Search Results: recognitions by gaddis

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. . First edition, inscribed by the author; 8vo; front hinge cracked, else internally fine; publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, device in blind to upper cover, light rubbing to extremities, with the unclipped first issue dustjacket priced $7.50 with '383 Madison Avenue' on the lower rear flap, slight chipping to spine ends and corners with associated creasing, minor creasing to extremities, light toning to panels, else very good. The author's first novel, inscribed by him on the title page: 'for David, / in good humour / William Gaddis'. A tale about forgery, which Gaddis worked on for seven years as a parody of Goethe's Faust.

London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED by William Gaddis on FFEP. Book and dust jacket in very solid, tight condition, unmarked aside from signature. Book does not feature the remainder stripe on copyright page which is common to this edition.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. First edition of the author's masterpiece. Thick octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by William Gaddis on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. The book Jonathan Franzen dubbed the "ur-text of postwar fiction" and the "first great cultural critique, which, even if Heller and Pynchon hadn't read it while composing "Catch-22" and "V.," managed to anticipate the spirit of both"--"The Recognitions" is a masterwork about art and forgery, and the increasingly thin line between the counterfeit and the fake. Gaddis anticipates by almost half a century the crisis of reality that we currently face, where the real and the virtual are combining in alarming ways, and the sources of legitimacy and power are often obscure to us. The Recognitions, was named one of TIME magazine's 100 best novels from 1923 to 2005.

London: Macgibbon and Kee, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. First British edition. Signed by William Gaddis on the title page, inscribed to British author John Baxter, dated March 1987. [iv], 956pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Typical publisher's inking out of info on copyright page with some transfer to nearby pages, half title page slightly misbound and attached to front free endpaper, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with vertical line of rubbing on spine, unclipped (30s net). An uncommon signed copy of Gaddis' critically-acclaimed first novel of art forgery.

A fine first edition in near fine dust jacket. not price clipped

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. Softcover. Near Fine. Advance Reading Copy. Printed wrappers. Vertical crease on front wrap, else near fine. Publisher's slip tipped in. 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.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1955. First Edition. Fine in a lightly used, unclipped and unfaded dust jacket with just a couple of small nicks and a bit of spotting along the edges.. 8vo, 956pp; black cloth. An excellent copy of Gaddis's landmark first book, an inimitable novel of art, forgery, and the depredations of the New York art world at mid-century. The dust jacket in the first issue, with the publisher's address 383 Madison Avenue on the rear flap.

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.

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, 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.

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], 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.

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 .

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.

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.