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McEwan, Ian. Black Dogs (UK HB 1st - SIGNED). Jonathan Cape, 1992.
Price: US$38.60 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: UK hardback first impression. SIGNED at title page with name only. Book is Good only overall due to some spotting and previous owner bookplate to front pastedown, in unclipped jacket with some rubbing and grubbiness.
Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
Ian McEwan. Black Dogs. Jonathan Cape, 1992.
Price: US$57.90 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Jonathan Cape 1992, uncorrected proof signed by author to title page. Booker prize shortlisted, a Fine clean tight copy which appears to be unread. Clear removable acetate cover.
Seller: Blackbird First Editions, Bolton, United Kingdom
McEWAN Ian:. Black Dogs * A SIGNED copy *. London. Jonathan Cape. 1992., 1992.
Price: US$57.90 + shipping
Description: First edition, first print. Hardback. Book and dust jacket are in Fine condition. SIGNED to the title page by the author, without dedication. 174pp. Jacket fitted with a new removable clear cover. Securely packaged.
Seller: Gemini-Books, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. Black Dogs (Signed 1st edition). Jonathan Cape, London, 1992.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: About fine in near fine dw with a small stain on the verso of the bottom front panel that bleeds thru a bit, and a light touch of wear. SIGNED by McEwan on the title page.
Seller: Tom Davidson, Bookseller, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
McEwan, Ian. Black Dogs. Jonathan Cape, London, 1992.
Price: US$64.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed 1st edition. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Boards tidy. Light shelf wear to dust jacket. Fading to spine. Size: 8vo
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
MCEWAN, IAN. Black Dogs. Jonathan Cape, London, 1992.
Price: US$67.83 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket price clipped and lightly creased at head of spine. A nice clean copy, signed by Ian McEwan on the title page.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
MCEWAN, Ian. Black Dogs. Jonathan Cape, London, 1992.
Price: US$70.77 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Published: 1992. First Edition. Signed by author. DESCRIPTION: Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Language: English. Book Condition: Very Good: Clean cloth and bright lettering to spine. Very small white fleck to lower edge of rear cloth. Sharp corners and spine. Scuff line along top of endpaper and small mark in rear endpaper gutter. Light spotting to rear endpaper. Lightly tanned edge to text block. Author inscription and signature to title page. DJ Condition: Very Good Pages 174, [1]. BOOK RESUME: Considered a contemporary classic. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Ian McEwans 'Black Dogs' His fifth novel, and one of his finest achievements. 'The narrator of McEwans novel is fascinated with other peoples parents, particularly his remarkable in-laws, indissolubly linked yet estranged and combative. A man of reason, Bernard Tremaine cannot understand why his wife, June, rejected political activism for spiritual quest after an encounter with evil in the form of two fierce black dogs. McEwan does not so much tell their story as the story of the son-in-laws efforts to understand them better by writing about them. Though Bernard and June represent diametrically opposed ways of looking at the world (two views beautifully and succinctly captured by McEwan), they are not mere vessels of thought but lively, distinctive characters in their own right. As the narrator returns to the French countryside where June fatefully encountered the dogs, the deceptively simple buildup makes her brush with violence all the more shocking. A novel of ideas with the hard edge of a thriller' (Barbara Hoffert). The encounter with the dogs, a characteristic McEwan set piece, is described in chilling detail, and recalls Arthur Conan Doyles 'The Hound of The Baskervilles' If you have ever had a terrifying, life-changing encounter with 'mans best friend', this novels for you. An absolute 'must-have' title for Ian McEwan collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Ian McEwan. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page or bookplate, as many copies online are. It comes with a pristine copy of the Souvenir Program of the landmark event, 'Martin Amis and Ian McEwan Introduced by Salman Rushdie', a rare public appearance by the so-called triumvirate of contemporary British literature, during which McEwans signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First American Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1976 and the Booker Prize in 1998 for 'Amsterdam' Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2002 for 'Atonement' One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy.
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
Ian McEwan. Black Dogs. Jonathan Cape, UK, 1992.
Price: US$83.63 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Jonathan Cape 1992 First Edition first impression. Booker prize shortlisted Signed by author to title page. First State with red end papers, very slight lean otherwise Fine in Fine unclipped dustjacket with minimal creasing to top and bottom of spine. A lovely tight clean copy which appears to be unread. Clear removable protective sleeve.
Seller: Blackbird First Editions, Bolton, United Kingdom
Ian McEwan. Black Dogs: VERY FINE SIGNED FIRST EDITION with RED END PAPERS. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1992.
Price: US$96.50 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A very fine first printing with the coveted first state red endpapers, in a fine unclipped dust wrapper having a little creasing to the odd extremity. This unread copy is SIGNED by Ian McEwan to the title page. BOXED DESPATCH
Seller: Welcombe Books, Dorset, DORSE, United Kingdom
MCEWAN, Ian.. BLACK DOGS.[SIGNED]. Jonathan Cape,, London,, 1992.
Price: US$104.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. pp 174. Signed by the author on the title page. ISBN:022403572X Fine in fine dust wrapper. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.
Seller: Nicola Wagner, aptos, CA, U.S.A.
McEwan, Ian. Black Dogs. Jonathan Cape, 1992.
Price: US$124.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Publisher's gilt-titled cloth, red endpages. First UK edition signed by McEwan to the title page. Fine condition in like DJ in mylar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
McEwan, Ian. BLACK DOGS. Jonathan Cape, London, 1992.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, first prnt. Signed by McEwan on the title page. Red endpages. Dustjacket with shallow vertical crease on rear flap and small edge wrinkles, mostly at spine ends and corners. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. McEwan's fifth novel.
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
McEwan, Ian. Black Dogs. London; Jonathan Cape;, 1992.
Price: US$128.66 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Fine (red endpapers) in fine dustjacket.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
McEWAN, Ian. BLACK DOGS. Jonathan Cape, London, 1992.
Price: US$168.75 + shipping
Description: pp. 174.,8vo,This is a special issue of the first edition of this title, 150 copies only being bound from the sheets of the first trade edition, each of which is numbered (this being #22) and signed by the author on a tabbed-in page, preceded by a cancel title page bearing the imprint of London Limited Editions. There is virtually no information easily available about this imprint, but it appears that it was an off-shoot of the London bookseller and publisher, Bertram Rota Limited, as the address and telephone number for London Limited Editions is the same as that for Bertram Rota (31 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London), and they are well known for their speciality in modern first editions. It also appears that these limited editions were only issued from 1985 to 1994, each title being bound similarly (but quite different from the trade edition), the style being half cloth over marbled boards, with the author, title, and series name being lettered and boxed in gilt to the spine. The book is enclosed in the original delicate glassine wrapper. Both the book, and the wrapper, are in near fine condition with no visible flaws, save for small closed tear to top of wrapper.
Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
McEwan, Ian. Black Dogs. Jonathan Cape, London, 1992.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine, limited edition book in fine glassine wrapper. Signed by the author on the title page. This is #119 of 150 numbered first editions. Decorative green paper covered boards with green cloth covered spine. Gilt lettering and graphics on spine. Internally clean and tight. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
McEwan, Ian. Black Dogs. Jonathan Cape, 1992.
Price: US$199.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Original gilt-titled cloth-backed marbled boards. #103 of 150 signed copies. Fine but for one tiny corner crease. The original tissue DJ is slightly nicked to edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
McEWAN, Ian. Black Dogs. Jonathan Cape / London Limited Editions, London, 1992.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition in about fine original unprinted tissue dustwrapper. One of 150 numbered copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.