Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$9.93 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is in good condition. Slight discolouration to the pages. Creasing to the cover.
Seller: Re-Read Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
Malamud, Bernard.. The Assistant. FARRAR, STRAUS AND CUDAHY., 1957.
Price: US$12.57 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: There is a signature or handwriting on the inside front cover. There is light highlighting or handwriting throughout the book. The dust jacket is missing. The book is slightly cocked Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!
Seller: Solr Books, Skokie, IL, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard/ Rosen, Jonathan (Introduction by). The Assistant. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1957.
Price: US$18.76 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: 10th edition. 264 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Malamud, Bernard. The Assistant. Farrar, Straus And Cudahy, New York, 1957.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Usual Ex-Library Markings. Dj Is In A Taped-In Wrap. Dj Has Light Edgewear With A Couple Tiny Tears, But The Inside Back Flap Is Missing. The Coloring On The Dj Spine Is Lightly Faded. Book Has Edgewear. Book Heavily Cocked. Lightly Bumped. Light Soiling, Including Light Liquid Staining. Inside Hinge Is Heavily Cracked. Front Endpage Is Missing. Page Edges Are Tanned.
Seller: Book Nook, Cadillac, MI, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. The Assistant. Farrar Straus Cudahy, New York, 1957.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Complete and unabridged. Mass market paperback. Light water stain on page edges, else very good. Malamud's second book, and perhaps his scarcest. *Burgess 99*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard/ Rosen, Jonathan (Introduction by). The Assistant. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1957.
Price: US$20.84 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: 10th edition. 264 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Bernard Malamud. The Assistant (FSG Classics). Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1957.
Price: US$22.39 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Malamud, Bernard. The Assistant. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1957.
Price: US$28.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Former library book; may include library markings. 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 Assistant. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1957.
Price: US$28.72 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard/ Rosen, Jonathan (Introduction by). The Assistant. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1957.
Price: US$35.48 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: 10th edition. 264 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Malamud, Bernard. The Assistant. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1957.
Price: US$37.70 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A clean bright tight copy.
Seller: Westside Stories, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Bernard Malamud. The Assistant. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1957.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Early printing (but not first printing) A very good copy with slight spine lean in a very good to very good plus dust jacket ($3.50 price present on the flap) BX41
Seller: J. F. Whyland Books, Jeffersonville, IN, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Assistant. Farrar Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1957.
Price: US$81.00 + shipping
Description: Nice copy of author's second book which is hard to find. Unmarked, tight and square. Price intact jacket is the second issue with reviews for novel on rear panel. Jacket has light edgewear at spine ends, 1" closed tear on rear panel. Author was to win two National Book Awards and a Pulitzer during his career. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard.. The Assistant.. Farrar Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1957.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Later Printing of the First Edition. A Fine copy in black cloth over brown paper covered boards, in a Very Near Fine purple second state dustwrapper (with reviews of The Assistant on the rear panel), not price-clipped. 246pp. Malamud's second book, and second novel. He would go on to win two National Book Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize. Q12252
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard.. THE ASSISTANT. FARRAR, STRAUS AND CUDAHY., 1957.
Price: US$104.02 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.75
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Bernard Malamud. The Assistant. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Stated first printing. Dustjacket is age-toned with some soiling. Back cover is especially soiled and discolored with a pencil marking at top corner and large crease across bottom edge. 3" chunk missing from top of spine, which is sunned and chipped at tail. Chipping to all edges with small chunks missing from all corners. Flaps are age-toned but not price-clipped. Brown cloth wraps with orange cover titling are intact with bumped corners and a cluster of tiny dot impressions to front cover, some shelf wear to bottom edges. Black cloth-wrapped spine is slightly cocked with shelf wear to head and tail and a little rubbing to author's name. Interior is age-toned throughout with subtle dampstaining just to bottom outer corner of text block. Binding opens comfortably but is intact.
Seller: Owl Pen Books, Greenwich, NY, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Assistant. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1957.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good 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 Assistant Malamud, Bernard. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1957.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition 1st printing - no dust jacket - tanning and ink mark on page edge - otherwise cover and binding fine contents clean - hard to find - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Bernard Malamud. The Assistant. Farrar Straus And Cudahy, 1957, 1957.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cloth. Fine. First Edition. Ex-Library. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bernard Malamud second book.Library copy from Womrath library. Still a very rare book.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. The Assistant. Farrar Straus and Cudahy, NY, 1957.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: Dustwrapper is bright but shows a bit of light scuffing to top spine end and one closed tear. The first state dustwrapper with reviews of "The Natural" on the back panel. Front endpaper professionally restored. Overall, a tight clean copy of the first edition of Malamud's second book in an above-average dust jacket.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Assistant. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1957.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Unclipped dust jacket with tiny tears at spine top. Dust jacket has review of "The Natural" on rear panel. "First printing" on verso of title page.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, BERNARD. THE ASSISTANT. NEW YORK NY FARRAR, STRAUS, AND GIROUX PUB 1957., 1957.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J. AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK WITH FIRST ISSUE D.J. CONTAINING THE BLURBS ABOUT "THE NATURAL" BOOK IS FINE BUT FOR TANNING OF THE TEXT BLOCK AND AN ATTRACTIVE BOOKPLATE ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. D.J. HAS SOME LIGHT WEAR AT THE CORNERS AND THE ENDS OF A SLIGHTLY COLOR-FADED/SOILED SPINE PANEL, A COUPLE OF SHORT EDGE TEARS AT CORNERS, SOME SCATTERED RUB, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Assistant. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1957.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue (reviews of The Natural on rear panel). 246 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Malamud's second novel. Burgess 99 Cloth and boards. Near fine in very good dust jacket, spine sunned and chipped First edition, first issue (reviews of The Natural on rear panel).
