Contract World by Jane Rule (28 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

1st printing of 1st UK edition. Light stain on rear cover otherwise near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book).

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. shelf wear, paperback Used - Good All purchases support Project HOME - ending homelessness in Philadelphia.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Binding Tight Pages Clean Appears Unread. Book.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Naiad Heavy sunning to wraps. Creasing to spine. Large stain to front fly leaf.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Thus.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDFirst thus. Very good, some creasing.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In Contract with the World, the setting is Vancouver, and the time is the mid-1970s. Told from six different characters' points of view, the novel describes the intersection between artistic motivation, personal fulfillment, and sexual politics. A portrait painter, a sculptor, a sound musician, a would-be writer — these characters make choices, as Rule's title suggests, that sometimes leave others out in the cold, and sometimes provide a welcoming embrace. In Contract with the World, the setting is Vancouver, and the time is the mid-1970s. Told from six different characters' points of view, the novel describes the intersection between artistic motivation, personal fulfillment, and sexual politics. The Insomniac Library is proud to reissue Jane Rule's fifth novel more than twenty years after its initial appearance in 1980. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. PB/pub.1980/Gd. condition/339 pages - Six characters use art to try and make sense of their lives and establish a relationship with the outside world. [KN124285]. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. 339 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. First Edition stated with letters BCDE along with unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Price clipped dustjacket has a coupe of short tears base of spine, front flap creased; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 339 pages; "Contract with the World follows a group of friends, artists, and lovers as they negotiate the shifting terrain of the 1970sâ"a time when gay and lesbian politics were just emerging. Divided into six parts, the novel enters a world marked by desire, ambition, jealousy, and love. We follow these sexually adventurous thirty-something friends as they marry, divorce, take lovers, lose love, and never stop searching for personal and artistic fulfillment. Whether gay, straight, or bisexual, Ruleâs characters are as much a product of the era that defines them as of the wise and foolhardy choices they make in their own turbulent livesâ"choices that will have inevitable, sometimes tragic consequences.".…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Small quarto. Blue printed wrappers. Light toning on wraps, soiling on bottom edge, very good. Publisher's slip laid in.

Original Wraps. Condition: Fine. Re-issue. | Very fine -- illus. wraps. Insomiac Library re-ssue of novel first published New York 1980 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Condition: Good+. A tight and unmarked copy-" In Contract with the World, the setting is Vancouver, and the time is the mid-1970s. Told from six different characters' points of view, the novel describes the intersection between artistic motivation, personal fulfillment, and sexual politics. A portrait painter, a sculptor, a sound musician, a writer these characters make choices, as Rule's title suggests, that sometimes leave others out in the cold, and sometimes provide a welcoming embrace." Moderate wear with light creasing.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. In Good condition, all pages are clean with underlining on a few pages. Some wear on front and back covers.

Condition: fine. 1990, 339 blz. Paperback. Matig exemplaar, (lees)vouwen in de kaft en (koffie)vlekken.

Good paperback (light edgewear, clean and unmarked). 339 pp Paperback. The image on this page is of the actual book for sale.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Très bon. 339 p. Small call number handwritten inside. Stamp of maurice Forget.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In Contract with the World, the setting is Vancouver, and the time is the mid-1970s. Told from six different characters' points of view, the novel describes the intersection between artistic motivation, personal fulfillment, and sexual politics. A portrait painter, a sculptor, a sound musician, a would-be writer — these characters make choices, as Rule's title suggests, that sometimes leave others out in the cold, and sometimes provide a welcoming embrace. In Contract with the World, the setting is Vancouver, and the time is the mid-1970s. Told from six different characters' points of view, the novel describes the intersection between artistic motivation, personal fulfillment, and sexual politics. The Insomniac Library is proud to reissue Jane Rule's fifth novel more than twenty years after its initial appearance in 1980. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: Very Good. paperback Used - Very Good All purchases support Project HOME - ending homelessness in Philadelphia.

339 p. (Orig. decorative wrpprs. VERY GOOD) Told as a series of interconnected stories, Jane Rule's fifth noveloffering six characters' shifting perspectivestakes us to a place where feminism, creativity, and sexual politics collide. Contract with the World follows a group of friends, artists, and lovers as they negotiate the shifting terrain of the 1970sa time when gay and lesbian politics were just emerging. Divided into six parts, the novel enters a world marked by desire, ambition, jealousy, and love. We follow these sexually adventurous thirty-something friends as they marry, divorce, take lovers, lose love, and never stop searching for personal and artistic fulfillment. Whether gay, straight, or bisexual, Rule's characters are as much a product of the era that defines them as of the wise and foolhardy choices they make in their own turbulent liveschoices that will have inevitable, sometimes tragic consequences.…

Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: sunned. 8vo pp.339.Signed by the author on title page, Signed and inscribed by the Author to Aritha van Herk on FEP, first edition stated with letters BCDE as called for in quarter-cloth boards, spine of dustjacket sunned. Signed by Author. book.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.