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| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $19.95 | ISBN 0394726677 Publisher: VINTAGE BOOKS, 1978 Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.: VINTAGE BOOKS, 1978. C-0053; BOX C-00151;ATB;PA; 208 pp. NOT SIGNED. NOT FIRST; REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL. PAPERBACK. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by X/ATB. 8vo - over 7 3/4 " - 9 3/4 " tall. Private Press. Signed. | JOHN P LA CROIX,BOOKSELLER [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Eudora Welty | The Optimist's Daughter | $25.00 | ISBN 0394726677 Publisher: Vintage Vintage, July 1978. Mass Market PaperBack Mass Market PaperBack. Very Good. Signed by Welty on title page. Signed. | A Cappella Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| WELTY EUDORA | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER | $73.99 | Publisher: Random House, 1992 New York: Random House, 1992. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. 7th Printing. A fine copy in like D/W. Inscribed by the Author on the title page: For Elizabeth Wells-Browne,/ with very good wishes, Eudora Welty/ October 15, 1974. Signed. | James M Pickard [United Kingdom] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $100.00 | Publisher: The Franklin Library, 1980, 1980 The Franklin Library, 1980, 1980. Slight sunning to edges of endpapers, faint wear, still near fine. Signed by the author Signed. | The Hermitage Bookshop, Member ABAA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $100.00 | Publisher: Franklin Library, 1978 Franklin Centre: Franklin Library, 1978. pp. [2] 190.1973 Pulitzer Prize. A Limited Edition.AEG attractive vine designs in gilt on covers, gilt lettering and designs on spine, 3 raised bands.franklin Library gold foil embossed label on second front end page, signed by Welty on the ffep.. Signed By the Author. Limited Edition. Leather. Very Good/No Dj. Illus. by Mitchell Hooks. 8vo. Signed. | The Edmonton Book Store [Canada] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $118.75 | Publisher: The Franklin Library, 1980 Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1980 194pp, illustrated, moire silk end-papers. All edges gilt. With silk ribbon page marker. Boards bound in full decorative leather, gilt, with raised spine bands. Pulitzer Prize winner 1973.. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Illus. by Rogers, Howard.. 8vo. Signed. | Lawrence Jones [Australia] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $125.00 | ISBN 0394480171 Publisher: Random House, 1972 Random House, 1972-04-12. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author. Inscribed and signed on title page by Author to previous owner. Very Good Condition! First Edition, second printing. NO remainder marks. From private collection. Text is clean, cover has light wear. Top page edge has a little tanning - 100% Guaranteed. First edition. Signed. | Bobzbay [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $139.00 | Publisher: Franklin Library, 1980 Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. As New. 1980. Limited Signed Edition; Signed by Author. Full-Leather. A special Limited Edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR Eudora Welty in As New condition; The Optimist's Daughter is a compact and inward-looking little novel, a Pulitzer Prize winner. The optimist in question is 71-year-old Judge McKelva, who has come to a New Orleans hospital from Mount Salus, Mississippi, complaining of a "disturbance" in his vision. To his daughter, Laurel, it's as rare for... | Books Tell You Why [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter [SIGNED] | $150.00 | ISBN 0394480171 Publisher: Random House, 1972 New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1972. First Edition (stated), First Printing w/ correct Random House number line. Hard cover 8vo - over 7 3/4 " - 9 3/4 " tall in oatmeal cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Near Fine book in About Fine unclipped DJ w/ thin line drawn through original number (but still legible). Mild slant and text block separation, cloth lightly spotted (foxed) front, back and top (a common problem with this book). Important work by the late author. 