Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$3.36 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Price: US$3.36 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Brautigan, Richard. Confederate General from Big Sur (. Grove Press, Inc., 1964.
Price: US$6.53 + shipping
Description: Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germany
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, New York, 1964.
Price: US$9.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Text is unmarked, tight and clean except for a light water stain on the upper and front margins not extending into the text. Illustrated cover is bumped and yellowed.
Seller: Catron Grant Books, Rio Rancho, NM, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, New York, 1964.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 159 pages. Very good hardcover copy in blue cloth. Previous owner's name and date on endpaper. Light wear to title on spine.
Seller: Berryville Old Book Shop, Berryville, VA, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General From Big Sur. CASTLE/GROVE PRESS, NY, 1964.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: General wear: foxing, small bookplate,front endpaper torn our, inventory markings--otherwise very good condition DATE PUBLISHED: 1964 EDITION: 159
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press 1964, 1964.
Price: US$61.14 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, octavo blue cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 159pp, VG (light scuffing and soiling to boards, light to moderate foxing and tanning to edges, light foxing and tanning within) in d/w VG+ (light soiling, plastic covered, price clipped, light foxing)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General From Big Sur. Grove Press, 1964.
Price: US$62.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No statement of printing. $3.95 price on ajcket. Jacket has dampstaining to back panel, a few small chips and short tears.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. GROVE PRESS, NY, 1964.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: small bookplate on inside of front board, silver gilt lettering on cover and spine, good tight binding, 1964 true first 3.95 DJ flap DATE PUBLISHED: 1964 EDITION: 159
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. GROVE PRESS, NEW YORK, 1964.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: first edition first printing, previous owners signature & date on front end paper (walter spencer 12/16/65), $3.95 dj price, pages yellowing but clean, gilt on spine, mylar cover over dj, dj age toned DATE PUBLISHED: 1964 EDITION: FIRST ED 159
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, 1964.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A worn copy in a worn jacket. First issue with $3.95 on the jacket flap.A well read copy in a jacket with many flaws. Foxing to the textblock which is severe enough to blemish some pages. Not xlibrary and without any previous owners marks.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Richard Brautigan. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, Inc., New York, 1964.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine in VG+ DJ. Author's first novel.
Seller: Courtside Books, Medford, NJ, U.S.A.
BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD. A CONFEDERATE GENERAL FROM BIG SUR. GROVE PRESS, NY, 1964.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 3.95 DJ, CLEAN, UNMARKED COPY.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, NY, 1964.
Price: US$99.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Blue cloth titled in silver gilt. First edition. Bookplate to half title page, trace staining to cloth, trace rubbing to spine gilt, faint offset to endpages. Tight and unmarked. The DJ in mylar is clipped to flap corner, slightly affecting the number 5 in $3.95. The DJ is a bit creased to front panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, Inc., New York, NY, 1964.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cover Art; True First Edition with no statement of printing on the copyright page and the price $3.95 on the dust jacket. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is clean and mostly bright, but has toning and foxing to the white portions of the front panel and spine. There is some beginning nicking / tiny chip to the bottom front flap joint and the top spine end. . This is the author's first novel. "In the summer of 1961, while camping in southern Idaho with his wife and daughter, Brautigan completed the novels A Confederate General From Big Sur and Trout Fishing in America. A Confederate General from Big Sur was his first published novel and met with little critical or commercial success. But when Trout Fishing in America was published in 1967, Brautigan was catapulted to international fame. Literary critics labeled him the writer most representative of the emerging countercultural youth-movement of the late 1960s, even though he was said to be contemptuous of hippies. Trout Fishing in America has sold over 4 million copies worldwide." (from Wikipedia)
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, New York, 1964.
Price: US$121.23 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very acceptable copy - first issue with price of 3.95 at the front flap and no printing statement at colophon. Blue cloth with white titles at the backstrip, lower corners bumped, rubbing and slight grubbiness to top corners. Spine tips creased - crushed at crown. Minor marks to covers. Off-setting to both pastedowns. Binding firm and square, the block has toned with age. The dustjacket is unclipped with small wear to the spine tips, tiny nick to the crown. The protected jacket is also tanned. Much better than it probably sounds but not a Fine copy, obviously. Still VG, however, and the dustwrapper Near Fine.
