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Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1958.

Price: US$18.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 213pp. Pink cloth binding, biege spine. Slgith wear, small area of discoloration on back cover. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Valley Books, AMHERST, MA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Jewish Publication Society of America, 1958.

Price: US$39.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Book and dust jacket in solid overall condition. Library stamp appears on rear free endpaper; another is blacked out on front free endpaper. No markings otherwise present on interior or exterior. Jacket is unclipped, in protective mylar; features very little shelf wear but fading to pink coloring on spine, enough so that white typeface is not discernible.

Seller: Silent Way Books, Glenside, PA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1958.

Price: US$79.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: US orders ship with signature confirmation. 1958 JPS hardcover stated 1st printing . Slight tilt to spine, edgewear, chipping and soil/tanning on dj, title faded on dj spine, foxing and offset stains on eps, light soil/foxing on edge, you can tell if you go into the spine that the previous owner was a smoker, else text clean, binding tight. NOTE: This copy is not the one in the picture.

Seller: Dave's Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. The magic barrel. The Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1958.

Price: US$83.37 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 213 pag Size: 2p4

Seller: Von Meyenfeldt, Slaats & Sons, Breda, Netherlands

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 (True First edition). Jewish Publication Society of America, 1958.

Price: US$88.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: FIRST EDITION. NEAR FINE hardcover book (corners very slightly bumped). DJ is NEAR FINE (very slightly tanned).Book is bright clean tight square. Shelf 281

Seller: BookManBookWoman Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.

Bernard Malamud. The Magic Barrel. The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1958.

Price: US$93.61 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Hard cover with purple titles on grey cloth spine and pink/mauve boards, and no cover wear. Unclipped dust jacket, price $3.75, designed by Milton Glaser and is in protective sleeve and in very good condition with minor edge wear and some duskiness of borders. 214 clean pages with no inscriptions. Published in 1958 this 1st edition is in near fine condition with very good dust jacket.

Seller: McGonigles', Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom

Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Jewish Publication Society, 1958.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The first printing ( from the Jewish Publication Society ) published in 1958. Malamud's third book, a collection of thirteen stories. Bound in publisher's mauve boards and light gray cloth spine. A near fine example of the book with a touch of spotting to the paste downs. Near fine dust jacket with fading to the spine, National Book Award ten year anniversary sticker to front panel. The Jewish Publication Society edition is identical to the other trade printing brought out by Farrar Strauss and Cudahy in the same year.

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

Bernard Malamud. THE MAGIC BARREL. Jewish Publication Society, New York, 1958.

Price: US$116.00 + shipping

Description: Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Two thumb-sized chips to spine. Rear panel has some soiling. Stated First Printing 1958.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

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

MALAMUD, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Jewish publication Society, 1958.

Price: US$148.90 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: Text Like New. Pages crisp, clean, and bright. Stated First Printing. DJ shows faint shelf wear. Binding tight.

Seller: Infinite Minds, Greenfield, MA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. The Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1958.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: (1958). Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Gray cloth over lilac-colored boards. The spine is stamped in purple and yellow; the decorative front panel in the same. Octavo. 214pps. Stated First Printing. A previous owner's name is neatly penned on the ffep., otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is sunned at the spine and the folds and has faint touches of crinkling at the top of each flap; no chips, no tears. The original price (3.75) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of Malamud's first book of short stories. ".Bernard Malamud's first book of short stories, '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 struggleing 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." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.

Seller: Nooks Of Books , Elkins Park, PA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard.. The Magic Barrel.. The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1958.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition stated. A Fine copy in pale grey cloth over mauve paper covered boards, in a Very Good (Milton Glaser) dustwrapper, price-clipped (though dollar sign still showing), with slight fading to spine panel, small wear to crown. 214pp. 13 short stories, including "The Last Mohican," which Malamud later developed into an episodic novel (Pictures of Fidelman). National Book Award winner. Q10957

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Malamud, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. Jewish Publication Society of America, 1958.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very Good hardcover in a Fair dust jacket which has been wrapped. Dust jacket is chipped and worn. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper. ; Signed First Edition; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages; Signed by Author

Seller: Elder's Bookstore, Nashville, TN, 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. 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. 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.