180pp.. First... | Basement Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| WELTY EUDORA | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER | $157.50 | Publisher: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1980 FRANKLIN CENTER PA: FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 1980. FRANKLIN MINT LIMITED EDITION LEATHERBOUND, COLLECTOR'S EDITION, FULL LEATHER BOARDS, WITH GILT DESIGN, RAISED BANDS, SILK MOIRE END PAPERS, WITH RIBBON, GILT EDGES, UNREAD COPIES,. BY AUTHOR. FRANKLIN LIMITED EDITION. MAROON LEATHER HARD COVER. Fine. 8vo - over 7 3/4 " - 9 3/4 " tall. CLEAN GIFT QUALITY. Signed. | Old Erie Street Bookstore [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Eudora Welty | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER (SIGNED, LEATHER BOUND) | $171.72 | Publisher: Franklin Press, 1980 Franklin Press. Near Fine. 1980. Hardcover. Nearly Fine Condition! SIGNED! Full genuine leather with decorative paper end papers, and hand signed by the author. Our Promise to You: ALL OUR DUST JACKETS COME WITH CLEAR BRODART PROTECTIVE COVERS. (Please read listing to determine if this book comes with a dust jacket.) Your order will be CAREFULLY PACKAGED IN A BOX for safe transition. We strive for 100% customer satisfaction!; Signed by Author . Signed. | New Boston Fine and Rare Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $185.00 | Publisher: Random House, 1980 New York: Random House. Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1980. Limited Ed. Leather. Signed by the author, limited edition . Signed. | Garfield Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER | $215.00 | Publisher: Franklin Library, 1980 Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1980. First edition. Signed by Welty as issued. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. "Special Message" by Welty for this edition. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker. Tissue insert for the signature page. "Notes from the Editors" booklet laid-in as issued. Bottom board edges just touched (not immediately apparent); otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Illus. by Howard Rogers. 8vo - over 7 3/4 "... | Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $250.00 | ISBN 0394480171 Publisher: Random House, 1972 Random House. Inscribed Copy Signed by the Author. Dust jacket is covered with mylar jacket protector. Light spotting to page tops. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1972. First edition. Signed. | McAllister & Solomon Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER | $290.00 | Publisher: Franklin Library, 1980 Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1980. First edition. Signed by Welty as issued. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. "Special Message" by Welty for this edition. Gilt-stamped, leather-covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker and tissue insert for the signature page. "Notes from the Editors" booklet laid-in as issued. In the publisher's original stiff paper case with gold foil label and foam padding. The foil lable has been lifted which caused a short tear and an abrasion under it on the... | Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter - Excerpt | $300.00 | 8.5 x 11 inch 30 lb stock, tan. Opening paragraphs of the novel, beginning "A nurse held the door open for them." Signed by Welty. Fine condition.Signed by Author. Faircopy/Typescript. The image is of the actual faircopy described. Signed. | Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $400.00 | Publisher: Random House, 1972. First Limited Edition, 103/300, 1972 Random House, 1972. First Limited Edition, 103/300, 1972. First Limited Edition, 103/300. Owner's bookplate to front pastedown, else fine in near fine publisher's slipcase with faint wear to open edge. Signed by author Signed. | The Hermitage Bookshop, Member ABAA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| WELTY, Eudora | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER | $625.00 | Publisher: Random House New York: Random House, (1972). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a small stain to the front panel. Welty's only Pulitzer Prize winner. This copy is SIGNED by the author on the title page. First edition. Signed. | Charles Agvent [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $750.00 | Publisher: Random House, 1972 Clean, tight book showing no flaws. Numbered slipcase bumped at top front corner, half-inch square sticker ghost bottom corner else fine. Random House New York 1972 1st Edition Hardback Cloth 8vo. 180 pp. Dark-red cloth, gilt spine. In publisher's slipcase. #260 of a signed, limited edition of 300. Increasingly scarce among this author's limited editions. First edition. Signed. | 12th Street Books, ABAA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| WELTY, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $850.00 | Publisher: Random House, 1972 New York: Random House, 1972. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo,cloth, d.w. New York: Random House, (1972). First Edition. Presentation copy to theater critic Howard Kissel, with his ownership signature. First edition. Signed. | Argosy Book Store [United States] | Info/Buy |
| WELTY, Eudora | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER | $1,875.00 | Publisher: Random House New York: Random House, (1972). First Edition. cloth. A few small stains to the top of the endpaper which has a faint paperclip impression. Cloth a tad soiled and rubbed. Near Fine in Fine dustwrapper. A likely Review Copy of this Pulitzer Prize winner with compliments slip from a Random House representative laid in. More important, this copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper to fellow writer Jonathan Carroll, author of THE LAND OF LAUGHS, BONES OF THE MOON, and... | Charles Agvent [United States] | Info/Buy |
