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Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.

Price: US$4.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: DJ present - some wear to edges. Interior excellent. Book club edition.

Seller: Miranda Books, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Price: US$5.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Unknown printing (not stated). NO publisher's price present. Visually checked for defects and deviations -- Found: general edge-wear. Book club edition.

Seller: Muhresell, Avon, CT, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus: And Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Price: US$5.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Book club edition. 313pp; some wear to extrems of dust jacket

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

Roth, Philip. GOODBYE COLUMBUS AND FIVE OTHER SHORT STORIES. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$7.80 + shipping

Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; 313 pages

Seller: Gibson's Books, New Hope, AL, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. Goodbye, Columbus and Other Stories. Houghton and Mifflin January 1959, 1959.

Price: US$12.50 + shipping

Description:

Seller: Open Books West Loop, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin; (1959), Boston, 1959.

Price: US$13.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Book club edition of the author's first book, near fine in a very good dust jacket. Slight wear at edges of boards and spine. The jacket is a little darkened at outer edges and has a little wear to the head of the spine. A tight, clean copy with no names or other marking in the book. The rear panel of the jacket has a late 1960's photo of Roth, and lists his books through Portnoy's Complaint in 1969.

Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus; And Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$13.50 + shipping

Description: pp. 313. 8vo. Tan binding with black lettering to spine. Light shelfwear. Dustjacket age toned and lightly scuffed, with nicks and short tears to edges, now protectedwith plastic brodart sleeve; very good in good+ dustjacket.

Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus : And Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1959.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: A Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award novel. Jacket is lightly chipped and beginning to tan along edges and on spine. Cream boards have slight wear, one bumped corner. 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.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Price: US$15.97 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.35

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

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1959.

Price: US$15.97 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item.

Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus (Book Club Edition). Houghton Mifflin Co, 1959.

Price: US$16.90 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Book Club Edition. Wear and tear to the jacket. Pages are tanning.

Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.

Price: US$18.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: No markings. Eleventh printing.

Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. Goodbye, Columbus and Other Stories. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.

Price: US$18.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. BCE. Minor shelf wear.

Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: About fine in a lightly worn jacket with some faint dampstaining. Basis for the film starring Ali McGraw and Richard Benjamin. Tight and crisp with only the lightest wear.

Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: This is a Book of the Month Club Edition. It is in nearly mint condition. Both book and dj.

Seller: LEA BOOK DISTRIBUTORS, Jamaica, NY, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$20.70 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Author's first book and winner of the National Book Award in 1960. Unmarked, tight and square. Very faint foxing to top page edges. Black boards with bright yellow and white lettering to spine. Same size, design and quality of first. Jacket has very shallow chip at head of spine and minor edgewear. No other chips, tears, creasing or soiling. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus, and five short stories. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 298 p. 21 cm. A Literary Fellowship Award. Book of the Month Club Facsimile Edition.

Seller: Inkberry Books, Niwot, CO, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye Columbus ( 1959 ). Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Houghton Mifflin Company (The Riverside Press); Boston, 1959. Hardcover. Second Printing. A Very Good, black cloth binding with yellow and white lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, some handling/scuffing and faint soiling to boards, crimping to spine edges, rubbing along board and spine edges, discoloration and mild scattered foxing to pastedowns and endpapers, deckle fore-edge, top text block edge stained yellow, small moisture stain top text block edge, few small soiled spots bottom fore-edge and bottom text block edge, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, sunned spine and verso, small tears and chips along edges, few small soiled spots/moisture stains on panels/spine and verso, Dust Wrapper. A nice, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 298pp. We pack securely and ship daily with 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.

Philip Roth. Goodbye, columbus and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Appearing at the same time as the first store trade edition, this is the format in which most readers encountered Roth's classic novel. Same quality and design as the first trade edition. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket is also fine but for a tiny spine chip. Mylar plastic jacket cover included.

Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Same format, quality and year of publication as the very first trade edition, with author's photo on back panel. A near pristine copy, clean and unmarked in an archival Mylar plastic jacket cover.

Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.

Price: US$32.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Very good copy with clean pages and dust jacket. Previous ownership stamp to front free end paper. Book club edition. 8vo. Published in Boston, 1959. 298 pages.

Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1959.

Price: US$32.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Good, hard cover book with no dust jacket, sunned, bumped edges, deckle pages, 298 pages, 8vo.

Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Stated "Fifth printing." 298 pp. Black cloth. The book is clean and unmarked although the pages are a bit aged. The spine ends are slightly worn. The dust jacket has about a half inch missing at both spine ends, is otherwise worn, and the price has been clipped off.

Seller: Alberta's Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, 1959.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Tight nice copy. Book of the Month Edition.

Seller: Encanto Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

ROTH, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Book club edition. Spine ends lightly bumped, near fine in a very good dustwrapper with short tears on spine ends, spine tanned. A Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award winner, as well as winner of the National Book Award and basis for the film directed by Larry Peerce and featuring Richard Benjamin and Ali McGraw.

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

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: A faithful facsimile of the first edition in a slipcase, including the dust jacket. Neil comes from poor Newark, while Brenda is of suburban Short Hills. On one summer break, they meet and dive into an affair that's as much about social class and suspicion as it is about love. Pristine, clean and unmarked.

Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: This book club is virtually a facsimilie of first edition. Red initials on front pastedown (almost hidden under jacket flap). Black paper covered boards with yelow and white lettering to spine is the same in format as the first edition, same jacket design to include flaps, rear panel and size. Only things that do not match first are no price on jacket and copyright page mentions it is BOMC PRINTING. Yellow topstain still bright. Tiny bit of edgewear at spine ends. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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

Philip Roth. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS AND FIVE SHORT STORIES. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$54.88 + shipping

Description: Very Good - in a Fair dust jacket. Owner's name FEP and scribbling in yellow REP. Spine cocked. Edgewear and soiling to boards. Jacket is in pieces, front flap is missing. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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

Philip Roth. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS AND FIVE SHORT STORIES. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, 1959.

Price: US$54.95 + shipping

Description: Very Good+ in boards. Light shelf wear on rear panel.

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

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts, 1959.

Price: US$55.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 1959 Houghton Mifflin FIRST BOOK CLUB/First printing of this instant classic. A gorgeous copy in F/F condition. There is no wear on the HB and the DJ has very minor wear.

Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

ROTH, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus [Hardcover] ROTH, Philip. Andre Deutsch, 1959.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1959 Houghton Mifflin hard cover - 1st edition 6th printing - no dust jacket - minor stain to page edge - otherwise a fine clean like new collectible - enjoy

Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. Goodbye Columbus ( 1959 ) [Hardcover] Philip Roth. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: original 1959 Houghton Mifflin BCE hard cover - minor wear to edges of dust jacket (now in mylar cover) minor staining to closed page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - in overall nice condition - enjoy

Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. Goodbye, Columbus (Book Club Edition). Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1959. Book Club Edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean copy in an unclipped jacket. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Light mildew scent. The tiniest closed tear on upper corner of front flap (as pictured). A beautiful copy of Roth's first book and winner of the National Book Award in 1960. Fiction-R.

Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS AND FIVE SHORT STORIES. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$81.03 + shipping

Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket.

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

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1959.

Price: US$82.00 + shipping

Description: Second printing of the author's acclaimed debut, near fine in very good dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; browning to spine and edges of jacket, owner's initials on free front endpaper and his ownership stamp on front pastedown and title page, faint spot on top of pageblock else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket bearing a $3.75 price; a stated second printing, identical to the first edition in almost every way including size and jacket art

Seller: David Kaye Books & Memorabilia, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$103.66 + shipping

Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. 1/2 inch open tear at top of front gutter. Light bumping ast spine crown/heel. Lightly toned spine.

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

Roth, Phillip. GOODBYE COLUMBUS, And Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Co.: Boston, 1959.

Price: US$109.25 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8.25 x 5.5", black cloth, 298pp, covers a bit rubbed in spots, extremities worn, spine ends bumped, endpapers unevenly toned, scattered finger soiling, in a rubbed, darkened (especially spine), spotted and extremity-worn/chipped dustjacket. Second Printing.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS, And Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$109.82 + shipping

Description: Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Edge wear and soiling to front and rear panels. Closed tear to front panel's upper edge. Sticker residue to front endpaper. Front panel's cloth soiled. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

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

Roth, Philip. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS And Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Co.: Boston (1959), 1959.

Price: US$115.00 + shipping

Description: 8 x 5.5", cloth, 298pp, covers rubbed, extremities a bit worn, spine ends bumped, hinges loose, endpapers unevenly toned, in a toned and edge-worn, price-clipped dustjacket; with a mail-in card from the Doubleday Book Shop in Detroit. "Second Printing".

