Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Philip Roth. The Breast (First Edition, inscribed). Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1972.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "Oct. '84 / For Jeane- / My Best- / Philip K." The first Kepesh novel. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light foxing throughout, a light dog ear crease on the front endpaper, and faint toning at the extremities of the boards. Jacket shows light rubbing.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. The Breast. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED by author on a bookplate attached to front end page, declaring this is #30 of no more that 60 copies distributed by Signed Editions Limited. A lovely copy in a price clipped dust jacket that has a crease to the front flap.
Seller: Black Dog Books, Emerson, NJ, U.S.A.
Philip Roth. The Breast. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed first edition (so stated) in original jacket. Near fine condition.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
ROTH, Philip. The Breast (Signed First Edition). Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1972.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Roth's comic novella which involves the transformation of a man into a breast. A tight near fine copy in black cloth boards in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Roth on the front free endpaper.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. The Breast -- Signed. Holt Rinehart Winston January 1972, 1972.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: As New in like dustjacket. Affixed to the front free endpaper is a plate stating 'This Edition of My Book THE BREAST is Copy Number 5 of No More Than 60 copies Which I Have Authorized for Distribution by Signed Editions Limited'. Signed by Roth beneath.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
ROTH, Philip.. THE BREAST. (SIGNED). Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972., 1972.
Price: US$139.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION in dust jacket; BOOKPLATE, SIGNED by the author, on the FFEP. One 'of no more than 60 copies . . . for Distribution by Signed Editions Limited.' The book and the unclipped dust jacket are both fine.
Seller: Monroe Stahr Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Philip Roth. The Breast. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1972.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A very nice, bright first printing of the first American edition [Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1972]. The book is in fine condition and is inscribed by Philip Roth directly on the front free end paper. The book has no remainder marks, a tight and square binding, with no owner inscriptions or highlighting and no staining or marking. The dust jacket is in equally fine condition, not price-clipped ($4.95 ), with no creases, chips or tears and absolutely minimal shelf wear. It is now protected by an archival cover which is easily removable. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information concerning this superb and highly collectible book. Originally listed at $220- Now on sale at $150
Seller: C&S Books, Windsor, ON, Canada
ROTH, Philip. The Breast. Holt, Rinehart, New York, 1972.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Thin 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, (1972). First Edition. Signed by Roth on the title page.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. The Breast. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1972.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed by the author on the title page. Near fine, first edition book in near fine dust jacket. Maroon cloth covered boards with author's initials in lower right corner of front panel and gilt text/graphics on spine. Boards are clean and text is crisp. Small amount of crimping at tail of board spine and the barest of sunning on upper- and lower-most edges of board panels. Light age-soil to outer page edges. Book is internally clean and text block is tight. Dust jacket has tiny rubs at head and tail of jacket spine and fore-edge corner tips. Not price clipped, no remainder mark. 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.
Roth, Philip. The Breast. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1972.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by author on a bookplate afixed to front end page (signature only). Maroon cloth boards w/gold lettering; red top-stain. DJ price-clipped; mylar protected. (Bonus: Comes with a unsigned hardcover 2nd printing copy of Roth's "Zuckerman Unbound"). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
ROTH, Philip. THE BREAST (SIGNED). Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
Price: US$192.96 + shipping
Description: Signed First US Edition, Presentation copy. Near fine condition in very good plus unclipped dust jacket. Inscribed by Roth to Julius and dated August 1972. Julius is believed to be the painter Julius Goldstein who was married to the writer Joan Aitken, both close friends of Philip Roth. The dust jacket has a nick to the top of the front cover (see photo).
Seller: Surrey Hills Books, Cranleigh, United Kingdom
ROTH, Philip. The Breast. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1972.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Affixed on the front free endpaper is a plate stating "This edition of my book The Breast is Copy Number 44 of no more than 60 copies which I have authorized for distribution by Signed Editions Limited" and Signed by Roth.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. The Breast. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1972.
Price: US$216.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Bound in the publisher's original cloth covered boards, spine and cover stamped in gilt. Signed by the author on the title page.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. The Breast.. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1972.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Uncorrected proof of the author's comic novella which features David Kapesh's transformation into a 155 pound breast. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. In very good condition. Like a latter-day Gregor Samsa, Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed. But where Kafka's protagonist turned into a giant beetle, the narrator of Philip Roth's richly conceived fantasy has become a 155-pound female breast. What follows is a deliriously funny yet touching exploration of the full implications of Kepesh's metamorphosis?a daring, heretical book that brings us face to face with the intrinsic strangeness of sex and subjectivity. "Hilarious, serious, visionary, logical, sexual-philosophical; the ending amazesâ"the joke takes three steps beyond savagery and satire and turns into a sublimeness of pity. One knows when one is reading something that will permanently enter the culture" (Cynthia Ozick).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
ROTH, Philip. The Breast. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1972.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in about fine dustwrapper with a tiny bump at the foot. Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
ROTH, PHILIP. THE BREAST. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1972.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Boldly INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Philip Roth, dated June 1977. A fine first in a fine, price-intact dust jacket with protective mylar cover.
Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. The Breast [Signed]. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1972.
Price: US$250.13 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Floridly SIGNED in full by author Philip Roth in black marker on half-title page. FIRST EDITION stated on copyright page. From inner flap: "The story of the man who turned into a female breast". Printed in the USA. Bound in original maroon cloth with bright gilt lettering to front board & spine, top edge of book block stained red as issued, in publisher's unclipped printed dustjacket (with original published price of "$4.95" on upper inner flap & "0972" on lower inner flap). Small closed tears & slight edgewear with light creasing to upper edge of dustjacket, otherwise a very nice clean tight solid hardcover copy. The dustjacket is now protected in a removable clear Bro-dart cover. 78pp. Scarce signed copy. RARE.
Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Roth, Philip. THE BREAST. Holt Rinehart and Winston, NY, 1972.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first prnt. Signed by Roth on the title page. Faint beginning toning on the board foreedges. Near Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. The first of Roth's three David Kepesh novels.
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
ROTH, Philip. The Breast. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1972.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Slight scuffing on the boards, near fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. The Breast. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, U.S.A., 1972.
Price: US$284.63 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Book & Jacket, no flaws, Signed, 1st ed 1st ed in protective cover
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. The Breast.. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1972.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Roth's first book in a series portraying the life of the fictional professor David Kapesh. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Like a latter-day Gregor Samsa, Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed. But where Kafka's protagonist turned into a giant beetle, the narrator of Philip Roth's richly conceived fantasy has become a 155-pound female breast. What follows is a deliriously funny yet touching exploration of the full implications of Kepesh's metamorphosis?a daring, heretical book that brings us face to face with the intrinsic strangeness of sex and subjectivity. "Hilarious, serious, visionary, logical, sexual-philosophical; the ending amazesâ"the joke takes three steps beyond savagery and satire and turns into a sublimeness of pity. One knows when one is reading something that will permanently enter the culture" (Cynthia Ozick).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. The Breast. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. First Edition. 78pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: FINE. Modest fading to the top and bottom of the boards and a small pencil mark on the free end paper. Wrapper is bright and unclipped. SIGNED by the author. Professor David Kepesh wakes up one morning to find that he has been transformed into a 155-pound female breast. "What follows is a deliriously funny yet touching exploration of the full implications of Kepesh's metamorphosis a daring, heretical book that brings us face to face with the intrinsic strangeness of sex and subjectivity". goodreads.
Seller: Bynx, LLC, Orlando, FL, U.S.A.
Roth, Philip. The Breast. Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy inscribed and signed in the year of publication by Roth on the front endpaper.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.