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First Edition of Death With Interruptions; Signed and Dated in the Year of Publication by Jose Saramago

First edition of Saramago's philosophical page-turner, which hinges on death taking a holiday. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed and dated in the year of publication on the half-title page by Jose Saramago. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.

Price: $750.00 Item Number: 1504

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"Here, at home inside a Jane Austen novel, I passed my college weekends, carving Sunday roasts and getting the station wagon serviced, explaining the double finesse in bridge, lacing up ice skates, sharing by radio the fall of Paris and the night bombings of London. . . having fallen not just in love but into a family": First Edition of Roger Angell's autobiography; Signed by Him

ANGELL, Roger.

Let Me Finish.

New York: Harcourt, 2006.

First edition of Angell's autobiography of his early years growing up in New York. Octavo, original boards. Inscribed by Roger Angell on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Cooley Design Lab.

Price: $225.00 Item Number: 7412

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"If Im Sincere Today, What Does it Matter if I Regret it Tomorrow?": First Edition of Jose Saramago's Journey To Portugal; Signed Twice by Jacket Designer Claudine Guerguerian Mansour

SARAMAGO, Jose [Claudine Guerguerian Mansour].

Journey to Portugal.

New York: Harcourt, 2000.

First American edition of the author's account of travelogues through his native Portugal. Octavo, original boards. Signed twice by jacket designer Claudine Guerguerian Mansour on the front panel and on the rear jacket flap of the dust jacket. Claudine Guerguerian Mansour is a contemporary book jacket designer known for her visually distinctive and concept-driven cover art, often characterized by bold typography and symbolic imagery. She is notably associated with designs for works by José Saramago, the Nobel Prize–winning Portuguese author, where her covers have helped visually interpret the philosophical and allegorical dimensions of his fiction, contributing to the presentation and reception of his works in modern editions. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Translated from the Portuguese and with notes by Amanda Hopkinson and Nick Caistor. Jacket design by Claudine Guerguerian. Author photograph by Jose Frade.