Peyton Place [ Association Copy ]

Grace Metalious

New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1957. Later printing. Hardcover boards. / No dust jacket. Item #5281

This edition is a later Messner edition (Twenty-Third Printing, 1957) made special by the provenance. From the personal library/estate of writers Anne and Stan Rice. Signature and names to front free end page by Anne Rice's hand: Stan x Anne Rice/ 40 Yorkshire Drive/ Oakland, California/ May 1978.

Some toning to pages, otherwise very clean interior. A slight lean. Sunning to spine, bumped corners and outer edge-wear. Overall a still lovely collectible. Back fly leaf has penciled in list of words, presumably in Rice's own hand as she seems to have had a habit of listing words from the text she was reading to the back of her books.

Association copies have gained popularity in the world of book collecting as they provide a unique alternative to limited editions.

Advertised as "the extraordinary new novel that lifts the lid off a small New England town" that spent nearly 60 weeks on The New York Times best seller list in 1956. Writer Metalious had a tragic end following the publishing phenomenon of "Peyton Place" as she died from cirrhosis of the liver and in significant debt, despite the profound popularity of her novel.

Price: $100.00  other currencies