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McEwan, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$17.70 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1981.

Price: US$19.27 + shipping

Condition: Good

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Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, U.S.A., 1981.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: text clean and unmarked. binding tight. boards have light wear. fore-edge, head and foot of book have very light wear. mylar-covered dust jacket has very light wear.

Seller: Smith Family Bookstore Downtown, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.

McEWAN, IAN. THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.

Price: US$22.04 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 134pp; Some ink writing to top of ff.e.p.; Eps a little smudged and edges dusty else a bright and tight copy in unclipped d/w; Size: 12mo

Seller: Weathered Stone Books, Skreen, SLIGO, Ireland

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.

Price: US$23.10 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Book is bumped to spine ends with a related crease to cloth at base of rear gutter and extending across the publishers imprint, it's not that obvious but it's there nonetheless. Internally the only flaw of note is tanning to the first 60pp due to the paper stock which stops me grading it higher, see images. The jacket is a little faded to spine and bumped to spine ends with a small tear at top. Small crease at bottom corner of rear panel. Price present. Postage will be confirmed when you enquire or order and for light or very heavy books will vary from the ABE quote which is based on a 1kg parcel. N.B. Postage to the USA will often be quite a bit less than the quote on ABE.

Seller: The Book Business (P.B.F.A), London, United Kingdom

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort Of Strangers - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$23.37 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.55

Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$25.67 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: With dust jacket - minimal surface and edge wear - two tiny closed tears to the upper rear corners of the DJ, otherwise no marks or damage - VG+/VG.

Seller: Zebra Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$29.16 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Used

Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$29.47 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed

Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.

Price: US$35.93 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first printing hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket, both in very good condition. General shelf and handling wear including light tanning to DJ, notably the spine, minor creasing to DJ edges, and tanning and light foxing to pageblock, pastedowns, endpapers and occasionally within. Spine cocked. Boards are in fine condition, pages tightly bound, and content unmarked. CN

Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$40.00 + 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.

McEwan, Ian.. The Comfort of Strangers.. Jonathan Cape. London., 1981.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Previous owner's neat ink signature on the 1/2 title page, otherwise both the book and the dust jacket are clean, bright & unmarked. Stated: "first Published 1981". Not price clipped.

Seller: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, ON, Canada

McEwan Ian. The Comfort Of Strangers. Jonathan Cape. 1981. 0224019317, 1981.

Price: US$44.91 + shipping

Description: Card covers. Uncorrected proof copy. Covers & spine rubbed & edgeworn. Signature & date inscribed to reverse of front cover o/w VG.

Seller: Geoff Blore`s Books, Nottingham, United Kingdom

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers (First Printing). Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$44.91 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first impression. Very Good minus: Clean brown boards, rubbed to the edges and with pushed spine tips; tanning to the edge of the page block and a small stain to its top edge. Scuffing to the front pastedown where a previous owner's bookplate has been removed. No other markings, though the endpapers are slightly aged. The unclipped dustwrapper (£5.50 stated) is likewise Very Good minus: sunning to spine, crinkling to the spine tips and corners (and just a hint along the top edge), leading to tiny chips at the top back and bottom front corners. Presents well in a removable, archival-quality brodart protective cover. All orders are sent carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard.

Seller: Bradhurst Fine Editions, Framlingham, United Kingdom

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.

Price: US$44.91 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Light edge rubbing to boards. Page edges a little browned with the first half of the book showing this more due to the different paper stock used. Pages clean and unmarked. The jacket has a little yellowing to the flaps and slight edge wear. First printing.

Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom

McEwan, Ian.. THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS.. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$47.16 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1981. Jonathan Cape. First. Hard Cover. Book- VG+. Dj- VG. 8x5. 134pp. Mary and Colin are an English couple on holiday abroad in an unnamed city. Although they do not live together, their relationship is deep, passionate and intimate. Their encounter with a couple who have a disturbing relationship, sets in chain a series of increasingly unsettling occurrences.

Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort Of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$48.13 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st printing. Leading edge coffee splash marked.

Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers (First Edition). Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: New York:Jonathan Cape (1981). First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Remainder dot lower edge and tiny closed tear on cover. An otherwise clean, tight copy. Comes with mylar dust jacket cover. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop.

Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Printing

Seller: Brooklyn Rare Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.

