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McEwan, Ian. The Cement Garden: 1st edition. London: Jonathan Cape 1978, 1978.
Price: US$16.54 + shipping
Description: OKart. mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel, OUmschlag, 138 Seiten, 8° (13 x 20,5 cm), Umschlag leicht berieben, an den Rändern bestoßen u. an mehreren Stellen leicht eingerissen, Besitzerstempeln auf Vorsatz, ab und zu mit Bleistiftanstreichungen, Schnitt u. Seitenrand von S. 114-128 fleckig, S. 116-117 auch im Textspiegel befleckt, sonst innen ohne weitere Beschädigungen, insgesamt guter Zustand. Book Language/s: English
Seller: Antikvariat Valentinska, Praha, Czech Republic
Ian McEwan. The Cement Garden. Jonathan Cape, London, 1978.
Price: US$18.34 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 138pp - green cloth - ex-library - slight wear to edges with tape marks to boards and endpapers - usual library stamps - tape reinforcing to rear endpaper gutter - slight foxing to content edges - slight lean to spine - dustwrapper is lightly rubbed and soiled - spine moderately faded - rear flap has been cut off leaving the hinge with the front flap slightly trimmed - ex-library but nevertheless a solid and sound FIRST EDITION of the author's FIRST NOVEL
Seller: Plane Tree Books, Taupo, New Zealand
McEwan, Ian. The Cement Garden. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1978.
Price: US$44.90 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, first Impression of Ian McEwan's first novel (preceded by two short story collections: First Love, Last Rites and In Between the Sheets). 8vo, green cloth with gilt titles on spine, grey end papers, illustrated dust jacket with author portrait on rear. Unclipped dust jacket priced £3.50 inside. 138pp. Foxing to page edges, hence the price and condition status. Still a nice book and otherwise clean. 'In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves.' A modern classic.
Seller: Bird's Books, Edinburgh, SCOTL, United Kingdom
Ian McEwan. The Cement Garden. Jonathan Cape, 1978.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition 1st impression in VG ++ condition. Previous owner's inscription to front end paper, binding firm. Minor spotting to pages. Dust jacket has been price clipped, minor edge wear, now in removable protective sleeve. Please see pics. Paypal accepted, any questions get in touch.
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
MCEWAN, Ian. THE CEMENT GARDEN. London : Jonathan Cape, 1978.
Price: US$76.97 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Very good plus in very good plus unclipped dust jacket. The book shows light signs of wear to the boards and to the head and tail of the spine, with scattered foxing to the edges of the text block. The dust jacket shows some signs of wear with a couple of small nicks and tears (see photo). A collectable copy of McEwan's first novel.
Seller: Surrey Hills Books, Cranleigh, United Kingdom
McEWAN, Ian.. The Cement Garden.. London: Jonathan Cape, [1978]., 1978.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Hardbound in dust jacket. First British (and correct first) edition of the author's first novel. Fine in dust jacket with a tiny spot on bottom of front panel where the color has flaked off.
Seller: Skyline Books, Forest Knolls, CA, U.S.A.
Ian McEwan. The Cement Garden (First Printing). Jonathan Cape, 1978.
Price: US$102.62 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Near Fine: tight and square binding in sharp green boards; bright gilt; publisher's blue topstain, faded; solitary spot to the top-edge of the page block, else bright and clean. The unclipped dustwrapper (£3.50 net stated) is Very Good+: crisp and vibrant; moderate sunning to the spine; corner crease to the rear flap; presented in a removable, archival-quality Brodart protective cover. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard.
Seller: Bradhurst Fine Editions, Framlingham, United Kingdom
Ian McEwan. The Cement Garden. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1978.
Price: US$109.03 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition (1978). First impression. Medium format hardback in near fine condition. Slight shelf wear. There is a previous owner's inscription to front end page. Minor spotting to copyright page. No other markings. The jacket has been price clipped, now in removable protective sleeve. Please see pictures. PayPal accepted, any questions please get in touch.
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
McEWAN, IAN.. THE CEMENT GARDEN.. Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square., London, 1978.
