Waiting For the Barbarians

London: Secker & Warburg, 1980-12-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good+ Dust Jacket. 0x0x0. Martin Secker & Warburg Limited, 1980; "First published in England..." stated, no additional printings indicated; [iv], 156pp. First printing of the British edition, which preceded the South African edition in publication. Good+ hardcover in good+ dust jacket. Faint liquid staining apparent on bottom edges of boards… Read more about this item

Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1981. First South African edition of this modern classic. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "Charles Barry with very best wishes J.M. Coetzee 23/4/81." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spine, bookplate of the recipient. Waiting for the Barbarians is an allegory… Read more about this item

London: Secker & Warburg, 1980. First British edition, preceding the South African first of this modern classic by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket without the usual sunning to the spine with a small closed tear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.… Read more about this item

London: Secker, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Publisher's black boards with gilt spine lettering. A neat name and contemporary date on the title page and the merest hint of foxing to the page block edges otherwise a very nearly… Read more about this item

1st Edition January 1981, 2nd South African Impression May 1981 Slight tinge of toning, name inscribed FTP, else appears as unread, unblemished copy in wraps displaying minor surface/edge wear, as shown. A scarce issue of this author's third book. In this powerful evocation of an outpost of Empire, Coetzee has achieved another disturbing,… Read more about this item

Ravan, 1981. Soft cover. Very Good. signed. Signed by Author(s)first south african edition in paperback. the book is signed and dated (23/4/81) by Coetzee on the half title page. there is no blank front end page. the book has no other inscriptions and could be unread. the wraps are shelf rubbed and the spine is faded totally to… Read more about this item

Ravan Press, 1981. Soft cover. Good. the wraps are shelf rubbed. spine is sunned. mild tanning and foxing. some insect damage on page ends. well bound. good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with gilt spine lettering. Small spot of foxing to the top of the title page and opposite which fades away gradually over the 4/5 subsequent pages. No other issues of note. All-in-All the book is in excellent fine… Read more about this item

Penguin, 1980. First Penguin. Trade Paperback. Very Good, some yellowing of pages.

Penguin Group USA. Used - Very Good. In our warehouse

Trade paperback with French flaps, part of the 'Penguin Great Books of the Century' series. This copy is not a remainder, not a library copy, no writing on the text pages. No former ownership marks. The binding is tight and square. No creases to the cover or spine. There is just a light brown stain to the top edge… Read more about this item

Paperback. Very Good.

[New York]: Penguin, 1982. Softcover. Fine. First American edition. Advance Reading Copy. Printed wrappers. Slightly sunned spine, else fine. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for fiction. Basis for an opera of the same name composed by Philip Glass.

Paperback. Good. VG-. UK penguin edition.

Ravan Press, 1981. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Good. The wraps are slightly shelf rubbed.No inscription.Well bound.EK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Ravan, 1981. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. The wraps are a bit rubbed and sunned. Internally clean and tightly bound. One signature and a little foxing.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Penguin Books, 1982-04-29. Advance Copy. Paperback. Very Good. 7x5x0. Advance Reading Copy of Penguin Paperback Original First U.S. Edition, in orange paper wraps. [viii], 156pp. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good; minor wear to edges of wraps; light foxing to page block edges. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Penguin Books, October 1999. Trade Paperback . Used Good. Front and back covers have light wear to edges and corners. Spine intact, some wear. Binding is intact. Pages are generally clean with minor edge or corner wear. Clearly a pre-owned and used copy but still in readable condition. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We… Read more about this item

London: Vintage, 2000. Paperback. pp. 170. 8vo. General shelfwear, creasing to spine and front cover; good.

Paperback. Acceptable.