FICTION / General Books

New York: Knopf, 1988. The thirteenth novel of National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Updike features 42-year-old Sarah Worth, who leaves her family and friends in New England to join a religious commune in Arizona. A Very Fine unread copy in like dustjacket. Collectable.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Fine/Very Fine. ... more information

Offered by H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (New York, United States) +/-

New York: Knopf, 1988. The thirteenth novel by one of America's acknowledged master writers features New Englander Sarah Worth, who has fallen in love with a Hindu religious leader and has left her husband and daughter to join a commune in Arizona; a Fine copy in like dustjacket. Collectable.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ... more information

Offered by H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (New York, United States) +/-

New York: Knopf, 1988. Updike's thirteenth novel takes the form of letters and tapes 42-year-old Sara Worth sends to her husband, mother, daughter and assorted friends and neighbors after abandoning her New England home to join a commune in Arizona. Like Hester Prynne in Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter," Sara has fallen in love with a religious leader; in Sara's case, a Hindu named Arhat, resulting in a religious comedy, a romance, and Updike's meditation on American womanhood. Board... more information

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London:Macmillan & Co, 1905 1st edition, 8vo,cream cloth (soiled, spine sunned, small dent to back boar d), pp v, 80. 15 colour plates out of text (2 loose). good/very good. Inter estingly, the text is only printed on one side of each sheet. ... more information

Offered by Hava Books (United Kingdom) +/-

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394568354 . hbdj,mylar covered,light wear,spine label removal has put a small hole in lower DJ,card pocket residue on inside rear cover,pgs clean/white; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . ... more information

Offered by BG Media (Iowa, United States) +/-

Toronto: Oxford, 1967.. First edition. Narrow 8vo, hardcover, yellowish boards. Text paper lightly toned, as usual, soft creases to head of spine, else fine. Light blue dust jacket has rubbing; VG. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to an important Canadian editor, author, and poet a nd his wife "To_____, from Ray. October 20, 1967", before publication. 1204 copies were published 9 Nov., 1967. Whiteman A20. Poetry.. ... more information

Offered by Steven Temple Books (ABAC / ILAB) (Ontario, Canada) +/-

London: The Punch Office, 1849. Quarto, half leather and marbled boards, spine with gilt rules and label. pp (2), (viii), 254, (2). Tiny binder's ticket at front (Demrose & Sons, Derby). Light rubbing to the boards, else a fine copy, text tight and very clean, tight in the binding. Profusely illustrations, some full page. 6 issues, July-Dec.,1849. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, please enquire for shipping rate. . Hardcover. ... more information

Offered by Steven Temple Books (ABAC / ILAB) (Ontario, Canada) +/-

Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Fawcett Books, 1982. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. ... more information

Offered by A & S Used Books (Arizona, United States) +/-

U.S.A.: Crest Book, 1989. minor coverwear, PO name & writing, Clean tight copy, . First Printing Paperback. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Out of Print. ... more information

Offered by A & S Used Books (Arizona, United States) +/-

Sydney: Wild & Woolley, 1982. 275 g.; VI, 7-272 pages, introduction by editor and bibliography. Photographic front cover, showing Katherine Susannah Prichard as a young woman, with dark brown and white titles to the front panel and dark brown titles to the backstrip. A little creasing to the book corners, fading to the backstrip and marks to the rear book panel. Browning of the text block edges and of the internal text. Katherine Susannah Prichard was one of Australia's most renowned writers in ... more information

Offered by Syber's Books (Australia) +/-

New York: Knopf, 1992. Softcover First American edition An uncorrected proof copy in printed gray wrappers. Upating of OZ in the age of AIDS. Near fine, unread. ... more information

Offered by Alexander Rare Books (Vermont, United States) +/-

Toronto: Underwhich Editions, (1988). First edition. 8vo., card covers, pp. 48. Poetry. Covers are rubbed along spine and edges, else a very good copy.. ... more information

Offered by Robert Wright Books (Ontario, Canada) +/-

Tweed: Valley Press, 1947. Ochre card covers, stapled, unpaginated. Minimal production values. Creasing to corners of rear cover, else very good. . ... more information

Offered by Robert Wright Books (Ontario, Canada) +/-

Halifax, Canada: Hera Books, 2003 Beautiful watercolour and ink illustration and ink illustrations inside. A unique collection of short stories. Author is comparable to Gabriel Garcia Marquez. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Fine. Illus. by Jaswant Guzder . ... more information

Offered by Encore Books & Records (Quebec, Canada) +/-

Cleveland: World Publishing, 1963. Very good (light edgewear at spine). No dust jacket.. 1st edition. Hard Cover. ... more information

Offered by Barbara Bilson, Books (California, United States) +/-

Heron Books, London, 0000. Club Edition. Hard Cover. Near New/No Dustjacket. Illustrator: Christian Broutin. 8vo. 242 pgs, black and white illustrations. Bound in dark blue simulated leather with attractive gilt decoration on front board and spine. Binding and gilt bright and clean with no defects of note. Virtually 'as new'. Looks good on the bookshelf particularly in sets. Others in series available. Illustrator: Christian Broutin. Quantity Available: 1. Category: GENERAL FICTION Inventor... more information

Offered by Bygone Books (Hampshire, United Kingdom) +/-

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Seven Stories Press, 2005. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa.. First Printing Thus.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

Offered by Catherine O'Toole, Bookseller (Washington, United States) +/-

Alfred A. Knopf 1988, 1st edition., 1st edition. (Hardcover) Near fine in dust jacket. (Fiction). ... more information

Offered by Pandora's Books Ltd. (North Dakota, United States) +/-

London : Gollancz , 1976 . First Edition . VG/VG . 8VO . Warmly inscirbed by the author on the FFEP. Book and unpriceclipped jacket in very nice condition except for a nick affecting both on the front edge of the top cover. ... more information

Offered by Neil Williams, Bookseller (British Columbia, Canada) +/-

New York: Forge, 1999. A clean tight book. Feels unread. No defects. 320 pages. ISBN: 0-312-87058-2. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine in Brodart. Illus. by N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fiction, Techno Thriller. ... more information

Offered by Pulp Fiction (California, United States) +/-