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BARTH, JOHN.
The Floating
Opera * The Sot-Weed Factor.
Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher’s cloth,
trivial discoloration to joints and light
rubbing to corners of second title;
unclipped dust jackets, second title with
short closed tear and light rubbing to folds
and with bookplate to front pastedown.
NewYork, (1956); 1960
[400/600]
FIRST EDITIONS
,
PRESENTION COPIES
SIGNED BY BARTH
,
including his first novel
The Floating Opera a review copy with pub-
lisher’s slip laid-in and warmly inscribed to
moderator Harold Williams in October, 1984
on the occasion of Barth’s presentation at Johns
Hopkins University entitled “Reflections on
Maryland” and with the program card laid-in.
Fine copies.
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BECKETT, SAMUEL.
Murphy.
8vo, specially bound for the publisher in
1
/
4
morocco over cloth boards; matching
slipcase.
LIMITED EDITION
,
NUMBER
96
OF
100
COPIES SIGNED BY BECKETT
.
Additionally signed by the publisher
Barney Rosset with a short inscription;
“Barney Rosset - Grove Press /
Publisher’s copy” on the front free endpa-
per. A fine and unique copy. Federman &
Fletcher 25.11.
NewYork: Grove Press, [1957]
[1,800/2,500]
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