(15) Books: Philip Roth, Tom Robbins, Kurt Vonnegut & Others

Lot description

(lot of 15) Books: (1) "Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories," Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin Company, Riverside Press, 1959, author signed at title page, not marked "First Edition," dust jacket with publisher initials at lower spine, dust jacket inner flaps clipped; (1) "Our Gang," Philip Roth, Random House, 1971, stated First Edition at copyright page, author signature on card at first interior page, tape marks at upper and lower blue section of cover, Mylar cover, dust jacket complete with $5.95 price; (1) "Letting Go," Philip Roth, Random House, 1962, first edition stated "First Printing", blue and black hard cover, Mylar covered dust jacket retaining $5.95 price and loss at back near upper spine, gift sentiment at first inside page; (1) "Skinny Legs and All," Tom Robbins, Bantam Books, May 1990, author signed to buyer on title page, in good condition, dust jacker inside flap with $19.95 price; (1) "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues," Tom Robbins, Houghton Mifflin, 1976, paper back cover, author signed at the first title page to previous owner, 365 pages; (2) "Metamorphosis," Franz Kafka, Vanguard Press, 1946, black hard cover with reddish/ brown lettering, Mylar covered dust jacket with $6.95 price at lower front flap, previous owners book plate left of first title page, the second copy similar but front cover flap has been cut and is now without lettering, back flap with out publishes name at bottom, previous owner name written on upper first title page; (1) "Slapstick," Kurt Vonnegut, Delacorte Press, 1976, "First Delacorte Printing", author signed at first title page, blue hard cover, Mylar covered dust jacket, small stain at dust jacket lower left, 243 pages; (1) "Player Piano," Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Delacorte Press, 1952, book club reprint, 305 pages, dust jacket with chipping and spine creases, book sellers notes at title page; (1) "Cat's Cradle," Kurt Vonnegut Jr, Delacorte Press, 1963, book club reprint, 231 pages, dust jacket with rubs and chipping; (1) "Slaughter House," Kurt Vonnegut, Jonathan Cape, London, March 1979, reprinted April 1970, 186 pages, dust jacket with slight tear at spine and front flap clipped; (1) "Homage Catalonia," George Orwell, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1952, stated "first American edition," 232 pages, with next blank page torn out, previous owner name at first interior page; (1) "Homage to Catalonia," George Orwell, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1952, 232 pages, Mylar over the substantial torn dust jacket, booksellers small tag at first inside page; (1) "Down and out in Paris and London," George Orwell, Secker & Warburg, London, "New Edition, reset, 1949", dust jacket with tears and loss, bookseller penciled price and name at first interior page; (1) "Jacob's Room," Virginia Woolf, Harcourt, Brace Company, 1923, first American edition, orange cover, untrimmed lower page edges, 303 pages followed by advertising pages, oiling at covers and spine, largest: approx 9.5"h, 6.5"w, 2"d, 15.75lbs total