The Counterlife
by Roth, Philip
The Counterlife (1986) is a novel by the American author Philip Roth. It is the fourth full novel to feature the fictional novelist Nathan Zuckerman. However, when The Counterlife was published, Zuckerman had most recently appeared in a novella called The Prague Orgy, the epilogue to Zuckerman Bound. It is reported that French director Arnaud Desplechin is working on a screen adaptation of the novel.
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The Counterlife
by Roth, Philip
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- 1987
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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The Counterlife - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Roth, Philip
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- 1986
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited edition and true US first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition. This copy is in unread Fine condition and is SIGNED by author and Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Roth; Nathan Zuckerman's account of his younger brother Henry and the story about … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Counterlife
by ROTH, Philip
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- 1986
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$350.00
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A small soiled spot at the bottom of the front board, which is very slightly bowed, else near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Item Price
$350.00
The Counterlife
by Roth, Philip
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- 1987
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La Mesa, California, USA
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Clean, tight hardcover in very good condition; lightly bumped corners. Very good DJ with light edge wear and rubbing. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1987. Item Price
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The Counterlife
by Roth, Philip
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Front jacket flap creased.
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- 1986
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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NY: Farrar Straus Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Front jacket flap creased.. 1986. Hardcover. 0374130264 . Jacket art by Milton Glaser. Red cloth binding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 324 pages . Item Price
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by Roth, Philip
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Southampton, New York, USA
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Franklin Library. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. Signed First Edition. Published by Franklin Library, 1986. Octavo. Bound in red leather stamped in gold with gilt stained page ends. Gilt decoration to boards and spine. Three raised spine bands, patterned endpapers and sewn-in satin bookmark. Signed by author on page in front. Book is like new; clean and crisp… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Counterlife - Signed
by Roth, Philip
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- 1987
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Palm Desert, California, USA
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$175.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1987. A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on the tile page. No flaws to speak of.
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The Counterlife
by Philip Roth
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- 1987
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Dowagiac, Michigan, USA
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$20.00
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Sewn binding. With dust jacket. Audience: General/trade.
fiction
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The Counterlife (Signed First Edition)
by Philip Roth
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- First Edition
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- 1986
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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$225.00
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New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux [FSG], 1986. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Item Price
$225.00
The Counterlife
by Roth, Philip
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First US Edition
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9780374130268
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$31.40
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1987. 8vo. 324 pp., Red cloth binding with dustjacket. Jacket and boards fresh. Internally clean and bright. Winner of the National Book Critic's Circle Award. First US trade edition. 0374130264 . Near Fine. Hardcover. First US Edition. 1987. Item Price
$31.40
The Counterlife (First Edition, First Printing)
by Roth, Philip
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- Used
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9780374130268
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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$39.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 324. Royal 8vo. Bright orange cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Excepting a few small spots apparent to the lower right corner of the front board the extremities remain in very good condition with tight, sound binding. Contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked. Oveall,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Counterlife
by Roth, Philip
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780374130268
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Amherst, Nova Scotia, CAN
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$16.00
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New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0374130264 . Stiff unmarked book in clean red cloth; in unclipped dust jacket with red center over gray backround. . Item Price
$16.00
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THE COUNTERLIFE [SIGNED]
by Roth, Philip
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- Used
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- Advance Uncorrected Proof
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- 1986
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- Softcover
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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$90.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Octavo, 324 pages; Fair; original wraps and spine missing, with the spine showing torn brown paper, webbing, and glue; the half-title with stamped Uncorrected Proof info, handwritten tentative publication date of 'January 26, 1987' and tentative price of '$18.95.'; below Uncorrected Proof info is an inscription by Roth,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE COUNTERLIFE
by Roth, Philip
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- Not Issued
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- First Edition
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
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$70.00
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Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1986. First edition. Signed by Roth as issued. "Special Message" by Roth for this edition. Publisher's letter to subscribers laid-in; folded in half as issued. Frontispiece by Herbert Tauss. Gilt-stamped lether-covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Faint sunning to spine (not immediately apparent); otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition. Roth's fourth… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Counterlife
by ROTH, Philip
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- Used - Fine
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$175.00
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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1986. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Fine. Full leather with gilt stamping, marbled endpapers, silk place holder, all edges gilt. Signed by the author. Item Price
$175.00
The Counterlife
by Philip Roth
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1987
- ISBN
- 9780374130268
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Dowagiac, Michigan, USA
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$6.00
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Glued binding. With dust jacket. 336 p. Audience: General/trade.
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$6.00
The Counterlife
by Roth, Philip
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very near Fine
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1987
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- Hardcover
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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$66.00
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux [1987], 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [11], 4-324, [2] pp. Orange cloth with gold lettering on the front board and gold lettering on the spine. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $18.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. This is the first printing of the trade edition… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE COUNTERLIFE; [Uncorrected proof in rare proof dust jacket]
by Roth, Philip
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- Used
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- (1986)
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Middletown, Maryland, USA
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$250.00
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London: Jonathan Cape, (1986). First UK edition. Uncorrected proof in brick red printed paperwraps and the rare proof dust jacket which differs from the eventual trade one. The proof dust jacket is patterned purple and black (vs. maroon) and priced £9.95 (vs. price-clipped with £10.95 sticker added); front and spine titles are gold (vs pale blue); front flap text… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
THE COUNTERLIFE
by Roth, Philip
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- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780374130268
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- 1
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Portland, Maine, USA
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$90.00
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0374130264 . A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with protective mylar cover. Author's signature on Farrar/Straus/Giroux tipped in plate on title page. Rare. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 324 pages; Signed by Author . Item Price
$90.00
The Counterlife
by Philip Roth
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- Used - Good
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- 1987-01-01
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- Hardcover
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- 9780374130268
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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$9.31
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1987-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Item Price
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