GADDIS WILLIAM The Recognitions JR

Sale 2295 - Lot 100

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A SIGNED FIRST AND A REMARKABLE ANNOTATED PRESENTATION COPY GADDIS, WILLIAM. The Recognitions * JR. Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, original cloth, first with slight lean and front hinge split but attached; dust jackets, first with mild rubbing and a short closed tear to front panel. The Recognitions is a First Edition, JR is a stated third printing. New York, (1955); 1976

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two inscribed titles with JR being a presentation copy that includes 11 of Gaddis's hand-written corrections. Each copy is inscribed to Prof. Miriam Fuchs, and the inscription in JR indicates the personal care he took in making the corrections previous to gifting the copy and reads in full, "for Miriam Fuchs/with appreciation, regards,/and typos zealously hand-/corrected by/William Gaddis/29 December 1983/New York."