Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
James Agee. A death in the family. McDowell, Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$3.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-Libris and is stamped as such. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family: A Novel. McDowell Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$5.63 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Early printing. Light shelf wear, pages yellowed; a strong cologne odor inside; a good sound binding. The dust jacket is scuffed, faded and worn; some chips and tears; price clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 211582.
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$8.87 + shipping
Description: A NF copy in a VG+ price-clipped dust jacket.
Seller: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 3rd printing. Jacket edge-worn, frayed at corners and extremities of spine. Posthumously published winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
James Agee. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$12.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
James Agee. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$13.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The cover has blue cloth, silver lettering, and a mountaintops vignette in green. The first word on p. 80 is "waking." The title page is printed in black ink. The story's setting is Knoxville, TN. The spine strip has darkened a little and the green ink has faded. The cloth is faded along the top edge of the cover and on the bottom end of the spine strip. The top end of the text block has darkened and has a 1/4 in. stain. The front endpaper has an owner's name and a purchase date. DJ: Price clipped. The top and bottom edges have numerous chips, up to 2 1/2 in. x 1 in., and closed tears, up to 1 1/2 in. The blue on the spine strip has faded, and one fold has color loss from shelf wear rubbing. The front panel has moderate shelf wear rubbing. The bottom end has a linear 1 1/2 in. water stain.
Seller: Books from the Past, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, NY, 1957.
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third printing. Very good in a very good dustjacket. There'a signature on the half title page that at first blush looks ast though it may be the author's but it's not. Not priceclipped.
Seller: Bruce Davidson Books, Arlington, MA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$14.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Tight clean interior with some library markings. Fading to spine and front board. Front board slightly bent. Ships Fast!
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. MCDowell Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5th printing. Unmarked hardcover in full cloth binding. Moisture paling to upper page edges. 339pp. Jacket is moderately worn along edges and in a protective mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. Mcdowell, Obolensky, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1957.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Jacket is very rubbed, creased and chipped, covered in brodart. light edgewear. Boards have rubbed edges. Usual library markings. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
James Agee. A Death in the Family. New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Early reprint. Octavo. Condition: DJ price-clipped with slight nicking to bottom edge of DJ & mild rubbing; else near fine in very good DJ. 341 pages.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. McDowell, Obolensky, 1957., 1957.
Price: US$16.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, hardcover, VG in good blue pictorial price-clipped dj with just a hint of wear and tiny tears. Author died in 1955 and book was published after his death. Begins in Knoxvile, summer 1915. about the death of a husband and father and how it affected his family and friends. Begins with "Waking' on page 80. Awarded Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1958. 339 pp.
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$17.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 339, worn and soiled dark blue cloth HB with silver lettering on front and spine/big dent on upper spine/tear at top and bottom; /tape stains at top and bottom front and back flyleaves
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
James Agee. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$19.40 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Pelican Bay Books, Anacortes, WA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. Mcdowell, obolensky Inc., New York, 1957.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In jacket over blue cloth with silver and green titling, 8vo, [10], 339, [2] pages.The famous 3-part memoir (preceded by the short section "Knoxville: Summer 1915"). (shelfwear, rubbing, nicking and fading to price-clipped jacket extremities) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No markings. Dust jacket is price-clipped.
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good hardcover, no dustjacket, previous owner's name
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Agee, James. Death in the Family, a. McDowell Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This hardback book is in Good+ condition. spine slant, page edges starting to yellow. complete, solid. Owner's nameplate on front end page, else, unmarked. the Dust Jacket has a few small edge chips and edge tears. no lettering effected. 3.95 publisher's price on front flap of DJ. stated second printing.
Seller: BOOKFINDER, inc, Lawndale, NC, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No markings. Stated third printing. Some chipping and fading to jacket. In a protective cover.
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st edition, title page in blue, "Walking" for "Waking" on p. 80, $3.95 DJ price. Full blue cloth boards with green & silver lettering and decoration, 8.5" tall, 339 pp. Minor fading to top edge of boards, minor fading to DJ spine panel, very light wear to DJ edges.
