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WELTY, Eudora. The Optimist's Daughter. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1980.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Illustrated by Howard Rogers. 194 pages. 8vo, full dark red leather, gilt, a.e.g. Franklin Library, 1980. Limited Edition. Privately printed and signed by the author. Fine, except for foxing on the fore-edge, under the gilt.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Welty, Eudora.. The Optimist's Daughter.. The Franklin Library., Franklin Center., 1980.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: Signed by the author on an endpaper. weight: 1.4 lb. Very good, faint spotting to edges, slight bum to top edge, tight and unread, no dust jacket as issued. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. 22.5x15 cm. 194 pp. Hardcover, full maroon leather, raised bands, gilt decorations, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon marker.
Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
WELTY, Eudora. The Optimist's Daughter. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1980.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition thus with special message to subscriber's by Welty that doesn't appear in the trade edition. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. Full leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt, silk ribbon place holder, silk endpapers. Book is slightly musty thus near fine. Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Eudora Welty. The Optimist's Daughter. Franklin Library, Franklin Centre, 1980.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo pp.194. signed by author full leather, AEG, full leather, 3 raised bands, silk marker, silk end pages
Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Eudora Welty. The Optimist's Daughter. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1980.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Special signed edition, part of the 60 limited edition series published between 1977 and 1982. Beautifully bound in leather with gilt letter and design in 22kt gold and printed on archival paper with gilt edges. The end sheets are of moire silk fabric with a silk marker sewn in. Near fine book with only issue some dust staining / foxing on the top and fore edge. Tight binding in an unread book. Collectable signed copy ; 194 pages
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
Eudora Welty. The Optimist's Daughter. Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1980.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Size: 8.75"x 6", red leather with gilt lettering & decor. Limited Edition signed on 3rd end page. 194 pages.
Seller: Ink & Quill Books, Oak Harbor, OH, U.S.A.
Eudora Welty. The Optimist's Daughter (Signed). Franklin Library January 1980, 1980.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Distinctive Franklin Library signed hardcover edition. Full red leather with gold spine text and gold decorations on front and back boards. Signed by Eudora Welty on bound-in page with tissue guard. Three raised bands, gorgeous red silk moire endpapers. Sewn-in bookmark. In unread condition.
Seller: Copperfield's Used and Rare Books, Petaluma, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Franklin Library, Franklin Center PA, 1980, LIMITED EDITION, 194 pages, SIGNED with tissue guard in place, message from author at front, red satin bookmark bound in, illustrated in b&w by Howard Rogers, endpapers of deep maroon moire fabric, 6"x 8.75", hardcover, red leather with gilt titles and decorations, all page edges gilt, no dust jacket (as issued), contents clean and tight, book very good+ {This ornate volume seems to have been barely opened: its cloth bookmark is even still neatly in place.} (VG+/no dj) 3896 [(s)0408KW]
Seller: Librarium, East Chatham, NY, U.S.A.
Welty, Eudora. The Optimist's Daughter. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1980.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: Red leather HB with gilt lettering and edges and silk end pages/signed by author
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Welty, Eudora. The Optimist's Daughter **SIGNED**. Franklin Library, 1980.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: SIGNED BY EUDORA WELTY. Gorgeous full red leather with gilt in AS NEW condition. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. Hardcover, full maroon leather, raised bands, gilt decorations, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon marker.
Seller: The Modern Library, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Welty, Eudora. The Optimist's Daughter. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1980.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Lovely clean copy signed by Welty as issued. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. "Special Message" by Welty for this edition. "Notes from the Editors" booklet laid-in
Seller: Recycled, Corte Madera, CA, U.S.A.
WELTY, EUDORA. The Optimist's Daughter. The Franklin Library, 1980.
Price: US$226.08 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Gilt lettered full leather binding. Gilt edges with silk endpapers and ribbon marker. Limited edition, signed by the author. In the original unopened cardboard box, with the booklet. A fine copy.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Welty, Eudora. THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1980.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning short novel. Revised from a shorter version first published in THE NEW YORKER, THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER is a novel about "death and class," set in New Orleans and Mississippi and centering around a woman's battle with her stepmother during and after the last days of her father's life. In the words of THE NEW YORK TIMES's glowing contemporary review, "a long goodbye in a very short space not only to the dead but to delusion as well." A beautifully presented copy of one of Welty's greatest works. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Full red gilt leather. All edges gilt. Silk moire endpapers, satin bookmark and tissue guard for the signature page. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. With introduction by Welty, penned especially for this edition. 194 pages. "Notes from the Editors" booklet laid-in, as issued. In original cardboard box with original foam insert still present. Boc a little worn. Else bright, sharp, clean, and tight.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$274.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Lean to spine. ; Signed by author on 2nd FEP. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: The Optimist's Daughter **SIGNED, LIMITED FULL LEATHER EDITION WITH THE IMPORTANT SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKLET** SIGNED BY Eudora Welty. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION from the FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1980. Gorgeous full red leather with gilt in AS NEW condition. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. Genuine leather binding with gold-stamped title and decoration, four raised spine-bands, all edges gilt, silk moire end-papers, ribbon bookmark, the publisher's protective tissue-guard is present and laid-in to protect the authors signature Includes a "Special Message to Subscribers" from Eudora Welty. Also included is the "NOTES FROM THE EDITORS" supplemental booklet that came with the signed limited edition with valuable insight in to the creation of this book including biographical photographs of the author at work. A GREAT GIFT QUALITY COPY WITH THE IMPORTANT SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKLET THAT COLLECTORS REQIURE. This book is one of 60 published by the Franklin Library's Signed leather bound Limited Edition series published between 1977 and 1982. This is a high quality production from the Franklin Library!!
Seller: The Modern Library, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Signed by Welty as issued. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. "Special Message" by Welty for this edition. Gilt-stamped, leather-covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker and tissue insert for the signature page. "Notes from the Editors" booklet laid-in as issued. In the publisher's original stiff paper case with gold foil label and foam padding. The foil lable has been lifted which caused a short tear and an abrasion under it on the carton. The book and booklet are unread copies in Fine condition. Unusual as such.
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Welty, Eudora. The Optimist's Daughter. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1980.
Price: US$365.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1980. Limited Edition, and Signed by author Eudora Welty on the third free endpaper, with tissue guard. Accompanied by the scarce original 22-page "Notes From the Editors" pamphlet (see scan). Specially-commissioned illustrations by Howard Rogers. As New, pristine; never read - nor handled, except to scan and store. Ribbon bookmark is, in fact, still in its original position. See scans. Octavo, 194 pp.; full rich deep red leather, gilt decorated and imprinted, spine panels rib divided, All Edges Gilt, wine red silk moire endpapers with matching red satin page-marker ribbon. The gilt is 22k, and the paper is custom-made 70-pound Franklin Library Classic Vellum, the typeface 11-point Janson. Franklin's as-always lavish binding, here for Welty's 1972 Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of southern family relationships. The Franklin Library, doing what they did best. Handsomely preserved. Please review scans. With the author's 1980 "A Special Message to Subscribers from Eudora Welty" (prefacing the novel) - at 7 pages one of the longer such messages in this limited edition series - and the scarce, separate original 22-page "Notes From the Editors", in pristine condition as well. A collector's example. Please review scans. L-franklin2
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Welty, Eudora. The Optimist's Daughter. Franklin Library, 1980.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: LIMITED EDITION specially bound by the Franklin Library. This copy is SIGNED by Eudora Welty. A beautiful copy. The book is in wonderful shape and appears unread. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a superb copy SIGNED by the author in collector's condition. Includes an acetate cover protecting the book.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.