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Gardner, John. OCTOBER LIGHT [SIGNED]. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo., 434pp.; VG/VG; spine pictorial with tan lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, corners bumped, some wear to heel of spine; SIGNED by author on sfep, dated June 8, 1977; comes with review slip; NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #2. 1261146. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Gardner, John. OCTOBER LIGHT [Inscribed]. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 434 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine tan and navy blue with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$10.00." Light rubbing to corners and edges of dust jacket. Textblock slightly sunken with red dye on top edge. Inscribed by Gardner on second endpaper. Shelved under the Front Counter. 1374752. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$66.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. [12], 434, [2] pp., illus. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Gardner. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. A very fresh, clean copy; dust jacket is a bit sunned on the spine; price intact on the front flap.
Seller: Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA, Conshohocken, PA, U.S.A.
GARDNER, John. October Light. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Illustrated by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese. Tear on the gutter, spotting on the page edges, and some wear on the board else very good in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
GARDNER, John.. October Light.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 434 [1] pp. Illustrated by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese. 8vo, original brown cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine jacket with the slightest of tanning to the spine. Signed by John Gardner.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Gardner, John. October Light. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 434 pages. First edition, first printing. Illustrated & dust jacket design by Elaine Raphael & Don Bolognese. His 8th book and winner of the 1976 National Book Critics Circle Award for this book. Signed by Gardner on the 2nd sheet. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
John Gardner. October Light [SIGNED]. Alfred A. Knopf, 1976.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Stated "First Edition", presumed first printing with no number line nor any indication of other printings. Illustrations and jacket design by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese. 8-5/8" tall, 433 numbered pages (which are followed by the last, unnumbered, page of text); one piece brown cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine only; entire front board decorated with a blindstamped scene featuring two large trees; end pages have white-on-light brown line drawing of a barn, barnyard, and several out buildings; fore edge not trimmed, and even the bottom edge is rough & uneven from about page 140 to the end. Book is square, hinges are tight, head & heel of spine lightly bumped, corners not bumped, interior very clean; book has virtually no shelf wear. Jacket is very good with several small dings with very tiny closed tears on bottom edge causing slight loss of color but no loss of paper; 2-1/2" thin scrape on back panel; original price "$10.00" on front flap. Condition of book and jacket consistent with either not being read or being very gently read. No other discernible or objectionable faults on book or jacket such as marks or writing within, stains, tears, chips, or other damage that would diminish its appearance. No remainder mark, no previous owner markings or inscriptions, not price clipped, not a book club edition, not a former library book. Signed by author John Gardner, with characteristic loops on his capital letters, done in black ink on the first preliminary page.
Seller: OldBooksFromTheBasement, Maryland Heights, MO, U.S.A.
Gardner, John. OCTOBER LIGHT. Signed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976, 1976.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Signed by Gardner on the second free endpaper. A fine copy in the original brown cloth covered boards, embossed on the front board, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dust wrapper. 8vo. 434 pp. With black and white illustrations throughout by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese. Winner of the 1976 National Book Critics Circle Award, Gardner's moral aesthetics shine through the book.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada