Pricksongs & Descants

London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First English edition. Octavo. 256pp. Faint foxing on the flyleaves and foredge, near fine in a price-clipped, near fine dust jacket with a bit of creasing on the crown. Signed by Coover on the title page: "Robert Coover / Providence / 4/vii/94.

NY: E. P. Dutton. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Last two pages of text have small tears . along the bottom edge, jacket soiled, toned, and with chip missing from . the top of the spine.. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Cream cloth quarter-bound in brown cloth. A short story collection and the author's third book. ; 8vo… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine, very lightly soiled dustwrapper. Coover's third book.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. 256 p. 22 cm. Brown and white covers under mylar-covered dustjacket. Stain on jacket's front panel. Faint marks on front endpapers.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First British edition. A bit musty, owner name penned on front fly, offsetting on endpapers from jacket flaps, foxing on endpapers and page edges, about very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with scattered foxing.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc.. 1969. First Edition. Book corners slightly bumped. Unclipped DJ has slight edgewear foot of spine, small stamp price front flap. A tight solid copy protected in mylar. ; 8vo, ivory and tan cloth, gilt lettering, DJ, 256pp. .

U.S.A.: Plume, 1970. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hard Paper Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket. This copy is a hard paper wraps (paperback) reprint of the first Hardcover edition of the same title--this being the first printing of the paperback edition. A near-fine copy in yellow with red and purple decorations and lettering. Signed by Coover on the title page… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British edition. Fine in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with light toning and modest edgewear. Short stories.

New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc, 1969. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 256 pages. Cover's third book and first collection of short stories. A very good copy in cloth boards and with a small gift inscription on the front free endpaper and in a very good dust jacket that is moderately soiled and with some small chips and edge… Read more about this item

London, UK: Jonathan Cape, 1971 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First British Edition. Small Octavo. 256 pp, 12 stories - including "Seven Exemplary Fictions". "The Sentient Lens" (with 3 titled parts). Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, DJ with light edge wrinkling, clipped inner flap. 5.7" x 8.8" gray laminated baords, silver spine letters, in white DJ with Tony… Read more about this item

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slightly toning on the top board edge else about fine in a very good spine darkened dustwrapper with toning.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Ownership signature of author Nicholas Delbanco, else fine in slightly age-toned near fine dustwrapper.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. First UK edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is slightly sunned and marked, and edges are creased. Board corners and spine ends are lightly bumped, and page block face and foot are a little blemished. Pages are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. First Edition UK. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used.

Dutton, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Book has a trace of scuffing and a few tiny spots on upper edge of text, barely noticeable; a clean, tight, newish copy. Jacket has a trace of wear to upper edge (no tears), a 1/4-inch light stain at bottom edge of back panel, creasing at top of flaps,… Read more about this item

New York City, Ny: E. P. Dutton, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 256 Pp. Brown Cloth Spine, Gilt, White Cloth Covers. First Edition Stated. Book Near Fine, Foxing Along Top Edge Of Page Block. Dust Jacket Priced $5.95, Some Wear, Slight Soiling And Browning, Small Losses At Ends Of Spine, Two Short Tears At… Read more about this item

New York: New American Library, 1970. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Trade paperback. A few pages faintly foxed, text block edges lightly soiled, top corners slightly bumped, covers with mild edgewear, very good. A Plume Book. Author's third book and first collection of short fiction.

Pricksongs & Descants, originally published in 1969, is a virtuoso performance that established its author - already a William Faulkner Award winner for his first novel - as a writer of enduring power and unquestionable brilliance, a promise he has fulfilled over a stellar career. It also began Coover's now-trademark riffs on fairy tales and bedtime stories. In these riotously… Read more about this item

New York:: E. P. Dutton,, [1969].. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Pencil ownership name and address on front free endpaper; else better than very good in an unchipped jacket with some very minor browning to edges and spine.. 8vo,.

New York:: E.P. Dutton & Co.,, 1969.. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. The white jacket spine is very slightly tanned.. 8vo,.

New York: New American Library, 1970. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. Good. yellow wraps, 256 pp first edition spine faded, pages browned bottom corner creased.