A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle, First Edition (7 results)

First editions of each volume in the authorâs iconic and genre-defining Wrinkle in Time quintet, including one of the most celebrated Newbery Award-winning novels of all time. Octavo, five volumes, original publisher's full and half cloth. A Wrinkle in Time is boldly signed by Madeleine L'Engle in a contemporary hand on the title page and accompanied by signed black and white photograph of Madeleine L'Engle. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket without the Newbery sticker to the front panel which is price-clipped and in very good condition, name to the half-title page. Jacket design by Ellen Raskin. An exceptional signed first edition. A Wind In The Door is inscribed by the author on the title page, "For another Meg - Be a Namer - Madeleine L'Engle." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Cuffari. A Swiftly Tilting Planet is inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Mother Maria Joseph - with love & ananda Madeleine." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Haldane. Many Waters is inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Adrienne Stewart [Many Waters] cannot quench love - Madeleine L'Engle." Fine in a fine dust jacket. 'By the author of A Wrinkle in Time' sticker to the front panel. Small ownership name to the rear pastedown. Jacket illustration by Charles Mikolaycak. An Acceptable Time is inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Mia - even now - [An Acceptable Time] Madeleine L'Engle." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Charles Mikolaycak. An exceptional set with each volume uniquely signed and inscribed. âAt once a science fiction story, a philosophical meditation on the nature of Evil and Love and a coming-of-age novel, Wrinkle broke new ground in what was considered appropriate for young readers. Rejected by several publishers for being too complex, this title has amply proven LâEngleâs belief that âchildren are excited by new ideasâ and has been credited with bringing science fiction into the mainstream of childrenâs literature. This is LâEngleâs best workâ (Silvey, 401). A Wrinkle in Time is one of the most significant novels of our time. "A book that every person should read, a book that provides a road map for seeking knowledge and compassion even at the worst of times, a book to make the world a better place" (Cory Doctorow). It went on to win a Newbery Medal, Sequoyah Book Award, and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and was runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. It is the basis for the film directed by Ava DuVernay, starring Storm Reid, Reese Witherspoon, Zach Galifianakis, and Oprah Winfrey.

First edition of the author's beloved and frequently banned science-fantasy classic. A Wrinkle in Time won the Sequoyah Book Award, the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and the most coveted children's literature award: the Newbery Medal. The jacket is in the first state, without the Newbery Medal sticker that was affixed to later copies. The book was rejected by 26 publishers until John Farrar decided it was worth a chance. Because of its themes of magic and witchcraft, A Wrinkle in Time has been accused of being anti-Christian and is on the American Library Association's list of frequently challenged books. In her acceptance speech for the Newbery Medal, L'Engle remarked that "a book, too, can be a star, 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly', a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe." Madeleine L'Engle, "Newbery Award Acceptance Speech: The Expanding Universe", August 1963, available online. Octavo. Original blue quarter cloth, grey patterned paper boards, spine lettered in gilt and yellow, fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Housed in a greenish-blue flat-back cloth box by the Chelsea Bindery. Spine slightly sunned and bumped, boards faintly toned, small marks to a few margins; jacket unclipped, faintly toned, a few short closed tears at edges, tiny hole to rear flap fold: a very good copy in like jacket.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner name on half title page. Light surface tearing on front pastedown. Chipping to spine ends. First printing, stated, in the first-issue dust jacket, with no Newbery medal; 211 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. Octavo, 211pp. First printing, stated, in the first-issue dust jacket, with no Newbery medal. A very good copy, with the spine gently cocked, light foxing to endpapers, a stray ink mark to leaf preceding the title page, and a small, faint stain on the top edge near the crown. Inner hinges tender, but holding. The dust jacket, designed by Ellen Raskin, presents beautifully, with a few modest and non-invasive archival repairs to the front flap fold and spine ends, including some gentle color fill-in; very good. "A Wrinkle in Time" is consistently cited as one of the greatest young adult science fiction/fantasy novels ever written. An unusually dark and existential young adult novel for its time, with a bold portrayal of evil and its young protagonists struggling with their purpose and their virtues, the story has resonated with teenage (and adult) readers since its appearance in 1962. By L'Engle's own count, the novel was rejected by at least 26 publishers before her agent ultimately returned the manuscript to her. Though she had been a modestly successful writer up to that point, she was considering closing the door on her writing career when, by a chance coincidence, she had the opportunity through an acquaintance to present the manuscript to John C. Farrar of Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy, who loved the novel, and agreed to publish it under the Ariel imprint. "A Wrinkle in Time" won the 1963 Newbery Medal, and has never gone out of print. The first printing was undoubtedly small, and as with most debut young adult novels, a significant number of these ended up in libraries. Though ours is not a fine copy, it presents quite nicely.

Hardcover. First edition. 211 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. First Edition of the 1963 Newbery Medal winner, the 1965 Sequoyah Book Award, and the 1965 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Dust jacket in the second state, with the Newbery Medal sticker applied. The first in the author's series of novels for children of the Murry and O'Keefe families. L'Engle drew upon her interest in science, and here she combines time travel science fiction in a children's book. as the characters journey through space and time, from universe to universe, the travail between light and darkness. The novel includes references to Einstein's theory of relativity. This story is about adventures in space -- two children search for the father of one of them, a scientist who has disappeared in doing secret work for the govenment on the tesseract problem [the four-dimensional analogue of a cube] . Rare in the first edition, in unclipped jacket. Backstrip faded, back cover of dust wrapper with a few stains. . Orig. gray cloth and boards. Very good in nicked dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Farrar Straus & Company / Ariel (NY) (1962) 1963 First Edition, Second Printing (stated). Near Fine (very light toning on the top edge, light toning to the end pages) in an almost Fine DJ, not price clipped. A beautiful, original jacket with a touch of toning to the title on the spine. No fading, the colors remain rich and dark. Almost no edge wear to mention. There is a small ghost mark where a price sticker once covered the original jacket price. The jacket has no printed mention of the Newberry Award, only the medal sticker. A signed and inscribed author signature is laid in. A really nice copy of this classic. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Edition, stated First Printing 1962. Ex-library. Spine faded; light corner wear and toning to boards. Residue of library label and previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Remnant of pocket on rear free endpaper. No library rubber-stamping or notations. A few pages show very slight soiling, else interior clean. Blank flyleaf at rear partially torn along hinge. *Facsimile dust jacket.* 211 pages. A scarce first printing of L'Engle's Newbery Medal-winning novel.