Little Brown (1963), Advanced Review Copy. Near-fine with slight soiling to cream wrappers, housed in a custom-made slipcase.

Little Brown (1963), 1st U.S. edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket; a beautiful copy. 

Little Brown (1963), 1st U.S. edition. Fine in a near-fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the extremities.

Cape (1963), 1st British edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket with 18s net price intact. INSCRIBED BY FOWLES and dated on the title page. In addition, actress Samantha Eggar (who played Miranda in the 1965 film adaptation) has signed the blank page opposite the title page: "Thanks for collecting me…Samantha Eggar." A rare one-of-a-kind association copy of Fowles’ first novel.

Little Brown (1963), 1st U.S. edition. Fine in a near-fine dust jacket with slight rubbing to the spine ends. FOWLES’ SIGNATURE has been tipped in on the title page.

Little Brown (1963), 1st U.S. edition. Fine in a near-fine dust jacket with a touch of foxing to the extremities and one tiny closed tear. FOWLES’ VERY RARE EARLY SIGNATURE from 1963 has been tipped in on the title page.

Cape (1963), 1st British edition. Fine in a near-fine dust jacket with one tiny closed tear and the barest trace of rubbing to the spine ends (price of 18s intact). John Fowles’ signature dated 1963 has been tipped in on the title page. Very rare to find Fowles signature from the year his first novel was published.

Cape (1963), 2nd British edition. Near-fine with slight soiling to bottom of rear board, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good plus dust jacket with some light wear to the spine ends and corners. SIGNED BY FOWLES on the title page.

Cape (1963), 1st British edition, in the rare black boards. This was likely a trial run of perhaps 100 copies prior to the initial first printing in rust boards; in addition, the black board copies lack the rust topstain. Very good with professional rebacking to spine and repair to top quarter inch. Tiny corner chip to pages 201-210, but no writing or other marks. In a very good plus dust jacket (price intact) with slight wear at the corners and a thin ink line across the original price at the bottom of the flap. A nice copy of one of the rarest Fowles "A" items.

World Books (1964). Interesting version produced by the London Reprint Society. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Little Brown (1965), 1st U.S. edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Little Brown (1965), Book Club Edition. Near-fine in a near-fine dust jacket. Identical to the 1st U.S. edition, but in a slightly smaller format.

Little Brown (1965), 1st U.S. edition. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket with a trace of rubbing at the top of the spine. A gorgeous copy.

Little Brown (1965), 1st U.S. edition. Near-fine, clean and tight with no markings and just a trace of shelf wear. In a very good price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear at the corners and bottom of spine, and light chipping at the top of the spine and rear panel. A nice copy.

Little Brown (1965), 1st U.S. edition. Fine in a near-fine dust jacket with slight wear at the extremities.  SIGNED COPY–John Fowles’ signature (dated 1988) has been tipped in on the flyleaf.

Little Brown (1965), 1st U.S. edition. Very good with a bit of sunning to spine and slight rubbing to rear board; interior clean and unmarked save for slight toning to bottom corner of page edges. In a near-fine dust jacket with a trace of rubbing to the spine ends. INSCRIBED BY FOWLES TWO DAYS AFTER THE PUBLICATION DATE: "Henry Smith, Best wishes, John Fowles 12.1.1966." Very rare with such an early signature.

Little Brown (1965), 1st U.S. edition. Very good plus with slight shelf wear, in a near-fine dust jacket with a touch of wear at the spine ends and corners. SIGNED BY FOWLES ON THE DAY OF PUBLICATION: "John Fowles, 10.1.1966" on the flyleaf (British for January 10, 1966). Extremely rare thus. Housed in a custom slipcase.

Cape (1966), 1st British edition. Fine in a near-fine dust jacket with slight edge wear. A beautiful copy.

Cape (1966), 1st British edition. Near-fine with a trace of rubbing to the corners, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good plus dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and a touch of rubbing to the corners. A very nice copy of Fowles’ masterpiece.

Cape (1966), 1st British edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket that is bright and clean, externally virtually brand new. Only flaw is a small piece of reinforcing tape on the interior at the top of the spine, which matches the interior cream color and is not obtrusive. SIGNED BY FOWLES on the title page. An absolutely beautiful signed copy.

Little Brown (1965), 2nd printing of the first edition, SIGNED BY FOWLES on the title page. Near-fine in a near-fine dust jacket. A beautiful signed copy.