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. Mcdowell, Obolensky, New York, NY, 1957.
Price: US$26.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nice copy of classic novel; 60th anniversary facsimile issued by B-O-M-C; includes laid-in flyer. Awarded Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1958. Discoloration of lower front cover, dust jacket, and 1st page or two. 2-2.5" tears on rear of DJ repaired with tape, a few chips, and in removable mylar protector. DJ bright blue colors, as originally published. Otherwise, book is clean and bright, printing on blue cloth boards and spine clear and colors good. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Agee, James. DEATH IN THE FAMILY, A. McDowell Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 339pp Small tear on top of backstrip.
Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.
AGEE, JAMES. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. MCDOWELL, OBOLENSKY, NY, 1957.
Price: US$29.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: CLOSED TEAR TO THE P/C DJ, CLEAN COPY
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book has light edge and corner wear; still square and securely bound. Jacket has edge, corner and surface wear but still grades close to very good minus. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 339 pages; Agee's posthumously published novel.
Seller: The Ridge Books, Calhoun, GA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Good hardcover, no dust jacket. Clean pages. Prior owner's name in ink on half-title page. Front free endpaper excised, scored half-title page. Worn cover cloth, faded and sunned edges and spine cover. Light soil to spine covering. 8vo. 339pp.
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family 1st Ed,2nd State. McDowell, Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Price clipped DJ w/bottom of dollar sign still barely visible; Blue cloth hb W/SILVER LETTERING AND GREEN MOUNTAIN OUTLINES; "WALKING" CHanged to "waking " on page 80. ; 8.4 X 5.8 X 1.4 inches
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. Mcdowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$34.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pretty nice copy. Unmarked, tight copy. Pulitzer prize winning novel. Blue cloth with aquamarine and silver stamping. Thin sunned strip at base of spine. Some offset to front endpaper. Hint of lean at base of spine only. Price intact jacket has light wear at spine ends. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
James Agee. A Death In The Family. McDowell Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with dust jacket, published by McDowell Obolensky, 1957. The dust jacket is intact, though it has been price clipped at the top corner of the front flap. Iconic cover design by Alfred Manso. This is a 1957 second state, fourth printing copy with the correction made to page 80 changing the word "walking" to 'waking". Dust jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover, so there is just a minimal amount of edge wear to the head and heel of the spine, as well as being price clipped. Blue cloth covered boards with the title and author name on the spine and front board as well as a blue-green mountain design on the front board. Spine lettering of the title is somewhat worn. Boards are flat and the corners are not creased or bumped, just minimal dots of edge wear at the tips of the corners. Wear mark on the ffep from what was probably the removable of a former owner's label, about 3 inches across, 1/2 inch tall. The title page retains the blue typography of the first edition. 340 pages, blue topstain appears to be only slightly faded. The binding is tight and square. A beautiful copy of this classic of American Literature. This is not a remainder, not a library copy. Published posthumously, awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1958, adapted as a play and film titled 'All The Way Home'. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.
Seller: Hopkins Books, Nashua, NH, U.S.A.
AGEE, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Reprint. Near fine with a bookplate on the front pastedown, in a very good dustwrapper with a faded spine, light wear at the spine ends and corners.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st state with walking on page 80. Fading to cloth. Edge wear to jacket. $3.95 price on jacket.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, NY, 1957.
Price: US$49.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue cloth titled in silver gilt, green gilt decor. First edition, second state, "waking" on p. 80. Spine/edges sunned, spine ends pushed, one corner lightly bumped. The DJ in mylar is sunned to spine, price clipped, rubbed, edge creased. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, NY, 1957.
Price: US$49.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue cloth titled in silver gilt, green gilt decor. First edition, first state, with blue print on title page, "walking" on p. 80. Minor sunning to cloth extremities and spine, spine ends pushed. Block edge toned. Sound and square. The DJ in mylar is sunned to spine, worn to points, slightly creased. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A First Edition, First Issue ('Walking' opens page 80, title page in blue.) 8vo. - over 7 ¾ in. - 9 ¾ in. [10], 339, [2] pages, bound in full blue cloth with silver gilt stamped titles to the spine and front panel. First issue of the famous 3-part memoir (preceded by the short section 'Knoxville: Summer 1915'); with the publisher's introductory note and biographical afterword. A Very Good copy with light fading to the cloth and slight toning to the pages; the dust jacket has some nicks and wear, else Very Good.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
James Agee. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Title page printed in blue, "Walking" on p. 80, top edge blue. A good copy in blue cloth, the spine and edges sunned. Internally fine, with no ownership or other markings. No jacket.
Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
James Agee. A Death in the Family. McDowell Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$50.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VERY GOOD condition DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Chipping to top of spine and right corner of same. Very minor chipping to bottom of spine and right corner of same. Minor chipping to top outside corners, both panels. Very small chips to top edges, both panels. Closed tears and laminate chips to top and bottom edges of panels and flaps, primarily top. Very minor moisture staining to top edge of front flap. In first 2 pics, paper insert placed inside jacket for improved appearance. BOARDS: Very good condition. Small cut to top of spine and top edge right side of spine. Minor color fade to top edges. Very small dent to top front edge. BOOK: Very good condition. Minor soiling to top and bottom outside edges of textblock. Age toning to endpapers. Very small moisture stains to top inside edges of pastedowns. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. Any questions? Please ask. ************************************************Here on offer is a very nice copy of James Agee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, A Death in the Family, the basis for the 1961 Pulitzer Prize winning play "All the Way Home" and the 1963 film of the same name. This copy is a 1st trade edition, 3rd printing of the work published by McDowell Obolensky in 1957. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.
Seller: Second-handsome Books, College Station, TX, U.S.A.
James Agee. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo in blue cloth, titles in silver, mountain devices in green. First issue with 'Walking' on page 80. Binding tight and square, very modest rubbing at the corners and spine ends, light foxing to the foredeges. The dustjacket is price-clipped, and has light rubbing at the corners and spine ends.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
AGEE, James. A Death in the Family [FIRST EDITION]. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Navy cloth. Dust jacket. 339 pp. Price clipped. Scuffing to jacket edges. Previous owner's name inside front cover. An excellent copy. This is a first issue ("Walking" on p. 80) of Agee's landmark final novel.
Seller: Uncharted Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Endpaper contains a gift note from mother to daughter encouraging living life with Agee's senitivity. First issue copy with "Walking" on page 80. Covers have light fading to cover borders and to spine. Dust jacket has edgewear including some loss at spine ends and corners along with hairline crease marks in the blue paper. Jacket is in archival mylar sleeve. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 339 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very nice first edition, second issue ("waking" on page 80) . The price-clipped dustjacket is bright blue, light wear along edges, two small closed tears, chipping top and bottom of spine. There is a very light fade mark on top of boards and slight bumping of corners. The book was published posthumousely and won the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Very good in very good dustjacket, protected with mylar cover.
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very nice first edition, second issue ("waking" on page 80) . The price-clipped dustjacket is bright blue, light wear along edges, two small closed tears, chipping top and bottom of spine. There is a very light fade mark on top of boards and slight bumping of corners. The book was published posthumousely and won the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Very good in very good dustjacket, protected with mylar cover.
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
James Agee. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (1957). 8vo. 1st edition, 1st issue ($3.95 dust jacket, and 'Walking' on page 80). Darkening, faint marking, and light spotting to edges of otherwise good, clean textblock. Uneven discoloration, faint marking, and wear to edges of gently rubbed cloth covered boards with uneven patchs of discoloration to bumped spine ends. Slight bumping to board forecorners and tiny patch of exposure to front board bottom forecorner. Darkening to edges of toned d.j. verso. Slight discoloration to spine of rubbed, lightly marked, and toned d.j. with darkening to fore edges. Scraping and slight cracking to d.j. front joint. Approx. 2in. chip missing from center of d.j. front joint with slighter chipping to forecorners and joint ends. Approx. 1in. tall triangular chip missing from d.j. rear top joint end and approx. 1in. tall triangular chip and crease to front joint bottom end. D.j. covered in removeable plastic covering by previous owner. VG/VG.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
James Agee. A Death in the Family. McDowell Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$79.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing (and first issue) of the first edition. Pulitzer Prize winner. A near fine copy in very good plus dust jacket with a small amount of chipping to the top edge of the spine area. LR
Seller: J. F. Whyland Books, Jeffersonville, IN, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: 1st state, with "walking" instead of "waking" on page 80 Very good with lightly rubbed and slightly faded extremities. Pages are yellowed Good with bumped and lightly chipped edges. Slightly yellowed. In dust jacket protector Blue cloth with silver and green foil designs
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good or better in a like jacket. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Price clipped jacket with slight wear to spine ends and corners. First state with blue print on title page and "walking" the first word on page 80.
