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Philip Roth. Indignation. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, 2008. A fine, highly collectible signed first edition copy of this short novel by this National Book Award, PEN/Faulkner Award, and Pulitzer Prize Award winning author. First Edition, First printing as indicated by full number line (beginning with 1) printed on copyright page. A fine, hardcover copy, black covered boards with sharp corners, black cloth covered spine with gold lettering. Book is square and solid, spine is tight. Not ex-library, no previous owner markings, book plates, or remainder marks. Unread and looks new. Author signature only on publisher's tipped-in page in black ink. Instead of doing an author tour for this book, Roth did a live, one-hour video interview that was streamed to participating bookstores. Those bookstores also received copies of the book signed on a tipped-in page by Roth. This book includes information on the book?s release and the event held at Rainy Day Books in Kansas City, where this signed copy was purchased. Bright, unclipped dust jacket ($26.00 price intact) encased in protective dust jacket. Shipped in well-padded box.
Seller: Brothers' Fine and Collectible Books, IOBA, Humble, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8 x 5", green cloth, 767pp, inkstamp (why?) else a nice, probably unread copy in like dustjacket. FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PHILIP ROTH.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 1st Printing. Signed. 765 pages. Published in 2008. Volume Five of The Library of America's definitive Collected Works of Philip Roth. The First Slipcased Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a Slipcased Edition for distribution to libraries and LOA subscribers only. None of the copies was sold to the public. The Slipcased Edition has the same ISBN as the regular trade edition. The Slipcased Edition is now rare. Printed to the highest standards on acid-free paper, utilizing sewn binding, closely woven rayon cloth boards, satin bound-in ribbon marker, and a page layout that is both readable and elegant, each volume is guaranteed to last for several generations of readers and collectors (despite frequent and regular use, the estimated life span of Library of America Editions is 1000 years; un-used, they will last forever). Without DJ, as issued. Presents Volume Five of The Collected Works of Philip Roth: "The Counterlife", "The Facts", "Deception", and "Patrimony". Masterworks, entwining fiction and autobiography, which is essentially Roth's idea of the modern narrative: "The Counterlife" (1989), "The Facts" (1987), "Deception" (1990), and "Patrimony" (1991). "One knows when one is reading something that will permanently enter the culture" (Cynthia Ozick). "Our foremost novelist since Faulkner" (Harold Bloom). Philip Roth was only the third writer to be so honored by The Library of America while still alive. Published in chronological order, the entire oeuvre consists of ten volumes in all and will surely be regarded as one of the "high spots" in The Library of America Series. Roth famously announced in 2012 that he has permanently stopped writing. Philip Roth died on May 22, 2018 of congestive heart failure, literally of heartbreak, at the age of 85. An absolute "must-have" title for Philip Roth collectors. This copy of Volume Five is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Philip Roth. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Library of America Slipcased Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: The First Slipcased Edition was distributed to libraries and LOA subscribers only. None of the copies was sold to the public. Copies available online have serious flaws, have the bookstore's stamp, or are subsequent printings yet command hundreds of dollars. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Six of Philip Roth's novels were selected as among the Top 20 works of American fiction of the last 25 years: "American Pastoral", "The Counterlife", "Operation Shylock", "Sabbath's Theater", "The Human Stain", and "The Plot Against America". One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PHILIP ROTH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1598530305.
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$280.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A most attractive first edition/first printing bound in emerald green cloth with gilt and black lettering and design on spine. In unread As New condition in alike dustjacket with cloth bookmark. SIGNED by Philip Roth directly on the title page; With this fifth volume, The Library of America continues the definitive edition of Philip Roth's collected works. The Counterlife is one of Roth's most radical novels narrated by Roth's alter ego, Nathan Zuckerman. The Facts is autobiographical, presenting Roth's own inner battles, especially as an author. Deception tackles the world of adultery with unrivaled directness; and Patrimony takes us on Roth's journey with his own father as he dies from a brain tumor; Vol. 5; 8vo; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.