Chilly Scenes Winter, First Edition (31 results)

Condition: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Extremities of spine rubbed and slightly faded, jacket worn at extremities of spine. Name in ink at top of front free end-paper. Author's first novel, published the same day as hew first book of stories.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Former owner name and date in ink on flyleaf. Half-title page has slight bends. Otherwise good to very good with no other markings. No remainder spray! In a good jacket with a few short edge tears and some darkening along and adjacent to spine. Jacket is NOT price-clipped.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very good+ copy of this novel, in good+ dust jacket with 2" jagged tear at the front spine fold, few small tears elsewhere, spine darkened a bit.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 280 pp.

Condition: Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. In protective mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. Some shelf wear and soiling to book and dust jacket. Front end paper has been corner clipped. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. 280 pp.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Edges a bit faded, minor wear to jacket corners. 1976 Hard Cover. 280 pp. Author's first novel, inspiration for 1979 film starring John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Kenneth McMillan, and Gloria Grahame. "The hero of Ann Beattie's Chilly Scenes of Winter is Charles, 27 years old, working a nine-to-five job that he can't afford to leave. His life is stale and flat. He endures a grotesquely crazy mother and an idiot stepfather. His only release is pizza and beer with his old buddy Sam. Charles exists in a dream world, fantasizing his reunion with Laura, the woman he loves and had an affair with 10 years before.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8.5 x 5.5", cloth backed boards, 280pp, minor wear else very good condition in edge torn, slightly wrinkled, rubbed dustjacket. "The comically grotesque world of 'Chilly Scenes Of Winter' is the seventies portrayed with a special combination of the hysteria of black humor and the clarity of super-realism". FIRST EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK.

Hardcover. Stated First Edition. First Printing, Very Good in Good jacket. Signed by author on title page. In grey paper covered boards and blue c;loth spine with silver lettering. Square, intact, and tight binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Light bumping to ends of spine. Jacket is intact with price on upper front flap. Small crease on lower front panel. Light to modertae shelf rubbing. In Mylar protective cover. Photos upon request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

F/VG+. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT WITH JUST A TRACE OF RUB TO THE SPINE CORNERS. D.J. HAS A COUPLE SHORT TEARS WITH ASSOCIATED CREASES AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT PANEL, A SHORT TEAR AT THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE FRONT PANEL, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT, CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair +. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair -. First Edition. DJ in mylar is not price clipped., It has a number of tears, with a small piece missing from back cover, which does not interfer with the great b&w portrait of a young Beattie. The book binding is tight & the pages are clean. The cover shows signs of wear and the ffep have some yellow discoloring. All in all a nice copy of this hard to find book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Review Copy with Doubleday review slip laid in. Spotting to spine and foxing on endpapers else near fine in lovely near fine DJ. The author's first novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 280 pp. stated First Edition. prevous owner inked name atop ffep, else Clean, tight, and unmarked. Exterior shows light wear - white - at topbottom spine corners, & turned tips bottom board forecorners, - still VG DJ in protector, unclipped, with edgewear closed tear, 1/4" chips, here and there top-bottom DJ edges, overall color and rear panel author photo still VG+. 5.75" x 8.5" 1/4 blue cloth gray papered boards in DJ Size: Octavo. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. This is a VG + condition hard cover in a Good condtion dust jacket. The cover has lightly rubebd edges. Stamped onto the front paste-down endpaper are the words 'With Compliments of Doubleday & Company Inc'. The jacket has edge-wear with several small tears. The rear portion of the jacket has some scratches/scrapes along the fold of the blurb-flap. isbn: 0-385-11658-6 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 280 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine grey with teal lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering, price uncut: "$7.95". Chipping and tearing to corners of dust jacket. General wear to head and tail of spine. Interior pages clean. Signed flat by Beattie on publisher's tipped-in page. Shelved under Display Table #2. 1386563. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo. 280 pp. Signed by Beattie on the half title-page. Mild wear and bruising to head and foot of spine; price-clipped dustjacket is chipped at head and foot of spine and mildly chipped at flap hinge corners, and there are three short closed tears as well. Beattie's first novel published simultaneously with Distortions" her first collection of short stories. ". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine +. First Edition/Later Printing. This copy has been SIGNED by Ann Beattie on the title page! A later printing of an original and important American writer. The comically grotesque world of "Chilly Scenes of Winter" is the seventies portrayed with a special combination of the hysteria of black humor and the clarity of super-realism. Very slight wear to the head/tail of spine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The author's first novel. Made into the 1979 ("Head Over Heels") and 1982 films. First edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Patch of abrasion on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (light edge wear and age toning) dust jacket. ; 280 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 280 pp. stated First Edition. Clean, tight, and unmarked. DJ in protecotr, unclipped, with minor blemishes along rear panel close to foreedge -nothing major. 5.75" x 8.5" 1/4 blue cloth gray papered boards in DJ Size: Octavo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. A nice copy of the author's first novel.

F/VG+. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE D.J. HAS ONE INCH TEAR AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT PANEL, AND A BIT OF LIGHT CORNER AND SPINE-END WEAR. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY. FIRST EDITION.

Hardcovers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Beattie on the front free endpage. "For Hugh with good wishes - a book that I hope entertains. Ann Beattie January 10, 1978."Also, a hologrpah note by Beattie is laid-in. "Dear Hugh - You'd be surprised how long it can take a crazy person to get around to buying a mailing envelope & taking it to the post office. - Ann." 5.5 x 8.5 inch note paper, folded and toned at the edges. The book has minimal edgewear and a tapped corner; the dustjacket has wear at the spine ends and toning on the interior edges which is not visible on the outside. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Beattie's first novel, issued simultaneously with her first story collection, Distortions. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in dust jacket with wear and one small tear at the upper spine and lower front cover. Slight wrinkling on top back dust jacket and bumping at edges of book and dust jacket. Author's signature on front flyleaf. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Signed hardcover first edition in very good condition with a mylar wrapped dust jacket.

hardcover. First Edition. Author's first book issued simultaneously with DISTORTIONS. Covers slightly bowed and discoloration to the spine of the book. Very Good or better in a Fine dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated first edition of Beattie's first published novel (published simultaneously with her short story Distortions). Near fine in a near fine, price-intact jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Tall 8vo. Paperback. Stiff, green printed wrappers. 1st edition. Uncorrected proof. Ink notes on front cover. Good. Review copy with letter from publisher laid in.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); blue cloth spine over gray paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 280pp; illus. Signed by author on front endpaper. Light sunning to board edges, with tiny soil to rear board; Very Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Paul Bacon, unclipped (priced $7.95), tanned, with two 0.5" tears to lower rear panel, and tiny tears and creases to flaps and extremities; Very Good. Beattie's first novel is set in the 1970s and explores a man's relationships and world-view. Its film adaptation (1979), written and directed by Joan Micklin Silver, starred John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, and Peter Riegert. [84398]. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Small chip at base of spine & front cover. A few other small tears & spots of light rubbing. Trace of foxing at top edge. ) Author's FIRST novel. Made into a film.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Used; Very Good. First Edition. Doubleday. Used; Very Good. Doubleday, 1976, Hardcover stated First Edition. This book is from a private collection. Previous owner name on front free end page. There is significant wear to the dust jacket. Book Condition: Fair Jacket Condition: Fair . 1976. First Edition. HARDCOVER.