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FOWLES, John.. Aristos: A Self-Portrait in Ideas.. Little, Brown,, Boston:, 1964.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The author's second book. Stated first edition. Very good in brown cloth. No dust jacket.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Fowles, John. The Aristos: A Self-Portrait in Ideas. Little, Brown, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good with remnants of previous owner's label, ffep. Jacket has some discoloration to spine, and light wear.
Seller: Peruse the Stacks, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
Fowles, John. The Aristos: A Self-portrait In Ideas. Little, Brown and Co, 1964.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: b-726
Seller: Unique Books, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Fowles, John. Aristos. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A bright, tight edition. DJ is sunned at spine & 1" of top; lightest of rubbing to edges; price clipped. Firm binding w/clean, sharp pages throughout.
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
John Fowles. The Aristos. Little, Brown & Company, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated first edition. A self-portrait in ideas by the author of THE MAGUS. A fine, clean, unclipped copy with a 1/2" V chip to rear panel corner, protected by a plastic cover.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
John Fowles. The Aristos: a Self-Portrait in Ideas. Little Brown & Co., U S. A., 1964.
Price: US$34.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 246pp including author's own glossary Small scribble inside rear cover at upper inside corner, otherwise book is As New Dust jacket is price-clipped, otherwise jacket is As New Removable, protective mylar cover over dust jacket
Seller: First Choice Books, coeurd'Alene, ID, U.S.A.
Fowles, John. The Aristos. Little Brown & Co, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: Book FINE+; dj FINE 3/8" closed tear
Seller: Barrister, Inc., Davie, FL, U.S.A.
Fowles, John. THE ARISTOS. Little, Brown, 1964.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: About Fine in Abt Fine D.J.1st American.(VVclst1box2
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
John Fowles. The Aristos. Little, Brown, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of the first American edition (stated). A fine copy in a near fine price clipped dust jacket.
Seller: J. F. Whyland Books, Jeffersonville, IN, U.S.A.
John Fowles. The Aristos (First Edition). Little Brown, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($5.00). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free.
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
FOWLES, John. The Aristos: A Self-Portrait in Ideas. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 246pp. Slightly bowed boards and owner name on the front free endpaper else very good in a very good dust jacket with toning, rubbing, and short tears. Fowles's second book, philosophical musings by the author of *The Collector*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Fowles, John. The Aristos: A Self-Portrait in Ideas. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1964.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Mild rubbing to jacket spine edge, else a fine, unclipped and unmarked copy in a Brodart jacket cover.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
FOWLES.JOHN. THE ARISTOS.. LITTLE BROWN,BOSTON1964., 1964.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: FIRST EDITION.NF/NF.AMERICAN FIRST PREDATES THE ENGLISH.
Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.
Fowles ,John.. The Aristos.. Little Brown & Co. NY 1964., 1964.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. A fine book in a very good dust ajcket with some wrinkling caused by dampness. Book not affected.
Seller: Somewhere In Time Books, St. James, NY, U.S.A.
Fowles, John. The Aristos: A Self-Portrait of Ideas. Little, Brown and Co., 1964.
Price: US$45.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardbound, with the DJ, VG/VG.
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.
Fowles, John. The Aristos. Little Brown, 1964.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first American edition, published in 1964 by Little Brown. Bound in light brown boards. A near fine copy of the book. Dust jacket near fine with a touch of rubbing to the extremities.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
John Fowles. The Aristos: A Self-Portrait in Ideas. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st US Edition. Fine in lovely near fine dust jacket with slight toning to spine.
Seller: Courtside Books, Medford, NJ, U.S.A.
John Fowles. The Aristos. Little Brown and Company, 1964.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In Like Jacket. First Edition Stated$5.00 On Flap. Author's Second book. "A Self-Portrait of Ideas." Beautiful Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
FOWLES, John. The Aristos: A Self Portrait in Ideas. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1964.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: First U.S. edition. Hardcover. Precedes the British edition. The second book from the author of "The Collector." A close to near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some minor wear to the spine ends, a small chip to the top of the rear panel and some other minor wear. Still, a presentable copy.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
John Fowles. The Aristos. Little, Brown And Company, 1964.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG Jacket in mylar 1st printing rub to edges, full page gift inscription on endpaper
Seller: AwardWinningBooks, Spring Branch, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$66.12 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 246 pages; Description: vll, 246 p. 21 cm. Subjects: Fowles, John, (1926-2005) . 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Fowles, John. The Aristos: a Self-Portrait in Ideas. Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 1964.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 246 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, green topstain; owner info inked ffep. Cover: brown, logo blindstamped front, white titles spine; minimal shelfwear, heel curved. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, gray, statue bust front, photo back, olive/black titles front/spine.
