BARTH, John. A group of 3 FIRST EDITIONS, ALL SIGNED OR INSCRIBED.
Sale 1262 - Summer Reading: 20th Century Literature and Biography from a Private Collection
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Jul 6, 2023
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Lot Description
BARTH, John (b. 1930). A group of 3 works by Barth, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, ALL SIGNED OR INSCRIBED, comprising:
1) Giles Goat-Boy. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966. Original cloth; publisher’s dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, later issue, with H18 gutter code. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BARTH on half-title: “Cheers to Tom’s fool.”
2) Letters. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1979. Original cloth; slipcase. FIRST EDITION, number 371 of 500 copies, SIGNED BY BARTH.
3) Sabbatical. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1982. Original cloth; slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 545 of 750 copies, SIGNED BY BARTH. ADDITIONALLY SIGNED on the title-page.
Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally fine.
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