Seller: James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.
AGEE, James. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. McDowell, Obolensky ( 1957 ), New York, 1957.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, blue cloth, name on endpaper; edgeworn dj First state with incorrect spelling of "Waking" p. 81, and title page printed in blue. Puliltzer Prize-winning novel
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
AGEE, JAMES. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. 339, [3] pp. Original full blue cloth, titles in silver with simple mountain design stamped in green on upper cover & spine; in wonderful blue illustrated dust jacket. First Issue, with 'walking' for 'waking' on p. 80. Title page printed in blue. Posthumous winner of the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Moderate sun-fading to extremities, else near fine in very good, chipped dust jacket.
Seller: Irving Book Company, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Novel of the death of a young father and its effects on his family, and life in Knoxville Tennessee before the Great War, published posthumously; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1958. First edition (first printing), first state, with title page in blue and textual error ("Walking" for 'Waking') on page 80. Hardcover, full blue cloth, silver titling, green decoration. Light wear to book, some fading to the spine & edges, minor binding flaw to lower front cover - a small stray flap of errant cloth is folded over onto the front. Jacket shows light rubbing and some chipping; $3.95 price intact, tiny crease to front flap. Pages lightly tanned; text clean; [10], 339 pages + note on the author. Size: Octavo
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
AGEE, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, second state. Minor soiling thus near fine in a good dustwrapper with general wear.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Handsomely bound in finely woven blue cloth stamped brightly in silver on the front boards and on the spine. Name in ink in cursive at the top of the front endpaper. With the requisite blue inked title page and the first issue point: "Walking" on the first line of p. 80. Very clean and tight throughout. With a touch of fading to the top edges of the boards. In a completer, original dust jakcet with a splendid photo of James Agee on the rear panel by Florence Homolka. The jacket is colorful and has the original price of $3.95 at the top of the inside front flap. With light rubbing to the tops of the spine ends and at the corners. With a closed of 2" vertical tear along the bottom edge of the front panel where it meets the spine. Tape has been applied to the verso. Pulitzer-prize winning novel. A Death in the Family is an autobiographical novel by author James Agee, set in Knoxville, Tennessee. He began writing it in 1948, but it was not quite complete when he died in 1955. It was edited and released posthumously in 1957 by editor David McDowell. Agee's widow and children were left with little money after Agee's death and McDowell wanted to help them by publishing the work. Agee won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1958 for the novel. The novel was included onTime's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923. The novel is based on the events that occurred to Agee in 1915 when his father went out of town to see his own father, who had suffered a heart attack. During the return trip, Agee's father was killed in a car accident. The novel provides a portrait of life in Knoxville, Tennessee, showing how such a loss affects the young widow, her two children, her atheist father and the dead man's alcoholic brother. (Wikipedia) First Edition with Obolensky copyright of 1957 and no subsequent printings listed.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A death in the family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$104.96 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 339 pag
Seller: Von Meyenfeldt, Slaats & Sons, Breda, Netherlands
AGEE, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: First Issue (per Ahearn), with title page printed in blue, and "walking" for "waking" on p.80, line 1. Octavo (21.75cm); blue cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in silver and metallic green on spine and front panel; blue topstain; dustjacket; [x],339,[3]pp. Some softening to spine ends, gentle sunning to spine and board extremities; contents clean; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95), gently spine-sunned, with modest external wear, and a few tiny nicks, tears, and attendant creases; Very Good+. Agee's posthumously-published Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo., blue cloth lettered in silver; pictorial dust jacket, extremities rubbed; ownership signature. First edition, first issue, with title page lettering in blue and the first line on page 80 "Walking" instead of "Waking." A handsome copy of Agee's posthumously published Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