Seller: Independent Books, Long Beach, WA, U.S.A.
Fowles, John.. THE ARISTOS.. BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN. 1964, 1964.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Precedes the British ed. Close to fine in a Nf. dj. (A few faint traces of shelfsoiling at edges. Couple patches of soiling showing through to the outside of dj. from interior . A few tiny touches of rubbing at edges of dj.) Essays. (S)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$82.00 + shipping
Description: Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 246 pages; Description: vll, 246 p. 21 cm. Subjects: Fowles, John, (1926-2005) . 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
John Fowles. The Aristos: A Self-Portrait in Ideas. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$83.41 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first edition of John Fowles's second published work, a collection of over one-thousand philosophical aphorisms. The true first edition, first printing of this work, which was first published in the UK in the following year.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.A collection of several hundred philosophical aphorisms by John Fowles, with a total of 1,405 short and insightful pieces.The principal theme of the work is that most achievements and great steps forward come from individuals.Fowles's work is modelled on the 'Pensees' of Pascal.An excellent first edition by Fowles, the renowned British novelist of works positioned between modernism and postmodernism, best known for 'The Magus', 'A Maggot', and 'The Collector'. This was the second published work from the author, after 'The Collector'. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to spine tail, otherwise externally excellent. Light discolouration to dust wrapper back strip, with minor chipping to back strip head, and light edge wear to back strip tail. Closed tear to head of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Fowles, John. The Aristos. Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1964.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: Brown boards clean / very slight bump on bottom spine-end. text clean / tight. nice copy. 1st ptg. Near Fine / Near Fine DJ in mylar clean / very slight edgewear.
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Fowles, John. Aristos. Little Brown, New York, 1964.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Printing. Precedes the British edition." A Self-Portrait in Ideas". Bit of edge wear to spine ends and corner flaps of dust jacket.
Seller: Books As Issued, Petaluma, CA, U.S.A.
FOWLES, John. The Aristos: A Self-Portrait of Ideas. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, preceding the British edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a couple of ink strokes on the front flap. An attractive copy of Fowles' second book, philosophical musings by the author of *The Collector*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Fowles, John.. The Aristos: A Self-Portrait in Ideas.. Boston: Little, Brown, [1964], 1964.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. vii, 246 pp. Brown boards with spine stamped in white. Fine in dust jacket. First edition (preceding the English).
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
FOWLES, John. THE ARISTOS A Self-Portrait in Ideas. New York Little Brown & Co, 1964.
Price: US$106.51 + shipping
Description: First edition, preceding the UK edition. Publisher's brown cloth, lettered white, in the pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
FOWLES, JOHN. The Aristos. Little, Brown and Co, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$112.74 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st US ed. Precedes English edition. Very good in VG DJ with rubbing to spine and chips to head and heel. Stain to top edge O/W very nice.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine/Very Good + Light wear Dj.
Seller: Black Dog Books, Emerson, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Original boards, fine. In near fine dust jacket with only slight rubbing along the extremities. Flatsigned by John Fowles on the title page.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Fowles, John. The Aristos. Little, Brown, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo., 246 pp. with notes. Fine in publishers brown boards with silver lettering to spine. "First Edition" stated on 1964 copyight page. Dust jacket is very good with some darkening to front panel and rubbing along spine and extremities. Still a very sound true first edition. Shipped in a box, not a padded envelope.