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

ROTH, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$124.00 + shipping

Description: Tight, clean copy of this, the third printing of Roth's elusive first book (published the same year as tthe first edition) . Winner of the Houghton Literary Fellowship Award in the year of publication. Dustwrapper maintains the $3.75 price and shows some chipping to top of spine, but barely affecting any text. The book is tight and clean with no discernible flaws. 298 pp.

Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS AND FIVE SHORT STORIES. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$142.94 + shipping

Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. 1/2 inch open tear at top of front gutter and rear panel.

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

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus | And Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA, 1959.

Price: US$151.63 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: "First printing" per copyright page. 5-1/2" x 8-1/4", (x) + 298pp. Printed on alkaline paper and bound in signatures in black buckram cloth boards. Top and bottom of spine and corners are bumped. Jacket is discolored at the spine, and there are a couple of 1/2" closed tears from the edges, otherwise a bit of edge wear, shelf wear, soiling / age discoloration to jacket, which shows original $3.75 price. Yellow top edge tinting, now a bit discolored / spotted. Binding is square and sound. Pages are clean and bright and unmarked.

Seller: The People's Co-op Bookstore, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Roth, Philip. Goodbye Columbus (US HB 1st impression in first state jacket). Houghton Mifflin & Company - HMCo, 1959.

Price: US$162.44 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: US hardback stated first printing. The black cloth is Good overall with light wear. There are light transfer 'ghosts' visible from where jacket has been stained to reverse at some point. The jacket is the first state with some rubbing nicks and chips to spine ends. The edges have staining to reverse. This shows through in places at rear panel.

Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories Roth, Philip. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1959.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1960 Meridian Fiction paperback - 1st edition 2nd printing of 1st paperback edition - signed and inscribed by Roth to friend and photography of the photo for his 3rd book Naomi Savage - some staining to cover and page edge - sticker on cover - otherwise binding fine contents clean - a fine collectible - enjoy

Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus, and Five Short Stories Roth, Philip. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1959.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1963 Bantam paperback - 1st Bantam edition - signed and inscirbed by Roth - slight wear to cover - minor staining to cover and page edge - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy

Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.

ROTH, Philip.. Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,, 1959.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Description: 298 pp. Small hard erasure and tiny tear to first leaf, else very good plus in very good, price-clipped dust jacket with a vertical band of rubbing along fore-edge.

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

ROTH, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition, Second Issue Dust Jacket. Octavo. Decorated dust jacket, price unclipped. Very good dust jacket, darkening to spine and edges, minor wear to spine ends and corners, ownership signature on front free end paper.

Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$360.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The author's first book, which won the National Book Award for Fiction. The title story was adapted for the 1969 film of the same title. 298 pages. First edition (first printing stated). This copy belonged to the Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning author Larry McMurtry, and it has his distinctive horseshoe bookmark on the front pastedown. This is a good-only copy. The jacket flaps were once glued to the pastedowns and when they were removed, it tore the paper. The jacket flaps are reinforced on the back (verso) with brown paper. The jacket has a glue stain on the front panel and is chipped and split at the spine with somewhat amateurish repairs to the back. There is a remainder-like mark on the bottom edge. While not the prettiest copy, is does have an appealing provenance.

Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 298 pages. Roth's first book, a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award winner. Recently published in the Library of America series, this book has deservedly been received into the American canon. Binding is black cloth, with white and yellow lettering on the spine. Spine cracked; cloth softened at head of spine; corners worn. Dust jacket spine ends chipped (publisher's name missing at tail of spine), spine darkened, flap folds worn. Price ($3.75) intact on front flap.

Seller: E.R. Bosson, Books, Brewster, NY, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Printing stated. Very Good Plus, small rubs to cloth at corners, in a Very Good in original unclipped ($3.75) grey pictorial dust jacket by Sanford Roth, with first issue points, 1 3/4" narrow chip at front spine fold, small chips at corners and spine ends. Philip Roth's award-winning first book which instantly established its author’s reputation. He went on in the 1990s to win America's four major literary awards in succession: the National Book Critics Circle Award for Patrimony (1991), the PEN/Faulkner Award for Operation Shylock (1993), the National Book Award for Sabbath's Theater (1995), and the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for American Pastoral (1997). Basis for the 1969 film starring Richard Benjamin, Ali McGraw, and Jack Klugman. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.

