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Malamud, Bernard. New Life, A. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

Price: US$5.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Story of a man with burdensome past who comes from NY to small town in the Pacific NW. 367pp; green cloth over boards with orange, yellow & black lettering & decoration; top edge red; light stains on fore & bottom edges; a bit of fading to top edge of cover; dust jacket is discolored, soiled with long tear & small chips & tears, is in new clear protective mylar

Seller: THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP, Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

Price: US$6.83 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1961 Farrar Press, 2nd printing, hardcover, solid and unmarked, no jacket, mild wear. Fast Shipping - Safe and Secure Bubble Mailer!

Seller: Best and Fastest Books, Wantage, NJ, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1961.

Price: US$10.08 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom

Bernard Malamud. A New Life. Farrar Straus Giroux December 1961, 1961.

Price: US$10.18 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is a bit worn about the edges and somewhat scuffed, but without any serious tears. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Seller: Magus Books Seattle, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1961.

Price: US$10.74 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.2

Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1961.

Price: US$10.74 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.2

Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1961.

Price: US$10.74 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.2

Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1961.

Price: US$10.74 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.2

Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1961.

Price: US$10.81 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life A Novel. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York (NY) USA, 1961.

Price: US$12.24 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 367 pages. Dustjacket is unclipped, bronzed to spine, darkened/lightly soiled to surfaces, small chipping to spine-ends/corners, some edge-wear. Book as some wear to spine-ends, slight edge-fading. Pages all very clean and in nice condition. Binding sound.

Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom

Bernard Malamud. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

Price: US$12.87 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1961. First Edition. 367 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Bernard Malamud. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

Price: US$14.65 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers.

Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$14.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First printing hardcover book with dust jacket in good condition. We Ship Fast!

Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

Price: US$16.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: (4th ptg.) Slightly smaller book, green cloth with tiny orange design at front left, 367 browned pages. DJ heavy paper, white lightly browned, beautiful color-illustration of rose pattern and face on front, list of Malamud books and praise on back. Entertaining story of college professor's early career. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine.

Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

Price: US$17.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: (3d ptg.) DJ stained at top bookfold and page top edge, spine browned, slight wear and very tiny tears to spine edges, soiled somewhat. Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

Price: US$19.85 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.

Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Owner's initials. Sunned spots on spine where jacket is torn. Slight splitting in fold at title page. Jacket is darkened and soiled and has small missing pieces at spine ends. ; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$21.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: In original, unclipped, dust jacket; $4.95. Toning to the dust jacket, darker at spine, with old sticker residue on top front and minor rubbing to edges. Green cloth over boards with orange sun on front and orange, yellow, and black lettering on spine. Top fore edge lightly stained red. Former owner signature on fep. Interior is toned, darker at margins; otherwise clean and clear.

Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Sraus & Cudahy, New York, NY, 1961.

Price: US$22.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: New York, NY, Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1961. Third printing. 8vo. Green cloth with yellow, red and black lettering embossed on spine, red sun embossed on front board, pink top edge on text block, 367 pp. This is the story of a 30 year old man with a burdensome past who leaves his native New York to start a new life in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. A wonderful read! Price clipped, spine sunned, top edge of cloth very slightly rubbed at spine. Dust jacket illustration still bright, text block clean, tight and appears gently read. Very good in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.

Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.

MALAMUD, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar Straus, New York, 1961.

Price: US$22.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo, green cloth, d.w. New York: Farrar Straus & Cudahy, (1961). Fourth Edition. Text block heavily browned, end-leaves foxed. Signed copy.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1961.

Price: US$23.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: ***please read*** price on the corner of the dj has been removed - name inside cover with light pencil - no marks on text - dj is very good and is inside a Mylar sleeve - my shelf location 32-e-64

Seller: MyLibraryMarket, Waynesville, OH, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$25.20 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Jacket is taped to cloth boards with some glue as well to flalp folds. On the bright side, there are no chips or tears and jacket is bright and not tanned which is common with a white jacket. Very slight spine lean. Dark smudge on fep and first 6 leaves following but it is small. First printing stated on copyright page. Jacket is $4.95. Nice story about a professor starting a new Life in the Pacific Northwest. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Unclipped pictorial dust jacket, age-toned spine strip with loss to foot of spine strip. Tight binding, green boards with sharp corners, bright black, yellow and red lettering to spine strip, clean, unmarked pages throughout. 1st edition, stated 1st printing.

Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy; New York, 1961. Hardcover. First Edition. A Very Good, green cloth binding with yellow/black/red lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, some discoloration/sunning along board and spine edges, top text block edge stained orange with a bit of fading, mild spine lean, some age toning to pages, small blue ink stamp verso top rear free endpaper, small rub mark bottom text block corner, spine buckram starting to separate from backing material, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, sunned spine, neatly clipped front flap, Mylar protected, Dust wrapper. A nice and clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 367pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$36.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First printing stated. Excellent early novel about professor of English starting a new life in the Pacific Northwest. Underrated. Bookplate on front endpaper. Hint of spine lean. Unmarked. Price intact jacket is lightly tanned on spine with light crease on front panel and minor soiling. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus And Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Description: NF/VG+, book spine slightly darkened, name and date penciled on first endpaper. DJ spine darkened with some minor spotting and stray pen mark. Overall a tight solid copy. ; 8vo, green cloth, top edge pages tinted orange, unclipped DJ, 367pp.

Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A NEW LIFE. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$45.90 + shipping

Description: Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Hinge is starting. Chips and tears, heavy toning, to jacket. Publisher price on front flap has been crossed out and a new price written below. Stated First Printing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. A New Life, A Novel. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1961.