James Agee. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing, first issue with blue ink title pages and "Walking" for "Waking" on p. 80. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth with dust jacket. The jacket rubbed on the corners with some small creases along the spine; book unmarked.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 339 pp., blue cloth with silver lettering and green design on front and spine. First edition, first issue with blue ink title pages and "Walking" on p. 80. Binding tight, text block square and clean. Extremities and spine faded, top edge has two small spots. Laid in at pp. 110-111 is a review from the New York Post after this postumously printed book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. The pages are toned from the newspaper. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has shallow chips and wear at the extremities. Photo portrait of Agee on rear panel. Size: 8vo
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. McDowell, Obolensky (1957), NY, 1957.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Original blue cloth with title and cover ornament in silver and green, title page printed in blue, 339 pp. Typo on page 80: "Walking" instead of "Waking." Mild wear to covers, small stainto bottom edge, else near fine in lightly edgeworn jacket
Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. Mcdowell Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: OCLC: "On a sultry summer night in 1915, Jay Follet leaves his house in Knoxville, Tennessee, to tend to his father, whom he believes is dying. The summons turns out to be a false alarm, but on his way back to his family, Jay has a car accident and is killed instantly. Dancing back and forth in time and braiding the viewpoints of Jay's wife, brother, and young son, Rufus, Agee creates an overwhelmingly powerful novel of innocence, tenderness and loss."First edition (first issue with "Walking" at page 80) bound in blue cloth faded along the book edges and previous owner name and light water stain to the verso of the edge worn dust jacket - see photos. Complete in 339 bright pages. A Pulitzer winner in 1958. From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature!
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
James Agee. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. McDowell, Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell Obolensky, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition, first state (with the blue print on the title page; "walking" on page 80) Very good plus/very good plus (a handsome copy of this Pulitzer Prize winner; the book has a bit of fading along the board edges and the spine (although the black portions of the dj blocked any fading in certain areas); no writing inside, but a small bookstore sticker at the bottom of the back pastedown; the dj is not price-clipped and has only a little edgewear)
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$160.56 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Very Good- dust jacket. Edgewear to jacket. Tear to jacket crown at rear panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
James Agee. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$164.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Bumping at spine crown and top of rear panel.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
James Agee. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$169.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Front flap fold.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
James Agee. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$170.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Edge wear and soiling to front and rear panels. Opened tears to crown of spine, creasing to upper edge of front panel. First Edition; no additional printings indicated. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
James Agee. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$174.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Rubbing along panel edges. 1 inch open tear at bottom of rear gutter.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
James Agee. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$194.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Faintly sunned spine.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First State. Near Fine in an about Near Fine first issue jacket, unclipped ($3.95), bumped to creasing at the corners, lightly rubbed, toned on the back panel. Blue cloth, faded at the edges, with silver and green gilt on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a faint blue top stain, clean internally. The true first edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winner and one of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923 according to Time.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
AGEE, James.. A Death in the Family.. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$226.22 + shipping
Description: First edition. Perimeter of the boards faded, o/w a very good copy in the d/w with some light wear to the spine ends.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
AGEE, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo, blue cloth, edges faded, as usual, d.w. (very light edge-wear) New York: McDowell Obolensky (1957). First Edition. First Issue of this Pulitzer Prize book, with title page in blue, & error (walking in darkness) on p. 80.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
James Agee. A Death in the Family. Obolensky McDowell, 1957.
