Magic Barrel, First Edition (67 results)

Paperback. first thus. 5153 very good, creases paperback,

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear. Previous owners name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Condition: Good. 1962. First edition thus. 160 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1958. First Printing. 214 pages. Paperback book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Mass Market Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. First Dell Printing. very good mass market paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Frist Printing. 213pp. Pink cloth binding, biege spine. Slgith wear, small area of discoloration on back cover. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1957)., New York:, 1959. Book Condition: Very Good. First edition later printing with National Book Award for Fiction 1959" on back cover of dust jacket. His third book, a book of short stories which won the 1959 National Book Award. Pink and white Mylar-protected dust-jacket is price clipped and faded, with wear at the spine head and heel. ".Bernard Malamud's first book of short stories, 'The Magic Barrel,' has been recognized as a classic from the time it was published in 1959. The stories are set in New York and in Italy (where Malamud's alter ego, the struggling New York Jewish Painter Arthur Fidelman, roams amid the ruins of old Europe in search of his artistic patrimony); they tell of egg candlers and shoemakers, matchmakers, and rabbis, in a voice that blends vigorous urban realism, Yiddish idiom, and a dash of artistic magic.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 214 Pp. Beige Cloth, Printed In Purple, Over Violet Boards Stamped In Orange And Purple. Stated First Printing. Title Page Tipped In By Publisher. No Dust Jacket. Book Lightly Used; Ownership Signature On Front Endpaper; Near Fine.

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback Original. A fine book, clean and tight, unread. First edition, first printing. Shipped in well padded box. Smoke-free. REVIEW COPY, publicity materials laid in.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. The spine and the front of the book is written in bold lettering. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, small creases, chipped and edge worn. There is sporadic foxing on the early pages but very little in the body of the book. There are other minor age related marks. Now protected in cellophane. The condition of the book is given in terms of the book's age. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Silverman, Bert (illustrator). 1st Edition. very mild foxing to edges, otherwise a nice, clean, square copy, octavo, 453 pages, ornate gilt decorated medium brown leather, all edges gilt, first thus, includes notes from the editor pamphlet.

Condition: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Published by Chatto & Windus, 1979. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Price-clipped dust jacket is very good with price sticker on front flap and edgewear/tears. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Violet pictorial bds., yellow, purple illus., beige backstr., purple, yellow lettering and design. Dj worn, soiled, chips. Former owner's name on endpaper. 214pp. Malamud's first collection of short stories. STATED FIRST PRINTING.

First edition thus. Fine in original staple-bound wrappers. A prospectus issued with/or ahead of the leather-bound book for this author, as part of "The Collected Stories of The World's Greatest Writers". These attractive pamphlets , compiled by the Franklin Library editors, are 22 pages of useful background material on the authors and the featured works, with b/w photos. Postage within Australia for this small/light book is set at $3 ($7 overseas), so please disregard any site default rate, which will be adjusted downwards before the order is processed by the bookseller.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover in DJ; 214pp; DJ price-clipped & age-toned, boards square, clean & bright, previous owner's name to FFEP, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG- condition. Story collection.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Franklin Library. 1st edition. Illustrations by Bert Silverman. 8vo. Full brown calf with gilt lettering and extensive decorations. 453 pages. All edges gilt. Sewn in satin page marker. Numerous line drawings. Silk endpapers. A tight and lovely leatherbound edition. A volume in this publisher's "The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers" series. Selling quality books for over 35 years.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Slight toning else near fine in a very good dust jacket with toning and edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Owner inscription and slight toning else near fine in a very good dust jacket with toning and edgewear.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Penguin edition. 188pp, browning a little iwth age, illustrated softback orange covers. Original owner's name stamp on flyleaf, otherwise clean and VG. A prizewinning collection of short stories.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. ~Dustwrapper price-clipped but unfaded, rear panel partly toned. Top edges slightly foxed. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition. Hardback. Size: 214pp. With dustwrapper. Owner's signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. Book and dust jacket in solid overall condition. Library stamp appears on rear free endpaper; another is blacked out on front free endpaper. No markings otherwise present on interior or exterior. Jacket is unclipped, in protective mylar; features very little shelf wear but fading to pink coloring on spine, enough so that white typeface is not discernible.

First Edition. First edition. Measuring approximately 8.5" x 5.75" with 214 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping and scuffing to both ends of spine. Minor foxing to bottom edge of textblock. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Interior pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket is in good minus condition. Moderate chipping to both ends of spine and top of front panel. Moderate sunning and staining to spine and both panels. Original 3.75 price on front flap. The Magic Barrel is a 1958 collection of thirteen short stories written by Bernard Malamud and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Also, the Jewish Publication Society released its own edition at the same time. 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 #(O3-17).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition in priceclipped jacket. Spine of jacket is faded, edge sunned. Some wear to edges of cover, most evident at lower corners.

Condition: Near Fine. 1st. Original seven inch, 33 1/3 record of Malamud reading from The Magic Barrel. Recorded in 1963. Calliope Records CAL 13. Record is near fine - slight smude mark on side one, in fine liner and near fine sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Jacques, Robin (illustrator). 1st Edition. Scarce. Tiny neat name inscription on free front endpaper and a horizontal crease to lower edge of last page. All very clean inside. The pictorial boards are firm and bright with minimal edge wear and very light fingermarking to edges.

Paperback. Condition: G++. 1st Thus.

Paperback. Condition: nrVG. 1st Thus.

Paperback. Condition: VG+. 1st Thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1958 JPS hardcover stated 1st printing . Slight tilt to spine, edgewear, chipping and soil/tanning on dj, title faded on dj spine, foxing and offset stains on eps, light soil/foxing on edge, you can tell if you go into the spine that the previous owner was a smoker, else text clean, binding tight. NOTE: This copy is not the one in the picture.