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Sophie's Choice
by Styron, William
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1979. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition of Sophie's Choice by William Styron.. Octavo, [8], 515pp. Maroon cloth, title in gilt on spine, with author's signature stamped in gilt on front board. Stated "first trade edition" on copyright page with number line 2-9. Minor foxing along top, solid text block, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $12.95 retail price on front flap, a touch of creasing on front and back flaps, sunning on spine, a near fine jacket. Winner of the 1980 National Book Award for Fiction, William Styron's Sophie's Choice has a controversial yet popular history. Its success as a novel gave way for the production of a film with the same name released in 1982, receiving multiple Academy Award nominations, with Meryl Streep winning Best Actress for her portrayal of Sophie.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12086
- Title
- Sophie's Choice
- Author
- Styron, William
- Illustrator
- First edition of Sophie's Choice by William Styron.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Trade Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- william styron, styron, first edition william styron, styron confessions of nat turner, styron sophie's choice
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- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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