Moviegoer by Percy Walker, First Edition (33 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. Good. Wraps soiled and rubbed at the edges. Square and firmly bound, a bookworm hole at the top not affecting any text.

softcover. Condition: Fine copy. 1st edition. 8vo, 242 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with a lift mark on the right edge of the back cover, a crease on the spine, and the covers show wear from rubbing.

Condition: Good. [1st ed.]. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. First Edition, Fifteenth Printing. 5.75 x 8.25in. 241pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Near Fine dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows the top text-block edge with a remainder mark and slight darkening, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows a touch of shelf rubbing, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining Fine/As New. As pictured.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition, Third Printing. Octavo. 5.5 x 8 in. 241 pp. Very good in original red, cloth-backed boards with that is clean but for the back free end paper, which has a previous owner's pencil notations erased. This copy has a fair, original illustrated dust jacket bearing the $3.95 price. A previous owner painted both sides of the jacket with some form of a sealant or gel in an attempt to protect it.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1988. 242 pages. First edition, 16th printing stated. Book is tight and clean with a strong binding and strong hinges. Original DJ with $16.95 price intact on flap. The book's only flaw is faint foxing on page edges. DJ shows minimal rubbing along edges. A near fine copy with noted flaw. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Hardcover. First Edition; Sixteenth Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. "09-11940" inked on front pastedown. Very small open tears on front panel top corner and spine crown. ; 6 X 1.25 X 8.5 inches; 256 pages.

1st Edition. 1st Edition. Percy, Walker's THE MOVIEGOER Custom Clamshell Case Only. New York - Knopf: [1961, Book Date] Excellent Custom Clamshell Case [Not A Book] For your First Edition. Elegant Black NUBA with Silver cloth sides, Custom SILVER Stamped Titles to spine. Embossed [sculpted] design on the side inspired from the story. Finished in rich Black velour on the interior. A superb & unique protective clamshell case for the first edition. A Handsome Collector's Custom Case for an important Collection. "Books definitely NOT included" When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests. Generally over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Limited Edition. Illustrated by Walter Rane. Full green leather binding with gilt edges and satin ribbon marker without dustjacket, as issued. Lavish reprint of Percy s 1961 novel, with a new preface by the author. Fine. Signed by Percy. Signed by Author(s).

Unbound. Condition: Near Fine. Loose photocopied leaves printed rectos only. 54, [2]pp. About fine. Text of a Masters Thesis at London University. Signed by the author: "Copy prepared by the author Bob M. Weingrad.".

Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The April 1962 stated 4th printing, in a 1st printing dustjacket (with the "$3.95" price and the "0561" code along the jacket front flap). Solid and VG (very small name tag at the front free endpaper) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and the upper tips, and very light soiling to the panels. Walker Percy's highly-infuential 1st novel and the 1962 National Book Award winner, in its wonderfully-designed Paul Bacon dustjacket.

First edition, first printing Very rare. Retired from one private collector's library and in search of a new reader. This is the first edition, first printing and is scarce with its original $3.95 price intact as well as the code number "0561" on the bottom of the first flap. Near fine blue boards with red spine in gilt tiles. Some tape shadow to the boards which also shows, lightly, on the opening and closing flyleaf. Cover is quite handsome and bright. With one neat interior closed mend barely visible on the outside, with clean text throughout. Former owner's bookplate is on the last flyleaf.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Publishers slate blue paper covered boards with red cloth spine, titled in gilt, decoration in black. Minor tanning to fixed endpapers, touch of wear to lower tips, NEAR FINE in GOOD dust wrapper with $3.95 publication price intact, (05/61) date code at lower flap corner. 1" deep chip at spine head, shallower chip at spine base, tiny chips at tips, 1/4" tears and chips along top edge of wrapper front panel. A GOOD or better wrapper that would benefit from professional restoration. Pictures on request.

FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J. THIRD PRINTING SEPT 1961 / D.J. IDENTICAL TO FIRST EDITION'S WITH $3.95 PRICE AND 0561 DATE ON THE FRONT FLAP BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. HAS A SMALL BIT OF CORNER WEAR, SOME SHALLOW SURFACE CHIPPING TO THE ENDS OF THE SPINE PANEL, A COUPLE OF MINOR EDGE TEARS, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. Binding is HARDCOVER.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. (First printing with stated "First Edition" on copyright page, correct dust jacket.) Very Good+ with bookplate on paste down, Good+ dust jacket, unclipped ($3.95) with some short tears, creases, and chips along edges, age-toned and a little soiled. A serviceable copy of a sought-after modern first.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of Percy's debut novel, winner of the National Book Award. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. A very good copy in an about very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding is sturdy and square, light shelfwear to boards with top corners bumped, faint sunning to edges. Internally clean with no markings. Jacket shows some wear, with a few instances of chipping and loss, some light creasing, rubbing to back panel. A presentable copy, protected in archival mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition stated, first printing. Very Good or better with a faint cup ring to the front board and two water spots to the rear, end papers lightly foxed, in a Good dust jacket with waviness to the top portion of the front panel, light edge wear, foxing and several tape repairs made to blank verso, with publisher's original price of $3.95 intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($3.95), multiple tears and creases, particularly on the front panel. Quarter red cloth with blue paper on the boards. Bound with a blue top stain, some reading wear and a forward lean, clean internally. Percy's debut novel, the winner of the National Book Award and considered by Time and Modern Library as one of the greatest novels of the 20th Century.

