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Malamud, Bernard. THE TENANTS. Farrar Straus and Giroux, New York, 1971.
Price: US$83.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. [8], 230 pp. First edition, second printing; signed by Malmud on the front free endpaper. In publisher's orange cloth with dust jacket. A fairly bright copy; top corners softened; foxing to the fore-edge else clean; dust jacket is fairly fresh but has some vertical creases to the rear flap; price intact on the front flap.
Seller: Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA, Conshohocken, PA, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Tenants. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1971.
Price: US$89.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Orange cloth stated first printing hardcover. Signed by Malamud to the 2nd ffep. PO inscription to ffep, corners slightly softened, board edges faintly sunned. Square, tight binding, no other marks. The DJ in mylar has flap price of $6.95 intact, almost no edgewear. ; 8.30 X 5.40 X 1.20 inches; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. THE TENANTS [SIGNED]. Farrar Straus & Giroux, NY, 1971.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED by Bernard Malamud directly on the orange front flyleaf with no inscription. Fine in full orange cloth. Small bookstore label on rear pastedown. Appears unread. In a price-clipped, near fine dust jacket with some light creasing to inner flap, author's photo on back.
Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.
Bernard Malamud. The Tenants. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1971.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: " This compact and explosive work may well be Bernard Malamud's best novel. As a portrait of the terror and violence of racial confrontation, as a study of the lonely anguish of the writer, as a lyrical metaphor of human relations in our time, The Tenants os a superb book". Book in near fine condition, signed by author on ffe, fine black stain on top and untrimmed fore edge. Jacket in priced ($6.95) and would be fine except for minor wear at spine ends. First printing stated. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Oshtemo Book Sellers, Chester, NY, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Tenants. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1971.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing stated. Fine book in a fine jacket except for one flaw: the previous owner's initial are stamped on the first two free endpapers. Signed by Malamud on a tipped-in page.
Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Tenants. Farrar Straus & Giroux, U.S.A., 1971.
Price: US$113.85 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine, & Near Fine Jacket , edge wear, Signed First Print, in protective cover
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Tenants. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1971.
Price: US$149.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Orange cloth/gilt, dark gray topstain. Stated first printing. Signed by Malamud to the ffep. Fine condition, appears unread. The DJ in mylar has a crease/tiny stain to flap else fine. Housed in a cardboard slipcase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Tenants. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1971.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original orange cloth, orange endpapers. Clean copy, VG+ to NF with small abrasions to the last few leaves and a dark stain on bottom edge, possibly from attampt to remove a remainder mark. In the original unclipped dust-jacket with edgewear, including a small chip on bottom front. VG. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper (not on a tipped-in leaf as in some copies). Malamud's sixth novel, the fraught relationship between two writers, one Jewish, one African-American, the last tenants in a condemned building. Adapted for film in 2005.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: The Ridge Books, Calhoun, GA, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. The Tenants. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1971.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a fine modestly toned dust jacket. Signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf, as issued.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. The Tenants. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, 1971.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a tiny tear at the crown. Signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf, as issued.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. the tenants. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed edition on a tipped in page following the front endpaper. Blue topstain and some wear to the top of the jacket's spine. Avery nice copy.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Tenants. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1971.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux - New York 1971. 8vo 230pp - first printing - hardcover - orange cloth with gold lettering and black colored top. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper "for Doctor Bill Wright - Bernard Malamud". Near Fine with a fine, unclipped dust jacket.
Seller: MCTbooks, Sandy, UT, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Tenants (SIGNED Plus AUTHOR NOTE). Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1971.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st American Trade Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by author on front end page (signature only). This was actually signed through mails by Malamud, not one of the publishers editions which inserted a seperate signed flyleaf page into book. Small sticker residue on ft. pastdown. DJ has light shelf edge wear. $6.95 price on DJ flap. Also laid-in is original Newsweek obituary-memorial article on Malamud. Also includes laid-in a short handwritten initialed note from author: "Mr. Montemarano- OK Send The Tennants to 180 West End Ave., NY, NY 10023, B.M." Author hand-addresed return envelope, postmarked from Bennington VT on Oct 1979 also included with note. (Bonus: Comes with a unsigned 1st UK Edition of Malamud's "Pictures of Fidelman: An Exibition"). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Tenants. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1971.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux - New York 1971. 8vo 230pp - first printing - hardcover - orange cloth with gold lettering and black colored top. Author's signature on tipped in leaf. Near Fine with a fine, unclipped dust jacket.
Seller: MCTbooks, Sandy, UT, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. THE TENANTS (SIGNED). Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1971.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2"), red cloth with gilt titles. Review slip from FSG & G. dated Sept. 27, 1971, laid in. Beautiful tangerine endpapers. Publisher's black topstain. Binding is clean, bright and solid. Dustjacket undamaged and intact with orignal $6.95 price. SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper. The sixth novel by the American novelist and short story writer, one of the best known American Jewish authors of the 20th century. From Wikipedia: "Malamud was well aware of the social problems of his day: rootlessness, infidelity, abuse, divorce, and more" NEAR FINE IN NEAR FINE DUSTJACKET
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
MALAMUD, Bernard. The Tenants. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, 1971.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a tiny tear at the crown and faint crease on the front flap. Inscribed by Malamud to Chet and Louise Garrison, close friends of Malamud's, who were also the dedicatees of a 1967 omnibus edition of Malamud's work, *The Malamud Reader*: "For Louise and Chet with love, Bern". Chester A. Garrison became friends with Malamud soon after Garrison joined the English Department at Oregon State College (now University) in 1954 where they bonded over being Easterners (Malamud from New York and Garrison from Jersey City) and their mutual interest in Thomas Hardy. Malamud's son Paul interviewed Garrison about their relationship for the book *The Magic Worlds of Bernard Malamud* (2001). A nice association.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Tenants.. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1971.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Malamud's sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Susie and Paul With affection for dear friends- Bern." The recipients, Suzanne and Paul Shrag were close friends of Malamud and brother of printmaker Karl Schrag. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Malamud began the initial composition of the novel in 1969 and completed it in 1971. Its plot concerns a rivalry between two writersâ"one of them a Jew and the other an African-Americanâ" who are the last two persons remaining in a soon to be condemned apartment building. Before Malamud began writing this novel, he'd already "published two short stories treating relationships between blacks and Jews": "Angel Levine" (1955) and "Black Is My Favorite Color" (1963). And in at least one other story, "The Mourners" (1955), he had examined the fraught relationship between a tenant and a landlord. After he'd completed the novel, Malamud himself described The Tenants as a "tight, tense book, closer to the quality of short fiction."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Malamud, Bernard. The Tenants.. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1971.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Malamud's sixth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his cousins, "For Minnie and Marshall With affection Bern." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. Jacket photograph by Janna Malamud. Malamud began the initial composition of the novel in 1969 and completed it in 1971. Its plot concerns a rivalry between two writersâ"one of them a Jew and the other an African-Americanâ" who are the last two persons remaining in a soon to be condemned apartment building. Before Malamud began writing this novel, he'd already "published two short stories treating relationships between blacks and Jews": "Angel Levine" (1955) and "Black Is My Favorite Color" (1963). And in at least one other story, "The Mourners" (1955), he had examined the fraught relationship between a tenant and a landlord. After he'd completed the novel, Malamud himself described The Tenants as a "tight, tense book, closer to the quality of short fiction."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.