Ian McEwan. The Comfort Of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$51.27 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition first printing hardback, 1981, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket slightly faded to spine (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; light tanning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Seller: Hall of Books, Shropshire, United Kingdom

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$51.33 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition first impression in near fine condition, there is a previous owner inscription to ffep, no other markings, pages clean, spine firm, the jacket is not price clipped, there is some minor toning to spine, please see pics, jacket in removable protective sleeve, paypal accepted, any questions please get in touch.

Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$51.33 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition first impression from 1981 in near fine condition, there is a previous owner inscription to ffep, no other markings, pages clean, spine firm, the jacket has been price clipped, there is some minor toning to spine, please see pics, jacket in removable protective sleeve, paypal accepted, any questions please get in touch.

Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom

McEwan, Ian.. The Comfort of Strangers.. London; Jonathan Cape, 1981., 1981.

Price: US$51.33 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION. Octavo; pp. 134. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Leaves very slightly toned otherwise a clean bright copy; no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket very slightly rubbed top edge. A Near Fine copy in like jacket. The Author's critically acclaimed macabre second novel, adapted for the film of the same name in 1990 starring Christopher Walken, Helen Mirren, Natasha Richardson and Rupert Everett.

Seller: Keel Row Bookshop Ltd - ABA, ILAB & PBFA, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom

IAN MCEWAN. THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS. jonathan cape, 1981.

Price: US$53.54 + shipping

Description: First edition.This book is in very good condition. D/w is clipped but otherwise very good. The book has a previous owners gift inscription on the front free endpaper but is otherwise in excellent condition. Scans available if required

Seller: Barclay Books, York, WA, Australia

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Uncorrected Proof.

Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.

McEwan,Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.

Price: US$61.60 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in Publisher's brown coloured cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket,that has no chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped (£5.50 showing to the inner flap) The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and with no leaning or rolling to spine.There are no previous owner's names or inscriptions present.The book has some spotting/age toning to the page edges and top edge of the book.Certainly a decent copy of the Author's fourth book.The dust-jacket comes well protected in a removable cover sleeve.8vo 134pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1981]

Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.

Price: US$64.16 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 8vo. Pp 134. Original cloth. Unclipped d/w.

Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom

McEWAN, IAN.. THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS.. Jonathan Cape, Thirty Bedford Square., London, 1981.

Price: US$64.16 + shipping

Description: 8vo. 8 x 5.25 inches. 134 pp. Bound in original brown cloth, gilt, in unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. Slight edge spotting, but otherwise a fine copy. The second novel of Ian McEwan (b.1948). It relates the story of an English couple spending a holiday in an unnamed city with canals, suggestive of Venice. ART / LITERATURE NOVELS LIT. FICTION 20TH CENTURY DUST WRAPPER ART / LITERATURE

Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom

McEWAN (Ian). The Comfort of Strangers: [a novel]. London: Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$64.16 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Some light foxing on fore-edge, rear endpapers very slightly embrowned, otherwise a nice copy in dustwrapper. With the bookplate of Sir Michael Holroyd. The author's second novel. "A host of . . . literary critics and scholars on television and in the press concur in rating McEwan as the most outstanding young British writer to come along in a generation" (publisher's blurb).

Seller: James Fergusson Books & Manuscripts, London, United Kingdom

MCEWAN, IAN. The Comfort Of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.

Price: US$71.40 + shipping

Description: 8vo. 1st. ed.Near Fine in fine dj. Light foxing to top edge. 2nd novel.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: First American Edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1977. Fine hardcover in Fine dustjacket in protective mylar sleeve. Suitable for a gift!

Seller: White Square - Fine Books & Art, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Writing on FFEP. Spot on fore-edge.

Seller: Encanto Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers - SIGNED. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1981.

Price: US$96.24 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st edition, 1st printing hardback in unclipped dustjacket. Signed by author on the title page, with previous owner's name & date neatly written on pre-title page. Book and dustjacket both in VG condition, light age spotting to front endpaper, spine of jacket slightly lightened. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. Scans available on request.

Seller: Mungobooks, Poole, United Kingdom

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. London Jonathan Cape Ltd 1981, 1981.

Price: US$96.24 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, first impression. Publisher's moss-green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Clear, removable, archival protective sleeve fitted to dust-jacket. Octavo. pp. 136. A book in Fine condition in a Very Good dust-jacket with fading to the spine.

Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$99.74 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service

Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.