Price: US$550.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A lovely eleventh printing of the first American edition [Houghton Mifflin Co Boston (1959)], signed by Philip Roth directly on the half title page. The book is in near fine condition with a bumped spine bottom but with clean boards, a nice top stain, no remainder marks and a tight, square binding. The book has no owner inscriptions or highlighting and no staining or marking. The dust jacket is in very good condition, not price-clipped ($6.50), with small chips at the spine ends and a quarter-sized damp stain on the middle of the spine. The jacket is now protected by an archival cover which is easily removable. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information. Originally listed at $600- Now on sale at $550

Seller: C&S Books, Windsor, ON, Canada

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$575.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very good, first edition book in very good dust jacket. Shiny, black cloth covered boards with white and yellow lettering on spine. Lower fore-edge corners are bumped. Upper and lower edges at head and tail of board spine are a bit crimped. Upper edge is lightly sunned, lower edge more so due to loss on tail of jacket spine. Book is internally clean and text block is sound. Dust jacket is heavily sunned on spine and edges. There are also several small damp stains toward the lower end of jacket spine. Tail of jacket spine has irregular loss of approx. 7/8" by up to 1", and with adjacent creases and closed tears. Spine and fore-edge folds are creased and scuffed but not rubbed through. Upper edge at head of jacket spine is chipped and rubbed and with several closed vertical tears of up to 1/2". Upper edge of back jacket panel has a3/4" closed vertical tear to the left of center, and with two adjacent diagonal creases. All fore-edge corners are rubbed and with loss of less than 1/4". Not price clipped. Please use close-up options for best photos inspection and in support of condition descriptions; additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK and Canada will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher than the stated shipping costs. A signature upon receipt may also be required.

Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.

ROTH, PHILIP. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO., BOSTON, MA., 1959.

Price: US$595.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: STATED FIRST PRINTING, UNCLIPPED DJ, OWNER'S BOOKPLATE TO HALF-TITLE PAGE.

Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton and Mifflin, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$749.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Black cloth stated first printing. Spine ends/corners and spine edges mildly rubbed. PO stamp to fep and ffep. The DJ in mylar has slight wear to spine ends/points, flap price of $3.75 intact, mild toning. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus (with tipped on Signed author photo). Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Stated first printing of the author's first novel (which also includes five short stories). 298 pp. Winner of the National Book Award as well as being a Literary Fellowship Award winner. Some general light wear to boards. Overall, a solid very good copy of this literary debut. Tipped on to the page facing the half-title page is a large black and white author photograph (comes from the Simon & Schuster edition of Patrimony) which has been SIGNED by Roth. The dustwrapper is in good condition overall with a large-ish triangular chip near top of spine/front panel. A few other smaller chips are present. The original $3.75 price is at the very top of the front flap. A solid example of this literary treasure.

Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. And Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of the author's first book. [x], 298 pp. 8vo. Roth's first book, comprising the title novella and five short stories. An immediate success, it won the 1960 National Book Award for Fiction. With Roth's signature tipped-in. Publisher's black cloth. Shelfwear to covers, in toned and chipped dust-jacket, with staining to rear panel; tipped-in signature to ffep First edition of the author's first book.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Price: US$950.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: SIGNED first printing, as stated on copyright page. In first issue dust jacket. Signed by author on tipped-in page. Book very good plus, corners slightly rubbed, as well as spine ends. Dust jacket very good, some wear, tear at bottom of spine hinge to front panel, a couple of small pieces missing, tanning to spine, bleeding form book cover on inside of dj.

Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. Goodbye Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Price: US$995.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine Copy in like Price Clipped Jacket. First Edition 1959/1959 Author's First Book. Ink Stamp Name Small on Front Blank. Scarce in This Condition. Spotting To Front Board .excellent Fresh Copy.

Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.

ROTH, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus (w/Signed Note). Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$1080.00 + shipping

Description: Tight, clean copy of this, the first edition of Roth's elusive first book. Winner of the Houghton Literary Fellowship Award in the year of publication. Signed by the author on a laid in slip (TLS) signed in July of 1970. Dustwrapper maintains the $3.75 price. Shows a tiny bit of edgewear and darkening to extremes of dust jacket. Previous owner's neat signature and date to top of half-title page. 298 pp.

Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus (In First Issue Dust Jacket). Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1959.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 298 Pages. First Printing Stated; First Issue Dj With $3.75 Price, And The Following Additional Points Identifying This As The Scarce First Issue Jacket: Alignment Error Of Black Printing, Which Is Too Close To Edges Of Jacket, I. E. Bottom Of Price On Front Flap Is Spaced 19/32" Above The Top Of The "I" In "Is" In The First Line Of Text, Top Of Price Meets The Top Edge Of Front Flap; On The Spine The Publisher's Name "Hmco" Is Spaced 1 1/16" Below The Last Letter Of The Author's Name, And Thus Placed Along The Very Bottom Edge Of The Jacket Spine; On The Front Panel, The White Outline Of The Left Side Of The Window Passes Through The Left Of The "D" In "Goodbye" And The "B" In Columbus. [In The Second Printing The Dj Is Identical Except That The Price Is Spaced 7/16" Above The "I" And Is Well Spaced, Not Cut Off, At Top Of Front Flap; And The Publisher's Name Is Only 11/16" Below The Last Letter Of The Author's Name, Well Above The Bottom Of The Spine; On The Front Panel, The White And Red Illustration Is Further To The Left Of The Black Lettering, And The Black Lettering As All Slightly Higher, Such That The Left Outline Of The Window Passes Through The "D" In "Goodbye" And "B" In Columbus Near Their Right Edge, Etc. Both States Have The Same Text, A Photo Of Roth On Rear Panel, No Mention Of Prizes.] All Copies Of The First Printing Were Apparently Issued With The First Issue Jacket, And All Later Printings With The Corrected Jacket. Book Has Wear At Top And Bottom Of Spine, Including A Tiny Fray/ Pull Tear At Top Of Spine. Dj Not Price-Clipped, Browning To Spine And All Edges, Some Irregular Browning To Rear Panel, 1/8" Loss Across Entire Top Of Spine And A Strip 1/2" Long By 1/8" Deep At Bottom Of Spine, Affecting Half Of The Publisher's Name At Bottom Of Spine, Wear Along Rear Spine Fold And Both Flap Folds, With Wear And Slight Loss At Tips And Corners.

Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. Goodbye,Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Price: US$1295.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine Copy In Like Jacket.$3.75 On Flap.First Edition. 1959/!959 The Author's Rare First Book. Comes With a Xmas & New Year's Slip From The Publisher. Review Copy. None Of The Fading To The Spine. Superb Copy Rare In This Condition.

Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus; and Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$1375.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo. [13], 4-298, [4] pp. Bound in black cloth with lettering on the spine in yellow and white; light yellow topstain. Price of $3.75 on the front flap of the jacket. Winner of the National Book Award in 1960. A presentable copy of Roth's first book, one of the high spots of twentieth-century American literature. A Very Good or better book with light wear to the extremities in a Very Good lightly age-toned dust jacket with minor chipping to the top and bottom of the spine panel.

Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Price: US$1495.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine Copy In Like Jacket $3.75 on Front Flap.Author's Rare First Book.1959/1959 Scarce in This condition Excellent Exceptional Fresh Copy.

Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition, fine in a very good first issue dust jacket. With original price of $3.75 still on front flap and First Printing stated on the copyright page. Small chip in jacket at top of spine. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A very good first edition in a good dust jacket, signed by Philip Roth on a tipped-in page.

Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. And Five Short Stories. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$1750.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing of the author's first book. [x], 298 pp. 8vo. Roth's first book, comprising the title novella and five short stories. An immediate success, it won the 1960 National Book Award for Fiction With Roth's signature tipped-in. Publisher's black cloth, toned and price clipped dust jacket. Minor stain at fore-edge of title, with some marks on ffep. Tipped in signature on ffep First edition, first printing of the author's first book.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1959.

Price: US$1795.00 + shipping

Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON a special, decorative booklate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1ST PRINTING. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Author's first book. 298 pages. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY.

Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Price: US$1900.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: SIGNED first printing, as stated on copyright page. Signed on tipped-in page. Book fine, Dust jacket very good, some tanning, very minor wear. Comes in custom-slipcase.

Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS AND FIVE SHORT STORIES. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$1924.94 + shipping

Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Light rubbing along panel edges. Light chipping at spine crown/heel. 1/2 inch open tear on spine. Faint, stray inking at top of front flap.

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

Phillip Roth. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1959.

Price: US$1950.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, "first printing" stated on copyright page. Signed nameplate laid-in. Original D/J in good condition with chipping at top of spine and wear to the edges. Book in VG condition with some small spotting on boards, black publishers cloth beginning to split along front hinge of spine. Writing on spine still bright. Pages clean and unmarked. A 1959 collection of fiction by the American novelist Philip Roth, comprising the title novella "Goodbye, Columbus"Ñwhich first appeared in The Paris ReviewÑand five short stories. It won the 1960 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.