Price: US$255.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: McDowell Obolensky, New York 1957. First Edition / First Printing / First Issue. Dated 1957 with no additional printings. Blue text on the title page. Walking for Waking on page 80 line 1. Book Condition: Very Good+, boards have sunning, name at the endpaper. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, shelf wear, tear and a wrinkle. Wrapped in a new mylar cover.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
AGEE, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First Issue (per Ahearn), with title page printed in blue, and "walking" for "waking" on p.80, line 1. Octavo; blue cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in silver and green foil on spine and front panel; blue topstain; dustjacket; 339pp, [2]. Hint of a forward lean, fading to topstain, spine ends, and board edges; Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, with light wear and rubbing to extremities; Near Fine. The author's posthumously-published Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
James Agee. A Death in the Family. McDowell Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy of this Nobel winning book by Agee. True first edition with the jacket bearing the original price of $3.95 and "Walking" instead of "Waking" in the first line on page 80. Book shows very light age toning with it most evident on the page edges. it does not affect the interior pages. There is some slight staining on some of the page edges as well. The boards some sun fading mostly on the spine and front board at the top. The jacket bears the original price and shows wear and some loss at the top and edges of the front panel and at the top of the spine. Photos are available upon request. The rear panel shows a photograph of the author taken by Florence Homolka. While sowing some wear this is still a very acceptable copy of a hard to find and important book.
Seller: BDC Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell Obolensky [1957], New York, 1957.
Price: US$330.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. [12], 3-339, [3] pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on the front board and spine; light green topstain. Price of $3.95 on front jacket flap. First printing of the first edition, first issue as per Ahearn (Collected Books, 4th ed.). Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1958. A presentable copy of Agee's best-known work, published posthumously to great acclaim. Very Good with moderate fading to the boards and topstain in a Very Good lightly edge-worn dust jacket.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
AGEE, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Early reprint. Boards quite sunned, a good only copy lacking the dustwrapper. Agee's posthumously published Pulitzer Prize winning novel, this is fellow author James Jones's copy with his ownership Signature on the front pastedown.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo., 339pp. Original wraps with bound in dust-jacket. Sharp ARC of the First Edition, First state, of Agee's posthumously published Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Square, tight and clean throughout with no toning or spotting. Some wear to edges and rubbing to hinges. Spine creased. A solid collectable copy of a quite uncommon item.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death In The Family (Advance Review Copy). McDowell Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Paperbound 8vo. The scarce advance review copy of Agee's moving novel. Very good condition with the dustwrapper bound in. 339 pp. Agee died in 1955 after a fruitful career as a poet and screen play writer. Worn at covers, but still in very good condition. Title page in blue. "Waking" on page 80.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
AGEE, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Advance Reading Copy. Octavo. 339pp. Printed French-folded wrappers. Spine lightly sunned with a bit of ripping and wear, else a bright, about fine copy. Agee's posthumously-published autobiographical novel, winner of the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1957.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo., unclipped blue wrappers lettered in white; slightly rubbed extremities. Advance reading copy, with "Walking" instead "Waking" printed on line one, on page 80. A handsome copy of Agee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel in a custom-made box.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, 339pp. Pre-publication advanced Proof of Agee's Pulitzer prize-winning meditation on his southern childhood. Published posthumously, based on the manuscript Agee left behind (portions had appeared in The Partisan review, The Cambridge review, The New Yorker & Harper's Bazaar). It was Edited by David McDowell who added a brief prologue. A bright very good copy with some rubbing to the spine and a few small tears to the covers. A nice example of this pre-publication issue of the Pulitzer Prize winner with all of the first issue points. Housed in a slipcase with chemise and morocco label courtesy of the Heritage Bindery.
Seller: Reginald C. Williams Rare Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
James Agee. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$749.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Owner name on FEP. Chip at spine heel. Faint shelf wear on front panel. "Waking" instead of "Walking" on page 80.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Agee, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. with "Walking" instead "Waking" printed on line one, page 80. A beautiful copy. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color and has the $3.95 printed price present on the front flap. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a wonderful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
AGEE, James. A Death in the Family. McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1957.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition with all points. Sunning to the edges of the boards else near fine in near fine dustwrapper with several small tears and foxing on the flaps. Agee's posthumously published, Pulitzer Prize winning novel. This copy is from the library of fellow Tennessee-born, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor and his wife, the National Book Award-nominated poet Eleanor Ross Taylor, with Peter Taylor's ownership Signature.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.