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William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$19.90 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: GOOD/GOOD. Brown illustrated dust jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Approx. 9" x 6". Bumps/chips to edges and corners. Rub wear, dust markings and light scratches to covers. Crease line and black dirt marks down the middle of back cover. Spine ends are slightly crumpled. Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com Orders shipped via USPS.
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Gass, William H.. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, Boston, 1975.
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Condition: Very Good
Description: Unstated printing, hardcover, has a minor skew to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends, a touch of spotting to the edges of the text block, and brief effaced marks to the corner of the half title page. Overall, a solid, tight, Very Good copy in a Near Very Good dust jacket, which has a creased 1" tear to the lower front corner, lighter bumps to the spine ends and other corners, sunning to the spine and edges, slight rubbing with mild edge wear to the covers, and a marked out pencil price to the front flap. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
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Description: 1985 printing, blue covers, solid and unmarked, light wear. Fast Shipping - Safe and Secure Bubble Mailer!
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William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$21.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
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Seller: Unique Books, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$24.99 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Like New/Like New DJ. Tight binding, clean pages, minimal wear.
Seller: CJ's Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Gass, William H.. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pages are age-toned; approx. 1" X 1" whitish stain on front -- perhaps a sticker remnant; 2 tiny tears top front DJ; Weight: 0.95 Pounds; 91 pages
Seller: Acme Book Company, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First printing. Fine but for two short tears to the dust jacket.
Seller: Ron Griswold Books North, Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.
William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
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Condition: Very Good
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Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$40.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Hardcover, tan dust jacket, blue cloth boards; 1976, Godine. A nice copy. Clean text, solid binding. Dust Jacket protected by mylar cover. First printing. One of three thousand copies. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. One small pen mark on foredge.
Seller: Browsers' Bookstore, CBA, Albany, OR, U.S.A.
William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$42.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In Used Condition
Seller: Byrd Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Gass, William. ON BEING BLUE; A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY. David R. Godine, 1975.
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Description: 1975 Gass, William ON BEING BLUE; A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY Boston: David R Godine, 1975 1/3000 copies 91pp 8vo Faint pen mark upper inside edge of rear pastedown page, else fine bright hardcover in near fine d/j.
Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Publisher: David R. Godine, Boston, 1975.FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. Speckled fore-edge. As new. Unread. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Limited to a print run of only 3000 copies.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$53.64 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Used
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$57.99 + 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.
Gass, William H.. On Being Blue A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, Boston, 1975.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8.8 X 5.8 X 2.5 inches; 91 pages
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Two minor spots, front cover upper right. Intriguing book length essay on blueness, as stated "A Philosophical Inquiry", touching on blue movies and sex in literature.
Seller: Hard Shell Books, Granite Springs, NY, U.S.A.
Gass, Willam H.. On Being Blue - A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Edition limited to 3,000. Book and DJ are in like new condition except for an 1/8" (almost invisible) tear at top edge. Otherwise, tight, clean and bright. We have these titles avialable by William Gass: OMENSETTER'S LUCK, WILLIE MASTER'S LONESOME WIFE, ON BEING BLUE, THE WORLD WITHIN THE WORD. and FICTION AND THE FIGURES OF LIFE.
Seller: The Herbert Morris Collection, Edison, NJ, U.S.A.
Gass, William. On Being Blue : A Philosophical Inquiry. Godine, 1975, 1975.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing Fine and bright blue boards with gilt titles in like dust jacketQuite handsome all around. Handsomely produced by David Godine
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$115.33 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
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William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. Brand: David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$115.78 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
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Condition: New
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Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
William H. Gass. ON BEING BLUE: A PHILOSOPHICAL I. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$116.60 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.65
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William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$117.05 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Gass, William H.. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Deluxe Edition, one of 225 signed and numbered copies, this being #140. A Fine copy in a Fine jacket, housed in a lightly worn Very Good slipcase.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
William H. Gass. On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, 1975.
Price: US$131.66 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Brand New!
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Gass, William. On Being Blue. A Philosophical Inquiry. David R. Godine, Boston, MA, 1975.
Price: US$149.60 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Deluxe edition of 225 copies signed by William Gass, this is no. 110. A very small bump to the spine head, else book is like new, the dust jacket with two very short bumps and rips to the spine otherwise a clean and near fine dj, housed in a cloth and paper slipcase.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
GASS, WILLIAM H.. On Being Blue: a philosophical inquiry. David R. Godine, Boston, 1975.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Gilt lettered blue cloth boards housed in cardboard slipcase. This copy signed and numbered by the author. This is copy #159 of the deluxe limited edition. Essay on the colour blue. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$330.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 1st Printing. Signed. 93 pages. Published in 1975. Book-length Essay on subject. One of the greatest literary and philosophical texts of the 20th century. Deluxe Slipcased Edition of 225 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the regular trade edition. The Deluxe Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by David R. Godine: Regular-sized volume format. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on spine, as issued. Text by William H. Gass. Brown-and-blue slipcase. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents William H. Gass' "On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry". His brilliant and beautifully written essay on the particular color. Novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, essayist, poet, philosopher, and translator, William H. Gass has written one of the definitive books on the color blue: Its meanings, interpretations, and uses by the cultures that see it, respond to it, and define what it means. Gass has pulled off in literature what Yves Klein, the artist most closely identified with the color, pulled off in modern art. If red were a human being, he (or she) would be a lover. If blue, he (or she) would be, according to Klein and Gass, an artist. Which is also the idea that the late great Polish film director Kieslowski explored in "Three Colors: Blue", the first film of his masterpiece-trilogy. He probably never heard of Gass, but his heroine is very much a Gass-like character: A woman, who is a composer, who is forced to confront her genius and calling after a tragic event (and after years of avoidance and denial) in order to be fully human and truly free. An absolute "must-have" title for William H. Gass collectors. This is a copy of the Deluxe Slipcased Edition of 225 copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Back Limitation Page. It is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by the author: "[Number] 3 William H. Gass". This title is a great book. This is one of few copies of the Deluxe Slipcased Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws from apparent use even if it is the Deluxe Edition. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER WILLIAM H. GASS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0879231904.
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