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Stegner, Wallace. Angle of Repose. Doubleday, NY, 1971.
Price: US$299.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth titled in gilt. Book Club edition, no date to title page. Inscribed to ffep by Stegner. Slight rubbing to board edges, slight softening to spine panel. The DJ in mylar has a $7.95 price sticker to flap, is edgeworn, with edge creasing/tears, clear tape to top front panel edge, tiny spot dampstain to spine. Bottom front flap is clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. Angle of Repose. Doubleday, New York, 1971.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by Stegner on a bookplate affixed to front end page (signature only). Green-grey cloth boards, some page age-toning of cheaply manufactured book, slight spine lean. 1st issue book with gutter code 'M4' on last page. previous owner's name on front pastedown. DJ rubbed with has some edge wear; small chips at corners; larger chip on lower rear; and closed tears on rear top and spine top w/some rippling. Mild spine slant. First state DJ without Pulitzer sticker. Price clipped on DJ flap but part of "$" signed still showing. mylar protected. Photo of Stegner by Alex Gotfryd on rear. Also inlcudes laid-in a photocopy of typed signed letter from Stegner, dated June 9, 1990: "Dear Dan Montemarano: Of course I'll be glad to sign your book. Better get it here as fast as possible, though, because I'll be leaving for three or four weeks on the 10th of July. Sincerely, Wallace Stegner" (unfortunately book itself was not sent and instead I requested he sign bookplates sent to him instead). Stegner's Pulitzer Prize winning novel. (Bomus: Cpmes with a free unsigned softcover copy of Stegner's book "Beyond The Hundreth Meridian"--note: bonus book only comes with domestic order). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. Angle of Repose. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1971.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated first edition. Gutter code of "M4" on final page. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page, dated 1988. Light teal cloth boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Very slight rubbing to edges and minor bumping to corners, otherwise very good condition. Gray dust jacket is price clipped and wrapped in mylar. Some creasing and wear to edges; mild soiling and darkening. Tight binding and clean interior. Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) , often referred to as "the Dean of Western Writers," was an acclaimed author, historian, and environmentalist who taught writing for over 40 years at various institutions, most notably Stanford University. This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was based on the letters of Mary Hallock Foote. Colberg A22.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 569 pp; Signed by Author
Seller: Back of Beyond Books, Moab, UT, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. ANGLE OF REPOSE. Doubleday, 1971.
Price: US$834.25 + shipping
Description: ANGLE OF REPOSE, Doubleday, 1971, first edition, vg/vg+ in like dust-wrapper. PULITZER PRIZE winner. SIGNED by the author.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. Angle of Repose. Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1971.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 569pp.; HB palegreen emboss w/gilt; slight rub w/clean,tight pgs. DJ whiote w/brwn.-pic.cover; rubbed w/wear on edges; sml.chips&tears; some sun; corner-cut w/'a literary guild selection', ft.flap. ".it reveals how even the most rebellious crusades of our time follow paths that our great-grandfathers' feet beat dusty." signed w/annotation, bk.pastedwn.
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. Angle Of Repose. Doubleday, 1971.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition in very good condition inscribed and signed by Wallace on the title page.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. Angle of Repose.. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, 1971.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To John with best wishes Wallace Stegner November 9, 1972." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by E.D.N. Designs. Photograph of the author by Alex Gotfryd. An exceptional example, uncommon signed and inscribed. An American masterpiece and iconic novel of the West by National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Wallace Stegnerâ"a deeply moving narrative of one family and the traditions of our national past. âBrilliant.Two stories, past and present, merge to produce what important fiction must: a sense of the enhancement of life" (Los Angeles Times). Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Novels of the twentieth century.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Wallace Stegner. Angle of Repose (Signed First Edition). Doubleday, 1971.
Price: US$1600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated first edition/First Printing with the "M4" code to the last page; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. An outstanding copy of this Pulitzer winning novel, uncommon in near fine or better condition. SIGNED with no inscription to the half title page. Uncommon in this condition and flat signed. This copy is in near fine condition with only light rubbing to the edges and few faint spots of soiling to the text block; housed in a crisp and bright near fine dust jacket that shows mild rubbing to the edges and some light soiling to the spine and back panel; Pulitzer Prize winner sticker affixed to the front panel. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. The Angle of Repose. Doubleday, New York, New York, 1971.
