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Don DeLillo. Three Signed First Editions from the 1970s, including: End Zone. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. First ... (Total: 3 Items)
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Signed First Editions from America's Preeminent Postmodernist
Don DeLillo. Three Signed First Editions from the 1970s, including: End Zone. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. First edition, first printing. Signed by DeLillo on the title page. Octavo. 242 pages. Publisher's silver-stamped black cloth with pale blue stain to top edge. Fine in dust jacket. DeLillo's second novel, a black comedy set amongst football players at a small West Texas college. [and:] Ratner's Star. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First edition, first printing. Signed by DeLillo on the title page. Octavo. 437 pages. Publisher's cream cloth over cream paper boards, with blue-stamped lettering to spine and blind-stamped decorative designs to spine and front board; navy blue stain to top edge. Fine in dust jacket. DeLillo's fourth novel, about a 14-year old math genius and his attempt to decipher an alien message from outer space. Frequently described as "Pynchonesque." One of DeLillo's personal favorites of his own works. [and:] Players. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First edition, first printing. Signed by DeLillo on the title page. Octavo. 212 pages. Publisher's gilt-stamped burgundy cloth over cream paper boards; blind-stamped title to front board. Light foxing to top edge and to gutter of rear pastedown. Very minor toning and light creasing to dust jacket flaps. Fine. Yuppies, ennui, and terrorists. DeLillo's fifth novel.One of the most influential of the American postmodernists, Don DeLillo (born 1936) burst upon the literary scene in 1971. In his extremely prolific first decade as a novelist, he published six novels, half of which are represented in this lot. Almost forty years after his debut, DeLillo continues to write critically-acclaimed bestselling books and to influence a new generation of literary aspirants.
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2010 June Signature Rare Books Auction #6043 (go to Auction Home page)
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