Price: US$115.45 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 8 x 5.25 inches. 138 pp. Bound in original green cloth, gilt, in unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. Slight edge spotting, but otherwise a fine copy. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. The first novel of Ian McEwan (b.1948). A family of four loose both their parents in quick succession and conceal their mother's body in the cellar, encased in cement. ART / LITERATURE NOVELS LIT. FICTION 20TH CENTURY DUST WRAPPER ART / LITERATURE
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. The Cement Garden. Jonathan Cape, London, 1978.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine in price-clipped else fine dustjacket (mylar-protected). Author's first novel, preceded by two story collections. A very attractive copy.
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Ian McEwan. THE CEMENT GARDEN (First edition - first printing). Jonathan Cape, London, 1978.
Price: US$160.35 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing of the true first edition. The author's first published novel. Black and white author photograph to back panel of dustwrapper by Lon Van Keulen. ***Near fine in dark green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still nice and bright. Top edge of text-block stained green but faded away. Slight foxing to top edge of text-block nearest the spine. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Boards clean and unmarked. Corners sharp. Internally near fine, with no inscriptions. Pages clean. No foxing. Pale grey endpapers. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £3.50 net. The dustwrapper is complete, with no chips or tears, and virtually no creasing. There is very slight fading to the colour of the spine of the dustwrapper, which is common with this title. Front and rear panels of dustwrapper crisp and bright. ***204mm x 130mm. 138 pages. ***'Ian McEwan was born in 1948 and lives and works in London. He began writing 1970. In 1976 he was honoured with the Somerset Maugham Award for his first book, First Love, Last Rites. Early in 1978 came his second book of stories, In Between the Sheets, which reached the Sunday Times bestseller list. The Cement Garden is Ian McEwan's first novel.' [Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper] ***First printing of the true first edition, complete in its original dustwrapper in very nice condition. Of interest to collectors of Ian McEwan, and twentieth century literary first editions. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
MCEWAN, Ian. The Cement Garden [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]. Jonathan Cape, London, 1978.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); hunter green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; teal topstain; dustjacket; [8],9-138,[6]pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Tiny patch of fading and some scattered foxing to topstain, else clean internally; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £3.50 net), with some light wear to crown and a small horizontal tear at upper left corner of front panel; Near Fine, without the usual sunning to the spine panel. The Booker Prize-winning author's first novel, centered around a group of children - aged 6-17 - who attempt to live on their own after the death of their parents. Basis for Andrew Birkin's 1993 film of the same name, starring Andrew Robertson and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
MCEWAN Ian. The Cement Garden. , 1978.
Price: US$173.17 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. London, Jonathan Cape. A fine copy.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
McEWAN, Ian. The Cement Garden. Jonathan Cape, London, 1978.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Booker Prize-winning author's first novel.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Ian McEwan. The Cement Garden. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1978.
Price: US$192.35 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. 1st 1978 HB Cape; Very good in Very good unclipped and unsunned jacket; jacket has slight abrasions to top edge but is otherwise mint; inside book has no stamps, library marks, owner inscriptions or foxing; excellent copy of McEwan's first novel
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, Bucknell, SHROP, United Kingdom
Mcewan, Ian. The Cement Garden _ Signed. Jonathan Cape, London, 1978.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.No flaws to speak of.
Seller: James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.
MCEWAN, Ian. The Cement Garden. Jonathan Cape, London, 1978.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Uncorrected proof. Red wrappers. Creasing and fading on the spine and a mark on the front wrapper else about near fine. Author's first book.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
MCEWAN, Ian. THE CEMENT GARDEN (SIGNED COPY). London : Jonathan Cape, 1978.
Price: US$224.48 + shipping
Description: First Edition, with the dust-jacket, of the author's first novel. A few small spots of foxing to the fore-edge of the pages. No previous owner's inscriptions or any other markings inside or out. An near fine copy in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. McEwan's haunting first novel marked him as a bold new voice in British literature. It tells the story of four orphaned siblings who decide to hide their mother's body in the basement encased in cement in order to avoid being split up by social services. As they struggle to maintain their secret the two older siblings begin to experience incestuous longings for each other.
