CHIMERA by Barth, John - 1972

Random House, 8/12/1972 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Very Good. 1.3000 8.3000 5.6000. Hardcover in very good condition. All inside pages are in great shape. Minor shelf wear to the dust jacket. The dust jacket is wrapped in protective mylar.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Random House, 1972-08-12. Hardcover. Used: Good.

New York, NY: Random House. Very Good/Very Good. (1972). 2nd Printing. Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo., 308 pp. .

FIRST EDITION. Random House, 1972. HARDCOVER. Dust jacket, now in a clear plastic archival cover, has a half-inch closed tear and one smaller. Page ends lightly soiled. Text is clean, unmarked. Binding is strong and square. NOT ex-library.

New York: Random House, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Small bump to the top of the spine, very good or better in very good dustwrapper with dampstains along the edges.

Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1972. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Very Fine. Slightly smaller sturdy book, gold cloth with title embossed on front, orange inside covers and adjacent end papers, 308 pages. DJ glossy white background beneath mylar with chimera in purple orange and yellow by George Giusti beautifully illustrated in color on front, photo on back of Barth, light tiny spotting to exterior edges. DJ has light crease at spine top. Near Very Fine DJ/Fine+ book.

Random House. Good in Good dust jacket. 1972. First ed; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0394481399 . Price clipped DJ ; Presentation inscriprtion "to Herman, with thanks" from author to long time Houston bookseller Herman Detering ; 8.30 X 5.70 X 1.30 inches; 308 pages; Signed by Author .

New York, NY: Random House, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1972. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0394481399 . Cover Art; First Trade Edition. First Edition stated on copyright page. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jackaet is clean and bright, but has a bit of light toning, especially to the corners and edges. The front flap of the dust jacket has two creases. This book is a National Book Award winner. Barth's work is characterized by a historical awareness of literary tradition[11] and by the practice of rewriting typical of postmodernism. He said, "I don't know what my view of history is, but insofar as it involves some allowance for repetition and recurrence, reorchestration, and reprise [...] I would always want it to be more in the form of a thing circling out and out and becoming more inclusive each… Read More

Random House, 1972-08-12. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 8x1x5. FIRST EDITION. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover has some wears.