Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
McEwan, Ian ( Michael Berkeley. Or Shall We Die?: An Oratorio. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1983.
Price: US$30.87 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Words for an Oratorio set to music by Michael Berkeley. Signed to title page by Ian McEwan and Michael Berkeley. Very good condition hardback. Jacket has a 1.5 inch tear to head of spine, with light tanning and with 2 small marks to back of jacket. - General information: please email for any more information or condition photos. There may be other minor faults not included here, but this description should include all important points and convey accurately the overall conditon of the book(s). We are happy to give a more detailed description (by volume where applicable) on request. Posted next day (Mon-Fri) from the UK. We normally post by Royal Mail 1st class within the UK, but may use a slower service for books over 1kg or multiple orders or a tracked service for higher value orders. We normally post by Royal Mail Airmail for overseas deliveries, and may request additional postage (at cost) for heavier books or for tracking (buyers always have the option to cancel the order if we do so).
Seller: Jaycey Books, Ruislip, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. Or Shall We Die. Jonathan Cape, London, 1983.
Price: US$37.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, book in excellent condition. Dust jacket with a dark patch from old price sticker to front cover and rear, edge-wear, with yellow staining to rear cover, spine of dj sunned. Signed by McEwan on the title page with a line through printed name.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
McEwan Ian. Or Shall we die?. Jonathan Cape, 1983.
Price: US$38.59 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: All books outside UK sent airmail. All dustwrappers are film protected. Signed by the author on the title page. Words for an oratorio set to music by Michael Berkeley. Near fine pictorial dustwrapper.
Seller: Lavender Fields Books PBFA, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. Or Shall we Die?. London; Jonathan Cape;, 1983.
Price: US$51.45 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Very good with a bit of foxing in very good pictorial dustjacket (second state) (to tie in with the National Peace Book Week in 1983)
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. Or Shall we Die?. London; Jonathan Cape;, 1983.
Price: US$96.48 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by the auithor. Fine in fine pictorial dustjacket (second state) (to tie in with the National Peace Book Week in 1983).
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
Price: US$96.48 + shipping
Description: First edition. 32 pages.Signed by the author on the title-page.Fine in very near fine second issue pictorial dustwrapper slightly faded at the spine.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first prnt. First issue dustjacket. Review Copy with the publisher's printed slip laid-in. Signed and dated "Feb-11-83" by Martin Booth. Faint beginning toning of dustjacket front panel topedge (not immediately apparent). Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Booth, a poet, small press publisher, novelist and non-fiction writer, was MAN/Booker shortlisted for Industry of Souls.
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
McEwan, Ian. or Shall We Die. Jonathan Cape, 1983.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Signed by the author. Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Ian McEwan. Or Shall We Die?. Jonathan Cape, London, 1983.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine first edition signed by Ian McEwan on the title page. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Near fine jacket. Not price-clipped. No tears or creases of any kind. A slight sticker residue to top right corner of front cover, else fine. Overall a lovely first edition signed by McEwan.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
McEwan, Ian. Or Shall We Die?. London Jonathan Cape 1983, 1983.
Price: US$100.34 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, first impression, SIGNED by the author on the title page. Publisher's olive cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Clear, removable, archival protective archival sleeve fitted to dust-jacket. Octavo. pp. 32. Words for an oratorio set to music by Michael Berkeley and first performed on 6th February 1983 by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus at the Festival Hall, London. A book in Fine condition in a Very Good dust-jacket.
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. Signed on title page. First issue - grey DJ with slate type, green boards and gold type. Slight sunning to DJ, now in mylar cover. Else a clean copy with sound binding.
Seller: Webster's Bookstore Cafe, Inc., State College, PA, U.S.A.
McEWAN, Ian. Or Shall We Die. Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1983.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Words for an oratorio set to music by Michael Berkeley. Fine in modestly soiled near fine first issue dustwrapper. Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
McEwan, Ian. Or Shall we Die?. London; Jonathan Cape;, 1983.
Price: US$128.64 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustjacket.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian,Berkeley, Michael. Or Shall We Die?: An Oratorio. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1983.
Price: US$128.64 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed. First Edition. Flat signed by the author and composer on the title page. First edition.
Seller: Parrot Books, Hemel Hempstead, HERT, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. Or Shall We Die? - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Jonathan Cape, London, 1983.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An attractive first edition/first Impression in Fine condition in alike dust-wrapper, SIGNED by author Ian McEwan directly on the title page; The Oratorio with words by Ian McEwan and music by Michael Berkeley was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Richard Hickox, on 6 February 1983 and broadcast later the evening on BBC Radio-3, with Heather Harper and Stephen Roberts as the soloists ; 8vo ; 32 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
McEwan, Ian. Or Shall We Die? - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Jonathan Cape, London, 1983.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A most handsome first edition/first printing in Unread Fine condition in alike dustjacket SIGNED by author Ian McEwan directly on the title page; The Oratorio with words by Ian McEwan and music by Michael Berkeley was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Richard Hickox, on 6 February 1983 and broadcast later the evening on BBC Radio-3, with Heather Harper and Stephen Roberts as the soloists ; 8vo ; 32 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.80 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp 32. Bound in green cloth covered hard boards and in the original un-clipped dust jacket (£4.95 net). SIGNED to the title page by both Ian McEwan and Michael Berkeley. Fine condition book in Fine dust jacket. Uncommon to find signed by both McEwan and Berkeley.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
McEwan, Ian. Or Shall we Die?. London; Jonathan Cape;, 1983.
Price: US$321.59 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. An oration by Ian McEwan (who wrote the words) Michael Berkeley (who composed the music). Signed by both Ian McEwan and Michael Berkeley. Fine in fine dustjacket.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
McEWAN, Ian. Or Shall We Die. Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1983.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Words for an oratorio set to music by Michael Berkeley. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by Ian McEwan and Michael Berkeley. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.