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Donleavy, J. P.. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$3.56 + 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
Donleavy, J. P.. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head Ltd, 1964.
Price: US$3.58 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Ex library book, usual markings. Clean copy. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
DONLEAVY J.P.. A Singular Man.. , 1964.
Price: US$6.69 + shipping
Description: London: The Bodley Head 1964. 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. IV340pp. 1st ed.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
J. P. Donleavy. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$6.80 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1964. First Edition. 340 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are bright and clear with light tanning and fairly heavy foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Minor dog-eared corners, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Faded pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and slight crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light surface wear, with small tears and creasing to spine ends, edges and corners.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Donleavy, J. P.. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$6.89 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
J. P. Donleavy. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head Ltd, 1964.
Price: US$7.23 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 340 pages. A good copy lacking a dust jacket. Black cloth. No previous ownership markings but an odd foxing spot.
Seller: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, tywyn, United Kingdom
J. P. Donleavy. A singular man. The Bodley Head, London, 1964.
Price: US$7.34 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 340 pages. Name on ffep
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Donleavy, J P. A SINGULAR MAN. Bodley Head, GB, 1964.
Price: US$7.67 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brown cloth with gold lettering to spine. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age BUT noticeable spotting to text edges. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is a bit chipped along top edge and spotted inside and out.
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
DONLEAVY J P. A Singular Man (First UK Edition). Bodley Head, London, 1964.
Price: US$7.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brown covers & jacket. Book unmarked, Jacket unclipped, top edge wear now re-inforced with acid-free tape. The second novel from the late Irish-American author, set in New York.340 pages.
Seller: JTC Books, Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom
J P Donleavy. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$7.89 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Light wear to boards. Content has toning to page ends. Complete DJ with some edge wear and little tears.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
DONLEAVY, J.P.. A Singular Man. Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$10.27 + shipping
Description: Follow up novel to A Ginger Man. VG in VG dustjacket
Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom
J.P.Donleavy. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$11.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. First impression. Brown cloth case binding, gilt. A very good jacket in the grey and yellow printing. Very slight browning to front free endpaper and with neat ink ownership inscription, otherwise an excellent copy. (4)+340pp.
Seller: Richard Senior, Periers, France
Donleavy, J. p. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$11.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Bodley Head Edition without Jacket on browncloth - collectable - will send out 1 st class post
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
J.P. Donleavy. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$11.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Donleavy, J.P.. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, London, 1964., 1964.
Price: US$12.05 + shipping
Description: 8vo (20x13.5cm), hardback, 340pp. Good condition in goodish dustwrapper (general wear, chipped at corners and head of spine, bumped, some creasing, open and closed tears, 1cm mark to lower mid front, stain -tea or coffee?- to lower rear flap, foxed on the inside- now in protective cover). Bumped, age-toned page edges, foxed, offsets to endpapers, stain to lower right edge of free back endpaper, 1cm mark at half-title is visible through to about p11 where it is reduced to nothing. Pictures available on request.
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
DONLEAVY, J.P.. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head 1964, 1964.
Price: US$12.23 + shipping
Description: octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Donleavy, J. P (James Patrick). A Singular Man. The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1964.
Price: US$12.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK edition, first impression. Some edge wear and slight chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some faint spotting to page fore edges, corners very slightly rubbed, not price clipped (21s), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 340pp. Mysteriously rich and desperately lonely, George Smith appears to be under attack from all quarters. His former wife and four horrible children are suing to get his money and someone is sending him threatening letters. Despite some very elaborate precautions, he remains worried. So he builds a mausoleum in which to live. The author's second novel. By Irish American author J. P. Donleavy (1926-2017).
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Donleavy, J P.. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, London, 1964.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo (8" x 5"). 340pp. Unclipped DJ, shelf wear to edges, in Mylar.
Seller: Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA, Jupiter, FL, U.S.A.
DONLEAVY, J. P.. A SINGULAR MAN.. The Bodley Head, London, 1964., 1964.
Price: US$16.73 + shipping
Description: 340 pp, fine copy in like, price-clipped d/j.
Seller: Camberwell Books & Collectibles Pty Ltd, HAWTHORN EAST, VIC, Australia
DONLEAVY, J.P.:. A SINGULAR MAN. The Bodley Head London 1964, 1964.
Price: US$18.94 + shipping
Description: first edition, bound in brwon cloth with gilt to spine, 340pp, VG+(v.sl. bruised lower corners, sl. foxing to edges) in VG- d/w (v.sl. internal foxing and stains, corners and head/foot of spine v.sl. chipped, v.sl. wear/tears to extrems, s. sunned and rubbed)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Donleavy, J P. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, London, 1964.
Price: US$19.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Unclipped dc,with a couple of nicks.340 pages text very clean copy. (QW-U12)
Seller: CHAPTER TWO, Pinetown, KZN, South Africa
Donleavy, J.P.. A Singular Man. London; Bodley Head;, 1964.
Price: US$19.25 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Very good, with inked bookseller prices on the front free endpaper in very good price clipped dustjacket with tears.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
Donleavy, J.P.. A Singular Man. Bodley Head, London, 1964.
Price: US$22.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: brown cloth, silver lettering, no dust jacket, 340 pp first edition Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France
J. P. Donleavy. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$23.08 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Donleavy, J.P.. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$23.11 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket Mylar wrap added. (divorced people, loneliness)
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
DONLEAVY, J.P.. A Singular Man.. London, The Bodley Head 1964., 1964.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Edges and prelims spotted, small ownership signature on fly-leaf, o/w good in good dustjacket with some closed tears. Author's second novel.
Seller: Larsen Books, Exeter, NSW, Australia
J P Donleavy. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: The Bodley Head, 1964. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. His second novel, published some 8 years following the tremendous success of The Ginger Man. A handsome, fresh copy: the dustjacket is rubbed at the corners but is unclipped. Light spotting to edges
Seller: Westmoor Books, Leyburn, United Kingdom
DONLEAVY, J.P.. A Singular Man. Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Description: 1st UK edition. His follow up novel to A ginger Man. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket
Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom
Donleavy, J. P.. A Singular Man. Th Bodley Head, london, 1964.
Price: US$26.77 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very light foxing to prelims and fore edges. D/J price-clipped, slight edge-wear.
Seller: BOOK COLLECTORS GALLERY, SUMMER HILL, NSW, Australia
DONLEAVY,J.P.. A Singular Man. bodley head london 1964, 1964.
Price: US$27.28 + shipping
Description: first edition 340pp VG+ (brown cloth,minor shelf wear,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,owner's initials to ffep,sl.cocked w.sl.shaky spine) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.spine sl.sunned,price-clipped)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Donleavy, J P. A Singular Man. Bodley Head, UK, 1964.
Price: US$32.08 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A bright UK first edition, first impression. THE WRAPPER : The wrapper on this copy is bright, unfaded, complete and unclipped. It shows light wear at the head of the spine. Looks very sharp. THE BOOK : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners sharp. The head of the spine is gently bruised. The pages are clean and bright. No foxing. The closed page edges are bright. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. No remainder marks. A very nice copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted.
Seller: Cheltenham Rare Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
DONLEAVY, J. P.. A Singular Man.. The Bodley Head, London, 1964.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: 340 pp. 8vo, publisher's boards in dust jacket. First edition. Neat ownership signature to front free endpaper; else better than very good in a bright unchipped jacket with some slight browning to the spine.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
J P Donleavy. A Singular Man. Bodley Head, London, 1964.
Price: US$35.93 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: HB. The author's second novel following "The Ginger Man". 364 pages. DJ unclipped, rubbing, small tears and tiny pieces missing, with photo of author on back.
Seller: Carrick-White Ltd., West Looe Cornwall, United Kingdom
Donleavy, J P. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, London, 1964.
Price: US$36.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Uk Edition. Hardcover. Book condition: Very Good. Very light foxing to prelims and fore edges. Corrected dog ears to three pages. Dust Jacket condition: Good. Tiny amounts of chipping to leading corners and head of back strip. Not price clipped.
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
J. P. Donleavy. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$36.83 + 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.
J P Donleavy. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine First Edition, first impression in Fine, unclipped DJ.
