Shakespeare and Company: The Story of an American Bookshop in Paris
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
First edition, first printing. Signed by Sylvia Beach on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original tan cloth stamped in blind and with titles in gilt on the spine. Near Fine with slight reading wear to spine, cloth lightly toned at edges, pages toned and lightly foxed at top of textblock edge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning, light foxing, light edge wear and light fading to the spine panel. A rare signed copy of the story of the famous bookshop on Paris' Left Bank that was a magnet for some of the best and the brightest literary minds of the early 20th century. Owner Sylvia Beach became the most famous bookseller of the 20th century, publishing James Joyce's Ulysses and helping Ernest Hemingway to publish his first work.
Price: $10,000.00