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1st Item: THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, by John Irving, New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1985. Hardcover Limited edition of 250 copies signed by Irving on a limitation page, this being # 88. Royal octavo. 560pp. Brown and grey cloth in original mylar jacket and brown cloth covered slipcase. 2nd Item: A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY, John Irving, New York: William Morrow, and Company, Inc., 1989. Hardcover Limited Edition of 250 copies signed by Irving on a limitation page, this being # 89, as indicated on paper note under shrink wrap. Octavo, gilt top edge, silk ribbon, Brown and grey cloth with gilt stamped spine, in original mylar jacket and brown cloth covered slipcase. 3rd Item: LOON LAKE, E.L. Doctorow, New York: Random House, 1980. Hardcover Limited Edition of 350 copies signed by Doctorow on a limitation page, this being # 37, Octavo, 258pp., blue cloth gilt-stamped boards in publisher''s blue slipcase. 4th Item: LIVES OF THE POETS, E.L. Doctorow, New York: Random House, 1984. Hardcover Limited Edition, one of 350 copies signed by Doctorow on a limitation page, Octavo, 145pp., blue cloth gilt-stamped boards in publisher''s blue slipcase, unopened in publisher''s shrink wrap. 5th Item: WORLD''S FAIR, E.L. Doctorow, New York: Random House, 1985. Hardcover Limited Edition, one of 300 copies signed by Doctorow on a limitation page, Octavo, 288pp., blue cloth gilt-stamped boards in publisher''s blue slipcase, unopened in publisher''s shrink wrap. 6th Item: BILLY BATHGATE, E.L. Doctorow, New York: Random House, 1989. Hardcover Limited Edition of 300 copies signed by Doctorow on a limitation page, this being # 40 as indicated on slipcase sticker, Octavo, 223pp., blue cloth gilt-stamped boards in publisher''s blue slipcase. 7th Item: MANTISSA, John Fowles, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1982. Hardcover Limited Edition of 510 copies signed by Fowles on a limitation page, this being #131 as noted on slipcase. Unopened with publisher''s original $75 price on shrink wrap. Octavo. 196pp. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt, in publisher''s blue slipcase. 8th Item: A MAGGOT, John Fowles, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1985. Hardcover Limited Edition, one of 360 copies signed by Fowles on a limitation page, unopened in publisher''s shrink wrap. Octavo. 455pp, beige cloth boards with gilt stamped spine, in burnt-orange slipcase. Items range in size from 9 3/4"x 6" (Mantissa), to 11" x 7 3/4" (Cider).
PROVENANCE: Private Nashville Collection.
CONDITION: (Cider): Very Fine in publisher''s Fine slipcase, very slight wear to case, sticker of $75 to rear. (Meany): As New in publisher''s shrink-wrapped Very Fine slipcase, price sticker of $150 on rear. (Loon): Very Fine in Very Fine slipcase. (Poets): As New in publisher''s Very Fine shrink-wrapped slipcase, $75 sticker to rear of shrink.(World''s Fair): As New in publisher''s shrink-wrapped slipcase, $75 sticker to rear of shrink. (Bathgate): As New in publisher''s shrink-wrapped slipcase, publisher''s barcode sticker to rear of shrink. (Mantissa) Very Fine in Very Fine slipcase. (Maggot) Very Fine in Fine slipcase, slight bump to bottom.
