DELILLO, Don. A group of 12 FIRST EDITIONS, MANY INSCRIBED to the author Burt Britton.
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DELILLO, Don (b. 1936). A group of 12 FIRST EDITIONS, MANY INSCRIBED to the author Burt Britton, comprising:
1) End Zone. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. REVIEW COPY, INSCRIBED BY DELILLO to author Burt Britton. [Laid in with:] publisher's review material.
2) Great Jones Street. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. REVIEW COPY, INSCRIBED BY DELILLO to author Burt Britton. [Laid in with:] publisher's review material.
3) Ratner's Star. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. REVIEW COPY, INSCRIBED BY DELILLO to author Burt Britton. [Laid in with:] publisher's review material.
4) Players. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. SIGNED BY DELILLO.
5) Amazons. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. SIGNED BY DELILLO.
6) The Names. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. INSCRIBED BY DELILLO. [With:] autograph note from the senior editor at Alfred A. Knopf on publisher's letterhead to author Burt Britton.
7) White Noise. New York: Elisabeth Sifton Books/Viking Press, 1985.
8) The Day Room. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. INSCRIBED BY DELILLO to author Burt Britton.
9) Libra. New York: Viking, 1988. INSCRIBED BY DELILLO to author Burt Britton.
10) Mao II. New York: Viking, 1991. INSCRIBED BY DELILLO to author Burt Britton. [Laid in with:] presentation slip from the author.
11) Underworld. New York: Scribner, 1997. SIGNED BY DELILLO.
12) The Body Artist. New York: Scribner, 2001. SIGNED BY DELILLO.
Together, 12 works in 12 volumes, all 8vo, all in original cloth and dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, many inscribed to Delillo's friend and fellow author Burt Britton, condition generally fine.
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Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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