Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Description: Fine binding. Signed by the author. Very Good to Near Fine condition. Tissue present but loose.
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
Singer, Isaac Eashevis. Gimpel the Fool. , 1980.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Franklin Library Edition. Signed by Author. Looks brand new.
Seller: Oregon Books & Games, Grants Pass, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine, clean and tight copy bound in full leather with silk moire end papers with ribbon. Signed by the Author. A very nice copy. No bumped corners to book. No rubbing to leather binding. Gold gilt edges to the text block are clean and bright. No bookplates.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo pp. 223, green/gilt-embossed leather, three raised bands, silk endpapers, satin ribbon, AEG. A limited edition, SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper. "Isaac Bashevis Singer's first collection of stories, Gimpel the Fool, is a landmark work that has attracted international acclaim since it was first published in 1957. In Saul Bellow's masterly translation,?
Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 11200 shelf. Unread fine condition. Signed by author up front. A limited edition. Elaborately stamped dark green full leather, gilt all around. Moire endpapers, ribbon bookmark. Trans: Norbert Guterman & Elaine Gottlieb. 223 p.
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: [xii], 223 pages of text. Green hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Signed by the author on a special limitation page. Illustrated by Phero Thomas. Minor spotting to the gilt on the top edge of the closed pages. First thus edition. Size: Octavo (8vo)
Seller: Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 233 pages. 8vo. Illustrated. Includes a special message to subscribers. Signed by the author on a front free end paper and protected with a tissue guard. Bound in beautiful, full, gilt decorated leather. Raised bands with gilt title on the spine. Silk moire end papers. Sewn in silk page marker. All edges are gilt. Archival paper. No previous owner's names or marks. Very faint mottling along the top edge gilt if viewed from a certain angle. Otherwise in perfect condition. A very attractive copy.
Seller: ARABESQUE BOOKS, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Isaac Bashevis Singer. Gimpel the Fool ( Signed ~ Limited Edition ~ Leather ). Franklin, 1980.
Price: US$48.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. Flat singed by Isaac Bashevis Singer on flyleaf. No markings. Excellent condition. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Friday.
Seller: Archives Books inc., Edmond, OK, U.S.A.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Gimpel the Fool. The Franklin Library, 1980.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited Edition as stated on title page. Signed by author on third front free end paper. Leather bound book. Raised bands on spine. Gold gilt. Silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Fine book, light wear.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Isaac Bashevis Singer. Gimpel the Fool And Other Stories. The Franklin Library,, 1980.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: ***Please Read*** Signed Copy - No marks on text - My shelf location 38-d-9
Seller: MyLibraryMarket, Waynesville, OH, U.S.A.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories. Franklin Library, 1980.
Price: US$66.49 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: light scuff marks on cover
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS. Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, 1980.
Price: US$67.32 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Gilt lettered green leather. Gilt edges. Silk endpaper and ribbon marker. Limited to an unspecified number of copies signed by the author. Special message from the author and original promotional material included. Original sealed cardboard box. As new.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Gimpel the Fool. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1980.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Description: Evergreen leather/boards; gilt decoration all around with 3 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. All edges gilt. No jacket, as issued. [xvi], 223, [1] pp. with illustrations by Phero Thomas. Includes a message to subscribers special to this edition. A volume of short stories, all providing an important view of Jewish history. Fine. Unread, clean, crisp, tight copy. Pristine. Signed on a front free end paper by Singer; tissue guard.
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Isaac Bashevis Singer. Gimpel the Fool. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1980.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Special signed edition, part of the 60 limited edition series published between 1977 and 1982. Beautifully bound in leather with gilt letter and design in 22kt gold and printed on archival paper with gilt edges. The end sheets are of moire silk fabric with a silk marker sewn in. A near fine book with just a touch of duststaining / foxing on top edge. Tight binding in unread book, collectable with author signature ; 223 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
Price: US$70.45 + shipping
Description: Tall hardback. Size 9 x 6 inches. Dark green full morocco leather covers with decorative gilt paneled boards, raised banding gilt lettering and decorations to spine. All page edges gilt. Green silk cloth endpapers. In very good near fine condition. Lovely smart clean cover. Author?s Signature to endpaper at front. No other penned inscriptions or marks. Pages all clean and tight throughout. Else an excellent clean and tight copy. 223pp. Illustrated with full-page B&W woodcuts by Phero Thomas.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Isaac Bashevis Singer. Gimpel the Fool. The Franklin Library, Philadelphia, Pa, 1980.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Full green leather with gilt design font and back. Gilt designs and lettering to spine. 3 raised bands to spine. All page edges gilt. Green silk moire EPs and green satin bookmark. SIGNED by Isaac Bashevis Singeron special tipped in page with tissue guard. This copy is FINE. No noticeable blemishes. Pristine.
Seller: Bailey Bonzo Books, Shelbyville, IN, U.S.A.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories. Franklin Library, 1980.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Signed by author on ffep. Notes laid in at front. ; Signed; 8.82 X 6.38 X 1.30 inches; 223 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: A Good Read, Toronto, ON, Canada
Singer, Isaac B.. Gimpel the Fool. Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1980.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Size: 8.8"x 6", Dark green leather with gilt lettering & decor. Limited Edition signed on 3rd end page. 223 pages.