Seller: Dubliners Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Fowles, John. The Aristos. Little Brown, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 246 pages. First American edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Martha Lehtola. His second book which preceded the English (Jonathan Cape) edition by 6 months. He collects several hundred philosophical aphorisms based upon the 5th century BC philosopher Heraclitus. Fine book in a fine dust jacket with the spine a touch tanned. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Fowles, John. The Aristos; A Self Portrait in Ideas. Little, Brown, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$144.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Bound in the publisher's original brown cloth covered boards, spine stamped in white. Lightly rubbed at the edges of cloth and dust jacket. Small closed tear at rear bottom fore edge corner of jacket.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
John Fowles. The Aristos. Little, Brown, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition; First Printing. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. The First American Edition, published by Little Brown in 1964 - the author's second book. The American edition precedes the printing of the first British edition. As a collector myself, I don't like surprises. All flaws listed. Jacket is protected in mylar cover and book placed in archival bag. If you are looking for this title in a collectible condition send a request for some photos using the "Ask Bookseller a Question" option. They are easy to send and well worth the few minutes it takes to do. A Beautiful copy!!!
Seller: Rose Hill Books, Yonkers, NY, U.S.A.
FOWLES, John. The Aristos: A Self-Portrait of Ideas. Little Brown, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: True first edition, preceding the British edition. Small label removed from the front fly, else fine in fine dustwrapper with some light tanning. An attractive copy of Fowles's second book, philosophical musings by the author of *The Collector*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
FOWLES, JOHN. THE ARISTOS. LITTLE BROWN, AND COMPANY, BOSTON, 1964.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description:
Seller: STUDIO V, San Marcos, CA, U.S.A.
FOWLES, JOHN. The Aristos. Little, Brown, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$156.25 + shipping
Description: First American edition (preceding the London edition), fine copy in the dust-jacket.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$169.10 + shipping
Description: FOWLES, John. The Aristos : A Self-Portrait in Ideas. Boston : Little, Brown, (1964). First US Edition. Pp 246. 8vo, brown cloth. Very good in rubbed,nicked dustjacket. 225.00
Seller: John W. Doull, Bookseller, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
FOWLES, John. The Aristos: A Self-Portrait of Ideas. Little Brown, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, preceding the British edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with some very light rubbing. An attractive copy of Fowles' second book, philosophical musings by the author of *The Collector*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
FOWLES, JOHN. The Aristos. Boston Little Brown 1964, 1964.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition preceding the British edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a couple of tiny tears and a minute hint of wear.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Fowles, John.. THE ARISTOS.. LITTLE, BROWN. BOSTON 1964, 1964.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American Edition. Fine in a close to fine dj. (Couple small closed tears. Spine on dj. lightly age toned) Author's THIRD book.
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
John Fowles. The Aristos: A Self-Portrait in Ideas. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$205.32 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An superb first edition of John Fowles's second published work, a collection of over one-thousand philosophical aphorisms. The true first edition, first printing of this work, which was first published in the UK in the following year.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.A collection of several hundred philosophical aphorisms by John Fowles, with a total of 1,405 short and insightful pieces.The principal theme of the work is that most achievements and great steps forward come from individuals.Fowles's work is modelled on the 'Pensees' of Pascal.An excellent first edition by Fowles, the renowned British novelist of works positioned between modernism and postmodernism, best known for 'The Magus', 'A Maggot', and 'The Collector'. This was the second published work from the author, after 'The Collector'. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Minor bump to back strip tail, otherwise externally fine. Light rubbing to dust wrapper back strip tail, otherwise excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Fowles, John. Aristos - A Self Portrait in Ideas. Little Brown, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Author's scarce second book. Precedes United Kingdom edition by six months. An exceedingly nice copy. 8vo. Brown boards stamped in white. Top page edges stained grey. Dust jacket rubbed just very little at foredge. Like new/ near Fine condition.
Seller: Cultural Connection, Cape Coral, FL, U.S.A.
FOWLES, John. The Aristos. Little, Brown, Boston, 1964.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Just a hint of rubbing to extremes of dustwrapper (typical). The first U.S. edition of this notable work by the noted novelist and author of "The French Lieutenant's Woman". A "Self-Portrait in Ideas. This is the true first edition (preceeding the British) of the author's second book. Author-signed bookplate laid in.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition (first printing), this American edition preceding the UK edition by six months. This copy inscribed by the author on the title page and dated 1999. 8vo. 246pp. Brown boards lettered in white at the spine and with the publisher's motif blind-stamped to the upper board. Top edge dust soiled, and with a little bruising to the backstrip ends. A very good copy in very good non-price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly toned at the spine panel, with a touch of rubbing to the spine ends, one or two minute areas of marking, and a single internal taped repair. The author's second book.
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom