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John Gardner. Grendel. Andre Deutsch, 1972.
Price: US$70.85 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Used.Hardcover in unclipped £1.75 net dust-jacket.No inscriptions.Foxing to fore,lower and top page edges.1st impression.Dust-jacket rubbed to spine-ends.
Seller: HADDON'S, hastings, ESUX, United Kingdom
GARDNER, John. Grendel. Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1972.
Price: US$73.51 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
GARDNER, John. Grendel. Andre Deutsch, London, 1972.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Orange cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine, dust jacket bright and clean; a beautiful copy, like brand new.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
John Gardner - First Edition UK Hardback. Grendel. Andre Deutsch London, 1972.
Price: US$489.54 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First British edition. Hardcover, in an unclipped jacket. First printing. Gardner's classic retelling of the Beowulf saga, observed through the eyes of the monster itself. Illustrations by Emil Antonucci. Considering its age this is a near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket that is unclipped. This super copy has no former owner marks, no turned down corners, and is not an ex-library copy. The binding is orange cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling on the spine. The brilliant jacket has an un-sunned spine, and it is now protected in a mylar sleeve. AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY. Language: eng
Seller: THE BOOKSNIFFER, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
John Gardner. Grendel. Andre Deutsch, London, 1972.
Price: US$566.84 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first edition of this retelling of the old English poem Beowulf, in the original dustwrapper. The first UK edition of the work. First published in the US in 1971. In the original price clipped dustwrapper. Grendel, by American author John Gardner, is a retelling of the Old English poem Beowulf, this time written from the perspective of the antagonist Grendel who is portrayed as the antihero character. The work encompasses a number of powerful themes, including the power of literature and the nature of good and evil. The first edition of this powerful work of fiction from renowned American author John Gardner. In the original orange cloth binding in the original price clipped dustwrapper. Externally in lovely condition. Dustwrapper is price clipped. Dustwrapper is in excellent condition with minor shelf wear only. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with marginal age toning. Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
GARDNER, John.. Grendel.. Andre Deutsch,, London:, 1972.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Illustrated by Emil Antonucci. First British edition. An association copy: INSCRIBED by the author to fellow writer John L'Heureux and his wife Joan Polston L'Heureux. L'Heureux reviewed Gardner's THE ART OF FICTON for the New York Time Book Review in 1986; Gardner had also reviewed some of L'Heureux's work. Near fine in a near fine (London hotel address written on the verso of the rear flap - perhaps where the book was inscribed) dust jacket. ; 174 pages
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
GARDNER, John.. Grendel.. Andre Deutsch,, London:, 1972.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Illustrated by Emil Antonucci. First British edition. SIGNED by the author. Upper corners very slightly bumped, else fine in a very near fine, price clipped dust jacket. An attractive, well preserved copy.; 174 pages
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.