NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1970). First UK edition of this National Book Award winner -- his third book to win the award. Fine in quite fine dust jacket with only the barest wear. Item #71888 More
AN AMERICAN REQUIEM: God, My Father, and the War that Came Between Us.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. First edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED, "For Pamela/ Thank you for being part of this book's birth! Peace/ James Carroll/ June 5, 1996." Winner of the 1996 National Book Award for non-fiction. Item #35383 More
WHITE NOISE.
(New York): Viking, (1985). First edition. National Book Award winner and basis for the 2022 movie starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, et al. INSCRIBED on half-title page, "To Barbara [underlined]/ Don DeLillo," Near fine in near fine dust jacket with both book and jacket showing only the very..... Item #72137 More
INVISIBLE MAN.
New York: Random House, (1952). First edition. His National Award-winning first book. Ranked 19th on the Modern Library list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century and one of Time Magazine's 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. Anthony Burgess called it "a masterpiece." Crisp and..... Item #54193 More
I MET A GYPSY.
London: Methuen, (1935). First edition. Winner in 1936 of the first-ever National Book Award under the category of "Bookseller Discovery" -- or, as it was called at the time, the "forgotten book of the year that least deserved to be forgotten." This was in the early, pre-war days when NBA's..... Item #71920 More
THE FIELD OF VISION.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1956). First edition. His National Book Award-winning novel. Cartoonist Claude Smith's copy with his notes on the book dated 1981, 1986 and 1994 laid in. It was clearly a favorite of his. Near fine in good only price-clipped dust jacket with 2" chip to..... Item #52997 More
THE COLLECTED STORIES OF KATHERINE ANNE PORTER.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1965). First American edition of her National Book and Pulitzer Prize-winning collection. Adding four stories and a new author's preface to the British edition which preceded. The book is near fine in lightly soiled dust jacket with chipping on edges. Still an attractive copy. Item #49605 More
SOPHIE'S CHOICE.
New York: Random House, (1979). First edition. Uncorrected proof. Winner of the National Book Award and the basis for the Oscar award-winning movie of the same name featuring the inimitable Meryl Streep. Included in Anthony Burgess's 99 Best Novels. Touch of minor shelfwear, otherwise fine in red, printed paperwraps. Item #49037 More