The Favourite Game by Leonard Cohen (89 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Clean bright copy. else fine. Cohen's first novel. The favourite game, of course, is love.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Lawrence Breavman, the only son of a powerful Montreal Jewish family, inhabits a world illuminated by the wayward adventures he shares with his beloved confidante Krantz.In Leonard Cohens darkly comic novel, the bohemian fringe of the early sixties becomes the setting for one of the most resonant and compelling coming of age sagas since Catcher in the Rye.Haunting and humorous, The Favourite Game is an unforgettable novel by one of the worlds most celebrated artists. In this, his much-loved first novel, Leonard Cohen etches the youth and early manhood of Lawrence Breavman, the only son of wealthy Jewish parents in Montreal. In a tour de force of lyrical writing, Cohen paints a vivid, intoxicating picture of a young man's journey through the chaos and complexity of life, love and literature. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.58.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1970 new editiuon.vg hardback in vg dustwapper-dustwrapper has cellotaped edges to inside boards.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Soft cover, pages tanned, purple cover has creases, spine crease, small chip side edge first page, otherwise without flaw, clean and well bound. 4.25 X 7" 219 pages + 4 pg advertisements. First published in Great Britain 1963, this is a reprint edition 1974. "This is a song of a book - a lyrical and exploratory bit of semiautobiography" - The Gardian.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good Mass Market. Squared, tightly bound, clean & unmarked pagea with age tanning. Moderate cover wear. "In this unforgettable novel, Leonard Cohen boldly etches the youth and early manhood of Lawrence Breavman, only son of an old Jewish family in Montreal. Life for Breavman is made up of dazzling color-a series of motion pictures fed through a high-speed projector: the half-understood death of his father; the adult games of love and war, with their infinite capacity for fantasy and cruelty; his secret experiments with hypnotism; the night-long adventures with Krantz, his beloved comrade and confidant." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 248 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Second Reprint. An uncreased spine with very light edge rubbings. No store stamp. New Canadian Library No.73.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The Favourite Game, Leonard Cohen. Bantam, 1971. Vintage paperback. Front cover shows some light wear along bottom edge. Very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 16mo. The New Canadian Library Series. Paperback. 239pp. Light rubbing to edges and extremities, o/w near fine. "The Favourite Game is a shrewd appraisal of the human comedy, where 'the favourite game' is love.".

1970. (Mass market paperback) Fine. 223pp. 8vo. Fine copy of this iconic Canadian classic. New Canadian Library # 73 Third reprint. Introduction by Roland J. Smith.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. Black cloth hardbound without dust jacket. Mild scuffing of cover, small spot on page edges. No text markings noted.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Near fine second Canadian paperback edition. Clean, square, binding tight. No tears, creases, or marks. Minor overall wear. A very nice early paperback copy of Cohen's first novel.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Very Near Fine. (Small tea splash to bottom edge.) No DJ. Binding solid.

Stiff Wraps. Reprint. Octavo, wraps, pp 219. Wraps worn and creased, clean, good condition. The first novel of the musician Leonard Cohen. Semi-autobiographical.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.31.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Very Near Fine. (Small tea splash to bottom edge.) No DJ. Binding solid. Book.

FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, 248pp, VG (light bruising to board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing to edges with ugly sellotape repairs, light scuffing to spine, all corners clipped, moderate wrinkling to front flap, light soiling & foxing to internal sides).

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! British first edition, first printing. Jacket is in Very Good + condition. Minor wear to spine ends & edges of jacket. Jacket is faded. Jacket is NOT price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. Pages lightly browning. NO remainder mark. Previous owners name & address stamped on the last blank page of book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket (price intact) with a closed tear at the top of the front panel and a touch of wear at the top of the spine. An excellent copy of Cohen's first novel.

1963, 1st British printing. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 223pp. Green boards. A previous owner's name on the front endpaper, the half-title page is creased, and the edges are lightly soiled. (Fiction, Canadian).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First British Edition. Top page edges a bit spotted/soiled else a near fine copy in a fresh, unclipped fine dustjacket that is fine except for touch of edgewear and very slight sunning to spine (mylar-protected). An attractive and collectible copy. Photos available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine-. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine, no inscriptions. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine - not price clipped just one v small closed tear and some v minor chips to top of spine. Nice copy of this still scarce UK re-issue of Cohen's first novel, originally published in 1963 by Secker.

[978-0-7710-2191-6] 2009, 1st printing. (Hardcover) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 505pp. The dust jacket is lightly creased at the top inside corner of the front flap, the top corner of the front cover lightly turned in, 6 page-edges slightly scrunched. Includes Beautiful Losers. (Fiction--Canada).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. The Favourite Game, Leonard Cohen, pub. Jonathan Cape, 1970. Re-issue of his first novel, published in 1963 by Secker. 244 pages. Black cloth, merest hint of a 'lean' to the book. No inscriptions. Mild dustiness to page edges. Top edge of text block red with some marks which give it a curiously attractive 'marbled' effect. Jacket unclipped, tiny amount of edge wear with v. small area of paper loss at top of spine. Jacket now in protective Mylar sleeve [removable]. A crisp bright copy of this scarce edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. rare first edition of Cohen's novel;price clipped at the bottom of the inside dust jacket; a few small green smudges and a larger brown smudge on the back page of the dust jacket; age discoloration but intact and bound well overall; blurb reads that "Leonard Cohen is a leading young Canadian poet and his first novels has all the poet's sharp observation and shrewd appraisal of what goes to make the human comedy. The favourite game itself is love." A must for any fan. In his bio on the back of the jacket, Cohen writes "I accept money from governments, women, poem sales, and if forced, from employers. I have no hobbies.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust jacket in fair condition. Octavo. 222 pages. Dust jacket chipped on spine. Price unclipped on first flap. Little stamp of a previous owner. Third book of Canadian author and song-writer Leonard Cohen (1934-2016).