Sophies Choice by William Styron (62 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st GB ed. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club. {6 & 3/8' x 9 & 1/2'} in edgeworn dustjacket with small tears. Brown cloth covered boards with gold (and silver) lettering upon spine, beginning to fade. On front board facsimile of author's signature is also stamped in gold. Sandstone color end pages with writing in red ballpoint upper right corner of ffep. Tiny blind stamped square indicating this is a book club edition in lower right corner of rear board. Binding is sound, despite slight pulling head of spine. [516 pages].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. 0394461096 515pp. D.j. very good+. (50371).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Very good copy of second printing of first trade edition with chipped dust jacket.

Pirate Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 515 pages; Printed in China. Description: 515 p. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Holocaust survivors --Fiction. Brooklyn (New York, N. Y. ) --Fiction. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are in good condition. Internally, there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st UK Edition. This novel "begins with a young Sourtherner journeying North in 1947 to become a writer. It leads us into Stingo's infatuated yet uneasy involvement with his neighbors: the demonically brilliant Jew, Nathan, and his Polish lover, Sophie, a beautiful woman with a number tattooed on her arm and an unbearable secret in her past." Ships same or next business day. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper. Spine is skewed and loose, normal edge wear, small bumps on bottom corners and spine ends, light soiling on edges of pages. Dust jacket has normal edge and shelf wear, 1/5-inch tear on spine tail, thin scratch on back cover, small creases on corners and spine ends, tanned on flaps. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 515 pages.

First UK Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Includes a previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 515 pages. Notes; Also published: New York : Random House, 1979. National Book Award for Fiction, 1980. Subjects; Holocaust survivors ; Fiction. Young men ; Fiction. English fiction. Holocaust survivors New York (State) New York. Good and evil ; Fiction. Fiction in English. Holocaust survivors New York (State) New York Fiction. English fiction. American fiction 20th century. Holocaust survivors ; Fiction. Young men ; Fiction. Holocaust survivors. Young men. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) ; Fiction. Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) Fiction. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) ; Fiction. New York (State) New York Brooklyn. Fiction in English, 1900 Texts. Genres; Fiction. War fiction. War stories. 1 Kg.

Pirate Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 515 pages; Printed in China. Description: 515 p. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Holocaust survivors --Fiction. Brooklyn (New York, N. Y. ) --Fiction. 1 Kg.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Minor bumps/wear at edges/corners. Pages are clean and bright. Spine is straight and tight. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 515 pages; Name on inside front cover under the jacket flap. The dust jacket as well as the book are both well taken care of. The dust jacket has a mylar cover that provides long term care as well as preservation.

First UK Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Includes a previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 515 pages. Notes; Also published: New York : Random House, 1979. National Book Award for Fiction, 1980. Subjects; Holocaust survivors ; Fiction. Young men ; Fiction. English fiction. Holocaust survivors New York (State) New York. Good and evil ; Fiction. Fiction in English. Holocaust survivors New York (State) New York Fiction. English fiction. American fiction 20th century. Holocaust survivors ; Fiction. Young men ; Fiction. Holocaust survivors. Young men. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) ; Fiction. Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) Fiction. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) ; Fiction. New York (State) New York Brooklyn. Fiction in English, 1900 Texts. Genres; Fiction. War fiction. War stories. 1 Kg.