Seller: Northern Lights Rare Books and Prints, Sastamala, Finland
Richard Brautigan. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, Inc, New York, 1964.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1964. First Edition with no additional printings to copyright page. Octavo. 159 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.95 price present. Blue boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket shows some very slight chipping and light wear to edges. General rubbing and light spotting with some surface scratching. Boards show some general spotting and slight lean to spine. Binding is sound. Touch of foxing to top edge of text block, with pages otherwise clean and unmarked.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Richard Brautigan. A confederate general from big surv. Grove press, 1964.
Price: US$128.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition Book in very good plus condition. No internal markings. Clean blue boards Slight tanning to contents. Corners sharp other than tip of rear base corner which has tiny creased Wrapper in similar condition. Is not price clipped (3.95dollars) Tiny water mark on base spine.No nicks or tears . Tiniest brown mark on spine. Has been looked after well Covered with protective removable wrapper Images available on request. Lovely copy
Seller: Barney's books, Beer, DEVON, United Kingdom
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur, 1st Edition. Grove Press, 1964.
Price: US$148.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A near fine copy in VG+ mylar protected unclipped jacket. Tiniest chip at lower left rear panel and minor rubbing to upper left rear panel of jacket. A gorgeous copy of the first edition with no printing history, 1964 Grove Press. This is the one.
Seller: Abyssbooks, Crestone, CO, U.S.A.
Richard Brautigan. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, New York, 1964.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of the first edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. LR
Seller: J. F. Whyland Books, Jeffersonville, IN, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. New York Grove Press 1964, 1964.
Price: US$150.31 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition 159 pp. Octavo. Illustrated dust jacket. Original blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. Dust jacket has some modest age toning and dust soiling, as well as more wear to top edge of spine, but overall a nice example. Dust jacket intact, not price clipped. Bookplate on front end paper. Clean text. Both dust jacket and book are in good condition. The author's first novel in the first issue with the unprice clipped wrapper priced at $3.95.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Brautigan, Richard. Confederate General From Big Sur: A Novel. , 1964.
Price: US$153.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1964 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine/Good + Grove Press, Inc, Pub, NY, 1964, 1st edition, 1st priting, near fine condition with a good+ dust jacket, light soiling to edges of book, light to medium soiling to jacket and some chipping to jacket at head of spine, Richard Brautigan, Modern First Edit
Seller: Transmutation Publishing, Corning, CA, U.S.A.
BRAUTIGAN, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove, New York, 1964.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Thin 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Grove Press, (1964). First Edition. Brautigan's first book. First issue. The dust wrapper illustrated by Larry Rivers is priced $3.95; no mention of printing on the copyright page. Ownership signature on flyleaf, otherwise fine.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press Inc, New York, 1964.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. (No statement of "First Printing" on copyright page, which in this odd instance is the first printing.) 159 pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Light foxing to edges. Jacket price-clipped, faint staining along spine panel, light wear at head and tail. Brautigan's first published novel.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General From Big Sur. Grove Press, New York, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. Author's first book. A fine copy in a bright, unfaded dustjacket with no defects. Very scarce in this condition. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General From Big Sur. Grove Press, New York, 1964.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine copy in unclipped, slightly spine-sunned else near fine dustjacket with minor edge wear (mylar protected). An attractive copy of true first edition first issue ($3.95 price and no statement of first printing on copyright page) of this '60s classic, RB's first novel. Larry Rivers dustjacket. Photos available on request.
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, New York, 1964.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Grove Press Inc., 1964. 159 pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering. First edition. (No statement of "First Printing" on copyright page, which in this instance signifies the first printing, oddly enough.) Near Fine in Very Good+ unclipped ($3.95) dust jacket, small worn spot along fore edge fold of front panel, light wear. Lightly rubbed spine lettering. Brautigan's first published novel.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
BRAUTIGAN, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, NY, 1964.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: His first novel, after several small press poetry collections. Brautigan's writings influenced an entire generation and, although he fell out of literary favor for a time -- culminating in his suicide in 1984 -- he has come to be seen as an American original whose whimsy, sensitivity and humor uniquely epitomized his time. A bit of staining to the joints and top edge; near fine in a very good, spine and edge-darkened jacket with a small corner chip at the crown. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, New York, 1964.
