Goodbye Columbus

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. First Edition, First Printing [stated] 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Very Good + Book/Very Good Minus DJ. 8 1/4" Tall. 298 Pages. First Printing Stated; First Issue Dj With $3.75 Price, And The Following Additional Points Identifying This As The Scarce First Issue Jacket: Alignment Error Of Black Printing, Which Is Too Close… Read more about this item

London: Andre Deutsch, 1959. First Impression. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First Impression of this novella, first published in the Autumn-Winter,1958-59, issue of The Paris Review, also on offer here. Crown 8vo (184 x 117mm): 157,[1]pp. Publisher's French blue cloth, spine lettered in gold; illustrated dust jacket priced 10s / 6d. About Fine (few spots to preliminaries and fore-edge), tightly bound,… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. First Book Club 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1959 Houghton Mifflin FIRST BOOK CLUB/First printing of this instant classic. A gorgeous copy in F/F condition. There is no wear on the HB and the DJ has very minor wear.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Corners bumped else near fine in near fine dustwrapper with corresponding rubbing and wear. The author's very scarce first book, almost always found well-worn. A Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award winner, as well as winner of the National Book Award and basis for the film directed by… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New/Like New. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($3.75 price intact). Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1959. Octavo. Black cloth boards stamped in white and yellow. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Binding tight and pages crisp. Sharp corners and spine straight. Dust… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing of the author's debut work. Signed by Philip Roth and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine lettered in yellow and white. Near Fine with light edge wear and softening to the corners, in… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Stated first printing of the author's first novel (which also includes five short stories). 298 pp. Winner of the National Book Award as well as being a Literary Fellowship Award winner. Some general light wear to boards. Overall, a solid very good copy of this literary debut. Tipped on… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. Tight, clean copy of this, the first edition of Roth's elusive first book. Winner of the Houghton Literary Fellowship Award in the year of publication. Signed by the author on a laid in slip (TLS) signed in July of 1970. Dustwrapper maintains the $3.75 price. Shows a tiny bit of edgewear and darkening… Read more about this item

Houghton and Mifflin, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, 5th Printing. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1959. Octavo. Black cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Light toning to page ends and a nick on bottom of flyleaf. Dust… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956 First edition, first printing. Signed by Roth on front free endpaper. Publisher's black boards with titles in white and yellow lettering to spine; original gray dust jacket designed by Sanford Roth, brother of Philip Roth, with illustration of an orange fruit basket and a naked woman by a window to front panel, photo of the… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. The author's first book, which won the National Book Award for Fiction. The title story was adapted for the 1969 film of the same title. 298 pages. First edition (first printing stated). This copy belonged to the Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning author Larry McMurtry, and it has… Read more about this item

LONDON: Andre Deutsch, 1959. A first edition, first printing published in Andre Deutsch in 1959. A fine book without inscriptions or foxing. A superb example. In the very nearly fine unclipped wrapper which is minutely browned to the spine. Some trivial wear to the edges. A wonderful copy of Roth's first work. Goodbye, Columbus is a 1959 collection… Read more about this item

The Modern Library: NY 1966. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. 0394604709 . Fine stated first ML edition (Sept 1966). First thus edition of author's first book. Boards are tight, appears unread. Former owner name is neatly penned on front fly.. Non Price clipped $5.95 DJ with a little rub. Jacket will arrive in… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing of the author's debut work. Signed by Philip Roth and inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine lettered in yellow and white. Near Fine with trivial edge wear and a small spot of rubbing… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1978. Signed Edition. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR Philip Roth. This book is in Fine condition; Roth's award-winning first book instantly established its author's reputation as a writer of explosive wit, merciless insight, and a fierce compassion for even the most self-deluding of his characters. This outstanding… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. First printing (stated). Fine in very good plus jacket.. Signed first edition of Roth's first book, winner of the 1960 National Book Award for fiction. The titular novella and five additional short stories of this collection originally appeared in THE NEW YORKER, COMMENTARY, and THE PARIS REVIEW, prestigious publications whose august approval exhilarated… Read more about this item

First Edition Library, 1987. Facsimile Reprint of the first edition. Hardcover in a jacket, in a slipcase. Crisp and unmarked, F/NF. Full cloth binding. Publisher's info card laid in. Jacket has small pale scuff at spine heel. In a Fine slipcase.. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

New York: Bantam Books, 1963. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Vintage Paperback, Bantam S2600: "Goodbye, Columbus," a collection of a novella and five short stories, is the late Roth's first book. It was the National Book Award winner in 1960. The title work is the story of a pair of passionate young lovers whose summer affair ends in… Read more about this item

A lovely eleventh printing of the first American edition [Houghton Mifflin Co Boston (1959)], signed by Philip Roth directly on the half title page. The book is in near fine condition with a bumped spine bottom but with clean boards, a nice top stain, no remainder marks and a tight, square binding. The book has no owner inscriptions or highlighting… Read more about this item

New York: Modern Library, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo. 298 pp. Top corners lightly worn and slightly crushed. Remainder mark on top edge, price-clipped jacket, still a very crisp, clean copy.