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Prize Stories of 1947: The O. Henry Awards
Garden City, Doubleday, 1947. First Edition. 0 pp. Hardcover. Very good with offsetting on the endpapers and foxing on the edges. In good dust jacket rubbing and wear and tape to the edges. Very Good/Good.
Library Books / Clayton Fine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: x1655
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 | £UK 15 | JP¥ 2851]
Partisan Review. November-December, 1946
New York, American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Publisher, 1946. Wraps. A long running little magazine focusing on art, literature and politics, that during the 1950s and 60s, was supported by funds from the CIA through its front, The American Committee for Cultural Freedom. This issue with work by Mary McCarthy, Jean Stafford, Paul Herzog, Charles Baudelaire, poetry by Lawrence Durrell and Henri Michaux, etc. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy uneven browning. Some soiling and scuffing to the covers. Some curling at the corners. Small owner's signature in ink on the upper front cover. Good .
Mare BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 021122
USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 14.25 | JP¥ 2708]
Catalogue: Little Magazines
Keywords: Noisbn
La mère d'Oswald parle ... Collection le dessous des cartes.
Trévise, 1967. 1967. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 137 pages - couverture contrepliée - déchirure sur le 2ème plat.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne. .
Le-livre.comProfessional sellerBook number: R100051783
€ 30.90 [Appr.: US$ 35.16 | £UK 26.5 | JP¥ 5012]
Catalogue: LETTRES
A Mother in History
New York, Farrar Straus Giroux. 1966, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) unclipped DW has one short closed tear at head of front panel, interview with the mother of Lee Harvey Oswald, 121pp. Very Good/Very Good.
Fortuna BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 009786
NZD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 8.91 | £UK 6.75 | JP¥ 1270]
Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts
Keywords: Lee Harvey Oswald Jean Stafford Mother Memoirs Biography True Crime
American Coast
New York NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0684125218. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. DJ price clipped; B&W and color photographs; 160 pages.
Gibson's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 61344
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 | £UK 11.25 | JP¥ 2138]
Catalogue: American History::Americana
Keywords: 0684125218 1st Edition Americana Photographs Illustrated Stafford, Jean America
Bad Characters
New York, Farrar, Straus and Company, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of short stories from Pulitzer Prize winning American author Jean Stafford. First edition, first impression. This work contains nine short stories, alongside a novella, and is said to display 'the wit, sensibility and psychological penetration' common to the author's work. Written by Jean Stafford, an American short story writer and novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford in 1970. In the original quarter brown cloth with red paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with minor wear and the odd small mark to the boards. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Rooke BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 904T15
GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 47.25 US$ 53.58 | JP¥ 7637]
Catalogue: Short Stories
Keywords: Bad Characters Stafford Characters None
Bad Characters
New York, Farrar, Straus and Company, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of short stories from Pulitzer Prize winning American author Jean Stafford. The first edition, first impression of this work from American novelist and short story writer Jean Stafford. In the brightly illustrated publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.This work contains nine short stories from Stafford, alongside a novella, and displays 'the wit, sensibility and psychological penetration' common to the author's work.Stafford won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford' in 1970. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty of the Edwardian period. Impeccably connected, Pleydell-Bouverie was also the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII, and rumoured to be a lover of King Edward VIII. A sparkling figure of fashionable society, her friends included Nancy Mitford, Coco Chanel, Winston Churchill, and Fred Astaire. This work is from the sale of Pleydell-Bouverie"s library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. She purchased the home in 1940, redesigning the interior and amassing an impressive library, featuring many examples of her own bookbinding. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards, and price unclipped illustrated dust wrapper. Bumping to spine head, with very light fading to board perimeters. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright, with minor edge wear, and closed tear to head of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Handling marks to tail of limitation page. Pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.
Rooke BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 794F34
GBP 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.5 US$ 64.29 | JP¥ 9165]
Catalogue: Short Stories
Keywords: Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie Short Stories Pulitzer Prize Literary Fiction Short Stories None
Bad Characters
New York, Farrar, Straus & Company, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of this anthology of short stories from Pulitzer Prize winning author, Jean Stafford. The first edition, first impression of this work from American novelist and short story writer Jean Stafford. Signed by the author, 'To Kit and Joe Real with every good warm wish, Jean Stafford', to the front endpaper. With an additional ink inscription to the rear paste down of 'Jean Stafford is a bad character (Peter S. Boynton)', from fellow American author Peter Boynton, known for his 1966 works 'Games in the Darkening Air' and 'The Eaves Dropper&apos. In the brightly illustrated publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This work contains nine short stories from Stafford, alongside a novella, and displays 'the wit, sensibility and psychological penetration' common to the author's work. Stafford won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford' in 1970. Bound in the publisher's quarter cloth with paper covered board, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear and the odd small mark. Ink inscriptions to the front and rear endpapers. Dust wrapper is generally smart, with light edge wear, heavier to the spine, with a 1" section excised to the head of the spine. Slight creasing and a little soiling to wraps, with the odd spot to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.