Price: US$315.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Very nice copy. First printing. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Tight and square. No real flaws, light toning to jacket. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard.. A CONFEDERATE GENERAL FROM BIG SUR.. GROVE PRESS. NY 1964, 1964.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine in a close to Nf. dj. (Couple small soil spots on spine of dj. Light foxing at top edge as well as front & rear pastedowns.Upper inch by two inches of rear dj. flap chipped, with virtually no loss to text. A few letters are obscured ) Author's FIRST novel.
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
BRAUTIGAN, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, NY, 1964.
Price: US$356.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book shows very minor soiling to page edges and the slightest bit of wear to bottom spine end. Overall, a beautiful copy of this first edition of the author's first novel. The true first edition with $3.95 and no statement of the first printing on the copyright page.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, New York, 1964.
Price: US$369.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A square solid tight unread copy. This copy has some light tanning to the edges of the text block with very light soil to same. The 3.95/GP 327 priced jacket has some rubbing wear, some tanning, some soil, some light edge wear, a short tear in the spine area. This is reportedly the true first with no statement of printing and a 3.95 price stated above. This is his first novel.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, 1964.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. An attractive First Issue dustjacket that has the $3.95 printed price present on the front flap with minor wear to the spine. The book is in nice condition with light wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a sharp copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard.. A CONFEDERATE GENERAL FROM BIG SUR.. GROVE PRESS., NY, 1964.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine in a Nf. dj. (Slight hint of offsetting to endpapers. 1"- inch closed tear at base of front cover. A few tiny edge nicks. White background on spine of dj. a trifle age toned) Author's FIRST novel. (B)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard.. A Confederate General from Big Sur.. Grove Press, New York, 1964.
Price: US$625.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in dark blue cloth, in a Near Fine or better dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with mildest of use. 159pp. Brautigan's first published novel. Q16375
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A CONFEDERATE GENERAL FROM BIG SUR - REVIEW COPY. Grove Press, New York, 1964.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing, a review copy, with the publisher's typed slip laid in. Octavo; dark blue cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 159,[1]pp. Tight, Fine copy in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $3.95), with subtle toning to spine and extremities. The author's first novel, written between 1962-63. The book was published in 1965, selling less than 1,000 copies before going out of print. It found new life in various paperback formats, and has since been endlessly re-issued, now hailed as a cult classic. Particularly desirable as an advance.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, 1964.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A wonderful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with the ORIGINAL dustjacket. This First Issue dustjacket has the $3.95 printed price present on the front flap with light wear to the edges. The book is in fabulous shape and appears UNREAD. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur.. Grove Press, Inc., New York, 1964.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Brautigan's first published novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Richard Brautigan on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Larry Rivers. Jacket photograph by Erik Weber. A very nice example. Written when Brautigan was 29 years old, A Confederate General from Big Sur follows the story of Lee Mellon, a man who believes himself to be a descendant of a Confederate general and seeks the truth of his own modern-day war against the status quo of the modern United States in light of the Confederacy's past struggle with the Union. Brautigan completed the novel in 1961 but it was not published until January 22, 1965. The novel sold poorly and soon went out of print but was later republished when Brautigan developed something of a cult following, largely based on his reputation developed in response to his next major work, the novella Trout Fishing in America.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur.. Grove Press, Inc., New York, 1964.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Brautigan's first published novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author on the title page, Richard Brautigan January 22, 1964." Review slips of examples we've seen note the publication date as January 22, 1965, so we believe Brautigan must have written the incorrect year as many of us do in the new year. Laid in are two photographs of Brautigan credited to Bancroft Library. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket painting by Larry Rivers. Jacket photograph by Erik Weber. A very nice example. Written when Brautigan was 29 years old, A Confederate General from Big Sur follows the story of Lee Mellon, a man who believes himself to be a descendant of a Confederate general and seeks the truth of his own modern-day war against the status quo of the modern United States in light of the Confederacy's past struggle with the Union. Brautigan completed the novel in 1961 but it was not published until January 22, 1965. The novel sold poorly and soon went out of print but was later republished when Brautigan developed something of a cult following, largely based on his reputation developed in response to his next major work, the novella Trout Fishing in America.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard. A Confederate General from Big Sur. Grove Press, New York, 1964.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Signed by the author on the half title page, dated July 7, 1979, Pine Creek, Montana, where he resided at the time. Near fine in a very good or better dust jacket, lightly toned, lightly edge-worn with several short tears. The author's first published novel.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.