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Grafton, Sue. The Lolly-Madonna War. Peter Owen, London, 1969.
Price: US$2340.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice copy of her second book and the most rare of al her books. Sue Grafton's own copy purchased from her estate. Her circular blindstamp with SG centered and her name underneath are on front endpaper. Unmarked, tight and square. In orange textured cloth it is a clean, fresh copy with sharp tips. Very faint foxing to top page edges and faint soiling to rear board, else fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Grafton, Sue. The Lolly-Madonna War. Peter Owen, London, 1969.
Price: US$3780.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Her second novel and scarce. Only published in England. This book is from author's own library and has her personal blindstamp with her name and initials on front endpaper. This was only done on a few of her books. lOrange textured cloth with gold lettering on spine still bright. One lightly bumped tip. No other markings. Tight and square. Basis for film with Rod Steiger, Robert Ryan and Jeff Bridges. Textblock supple and clean. Price intact jacket has light edgewear at spine ends and bottom of front fold and some faint rubbing but overall a nice copy. Photograph of the young author on real panel with a brief bio. Red lettering on jacket still bright, even on spine. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Grafton, Sue. The Lolly-Madonna War. Peter Owen, London, 1969.
Price: US$4499.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Orange cloth titled in gilt. First British Commonwealth edition stated. Sue Grafton's own copy with her blindstamp to ffep. PO sticker to ffep. Tight and square with very slight rubbing/soil to cloth edges and a trace of foxing to top block edge, one tiny stain to leading block edge. The DJ in mylar is chipped to spine ends and rubbed to joints and faces, lighty soiled. Flap price present; bookstore sticker to flap edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4800.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Small Octavo. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY SUE GRAFTON without personalization. Signing witnessed by bookseller, Charles Parkhurst. Bound in original orange boards, spine lettered in gilt; pictorial dust jacket, with price in pounds sterling on front flap. Author's second and rarest book. Only two copies show in the auction records. A beautiful copy, with small owner address label on front end paper and date stamp on front pastedown. Armorial bookplate is laid in. Includes: the original publisher's contract for "The Lolly-Madonna War", a completely typed agreement with Peter Owen Ltd. of London, dated December 10, 1968. Three legal-sized pages of typscript, outlining rights, royalties, advance, etc. The contract is SIGNED "Sue Grafton (Schmidt)." Some creasing to the thin paper with a chip in the margin of the first two pages from a removed staple. The source of the 1970's movie "Lolly-Madonna XXX" starring Rod Steiger. Robert Ryan and Jeff Bridges. Since Grafton decided not to publish the book in the U.S. and never allowed it to be reprinted, this is the only contract ever signed for this early effort.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Grafton, Sue. THE LOLLY-MADONNA WAR. Peter Owen, London, 1969.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: Signed first printing of the second and scarcer of Grafton's two mainstream literary novels. Grafton's second published novel, preceding her Kinsey Millhone mysteries by more than a decade. THE LOLLY-MADONNA WAR is a gritty tale of violent Tennessee hill-country family feuding that ends in a shower of gunfire and blood: powerfully attractive themes and imagery for 1970s Hollywood, and the novel was consequently adapted into the film LOLLY-MADONNA XXX in 1973 by director Richard Sarafian, starring Rod Steiger, Jeff Bridges, and Gary Busey, among others. Only published in the U.K; rare, particularly signed. 7.25'' x 4.75''. Original bright orange cloth with gilt-titled spine. In original unclipped (£1.75) dust jacket, designed by Keith Cunningham. 189, [3] pages. Signed by Grafton on title page. Very minor scuffing to jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Grafton, Sue. THE LOLLY-MADONNA WAR - M.G.M. FILE COPY, SIGNED. Peter Owen, London, 1969.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: First Impression. Octavo (19cm); orange paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [4],5-189,[3]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Vault copy formerly retained by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Library in Culver City, California, bearing their rubber-stamped markings on front pastedown and endpaper. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced 35s / 1.75 net), with some light rubbing to joints and extremities. Well-preserved, distinguished copy of the author's second and scarcest book. Set in rural Tennessee, the novel is centered around two families living in a bleak and sparsely-populated town, who quarrel over a plot of land that separates their farms. "The feud erupts into violence when a girl is kidnapped. Minor provocation leads to acts of planned savagery, rape and mass murder" (from front flap). The book was published in the UK by Peter Owen when Grafton was only 29 years old, and remains the only one of Grafton's books with no American equivalent. Basis for the 1973 film produced by M.G.M. titled Lolly-Madonna XXX, starring Jeff Bridges, Rod Steiger, and Robert Ryan.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Grafton, Sue. The Lolly-Madonna War. Peter Owen, London, 1969.
Price: US$10000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Lolly-Madonna War by Sue Grafton. Signed first edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Peter Owen, London, (1969). First edition with copyright page notation: First British Commonwealth edition 1969. Signed on the title-page. Ffep with stamped notation: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Library Culver City. Please Return This Material To Script Department . Dust jacket is in fine condition. Dust jacket is not price clipped with a price of £1.75 net. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean. 189 pages. 5 x 7 ½ inches. Protected by Mylar. Exceedingly scarce book. Inventory #22-002. Price: $10,000.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.