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First Edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman; Signed by John Fowles
FOWLES, JOHN.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London: Jonathan Cape 1971.
Early printing of Fowles’ classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed and dated by John Fowles on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 144337
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“WE ALL WANT THINGS WE CAN'T HAVE. BEING A DECENT HUMAN BEING IS ACCEPTING THAT”: First Edition of John Fowles' The Collector; Signed by Him
FOWLES, JOHN .
The Collector.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company 1963.
First edition of Fowles’ debut novel. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed and dated by John Fowles on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the half-title page. Jacket design by Tom Adams. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 139294
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"The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself": First Edition of The Magus; Finely Bound by The Harcourt Bindery and Signed by John Fowles
FOWLES, JOHN.
The Magus.
London: Jonathan Cape 1966.
First edition of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Signed by John Fowles on a page bound in. In fine condition.
Price: $2,250.00 Item Number: 143508
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"The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself": First Edition of The Magus
FOWLES, JOHN.
The Magus.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1965.
First American edition, preceding the British edition by one year of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate of famed collector Rolland Comstock. Jacket painting by Tom Adams. Housed in a custom half morocco case.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 142119
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First Edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman; Signed by John Fowles
FOWLES, JOHN.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London: Jonathan Cape 1969.
First edition of Fowles’ classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by John Fowles on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams.
Price: $950.00 Item Number: 132106
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"With gratitude and every good wish for the future": First Edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman; Warmly Inscribed by John Fowles
FOWLES, JOHN.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London: Jonathan Cape 1969.
First edition of Fowles’ third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “Phil Thayer – with gratitude and every good wish for the future – John Fowles, Regis, January 21st, 1970.” With the bookplate of John Fowles to the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams.
Price: $1,750.00 Item Number: 97577
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First Edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman; Signed by John Fowles and Screenwriter Harold Pinter
FOWLES, JOHN [HAROLD PINTER].
The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
London: Jonathan Cape 1969.
First edition of Fowles’ classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by both John Fowles and Harold Pinter on the title page. Pinter wrote the screenplay for the 1981 film bearing the same name. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. An excellent near fine example in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams. Rare and desirable signed by both Fowles and Pinter.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 91873