Books by Gaddis William

London MacGibbon & Kee Ltd. 1955 Hardcover First UK edition 956pp. Thick octavo [21 cm] Blue and yellow boards. Very good/Very good. First UK edition. ... more information

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1955]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Clean, near fine book with sound hinges, in a bright unfaded dust jacket with several vertical creases and a half-inch closed tear at top of front panel. Nice copy of the author's first book. ... more information

New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1955].. Thick octavo. Cloth. First edition, first book. Small vestige of publisher's review slip tipped to free endsheet. Lower edge of lower board shelf-scraped, otherwise a very good, tight copy in bright dust jacket with some patches of mild discoloration and small bits of erosion along lower flap fold ... more information

New York: Harcourt Brace, (1955). First Edition. wraps. Very Good and uncommon in this advance format. Advance Reading Copy in printed wraps of the author's first book. Scarce format for an uncommon book, this copy has slight creases at the corners and a few small stains to the bulked text edges. Any example of this advance copy in decent condition is remarkable due to its age and its bulky format. ... more information

New York Harcourt, Brace and Company 1955 Paperback Advance Reading Copy 956pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Printed wrappers. Very good. ... more information

New York:: Harcourt, Brace ,, (1955).. First edition of Gaddis's first book. Black cloth, light dust soiling to edges of text block, but a fine, fresh copy, dust jacket lacking a tiny slice at the top of the spine. ... more information

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. (1955). First. 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 copy for large corporations before publishing his next novel. By the end of his life... more information

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1955]. First Edition. 8vo. . Fine in near fine dust jacket. An extremely attractive copy of the author's first book ... more information

New York:: Harcourt, Brace,, [1955].. First edition of the author's first book. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket (one small tear on the back panel). 8vo. ... more information

NY: Harcourt, Brace, (1955).. Uncorrected proof.. 956 pp. Title and author penned to spine, else very good plus in printed wrappers. Dated (16 May 1967) and SIGNED by Gaddis. A very scarce proof, even more so signed. ... more information

New York: Harcourt 1955, Brace and Company. First Edition. First Edition. Warmly INSCRIBED by Gaddis to Harper's Magazine and Saturday Review literary critic John Aldridge: "For John Aldridge / with great appreciation for early recognition [underlined] / William Gaddis." When The Recognitions was published, only a few critics, including Aldridge and a young David Burnett gave good notices, and although it was later considered one of the most important literary works of the twentieth centur... more information