RICHARD FORD. — The Frank Bascombe sequence. Complete in five volumes comprising 'The Sportswriter', 'Independence Day', 'The Lay of the Land', 'Let Me Be Frank With You', [and] 'Be Mine'. (ONE VOLUME SIGNED)
Collins Harvill, London 1986, The Harvill Press, London 1995, HarperCollins, Toronto 2014, Bloomsbury, London 2006 & 2023., 1st Edition, Four first UK Editions (first printings) and one first Canadian edition (first printing). Individual volumes described as follows: 'The Sportswriter' (1986). First UK edition, and first casebound issue (the US edition only appeared in paperback format). 8vo. 381pp. Black boards lettered in gold at the spine. A small area of spotting to the top edge, else a fine copy in very good non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with some fading to the publisher's red spine panel lettering. 'Independence Day' (1995). First UK edition. 8vo. 451pp. Blue boards lettered in gold at the spine. A tiny bump to the tips of two corners, and a small area of light miscellaneous soiling to the upper board, and to the tip of the front free endpaper. A very good copy in very good non-price-clipped dust wrapper. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (the first novel to win both awards in the same year). 'The Lay of the Land' (2006). First UK edition. This copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 485pp. Black boards lettered in silver at the spine, and with a ribbon place-marker. A tiny nick to the corner of a single mis-cut text leaf, else a fine copy in very good non-price-clipped dust wrapper, somewhat faded at the spine panel. 'Let Me Be Frank With You' (2014). First Canadian edition. 8vo. 240pp. Cloth-backed paper-covered boards, lettered in silver at the spine. Small remainder mark to the bottom edge, else a fine copy in fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. 'Be Mine' (2023). First UK edition. 8vo. 342pp. Cream boards lettered in silver at the spine. A fine copy in fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. A very nice set., Very Good, Very Good