Price: US$23.18 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed. Signed by the author. Cover shows minor wear. Pages with tidemarks on the bottom edges.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Large 8vo. 296 (4) pp. Signed by John Sanford and Julius Shapiro on the prelim. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.25". Teal quarter-cloth with lettered decorative paper-covered boards. With glassine (clear) Mylar wrapper, as issued. Size: Large Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 300 p. Audience: General/trade. Signed. First Edition. Deluxe Limited Edition. -Limited to only 150 Copies, this being # 64. -* Signed by John Sanford and Julius Shapiro on the 4th end paper. Bound in 1/4 teal cloth with lettered and illustrated paper boards. Includes the clear acetate dust jacket as issued, which has some wrinkles at the spine.
Seller: Nelsons Books, Chazy, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Book is FINE. Published in paper wrappers; there are 300 cloth trade copies and 150 signed and numbered copies. This is copy 5/150. John Sanford (1904-2003) is the name of the principal character in The Water Wheel, a first novel by Julian Shapiro published in 1933. Adopting it as a pseudonym, the writer has used it ever since. Sanford/Shapiro wrote half his books after the age of 80. (Gives us old guys hope). The author published a five volume autobiography for which he was awarded The PEN Faulkner Award and the L.A. Times lifetime achievement award. Both Sanford and his wife Margarite Roberts were involved in the film industry during the McCarthy witch hunts and were subsequently blacklisted for over ten years for their left leaning actions. This book is a very interesting group of observations, conversations and scenes that take place between 1936 and the end of WWII. Book is very fine, scarce and collectible. The author has signed the book in a very interesting manner, John Shapiro/ Julian Sanford. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 1st Printing
Seller: Oshtemo Book Sellers, Chester, NY, 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$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [moderately worn copy, light exterior soiling, light dampstain at bottom corner of first few pages, "#3" written at top of spine, minor annotations in text on a few pages]. Trade PB Covers the years 1936 to 1945 in the life of the author and his wife, screenwriter Marguerite (Maggie) Roberts. Among the numerous subjects included are the author's memories of Nathanael West, and in particular of learning about West's death in 1940. This copy is SIGNED by Sanford on the title page, and also SIGNED by Maggie Roberts (who also added the words, beneath her signature, "Wife of John Sanford") at the bottom of the biography of Sanford in the back of the book. Signed by Author
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 296 pg. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Acetate cover show rubbing and very light soiling. Top page edges exhibit some dusty soiling. Top and bottom board edges show wear. Book is straight with strong binding and clean text. This is numbered 45 of 150 copies printed and signed by John Sanford. First Edition. First Print 1987.
Seller: Outrider Book Gallery, Lacey, WA, U.S.A.