Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: inscribed and signed by John Sanford. A very good copy.
Seller: Rob Warren Books, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. First ed. SIGNED by author on first page after title. Dampstaining to pages along bottom- faint, mostly noticable just bc it's crinkly. Otherwise VG. Boards clean. Binding sturdy. Acetate jacket has some wear.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Inscribed by the author to Carolyn & James Robertson [Yolla Bolly Press]. 8vo; decorative light blue paper covered boards, blue cloth back with paper spine label; clear acetate jacket. Laid in are a folded 14" x 11" photo-reproduction of "The autobiographical odyssey of a dealer in rare books" by Ralph B. Sipper, from the Los Angeles Times - "west view" section,1980; three columns with inset illustration "The Rise of a Rare Book Dealer" by Todd Crespi. Also laid in is the publisher's reproduction of the New York Times Book Review piece on The Color of Air, by Gorham Davis, 1985. First Trade Edition of 300 copies; Signed by Author(s)
Seller: G.F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA, GRASS VALLEY, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 150 numbered hardcover copies signed by the author as Sanford and Shapiro. Publisher's original acetate dust jacket.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED Limited Edition. Copy # 76 of 150 numbered copies. Fine in quarter yellow cloth and pale blue boards in a plain unprinted acetate wrapper.
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Volume 3-5 are signed by Sanford on verso of copyright pages Very good with rubbed and bumped edges. Volume 1 has very light discoloration on front free endsheet. Volumes 4 and 5 have small soil marks on covers. Volume 4's front free endsheet and flyleaf have slight color transfer on both pages
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Five volumes (complete), octavo size, approx. 1500 total pp., each volulme one of the signed, limited publications. John Sanford (born Julian Lawrence Shapiro, 1904-2003) was awarded the a PEN/Faulkner Award and the Los Angeles Times Lifetime Achievement Award for this five-volume, autobiographical work (originally envisioned to be only three volumes). Each volume in this set one of the Black Sparrow special signed, limited copies (see below for details). If read at all, it was done gently, as the books still have that "tight" feel. Loosely laid into the second volume is a small "Note Concerning John Sanford's Epic Trilogy" which summarizes the plot line of the first volume and announces the forthcoming third volume. ___DESCRIPTION: Each volume bound in decorated paper over boards with a cloth shelfback (each volume in different colours), Vol. One published in 1985, this no. 31 of 150 numbered copies (total HC edition 476), signed by on a page tipped onto the copyright page, in blue ink, using both names ("John Sanford / Julian Shapiro"), 301 pp.; Vol. Two pub. 1986, no. 30 of 150 numbered copies (total HC edition 476), signed as Vol. One, 289 pp.; Vol. Three pub. 1987, this no. 21 of 150 numbered copies (total HC edition 476), again signed as Vol. One, 296 pp.; Vol. Four pub. 1989, this no. 33 of 150 numbered copies (total HC edition 476), signed on the tipped-in page but solely as "John Sanford", 323 pp.; and Vol. Five pub. 1991, this no. 108 of 125 numbered copies (total HC edition 451), signed as Vol. Four, 296 pp. All volumes with the publisher's acetate wrapper, loosely laid into the second volume the publisher's "Note", a single sheet folded once to four pages, measuring 7 1/2" by 4 7/8". ___CONDITION: Volumes are uniformly fine, with clean boards, straight corners without rubbing, strong, square text blocks with solid hinges, the interiors clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean, crisp, and as new. The acetate wrappers near fine, clean, all with a small amount of rubbing to the soft plastic; the "Note" fine, clean and free of wear. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this set is unusually heavy and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.