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Conroy, Pat. The Water is Wide. Houghton Mifflin, c.1972,, 1972.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, c.1972, 8vo., cloth, 288pp., cocked, G $
Seller: Harry Alter, Sylva, NC, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1972.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The book is very good with some edge wear and previous owner's address sticker on the ffep.
Seller: M. W. Cramer Rare and Out Of Print Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Conroy, Pat. The Water is Wide. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1972.
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-lib. FEP is cluttered, stamped, and has inked writing on it, as well as a stain on edge. Pages have stains and smudges throughout the book. Illustrations are undamaged. Text is complete.
Seller: Friends of the Redwood Libraries, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972.
Price: US$24.68 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Used
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1972.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice book club edition, the jacket is a little rubbed. Very brief owner rubber stamp.
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972.
Price: US$26.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In Used Condition
Seller: Byrd Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972.
Price: US$27.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972.
Price: US$27.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
CONROY, Pat. the WATER is WIDE *. Houghton Mifflin, Wilmington, Massachusetts * * * * *, 1972.
Price: US$31.05 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Book: Fine/, $45.82 039513644X the WATER is WIDE * CONROY, Pat Houghton Mifflin Wilmington, Massachusetts * * * * * 1972 1sT Edition, 2nD Printing D/j + H/c Very Light Sun Browning On An 0ff~White Colored Spine With Title Orange And Green Letters, Dust Jacket: Very Good/, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Front Interior Flap, $6.95. Hard Cover Book: Fine/, Condition, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Light Spotting And Stains, Mostly Front Of Book. 303 Numbered Pages, Printed On 0ff~White Paper, In Fine/ Condition. Lightly Viewed, Clean And Tight To The Spine. Storage Shelf Lean, Where The Rear Cover Is More To The Right Than The Front Cover. Due To Improper Storage. E Corners Are Square And Near Square. Spine Is Tight. This Is * * An Original Edition, * * Not A Secondary Market Or More Modern RePrint, So No Text Is Lost Or Omitted. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = * * Corrugated Mailing Box ~ * * To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The * * Description Described Which Applies To This B00K, Only. * = No Odors, No Writing, No Other Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, Not X~Library, No Other Marks. = Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE.
Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin, 1972.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.07
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1972.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Good, hard cover book with no dust jacket, sunned, deckle pages, 288 pages, 8vo.
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin, 1972.
Price: US$34.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. Second printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. CLEAN COVER AND CONTENT PAGES. New protective mylar applied to dust jacket before shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.07
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin, 1972.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 306 pages. Light shelf wear, pages lightly discolored; a sound square binding; very good otherwise. The dust jacket is yellowed, a little wear and tear to the edges; price intact on the front flap. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 039513644x. ISBN/EAN: 9780395136447. Inventory No: 212452.
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
CONROY, PAT. THE WATER IS WIDE. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN & CO., BOSTON, MA, 1972.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: book-of-the-month club issue, clean copy!
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: some wear to edge of dust jacket - much foxing to top closed page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - his second book and first work of fiction - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. The Water is Wide. Houghton Mifflin, 1972.
Price: US$55.20 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover - clean, no marks, clean inside, very clean dj in Brodart - from a private collection -
Seller: BOOK2BUY, Lynbrook, NY, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972.
Price: US$66.33 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1972.
Price: US$67.50 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Withdrawn library copy with dust jacket in brodart, corner's clipped. The book has a spine slant, with library markings, stamps and pocket removed including the bottom of the ffep. The book is well read with shelf wear. Text is very good.
Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. The Water is Wide. Houghton mifflin, 1972.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardback with dust jacket from 1972. Book club edition of this famous author. Very nice condition book and dust jacket. Nice section of photographs.
Seller: vernon alabama bookstore, VERNON, AL, U.S.A.
CONROY, Pat. The Water is Wide. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1972.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. 306 pp. Suite of black & white reproductions of photographs by William and Paul Keyserling. Conroy's first book, illustrating his experience as a teacher on Yamacraw Island off the coast of South Carolina. Very good in original orange cloth, previous ownership signature on front free endpaper, binding slightly rolled, and good only pictorial dust jacket, chipping to spinal extremities with some external tape repair and general fading.
Seller: Bagatelle Books, IOBA, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1972.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated First Printing followed by C. Dust jacket is price-clipped with the 'h' of south slightly cut off. Dust jacket is in mylar but it has been taped to the the red boards so there will be some glue residue if removed.
Seller: RZabasBooks, Toronto, ON, Canada
Pat Conroy. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1972.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second printing, hardcover. Red cloth with blue and white lettering on the spine. Red top stain. 306 pages. Very good with spine ends pushed, in a very good, mylar-covered dust jacket with light edge wear. NOT price-clipped. NOT ex-library. NOT a remainder. NOT a book club.
Seller: Ziebarth Books, Coal Valley, IL, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972.
Price: US$102.75 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. THE WATER IS WIDE. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972.
Price: US$103.08 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.8
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972.
Price: US$103.44 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. The Water is Wide. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1972.
Price: US$126.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Very nice copy of 4th printing. Red cloth with black and white lettering to spine. Unmarked, tight and square but for erasure of pencil markings on front endpaper. Red topstain still bright. Price intact jacket is sunned on red portion of author's last name but it is still easy to read. Basis for film that starred Jon Voight with title changed to Conrack. Author's second book. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First Book Club Edition. 8vo., 288 pp., VG/VG-; white DJ, tan and blue lettering to spine; general wear/mild age-toning to covers, "CONROY" in tan lettering to spine faded yet legible; chipping and closed tears to head and tail of spine; chipping with slight material loss to corners, creasing to fore-edges of covers; "Book Club Edition" stated to front flap, DJ protected by mylar; red cloth boards, white lettering to spine; bumping/chipping to head and tail of spine; mild wear to boards; age-toning/scattered foxing to text-block, beveled fore-edge; NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #4. 1289231. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Ink name to the front end paper else a clean copy in a bright and attractive jacket with modest wear. ; 8.30 X 5.50 X 1.10 inches; 306 pages
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. The Water is Wide. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1972.
