Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Stegner, Wallace. A SHOOTING STAR. Viking Press, 1961.
Price: US$87.00 + shipping
Description: A SHOOTING STAR, Viking, 1961, just about fine in near vg dust-wrapper with some wear and tear and rubbing, the latter almost exclusively to the rear dust-wrapper panel. INSCRIBED by the author, "For- My only attempt at a soap opera."
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. A Shooting Star - Signed. Viking, NY, 1961.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED BY WALLACE STEGNER. Book Club Edition.
Seller: Feldman's Books, Menlo Park, CA, U.S.A.
Wallace Stegner. A Shooting Star. Viking Press, 1961.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket shows minor wear, tear, and chipping. Pages are clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. A Shooting Star. Viking Press, New York, 1961.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED. 433pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 black cloth with decorative blue paper covered boards, and a gilt stamped title and gilt ruled lines on the spine. Publisher's blue top stain. The extremities are a bit dinged, and there are several small stains on the bottom edge of the text block. In a dust jacket, with subtle toning, and light rubbing and chipping to the edges. Originally titled Sabrina. The story follows the infidelity and moral disintegration of an "independent woman of the twentieth century." Colberg #A15.1.a. This copy is signed by Wallace Stegner on a bookplate that has been mounted to the half title page.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. A Shooting Star. Viking, New York, 1961.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Trade Edition/1st Printing. Blue boards with black cloth spine. SIGNED by author on a bookplate affixed to front end page (signature only). Previous owners inscription on ffep: "Yours from Kennedy, Cambrdge May 27, 1961". DJ price-clipped, rubbed and with light shelf edge wear. (Bonus: Comes with a unsigned 1st Bison Books softcover copy of Stegner's "The Spectator Bird"). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. A Shooting Star - Signed. Viking, NY, 1961.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by Wallace Stegner. Dust jacket has some chips. In mylar cover.
Seller: Feldman's Books, Menlo Park, CA, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. A Shooting Star. Viking Press, New York, 1961.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: SIGNED. 433pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 black cloth with decorative blue paper covered boards, and a gilt stamped title and gilt ruled lines on the spine. Publisher's blue top stain. The spine is rolled. The inside margins of the preliminary pages are a bit discolored. In a dust jacket, with toning to the rear panel, light rubbing and chipping to the edges, and an open tear to the bottom of the spine that measures approx' 1 inch wide by 1 inch deep. Originally titled "Sabrina." The story follows the infidelity and moral disintegration of an "independent woman of the twentieth century." Colberg #A15.1.a. This copy is signed by Wallace Stegner on the title page, and is additionally inscribed by Stegner on the front free endpaper,
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace (signed). A Shooting Star. Viking, New York, 1961.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: hardcover, first edition, 1961, signed by the author on title page, very good condition in a very good dust jacket, not price clipped, chipping of jacket(1/4 inch) top of spine, 1/2 inch tear front bottom of jacket, a touch of soiling to back of jacket, jacket protected with Brodart mylar cover, novel, California setting. Size: Octavo
Seller: Casa Paloma Books, Green Valley, AZ, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. A Shooting Star (signed ). Viking, 1961.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A signed "second printing before publication" copy. Evidence of old liquid damage causing some blue bleeding to the first twenty pages or so near the spine. There is also another liquid stain, this one in the bottom corner and likewise covering about 20 pages early in the book. Old library sticker pulled from the jacket's spine but no other sign that this was once a library book except for a bookplate from the Bryant-Dakin family on the cover verso. This copy from the personal library of the South California author and historian Susanna Bryant Dakin and presented in her memory by family members to the University of California library at Santa Cruz in 1969. A flawed signed copy, but one with a very interesting history.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. A Shooting Star. Viking Press, New York, 1961.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Shooting Star by Wallace Stegner. Inscribed second printing before publication in dust jacket. Publisher: Viking Press, New York, 1961. First edition with 1961 on both the title-page and copyright page. Inscribed and signed on the title-page. Dust jacket with minor repairs to several short tears, else near fine. Jacket is not price clipped with a price of $5.00. Binding is in fine condition. 433 pages. 5 ¾ x 8 ½ inches. Inventory#24-022. Price: $250.
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. A Shooting Star. Viking Press, New York, 1961.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Small piece of tape to the back side of the front free end paper, else a clean copy in a bright and attractive jacket. SIGNED by Stegner!; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. Shooting Star. Viking Press, New York, 1961.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: 433pp. Octavo [23 cm] 1/4 black cloth with blue boards. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by the author on the front free endsheet. Originally titled Sabrina. The story follows the infidelity and moral disintegration of an "independent woman of the twentieth century". Colberg #A15.1.a.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Wallace Stegner. A Shooting Star. Viking Press, 1961.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition; This is a review copy with the review slip laid in; signed by the author on the title page. This is a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with the only flaw being some very mild shelf wear to the bottom spine end. You would be hard pressed to find a better copy, particularly signed by Mr. Stegner. Protected in a mylar cover and shipped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.