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Vera Caspary Laura 1st Edition Sold
Vera Caspary was a writer known for her short stories, novels and screenplays. Her most famous work is perhaps the 1943 mystery novel Laura, which was adapted into the 1944 hit film staring Gene Tierney.
Below is a recent realized price for a 1st edition copy of Vera Caspary Laura. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you:
Vera Caspary Laura 1st Edition. Sold for nearly $5,000.
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Louisa May Alcott signed ”Little Women,” published by Roberts Brothers: Boston 1880. Impossible to find, the author’s signature within her masterpiece reads: ”L.M. Alcott” upon the fly-leaf. An Alcott signed instance of ”Little Women” has not been sold at auction in over 4 decades. First published in 1869, Alcott’s spellbinding novel about four sisters coming of age in the Civil War era has since become a classic. This edition is bound in hunter green cloth boards with gilt and black lettering and design. All edges gilt. Measures 7” x 8.5”. Surface loss to exterior corners and edges. Cracking to interior front hinge, with detached front free endpaper. A bookplate affixed to the front pastedown indicates this volume was gifted to the Brookline Public Library in 1917. In addition, the library’s perforated label appears at the bottom of the title page. A news clipping of Alcott’s obituary has been affixed to integral blanks. A label affixed to the rear pastedown reads: ”This book is for use in the library building only” and a barcode label has been partially removed from the rear free endpaper, else very good. With PSA/DNA COA. Sold for $8,908.
”To Kill a Mockingbird” Signed by Harper Lee in 1960, the Year of Publication
Scarce early Harper Lee signature on a first edition, fourth printing of her classic, ”To Kill a Mockingbird” published by J.B. Lippincott Company: Philadelphia: 1960. The elusive Pulitzer Prize winning author pens a rare inscription on the front free endpaper the year of the book’s release: ”To Scottie Frasier’s Godchildren: Terry and Al Rosen, With the best wishes of Harper Lee / September 14, 1960.” Harper Lee’s portrayal of life in a small Alabama town captured the essence of the South and became an instant American classic. She never finished a second novel and granted almost no interviews or public appearances. Volume runs 296pp. and measures 5.5” x 8.25”. Later eighth printing dustjacket encases the book. Some light wear to edges of dustjacket, else near fine condition. Sold for $6,250.
Ayn Rand Signed “Fountainhead” 1st Edition
Signed and inscribed copy of Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead.” Bobbs-Merrill Company: New York: 1943. First edition, later printing. Signed in ink to front free endpaper, “To David Weisbart / Thank you for your brilliant job of film editing – and for your philosophical interest – Ayn Rand.” First edition points present as follows: page 9: the “9” looks like an “o” at the bottom; page 321, line 5: “refrred”; page 381, line 4: “G.W. the ‘G’ is shorter; page 480 line 2: Dominique misspelled “Domininque.” Along with “Anthem” and “Atlas Shrugged,” “The Fountainhead” placed Rand in rarified company among the great authors of her generation. Volume shows only minor wear to edges and ends, else excellent condition. An exceptional copy of this literary masterwork by one of the twentieth century’s greatest intellectuals. Sold for $3,475.
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