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| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter. | $600.00 | Hardcover, ISBN 039448018X First edition ISBN: 039448018x 8vo. 180pp., Number 25 out of 300 copies of the first edition that were printed on special paper and specially bound. Each signed and numbered by Eudora Welty. Clean interior, binding tight, rubbing to slipcase. Otherwise in great shape. 1973 Pulitzer Prize winner. Cloth in box Cloth in box Very Good New York: Random House, 1972. | Cellar Stories Bookstore [United States] | Info/Buy |
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| Eudora Welty | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER (SIGNED, LEATHER BOUND) | $171.72 | Hardcover Publisher: Franklin Press, 1980 Nearly Fine Condition! SIGNED! Full genuine leather with decorative paper end papers, and hand signed by the author. Our Promise to You: ALL OUR DUST JACKETS COME WITH CLEAR BRODART PROTECTIVE COVERS. (Please read listing to determine if this book comes with a dust jacket.) Your order will be CAREFULLY PACKAGED IN A BOX for safe transition. We strive for 100% customer satisfaction!; Signed by Author, Near Fine (Literature Signed Eudora Welty Modern Leather Bound Modern Leather Bound::Fiction & Literature::Classics Modern Leather Bound::Fiction & Literature::Signed & First Editions Modern Leather Bound::Fiction & Literature::General) | New Boston Fine and Rare Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| WELTY, Eudora | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER | $625.00 | Hardcover Publisher: Random House, 1972 First Edition, Welty's only Pulitzer Prize winner. This copy is SIGNED by the author on the title page., Hardcover, Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a small stain to the front panel (Signed; Modern Firsts; Pulitzer Prize; Eudora Welty; First Editions, Signed, Pulitzer Prize, Women's Literature, Modern First Editions, Southern Literature) | Charles Agvent, ABAA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| WELTY, Eudora | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER | $1,875.00 | Hardcover Publisher: Random House, 1972 First Edition, A likely Review Copy of this Pulitzer Prize winner with compliments slip from a Random House representative laid in. More important, this copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper to fellow writer Jonathan Carroll, author of THE LAND OF LAUGHS, BONES OF THE MOON, and other novels., cloth, A few small stains to the top of the endpaper which has a faint paperclip impression. Cloth a tad soiled and rubbed. Near Fine in Fine dustwrapper (Pulitzer Prize; Jonathan Carroll; Women's Literature; Review Copy, Signed, Modern First Editions, Association Copy, Inscribed, Southern Literature) | Charles Agvent, ABAA [United States] | Info/Buy |
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| Eudora Welty | The Optimist's Daughter | $25.00 | Softcover, ISBN 0394726677 Publisher: Vintage July 1978, 1978 Signed by Welty on title page. | A Cappella Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $48.00 | Softcover Publisher: Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Crest/ Fawcett Publications, (1973), 1973 Paper binding. 208 pages. 6.9 x 4.1 in. Very Good with slight edge wear to covers; slight toning to some pages; browning starting on inside of covers. A cheap production, but INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. (Modern American Women Southern Fiction Novelists Novels First Editions Signed) | Silver Swan Company [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $65.00 | Hardcover Publisher: The Franklin Library, 1980 signed by Eudora Welty. tissue missing. first white endpage embossed. feels unopened/uncracked. a very stiff binding. crisp, clean, tight. a very nice copy (Eudora Welty Modern Literature Fiction) | Smith Family Bookstore Downtown [United States] | Info/Buy |
| WELTY EUDORA | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER | $77.91 | Hardcover Publisher: Random House, New York, 1992 7th Printing. A fine copy in like D/W. Inscribed by the Author on the title page: For Elizabeth Wells-Browne,/ with very good wishes, Eudora Welty/ October 15, 1974. | James M Pickard [United Kingdom] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter (Signed) | $80.00 | Hardcover Publisher: Franklin Library, Franklin Center PA, 1980 Limited edition, SIGNED by Welty on the first free endpaper, with tissue guard. Fully bound in genuine leather (unlike later FL editions) with gold stamped red leather boards, raised bands on spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, and satin ribbon. Winner of 1973 Pulitzer Prize. A few spots on top edge gilt, else fine. 194pp. A very tight unread copy. Domestic shipping includes tracking. | Jabberwock Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER. | $80.00 | Hardcover Publisher: The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1980 Very Fine, pristine condition. This is magnificent example of the art of publishing.a beautiful book and signed by Eudora Welty. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. Special message from the author. 194 pages. Full, red leather, with gilt tooled decorations, three raised bands on spine with gilt spine title and gilt embellisments in the compartments. All edges gilt, red moire end papers. attached silk ribbon page marker. This is a limited edition that has been signed by the author on the front free... (Novels/ Fiction/ Fine Bindings/ Leather/ Press Books) | Sun Mountain Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $90.00 | Hardcover Publisher: Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1980., 1980 SIGNED limited edition. Full leather binding with gilt borders and decorations; moire endpapers. all edges gilt. illustrated by Howard Rogers. Fine copy. Enclosed is the 22 page pamphlet "Notes from the Editors" which discusses Welty's career with photograph illustrations. This edition also has a special 6 page introduction by Welty that is unique to this printing. (American Southern Mississippi Women Woman Writers Novelists Novels Fiction First Editions Signed) | Silver Swan Company [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora and Howard Rogers, illustrator | The Optimist's Daughter | $90.00 | Hardcover Publisher: Franklin Library, Franklin Center PA, 1980, LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED, hardcover, (VG+/no dj),, 1980 Franklin Library, Franklin Center PA, 1980, LIMITED EDITION, 194 pages, SIGNED with tissue guard in place, message from author at front, red satin bookmark bound in, illustrated in b&w by Howard Rogers, endpapers of deep maroon moire fabric, 6"x 8.75", hardcover, red leather with gilt titles and decorations, all page edges gilt, no dust jacket (as issued), contents clean and tight, book very good+ {This ornate volume seems to have been barely opened: its cloth bookmark is even still neatly... (Illustrated, Howard Rogers, Literature, Fiction, Classics, Mint, Autographe d,) | Librarium [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter. | $100.00 | Hardcover Publisher: The Franklin Library, 1980 Slight sunning to edges of endpapers, faint wear, still near fine. Signed by the author. (First Editions, Signed, Southern Literature, Women Authors, Gift.) | THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP ABAA Member [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $125.00 | Hardcover, ISBN 0394480171 Publisher: Random House, NY, 1972 Near Fine hardcover in a Very Good+ dust jacket. SIGNED by Welty on the title page. The dust jacket has light water damage to the lower edge of the spine and a small blemish below the title on the front cover. The book's boards are lightly bumped by the upper and lower spine. The interior text is clean and crisp. A very attractive copy. 180 pp. (Fiction, Literature) | Chop Suey Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $125.00 | Hardcover, ISBN 0394480171 Publisher: Random House, 1972 Inscribed and signed on title page by Author to previous owner. Very Good Condition! First Edition, second printing. NO remainder marks. From private collection. Text is clean, cover has light wear. Top page edge has a little tanning - 100% Guaranteed. | Bobzbay [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $139.00 | Hardcover Publisher: Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1980 A special Limited Edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR Eudora Welty in As New condition; The Optimist's Daughter is a compact and inward-looking little novel, a Pulitzer Prize winner. The optimist in question is 71-year-old Judge McKelva, who has come to a New Orleans hospital from Mount Salus, Mississippi, complaining of a "disturbance" in his vision. To his daughter, Laurel, it's as rare for him to admit "self-concern" as it is for him to be sick, and she immediately flies down from Chicago to be by... (Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print Franklin Leather Autographed) | Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Eudora Welty | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER (SIGNED, LEATHER BOUND) | $171.72 | Hardcover Publisher: Franklin Press, 1980 Nearly Fine Condition! SIGNED! Full genuine leather with decorative paper end papers, and hand signed by the author. Our Promise to You: ALL OUR DUST JACKETS COME WITH CLEAR BRODART PROTECTIVE COVERS. (Please read listing to determine if this book comes with a dust jacket.) Your order will be CAREFULLY PACKAGED IN A BOX for safe transition. We strive for 100% customer satisfaction!; Signed by Author (Literature Signed Eudora Welty) | New Boston Fine and Rare Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER | $185.00 | Hardcover, ISBN 0394480171 Publisher: New York: Random House, 1972, 1972 NF/NF STATED FIRST EDITION. SIGNATURE of Ms. Welty on card attached to f.f.e.p. 18 pp. 8vo. | Dad's Old Book Store [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER | $225.00 | Hardcover Publisher: Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1980 First edition. Signed by Welty as issued. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. "Special Message" by Welty for this edition. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker. Tissue insert for the signature page. "Notes from the Editors" booklet laid-in as issued. Bottom board edges just touched (not immediately apparent); otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition. (Signed First Edition) | Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter. | $250.00 | Hardcover, ISBN 0394480171 Publisher: Random House, 1972 Inscribed Copy Signed by the Author. Dust jacket is covered with mylar jacket protector. Light spotting to page tops. (Signed Books, Eudora Welty) | McAllister & Solomon Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER | $300.00 | Hardcover Publisher: Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1980 First edition. Signed by Welty as issued. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. "Special Message" by Welty for this edition. Gilt-stamped, leather-covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker and tissue insert for the signature page. "Notes from the Editors" booklet laid-in as issued. In the publisher's original stiff paper case with gold foil label and foam padding. The foil lable has been lifted which caused a short tear and an abrasion under it on the carton. The book and booklet are unread... (Signed First Edition) | Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter - Excerpt | $300.00 | Softcover 8.5 x 11 inch 30 lb stock, tan. Opening paragraphs of the novel, beginning "A nurse held the door open for them." Signed by Welty. Fine condition. | Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $350.00 | Hardcover, ISBN 0394480171 Publisher: Random House, 1972 First Edition (first printing). The tenth novel by the author of THE PONDER HEART and DELTA WEDDING, the story of a young woman who returns to her former Mississippi home and stays for a few days after the death and funeral of her father. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Fine/Near Fine. A small light spot to the otherwise clean topstain and a tiny bit of rubbing to the dust jacket spine. There is an unnecessary tape repair to the ISBN number at the bottom of the rear dust jacket panel.... (General Literary Fiction; Southern) | Bill Leone, Bookseller, ABAA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Eudora Welty | The Optimist's Daughter (Signed Franklin Leatherbound, with booklet Notes From the Editor) | $375.00 | Hardcover Publisher: Franklin Library : Franklin Center, PA, 1980 SIGNED in blue ink by author EUDORA WELTY on third free endpaper (bound in, not tipped in); tissue guard laid in. 1980 Franklin Library Signed Limited Edition leatherbound collector's edition. Includes a special message by the author, plus original booklet Notes from the Editor included. Condition: fine; as new; unread. Rich burgundy hand-cut full leather boards with ornate gilt design. Hubbed spine; burgundy silk moire endpapers; matching bound-in ribbon. Textblock clean, tight, square,... | Bookshelves-USA (IOBA) [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter. | $400.00 | Hardcover Publisher: Random House, 1972 First Limited Edition, 103/300. Maroon cloth, gilt to spine. Owner's bookplate to front pastedown, else fine in near fine publisher's slipcase with faint wear to open edge. Signed by author. (First Editions, Signed, Gift) | THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP ABAA Member [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $500.00 | Hardcover, ISBN 0394480171 Publisher: Random House, 1972, 1972 Published in New York by Random House in 1972. First edition. Copyright page states "FIRST EDITION." INSCRIBED by the author on the front free end-paper: "For Lucy Rembert Butler / with many good wishes / and in old affection, / Eudora Welty." Book near fine, with some spotting on spine and boards, dated by previous owner on the ffep. DJ near fine, with slight rubbing at spine ends, very slight fading on spine, price-clipped. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item. | Bookbid [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Eudora Welty | The Optimist's Daughter | $500.00 | Hardcover, ISBN 0394480171 Publisher: Random House, New York, 1972 "The Optimist's Daughter" by Eudora Welty. First signed edition with original dark-red slipcase. Out of 300 specially bound and numbered books, this is number 230 with the author's signature underneath. Published by Random House, New York, 1972. Winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book is in near fine condition. The dark-red colored cloth boards are extremely well preserved and the gold detail on the front board and the lettering on the spine remains bright and intact. The... | Ernestoic Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| WELTY, Eudora | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER | $625.00 | Hardcover Publisher: Random House (1972), New York, 1972 Welty's only Pulitzer Prize winner. This copy is SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a small stain to the front panel (Signed; Modern Firsts; Pulitzer Prize; Eudora Welty; First Editions) | Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER. | $650.00 | Hardcover, ISBN 0394480171 Publisher: Random House, New York, 1972 Presentation copy signed and inscribed by the author to her good friend Willie Spann: "To Willie / with love from Eudora / 1972." Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and signed and inscribed in the year of publication. Bump to front corner. (Pulitzer Prize, Southern Literature, Presentation Copy) | Ed Smith Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $750.00 | Hardcover, ISBN 0394480171 Publisher: Random House, New York, 1972 Clean, tight book showing no flaws. Numbered slipcase bumped at top front corner, half-inch square sticker ghost bottom corner else fine. Cloth 8vo. 180 pp. Dark-red cloth, gilt spine. In publisher's slipcase. #260 of a signed, limited edition of 300. Increasingly scarce among this author's limited editions. | 12th Street Books, ABAA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter (Signed/Inscribed First Edition) | $750.00 | Hardcover, ISBN 0394480171 Publisher: Random House, New York, 1972 First Printing. Signed beautifully by the author directly to the title page and warmly inscribed "To Joy Kritzer/with best wishes,". An incredibly scarce signed Pulitzer winner thus, from the esteemed modern first collection of Ms. Kritzer. The book itself is unread and is absolutely fine in a fine dust jacket - which is now protected by a removable Brodart archival cover. The nicest copy we have seen. Quite scarce in this condition, let alone signed and inscribed. An especially unique copy... | Dexter's Book Cellar [United States] | Info/Buy |
| WELTY, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $850.00 | Hardcover Publisher: Random House, New York, 1972 Presentation copy to theater critic Howard Kissel, with his ownership signature. 8vo,cloth, d.w. New York: Random House, (1972). First Edition. | Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $950.00 | Hardcover Publisher: The Franklin Library, 1980 Published in Pennsylvania by the Franklin Library in 1980. Limited edition. Signed by the author. Leather-bound, with decorative endpapers, gold gilt cover designs and page edges, and a satin ribbon page marker. Booklet with editors' notes laid-in. Book fine. No DJ, as issued. | Bookbid [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER | $1,500.00 | Hardcover, ISBN 0394480171 Publisher: New York: Random House, (1972), 1972 First trade edition. [First edition, second issue (trade), first printing]. Inscribed by Eudora Welty on the front free endpaper: "For Howard with Love from Eudora and with gratitude for your wonderful piece. New York, May 25, 1972". 8vo, 180pp; bone linen cloth stamped in gold front and spine; beige dust jacket lettered in black, brown and purple. Top edge stained brown. This novella received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A masterly telling of a father's death. Miss Welty's exact ear for... | E. Wharton & Co., ABAA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| WELTY, Eudora | THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER | $1,875.00 | Hardcover Publisher: Random House (1972), New York, 1972 A likely Review Copy of this Pulitzer Prize winner with compliments slip from a Random House representative laid in. More important, this copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper to fellow writer Jonathan Carroll, author of THE LAND OF LAUGHS, BONES OF THE MOON, and other novels. A few small stains to the top of the endpaper which has a faint paperclip impression. Cloth a tad soiled and rubbed. Near Fine in Fine dustwrapper (Pulitzer Prize; Jonathan Carroll; Women's Literature; Review Copy) | Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB [United States] | Info/Buy |
