Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
FOWLES, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1969.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Second printing. Spotting on the page edges and slight fading on the boards else near fine in a very good dust jacket with creasing, shallow chips, and short tears. Signed by the author. Basis for the 1981 film starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
FOWLES, JOHN. The French Lieutenant's Woman. New York, Little Brown, 1969.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book has staining to the lower edge of the pages, very good. Dust jacket is price clipped, has some wear and closed tears, very good. Signed by Fowles. First edition, so stated.
Seller: Darwin Labordo, Books, Sierra Madre, CA, U.S.A.
FOWLES, JOHN. The French Lieutenant's Woman. Little Brown, Boston, 1969.
Price: US$150.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Silver lettered grey cloth in decorative price clipped dust jacket. Signed & dated by the author on the title page. "John Fowles, May 7th, 1998 Toronto, Canada" Ink name on endpaper. Some fading at edges of the boards. Dj with wear and creasing at the extremities.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1969.
Price: US$154.97 + 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
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st American Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by John Fowles on a bookplate attached to half-title page (signature only). DJ has shelf edge wear at spine ends and corners. $7.95 price intact on DJ flap; mylar protected. Also includes laid-in is a 8x10 sheet with color photo of JEREMY IRONS that is SIGNED and inscribed by Irons below photo (played 'Charles Smithson & Mike' in the film version of novel). Also includes laid-in a card SIGNED by actress PENELOPE WILTON, who played 'Sonia' in the Karel Reisz film version of novel. Also includes a small photo SIGNED and inscribed by PETER VAUGHN (played 'Mr. Freeman' in film). (Bonus: Comes with a unsigned 1st Printing hardcover copy of Fowles' novel "A Maggot"--due to weight free bonus book only comes with domestic order). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Original cloth in dust jacket. No markings or bookplates, dust jacket with the original price on front flap, fine. SIGNED by John Fowles on the second plain endpaper. This signature is in black felt tip marker, which Fowles signed early on. Unusual in this pristine condition. Made into a successful motion picture with Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep. Scarce thus.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
FOWLES, JOHN. The French LieutenantÕs Woman. Boston Little Brown 1969, 1969.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition - American. Inscribed and signed by the author, John Fowles, to fellow writer, Wayne Warga. Inscribed: ÒWayne Warga, With my fond best wishes and regret these are never met. John Fowles. Los Angeles, 17.xi.1969.Ó Very good lightly used copy with some slight dampstaining and fading to the cloth at the top and bottom of the spine and outer edges, with a 2Ó x 1 1/2Ó faint spot at the bottom edge of the rear board near the spine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a few very slight rubbed spots and couple of very tiny edge nicks. The basis of the film starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons, with a screenplay by Harold Pinter. From the library of journalist and novelist Wayne Warga. The youngest editor at Life Magazine at age 25, Warga reported on John F. KennedyÕs race for the Presidency, and went on to cover the Civil Rights movement for the magazine. For many years, Warga was one of the leading writers at the Los Angeles Times where he did in depth articles and features on writers and people in the arts. Later, Warga became a mystery novelist, creating three well-received bibliomysteries: Hardcover, Fatal Impressions, and Singapore Transfer, featuring Los Angeles rare book dealer, Jeffrey Dean.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman. Little Brown, 1969.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated First Edition with no mention of subsequent printings; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED and warmly inscribed by the author on the 2nd free paper. A handsome copy of this extraordinary novel, by the author of "The Collector" and "The Magus"; scarce in the true first edition and signed by Fowles. This copy is in near fine condition with a square tight binding, bright gold design and silver lettering over pale blue boards, and crisp, white pages throughout; the book does show some mild sunning to the spine ends, some slight rubbing to the edges, and a couple of small soiled areas to the exterior text block, else fine. Housed in a bright and clean near fine dust jacket that shows some very light rubbing to the spine ends and edges, and a date stamp to the bottom of the back flap (the corner of the back flap also has a tiny tear). Overall, a highly presentable and very collectible copy of this novel, enhanced with Fowles signature. Not remaindered, not price clipped ($7.95 intact), and not ex-library; in archival protection and will ship in a sturdy box.
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.