Why Write by Auster Paul (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, the issue in softcover. Includes a 10 page plate section of a piece called "Word Box" a sculpture by Jon Kessler painted by Christopher Wool. The entire publication consisted of 2000 soft cover copies and 500 hardcovers. This is a fine clean tight unmarked copy in softcover. Uncommon.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. One of 2000 copies (of 2500). 12mo. Wrappers. 64pp. Gathers the following pieces: 'Answer to a Question from "New York" Magazine', 'Why Write?', '"It reminds me of something that once happened to my mother"', 'Twenty-five Sentences Containing the Words "Charles Bernstein"', 'Word Box' (illustrated), 'A Prayer for Salman Rushdie', and 'Appeal to the Governor of Pennsylvania'. Bumped to the upper corner in a minor way, the fore edge of the pages with a slight ridge in production, and lightly handled/shelfworn, but generally crisp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine hardback in as fine jacket. First edition, first printing. Limited to 500 unnumbered hardcover copies. A lovely unread copy in a mylar jacket protector. Burning Deck: Providence, 1996.

Hardcover, in dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Limited to 500 hardcover copies. Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in fine dust jacket, vignettes from his childhood. Only 500 copies of the hardcover edition were issued. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 58 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition, clothbound trade issue. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Anecdotes from Paul Auster's life, and those of his friends, that illustrate why he writes. Limited to 500 unnumbered hardcover copies (of a total edition of 2550 copies: 2000 in wrappers, 500 clothbound snf unnumbered, and an additional 50 clothbound copies numbered and signed by Auster).