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| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $57.60 | Greenwich, CT Fawcett Crest/ Fawcett Publications 1973 Paper binding. 208 pages. 6.9 x 4.1 in. Very Good with slight edge wear to covers; slight toning to some pages; browning starting on inside of covers. A cheap production, but INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. (modern American women Southern fiction novelists novels first editions signed) | Silver Swan Company [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $90.00 | Franklin Center, PA Franklin Library 1980 Limited Ed Hardback Illustrated by Jacib Bates Abbott Fine+ with no dust jacket (In Shrink Wrap) dark brown leather HB with gilt lettering and edges/signed by author. (Shelf H8-2) | TexasBo [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $100.00 | The Franklin Library 1980 First Hardcover Slight sunning to edges of endpapers, faint wear, still near fine. Signed by the author. (First editions|First editions, Signed, Southern Literature, Women Authors, Gift.) | The Hermitage Bookshop, ABAA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $103.00 | Franklin Centre Franklin Library 1978 Limited Edition Leather Mitchell Hooks Very Good. No Dj 8vo. Signed By the Author pp. [2] 190.1973 Pulitzer Prize. A Limited Edition. AEG attractive vine designs in gilt on covers, gilt lettering and designs on spine, 3 raised bands. franklin Library gold foil embossed label on second front end page, signed by Welty on the ffep. (Special Literature|Eudora Welty Literature) | Edmonton Book Store [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $110.00 | Franklin Center, PA Franklin Library 1980 Limited Ed Hardback Fine+ with no dust jacket Red leather HB with gilt lettering and edges and silk end pages/signed by author. (Shelf H8-3) | TexasBo [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $125.00 | NY Random House 1972 Signed by Author Near Fine hardcover in a Very Good+ dust jacket. SIGNED by Welty on the title page. The dust jacket has light water damage to the lower edge of the spine and a small blemish below the title on the front cover. The book's boards are lightly bumped by the upper and lower spine. The interior text is clean and crisp. A very attractive copy. 180 pp. (Fiction, Literature) | Chop Suey Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $125.00 | Random House 1972-04-12 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good jacket Inscribed and signed on title page by Author to previous owner. Very Good Condition! First Edition, second printing. NO remainder marks. From private collection. Text is clean, cover has light wear. Top page edge has a little tanning-100% Guaranteed. (signed by author collectible) | Bobzbay [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $160.00 | The Franklin Library 1980 Hardcover Fine. No Jacket Signed by Author Published in Pennsylvania by the Franklin Library in 1980. Limited edition. Signed by the author. Leather-bound, with decorative endpapers, gold gilt cover designs and page edges, and a satin ribbon page marker. Booklet with editors' notes laid-in. Book fine. No DJ, as issued. | Bookbid [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Eudora Welty | The Optimist's Daughter (Signed, Leather Bound) | $171.72 | Franklin Press 1980 Hardcover Near Fine Nearly Fine Condition! SIGNED! Full genuine leather with decorative paper end papers, and hand signed by the author. Our Promise to You: ALL OUR DUST JACKETS COME WITH CLEAR BRODART PROTECTIVE COVERS. (Please read listing to determine if this book comes with a dust jacket. ) Your order will be CAREFULLY PACKAGED IN A BOX for safe transition. We strive for 100% customer satisfaction! ; Signed by Author. (Literature|Signed|Eudora Welty) | New Boston Fine and Rare Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $185.00 | New York Random House 1980 Limited Ed Leather Good in Good+ dust jacket Signed by the author, limited edition. (Front Case|Signed By Author) | Rare Inventory [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $225.00 | Franklin Center Franklin Library 1980 Hardcover Howard Rogers 8vo-over 7 3/4 "-9 3/4 " tall. Signed by Author First edition. Signed by Welty as issued. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. "Special Message" by Welty for this edition. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker. Tissue insert for the signature page. "Notes from the Editors" booklet laid-in as issued. Bottom board edges just touched (not immediately apparent); otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition. The... (Signed First Edition) | Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $250.00 | Random House 1972 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good price clipped jacket Book. 8vo-over 7 3/4 -9 3/4 " tall. Inscribed by Author(s) Inscribed Copy Signed by the Author. Dust jacket is covered with mylar jacket protector. Light spotting to page tops. (Signed Books, Eudora Welty) | McAllister & Solomon Books [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter-Excerpt | $300.00 | Faircopy/Typescript. Signed by Author 8.5 x 11 inch 30 lb stock, tan. Opening paragraphs of the novel, beginning "A nurse held the door open for them. " Signed by Welty. Fine condition. | Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $300.00 | Franklin Center Franklin Library 1980 Hardcover Howard Rogers 8vo-over 7 3/4 "-9 3/4 " tall. Signed by Author First edition. Signed by Welty as issued. Illustrated by Howard Rogers. "Special Message" by Welty for this edition. Gilt-stamped, leather-covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker and tissue insert for the signature page. "Notes from the Editors" booklet laid-in as issued. In the publisher's original stiff paper case with gold foil label and foam padding. The foil lable has... (Signed First Edition) | Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $350.00 | Random House 1972 1st Edition Hardcover Fine. Dust Jacket Included Signed by Author First Edition (first printing). The tenth novel by the author of THE PONDER HEART and DELTA WEDDING, the story of a young woman who returns to her former Mississippi home and stays for a few days after the death and funeral of her father. