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FAULKNER, William. ( Ruth Ford).. REQUIEM FOR A NUN. (SIGNED). Random House,, New York,, 1959.
Price: US$96.87 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp [xii] 105. One illustration. Novel adapted to the stage by Ruth Ford. Signed presentation from Ruth Ford to Laveen MacGrath and Steve: 'For Leueen & Steve/ with all my love/ Ruth Ford.' Steve= one of the actresses. Leueen MacGrath's five husbands of whom 2 were Stephens- Stephen Goodyear and Stephen Quinto. VG+ in slightly stained and slightly marked near VG dust jacket.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Ruth Ford - William Faulkner. REQUIEM FOR A NUN. Random House, 1959.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. Inscribed "To Tony with opening might Love from Ruth L Ford Nov 6, 1967. Binding little leaned from improper shelving, VG in price clipped bit age darkened jacket. Photos supplied on request.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
William Faulkner, Ruth Ford. Requiem for a Nun. Random House, NewYork, 1959.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (1959). 8vo. 1st Edition. Warmly INSCRIBED by Ruth Ford for Zachary Scott to John and Jane Gunther. Gilt stamping to front cover with gilt stamped spine title. Slight edgewear to cloth binding. Slight rubbing and fading to cloth binding. Dulling to spine. Light rubbing to pictorial on front cover. Toning to edges of cloth binding. Slight edgewear to d.j. with chipping to upper spine end. Fading and toning to d.j. Light rubbing to d.j. Rubbing and darkening to spine of d.j. Scraping along rear joint of d.j. Stains to rear panel of d.j. VG/VG.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Original cloth in dust jacket. Book is fine, dust jacket with offsetting to rear panel, but overall book still displays quite well. Warmly inscribed by Ruth Ford.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Ford, Ruth (William Faulkner). REQUIEM FOR A NUN- A PLAY. New York, Random House, 1959.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo, abt fine in v.g. d.j with a tear at the top of the rear wrappers.INSCRIBED " TO Arnold Weiss Lawyer??? with love and appreciation for his help and many things concerning this play Ruth Ford."VV4/2
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$206.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp [xii] 105. Original publisher's grey boards, lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. One illustration. Novel adapted to the stage by Ruth Ford. Signed presentation from Ruth Ford to the actor, Herbert Berghof (1909-1990), 'with deep love and gratitude for the magnificent leap coming from your talent and intelligence. Ruth Ford 1976.' Fine in price-clipped, very good indeed dust jacket.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: double-spread photographic title page. 105 pages. Slim 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Random House, (1959). First edition. A fine copy, with an inscription in red ink from Ruth Ford to "Gerard Malanga the beautiful poet."
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$330.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (21cm); gray vinyl cloth, with titles stamped in black and gilt, and photographic still mounted to front cover; dark yellow-orange topstain; dustjacket; [xiv],[2],3-105,[5]pp; illus. Inscribed by Ruth Ford to Harlan P. Kleiman on the front endpaper: "To Harlan / with great expectations / Ruth Ford." Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.95), with sunning to spine and front panel extremities, some light dustiness, and trivial wear to crown. Distinguished copy of Ford's stage adaptation of Faulkner's 1951 novel, written in the form of a three-act play, with each act preceded by a narrative section. Ford removed the narrative sections, and revised the remainder of the novel for dramatic unity. Inscribed to Harlan Phillip Kleiman, screenwriter, Broadway producer, and co-founder of New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre. Provenance: From the collection of Broadway star Sondra Lee. Petersen Collection A49.1.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
William Faulkner /Ruth Ford. Requiem for a Nun a Play. Random House, 1959, 1959.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Cloth. Fine/Fine. First American. Presentation By Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Presentation by Ruth Ford and her husband Zachary Scott to Artist Buffie Johnson and her husband Gerald Sykes.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
FAULKNER, William and Ruth Ford. Requiem for a Nun. Random House, New York, 1959.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a price-clipped near fine dustwrapper with some modest toning on the spine. A play from the Faulkner novel adapted by Ruth Ford. Inscribed by Ford to Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes: "Merry Christmas and love to Marian Seldes from Ruth Ford 1963." Ford, the Mississippi-born sister of surrealist author Charles Henri Ford, was a beautiful model and actress, first for Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre, and later in films and theater. Notably, she starred on Broadway in Jean Paul Sartre's *No Exit* in 1946, under the direction of John Huston (the last of five Broadway plays he directed). Her apartment in the Dakota became a salon for authors such as Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Terrence McNally, and Truman Capote. A chance encounter between Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents in her Manhattan living room led to their collaboration, with her Dakota-neighbor Leonard Bernstein, on *West Side Story*. Similarly, she brought together Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight to create the celebrated stories of *Eloise*, the little girl who lived at the Plaza. Seldes, daughter of important journalist Gilbert Seldes, later married director and author Garson Kanin. Ford is well known also for her long friendship with William Faulkner, which began with her dating his brother Dean in the early 1930s. Faulkner was openly smitten with Ford for many years. He wrote his experimental 1951 title *Requiem for a Nun*, a sequel to his early and controversial novel *Sanctuary*, with her in mind. He further declared, to the consternation of his agent and publisher, that it was her dramatic property (*Requiem for a Nun* was a mixture of stage play and novel). Stage production of the title stalled for years, partly because Faulkner's experimental drama did not lend itself to live theatre, and partly because the producers were unsure of Ford's suitability. Faulkner was adamant that it was her dramatic property, and in 1959 she adapted the play herself and starred in its London production opposite Scott. Her stage version received enthusiastic reviews in both London and New York, but did not fare so well with audiences and closed after a short run on Broadway. Ford continued to act on both stage and screen well into the 1980s. She passed away in 2009 at the age of 98.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Faulkner, William. Requiem For A Nun. Random House, New York, 1959.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Copy of Requiem For A Nun, the novel (1951) and copy of Requiem For A Nun, the play (1959) are housed together in a custom clamshell box, brown leather, beige linen and marbled trays. Requiem For A Nun: First trade edition, fine, price clipped dust jacket, which is first issue (front flap of dust jacket M. McKnight Kauffer, identified as dust jacket artist). Nice dark gray top stain. Requiem For A Nun: A Play: adapted to the stage by Ruth Ford, this copy if affectionately inscribed by Ford on front free end paper, gold medallion sticker on front free end paper, price clipped dust jacket. Nice orange top stain.
Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.