Price: US$179.27 + shipping
Description: First printing. A NF copy in a VG+ price-clipped dust jacket with the date code of 0672 intact on the bottom front flap. Basis for the 1974 film "Conrack" directed by Martin Ritt and starring Jon Voight, Paul Winfield and Madge Sinclair.
Seller: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin (T), U.S.A., 1972.
Price: US$200.03 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing (stated). Near fine - slight lean, previous owner's signature on fep, tiny stain affecting pages 195-198. The dust jacket is also near fine - price clipped, tiny chip at lower front corne, bit of wrinkling aqt base.
Seller: Bob's Rare Books, Haddonfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1972.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clean, unmarked, firm hinges, sharp corners, clean red boards with clean, crisp pages. DJ has wear to corners, spine and is tape repaired in numerous place. The DJ did its' job well in this instance. Conroy's first book. BP/Memoir/Case
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: True First Edition (1972) with No Markings. Book appears to be Unread. Price Clipped DJ is Very Good with No Tears but Slight Scuffing. Overall a Very Good Copy. Photos Upon Request.
Seller: tjl books, Milton, MA, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. The Water is Wide. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1972.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated first printing. Conroy's first book tells about his teaching African American students on S.C. island. Fine orange/red cloth boards, orange top page edges, blue and red/orange spine lettering. Light erasure on corner of front free endpaper. Dust jacket, with $6.95 price, has a few 1/4" tears, tiny corner chips, and slight fading of red author's name on spine. Housed in near fine white custom slipcase.
Seller: Old Algonquin Books, Arvada, CO, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. The Water Is Wide (First Edition). Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1972.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Cloth. A first printing of the first edition. Stated FIRST PRINTING on copyright page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Slight wear to head and foot at spine, to both book and jacket. Some slight edgewear and tanning, No marks. Pat Conroy's second book, which draws from his experiences as a teacher on South Carolina's Daufuskie Island. Basis for the 1974 film "Conrack," starring Jon Voight The book won Conroy the Humanitarian Award. Jacket intact with original price of $6.95 on flap.
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. The Water is Wide (Signed 1st edition). Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1972.
Price: US$485.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Conroy’s second book, a chronicle of his experience teaching on Yamacraw Island off the coast of South Carolina, and the source for the movie Conrack. Slight paper scrape on the top edge near the spine, with a bit of fading at the same spot to the red top stain, thus near fine in very good dw with a light dampstain at the upper corner of the front panel and another on the faded spine, where Conroy’s name is just about obliterated. That being said, the book is SIGNED by Conroy on the title page, and is increasingly difficult to find in the true 1st edition.
Seller: Tom Davidson, Bookseller, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. The Water is Wide. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1972.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth, with blue and white lettering on spine, unclipped dust jacket, wear to spine and closed tears. Previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper, with ink number scratched through. Residue on rear pasted down endpaper. Signed by author on title page. 306 pp.
Seller: Toadlily Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. The Water is Wide. Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1972.
Price: US$579.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. NOT an ex-library copy. AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL. BEAUTIFUL, COLLECTIBLE COPY!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1972.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition of the author's autobiographical second book and source for the movie "Conrack" with Jon Voight. A FINE book ( top edge retains colour) , signed by the author on the title page in a NEAR FINE jacket ( trace of fade to spine lettering, price clipped, light creasing to front panel, tiny closed tears at folds). More photos if needed.
Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada
CONROY, Pat. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1972.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Neat owner's name front pastedown else fine in fine dustwrapper with none of the usual fading to the spine lettering and with very slight wrinkle on the rear panel. The author's second book, and his first by a commercial publisher, about his experiences teaching poor children on Yamacraw Island (Daufuskie Island) off the coast of South Carolina. Basis for the movie *Conrack* that featured Jon Voight and Paul Winfield. A lovely unread copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Pat Conroy. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin, 1972.
Price: US$1235.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing; slight wear to book and dust jacket; slight slant to binding; inscribed and signed by Pat Conroy on a book plate that is attached to the front free end paper; pictures available upon request
Seller: Evergreen Books LLC, Lakewood, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 306p octavo, illustrated. A very good copy lightly sunned on the spine , slightly cocked. a couple of internal smudges having been well read. Signed by Conroy on the title page and by the 2 photographers. I have never seen this book signed by the Keyserlings. Previous owner's name on the front fly leaf. Previous owner is the brother of Conroy's closest friend.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. The Water is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1972.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An exceptional copy - Book has NO marks, writing , bookplates to inner pages. Red covers are clean and fresh. DJ is NOT price clipped, showing $ 6.95 at top inner flap. Red lettering on CONROY is sun faded a bit. SIGNED by the author on the Title page . Pat Conroy signed this copoy in my presence a few years ago.
Seller: The Kings Word, Marietta, GA, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin (T), U.S.A., 1972.
Price: US$1802.63 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Near Fine book & Jacket, Signed First Edition First Print, edge wear and light fade to name on spine, no clips, chips, or marks, in protective cover
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Conroy, Pat. The Water Is Wide. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1972.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. This copy is authentically SIGNED BY PAT CONROY. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket is vibrant in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A beautiful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. We buy Pat Conroy SIGNED First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.