Price: US$49.99 + shipping

Description: Inside front flap is clipped. Previous owner's pen marks on ffep. Binding is not tight. Covers slightly detached from pages. Multiple open/close tears along the DJ edges. Minor discoloration to pages. Some wear along the edges of the book itself. No markings on text and/or images. Tips are slightly bent.

Seller: Sabra Books, Naperville, IL, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus ans Cudahy, 1961.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First printing in about very good condition. Some soil to the jacket mostly on the rear panel.

Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. A NEW LIFE. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

Price: US$66.51 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.25

Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. A NEW LIFE. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$69.95 + shipping

Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Owner imprint, date on FEP.

Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. A New Life. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1961.

Price: US$70.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition hardcover with dust jacket that shows some fading of spine area and wear on spine ends. Generally very good inside and out.

Seller: Blue Leaf Books, Winona, MN, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

Price: US$71.56 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition

Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. A New Life: A Novel (FSG Classics). Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1961.

Price: US$72.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1961 . . . . 3rd Printing Same year published as First edition. Jacket is price clipped. Name inside written inscription: Happy Birthday. Light stains to back of jacket.

Seller: Second Site Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1961.

Price: US$73.30 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: Brand New!

Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar Straus & Cudahy, 1961.

Price: US$84.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very good condition. Stated First Edition, First Printing. NOT a remainder. NOT a book club edition. NOT price-clipped ($4.95 price intact). Published by Farrar Straus & Cudahy, 1961. Book is in very good plus condition. Has some staining on inside flyleafs along edges. Had a cut out book review placed against back flyleaf which has left a light stain on those pages. Tight, sharp corners, bright spine lettering. Dust jacket has moderate edge wear with some chips/nicks, but no major rips or tears. Dust jacket spine has some fading. No writing, highlighting, underlining, dog ears, etc. Pages and boards crisp and straight. Spine un-broken with no spine lean. Comes with a two-page newspaper cutout review of the book from the New York Times Book Review dated October 8, 1961. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ships with free delivery confirmation. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.

MALAMUD, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Near fine in a very good dustwrapper with a tanned spine and light soiling to the panels.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

MALAMUD, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a tanned spine and modest wear.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. A NEW LIFE. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1961.

Price: US$145.00 + shipping

Description: Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine just starting. Boards lightly soiled in spots. Jacket spine sunned with a few small tears top and bottom. Missing 1/8" top of spine. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 367 pages. First edition, first printing. His fourth book, the story of a New York English professor who takes a teaching job in a fictional town in the Pacific Northwest. Fine book in a fine dust jacket except for the usual light tanning to the spine. A beautiful copy!

Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: Green cloth, Fine in dust jacket, very slightly darkened on the spine.

Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar Straus & Cudahy, New York, NY, 1961.

Price: US$165.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 367 pages. First edition, advance reading copy. His fourth book, the story of a New York English professor who takes a teaching job in a fictional town in the Pacific Northwest. Fine book in wrappers in a near fine dust jacket with the usual light tanning to the spine. A beautiful copy!

Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1961.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: SIGNED by author of first free end paper. First edition. Very good copy in good dj showing lightly edge wear and soiling, blunted top spine. Remains of sticker inside front cover and stamp "Norway Shop Library" on same page as signature.; 8.1 X 5.9 X 1.4 inches; 367 pages

Seller: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.

MALAMUD, Bernard. A New Life [Signed]. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Description: First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); green cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in black, orange, and yellow on spine and front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; [viii],367,[1]pp. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Spine ends gently nudged, with some faint, scattered foxing to covers; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with some trivial wear to extremities, else a bright, Near Fine example. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's third novel, a satirical tale of campus life in the Pacific Northwest.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Third printing, 1961. Inscribed by the author to writer/historian Ruth Levin, Bennington, VT. Foxing to end papers and outer edges of text block, binding tight and bright. Dustjacket has minor soiling and age-toning, spine sunned darker. No chips or tears, presents beautifully in mylar.

Seller: Owl Pen Books, Greenwich, NY, U.S.A.

MALAMUD, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Cloth rubbed a bit at the top of the front board, else near fine in a lightly spine-toned, very good or better dustwrapper. Signed by the author.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

MALAMUD, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar Straus, New York, 1961.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 8vo, green cloth, d.w. New York: Farrar Straus & Cudahy, (1961). First Edition. Fine copy in a new fine dust wrapper, lightly toned on the spine. Autographed in full by Malamud on the title page.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

MALAMUD, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Modest overall wear on the boards, very good in good dustwrapper with age-toning and modest chips. Inscribed by Malamud to Chet Garrison (a close friend and colleague of Malamud's) and his wife Louise: "For Louise and Chet with love, Bern." The Garrisons were also the dedicatees of a 1967 omnibus edition of Malamud's work, *The Malamud Reader* Chester A. Garrison became friends with Malamud soon after Garrison joined the English Department at Oregon State College (now University) in 1954 where they bonded over being Easterners (Malamud from New York and Garrison from Jersey City) and their mutual interest in Thomas Hardy. Malamud's son Paul interviewed Garrison about their relationship for the book *The Magic Worlds of Bernard Malamud* (2001). Author's third novel. A very nice association copy.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life.. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of Malamud's third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousins, "For Min and Marshall, In appreciation of your hospitality Bernie." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with chipping to the spine extremities. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. "An overlooked masterpiece. It may still be undervalued as Malamud's funniest and most embracing novel" (Jonathan Lethem).

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. A New Life.. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1961.

Price: US$550.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of Malamud's third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Susie and Paul, Old friends, Everything good Bern." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Housed in a custom clamshell box. "An overlooked masterpiece. It may still be undervalued as Malamud's funniest and most embracing novel" (Jonathan Lethem).

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.