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MALAMUD, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar Straus, New York, 1961.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, green cloth, d.w. New York: Farrar Straus & Cudahy, (1961). Fourth Edition. Text block heavily browned, end-leaves foxed. Signed copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1961.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: SIGNED by author of first free end paper. First edition. Very good copy in good dj showing lightly edge wear and soiling, blunted top spine. Remains of sticker inside front cover and stamp "Norway Shop Library" on same page as signature.; 8.1 X 5.9 X 1.4 inches; 367 pages
Seller: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. A New Life [Signed]. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1961.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); green cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in black, orange, and yellow on spine and front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; [viii],367,[1]pp. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Spine ends gently nudged, with some faint, scattered foxing to covers; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with some trivial wear to extremities, else a bright, Near Fine example. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's third novel, a satirical tale of campus life in the Pacific Northwest.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Bernard Malamud. A New Life. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1961.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third printing, 1961. Inscribed by the author to writer/historian Ruth Levin, Bennington, VT. Foxing to end papers and outer edges of text block, binding tight and bright. Dustjacket has minor soiling and age-toning, spine sunned darker. No chips or tears, presents beautifully in mylar.
Seller: Owl Pen Books, Greenwich, NY, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1961.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Cloth rubbed a bit at the top of the front board, else near fine in a lightly spine-toned, very good or better dustwrapper. Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar Straus, New York, 1961.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo, green cloth, d.w. New York: Farrar Straus & Cudahy, (1961). First Edition. Fine copy in a new fine dust wrapper, lightly toned on the spine. Autographed in full by Malamud on the title page.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. A New Life. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1961.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Modest overall wear on the boards, very good in good dustwrapper with age-toning and modest chips. Inscribed by Malamud to Chet Garrison (a close friend and colleague of Malamud's) and his wife Louise: "For Louise and Chet with love, Bern." The Garrisons were also the dedicatees of a 1967 omnibus edition of Malamud's work, *The Malamud Reader* Chester A. Garrison became friends with Malamud soon after Garrison joined the English Department at Oregon State College (now University) in 1954 where they bonded over being Easterners (Malamud from New York and Garrison from Jersey City) and their mutual interest in Thomas Hardy. Malamud's son Paul interviewed Garrison about their relationship for the book *The Magic Worlds of Bernard Malamud* (2001). Author's third novel. A very nice association copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. A New Life.. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1961.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Malamud's third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousins, "For Min and Marshall, In appreciation of your hospitality Bernie." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with chipping to the spine extremities. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. "An overlooked masterpiece. It may still be undervalued as Malamud's funniest and most embracing novel" (Jonathan Lethem).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. A New Life.. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, 1961.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Malamud's third novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Susie and Paul, Old friends, Everything good Bern." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Housed in a custom clamshell box. "An overlooked masterpiece. It may still be undervalued as Malamud's funniest and most embracing novel" (Jonathan Lethem).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.