Hardcover in jacket. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Bound in green paper covered boards with black stamping on the upper cover and with gilt and black stamping on the spine, in a dust jacket with light soiling/toning. The DJ is a bit short, trimmed-down at the bottom edge. The covers show light sunning to the spine, and light edge-wear. The binding is solid and contents are bright and clean.

Hardcover. First Edition; Ninth Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. ; Great inscription by Walker Percy on the front end page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

First edition, first printing of the author's first book. Octavo. Original red cloth backed grey boards, spine lettered in gilt, decoration to spine and front board in black. With dust jacket. An excellent copy in the lightly rubbed and faded dust jacket with a closed three inch archivally repaired tear at one fold.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition/1st Printing (stated First Edition on cp page). DJ has $3.95 price on top corner with '0561' date-stamp on lower corner. Relatively clean Ex-lib copy with only one stamping on front end page. Slight spine slant. Glue residue on pastedowns and rear end page. Some seperation at spine area at half-title page. SIGNED (signature only) by author on bookplate decal affixed to dedication page. Also includes laid-in a handwritten SIGNED letter (ALS) from author, dated June 12, 1980: "To Dan Montemarano: With my best wishes and gratitude- I thought for one awful moment you had sent me an MS to read. Walker Percy". Very scarce first printing, even as ex-lib copy, of author's first book with author's signature and signed handwritten letter. Winner of National Book Award. Note: No International orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated first edition hardcover signed by Walker to a paper tipped-in to book after 2nd ffep. Good only condition with mildly rubbed spine, frayed corners and dampstain to bottom edge, cracked hinges. The DJ in mylar with $3.95 flap price intact has rubbing to spine ends, points, and edges, crease to front flap. Code 1561 to bottom front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. 1st US Edition. 1st US Edition. hardcover. Signed, unattached bookplate by Walker Percy. Book is near-fine; some foxing to rear panel and rear flap of dustwrapper, otherwise near fine, price clipped but first issue dust jacket 0561 at bottom. Toning to front/rear paste downs and free end papers. Stated First Edition on copy page. Some restoration to head and heel of spine and extremities, protected in mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First printing. The book states "First Edition" on the copyright page. An attractive dustjacket that has light wear to the edges and to the corners. This original dustjacket has retained the natural colors without fading and the $3.95 price is present on the front flap. The book is in good shape with soiling to the edges of the first five pages not effecting any lettering. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with light discolorization to the edges. The pages are clean, and there is no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy of this true first edition.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition. First Edition. hardcover. Inscribed on front free end paper. Book is near-fine; unobtrusive water stain to top stain, otherwise near fine, first issue dust jacket 0561 at bottom. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Hobson A.1.1. Some restoration to head and heel of spine and extremities, protected in mylar. Housed in custom clamshell box -quarter inch black leather, boards covered in Chena River hand-marbled paper, flat spine stamped in 22kt gold, black Canepetta cloth covered trays with trays lined in black suede by Don Kobetsky of Chicago.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good(-). First. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, (1961). First Edition. Third printing, September, 1961. Presentation copy " For Jean Stafford Leibling and A.J. Leibling, with heart's gratitude." Percy's first published novel and his best work. Stafford, one of the judges of the National Book Award, was believed to be largely responsible for his winning. Her husband urged her to read this first novel that had appeared with barely a ripple, and which was competing with Catch 22. The dust wrapper is worn at the edges, but is not price-clipped. A wonderful association copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. This copy is SIGNED by Walker Percy on a handwritten letter by the author laid into the book. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket is vibrant in color with minor repair. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's red cloth spine with paper boards. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy SIGNED by Walker Percy in collector's condition. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First printing of the author's first book, which won the National Book Award in 1961. Very good to near fine in a very good dust jacket. Tiny, insignificant mark to the bottom edge of the page block (not a remainder mark); very slight bump to top front corner. The jacket has light edgewear and a small internal mend at the top of the spine. $3.95 price is present on front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. With a short, two page ALS dated July 10, 1961, tipped to the front pastedown: Percy declines to contribute to the magazine SHOW (which is in its early days). The recipient of the letter was the original owner of this copy, which bears both his signature and his bookplate. Finally, affixed to the front endpaper opposite the letter is a very short clipping: "This is one of the poems of Walker Percy, student at Greenville High School, which won first honors in the State High School Press Association contests." The poem is printed in the clipping, and appears to date from the 1930's. Letters from Percy contemporary with his first book are very uncommon. An exceptional copy of this groundbreaking novel, housed in a custom clamshell box with leather spine. Signed by Author.