Price: US$1620.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Fine Book & Near Fine Jacket, edge wear else Fine, Signed to title page , First Edition First Print, in a protective cover
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. Angle of Repose. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1971.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Wallace Stegner. This First Issue dustjacket is rich in color with light wear to the spine. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
STEGNER, Wallace.. Angle of Repose.. New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1971, 1971.
Price: US$1937.64 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed by the author "To Florence Woods, cordially, Wallace Stegner" on the title page. The work was the winner of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine and front board lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Ownership signature to front free endpaper. Front hinge cracked but holding; an excellent copy in the slightly soiled price-clipped jacket with some nicks to extremities.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Wallace Stegner. Angle of Repose. Doubleday and Co, New York, 1971.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Association copy, inscribed to Steinbeck scholar and fellow Bay Area writer Maurice Dunbar on the dedication page in blue ink: "For Maury Dunbar, from Wallace Stegner, Los Altos Hills, CA Jan. 17, 1983." Stegner lived in Los Altos Hills--likely the book was signed at Stegner's home. On the green front free endpaper is a 3 x 5" color snapshot portrait of Stegner in his home (with period furniture and a shelf of Easten Press leather volumes behind him), which is dated "Nov. 12 1990" in pen at its lower left; in the photo Stegner is smiling for the camera with his hands in his pockets. Dunbar's bookplate with his De Anza College address label at top is opposite on the paste down (the address of the Aladdin Bookshop in Oklahoma is written in small script on the bookplate, too--presumably where Dunbar bought the book). Dunbar was a professor of English at De Anza College in nearby Cupertino and also wrote several volumes on book collecting. First printing. This book won the Pulitzer Prize. A fine book in a near fine jacket with a touch of edge wear to outer flap folds and a very faint rectangular discoloration that wraps around uppermost spine (perhaps the shadow of some kind of label), neither of which is noticeable without close scrutiny. But the association and the snapshot makes this volume unique and highly desirable. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in place-based and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. Angle of Repose. Doubleday & Company, Inc. New York, 1971.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Wallace Stegner on the page after the endpaper. This ORIGINAL dustjacket has the publisher's $7.95 printed price present on the front flap with minor wear to the spine. The book is bound in the publisher's green cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A beautiful copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Wallace Stegner. Angle of Repose. Doubleday and Co, New York, 1971.
Price: US$2950.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A terrific association copy, given the inscription on the half title: "For Alice and Proc Mellquist, Affectionately, Wallace Stegner." Proctor Mellquist was the longtime editor of Sunset Magazine, based in Menlo Park, a magazine that for decades helped define a Western culture that Wallace Stegner also represented and promulgated. As another Sunset editor Bill Marken reflected, Mellquist and his predecessor Walter Doty "were there for the 1940s-1960s when Sunset vividly reflected and also powerfully shaped the distinctive lifestyle emerging during a time of unprecedented western population growth, prosperity, and creativity." Mellquist took over in 1954 and carried on as editor until (it seems) 1981 a 25 year tenure. Bill Lane, the magazine s publisher of 40 years, reflected that "[Doty] should go down in the history of one of Sunset s great editors. Some people would say he was probably the greatest editor of Sunset, although Proctor Mellquist in my opinion was as great or maybe greater." Meanwhile, Stegner admired the magazine and was a strong supporter of it. "You can t look closely at Sunset without developing a considerable respect for the intelligence that goes into that operation," he said. He went so far as to appear in a promotional video on the magazine s history. In turn, publisher Bill Lane was so influenced by Stegner s writing that he eventually endowed the Jean and Bill Lane Lecture Series and a Center for the West at Stanford, as well as Peninsula Open Space Trust s (POST s) Wallace Stegner Lecture Series (we wish we could have gotten our hands on this association copy, too). Mellquist and Stegner also sat together as advisory board members for the organization California Tomorrow, one of the first to push for smart growth, and they helped publish its newsletter, Cry California. Like a true editor, Mellquist suggested the group change the name of their project from the dry Resource Policy Institute to California Tomorrow. Stegner also weighed in editorially, writing in response to an early draft of a publication, "Let s not give the impression we expect people to go out and shove a stick of dynamite up the old Essex s exhaust." As for Alice Mellquist, apparently she regularly contributed recipes to Sunset, another token of the times. This particularly copy is a first edition hardcover in near fine condition with some minor soiling at board edges and a couple of bumps, as well as some unidentified speckling to the top of the page block; in a near fine jacket with only a little wear around the edges. The book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1971. All in all, a book and an association that embodies both the culture of California during this era, and the challenge of its runaway growth. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in place-based and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.