Seller: Westmoor Books, Leyburn, United Kingdom
DONLEAVY, J.P.. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, London, 1964.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine example of the Author's second novel
Seller: Broadhursts of Southport Ltd ABA ILAB BA, Southport, United Kingdom
DONLEAVY, J. P.. A SINGULAR MAN.. The Bodley Head., London, 1964.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Description: FIRST UK EDITION. 5.5 x 8 inches. [iv] + 340 pp. Bound in original brown cloth, gilt, in pictorial dust wrapper (with author's photograph on rear), which has foxing and edge wear, with chips and small tears at head and tail of spine. Minor wear to extremities with spotting of preliminaries and edges, especially of top and fore edges; otherwise a very good copy. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. First UK edition of the second published novel of Irish/American author, J. P. Donleavy (1926-2017), following the success of his first novel, The Ginger Man (1955). ART / LITERATURE NOVELS LIT. FICTION AMERICAN 20TH CENTURY FIRST EDITION ART / LITERATURE
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
Donleavy, J.P.. A Singular Man.. The Bodley Head, London, 1964.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Just About Fine in brown paper boards, pale grey and orange dustwrapper, not price-clipped. A bit of spotting, crown of spine of jacket a little rubbed. 340pp. Donleavy's Second Novel. Q03698
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
DONLEAVY, J. P.. A SINGULAR MAN. LONDON: THE BODLEY HEAD, 1964.
Price: US$44.91 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo, first British edition, pp,340, gilt titled black cloth, pictorial unclipped dust-jacket which has very slight edge-wear,[orange variant]
Seller: Haddington Rare Books, North Berwick, United Kingdom
J. P. Donleavy. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$45.78 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is in Used-Good 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 limited notes and highlighting.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Donleavy, J.P.. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head, London, 1964.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: The Bodley Head, 1964. The great Irish-American author's second published novel, following his classic picaresque masterpiece, "The Ginger Man." This is a Very Good Plus to Near Fine copy of the First English Edition, published a year after the American First Edition in a smaller format. Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering. The FFEP has been clipped, and there is a previous-owner chop on the half-title, else Fine. The dustwrapper is clipped, has minor edgewear. Its design follows that of the American, with an interesting drawing by M. Lehtola. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Donleavy, J P. A Singular Man. Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$77.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1964 Bodley Head Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression. Fine in near fine dustjacket. Fabulous 60's Jacket design in excellent condition for age no tanning or foxing almost like new.
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Donleavy (J.P.).. A Singular Man. The Bodley Head,, 1964.
Price: US$80.85 + shipping
Description: Fine copy in very slightly edgeworn dust-wrapper
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$89.83 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition; brown cloth, gilt back, fore-edges very faintly flecked, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nice copy of the author's second novel. Dustwrapper artwork by M. Lehtola. The first UK edition is noticeably scarce, especially in this condition.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Donleavy, J P. A Singular Man. Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1964 Bodley Head Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression : Very good clean tight binding in very good unclipped dustjacket. Wonderful 60's Jacket design as shown
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Donleavy, J.P.. A Singular Man. London: The Bodley Head, 1964.
Price: US$96.98 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing. His second novel, published some 8 years following the tremendous success of The Ginger Man. A handsome, fresh copy: the dustjacket is rubbed at the corners but is unclipped. Free from owner names etc. covers clean, no toning or tanning of the text-block. Near Fine/NF
Seller: Northern Lights Rare Books and Prints, Sastamala, Finland
Donleavy, J. P.. A SINGULAR MAN. The Bodley Head (1964), London, 1964.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First UK edition. Uncorrected proof in yellow, printed paperwraps. Very good with minor wear on corners, light soiling, and name on upper left front cover. Scarce in this format.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
J. P. Donleavy. A Singular Man. Bodley Head, London, 1964.
Price: US$102.66 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first UK edition of J. P. Donleavy's critically celebrated love story. The first UK edition, first impression.In the orange variant of the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Blue and yellow variants were also produced, though there is no known priority.The novel follows the aloof and wealthy George Smith and his love for a Miss Thomson.Renata Adler described the work as 'a love story, a melodrama, an unresolved detective story, a melodrama, a soap opera, a vaudeville routine, and a very fine light novel by a stylist who can afford to give considerable rein to his rather quirkish imagination'. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine, with light spotting to fore edge of text block. Dust wrapper in excellent condition, with a touch of spotting to dust wrapper reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom