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Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1969.
Price: US$154.36 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. 445, [1]. Original brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, dustjacket printed in maroon and black and blocked in gilt, top edge maroon. Dustjacket a little rubbed with some loss to spine gilding, lightly discoloured in places. Bookplate signed by the author and dated August 2001 loosely inserted. The first edition of Fowles? third and best-known novel, the basis for the 1981 Karel Reisz film starring Meryl Streep. A later signed bookplate has been loosely inserted.
Seller: McNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman. Jonathan Cape, London, 1969.
Price: US$560.67 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. SIGNED & DATED FIRST EDITION. Full brown publisher's cloth, gold lettering to spine. Top edge purple. Pictorial endpapers. 445 pp. Light soiling to fore edge of text block. A few small stains to outer margins of a few pages, not affecting text. Dust jacket sunned at spine, rubbed to extremities. Flaps are cropped but not price clipped. Laid-in ticket to John Fowles' appearance at the Harbourfront Reading Series, May 7, 1998. John Fowles third novel is an astonishingly compelling narrative, exceeding even the binding fascination of The Collector and The Magus. From the god-like stance of the nineteenth-century novelist that he both assumes and gently mocks, to the last detail of dress, idiom and manners, his book is an immaculate recreation of Victorian England. Not only is it the epic love story of two people of insight and imagination seeking escape from the cant and tyranny of their age, it is also a brilliantly sustained allegory on the decline of the static Victorian ethos and on the birth of the twentieth-century passion for freedom.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman - SIGNED. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1969.
Price: US$578.87 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st edition, 1st printing hardback in unclipped dustjacket. Signed by author on the pre-title page with no other inscriptions. Book and jacket in VG+ condition, very slight mark to side foreedge. Not ex library or a remainder. Scans available on request
Seller: Mungobooks, Poole, United Kingdom
Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman -- 1st British Edition Signed. Jonathan Cape, 1969.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket (price intact) with slight rubbing at the corners. SIGNED BY FOWLES on the title page: "John Fowles, Lyme Regis, 14.8.01." Housed in a custom-made clamshell case. A beautiful signed copy of what many consider Fowles' masterpiece. We have the largest selection of John Fowles first editions for sale in the world--please inquire about our multiple-purchase discounts, or if you need assistance with building a Fowles collection.
Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
John Fowles. The French Lieutenant's Woman. Jonathan Cape, London, 1969.
Price: US$611.03 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A signed presentation copy of the first edition of John Fowles's celebrated postmodernist Victorian-era romance. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.With the inscription 'Christian with love from F' to the half title.Fowles's third published novel examines the fraught relationship between a gentleman naturalist and the former governess with whom he falls in love, both following and challenging the conventions of the novels of the Victorian period.The novel was adapted for the screen by Harold Pinter.An excellent first edition by Fowles, the renowned British novelist of works positioned between modernism and postmodernism, best known for 'The Magus', 'A Maggot', and 'The Collector'. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Minor sunning to dust wrapper back strip, with significant rubbing to back strip head and tail. Spot to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription to half title. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1969.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Fowles' classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by John Fowles on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams. Possibly the most beloved of Fowles's internationally bestselling works, The French Lieutenant's Woman is a feat of seductive storytelling that effectively invents anew the Victorian novel. "Filled with enchanting mysteries and magically erotic possibilities" (New York Times). It was the basis for the 1981 British romantic drama film directed by Karel Reisz, produced by Leon Clore, and adapted by playwright Harold Pinter. The music score is by Carl Davis and the cinematography by Freddie Francis. The film stars Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. Other featured actors include Hilton McRae, Peter Vaughan, Colin Jeavons, Liz Smith, Patience Collier, Richard Griffiths, David Warner, Alun Armstrong, Penelope Wilton, and Leo McKern. It is universally regarded as a modern classic.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1969.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Fowles' third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Phil Thayer - with gratitude and every good wish for the future - John Fowles, Regis, January 21st, 1970." With the bookplate of John Fowles to the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams. Possibly the most beloved of Fowles's internationally bestselling works, The French Lieutenant's Woman is a feat of seductive storytelling that effectively invents anew the Victorian novel. "Filled with enchanting mysteries and magically erotic possibilities" (New York Times). It was the basis for the 1981 British romantic drama film directed by Karel Reisz, produced by Leon Clore, and adapted by playwright Harold Pinter. The music score is by Carl Davis and the cinematography by Freddie Francis. The film stars Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. Other featured actors include Hilton McRae, Peter Vaughan, Colin Jeavons, Liz Smith, Patience Collier, Richard Griffiths, David Warner, Alun Armstrong, Penelope Wilton, and Leo McKern. It is universally regarded as a modern classic.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Fowles, John [Harold Pinter]. The French Lieutenant's Woman.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1969.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Fowles' classic third novel. Octavo, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers. Signed by both John Fowles and Harold Pinter on the title page. Pinter wrote the screenplay for the 1981 film bearing the same name. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. An excellent near fine example in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing. Endpaper drawing by Tom Adams. Rare and desirable signed by both Fowles and Pinter. Possibly the most beloved of Fowles's internationally bestselling works, The French Lieutenant's Woman is a feat of seductive storytelling that effectively invents anew the Victorian novel. "Filled with enchanting mysteries and magically erotic possibilities" (New York Times). It was the basis for the 1981 British romantic drama film directed by Karel Reisz, produced by Leon Clore, and adapted by playwright Harold Pinter. The music score is by Carl Davis and the cinematography by Freddie Francis. The film stars Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. Other featured actors include Hilton McRae, Peter Vaughan, Colin Jeavons, Liz Smith, Patience Collier, Richard Griffiths, David Warner, Alun Armstrong, Penelope Wilton, and Leo McKern. It is universally regarded as a modern classic.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.