Hard cover. Stated first edition. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (price clipped, small closed tear on rear panel) dust jacket (in mylar).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st UK edition. 234 x 155mm, black cloth, spine lettered, ruled & blocked in gilt, pp.[x] 516 + final blank leaf, white endpapers (presumed second state). Faint foxing to edges. Near fine copy. Very good unclipped dustwrapper designed by Bill Botten, photograph of author on rear panel by Nancy Crampton. Closed tear to rear panel unobtrusively repaired.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st UK edition. 234 x 155mm, black cloth, spine lettered, ruled & blocked in gilt, pp.[x] 516 + final blank leaf, pale fawn endpapers (indicating first state). Fine copy. Fine unclipped dustwrapper designed by Bill Botten, photograph of author on rear panel by Nancy Crampton.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. New York: Random House, 1979. Lightly worn copy of the first trade edition of this heart-wrenching novel. Maroon cloth, 517 pages, dustjacket. The book has light external wear, good hinges, sound text block, remainder stamp at lower edge of text block, name at top of front free endpaper, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped (12.95) and is uniformly age-toned with minor shelf soil, tiny coffee-colored stain on author's portrait on rear cover, minor chipping to spine head. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Book Club Printing.1979. A splendid signed copy in near fine condition that shows mild age toning in a well used price clipped dustjacket that is slightly faded with chips and archival repaired closed end tears. This copy is square, tight, clean and sturdy with no spine loosening--as with most larger books. Styron won the Pulitzer Prize for "The Confessions of Nat Turner" A very nice signed copy--although a BOMC issue. Made into a well known prize winning movie. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Trade issue. Octavo. Maroon cloth gilt; dustjacket; 515pp. Slight pull to front hinge, still Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $12.95 on front flap); spine very slightly faded, with a few superficial wrinkles and a small nick at heel; Near Fine. Styron's final novel, a runaway best-seller and winner of the National Book Award for 1979. Adapted for film in 1982 by Alan Pakula, providing the vehicle for the first of Meryl Streep's two "Best Actress" Oscar Awards.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sophie's Choice by William Styron, Hardcover, First UK Edition (1979). Book in very good condition, in a similar unclipped dust jacket. The book has minor bumping to the spine ends, a slight lean, and a faint scratch to the spine. It also has some ageing to the page edges. The dust jacket shows general wear and ageing, including internally to the extremities, and has a crease to the back panel. Overall a very good, tight and clean copy of this book. (See pictures). This is the author's final novel which won the US National Book Award for Fiction in 1980. It was also the basis for the 1982 American drama film written and directed by Alan J. Pakula, and starring Meryl Streep. The film received five nominations at the 55th Academy Awards, and Streep won the award for Best Actress.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Just a good only used and worn later printing inscribed by the author.Foxing to the foredge of pages and a price clipped jacket. Fourth printing. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good- dust jacket. A few tears to jacket edges. Owner name and date to front end page. Text is clean and unmarked. First Trade Edition is stated. ; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 515 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo. In chipped, edgeworn dustjacket. Flap is clipped. In brown cloth covered boards with gold -- fading -- lettering on spine with gold facsimile signature stamped on front of board. This one has real signature and inscription on half title page that reads: 'To Lou and Bubb with best wishes, affectionate regards, Bill Styron, Greenwood, March 1980.' Squash orange end pages. Previous owner's name in ink front pastedown. Top of spine is pulled and starting. Yet binding remains intact and whole. Stated 'First Trade Edition' with this number line: '9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2'. For Random House titles of this Vintage this indicates a First edition/first printing. Not the 2nd printing it means for most imprints, including RH titles before this period and after this period. [515 page]. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stingo (Peter MacNicol), a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie (Meryl Streep) and her lover Nathan (Kevin Kline), he learns that Sophie is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 515 PP. Stated First Edition copy. Original price of $12.95 intact on front flap. A spectacular copy signed by Styron on a laid-in bookplate. National Book Award winner. Basis for the Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep film of the same name. Slight foxing to gutters.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Trade Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, 8vo (9 1/4" x 6" x 1 3/8"), burgundy cloth with gold lettering on spine and facsimile signature of author on front cover, archival mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped: $12.95), tan endpapers, 516 pages. Krochs & Brentanos' "1st edition circle" bookmark laid in. William Styron (1925 - 2006) was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work. Sophie's Choice tells the story of Sophie (a Polish Roman Catholic who survived Auschwitz), Nathan (her brilliant Jewish lover who had paranoid schizophrenia), and Stingo (a Southern transplant in post-World War II-Brooklyn who was in love with Sophie). Winner of the 1980 National Book Award and became a nationwide bestseller. Listed by The Modern Library in 100 Best Novels. An Anthony Burgess 99 title. A 1982 film version was nominated for five Academy Awards, with Meryl Streep winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Sophie. SIGNED & in SUPERIOR CONDITION internally & externally. Slight wear to the unclipped dust jacket and a few minute nicks to its lower edge of rear panel. No previous owner or remainder markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A very scarce title in any condition, this Easton Press Limited Edition is in Fine condition. The front and back covers are both in terrific condition and the gilded page edges show hardly any wear (see pictures of all gilt sides). There are no markings, bookplates, or other signs of prior ownership in this book. This book was published by Easton Press and is signed by the Author. It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes and would be a beautiful addition to your Easton Press collection. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 20th. Anniversary edition signed by the author. About very good condition. Laid in is a letter from the publisher noting that Styron doesn't sign many books but when asked by the Random House sales force he did so enthusiastically. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 8vo. [11], 3-515, [3] pp. Bound in maroon cloth with gold lettering on the spine, facsimile of author's signature stamped in gold on the front board, orange endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $12.95 on front jacket flap. The tragic story of Sophie, a survivor of Auschwitz who was forced to make a horrifying choice and suffers terrible consequences as result of her decision. Winner of the National Book Award and basis for the critically acclaimed film. Jacket is Near Fine with a touch of edge wear.

A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1979. A near fine book in like wrapper which is unclipped.