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Bernard Malamud. The Assistant. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957.
Price: US$265.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy in a near Fine Price Clipped Jacket Excellent Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. THE ASSISTANT. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1957.
Price: US$290.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Malamud's scarce second novel features Morris Bober, neighborhood grocer, his family and customers, and Frank Alpine, the assistant he hires after being robbed who steals from him and falls in love with his daughter; Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip requesting two copies of the critic's review laid in (the reviewer or previous owner glued the slip to the fep but over the years the glue dried out and the slip came free, leaving stains on fep and back of slip); bottom of spine and lower edge of the boards show minimal shelf wear, with a small, hard-to-spot stain at the bottom of spine; also a dime-sized, light brown stain at the top edge of pages 27-29, just barely noticeable on 30 and 31, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; the dustjacket is somewhat edgeworn, with minor chipping at corners and chipping and small tears at the spine ends; about two inches at bottom of spine is stained with some loss of color; some light soiling to dj's white back panel, o/w dj is basically clean and whole (Photos are available. I try to provide an accurate description, which, in this case, probably sounds worse than the reality -- a more than presentable copy of a scarce, collectable book.).
Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Assistant. Farrar Straus, New York, 1957.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition - Review copy. Review note laid in stating the Publication date as April 26, 1957. 8vo. Black cloth and boards stamped in white and orange. Author's second book. Text clean. Tight. Dust jacket with Reviews of The Natural on back panel of dustwrapper. First issue jacket. Jacket has very light chipping at ends of spine. Fine/ Very good plus.
Seller: Cultural Connection, Cape Coral, FL, U.S.A.
Bernard Malamud. THE ASSISTANT. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1957.
Price: US$699.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Review copy slip neatly laid in. Faint toning on FEP and rear panel.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Assistant. Farrar, Straus, Cudahy, NY, 1957.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: pp 246. Inscribed to Malou and Don on author's business card. Also laid in is 5pp offprint by Harvey Swados, "The Emergence of an Artist: Bernard Malamud.
Seller: Muse Book Shop, DeLand, FL, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. The Assistant. Farrar Straus Cudahy, New York, 1957.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Cocked, and old tape shadows on the front pastedown, thus good in good only internally repaired first issue dustjacket with overall wear. Malamud's second book, and perhaps his scarcest. Contemporary author's printed presentation label ("With Best Wishes From The Author"), with the owner name filled in by the recipient ("L & C. Garrison"), and Inscribed on the label by Malamud: "For Chet & Louise - With whom we share goods, services, friendship - Much affection, Bern, Corvallis, 1958." The recipients were Chet Garrison (a close friend and colleague of Malamud's) and his wife Louise. The Garrisons were the dedicatees of a 1967 omnibus edition of Malamud's work, *The Malamud Reader*. The shared "goods, services" referenced in the inscription refers in part to reciprocal babysitting services provided by each family. 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. *Burgess 99*.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. Assistant.. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1957.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Malamud's second novel, which went on to win the Daroff Fiction Award from the Jewish Book Council of America and the Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Bernard Malamud on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a chip to the crown of the spine. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Set in a working-class neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, it explores the situation of first- and second-generation Americans in the early 1950s as experienced by three main characters and the relationships between them: an aging Jewish refugee from the Russian Empire who owns and operates a failing small grocery store, a young Italian American drifter trying to overcome a bad start in life by becoming the grocer's assistant and the grocer's daughter, who becomes romantically involved with her father's assistant despite parental objections and misgivings of her own. It was the basis for the 1998 film directed by Daniel Petrie. Time Magazine named it to its list of "All-Time 100 Novels."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. The Assistant. Farrar Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1957.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York; Farrar Straus & Cudahy, (1957). First Edition. Fine. Fine copy of Malamud's second novel, autographed on the title page,
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Assistant.. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1957.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Malamud's second novel, which went on to win the Daroff Fiction Award from the Jewish Book Council of America and the Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousin, Marshall Malament's sons, "To Joel and David with every good wish Bernie." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Set in a working-class neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, it explores the situation of first- and second-generation Americans in the early 1950s as experienced by three main characters and the relationships between them: an aging Jewish refugee from the Russian Empire who owns and operates a failing small grocery store, a young Italian American drifter trying to overcome a bad start in life by becoming the grocer's assistant and the grocer's daughter, who becomes romantically involved with her father's assistant despite parental objections and misgivings of her own. It was the basis for the 1998 film directed by Daniel Petrie. Time Magazine named it to its list of "All-Time 100 Novels."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. Assistant.. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1957.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Malamud's second novel, which went on to win the Daroff Fiction Award from the Jewish Book Council of America and the Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Susie and Paul dear friends, greetings! Bern Corvallis, Oregon January, 1958." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Set in a working-class neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, it explores the situation of first- and second-generation Americans in the early 1950s as experienced by three main characters and the relationships between them: an aging Jewish refugee from the Russian Empire who owns and operates a failing small grocery store, a young Italian American drifter trying to overcome a bad start in life by becoming the grocer's assistant and the grocer's daughter, who becomes romantically involved with her father's assistant despite parental objections and misgivings of her own. It was the basis for the 1998 film directed by Daniel Petrie. Time Magazine named it to its list of "All-Time 100 Novels."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.