Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Lewis, Janet. The Wife of Martin Guerre. Colt Press, San Francisco:, 1941.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: blue-green cloth w/ decorated paper boards, lacking the dj; paper title-label on spine; fore edge untrimmed; 153 pgs; w/ decorations by Valenti Angelo. cover decorations by Valenti Angelo. good(+) copy only; top & bottom edges moderately rubbed, all edges sunned; spine edges & tips rubbed; spine label also rubbed & sunned but quite legible; 1 1/2" front hinge repair; small San Fran bookseller label to rear pastedown; still, an acceptable copy w/ pleasing association ("and I hope to meet him").
Seller: Flips Fine Books, Greensboro, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 152, 1 p. Decorated cream cloth boards with blue cloth spine. Binding clean, wear and slight exposure to corners, spine label crisp, light wear to head and foot of spine; contents fine. The printed paper dust jacket is edgeworn, with short tears, and with a bookstore stamp at its front panel. Laid in is an invoice from Colt Press dated Dec. 6 - 1941 identifying this as a review copy. First trade edition (not hand-colored). 410 grams.
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 152, 1 p. Decorated cream cloth boards with blue cloth spine. Binding fresh, light wear and slight exposure to lower corners, spine label crisp, light wear to head and foot of spine; glue residue from removal of bookplate, else contents fine. Glassine dust wrapper fine but for short fold at inner flap-fold. First trade edition (not hand-colored). 410 grams.
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Janet Lewis. The Wife of Martin Guerre. The Colt Press, 1941.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hand-colored decorations, but not signed by Angelo. There is a pencil price in the rear of $5, which was the price of the hand-colored copy at the time. Covers mildly shelfworn. Dust jacket worn and chipped.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
LEWIS, Janet. THE WIFE OF MARTIN GUERRE. Colt Press, San Francisco, 1941.
Price: US$76.00 + shipping
Description: Large 8vo, pp. 152. Decorations by Valenti Angelo. Owner's signature on flyleaf, donor's presentation on blank. A poem taped on rear pastedown. Hinges tender, VG in some worn dj (lacks chip on top corner).
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Lewis, Janet. The Wife of Martin Guerre. Colt Press, San Francisco, CA, 1941.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition. One of 300 copies printed by the Colt Press. Signed by Valenti Angelo but not Janet Lewis. Angelo's signature is in black ink on the front free endpaper. Original publisher's light blue boards backed with dark blue cloth. Beige paper spine label with black lettering. Deckled edges. 6 1/2" x 9 3/4." 153 pages, complete. Back colophon: "Of this first edition published by the Colt Press in October, 1941, three hundred copies have been hand colored by the illustrator and signed by both him and the author." Despite the text of the back colophon, this copy is signed by Valenti Angelo but not Janet Lewis. "Decorations by Valenti Angelo" on title page. Bookplate with an illustration of a squirrel tipped in on front pastedown: "Hawley Ellason Strong; His Book; Store Up!" Pages are very clean and intact. Covers are very clean and intact except for some light rubbing at the corners and edges and a few small marks on the front and back. Binding is tight. A Very Good copy. Historical fiction about the infamous case involving the imposture of Martin Guerre in sixteenth-century France. Janet Lewis (1899-1998) was an American novelist and poet. In 1992, she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Valenti Angelo (1897-1982) was an Italian-American printmaker, illustrator, and author. He was renowned for his printmaking and linocuts, and his work appeared in numerous books during his career.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 1 of 300 copies hand-colored by the illustrator and signed by both Angelo and Lewis. 8vo. 153pp. Original rust cloth-backed yellow patterned boards, printed paper spine label. Corners bumped. Very good.
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Lewis, Janet and Valenti Angelo. The Wife of Martin Guerre. Colt Press, San Francisco, CA, 1941.
Price: US$324.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Decorated paper-covered boards with red cloth spine and paper label. 1 of 300 copies signed by Lewis and Angelo. First Edition. Decorations hand colored by Angelo. This book was the basis for the notable film “The Return of Martin Guerre” and a seremMalign Fake, “Sommersby.” Near Fine. Together with Davis, Natalie Zernon. The Return of Martin Guerre. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983. Original black cloth. First Edition. Near Fine with Very Good price-clipped Dust Jacket with an edge tear.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.