Confederacy Dunces by John Kennedy, First Edition (70 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st. A spectacular, Pultizer Prize-winning novel by a master of comedy, beloved by readers and critics alike. The place is the French Quarter, the characters, denizens of New Orleans's lower depths.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Publisher's full orange cloth, gilt lettering on spine. . Former owner's printed bookplate on ffep, else as new; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket shows only the slightest shelf-wear. VERY GOOD/FINE. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. ix, (ii), 462, (1) pp First Edition Thus. Seventeenth Printing.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good paperback early Black Cat edition Foreward by Walker Percy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

First edition. An octavo-size paperback original in the UK (though a small hardcover issue was simultaneously done, selling now for above $400). Edges slightly embrowned,otherwise very good in an added clear archival jacket for this copy. A grand novel, full of humour, Rabelaisian , black and otherwise. Cover art by Ed Lindlof.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus; Eighteenth Printing. 462 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. First edition, fifth printing in the original LSU DJ artwork. A near fine copy with a gift inscription on front endpaper in a poor DJ with a tape repair to front panel and extensive wear but with $12.95 price point, now protected in removable archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #207.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A fourth printing of the original edition in very good condition, but the jacket has a triangular area of loss on the front panel and further loss to the back panel with a spine that is rubbed and worn. A nice book in just a good jacket.

Hardcover. Octavo, vii, 338 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with age-toned blue and white lettering. Dust jacket wrapped in mylar covering, has mild wear along edges, bending along head corner of rear cover, numbered sticker on front cover, and mild wear along spine head and tail. Boards have mild wear along spine head and tail. Textblock has moderate wear along head edge of page 263/264, bending along head edges of pages 309 - 312, bending along fore edges of title page to page 10, embossing on front end-page, and mild age toning along edges. Shelved Alcove #1. Third printing in a second issue jacket with Chicago Sun-Times blurb on the back panel and $12.95 price. 1382272. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. First Edition, Third Printing, Second State Dust Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. 2004 LSU Press hard cover - Large Print Edition - 1st printing THUS - a fine clean like new copy with like new dust jacket now in mylar cover - enjoy.

First Edition, Fourth Printing. First edition, fourth printing. This book measures approximately 9.25" x 6", with 338 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor staining to top edge of textblock. Birthday gift inscription on front endpaper. Interior pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket is in good minus condition. Moderate chipping to both ends of spine and around all edges to jacket. Original 12.95 price on front flap. "A Confederacy of Dunces" remained unpublished for 11 years after the author's death. Toole's mother convinced Walker Percy to read the manuscript, who in turn convinced LSU to publish the book. The book went on to become a cult classic and earned Toole a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981. The novel's central character is an educated but slothful 30-year-old man living with his mother in the Uptown neighborhood of early 1960s New Orleans, who in his quest for employment, has various adventures with colorful French Quarter characters. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory number (N12-69).

First Edition. A Confederacy of Dunces, Louisiana State Univerity Press, 2000, fine in like slipcase. 1/495 copies of this, the specially bound 20th Anniversary Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. Lousiana State University Press, 1980 first American edition, third printing. 338p, book in very good condition with original dust jacket with minor wear to edges.