World Books, 1967, 1st thus with same dust jacket art as the first edition. Near-fine with slight shelf wear, in a near-fine dust jacket with a touch of foxing to the top of the flaps. Hard to find in this condition in this format.

Cape (1969), 1st British edition. Fine–clean and tight–in a very good dust jacket (price intact) with a light crease down the middle of the spine and slight rubbing at the corners. A nice copy.

Cape (1969), 1st British edition. Fine–clean and tight–in a very good plus dust jacket with slight rubbing at the spine ends, and price clipped. A very attractive copy.

Little Brown (1969), 1st U.S. edition. Near-fine in a very good dust jacket with some edgewear.

Little Brown (1969), 1st U.S. edition. Fine in a near-fine dust jacket with very slight edgewear.  The poorly-made black dust jacket is difficult to find in this condition.

Cape (1969), British UNCORRECTED PROOF, very good plus in the rare proof dust jacket (also very good plus), housed in a custom-made slipcase.  An excellent copy of a scarce item. 

Cape (1969), 1st British edition. Fine in a very good plus dust jacket with slight rubbing at the spine ends and corners. SIGNED AND DATED BY FOWLES at the bottom of the title page. A beautiful signed copy, now housed in a custom clamshell case.

Little Brown (1969), 1st U.S. edition. Near-fine with the barest trace of foxing to the page edges, in a near-fine dust jacket with a trace of  edgewear at the corner of the flaps. SIGNED AND DATED BY FOWLES on the title page.

Ecco Press (1973), 1st U.S. edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Ecco Press (1973), 1st U.S. edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY FOWLES on the title page. Scarce signed.

Little Brown (1974), 1st U.S. edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket, SIGNED AND DATED BY FOWLES on the title page. Signed U.S. editions of The Ebony Tower are quite scarce.

Little Brown (1974), 1st U.S. edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An excellent copy.

Little Brown (1974), 1st U.S. edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Cape (1974), British UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in a fine proof dust jacket; a beautiful copy.

Little Brown (1974), 1st U.S. edition. Near-fine with slight bumping to corners, in a fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY FOWLES on the title page.

Little Brown (1974), 1st U.S. edition. One of 200 copies issued with a special gray paper, deckle-edged tipped-in leaf SIGNED BY FOWLES.  Fine/fine.

Cape (1974), 1st British edition. Fine in a near-fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing at the corners. SIGNED AND DATED BY FOWLES on the title page.

Cape (1977), 1st British edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket; a beautiful copy.

Oversized Quality Paperback Edition (1978), 1st thus. Near-fine in wrappers; not easy to find.

Cape (1979), 1st thus. New edition in black boards with black dust jacket trimmed in white and gold.  Fine/fine.

Guild Publishing (1979), 1st thus. Fine in faux leather boards with gilt decorations.

Franklin Library (1979), 1st thus. Leather-bound limited edition, SIGNED BY FOWLES. Very fine in decorated boards. Includes the scarce 22-page "Notes from the editors" pamphlet as issued.

Cape (1981), 1st thus with Meryl Streep photo on cover. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket.

Little Brown (1982), 1st U.S. edition. Very fine in a fine dust jacket.

Cape (1982), first British edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Little Brown (1982), U.S. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Very fine in green wrappers as issued; second state with corrected text on pages 107 and 186.

Cape (1982), British UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in red wrappers as issued.

Little Brown (1982), 1st U.S. edition. Very fine in a  fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY FOWLES on the title page.

Cape (1982), first British edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY FOWLES on the title page.

Franklin Library (1982). Original full leather with gilt decorations and silk endpapers, in very fine condition (still in original shrink wrap).  SIGNED BY FOWLES on the second blank page.

Special Book Club Edition (1989), first thus. With a new 12-page introduction pamphlet written by Stephen King. Book and pamphlet are both very fine. This is a difficult-to-find Fowles (and King) item.

Modern Library (1998), 1st thus, with a new introduction by Fowles. Very fine in a fine dust jacket.  Now into several printings and extremely hard to find in the true 1st. 

Easton Press (1999), 1st thus. Very fine. SIGNED TWICE BY FOWLES, once on Certificate of Authenticity and again on the presentation page. Elaborately gilt-decorated brown leather boards, tan silk moire endpapers and matching ribbon marker. Publisher’s card laid in giving brief bio of Fowles and comments on the book.

Barnes & Noble Modern Classics (2002), 1st thus. Fine in a fine dust jacket.