Chimera by John Barth, First Edition (91 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dk. yellow emb. cl., silver lettering, lines on backstr. Dj. unclipped, sm. crease to interior hinge, in plastic protector. 308pp. Stated first ed. but number line missing "1". Nice copy.

Hard cover. First edition. Book is clean and tight, jacket has some shelf wear, not price clipped, first edition stated(correct 1st printing with number line showing # 2) isbn 0-394-49139-9 Very good in very good dust jacket.

First Edition. First Edition. Fair w hinges starting & pieces out of endps. Good rdg copy. Fair w hinges starting & pieces out of endps. Good rdg copy.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good Plus to Very Good. First Printing, First Edition Thus. Crest Q1984; Barth's National Book Award-winning novel that gives us another look at the thousand and one nights; one-reader text is clean, square, tight, lightly age-tanned; white pictorial wrappers are lightly age-tanned along edges and on spine, some minor soiling and stains, minimal surface and edgewear.

Random House, NY, 1972, 1st edition, 308 pages, embossed brown cloth with silver titles, top and fore edge page edges lightly foxed and soiled, just good dust jacket with soil, edge tears and a 3" crease along front edge, former owner's brief pencil notation on first blank page, otherwise contents clean and tight, book good+ (G+/G) 320 [Ps68BL].

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. Edges foxed. Owner's name on front endpage. In protective mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. 8vo, dark yellow hardcover, silver foil-stamped spine, blind-stamped cover. Fine/Very Good. Minor wrinkling and scratches to dustjacket. Back flap previously folded, no tears. Not price clipped. Red endpapers. 308pp. [Sci-fi].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing of first edition. Very Good Minus in like dust jacket. Gift inscription. Page 71 creased. Page-ends a bit soiled. DJ with a couple of short corner splits and a 1/4 inch tear at bottom of front panel.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing. Story of Dunyazade, younger sister of Scheherazade, Perseus and others from mythology and ancient tales. Winner of the National Book Award. 308 pp. Dust jacket by George Giusti. Very good in very good dust jacket (book 'overopened before first page.).

Hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Stated first edition. NOT an ex library book. 308 pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped.

Paperback. Condition: VG+. 1st Thus. Edges browning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition. A very good copy in boumd in tan cloth with gilt spine lettering in a near-fine dustwrapper with slight soiling to the front panel. Light soiling along top edge of page edge. Spine is gently bumped at head and foot.

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. Story of Dunyazade, younger sister of Scheherazade, Perseus and others from mythology and ancient tales. Winner of the National Book Award. 308 pp. Dust jacket by George Giusti. Near fine in very good dust jacket (light H on front endpaper, tear to dj at top of spine.).

First Paperback Printing. Near Fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. First edition stated. Nice copy. Neat signature in ink on front endpaper, else fine. Texblock crisp and fresh. Price clipped jacket is clean and bright. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by George Giusti (illustrator). 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Cover Art; First Trade Edition. First Edition stated on copyright page. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jackaet is clean and bright, but has a bit of light toning, especially to the corners and edges. The front flap of the dust jacket has two creases. This book is a National Book Award winner. Barth's work is characterized by a historical awareness of literary tradition[11] and by the practice of rewriting typical of postmodernism. He said, "I don't know what my view of history is, but insofar as it involves some allowance for repetition and recurrence, reorchestration, and reprise [.] I would always want it to be more in the form of a thing circling out and out and becoming more inclusive each time." In Barth's postmodern sensibility, parody is a central device. Around 1972, in an interview, Barth declared that "The process [of making a novel] is the content, more or less." Barth's fiction continues to maintain a precarious balance between postmodern self-consciousness and wordplay and the sympathetic characterization and "page-turning" plotting commonly associated with more traditional genres and subgenres of classic and contemporary storytelling." (from Wikipedia).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good hardcover with dust jacket. The text is clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear with minor rubbing. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows minor rubbing, scuffing and small tears.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good plus Hardcover has no dust jacket corners and spine bumped, spine faded, edges lightly smudged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in a Very good plus dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good hardcover with similar dust jacket. First edition. Hardcover and dust jacket, both slightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, light foxing to top edge of pages, dust jacket slightly browned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good HC has no dust jacket, the corners and spine ends are bumped, a name is inked on end page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small bump to the top of the spine, very good or better in very good dust jacket with dampstains along the edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Random House, 1972. First American edition. First printing (stated "First Edition" with number line to 2, as was Random House practice at that time). Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket, two slightly soft corners. Clean, tight, and unmarked. Jacket retains original publisher's price of $6.95 on the front flap. Protected in a removable archival mylar sleeve. Smoke-free. Winner of the 1973 National Book Award for Fiction, Chimera comprises three interrelated novellas -- Dunyazadiad, Perseid, and Bellerophoniad -- each reimagining classical myths with Barth's signature postmodern flair. The narratives intertwine metafictional elements, exploring themes of storytelling, identity, and the nature of myth. Octavo. [x], 308, [6] pages. No illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. FIRST. A FINE FIRST SIGNED IN DUST JACKET. REMAINDER MARK. Signed by Author(s).

First edition. Hardcover. Edges somewhat soiled, o/w very good in good dustjacket with some closed tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First UK Edition. Hardcover without jacket; first UK edition. A few very light marks on boards; spine is faintly worn. Page block is foxed. Text is clear on clean, sound pages. TS. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated first edition bound in brown cloth with silver spine lettering. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Mild rubbing to the jacket's corners and spine tips.

First edition. Hardcover. Top edge lightly spotted, ownership signature on the top of the fly-leaf, o/w fine in fine price-clipped dustjacket. Joint winner of the American National Book Award.