Seller: Sam Barcelo, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.

ROTH, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Corners bumped else near fine in near fine dustwrapper with corresponding rubbing and wear. The author's very scarce first book, almost always found well-worn. A Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award winner, as well as winner of the National Book Award and basis for the film directed by Larry Peerce and featuring Richard Benjamin and Ali McGraw. A nice, presentable copy.

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

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Printing" printed on the copyright page. This ORIGINAL price clipped dustjacket has ALL the First Issue points present with minor wear to the spine and edges. The book is in nice condition and is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's black cloth. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy in collectors' condition.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Philip Roth. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Price: US$2499.99 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Stated First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($3.75 price intact). Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1959. Octavo. Black cloth boards stamped in white and yellow. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Binding tight and pages crisp. Sharp corners and spine straight. Dust jacket is very good with some light shelf wear/rubbing and a few small tears. Has a scarce publisher s review slip with the publication date of May 7, 1959 laid in. Uncommonly fine copy of Philip Roth s first book. Jacket art by Sanford Roth. 298 pages. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector. 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 ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

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

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, first printing of the author's debut work. Signed by Philip Roth and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine lettered in yellow and white. Near Fine with light edge wear and softening to the corners, in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket, toned at the spine and edges, with a series of indentations to the spine and edge worn.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, first printing of the author's debut work. Signed by Philip Roth and inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine lettered in yellow and white. Near Fine with trivial edge wear and a small spot of rubbing to the bottom edge of the textblock. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning, light staining and light edge wear.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

ROTH, PHILIP.. Goodbye, Columbus. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1959, 1959.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition of the author's first book. Review copy; very good or better in a very good dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.

Price: US$2750.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by the author on a laid in signature. A beautiful dustjacket that is rich in color with some wear to the edges. This original dustjacket has all the First Issue points. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, 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 lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author. We buy Roth First Editions.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$3000.00 + shipping

Description: Signed first edition of Roth's first book, winner of the 1960 National Book Award for fiction. The titular novella and five additional short stories of this collection originally appeared in THE NEW YORKER, COMMENTARY, and THE PARIS REVIEW, prestigious publications whose august approval exhilarated and intoxicated the young Roth: "In the beginning it simply amazed him that any truly literate audience could seriously be interested in his store of tribal secrets, in what he knew, as a child of his neighborhood, about the rites and taboos of his clan - about their aversions, their aspirations, their fears of deviance and defection, their underlying embarrassments and their ideas of success" (Roth, "Goodbye Newark"). 8'' x 5.5''. Original dark blue cloth. Yellow topstain. In original unclipped ($3.75) grey pictorial dust jacket by Sanford Roth. 298 pages. Signed by Roth on front free endpaper. Minor wear, sunning and faint soil to jacket spine and edges. Clean and sharp overalll.

Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$3500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A fine first printing in a fine first issue dust jacket (publisher's initials at the very bottom of the spine of the jacket), signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Housed is a leather spine gold embossed clamshell case. A book often offered with a later state dust jacket, which has the publisher's initials slightly elevated on the spine.

Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.

Roth, Philip. Goodbye Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.

Price: US$4000.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing. 298 pp. 8vo. Inscribed to the family of Roth's childhood friend, Marty Castlebaum. Inscribed in blue ink to the family of Roth's childhood friend and Leslie street neighbor from Union City New Jersey, Marty Castlebaum; "To the Castebaums - with best wishes and fond recollections. I hope you'll like what comes after this." Beneath this is "5/7/1959" written in an unknown hand in black ink. A laid in note from Roth dated 9/7/1988 in blue ink states, "This date is not in my handwriting. It's more than likely the day the received the book from me." The book in fact was released on 5/7/1959 Marty Castlebaum is mentioned in a December 1988 article of Moment magazine written by Roth titled 'Philip Roth Enters the Gentile World: An Autobiographical Vignette' in which he attributes Castlebaum as somewhat of an inspiration for Roth to leave his parent's home and attend college, essentially a formative figure who Roth saw as moving into adulthood and made him want to do the same. Black cloth boards with white and yellow lettering on spine, toning at edges; overall very good. Inscribed on ffep. Dust jacket is price clipped, has some toning at edges and light edge wear, else near fine

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.