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Published by Victor Gollancz, london, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First British Edition. Very nice copy, but there is a 3 inch by 1 inch sticker removal scar just above author name on the front jackiet panel. Looks good on the shelf and makes a good reading copy.
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Ron Griswold Books North, Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK printing. Some rubbing to dust jacket. Appears unread. SIGNED by the author on the title page in ball-point pen. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Victor Gollancz January 1980, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Montclair Book Center, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: USED Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Jacket. First Edition. Jacket has very light edgewear, and part of a price sticker on the cover. Not price-clipped. Text clean, binding tight.
Published by Victor Gollancz, London, 1979
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Carlson Turner Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A very nice copy with clean, bright interior pages and solid binding. DJ in very nice condition with protective mylar cover. ; 224 pages.
Published by Victor Gollancz, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Author's first book. ***Near fine in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. No inscriptions. ***In a very good colour illustrated dustwrapper, with photograph of the author on back panel. Small water stains to front panel but hardly visible due to the colour illustration (a study by Leonardo da Vinci). Dustwrapper edges slightly rubbed and creased. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of £5.95 net. Cover bright. Spine not faded. 219 pages. 204 mm x 134 mm. ***' Black humour, zany satire, tense action, knockabout parody, Kafka-ish allegory, chilling warnings about the future - Mr Boyle provides all of this, and much more, in a collection of tales that are as outrageous as they are hilarious --- Almost a legend already in the literary underground --- He is often very funny, sometimes ferocious, always original, and genially disillusioned about the human condition. (Quote taken from jacket blurb). ***This UK first edition is less common than the American first edition which preceded it. *** For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Blackbird Bookshop, Trumbull, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine edge at spine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Jacket has one tiny spot of wear top; protected in mylar.; First UK edition. ; 8 x 5 x 1 inches; 219 pages.
Published by Victor Gollancz, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Carlson Turner Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A very nice copy with clean, bright interior pages and solid binding. DJ in very nice condition with protective mylar cover. Scarce. ; 224 pages.
Published by Victor Gollancz, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First English Edition. First UK edition of the author's first book; contains 17 short stories in all. Bumped at foot of spine, minor wear. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. Book.
Published by Victor Gollancz, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition of the author's first book (preceded by the US edition which appeared a year earlier). ***Near fine in dark brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean and bright. No creases or tears. ***In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £5.95 net. Edges of dustwrapper just slightly creased and rubbed. Spine of dustwrapper slightly faded. No creases or tears. Dustwrapper bright. ***204mm x 136mm. 219 pages. ***Stories: Descent of Man; The Champ; We are Norseman; Heart of a Champion; Bloodfall; The Second Swimming; Dada; A Women's Restaurant; The Extinction Tales; Caye; The Big Garage; Green Hell; Earth, Moon; Quetzalcoatl Lite; De Rerum Natura; John Barleycorn Lives; Drowning. ***'Black humour, zany satire, tense action, knockabout parody, Kafka-ish allegory, chilling warnings about the future. ***A chimpanzee with a dazzlingly high IQ who is currently translating Chomsky; an obsessed collector's search in Peru for a genuine Aztec beer-can; New York's Dada festival, which imports Idi Amin as 'Big Dada'; the truth about those survival stories from crashed planes in the South American jungle--- ***Almost a legend already in the literary underworld---- He is often very funny, sometimes ferocious, always original, and genially disillusioned about the human condition' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the first UK edition, in near fine condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Published by Victor Gollancz, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Imperial Books and Collectibles, Wauwatosa, WI, U.S.A.
Book Signed
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by author. VG brown boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked except author's signature on title page. VG dust jacket not price clipped; light rubbing along edges. 219pp. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling. Signed by Author.
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Shade of the Cottonwood, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Very good + condition hardback signed by author on title page. Free of owner's marks. Top spine bumped, and former seller code in light pencil flyleaf. Spine slightly canted. Dust jacket near fine and in protective archival sleeve. signed by author or artist.
Published by Victor Gollancz, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First English edition. Topedge lightly foxed, short tear at the margin of one page (not affecting text), near fine in a near fine dust jacket with modest rubbing, and a small scratch mark on the cover. Signed by the author on title page, his first book.
Published by Victor Gollancz, Ltd., London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Humorous, sarcastic, chilling and Kafka-esque, Mr. Boyle is a wonderful storyteller presented here in a flawless copy of the first U.K. edition of his first book.
Published by Victor Gollancz, Great Britain, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Atlanta Vintage Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Signed by the author at title page. Brown paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped particulars to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Text block has very light scattered foxing. Boards are clean and bright. Binding is tight; front board slightly bowed. Dust jacket is clean and bright with light rubbing and creasing to edges, corners and ends of spine; spine lightly sunned. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.
Published by London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1980., 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Condition: Fine. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1980. 1980. Fine. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is slightly rubbed. Half-title, title & 219 pages. Fine in a near fine dust wrapper. First English edition of the author's first book.
Published by Victor Gollancz, London, 1979
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition (SIGNED). Near fine in very good dust jacket with a surface tear on the front panel. Previous name. Signed by Boyle on the title-page. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Victor Gollancz, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First British edition. Light foxing on topedge, spine slightly cocked, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with modest rubbing. Signed by the author on title page, his first book.
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, UK, 1979
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Kelleher Rare Books, Naas, IE, Ireland
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This first edition, first printing (first impression) with no mention of a reprint to the copyright page to indicate a true first print in a New Dust Jacket. The original dust jacket is not price clipped and [£5.95 net] is present. The UK edition of the author's first short story collection. SIGNED and DATED by T. Coraghessan Boyle to the title page. [T. Coraghessan Boyle 8/10/11]. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Abyssbooks, Crestone, CO, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Both book and mylar protected jacket pristine. First U.K. edition and signed by the author! None better.
Published by Victor Gollancz, 1980, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0 575 02788 6. First English edition of writers first book. Small scrape on dust jacket 1/4 inch loss of paper affecting o of in title.
Published by Victor Gollancz, london, 1980
ISBN 10: 0575027886ISBN 13: 9780575027886
Seller: Orpheus Books, Edmonds, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First British edition / First printing. Signed on the title page by the author. Brown paper-covered boards. 219 pages. Very fine in fine dust jacket. The author's first book. Signed by Author(s).