Oscar and Lucinda
by Carey, Peter
Oscar and Lucinda is a novel by Peter Carey, which won the 1988 Booker Prize, and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award. It tells the story of Oscar Hopkins, the Cornish son of a Plymouth Brethren minister who becomes an Anglican priest, and Lucinda Leplastrier, a young Australian heiress who buys a glass factory. They meet on the boat over to Australia, and discover that they are both obsessive gamblers.
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Oscar and Lucinda (Plus Bonus Book!)
by Peter Carey
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 1988
- ISBN
- 9780060159085
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Tomball, Texas, USA
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$30.00
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First Edition/First Printing with the correct number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no significant flaws. An outstanding example of this novel by the multiple Booker Prize nominated author. Not remaindered, not ex-library, not price clipped. Also included is a Fine/Fine first edition of "Jack Maggs"; both books will be carefully wrapped and shipped in a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Oscar and Lucinda.
by Carey, Peter (signed)
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Penguin, Tasmania, AUS
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$40.00
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UQP 1988. First edition. Green boards, 511pp. Heavy tanning end papers & page's edges, child's texta markings last few pages o/w just good in like jacket - spine a little faded. Signed by the author title page. Item Price
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Oscar and Lucinda
by Carey, Peter
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- Used - Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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Rutherglen, Victoria, AUS
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$22.88
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St Lucia: UQP, 1988. 511pp. Name on ffep, else good (shelf worn) in a near fine dustwrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Item Price
$22.88
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OSCAR and LUCINDA (SIGNED)
by Peter Carey
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- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING
- Published
- May 1, 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket in an Acid-Free Cover
- ISBN
- 9780060159085
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Monkton, Maryland, USA
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$79.17
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HARDCOVER. SIGNED in Person at the Book Signing Event. OSCAR and LUCINDA by Peter Carey (1988). *Winner of the 1988 Booker Prize.* SIGNED to the Full Title page by Peter Carey, the author. Like New, near brand new copy. This is a FIRST Edition, FIRST Printing copy as stated on the copyright page. The Dust Jacket is in Beautiful, Like… Read more about this item Item Price
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Oscar and Lucinda
by CAREY, Peter
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- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780571148127
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London, Ontario, CAN
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$100.00
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London: Faber and Faber, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Fine. 512 p. 23 cm. Blue cloth in mylar-dustjacket. Signed by author on title page. Former owner's ink stamp on front free endpaper. Pages darkening.
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Oscar and Lucinda (Uncorrected Proof, American Edition)
by Peter Carey
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- Used
- Published
- 1988
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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$75.00
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New York: Harper and Row, 1988. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First American Edition.
Winner of the 1988 Booker Prize. Basis for the 1997 film directed by Gillian Armstrong, starring Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett.
Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers. Housed in a custom red cloth slipcase. Item Price
$75.00
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OSCAR and LUCINDA (SIGNED)
by Peter Carey
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING
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- May 1, 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket in an Acid-Free Cover
- ISBN
- 9780060159085
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Monkton, Maryland, USA
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$69.17
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HARDCOVER. SIGNED in Person at the Book Signing Event. OSCAR and LUCINDA by Peter Carey (1988). *Winner of the 1988 Booker Prize.* SIGNED to the Full Title page by Peter Carey, the author. Like New condition copy. This is a FIRST Edition, FIRST Printing copy as stated on the copyright page. The Book looks like it was never read and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Oscar & Lucinda
by Carey, Peter
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First US Edition/1st Printing
- Published
- 1988
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060159085
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Albany, California, USA
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$20.00
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New York: Harper & Row, 1988. First US Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by author.. A wonderful novel and winner of both the Booker Prize and the Miles Franklin Award which was unfortunately made into a lackluster film, despite the incredible cast. First U.S. Edition stated with full number line 10-1. Inscribed by author 'To Lisa' on… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Oscar and Lucinda
by CAREY, Peter
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Australian first edition
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780702221163
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- 1
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London, Ontario, CAN
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$35.00
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University of Queensland Press, 1988. Australian first edition. Hardcover. Good/Fine. 511 p. 23 cm. Green cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Light wear to edges of book, small label on front pastedown. Some soiling to endpapers. Paper browned.
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$35.00
Oscar and Lucinda
by Carey, Peter
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780571148127
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- 1
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Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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$200.00
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London: Faber & Faber, 1988. [1988]. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. The spine is stamped in white. Octavo. 512pps. First printing. The pages are slightly tanned (as is ever the case with this edition due to the acid content of the stock), and there is a small soil-mark, faint, near the margin of… Read more about this item Item Price
$200.00
Oscar and Lucinda
by Carey, Peter
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- Used -
- Edition
- 1st US Edition
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780060159085
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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$29.42
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New York: Harper & Row. 1988. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. The first few pages are very faintly rippled but there is no sign of damp - supect poor storage. … Read more about this item Item Price
$29.42
Oscar and Lucinda
by Peter Carey
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060159085
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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$8.58
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HarperCollins Publishers, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
$8.58
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Oscar and Lucinda
by CAREY, Peter (born 1943)
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, GBR
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$81.65
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London: Faber and Faber, 1988. [Modern fiction]. SIGNED COPY, SECOND IMPRESSION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[16] 512. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's blue cloth, white titles to spine. With the pictorial dust jacket, printed price of £10.95 to flap. Moderate toning to edges, some sunning on spine. Near fine. Winner of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Oscar & Lucinda
by Carey, Peter
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American edition
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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$44.00
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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers [1988], 1988. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. [12], 433, [3] pp. White cloth with orange lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $18.95 on front flap of jacket. The first of Carey's novels to win the Booker Prize. A Near Fine book with two small spots of darkening… Read more about this item Item Price
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Oscar and Lucinda
by Carey, Peter
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780571148127
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- 1
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Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, GBR
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$11.30
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London: Faber & Faber, 1988. Hardcover. Good/Good. Reprinting in the same year as the first printing. Spine slightly cocked, toning to DJ. Tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight, Good.
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$11.30
Oscar & Lucinda
by Carey, Peter
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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Lakewood, Colorado, USA
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$78.00
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Harper & Row, 1988 Slightest of wear to book and dust jacket; winner of the Booker Prize; signed bookplate by Carey laid in. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Item Price
$78.00
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Oscar and Lucinda
by CAREY, PETER
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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$55.43
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New York: Harper & Row, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American Edition, First Printing. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket flaps a little yellowed from age at the edges, not price clipped. Signed on the title page. Item Price
$55.43
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Oscar and Lucinda
by Carey, Peter
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- Used - VG+/VG++ND
- Edition
- 1st Edn. 1st Imp. FNL.
- Published
- 1999-04-05
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780571200634
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- 1
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, GBR
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$16.29
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SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 1999* Publisher: Faber & Faber.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers with black titles to face on an orange ground. Black & white titles to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear & a single reading crease to spine. Seems lightly used. VG++… Read more about this item Item Price
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Oscar and Lucinda
by Peter Carey
- Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780679777502
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- 1
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Lewisville, Texas, USA
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$29.50
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New York, New York: Vintage, 1997. Book. Very Good +. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight carefully read copy. This copy has some light browning/soil to the text block edges, light crease to the front pictorial cover fedaturing Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett. This copy has been inscribed and dated in the year of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Oscar and Lucinda
by Carey, Peter
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1988-05-01
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060159085
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Vinemont, Alabama, USA
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$7.25
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Harper & Row, 1988-05-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 9x6x1. First edition with full number line. Hardcover with dust jacket in good condition! Some light shelf and use wear, including some light tatter on dust jacket, otherwise appears to be a good readabe copy! Item Price
$7.25