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Fine/Near Fine. A small light spot to the otherwise clean topstain and a tiny bit of rubbing to the dust jacket spine. There is an unnecessary... (General Literary Fiction; Southern) | Bill Leone, Bookseller ABAA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $400.00 | Random House 1972 First Hardcover First Limited Edition, 103/300. Maroon cloth, gilt to spine. Owner's bookplate to front pastedown, else fine in near fine publisher's slipcase with faint wear to open edge. Signed by author. (First editions|First editions, signed, gift) | The Hermitage Bookshop, ABAA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $500.00 | Random House, 1972 1972 F Hardcover Dust Jacket Included Signed by Author(s) Published in New York by Random House in 1972. First edition. Copyright page states "FIRST EDITION. " INSCRIBED by the author on the front free end-paper: "For Lucy Rembert Butler / with many good wishes / and in old affection, / Eudora Welty. " Book near fine, with some spotting on spine and boards, dated by previous owner on the ffep. DJ near fine, with slight rubbing at spine ends, very slight fading on spine,... | Bookbid [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | Optimists Daughter | $600.00 | New York Random House (NY) 1972 First edition. First Edition Hard cover New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. A beautiful copy in a Brodart Dust Cover Jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 180 p. Audience: General/trade. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Never Read. An absolutely "Perfect" Copy for the Collector's Shelf. | BookWiz1 [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $625.00 | New York Random House 1972 First Edition Hardcover Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a small stain to the front panel Welty's only Pulitzer Prize winner. This copy is SIGNED by the author on the title page. (Signed; Modern Firsts; Pulitzer Prize; Eudora Welty; First Editions|Signed|Pulitzer Prize|Women's Literature|Modern First Editions|Southern Literature) | Charles Agvent, ABAA [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $850.00 | New York Random House 1972 First hardcover Fine in fine jacket 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Random House, (1972). First Edition. Presentation copy to theater critic Howard Kissel, with his ownership signature. (Autograph) | Argosy Book Store [United States] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $1,875.00 | New York Random House 1972 First Edition cloth A few small stains to the top of the endpaper which has a faint paperclip impression. Cloth a tad soiled and rubbed. Near Fine in Fine dustwrapper A likely Review Copy of this Pulitzer Prize winner with compliments slip from a Random House representative laid in. More important, this copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper to fellow writer Jonathan Carroll, author of THE LAND OF LAUGHS, BONES OF THE MOON, and other novels. (Pulitzer Prize; Jonathan Carroll; Women's Literature; Review Copy|Signed|Modern First Editions|Association Copy|Inscribed|Southern Literature) | Charles Agvent, ABAA [United States] | Info/Buy |
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| Welty, Eudora | The Optimist's Daughter | $120.93 | Publisher: The Franklin Library Franklin Center, PA 1980 Signed Limited Edition 194pp, illustrated, moire silk end-papers. All edges gilt. With silk ribbon page marker. Boards bound in full decorative leather, gilt, with raised spine bands. Pulitzer Prize winner 1973. 8vo Hard Cover Fine | Lawrence Jones [Australia] | Info/Buy |
| Welty, Eudora Illustrated by Howard Rogers | The Optimist's Daughter | $139.00 | Publisher: Franklin Library Franklin Center, PA 1980 Limited Signed Edition; Signed by Author As New Full-Leather 8vo; [xxii], 194, [2] pages A special Limited Edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR Eudora Welty in As New condition; The Optimist's Daughter is a compact and inward-looking little novel, a Pulitzer Prize winner. The optimist in question is 71-year-old Judge McKelva, who has come to a New Orleans hospital from Mount Salus, Mississippi, complaining of a "disturbance" in his vision. To his... | Books Tell You Why; ABAA/ILAB [United States] | Info/Buy |