Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$3.50 + shipping
Description: Good reading copy.
Seller: Biblioceros Books, Warrenville, IL, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1958.
Price: US$12.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1958.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover is sunned on spine. Pages lightly tanning in margins, no markings in text. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1958.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Violet pictorial bds., yellow, purple illus., beige backstr., purple, yellow lettering and design. Dj worn, soiled, sl.chipped. Ex-library with stamps. 214pp. Malamud's first collection of short stories. STATED FIRST PRINTING.
Seller: Cragsmoor Books, Cragsmoor, NY, U.S.A.
Bernard Malamud. The Magic Barrel (VG+ 1958 hc/dj). Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, NY, 1958.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pub by Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1958 NOT exLib. VG+ or better cond. hardcover w/ Good cond. price-clipped pict dustjacket now in clear protective cover. P/O's round emboss on ffep, o/w book is complete, intact & unmarked. Mauve cloth over bds w/ yellow & purple pict dec & lettering on cover & spine. Moderate soiling, sunning, toning & wear to dustjacket, still 95+% intact. 214pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG+/Good cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, BERNARD. THE MAGIC BARREL. NEW YORK NY FARRAR, STRAUS, AND CUDAHY PUB 1958., 1958.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: NF/VG. A EARLY PRINTING BOOKS SPINE CORNERS ARE SLIGHTLY RUBBED. D.J. HAS A SHORT TEAR AND ASSOCIATED CREASE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT PANEL, A SHORT TEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR PANEL, A COUPLE TINY TEARS ALONG THE TOP EDGE, AND SOME LIGHT SOILING OF THE REAR PANEL. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1958.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Violet pictorial bds., yellow, purple illus., beige backstr., purple, yellow lettering and design. Dj worn, soiled, chips. Former owner's name on endpaper. 214pp. Malamud's first collection of short stories. STATED FIRST PRINTING.
Seller: Cragsmoor Books, Cragsmoor, NY, U.S.A.
Bernard Malamud. The Magic Barrel. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, NY, 1958.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pub by FSC, 1958. VG hardcover w/ VG- dustjacket, now in archival Brodart. Pink bds w/ yellow & purple dec & lettering on cover & spine. Has a 1-1/2"x1"x2" triangular chip to upper front corner of dj, o/w only light chipping & edgewear, also w/ darkening to spine. Not price-clipped. 214 pp. Book is square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG/VG- cond. Please email any questions.
Seller: Rivertown Fine Books, McGregor, IA, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Farrar Straus Cudahy, New York, 1958.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 214 Pp. Beige Cloth, Printed In Purple, Over Violet Boards Stamped In Orange And Purple. Stated First Printing. Title Page Tipped In By Publisher. No Dust Jacket. Book Lightly Used; Ownership Signature On Front Endpaper; Near Fine.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1958.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover in DJ; 214pp; DJ price-clipped & age-toned, boards square, clean & bright, previous owner's name to FFEP, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG- condition. Story collection.
Seller: Book Happy Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Bernard Malamud. The Magic Barrel. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1958.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Measuring approximately 8.5" x 5.75" with 214 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping and scuffing to both ends of spine. Minor foxing to bottom edge of textblock. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Interior pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket is in good minus condition. Moderate chipping to both ends of spine and top of front panel. Moderate sunning and staining to spine and both panels. Original 3.75 price on front flap. The Magic Barrel is a 1958 collection of thirteen short stories written by Bernard Malamud and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Also, the Jewish Publication Society released its own edition at the same time. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(O3-17).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1958.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Slight toning else near fine in a very good dust jacket with toning and edgewear.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1958.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Owner inscription and slight toning else near fine in a very good dust jacket with toning and edgewear.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1958.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. Some toning, foxing, rubbing and edge wear to exterior. Toning throughout interior. Text is clean and unmarked. 8vo. 8 1/2"h x 5 3/4"w.
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel.. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1958.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 1953 Farrar Press stated 1st printing, hasrdcover with original jacket, unmarked and tight, jacket a bit faded/soiled but with ;ittle wear or tear, a good 1st prnting. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.
Seller: Best and Fastest Books, Wantage, NJ, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. THE MAGIC BARREL. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958.
Price: US$52.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ; Fuschia cover has wear to corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and in very good condition. Dust jacket is toned with wear to the extremities and very modest soiling but in good+ condition. Publisher's price of $3.75 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 1953
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Bernard Malamud. The Magic Barrel. Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1958.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed by Malamud on front free endpage without inscription. Later printing (1967). Near fine book in very good dust jacket. Clean and bright copy with lightly edge and corner-worn dust jacket.
Seller: Open Boat Booksellers, Amherst, MA, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1958.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first state (preceding the Farrar, Straus and Cudahy edition). A trifle soiled on the spine, near fine in very good dust jacket with toning on the spine and small spots of foxing.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. THE MAGIC BARREL. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1958.
Price: US$104.05 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.4
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1958.
