The Sot-Weed Factor
by Barth, John
The Sot-Weed Factor is a 1960 novel by John Barth that satirizes picaresque novels such as Tristram Shandy and Tom Jones. ("Sot-weed" is an old term for the tobacco plant. A "factor" is a middleman who buys something to resell it. ) TIME included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. The novel takes its title from a poem of the same name published in London in 1708 and signed Ebenezer Cooke.
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The Sot-Weed Factor
by BARTH, John
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- Used - Fine
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- 1961
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$800.00
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London: Secker and Warburg, 1961. Softcover. Fine/Very Good. Uncorrected proof of the first English edition. Printed blue wrappers. Fine in a spine-toned very good example of the finished dust jacket. Editor's complimentary card laid in. The author's breakthrough novel, a picaresque and bawdy evocation of Maryland in the late 17th Century. Very scarce in this format. Item Price
$800.00
The Sot-Weed Factor (with Publisher's Promotional Sheet)
by Barth, John
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- First edition
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- 1960
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Avon, Connecticut, USA
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$500.00
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Royal octavo in dustwrapper. 806 pp. First edition stated of the author's third novel and the one to first bring him into the full literary spotlight. A bawdy novel set in 17th century England. Boards just lightly worn. A handsome very good copy in price-intact dustwrapper. With the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sot-Weed Factor
by BARTH, John
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- 1987
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- Softcover
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- 9780385240888
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$100.00
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New York: Anchor Books / Doubleday, 1987. Softcover. Fine. Later printing. With a foreword to the Anchor Books edition. Thick trade paperback. 756pp. Fine. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Item Price
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Sot-Weed Factor, The
by Barth John
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- 1961
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Wellington, NZL
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1961. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/Good. 1st. Hardcover Very Good, red cover with silver lettered spine; edge wear, soiling, bumping to corners & spine ends; front hinge starting to crack (weak), minor foxing & browning. In very good dust jacket, . 806 p. ; 22 cm. ; part IV; The Author… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sot-Weed Factor
by John Barth
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- 1980
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Cape Town, ZAF
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Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Fine. 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Special signed edition, part of the 60 limited edition series published between 1977 and 1982. Beautifully bound in leather with gilt letter and design in 22kt gold and printed on archival paper with gilt edges. The end sheets are of moire silk fabric with a silk marker sewn… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sot-Weed Factor
by Barth, John
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- 1980
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Baldwinsville, New York, USA
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$275.00
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Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1980. Signed, Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ben Wohlberg. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1980. Limited Edition, and signed by author John Barth on the third free endpaper, with tissue guard. Accompanied by the its original 22-page "Notes From the Editors" pamphlet. As New,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE END OF THE ROAD
by BARTH, JOHN
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- FIRST
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PASADENA, California, USA
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$375.00
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DOUBLEDAY Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. A FINE FIRST EDITION IN DJ SIGNED and INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE. Item Price
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THE FLOATING OPERA
by BARTH, JOHN
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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PASADENA, California, USA
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$400.00
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DOUBLEDAY Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. A NEAR FINE FIRST EDTION IN DUST JACKET. SIGNED.BY THE AUTHOR FIRST BOOK. Item Price
$400.00
The Sot-Weed Factor Signed Limited of Second Revised Edition.
by Barth, John.
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- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
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- 1980
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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$150.00
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FRANKLIN LIBRARY. FRANKLIN CENTER 1980. Fine with no dust jacket. 1980. SIGNED limited of Second Revised edition. (1967) SIGNED by John Barth. Near fine in red leather binding, with gilt edges & satin marker ribbon, without DJ. As issued. (Trace of foxing to gilt edges) The author's masterpiece. . Item Price
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The Sot-Weed Factor
by Barth, John
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- First edition
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- 1960
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CHESTER, Connecticut, USA
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1960. First edition. Yellow and blue cloth. A fine copy in dust jacket (designed by Edward Gorey).The jacket has a one-inch closed tear at the bottom edge of the spine.
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Onthaal met Plesier - Die Maklike Suid-Afrikaanse Kookgids
by Lynn Bedford Hall
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Oudtshoorn, ZAF
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Cape Town, South Afric: John Malherbe Edms. Bpk. Undated. Circa 1980. Afrikaans text. An excellent, clean and tightly bound book. Size: 6" wide - 9" Tall Item Price
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The Sot-Weed Factor
by John Barth
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- New
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- 1987-09-18
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- Paperback
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- 9780385240888
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San Diego, California, USA
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$106.50
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Anchor, 1987-09-18. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Item Price
$106.50
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The Sot-Weed Factor
by Barth, John
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- Used - Fine in near fine, lightly edgeworn dust jacket, in mylar cover.
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- Revised edition, first printing
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- 1967
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- Hardcover, in dust jacket
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Denver, Colorado, USA
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$450.00
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Doubleday & Co., 1967. Revised edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Fine in near fine, lightly edgeworn dust jacket, in mylar cover.. Signed by Barth on the half-title page. Item Price
$450.00
The Sot-Weed Factor
by Barth, John
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- 1st edition
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- 1961
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, AUS
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1961. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 806pp., Very good copy in bright red cloth, in a rather dulled unclipped dust jacket slightly darkened at spine Item Price
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The Sot-Weed Factor
by BARTH, JOHN
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- Signed Limited Edition
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- 1980
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- Leather
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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The Franklin Library, 1980. Signed Limited Edition. Leather. Fine. 8vo. Gilt lettered full leather binding. Gilt edges with silk endpapers and ribbon marker. Limited edition, signed by the author. Book still in the original shrinkwrap. Includes the booklet. A fine copy. Item Price
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The Sot-Weed Factor
by John Barth
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- 1st
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- 1980-01-01
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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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$54.43
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The Franklin Library, 1980-01-01. 1st. leather_bound. Used - Good. 8x6x1. As pictured. signed copy. Light wear. Some wear to top edge. Item Price
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The Sot-Weed Factor
by Barth, John
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- New
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- 1967-06-01
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- Hardcover
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- 9780385071833
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San Diego, California, USA
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$158.05
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Doubleday, 1967-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Item Price
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The Sot-weed Factor
by Barth, John
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- Used - Near Fine to Fine
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- No Jacket (as issued)
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- Signed Limited Edition
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- 1980
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SANTA BARBARA, California, USA
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$135.00
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Franklin Center, Pa: The Franklin Library, 1980. Nice copy signed by author on third free endpaper with tissue guard. Unmarked, tight and square. Rich red leather with much gilt tooling and decoration. All edges gilt. Silk book-mark sewn in. Moire fabric endsheets. His classic novel. . Signed by Author. Signed… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sot-Weed Factor
by John Barth
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- Used - Good
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- 1965
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- Paperback
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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Panther Book, 1965. Paperback. Good. 1965. Panther Edition. 795 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Pen markings to first page textblock. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Book has a rolled spine. Minor wear marks to spine and covers. Item Price
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The Sot-Weed Factor (Revised By Author)
by Barth, John
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- Used - Fine
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- Good
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- First Thus
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- 1967
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- Cloth
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New Port Richey, Florida, USA
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$170.00
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Doubleday, 1967. First Thus . Cloth. Fine/Good. (Revised Edition. Price of $7.50) Large, sturdy, heavy book, quality black cloth, very bright gilt and silver lettering and design on spine, darker yellow color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 754 pages. DJ beneath mylar, background to front and spine in shades of pinks, red and black lettering, a photo… Read more about this item Item Price
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