Search Results: recognitions by gaddis

Bard, 1972. First Meridian. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Signed by owner..

London: MacGibbon & Kee. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Glossy hardcover. Ex-library with a couple of stamps. Boards and edges are lightly soiled, some stains to pages. First UK edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

US orders ship with signature confirmation. 1955 Harcourt hardcover stated 1st edition. No dj, fraying at edge, soil and sunning on cover, separation on title page and next to last page (pages 954-5), bottom corners a little bumped, small stains on a few pages, light tanning, soil at edge, else text clean, binding tight.Oversize book – extra shipping charges will apply for international and priority orders as this will not fit into a flat rate envelope.

Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1955-06-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Stated First Edition. Bound in publisher's black cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Shelf wear. Front gutter repaired with tape. 956 p., 22 cm. <br> "The Recognitions is a sweeping depiction of a world in which everything that anyone recognizes as beautiful or true or good emerges as anything but: our world. The book is a masquerade, moving from New England to New York to Madrid, from the art world to the underworld, but it centers on the story of Wyatt Gwyon, the son of a New England minister, who forsakes religion to devote himself to painting, only to despair of his inspiration. In expiation, he will paint nothing but flawless copies of his revered old masters copies, however, that find their way into the hands of a sinister financial wizard by the name of Recktall Brown, who of course sells them as the real thing. Dismissed uncomprehendingly by reviewers on publication in 1955 and ignored by the literary world… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace, [1955, Book Date], 1955. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. Not A Book/Clamshell As New. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. William Gaddis. THE RECOGNITIONS. Custom Clamshell Case Only. New York: Harcourt Brace, [1955, Book Date]. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Half Leather Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book]. Superbly HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, this fine first edition box is gilt-lettered & dated at the spine. The exterior finished in black morocco over TBCL hand-made 'red swirl' marbled cover stock. Marbled interior & finally, finished inside in luxurious soft red velour. A very handsome modern case. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for over a hundred cornerstones generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. Book definitely NOT included.

Harcourt, Brace & World Inc., January 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible (G). First edition in facsimile jacket. Some sunning to spine. Gilt titles on spine and blind debossed front. A crack in the final signature.

MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1955.. 8vo, 956pp. Original black cloth in dustwrapper, slight wear at head of dustwrapper backstrip. a very good copy. Unusually, the copyright information has NOT been blacked out.. First U.K. edition of the author's first novel.

Harcourt Brace, 1955. Hardcover. Good. Not Ex-Library Copy. Hardcover Edition With Dustjacket.Text Unmarked.Binding Is Solid.Not Ex-Library Copy.D.J. Not Clipped.No Remainder Mark.Stated First Edition, First Printing.Small Neat Name On Fep.

Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press, 1982. A beautiful, pristine copy. Brand New in perfect condition (just removed from the publisher's shrink wrap so we could write this description). Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp. Annotations are keyed to the page and line number of the Meridian edition, followed by a bracketed reference to the equivalent page number of the Avon edition. At the end are two appendixes: A) Three Nonfiction Pieces by William Gaddis; B) Avon Errata. Bibliography: A Gaddis Checklist. Index. Bound in the original dark blue cloth, lettered in white and red.. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xi, 337pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

NY: Harcourt Brace. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth titled in gilt. Stated first edition. Spine ends softened and slightly sunned. Hinges loose, mesh showing in spots. Small section of pages have corner crease. Unmarked. The DJ in mylar is edgechipped/edgecreased and rubbed at folds. Flap price of $7.50 intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Harcourt Brace, [1955], 1955. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 956 pp, Printed Wrappers. The spine and edges show toning, slight wrinkling along spine, small tear along top edge of front panel. Advance Reading Copy stamped on half-title. In very good condition for such a delicate copy.

London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1955. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First English edition. Publisher's copy write information blacked over affecting the titlepage and facing page, else very near fine in about very good dust jacket with light but pervasive fading or light staining on the spine. The author's first book, the English edition is very uncommon. Poorly received upon publication, Gaddis spent two decades writing advertising copy for large corporations before publishing his next novel. By the end of his life he had won two National Book Awards and was seen as a major American author whose experimental work bridged the writings of James Joyce and Thomas Pynchon.

MACGIBBON & KEE Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A NEAR FINE FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACKET. copyright info blacked out..

Harcourt Brace and Company, 1955. First edition, first printing and first issue jacket. Owner's gift inscription, slight rubbing to cloth, overall near fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with crazing to upper and lower spine and slight soiling, in mylar cover.. Author's first book.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1955. First edition. Paperback. Good +. Thick paperbound 8vo. 956 pp. This is the uncommon Uncorrected Proof copy of Gaddis' first book. A good to very good example with darkening to spine and a small corner crease to the rear cover. The author's name and the title of the book have been neatly printed on the otherwise unprinted spine.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. Softcover. Very Good. Advance Reading Copy. Printed wrappers. A couple of tape shadows at the bottom of the spine near the rear panel, the original repair apparently to seal a short and unobtrusive tear, else a sound, very good or a little better copy. The author's uncommon and bulky first book, invariably found well-worn. Poorly received upon publication, Gaddis spent two decades writing advertising copy for large corporations before publishing his next novel. By the end of his life he had won two National Book Awards and was seen as a major American author whose experimental work bridged the writings of James Joyce and Thomas Pynchon.

Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc, 1955. Soft cover. Good/No jacket. Advanced reading copy from the publisher, including small slip tipped in stating publication date. Spine bowed slightly inward, but binding is good. Light wear on edges of covers, moderate tanning from age especially on spine. Spine blank aside from author's name written in pen. Clean inside other than one ink mark and light stamp on inside front cover. Protected in mylar cover.

NY: Harcourt, Brace & Company; (1955). First Edition . Soft cover. Advance reading copy of the author's first book, very good in original printed wraps. The white spine is a little darkened and has some wrinkling in the paper (the spine is unprinted). There is a separation about 1" long at the top of the front gutter betweeen the front panel and the spine. The foredge of the page block has two very faint stains running horizontally across the block, which appear to be very minor dampstains. The top front corner of the book is bumped, affecting about the first quarter of the book. "Advance Reading Copy" stamped near bottom of front endpaper. Even with the defects noted, a very nice copy, tight and square, of this noted debut novel in a scarce advance state. Housed in a custom made, cloth covered slipcase.

HARCOURT Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. publisher's printed wrappers. Advance Reading Copy stamped on half-title. First Edition. A unique copy of the author's first novel, which has been belatedly acknowledged to be one of the great books of the twentieth century..

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. Softcover. Near Fine. Advance Reading Copy. Printed wrappers. Spine uniformly toned, a near fine copy. Housed in custom quarter morocco gilt and cloth clamshell case. The author's uncommon and bulky first book, invariably found well-worn. Poorly received upon publication, Gaddis spent two decades writing advertising copy for large corporations before publishing his next novel. By the end of his life he had won two National Book Awards and was seen as a major American author whose experimental work bridged the writings of James Joyce and Thomas Pynchon. A nice copy.