Price: US$106.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: With jacket, 1958 Farrar Press hardcover, solid and unmarked, jacket has edge wear. Fast Shipping - Safe and Secure Bubble Mailer!
Seller: Best and Fastest Books, Wantage, NJ, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. THE MAGIC BARREL. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958.
Price: US$114.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ; Half lavender cloth cover with fuschia boards has modest wear to corners and turned in spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Residue from removal of small address label on front end sheet. Pages are clean and near pristine. Dust jacket is toned with wear to the extremities and back panel is soiled but in good+ condition. DJ flap is price clipped. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 1953
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1958.
Price: US$134.87 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is in Used-Good 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 limited notes and highlighting.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1958.
Price: US$134.87 + 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. The Magic Barrel. Farrar Straus & Cudahy, 1958.
Price: US$149.99 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Stated First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($3.75 price intact). Published by Farrar Straus & Cudahy, 1958. Octavo. Gray cloth over pink boards stamped in orange and purple. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Dust jacket is like new with some fading as is common with this title. Designed by Milton Glaser. A fine collectible copy of this classic story collection and winner of the 1959 National Book Award for Fiction. 214 pages. LCCC # 58-6841. 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 ships with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. THE MAGIC BARREL. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. Clipped DJ in archival cover.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Jewish publication Society, Philadelphia, 1958.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, (1958). First Edition. The Milton Glaser dust wrapper is browned on the spine & edges, but not price-clipped. This edition preceded the Farrar Straus Cudahy edition by a few days. It is Malamud's first collection of short stories, and the winner of the National Book Award
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: stated first printing. dust jacket vg . text clear and crisp. finger stain on few page edges. Nat'l zBook Award winner in 1959.
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1958.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Near fine in modestly soiled and age-toned, very good dust jacket. Winner of the 1959 National Book Award for Fiction. Poet John Hollander's copy with his ownership signature on the front fly.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1958.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first state (preceding the Farrar, Straus and Cudahy edition). Fine in slightly sunned spine, very good or better dustwrapper with slight soiling.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. THE MAGIC BARREL. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1958.
Price: US$289.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Stated first printing. A collection of 13 stories, it won the National Book Award in 1959. Very nice clean copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Bernard Malamud. THE MAGIC BARREL. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1958.
Price: US$324.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. 2 inch open tear at top of rear panel.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Bernard Malamud. THE MAGIC BARREL. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1958.
Price: US$329.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Good+ dust jacket. Light foxing on pastedowns and end pages. Rubbing, staining along panel edges. Shelf wear on rear panel.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1958.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Spine a little soiled, corners a little bumped, else near fine lacking the dustwrapper. Inscribed by Malamud to Chet Garrison (a close friend and colleague of Malamud's) and his wife Louise: "For Louise and Chet - good friends - Every good wish. Bern. Corvallis. May, 1958." The Garrisons were also the dedicatees of a 1967 omnibus edition of Malamud's work, *The Malamud Reader* Chester A. Garrison became friends with Malamud soon after Garrison joined the English Department at Oregon State College (now University) in 1954 where they bonded over being Easterners (Malamud from New York and Garrison from Jersey City) and their mutual interest in Thomas Hardy. Malamud's son Paul interviewed Garrison about their relationship for the book *The Magic Worlds of Bernard Malamud* (2001). A very nice association copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard.. The Magic Barrel.. New York Farrar Straus & Cuday, 1958.
Price: US$661.24 + shipping
Description: X, 213 pp. Original half cloth with dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by author. - Few browned. Gewicht (Gramm): 434
Seller: Müller & Gräff e.K., Stuttgart, Germany
Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. The Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1958.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. (Preceded the Farrar, Straus & Cudahy trade edition by a few days.) Signed by author on title page in black ink. 214 pp. Original cloth-backed boards, decorated in purple and yellowish orange. Near Fine with very light wear to tips and name written on front free endpaper. In Very Good unclipped dust jacket with sunned spine panel, a few clear tape mends on verso, tiny pinhole in front panel, lightly worn at head. The author's first collection of stories, winner of a National Book Award.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel.. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1958.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Malamud's first collection of short stories, which went on to win the National Book Award. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Marshall and Min Everything good- Bernie." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Housed in a custom clamshell box. The Magic Barrel, has been recognized as a classic from the time it was published in 1959. The stories are set in New York and in Italy (where Malamud's alter ego, the struggling New York Jewish Painter Arthur Fidelman, roams amid the ruins of old Europe in search of his artistic patrimony); they tell of egg candlers and shoemakers, matchmakers, and rabbis, in a voice that blends vigorous urban realism, Yiddish idiom, and a dash of artistic magic. "In the short story, Malamud achieved an almost psalmlike compression. He has been called the Jewish Hawthorne, but he might just as well be thought a Jewish Chopin, a prose composer of preludes and noctures" (Mark Shechner, Partisan Review).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.