MCEWAN, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Uncorrected proof. Red wrappers. Slight fading on the spine and some edgewear else near fine. Author's second book.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$100.34 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed

Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Ian McEwan. THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$100.71 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.8

Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$102.72 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New

Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$120.70 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: Brand New!

Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, UK, 1981.

Price: US$121.91 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Jonathan Cape 1981. First Edition, author's second novel. Booker Prize shortlisted, signed by author to title page, Near Fine with minimal tanning to textblock, very slight lean, in unfaded unclipped dustjacket with minimal creasing to tops of foldovers otherwise Fine. A handsome tight clean copy in clear removable protective sleeve

Seller: Blackbird First Editions, Bolton, United Kingdom

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. London Jonathan Cape 1981, 1981.

Price: US$121.91 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing. Published by Jonathan Cape in London, 1981. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper is beautifully illustrated with a watercolour by Turner. It has not been price clipped and shows the original £5.50 only net price. The spine is slightly sunned. The boards are free from notable chips and marks and the text blocks are bright and white throughout. This copy is free from previous owners ink and is, overall, in near fine condition. The authors second novel. It is set in an unnamed city. Harold Pinter adapted it as a screenplay for a film directed by Paul Schrader in 1990, which starred Rupert Everett, Christopher Walken, Helen Mirren and Natasha Richardson.

Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom

McEWAN Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. , 1981.

Price: US$138.59 + shipping

Description: First edition. 8vo., original brown cloth, dust jacket. London, Jonathan Cape. Spine panel of dust jacket slightly faded, in all other respects a near fine copy.

Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$185.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Signed. First Edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR! PLEASE NOTE: This is a Simon & Schuster Publication. First Printing. Unclipped dust jacket shows mild shelf wear; minor tear to front panel else appears crisp and clean in a brodart. The book itself has light sunning to edges; spine ends are softened otherwise a great copy. Internally pristine with NO markings and tight binding. RBR-Lit. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.

Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort Of Strangers - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: London: Johnathan Cape (1981). Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First printing. Prior owner's name and number on front end paper. An otherwise clean, tight copy. Comes with Mylar protective cover. Shipped in a well-padded box. Smoke-free shop.

Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.

McEWAN, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Uncorrected proof. Fine in printed red wrappers. Haunting tale of a couple's unforeseen fate at the hands of two strangers.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Mcewan, Ian. THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS. London: Jonathan Cape, 1981, London, 1981.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st Edition. Proof in Wrappers, Very Good with some rubbing on the spine, SIGNED with an assembly line scrawl (H4/5)

Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.

MCEWAN, IAN. The Comfort Of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.

Price: US$225.47 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Brown boards with gilt spine lettering. Book in excellent condition, dust jacket with a light crease to front flap, about fine otherwise. Signed by Ian McEwan on the title page.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape - London, UK, 1981.

Price: US$255.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. First Edition. 134 pages. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Book is near fine, with no marks or inscriptions; some foxing to the text block. Wrapper has modest toning, else, fine. SIGNED by the author. McEwan's second novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize. On holiday, Colin & Maria s tranquility is interrupted by a stranger with a disturbing story. The couple are drawn into a fantasy of obsession and violence. the novel was made into a film in 1990 starring Helen Mirren, Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett and Natasha Richardson.

Seller: Bynx, LLC, Orlando, FL, U.S.A.

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. London; Jonathan Cape;, 1981.

Price: US$256.65 + shipping

Description: Proof copy. A particularly fine example in orange wrappers. Signed by the author. Paperback.

Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom

McEwan, Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. London; Jonathan Cape;, 1981.

Price: US$256.65 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Fine in near fine, slightly sun faded, dustjacket.

Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom

Ian McEwan. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.

Price: US$315.00 + shipping

Description: Signed by the author on the title page. In original, unclipped (£5.50 net) jacket in protective sheet. Jacket is in very fine condition with no sunning or chipping. Brown cloth over boards with gilded lettering on the spine. Solid and square. Two paper types used, the first 60% is slightly an evenly toned, the remaining 40% is bright - the interior is clean and clear throughout. The basis for the 1990 movie of the same name. Pages:134 Dimensions:8 x 5¼ x ¾.

Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

McEwan,Ian. The Comfort of Strangers. Jonathan Cape, 1981.

Price: US$327.23 + shipping

Description: Near fine in like wrapper. Fascinating, macabre novel. Signed by the author.

Seller: first state books, Corsham, WILTS, United Kingdom