Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1963.

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Condition: Very Good

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Seller: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus, 1963.

Price: US$3.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Creased dj flap.

Seller: bccbooks, WHITE PLAINS, NY, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1963.

Price: US$3.51 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First Edition. Stated first printing. DJ shows minor wear and tear, pages clean.

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

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1963.

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Condition: Very Good

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Seller: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1963.

Price: US$5.94 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Book may contain some writing, highlighting, and or cover damage. Shipped fast and reliably!

Seller: -OnTimeBooks-, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1963.

Price: US$5.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8

Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1963.

Price: US$6.16 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1963.

Price: US$7.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition. First printing, 1963. Very Good in Acceptable dust jacket with wear and light liquid staining, but protected in mylar. Otherwise gently used with NO markings in text; binding is tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.

Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. IDIOTS FIRST. Farrar, Straus and Company, New York, 1963.

Price: US$10.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: [x], 212pp [soiling to page edges; short, closed tear and mild edge wear to dust jacket] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: David H. Gerber Books (gerberbooks), Austin, TX, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. Idiots First. Farrar Straus & Giroux December 1963, 1963.

Price: US$12.00 + shipping

Description: First printing stated. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Corners square, spine ends bumped but not rubbed. The jacket is price-clipped, and has very light rubbing at the corners and spine ends.

Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. Idiots First. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1963.

Price: US$14.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A couple short tears to price-clipped jacket.

Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Strauss and Company, New York, 1963.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Stated First printing. Black cloth over gray boards. Fine copy in a near fine dust jacket in a mylar protecdtor.

Seller: Studio Books, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus, New York, 1963.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 212 pages 21 cm. 8vo. Hardcover. Publisher's original quarter-cloth over boards, white lettering to spine, white, black and red lettering to front cover. Book Condition: Spine ends pushed with some toning to edge of boards. Dust Jacket Condition: Price clipped, wear to the edges, spine ends chipped, three small closed tears to rear panel. Bright, if a bit knocked about.

Seller: DuBois Rare Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard,. Idiots First.. N.Y:Farrar Straus. 1963. Hardcover., 1963.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Description: 1st. ed. fine. d.j. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.

Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1963.

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.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1963.

Price: US$16.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within

Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1963.

Price: US$16.99 + 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.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1963.

Price: US$16.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any).

Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

MALAMUD, BERNARD. Idiots First. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1963.

Price: US$19.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: 212pp. 7th Printing. An excellent like-new copy in a like-new dust jacket.

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

Malamud, Bernard. IDIOTS FIRST. Farrar, Straus & Company, 1963.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Farrar, Straus & Company, 1963. First printing. 8vo. Fine unread hardcover, near fine d/j.

Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.

MALAMUD, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1963.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition. Good only with owner's name on half-title page, water stain on boards causing the dustwrapper to stick, thus good only dustwrapper.

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

MALAMUD, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus & Company, New York, 1963.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Owner's name on front fly, edges lightly faded, else very good in a good only price-clipped dustwrapper with large tear on rear panel taped on verso, stains on bottom edges.

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

MALAMUD, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1963.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Fine in good plus dustwrapper with an internally repaired creased tear.

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

MALAMUD, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus & Co, New York, 1963.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Very good 1st printing hardcover is a nice clean copy, except for lower back corner of cover which is torn along the corner's edge.

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

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1963.

Price: US$20.83 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover.

Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. IDIOTS FIRST. , 1963.

Price: US$22.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: NY 1963 1st (stated) Farrar. Hardcover. Fine in VG DJ, minor rubbing and discoloration.

Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus & Co., New York, NY, 1963.

Price: US$22.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: New York, NY, Farrar, Straus & Co., 1963. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over taupe boards with white lettering embossed on spine and red, white and black lettering embossed on front board, red top on text block, red endpapers, 212 pp. There are four stories of Jewish background, the realistic and the fantastic, or a combination of both, in Idiots First. One critic hailed this book as: "Funny and tragic and true to humanity". Dust jacket has small flat tears at spine, barely noticeable under mylar cover; text block is tight, bright, clean and appears gently read. Fine in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.

Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus And Company, New York, 1963.

Price: US$24.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover in dust jacket. Black spine on gray boards, sliver of age toning to top, else clean, sharp and bright. Protected, price clipped, dustjacket sharp, mild general age toning, light colored stain on rear flap. Jacket is white, different from picture. Book is firm in binding, 212 pages. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages

Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. IDIOTS FIRST. New York: Farrar, Straus & Company, (1963). (1963)., 1963.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: New York: Farrar, Straus & Company, (1963). (1963). Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. There is a small stain to the top corner of the rear cover. The extremities of the dust jacket are slightly darkened with some minor soiling to its rear panel along the spine. There is a small crease to the top edge of its front flap. [ix] & 212 pages. There is a very small area of soiling to the fore-edge with minor soiling to the front edges of a few pages. There are some tiny white stains to the top edge of the front pastedown. Very good. First edition, first printing.

Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1963.

Price: US$27.55 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: black cloth, silver lettering, brown papered boards, mylar wrapped dust jacket unclipped, 212 pp, first edition, small tear to dj. Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo.

Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France

MALAMUD, Bernard. IDIOTS FIRST. Farrar, Straus & Company, NY, 1963.

Price: US$29.95 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Bright and fine in a fine, price-intact dust jacket with mylar cover.

Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.

MALAMUD, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus & Company, New York, 1963.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo. Black cloth spine and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 212pp. Good plus/very good. Some dampstaining along top page edges; minor jacket edgewear, couple of edge chips along lower edge. Tight, decent first edition.

Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.

MALAMUD, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus & Company, New York, 1963.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with toning on the spine.

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

Bernard Malamud. IDIOTS FIRST. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1963.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: ; Half black cloth cover over grey boards is lightly bumped on front corners otherwise near pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine.

Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. IDIOTS FIRST. Farrar, Straus & Co., New York, 1963.

Price: US$34.75 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Malamud, probably best known for his award-winning novel, "The Natural," also won a National Book Award for his first short story collection, "The Magic Barrel," and what one critic said of that collection of stories, applies equally well to his second collection, "Idiots First:" "Funny and tragic and true to humanity." Bottom end of spine is lightly bumped, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the white dustjacket shows a half-inch closed tear and crease at the bottom of the spine, o/w no tears, no creasing, only very minimal soiling and minor edgewear. Not price-clipped. A collectable copy.

Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Strauss and Company, New York, 1963.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The first American edition, published by Farrar Strauss and Company in 1963. Black cloth spine and gray boards. Both book and jacket near fine. Malamud's fifth book.

Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1963.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Some toning, scuffing and edge wear to exterior. Text is clean and unmarked. 8vo. 8 1/4"h x 5 1/2"w.

Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus & Company, 1963.

Price: US$45.25 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Small (1/4") V chip at bottom of jacket edge on front, protected by the Brodart cover. O/w a fine copy, unclipped and unmarked.

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

Malamud, Bernard.. IDIOTS FIRST.. FARRAR, STRAUS. NY 1963, 1963.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Close to fine in a near fine dj. (Barely discernable erasure on front endpaper. Tiny bump on top edge of board. A few spots of mild shelfwear to dj.) Stories.

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus & Company, New York, 1963.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Stated first printing of Malamud's second book of stories. Fine in a fine, unclipped jacket.

Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. IDIOT'S FIRST. Farrar Straus Giroux, NY, 1963.

Price: US$90.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, ltr. prnt. (6th, 1967). Signed by Malamud on the red front free endpage. Cloth-covered boards with shelfwear at corners; dustjacket with quarter inch tear on the topedge of the spine fold, minimal rubbing. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Malamud's second collection of stories.

Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus & Company, New York, 1963.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 212 pages. First edition, first printing. His fifth book and second book of short stories after The Magic Barrel. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!

Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1963.

Price: US$96.18 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: Brand New!

Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. IDIOTS FIRST. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1963.

Price: US$96.45 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.9

Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, N.Y., USA, 1963.

Price: US$99.95 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: First Edition stated, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. rear ffep has paper manufacturing loss. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is price-clipped. This collectible, " NEW" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful collectible copy, reasonably priced. GIFT QUALITY

Seller: rarefirsts, Charlotte Hall, MD, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. IDIOTS FIRST. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1963.

Price: US$104.95 + shipping

Description: Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. 1/4 inch closed tear at top of rear gutter.

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

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar , Straus and Giroux, New York, 1963.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover.

Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar Straus and Company, 1963.

Price: US$295.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Signed bookplate by Malamud laid in. Edgewear, closed tear, discoloration and slight markings to dust jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+.

Seller: Evergreen Books LLC, Lakewood, CO, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus & Company, 1963.

Price: US$295.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine Copy In a near Fine Jacket.First Edition Stated$4.50 on Flap.Rare Presentation Copy."For Martha Rock Bernard Malamud. " Excellent Fresh Copy.

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

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1963.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first printing. Presentation copy; signed and inscribed by Malamud to artist and close friend, Rosemarie Beck. Very good with some staining to covers in a like jacket with some wear and a few small tears. Malamud and Beck met at the Yaddo art colony in 1958 and remained close for the next 30 years. They were both very supportive of each other's artistic endeavors and provided each other with a great deal criticism and encouragement. An excellent association.

Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First.. Farrar, Straus & Company, New York, 1963.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of this collection of stories. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Susie and Paul Old and good friends Bern." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag.ÂFine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Marshall Lee. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. The twelve stories in this collection are all revised or expanded from versions printed in various magazines between 1950 and 1963.

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First. Farrar, Straus & Company, New York, 1963.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo, cloth backed boards. A presentation copy inscribed by Malamud to the novelist John Hawkes: "For Jack with much affection, Bern." A nice association copy. Fine in a very lightly used dust jacket with a short closed tear to the rear panel

Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. Idiots First.. Farrar, Straus & Company, New York, 1963.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousin, "For Marshall, Every good wish Bernie."ÂNear fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Marshall Lee. The twelve stories in this collection are all revised or expanded from versions printed in various magazines between 1950 and 1963.

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

MALAMUD, Bernard. Idiots First (Association Copy). New York: Farrar, Straus & Company, 1963.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Octavo. Warmly INSCRIBED by Malamud to front endpaper: "For Herbert Mitgang / After a pleasant / chat in a / hospitable room / Yours / Bernard Malamud." Mitgang would write a review of Idiots First in the New York Times, comparing Malamud with Chagall. Cloth-backed boards, near fine. In unclipped, illustrated jacket with minor toning, also near fine.

Seller: Harper's Books, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.