The House Of Breath

New York/Berkeley: Random House/Bookworks, 1975. 25th Anniversary Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 194 pages; VG-/G; Brown spine with Blue text; Quarter bound in blue cloth with Brown paper boards and silver detailing; Dustjacket protected by mylar covering, small open tears along edges of spine and both covers and at corners, small closed tears along tail edge of front cover, fraying along… Read more about this item

New York and Berkley: Random House Bookworks. !975 Reprint, limited to 7,500 paperback copies and 1,500 copies bound in cloth. Hardcover, octavo, quarterbound black cloth and gilt silver lettering and beige paper boards with stamped silver gilt decoration. Very good/Very good jacket, lightly chipped and cracked spine ends with some edge wear and ~5 very small (. … Read more about this item

New York City: Random House, 1975. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 194 Pp. Black Cloth Spine Over Grey Boards, Silver Gilt. 25Th Anniversary Edition, 1975, First Printing, With A New Note By The Author. Inscribed At Length To "Two Dear Friends" And Signed As Bill And Again As William Goyen. Fine In Fine Dj, Not Price Clipped,… Read more about this item

New York: Random House / Bookworks, 1975. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Random House / Bookworks, 1975. 25th Anniversary Edition, Limited to 1500 Hardcover copies. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket; [12],194pp. Some light shelf wear, jacket spine panel a shade toned, else Very Good or better. Review copy with four pieces of promotional literature… Read more about this item

Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. Limited Edition; 1500 copies. Hardcover. 25th Anniversary Edition. Review copy, thus not signed. Includes letter from Random House to the reviewer, not named. Also includes folded News announcement about the book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 194 pages .

New York: Random House, 1950. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); light grey cloth, with titles stamped in dark grey and white on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [viii],181,[3]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, a few faint foxed spots to right edge of textblock, else Near Fine. In a supplied dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.75), with modest external wear, and some… Read more about this item

Random House, New York, (1950) STATED FIRST PRINTING. Gray cloth over boards in dust wrapper. Price unclipped ($2.75). A few trifling chips of the dust wrapper but an absolutely stunning copy of Goyen's first novel. The wrapper has no fading or scuffs as is usual with the dark blue paper. The book is fine with no wear or marks.

Random House. NY., 1975 Book size about 5 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches with some 194 pages. Bound in gray paper over boards with a navy cloth spine. Covers/spine decoration and lettering in silver. Random House logo stamp on bottom edge. In the original dust wrapper with front flap price of $8.95. 25th Anniversary Edition with this being one of… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, [1950]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed on front flyleaf: "To Glenway Wescott, with the greatest admiration and respect, my first book. Sincerely, William Goyen." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few tiny nicks at extremities. Author's first book.

New York: Random House, 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Boards a trifle worn and a slight bump to the foot, near fine in a very good or somewhat better dustwrapper with a ¼" chip at the foot of the spine and some light soiling to the rear panel. Texas author's cheaply produced first book, one of… Read more about this item

Random House, Incorporated, 1975. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Random House, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Foxing on the top page edge and toning on the endpapers else very good in a very good dust jacket with chips, toning, and a mark on the rear panel. Author's first book. Texas author's cheaply produced first book, one of A.C. Greene's "Fifty Best Books on… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1950. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Warmly Inscribed by the author. Texas author's scarce and cheaply produced first book, one of A.C. Greene's "Fifty Best Books on Texas." Blurbs by Christopher Isherwood, Stephen Spender, and Elizabeth Bowen. A nice, fresh, inscribed copy.

New York: Random House, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Good+. E. McKnight Kauffer (dust jacket illustration). 8vo. Pp. [2], 3-181. Bound in gray cloth with darker gray and white lettering stamped on front board and spine.This copy with variant top edge dyed gray. A bright copy in the illustrated dust jacket that shows edge-wear, rubbing… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1951. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First British Edition of Goyen's acclaimed debut novel, touching on themes of family, sexuality, time, place, and memory. Crown 8vo (183 x 120mm): 223,[1]pp. Publisher's burgundy cloth, beautifully illustrated dust jacket by Biro, priced 10s / 6d. A handsome example, about Fine (spine lettering dulled), seemingly unread, square, tight,… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, [1950]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few tiny nicks at extremities. Author's first book.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1951. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First English edition. Slight tarnish on the spine lettering, a little foxing on the foredge, else fine in slightly spine-toned near fine dust jacket. Texas author's first book, one of A.C. Greene's "Fifty Best Books on Texas.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1951. A first edition, first printing published by Chatto and Windus in 1951. A very good book without inscriptions, some off-setting to the spine and a little spotting to the page edges. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with a little browning to the spine. First British Edition of Goyen's acclaimed debut novel, touching… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1950. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Blue wrappers with printed label. A touch of spine toning, else near fine. Texas author's first book, one of A.C. Greene's "Fifty Best Books on Texas.

New York: Random House, 1950. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Blue wrappers with printed label. Very near fine. Texas author's first book, one of A.C. Greene's "Fifty Best Books on Texas."