Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second printing. Bound in blue cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on the front board and spine. The book is unmarked; foxing to top page edges; flare to the rear board; corners sharp, tail of spine bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $13.95); edgewear at spine ends and corners; foxing. Brodart protected.
Seller: Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
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Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
DUBUS, Andre. The Times Are Never So Bad. David R. Godine, Boston, MA, 1983.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 180 pages. A collection of a novella and 8 short stories from one of the masters of the format. A near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with some minor wear.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear) dust jacket.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.22 + shipping
Description: 180pp. Slight foxing to top and fore edge. Dust jacket slightly worn with repaired tear to back bottom edge, using archival tape. Review material laid-in. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Valley Books, AMHERST, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.84 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A NEAR FINE FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING.
Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
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Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Dubus, Andre. The Times are Never So Bad. David R. Godine, 1983.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light foxing to page edges and top of back of jacket.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. The author's fourth collection of short fiction that consists of eight short stories and one novella. Gift inscription inked to free front endpaper, dj price-clipped, a touch of very ligt soliing to top text bloack. .
Seller: Nothing Like a Good Book, Miller Place, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Weak foxing to page edges. Text is clean and unmarked. First Edition is stated. ; 9.10 X 6.20 X 0.90 inches; 180 pages.
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$33.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (23.25cm.); original cloth in grey photo-illustrated dust jacket; [10], 180pp. Light shelf wear, jacket verso and textblock edges foxed, else Very Good and sound.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Andre Dubus. The Times Are Never So Bad (First Edition). David R. Godine Publisher, Boston, 1983.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing. A near-fine copy in a near-fine jacket. A clean copy with price ($13.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Light foxing on edges. Slight spine slant. Jacket has light soiling and a few closed tears (as pictured). Fiction-D.
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Dubus, Andre. The Times are Never So Bad. David R. Godine, New Hapshire, 1983.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, blue cloth to boards. First edition. Very fine in near fine price clipped dj.
Seller: Handbook, Toronto, ON, Canada
Dubus, Andre. The Times Are Never So Bad. David R. Godine, Boston, 1983.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Hardcover.
Seller: Lyons Fine Books, Neenah, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$58.18 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Stated First Edition. ; ; 9.10 X 6.20 X 0.90 inches; 180 pages.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$89.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: LENGTHY INS. BY AUTHOR TO HALF-TITLE PAGE, SIGNED ANDRE, FULL SIGNATURE FLAT SIGNED TO TITLE PAGE. CLOSED TEAR TO THE UNCLIPPED DJ.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Dubus, Andre. The Times Are Never So Bad. David R. Godine, 1983.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition in about very good condition. This copy inscribed by the author on the first title page and simply signed by him on the second title page.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light shelfwear, particularly at top of spine of dj. Now DJ is protected by mylar cover. Appears unread. Inscribed to former owner on half title page by Dubus. Flat signed on title page.
Seller: A Good Read, LLC, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
DUBUS, Andre (1936-1999). The Times are Never So Bad. David R. Godine, Boston, 1983.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Original cloth; dust jacket. Fine. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by Dubus on the title. ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED on the half title in 1989.
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third printing. Foxing on page edges and first two leaves, else very good or better in about fine dustwrapper with foxing visible only on the inside of the jacket. Signed on the titlepage and additionally warmly Inscribed by the author on the half-title.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Dubus Andre. The Times are Never So Bad. David Godine, Boston, 1983.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Chipping and rubbing to jacket edges and at folds, a touch of loss at spine ends, small stain to front panel; still quite attractive and unclipped. Faint shelfwear to blue cloth boards. Signed by Dubus on the full title page. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0879234598. ISBN/EAN: 9780879234591. Inventory No: 043275.
Seller: Pazzo Books, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
DUBUS, Andre. THE TIMES ARE NEVER SO BAD. David R. Godine (1983), Boston, 1983.
Price: US$187.50 + shipping
Description: Perhaps his best collection containing, among others, the moving "A Father's Story." SIGNED on the title page by the late author and INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the half-title page. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.