Seller: Surrey Hills Books, Cranleigh, United Kingdom
Price: US$224.48 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine UK first edition, first printing hardback (minor spotting to textblock) in a near fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures of the book are available upon request.
Seller: Zeitgeist Books, Middlesex, United Kingdom
McEWAN, Ian. The Cement Garden. Jonathan Cape, London, 1978.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine copy in fine dust jacket. Author's first novel, and third book.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
McEwan, Ian. The Cement Garden. London; Jonathan Cape;, 1978.
Price: US$282.21 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing of author's first novel. Signed by the author. Fine in near fine price-clipped dustjacket.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
McEWAN, Ian.. The Cement Garden.. Jonathan Cape, London., 1978.
Price: US$288.62 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. 138 pages. The author's third book and first novel.Fine in fine dustwrapper.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
McEWAN (Ian).. The Cement Garden.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1978.
Price: US$288.62 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. [204 x 130 x 20mm]. 138pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine, with dust jacket.
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. The Cement Garden. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1978.
Price: US$313.93 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
McEWAN, Ian. The Cement Garden [Signed]. Jonathan Cape, London, 1978.
Price: US$349.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Impression of McEwan's first novel (preceded by two short story collections: First Love, Last Rites and In Between the Sheets). 8vo: 138pp. Publisher's forest green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, grey end papers, illustrated dust jacket priced £3.50. Signed by the author without inscription on the title page. A superlative copy (apparently unread), virtually pristine. Filmed by Andrew Birkin in 1993, with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Andrew Robertson. The story "concerns a family of abandoned children coming to terms with life without their parents. It is about their simultaneous growth into adults and regression as children . . . [and] brings to mind many other novels concerned with children isolated from adults, most notably The Lord of the Flies. But where Golding's children run wild, and the reader is reminded of how the adult world provides checks on their natural aggression, McEwan's grow closer, and the reader is reminded of how the adult world provides checks on their natural sexuality." (Literary Encyclopedia) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
McEWAN, Ian.. The Cement Garden.. Jonathan Cape, London., 1978.
Price: US$352.76 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. 138 pages. The author's third book and first novel.Inscribed by the author on the title-page: ''Ian McEwan - best wishes!''. Loosely inserted is a ticket to McEwan's conversation with Marcus du Sautoy at the 2019 Hay Festival, at which event the inscription was made.Fine in fine dustwrapper.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
MCEWAN, Ian (born 1948). The Cement Garden. London: Jonathan Cape, 1978, 1978.
Price: US$378.41 + shipping
Description: [Modern literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.138. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page 'To Myra'. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and grey endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Ron Bowen, priced at £3.50 net. Some spotting to top edge. Jacket spine very slightly sunned, otherwise a crisp, near fine copy. The author's third book, and first full length novel.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
McEwan,Ian. The Cement Garden. Jonathan Cape, 1978.
Price: US$448.97 + shipping
Description: Near fine proof with sun-faded and somewhat rippled spine. McEwan's first novel and signed by the author.
Seller: first state books, Corsham, WILTS, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. The Cement Garden. Jonathan Cape, London, 1978.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Slight spotting top edge (very minor) else fine in a bright, unclipped, fine dustjacket (mylar-protected); title page SIGNED by author. (1st printing = 6,000 copies) IM's first novel, preceded by two story collections. A very attractive and collectible copy.
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
McEWAN, Ian. The Cement Garden. Jonathan Cape, London, 1978.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Uncorrected proof. Fine in printed red wrappers. Booker Prize-winning author's first novel.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Ian McEwan. The Cement Garden (SIGNED UK PROOF). Jonathan Cape, 1978.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition/First Printing. Uncorrected UK Proof. Near Fine in plain red wraps. Sunning to the spine else bright. Signed by the author on the title page. No other markings or inscriptions. First novel from the author.
Seller: MDS BOOKS, Mississauga, ON, Canada