Compare Mythologies by Leonard Cohen (114 results)

Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.26.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.54.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.25.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 50th Anniversary facsimile edition. A good clean copy of this book with a likewise dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Good- Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with a 1.5 inch corner crease on the front cover and the covers show light wear. There is ball point pen writing in the margin of two poems. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. moderate wear moderate blemishes or marks no underlining or highlighting.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Edinburgh. Canongate Books. 2019. First printing in this edition. First Edition/First Printing (1 printed under first published 2019 to copyright page). Let us Compare Mythologies was first published in 1956 by Contact Press and Book of Mercy first published in 1984 by McClelland and Stewart Ltd. Attractive card covers both illustrated in contrasting designs by the author. Books are new and appear unread. The poems in Book of Mercy brim with praise, despair, anger, doubt and trust. Speaking from the heart of the modern world, yet in tones that resonate with an older devotional tradition, these verses give voice to our deepest, most powerful intuitions. Let us Compare Mythologies was his first book of poems published in America when he was only 22 years old. Explores philosophy, sexuality, death, a world of violent contrasts that would define his future literary and musical careers. The books can be sold separately if desired. The covers will be protected with a new inert 100 micron archival sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS or Transglobal Express. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 5-1/4" x 8", 76pp incl. prelims. Printed on alkaline paper and perfect bound in varnished printed card stock cover. Minor creasing, shelf wear to cover, and the top 1" of the back cover is age toned where it was exposed next to shorter volumes. Binding is square and tight. Pages are clean and bright and unmarked.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good Condition. Covers show light wear. 76pp. Content clean, bright and sound with small brown mark at top corner of pages which does not effect text.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First printing of the first U.S. edition, with full number line. A very fine (as-new) copy in a very fine (as-new) jacket. A clean, tight, unread copy with price ($19.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. [Poetry-C].

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Freda Guttman (illustrator). Facsimile Edition. For its 50th anniversary, a faithful facsimile of the very scarce 1956 first edition. Has the '1' in a number line. A clean, bright, unclipped copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The previous owner's name is marked in first blank page. Otherwise pages remain unmarked and undamaged.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Light wear to extremities commensurate with age. A couple of (tea?) spots to rear cover, else VG indeed. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Light wear to extremities commensurate with age. A couple of (tea?) spots to rear cover, else VG indeed. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION THUS, IN VERY WELL PRESERVED CONDITION. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION THUS, IN VERY WELL PRESERVED CONDITION. Book.

HC. Freda Guttman illustr., (illustrator). First thus 79, 5pp blanc, Drawings First thus and first US edition, first printing. Black board, copper colour spine title. Dust jacket with drawing and printed anniversary seal on front panel. OP Tiny bruise in top right corner, o/w fine, dw fine; NEW.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 1st printing of the first McClelland & Stewart edition in 1966. The true first was published in 1956 for the McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press, Toronto. Full green cloth with silver titles and white endpapers. Remarkably well-preserved. The slim volume is tight with sharp corners and spine ends. Ghost of pencil erasure top edge of ffep. Innocuous tanning to the extreme edges of the heel and crown of the spine. The page edges and paste-downs are tanned - this is mostly noticeable on the latter. Flecks of an unknown substance are present in the margins of pages 24-25 - this is not foxing. The price-clipped jacket is bright and crisp. Minor tanning to the white section of the back panel with typical shelf wear, but the jacket is otherwise unaffected by the sun. There is a short tear with an associated crease at the top edge of the front panel, next to the spine. Short, closed tear in the bottom edge of the front panel, next to the spine. Minor wear at the crown of the jacket's spine, the edges of the folds and along the fore-edge of the front panel. Short, closed tear in the top edge of the back flap, and there is a tiny notch missing from the bottom edge of the back panel, next to the fore-edge. A pleasing copy of a scarcely found book. Canadian buyer will be charged GST.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Originally published for the McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press. This is the first edition by McClelland and Stewart published in 1966. Covers is picture of a young, smiling, Leonard Cohen. Slight chipping on spine, head and tail, and outer edges and corners. Very clean and tight inside. A very good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. About Fine, With Minor Bumping To Extremities Of Covers. Internally Fine, And Apparently Unread.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Ecco Edition Thus/4th Printing.- 50th Anniversary Edition (2007). SIGNED by Leonard Cohen on a index card affixed on half-title page: "Leonard Cohen, Boston 2012". Drawings by Freda Guttman. $19.95 price present on DJ flap; maylar protected. 79 pages. (Bonus: comes with a unsigned softcover copy of Sylvie Simmons biography of Cohen entitled "I;m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen"). Note: No International orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. About the book: Hardcover with jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by poet on title page. Both book and jacket are in fine condition. Book feels unread. Book was purchased online from a dealer/writer/publisher who has/had worked with Leonard Cohen. Additional photos available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A superb copy of the facsimile first printing and one of only ten signed by both Cohen and the illustrator Freda Guttman. From a bookstore in Montreal that received this copy from Guttman directly. Fine book in fine jacket. Small black cloth octavo, 79 pages, pictorial jacket. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box. Signed by Author(s).

HC. Freda Guttman illustr., (illustrator). First thus 79, 5pp blanc, Drawings First thus and first US edition, first printing. Black board, copper colour spine title. Dust jacket with drawing and printed anniversary seal on front panel. Fine, fine, NEW.

Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Of This Edition. Original pictorial card covers. This is the first M & S edition after the true 1st of 1956. Published simultaneously in hardcover and softcover. Near fine copy with just minor flaws Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition ( thus ) by McClelland & Stewart published in 1966. First published in 1956. A small "splash" to rear cover not affecting any pages. One title with a pen underline and gift inscription to front free end paper. Overall, VERY GOOD.

Thin Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine Plus. First Thus. Trace edge wear to covers; clean interior without names or markings. Cohen's first book, poems, originally published in 1956; this is the first McClelland & Stewart edition. 76 pages.

Hard bound, first edition, 76pp. Previous owner name torn out of top of front free endpaper, removing an approx. 1 x 2 inch section. Several edge tears to jacket including a large chip at top inside corner which has removed the first letter in the title (L), and portion of 'e', else a very good, unmarked copy in an unclipped jacket with the original price of $4.50 top inside corner of inner fold. 250 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing of the McClelland and Stewart softcover edition. Likely a review copy with small Saskatoon News Agency sticker to front fly leaf. Quite a nice copy with some rubbing to covers but unfaded, previous owner name to front fly, but none of the typical toning to pages. Small octavo, 76 pages in pictorial wraps. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box.