Rooke BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 904Q1
GBP 190.00 [Appr.: EURO 223.75 US$ 254.5 | JP¥ 36277]
Catalogue: Short Stories
Keywords: Jean Stafford signed Bad Characters first edition signed anthology None
"Between the Porch and the Altar" in Harper's (June, 1945)
First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Fine in original wrappers; rusty staples. Fine.
Library Books / Clayton Fine BooksProfessional sellerBook number: b17678
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 | £UK 18.75 | JP¥ 3564]
Boston Adventure
STAFFORD, Jean. BOSTON ADVENTURE. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1944]. Advance Proof of the author's first book. This copy is a little worn, soiled and sunned on the spine. An interesting format. Ill.: FE.
Boston Book CompanyProfessional sellerBook number: 78206
USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 57.25 | £UK 48.75 | JP¥ 9265]
Boston Adventure
London, Faber & Faber. 1947, Second Impression. Hardcover. Book, Spine dull, endpapers bit brown, name on flyleaf. Novel of a young girl from a poor background coming into Society "the scathing portrait of Boston's inner social circle is cruelly well done". Good/No Jacket.
Marion Pitman BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 005865
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 20.09 | JP¥ 2864]
Catalogue: Women's Interest
Keywords: Fiction Novel Vintage Fiction
Boston Adventure
New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company , 1944 . First edition. Paperback. An uncommon, advance proof copy of the debut novel of American author, Jean Stafford. An advance proof copy of the debut novel of American author and short-story writer, Jean Stafford.Bound in the publisher's original paper wraps, with 'Confidential' to the front cover. This insightful novel tells the story of Sonia Marburg, a young woman from a working-class background from the outskirts of the city, trying to achieve her dream of integrating into the wealthy Bostonian society of Beacon Hill.'Boston Adventure' was the inspiring first novel of Stafford, dealing with the struggles of the class system in America. Bound in the publisher's original wraps. Externally, very smart, with light creasing to the extremities and spine, and light age toning. The occasional mark to wraps, with a slightly larger stain to the rear. Internally, firmly bound, with bright, clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Rooke BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 904Q2
GBP 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 82.5 US$ 93.76 | JP¥ 13365]
Catalogue: Modern Fiction
Keywords: Jean Stafford Boston Adventure proof copy advanced proof Boston Adventure None
Boston Adventure
New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company , 1944 . First edition. Paperback. An advance proof copy of the debut novel of American author, Jean Stafford, telling the story of class struggles in America. An advance proof copy of the debut novel of American author and short-story writer, Jean Stafford.Bound in the publisher's original paper wraps, with a 'Review Copy' stamp to the front cover. This insightful novel tells the story of Sonia Marburg, a young woman from a working-class background from the outskirts of the city, trying to achieve her dream of integrating into the wealthy Bostonian society of Beacon Hill.'Boston Adventure' was the inspiring first novel of Stafford, dealing with the struggles of the class system in America. Bound in the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, very good, with light creasing and the odd mark. Light age toning to wraps, with 'Review Copy' stamp to the front cover. Front hinge is tender, with a tear to the tail of the front joint. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages. Very small closed tear to the title page. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Rooke BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 904Q3
GBP 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 94.25 US$ 107.16 | JP¥ 15275]
Catalogue: Modern Fiction
Keywords: Jean Stafford Boston Adventure class struggles proof copy Boston Adventure None
The Catherine Wheel
New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1952). First Edition. Hardcover. Her third book. Probable first issue dustwrapper with a synopsis of the book instead of blurbs on the front flap which is price-clipped. Small owner name on front endpaper, rubbing to spine gilt. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper .
Charles AgventProfessional sellerBook number: 007464
USD 31.30 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 | £UK 23.5 | JP¥ 4462]
Catalogue: Modern First Editions
Keywords: Women's Literature, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions Modern Firsts Fiction Literature: American Modern First Editions
The Catherine Wheel
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co. 1952. 8vo. Dust Jacket, Good, Clipped Corners, Small Abrasions $3.00 list price on DJ. (Dust Jacket Only, Book Not Included!). .
Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 69-2035
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 44 | £UK 37.5 | JP¥ 7127]
Catalogue: Ephemera