki na taiken in 1964, the Grove Press edition was the first in the English language, preceding the UK edition by a year. 8473.