Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1960 Meridian Fiction paperback - 1st edition 2nd printing of 1st paperback edition - signed and inscribed by Roth to friend and photography of the photo for his 3rd book Naomi Savage - some staining to cover and page edge - sticker on cover - otherwise binding fine contents clean - a fine collectible - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Philip Roth. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A lovely eleventh printing of the first American edition [Houghton Mifflin Co Boston (1959)], signed by Philip Roth directly on the half title page. The book is in near fine condition with a bumped spine bottom but with clean boards, a nice top stain, no remainder marks and a tight, square binding. The book has no owner inscriptions or highlighting and no staining or marking. The dust jacket is in very good condition, not price-clipped ($6.50), with small chips at the spine ends and a quarter-sized damp stain on the middle of the spine. The jacket is now protected by an archival cover which is easily removable. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information. Originally listed at $600- Now on sale at $550
Seller: C&S Books, Windsor, ON, Canada
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated Eleventh Printing. SIGNED by Philip Roth on a bookplate on dedication page (signature only). Also includes a attached to front end page a small color photo card SIGNED and inscribed by ALI McGRAW (played Brenda Patimkin in 1969 film version of novel). Laid-in is a photo-card SIGNED by RICHARD BENJAMIN (played Neil Klugman). Laid-in is a small B&W photo SIGNED by JACK KLUGMAN (played Ben Patimkin). Also includes the original New York Times obituary for Klugman. Laiid-in a card SIGNED and inscribed by LARRY PEERCE (Director of film). Page age-toning. Black boards with white and yellow lettering on spine. Tiny chips at top corner of first few pages. DJ rubbed with some light edge wear and chip on top spine edge. $6.50 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. DJ design by Sanford Roth. Author's first book and National Book Award winner. (Bonus: Also comes with a unsigned 1st Priting hardcover copy of "Philip Roth at 80"). Unique copy for the Roth-Goodbye Columbus fan or collector. Note: No International orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1959.
Price: US$1795.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON a special, decorative booklate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1ST PRINTING. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Author's first book. 298 pages. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY.
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Phillip Roth. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1959.
Price: US$1950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, "first printing" stated on copyright page. Signed nameplate laid-in. Original D/J in good condition with chipping at top of spine and wear to the edges. Book in VG condition with some small spotting on boards, black publishers cloth beginning to split along front hinge of spine. Writing on spine still bright. Pages clean and unmarked. A 1959 collection of fiction by the American novelist Philip Roth, comprising the title novella "Goodbye, Columbus"Ñwhich first appeared in The Paris ReviewÑand five short stories. It won the 1960 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.
Seller: Sam Barcelo, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing of the author's debut work. Signed by Philip Roth and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine lettered in yellow and white. Near Fine with light edge wear and softening to the corners, in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket, toned at the spine and edges, with a series of indentations to the spine and edge worn.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing of the author's debut work. Signed by Philip Roth and inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine lettered in yellow and white. Near Fine with trivial edge wear and a small spot of rubbing to the bottom edge of the textblock. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning, light staining and light edge wear.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by the author on a laid in signature. A beautiful dustjacket that is rich in color with some wear to the edges. This original dustjacket has all the First Issue points. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author. We buy Roth First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. GOODBYE, COLUMBUS. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: Signed first edition of Roth's first book, winner of the 1960 National Book Award for fiction. The titular novella and five additional short stories of this collection originally appeared in THE NEW YORKER, COMMENTARY, and THE PARIS REVIEW, prestigious publications whose august approval exhilarated and intoxicated the young Roth: "In the beginning it simply amazed him that any truly literate audience could seriously be interested in his store of tribal secrets, in what he knew, as a child of his neighborhood, about the rites and taboos of his clan - about their aversions, their aspirations, their fears of deviance and defection, their underlying embarrassments and their ideas of success" (Roth, "Goodbye Newark"). 8'' x 5.5''. Original dark blue cloth. Yellow topstain. In original unclipped ($3.75) grey pictorial dust jacket by Sanford Roth. 298 pages. Signed by Roth on front free endpaper. Minor wear, sunning and faint soil to jacket spine and edges. Clean and sharp overalll.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. Goodbye Columbus. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1959.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. 298 pp. 8vo. Inscribed to the family of Roth's childhood friend, Marty Castlebaum. Inscribed in blue ink to the family of Roth's childhood friend and Leslie street neighbor from Union City New Jersey, Marty Castlebaum; "To the Castebaums - with best wishes and fond recollections. I hope you'll like what comes after this." Beneath this is "5/7/1959" written in an unknown hand in black ink. A laid in note from Roth dated 9/7/1988 in blue ink states, "This date is not in my handwriting. It's more than likely the day the received the book from me." The book in fact was released on 5/7/1959 Marty Castlebaum is mentioned in a December 1988 article of Moment magazine written by Roth titled 'Philip Roth Enters the Gentile World: An Autobiographical Vignette' in which he attributes Castlebaum as somewhat of an inspiration for Roth to leave his parent's home and attend college, essentially a formative figure who Roth saw as moving into adulthood and made him want to do the same. Black cloth boards with white and yellow lettering on spine, toning at edges; overall very good. Inscribed on ffep. Dust jacket is price clipped, has some toning at edges and light edge wear, else near fine
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.