Seller: Ink & Quill Books, Oak Harbor, OH, U.S.A.
Isaac Bashevis Singer. Gimpel the Fool ( Signed ~ Limited Edition ~ Leather ). Franklin, 1980.
Price: US$78.95 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed. Franklin Library Signed Limited Edition, Leatherbound. Signed by Author, Isaac Singer. Book in Excellent condition. Includes 22 page pamphlet entitled "Notes from the Editors" which was originally included with this Signed Limited Edition. Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Fri.
Seller: Archives Books inc., Edmond, OK, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A special Limited edition, SIGNED by AUTHOR Isaac Bashevis Singer in unread As New condition; When Isaac Bashevis Singer won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1979, the Swedish Academy praised his "impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life. "Gimpel The Fool" is an important source of Jewish history, focusing on the lives of simple Jews, their struggles and joys This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded, sewn in pages and ribbon marker, simply superb quality, Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; [xvi], 223, [1] pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 223 pp. illus. Near fine in gilt-lettered and embossed green boards. Pages 210-211 starting. Signed by author on front flyleaf. Illustrated by Phero Thomas. First edition.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories. Franklin Library, 1980.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fine, leatherbound, Limited Edition, signed by author
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Isaac Bashevis Singer. Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories. The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1980.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This signed edition boasts leather binding accented in 22 kt. gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The end sheets are of a moire fabric with a silk ribbon marker. The spine lists the title and author as well as a decorative design. This is an as new copy which has clearly never been read. It has no visible faults. Features the stories: "Gimpel the Fool," "The Gentleman from Cracow," "The Wife Killer," "By the Light of Memorial Candles," "The Mirror," "The Little Shoemakers," "Joy," "From the Diary of One Not Born," "The Old Man," "Fire," and "The Unseen." Singer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978 and two U.S. National Book Awards. Illustrations by Phero Thomas.
Seller: Ostrich, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Franklin Library January 1980 Binding: Hardcover
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis.. GIMPEL THE FOOL.. FRANKLIN LIBRARY., FRANKLIN CENTER, 1980.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED Limited Edition. Fine in green leather binding, with a satin marker ribbon & gilt edges, without dj. as issued.; Signed by Author(s)
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$158.96 + shipping
Description: Fine copy in the original elaborately gilt-tooled full leather. All edges gilt. The classic FL design; raised bands, gilt borders etc. An exceptional example; corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Description: 223 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Short stories, Yiddish --Translations into English. Notes: "Privately printed, and individually signed by the author"--Prelim. P. [1]. Accompanied by: Notes from the editors (22 p. : ill. , ports. ; 19 cm) . 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$184.00 + shipping
Description: Fine copy in the original elaborately gilt-tooled full leather. All edges gilt. The classic FL design; raised bands, gilt borders etc. An exceptional example; corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Description: 223 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Short stories, Yiddish --Translations into English. Notes: "Privately printed, and individually signed by the author"--Prelim. P. [1]. Accompanied by: Notes from the editors (22 p. : ill. , ports. ; 19 cm) . 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. 223 pp. From the colophon: "This limited edition . has been privately printed and individually signed by the author." The author has written a special message for subscribers. Illustrated by Phero Thomas. Green leather with three raised bands and gilt titling on the spine; gilt designs on both front and rear panels; all edges gilt; ribbon place marker sewn in; fabric end-papers. A tissue guard protects the signature.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Description: Near Fine, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; Signed Limited First Edition. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: As New; immaculate; see scans and description. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1980. Signed, Limited Edition. Signed by Isaac Bashevis Singer on the third free end paper. First Edition Thus. Includes the rather scarce 22-page "Notes from the Editors", which accompanied this edition in its original shipment, also pristine. Octavo, 223 pp., six mood-capturing full-page woodcut illustrations by Phero Thomas. Full rich very deep mottled green-black leather, gilt decorated and imprinted, spine panels rib divided, All Edges Gilt, green moire endpapers, with matching satin page-marker ribbon. As New, and quite flawless. Franklin's as-always lavish binding, in a limited signed edition of Isaac Bashevis Singer's timeless 1953 collection of short stories, Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories (English Translation by Saul Bellow). The paper is 60-pound Franklin Library Eggshell Wove Cream, typeface is 11-point Baskerville. Gilt is 22 karat. The Franklin Library, doing what they did best. As New; bright, tight and a visual treat. With the author's 'A Special Message to Subscribers from Isaac Bashevis Singer', written in 1980 in New York for this limited edition, and telling a rather remarkable 2-page story of how this collection eventually came to publication; and, of course, the separate 'Notes from the Editors' (itself also As New), a very desirable - and pristine - example. See all scans. LFR5
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$294.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good, bump to bottom front corner. Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Two small scratches to page edge's gilding. A Limited Edition printed for subscribers only. ; Signed by Isaac Bashevis Singer. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$299.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+, Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Lightly cocked spine. ; Signed by author on 2nd FEP. ; First Franklin Library Edition.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$302.45 + shipping
Description: Near Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. Signed by author on FEP. ; Signed by Isaac Bashevis Singer; First Franklin Library Edition.; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.