First Edition, Third Printing. First edition, third printing. This book measures approximately 9.25" x 6", with 338 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Moderate foxing to all edges of textblock. Interior pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket is in good minus condition. Moderate chipping to both ends of spine and around all edges to jacket. Moderate staining to front panel. Moderate scuffing to both panels. Original 12.95 price on front flap. "A Confederacy of Dunces" remained unpublished for 11 years after the author's death. Toole's mother convinced Walker Percy to read the manuscript, who in turn convinced LSU to publish the book. The book went on to become a cult classic and earned Toole a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981. The novel's central character is an educated but slothful 30-year-old man living with his mother in the Uptown neighborhood of early 1960s New Orleans, who in his quest for employment, has various adventures with colorful French Quarter characters. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory number (O7-9).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Lindlof, Ed (Wrapper Illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. 1980 at title page and copyright page. Stated eighth printing. Oatmeal colored full cloth boards, black stylized spine titles, fine. Matte mustard lime endpapers. Pages fine; no writing. Bind fine, square. Dust wrapper, slight wear; unclipped 14.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Wrapper features gold medallion at front panel: "Winner of The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction". Sadly, the author, John Kennedy Toole, took his own life at 32, after facing consistent rejection from nearly every American publisher. Toole's mother, finally was able to have her son's work posthumously published; and, as fate would have it, the satirical novel won the Pulitzer Prize. "A masterwork of comedy. pungent slapstick, sature and intellectual incongruities. make for a grand comic fugue" (New York Time). Presented here is "a great slob of a man in violent revolt against the entire twentieth century!" This book's unusual path to success began in 1976 when John Kennedy Toole's mother Thelma, using a walker, hobbled into the office of novelist Walker Percy at Loyola University. She was followed by a chauffeur carrying a manuscript that she told Mr. Percy was a ''masterpiece''. Percy reluctantly agreed to read it. He became entranced as he read, and decided that the novel was ''a major achievement, a huge comic-satiric-tragic one-of-a-kind rendering of life in New Orleans.'' After several more publishers rejected the book, Louisiana State University Press agreed to take a chance with a first printing of only 2,500. The soon to be Pulitzer Prize winner went on to 50,000 copies in hard cover and nearly 600,000 in paperback within three years. Manufactured in the United States of America. 338 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Protected jacket and covers in fine shape, price intact, binding straight, pages clean and unmarked. This is a seventh printing of the 2000 reprinting of the 1980 20th anniversary edition. A new Introduction by Andrei Codrescu, original foreword by Walker Percy. A highly collectible author whose novel won the Pulitzer Prize.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover , First edition, stated " Fourth Printing" on the copyright page. Book is in Fine to As New condition. Binding is very tight, and it is highly likely this book has never been read. NO marks in or on the book, no bookplates, etc. Exceptionally clean with no flaws. Dustjacket is the second state, with Chicago Sun-Times blurb on back cover, DJ is price clipped. DJ has minor wrinkling at top & bottom of spine , but no missing pieces. A very nice later printing for Pulitzer Prize collectors. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Lindlof, Ed (Wrapper Illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. 1980 at title page and copyright page. Stated: "Seventh Printing (June, 1981). Tan with greenish tint, full cloth boards, black stylized spine titles, fine. Pages fine; no writing. Bind fine, square; remains tightly bound and relatively as new. Dust wrapper, fine; unclipped 12.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Matches first printing in design and quality with classic Ed Lindloff wrapper illustration; identical to the third printing with Chicago Sun-Times blurb at back jacket panel. Sadly, the author, John Kennedy Toole, took his own life at 32, after facing consistent rejection from nearly every American publisher. Toole's mother, finally was able to have her son's work posthumously published; and, as fate would have it, the satirical novel won the Pulitzer Prize. "A masterwork of comedy. pungent slapstick, sature and intellectual incongruities. make for a grand comic fugue" (New York Time). Presented here is "a great slob of a man in violent revolt against the entire twentieth century!" This book's unusual path to success began in 1976 when John Kennedy Toole's mother Thelma, using a walker, hobbled into the office of novelist Walker Percy at Loyola University. She was followed by a chauffeur carrying a manuscript that she told Mr. Percy was a ''masterpiece''. Percy reluctantly agreed to read it. He became entranced as he read, and decided that the novel was ''a major achievement, a huge comic-satiric-tragic one-of-a-kind rendering of life in New Orleans.'' After several more publishers rejected the book, Louisiana State University Press agreed to take a chance with a first printing of only 2,500. The soon to be Pulitzer Prize winner went on to 50,000 copies in hard cover and nearly 600,000 in paperback within three years. Manufactured in the United States of America. 338 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Louisiana State University Press - LSU Press, Baton Rouge. 1980. 338 pages. First edition, third printing, stated. Original DJ with $12.95 price intact on DJ flap and no Pulitzer sticker on front; or any mention of the Pulitzer anywhere on DJ. Walker Percy blurb on rear; however this is the second state DJ with the Chicago Sun Times blurb in the black area, at the top of DJ rear. Despite this, the DJ remains desirable thanks to no Pulitzer mention, hence an early printing. Binding and hinges are strong. Panels, endpapers and pages are all bright and clean; no writing within. Book's only flaw is a minor one; three consecutive pages' cornertips were dogeared, and since flattened-out. In regards to the DJ, Shallow shelf-rub induced chips at crown, and corner folds. Small closed edge tear along rear top edge. A touch of soiling to DJ front, and rear flap. Considering the first printing of this Pulitzer winner was a minuscule 2,500 copies, these early printings remain sought after. Sadly, the author committed suicide, and had no idea his manuscript would ever be published, let alone go on to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. VG+/VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1980 at title page and copyright page. Stated second printing. Light green full cloth boards, black stylized spine titles, moderate shelf, corner wear. Pages generally very good; no writing. Couple at back, lower text block with moderate discoloration. Light olive green endpapers. Bind fine, square. Scarce near very good second (2nd) printing. Sadly, the author, John Kennedy Toole, took his own life at 32, after facing consistent rejection from nearly every American publisher. Toole's mother, finally was able to have her son's work posthumously published; and, as fate would have it, the satirical novel won the Pulitzer Prize. "A masterwork of comedy. pungent slapstick, sature and intellectual incongruities. make for a grand comic fugue" (New York Time). Presented here is "a great slob of a man in violent revolt against the entire twentieth century!" This book's unusual path to success began in 1976 when John Kennedy Toole's mother Thelma, using a walker, hobbled into the office of novelist Walker Percy at Loyola University. She was followed by a chauffeur carrying a manuscript that she told Mr. Percy was a ''masterpiece''. Percy reluctantly agreed to read it. He became entranced as he read, and decided that the novel was ''a major achievement, a huge comic-satiric-tragic one-of-a-kind rendering of life in New Orleans.'' After several more publishers rejected the book, Louisiana State University Press agreed to take a chance with a first printing of only 2,500. The soon to be Pulitzer Prize winner went on to 50,000 copies in hard cover and nearly 600,000 in paperback within three years. Manufactured in the United States of America. 338 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST EDITION SECOND PRINTING IN second ISSUE DUST JACKET NOT PRICE CLIPPED.

First UK edition, first impression, casebound issue; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's ivory cloth, gilt lettering to spine, spine slightly browned, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket by Ed Lindlof, minor creasing to edges, else very good. The first UK edition of the American writer John Kennedy Toole's (1937-1969) picaresque tale of the antihero Ignatius J. Reilley. Published posthumously 11 years after the author's untimely death, A Confederacy of Dunces won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine to Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine to Fine. Third Printing. Extremely nice copy of this Pulitzer Prize winning novel and author's only book. Nearly white boards are fresh and bright with sharp tips. Black lettering on spine. White endpapers. 1980 on title page with Third printing stated on copyright page. Textbllock supple and fresh. Price intact jacket in its first state with no mention of Pulitzer Prize has tiny nick at head of spine and top of front fold. 1/2" closed tear on rear panel. No other issues. Remarkably well preserved. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

[Humour] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xii; 338 [2]. Publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Ed Lindlof, priced at £7.95 net. Toning to cloth spine, some spotting to top edge, and a little sunning to jacket spine, otherwise a lovely crisp copy. Near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A second printing in about very good condition with tanning to pages . The jacket has wear and chips with small areas of loss. First state jacket with a single Walker Percy quote on the back panel. An early second printing in a first state jacket with moderate wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, small tear, light wear. Stated fourth printing. Price $12.95 on the flap. No marks from prior ownership.

A first edition, first printing published by Allen Lane in 1981. A very good book with the usual shadowing and marking to the spine of the book. No inscriptions. Top edge spotted and some little staining to the fore-edge. A very good bright copy in unclipped dust wrapper, lightly faded at the spine panel The author's posthumously published Pulitzer Prize-winning debut, detailing the many, many misadventures of the oh-so splendidly named Ignatius Jacques Reilly. (Toole penned his novel 'The Neon Bible' first, at the age of just sixteen, but it was not published until nearly a decade later). This UK edition was supposedly limited to 1,500 copies, one thousand less than the US edition.

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original white cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth bright and fresh to the boards but toned to the spine (most likely with a reaction to the acidity in the paper) as the book otherwise feels unread. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the price-clipped dustwrapper that is otherwise without loss or tears. An excellent example. The author's only novel, a posthumous published comic masterpiece. The British first edition, of which 1500 copies were printed is uncommon. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.