The Magic Barrel
by Malamud, Bernard
Bernard Malamud was an author of novels and short stories. His novel, The Magic Barrel, won the National Book Award in 1959. The novel is comprised of thirteen stories, most taking place in dingy streets in New York, and others in Italy. The book has been recognized as a classic from the time in which it was published. The stories tell of matchmakers, rabbis, egg candlers, struggle and delights while blending urban realism and Yiddish idioms in a wonderfully artistic fashion. The author’s warmth and ironic humor make the stories universally appealing and unique.
The stories included are The First Seven Years, The Mourners, The Girl of My Dreams, Angel Levine, Behold the Key, Take Pity, The Prison, The Lady of the Lake, A Summer's Reading, The Bill, The Last Mohican, The Loan, and The Magic Barrel.
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The Magic Barrel
by Malamud, Bernard
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- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
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- Tenth Edition; First Printing
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- 1958
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Jewish Publication Society of America. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1958. Tenth Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good hardcover in a Fair dust jacket which has been wrapped. Dust jacket is chipped and worn. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper. ; Signed First Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages;… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE MAGIC BARREL
by Malamud, Bernard
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- 1958
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Livonia, Michigan, USA
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Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Half lavender cloth cover with fuschia boards has modest wear to corners and turned in spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Residue from removal of small address label… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Magic Barrel
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- 1958
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$900.00
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Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. (Preceded the Farrar, Straus & Cudahy trade edition by a few days.) Signed by author on title page in black ink. 214 pp. Original cloth-backed boards, decorated in purple and yellowish orange. Near Fine with very light wear to tips and name written on front free endpaper. In… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Magic Barrel.
by Malamud, Bernard
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958. First edition of Malamud's first collection of short stories, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Marshall and Min Everything good- Bernie." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Magic Barrel
by Malamud, Bernard
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- First Edition
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- 1958
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Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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$150.00
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Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1958. (1958). Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Gray cloth over lilac-colored boards. The spine is stamped in purple and yellow; the decorative front panel in the same. Octavo. 214pps. Stated First Printing. A previous owner's name is neatly penned on the ffep., otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square and bright. All tips are sharp.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Magic Barrel
by MALAMUD, Bernard
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- 1958
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$275.00
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Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition, first state (preceding the Farrar, Straus and Cudahy edition). Fine in slightly sunned spine, very good or better dustwrapper with slight soiling. Item Price
$275.00
THE MAGIC BARREL
by Malamud, Bernard
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- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
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- First Edition; Early Printing
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- 1958
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- Hardcover
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Livonia, Michigan, USA
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$52.50
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Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1958. First Edition; Early Printing. Hardcover. ; Fuschia cover has wear to corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and in very good condition. Dust jacket is toned with wear to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Magic Barrel
by MALAMUD, Bernard
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- 1958
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$350.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Spine a little soiled, corners a little bumped, else near fine lacking the dustwrapper. Inscribed by Malamud to Chet Garrison (a close friend and colleague of Malamud's) and his wife Louise: "For Louise and Chet - good friends - Every good wish. Bern. Corvallis. May, 1958."… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Magic Barrel -and- Idiots First (Franklin Library Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series)
by MALAMUD, Bernard
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- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
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- 1978
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- Full-Leather
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Littleton, Colorado, USA
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$23.00
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1978. Full-Leather. A deluxe Franklin Library leatherbound edition offering two collections of short stories by New York City's Bernard Malamud. "The Magic Barrel," containing 13 stories, won the National Book Award for fiction in 1959. "Idiots First" offers twelve stories. With illustrations by Bert … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Magic Barrel; The Fixer; Rembrandt's Hat
by Bernard Malamud
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good Indeed
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- First edition
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- 1960-1973
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- Cloth
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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$176.89
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London: Eyre & Spottiswoode; Eyre Methuen, 1960-1973. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. Smart first UK editions of three works by the American novelist Bernard Malamud, with the original dust wrappers. The first UK editions of these three works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Bernard Malamud… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Magic Barrel
by Malamud, Bernard
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$94.76
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London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1960. 8vo. 214 pp,. First Edition. Hardcover with pictorial dustjacket. Jacket is bright with minor marks to the rear and wear to the spine ends. Slight lean to the spine and clean and bright internally. The Author's second book. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1960. Item Price
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The Magic Barrel
by Malamud, Bernard
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- Used - Like New
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- Like New
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- First Edition
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- 1958
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- Hardcover
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Southampton, New York, USA
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$149.99
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Farrar Straus & Cudahy, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New/Like New. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($3.75 price intact). Published by Farrar Straus & Cudahy, 1958. Octavo. Gray cloth over pink boards stamped in orange and purple. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Dust jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Magic Barrel
by Malamud, Bernard
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good-
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- First Edition
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- 1958
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$25.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Hardcover in DJ; 214pp; DJ price-clipped & age-toned, boards square, clean & bright, previous owner's name to FFEP, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG- condition. Story collection. Item Price
$25.00
THE MAGIC BARREL
by MALAMUD, BERNARD
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- PUB 1958
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- HARDCOVER
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BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, USA
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$20.00
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NEW YORK NY: FARRAR, STRAUS, AND CUDAHY. NF/VG. PUB 1958. HARDCOVER. ISBN: A EARLY PRINTING. BOOKS SPINE CORNERS ARE SLIGHTLY RUBBED. D.J. HAS A SHORT TEAR ANDASSOCIATED CREASE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT PANEL, A SHORT TEAR AT THEBOTTOM OF THE REAR PANEL, A COUPLE TINY TEARS ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ANDSOME LIGHT SOILING OF THE REAR PANEL..… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Magic Barrel
by Bernard Malamud
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- First Edition
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- 1958
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Clarence, New York, USA
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$30.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1958. First Edition. First edition. Measuring approximately 8.5" x 5.75" with 214 numbered pages.
This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping and scuffing to both ends of spine. Minor foxing to bottom edge of textblock. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Interior pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Magic Barrel
by MALAMUD, Bernard
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Published
- 1958
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$85.00
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Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first state (preceding the Farrar, Straus and Cudahy edition). A trifle soiled on the spine, near fine in very good dust jacket with toning on the spine and small spots of foxing. Item Price
$85.00
The Magic Barrel
by MALAMUD, Bernard
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Published
- 1958
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$30.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Owner inscription and slight toning else near fine in a very good dust jacket with toning and edgewear. Item Price
$30.00
The Magic Barrel
by MALAMUD, Bernard
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Published
- 1958
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$30.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slight toning else near fine in a very good dust jacket with toning and edgewear. Item Price
$30.00
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The Magic Barrel
by MALAMUD, Bernard
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Published
- 1958
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$225.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in modestly soiled and age-toned, very good dust jacket. Winner of the 1959 National Book Award for Fiction. Poet John Hollander's copy with his ownership signature on the front fly. Item Price
$225.00
THE MAGIC BARREL
by Bernard Malamud
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1960
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- Hardcover
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Pomona, New York, USA
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$149.95
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London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light foxing on front pastedown. Light rubbing along panel edges. 1 inch open tear at top of front gutter. . Item Price
$149.95