Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Porter, Katherine Anne. Ship of Fools. Little Brown & Company, Boston, Toronto, 1962.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 495pp. Inscribed by Porter on the half title page. Dust jacket is in mylar. R11
Seller: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Porter, Katherine Anne.. SHIP OF FOOLS.. Little, Brown: Boston, 1962.
Price: US$224.25 + shipping
Description: 8.5 x 5.75, cloth, 497 pp, bookplate, corners bumped, covers rubbed. FIRST ED, WITH FULLY SIGNED AND DATED (1965) QUOTATION IN HER HAND FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TIPPED-IN.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Porter, Katherine Anne. Ship of Fools (SIGNED FIRST EDITION). Little Brown & Company, 1962.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition (stated) First Printing in original $6.50-priced dust jacket SIGNED by Katherine Anne Porter without inscription direct to half-title, no markings, NOT ex-lib, jacket shows a little rubbed wear to rear panel outer edge & micro-chipping to spine ends, else Fine signed First Edition of her best-known work, adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 1965 (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; xiv + 497pp
Seller: Nighttown Books, South Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Porter, Katherine Anne. Ship of Fools. Atlantic/Little Brown, 1962, 1962.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st edition of her magnum opus, which was the best-selling novel in its year of issuance SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title page (signature only) Near fine/near fine (price-clipped; dj has very light edgewear)
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Porter, Katherine Anne. Ship of Fools. Little, Brown and Company/Atlantic Monthly, Boston, 1962.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED by Katherine Anne Porter in black ink on the half title page. Book is clean and bright, no previous owner marks, no remainder marks. Bottom corners gently rubbed. Dust Jacket has its original price of $6.50. Dust jacket is clean and bright with minor wear to ends of spine and corners. Ship of Fools was based on Porter's own sea trip from Mexico to Germany in 1931 and took her 22 years to write. It outsold every other book published in 1962 and she sold the film rights for $500,000. Dust jacket protected in a clear plastic Brodart cover. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 497 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$385.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); yellow cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in dark red on spine; dustjacket; [x],xi-xiv,497,[1]pp. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $6.50), with a hint of sunning to the yellow spine lettering, and some trivial wear to spine ends. Sharp copy of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's first novel, basis for Stanley Kramer's 1965 film of the same name, starring Vivien Leigh, Lee Marvin, and Jose Ferrer.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Porter, Katherine Anne. Ship of Fools. Little, Brown & Company, Boston, MA, 1962.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good, bound in full cloth, with a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Edge wear to jacket, including a few small tears. Toning. Interior is unmarked, binding intact. 8vo, 8 3/4"h x 6"w. Attached to the front end page is a typewritten letter signed by "Katherine Anne," dated 1942. Letter address to "John," offers a look at Porter's professional thinking and peculiar psychology.
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
PORTER, Katherine Anne. Ship of Fools. Little, Brown, Boston, 1962.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with a short tear, and a finger puncture in the front gutter. Signed by the author on the half-title. Basis for the 1965 Stanley Kramer-directed film featuring a wonderful cast including Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, José Ferrer, Lee Marvin, Oskar Werner, Elizabeth Ashley, George Segal, and Michael Dunn, among others. The film won a couple of Oscars, and was nominated for several more including Best Picture. A nice copy of the author's best known work.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Porter, Katherine Anne (SIGNED). SHIP OF FOOLS. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1962.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY KATHERINE ANNE PORTER. Bound in yellow cloth lettered and decorated in red; a fine bright copy in unclipped near fine dust jacket. An outstanding fresh, bright copy of a book that became a best seller and a movie in 1965. 497 pp.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This bestselling novel outsold every other American novel published in 1962. The story was based on a journal Porter kept in 1931 during her sea voyage from Mexico to Germany, and the characters in the novel were based on real people she met during the trip. The 1965 film adaptation by Abby Mann was directed by Stanley Kramer and headlined a galaxy of stars including Vivien Leigh, Oskar Werner, Jose Ferrer, Simone Signoret, Lee Marvin and others. It won Oscars for cinematography and art direction. This First Edition copy a tight, square, absolutely fine example in flawless original dust jacket is seldom seen in such perfect condition. Boldly signed on the half-title by Katherine Anne Porter.
Seller: Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA, West Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.