Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Sanford, John. Man Without Shoes. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1982.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clean, tight, square and bright first, limited (2000 copies) edition #360, signed by author on the limitation page. Bound in green cloth backstrap over patterned boards and deckle foredge. Rear upper forecorner has 1/8" chip to surface paper, otherwise fine. Dust jacket is price-clipped, protected in removable mylar, with 1/4" closed tear at upper front forecorner, and associated wrinkle. Novel about Daniel Johnson's search for the America of his time (1909-38) and his anti-Voltaire conclusion that this is not the best of all possible worlds. 452 pages.
Seller: AFTER WORDS OF ANN ARBOR, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Sanford, John. A Man Without Shoes (SIGNED). Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, CA, U.S.A., 1982.
Price: US$24.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Black Sparrow Limited Edition, with new introduction by author. SIGNED by author. #387 of 2000 signed copies. DJ has closed tear at bottom of spine area. Also includes laid-in original review from July 4, 1982 New York Times Book Review.
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Sanford, John. A Man Without Shoes. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Number 602 of 2000 copies & signed by the author on the limitation page. Large octavo. Condition: slight wear to DJ; upper corner of binding very slightly bumped; else NF/NF. 452 pages.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Sanford, John. A Man Without Shoes. Black Sparrow Press, 1982.
Price: US$28.52 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Numbered 850/2000 and signed by the author under colophon in back of book. Paper covered boards with green cloth covered spine with pasted on spine titles; mild wear; jacket is worn at edges; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; inscribed and signed "Julian" by the author on free front endpaper; interior clean and unmarked; 452 pages.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
SANFORD, John. A Man Without Shoes. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1982.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, second issue, with the Black Sparrow imprint and a new author's introduction added to the sheets of the original Plantin Press edition from 1951. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Number 535 of 2000 copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Sanford, John. A Man Without Shoes. Black Sparrow Press, 1982.
Price: US$32.45 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Hardcover with DJ. LIMITED EDITION #788 OF 2,000 COPIES. SIGNED BY AUTHOR (name only.no inscription). Dust jacket shows minor shelving wear with edge tear on top front, otherwise an unblemished copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Sanford, John. A MAN WITHOUT SHOES, A Novel. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1982.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Quarter green cloth with decorated paper-covered boards, paper spine label, DW, small 4to. First edition, second issue, with a six-page gathering containing a new title page and introduction by the author. One of 2,000 numbered copies printed by Saul & Lillian Marks at their Plantin Press in 1951, signed by the author. In the original DW, with Black Sparrow Press over-printed on the front and rear flap, and the original price and order form over-printed with diagonal lines. A fine copy in a bright DW with one closed tear at the bottom of the rear panel, nearly invisible in the archival mylar.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
John A. Sanford. A Man without Shoes. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1982.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Larger 8vo pp. 452.limited edition number 597/2000.Signed by the author on limitation page
Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Sanford, John. A Man Without Shoes (Signed). Black Sparrow, Santa Barbara, 1982.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Originally published in 1951, this is a signed and numbered (this being #675) edition limited to 2000 copies.
Seller: Purpora Books, Comox, BC, Canada
John Sanford. A Man Without Shoes: A Novel. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1982.
Price: US$37.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed and numbered by author on limitations page at third page from rear in blue pen, # 715 of 2000 copies. Reissue, originally published in 1951 by the Plaintain Press. 7 x 10 Book; four small soil spots to top text edge else fine, appears unread. Dust jacket with original $10.00 price, has to rear cover, minor rubbing with mild bumping and creasing and 1/4" closed tear to bottom edge. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Green buckram and paper label to spine with patterned basket weave paper boards. Author blacklisted by The House For Unamerican Activities Committee. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.
Sanford, John. A Man Without Shoes. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1982.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited to 2000 copies signed by Sanford. Review copy with the publisher's slip laid in. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($10), rubbed and with a few small chips at the edges, stained at the spine. Quarter green cloth with patterned paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Sanford's novel about an American's journey to discover his country between 1909 and 1938.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Sanford, John B.. A Man without Shoes (SIGNED). Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, CA, 1982.
Price: US$44.47 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: F/F in mylar. A 1st edition/1st printing (2nd issue) copy in fine condition, with a new introduction by the author. Signed by author on limitation page, 283/2000. Originally published by The Plantain Press. There is no wear to jacket. The jacket is not price clipped, the covers are clean and bright and the edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark, NOT ex-lib.
Seller: Cul de Sac Books, Clarkston, GA, U.S.A.
Sanford, John. A Man Without Shoes. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982, 1982.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Hard Cover. 4to. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION: Number 658 of 2000 copies. Advance Review Copy with publisher's material laid in. Edges uncut. Fine/Near Fine (a very nice clean tight copy). 452pp.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
SANFORD, John.. A Man Without Shoes.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow,, 1982.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 452 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of 2000 numbered copies SIGNED by Sanford. These books were originally printed at the Plantin Press in 1951 for Sanford. BSP later brought them out under their own imprint, with the insertion of a new additional title page, some additional printing to the jackets, and a new introduction by Sanford.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Sanford, John. A Man Without Shoes. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1982.
Price: US$54.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and printed by the Plantin Press in a LIMITED EDITION of 2000 of which this is Number 718. Bound in quarter green buckram with paper label and simulated basket-weave paper boards. Originally privately printed by the Plantin Press in 1951 after rejection by other publishers because Sanford was blacklisted by the House for Unamerican Activities Committee for refusing to name names. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy, free of bumping or tears, in an archival Mylar jacket cover.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED hardcover first edition - First edition, second issue. Originally privately printed for publication by the Plantin Press, Los Angeles in 1951 (after being rejected by many publishers because of the controversy over the topic, and because Sanford was blacklisted by the House for Unamerican Activities Committee for refusing to name names), this was reissued by Black Sparrow with a new tipped-in title page and a new five page introduction by Sanford. A novel concerned with an American attempting to discover the America of his time.The period of 1909-1938." Includes the original SIGNED colophon page showing that this is Copy 1162 of 2000. 452 pp. In the original printed beige dust jacket with the Plantin Press publisher information crossed out and Black Sparrow Press added. Near fine in very good dust jacket (corners bumped, edgewear and several small tears on dust jacket).
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
John Sanford. A Man Without Shoes. Black Sparrow Press, 1982.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 452 pg. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. Top and bottom board edges show some wear with light bumps to all corners. Book is straight with very strong binding and clean text. This is numbered 418 of 2000 copies printed and signed by John Sanford. First Black Sparrow Press Edition 1982.
Seller: Outrider Book Gallery, Lacey, WA, U.S.A.
Sanford, John. A Man Without Shoes [SIGNED]. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1982.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 452 numbered pp + 1; HB. A registered and limited edition, this is No. 345 of 2,000. Signed by Sanford on the registration page. Pages: clean, bright, tight, b.e./f.e. deckled; front hinge starting, several pp scuffed, w/ and extra page tipped in before ffep to mask one such scuff. This book had a rough publication history - Sanford was a Communist at a time when that was most unpopular. From the NY Times: "When 'A Man Without Shoes' was finished in 1947, it was like a beached whale, stranded high and dry and scarcely able to breathe. The cold war and Congressional investigations were already making all radical politics suspect, even when couched in the language of fervent Americanism. . . . the book was submitted to some thirty publishers, and thirty-some times it was declined. Finally, in 1951, Sanford had the novel printed privately in Los Angeles by Saul Marks's Plantin Press." That Plantin Press book received a new title page an introduction, and was Published by Black Sparrow. There is a slight variation between the original leaves and the new added fore-material.
Seller: Independent Books, Long Beach, WA, U.S.A.