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John Barth. The Sot-Weed Factor. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1980.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: 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, still in original position. A fine book with just a touch of foxing / duststaining on the top edge. Tight binding, unread book, very collectable ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 735 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
BARTH, JOHN. The Sot-Weed Factor. The Franklin Library, 1980.
Price: US$131.25 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Gilt lettered full leather binding. Gilt edges with silk endpapers and ribbon marker. Limited edition, signed by the author. Book still in the original shrinkwrap. Includes the booklet. A fine copy.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Barth, John. The Sot-Weed factor. Signed. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1980.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed by John Barth on second preliminary page. A Limited Edition. Full red leather with gilt titles and decorations; all edges gilt; raised bands; silk moire endpapers; ribbon page marker. This is the higher quality full leather binding published by The Franklin Library. This green leather binding appears to be the only one listed in US. BB
Seller: Plain Tales Books, Arlington Hts, IL, U.S.A.
Barth, John. The Sot-weed Factor. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pa, 1980.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Description: Nice copy signed by author on third free endpaper with tissue guard. Unmarked, tight and square. Rich red leather with much gilt tooling and decoration. All edges gilt. Silk book-mark sewn in. Moire fabric endsheets. His classic novel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Barth, John. The Sot-Weed Factor. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1980.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Second Edition of the Franklin Library Series. Flat-signed by author on tissue-covered flyleaf with NO inscription. Gold ornamented red boards with raised bands, aeg, satin page marker, silk pastedowns, etc. FINE cond with only flaw: prev owner's bookplate attached to front pastedown. NO other flaws - appears unread. NO jacket as issued.
Seller: Sellsbooks, Indio, CA, U.S.A.
John Barth. THE SOT-WEED FACTOR. Franklin Library, 1980.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Limited edition, full red leather with gilt decorations, gilt all around. tissue guard over signature. 4 bands, with booklet Notes from the Editor.
Seller: A Casperson Books, Niles, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$255.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: The Sot-Weed Factor **SIGNED, LIMITED FULL LEATHER EDITION WITH THE IMPORTANT SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKLET** SIGNED BY John Barth. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION from the FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1980. Gorgeous full red leather with gilt in AS NEW condition. Illustrated by Ben Wohlberg. 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 author's signature Includes a "Special Message to Subscribers" from John Barth. 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.
Barth, John. The Sot-Weed Factor. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1980.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1980. Limited Edition, and signed by author John Barth on the third free endpaper, with tissue guard. Accompanied by the its original 22-page "Notes From the Editors" pamphlet. As New, pristine; never read - nor handled, except to scan and store. Ribbon bookmark is, in fact, still in its original position. See scans. Large octavo, 735 pp.; full rich red leather, gilt decorated and imprinted, spine panels rib divided, All Edges Gilt, red silk moire endpapers with matching red satin page-marker ribbon. Franklin's as-always lavish binding of Barth's famed 1960 satire - the adventures of Ebenezer Cooke (fictionalized) during the colonization of Maryland. The Franklin Library, doing what they did best. Handsomely preserved. Please review scans. With the author's "A Special Message to Subscribers from John Barth" (prefacing the novel) and the separate original 22-page "Notes From the Editors". Seasoned with in-spirit Ben Wohlberg illustrations. A pristine example of a famous epic historical romance. Please review scans. L-franklin2
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$299.00 + shipping
Description: Near Fine, 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.; Signed by John Barth. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$299.00 + shipping
Description: Near Fine, 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.; Signed by the author. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$299.00 + shipping
Description: Near Fine, 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.; Signed by John Barth. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.