First Edition of John Williams' Augustus; Signed by Him
Augustus.
Williams, John.
$2,200.00Item Number: 32041
New Yokr: The Viking Press, 1972.
First edition of the author’s National Book Award-winning novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John Williams on the half title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Uncommon signed.
In Augustus, his third great novel, John Williams took on an entirely new challenge, a historical narrative set in classical Rome, exploring the life of the founder of the Roman Empire. To tell the story, Williams turned to the epistolary novel, a genre that was new to him, transforming and transcending it just as he did the western in Butcher’s Crossing and the campus novel in Stoner. Augustus is the final triumph of a writer who has come to be recognized around the world as an American master.
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“In the University library he wandered through the stacks, among the thousands of books, inhaling the musty odor of leather, cloth, and drying page as if it were an exotic incense": First Edition of Stoner; Inscribed by John Williams
Williams, John.
Stoner.
New York: The Viking Press, 1965.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author, “Happy Birthday to Jason from Sheila and the author- John Williams.” Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some toning to the spine and a few small closed tears. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Examples of Stoner are uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $6,800.00
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“In the University library he wandered through the stacks, among the thousands of books, inhaling the musty odor of leather, cloth, and drying page as if it were an exotic incense": First Edition of Stoner; Inscribed by John Williams
Williams, John.
Stoner.
New York: The Viking Press, 1965.
First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Stella Hershan with best wishes- John Williams Bread Loaf, VT Aug. 23, 1969.” Fine in a excellent dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice example, uncommon signed and inscribed.
Price: $7,200.00
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First Edition of "the novel that paved the way for Cormac McCarthy" Butcher's Crossing; Inscribed by John Williams
Williams, John.
Butcher’s Crossing.
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1960.
First edition of Williams’ second novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Mary Beth and Ed Twining, with much affection- John Williams.” Ed Twining was an English professor at The University of Denver, where John Williams also taught and was the director of the creative writing program. The two were lifelong friends. Light rubbing, near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Gilbert Etheredge. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A nice association.
Price: $5,500.00
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The Theory of Investment of Value; Inscribed by John Burr Williams
Williams, John Burr.
The Theory of Investment Value.
Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1964.
Later edition of the author’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original wrappers. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Kimun Lee with the compliments of the author John Burr Williams.” In near fine condition. Books signed or inscribed by Williams are rare.
Price: $550.00
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"The lesson of patience and self-containing may be learnt in these trips": The Canoe and the Saddle; Signed by John H. WIlliams
Williams, John H. (Editor).
The Canoe and the Saddle or Klalan and Klickatat to Which Are Now First Added His Western Letters And Journals.
Tacoma: John H. Williams, 1913.
Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers, frontispiece. With sixteen color plates and more than one hundred other illustrations. Signed by John H. Williams on the title page. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes by John H. Williams. In near fine condition.
Price: $300.00
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"But the particular circumstance of dreaming is that the dreamer is bereft of power": Rare first edition of John Williams' first novel Nothing But the Night
Williams, John.
Nothing But The Night.
Denver: Swallow, 1948.
Rare first edition of John Williams’ first book. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Jacket and book design by John Williams. Scarce and desirable.
Price: $4,200.00
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