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New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1987. First Thus. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Wraps. First Printing this publisher; reprints 1981 edition. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Very Good. Light soil at heel of creased spine, bottom front corner bent, else Fine and unmarked. A very funny book. 405pp.

Grove Weidenfeld, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Trade paperback. As new. Foreword Walker Percy. Grove Weidenfeld, 1987. first printing. 8vo. Uncreased spine, as new unread trade paperback.

LSU Press, 2004. First Thus . Hardback. Fine/Fine. Large Print Edition

New York: Wings Books. 1996. First Edition Thus; Eighteenth Printing. Hardcover. 0517122707 . 462 pages .

Louisiana State Univ. / LSU Press, 1994-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1980 LSU hard cover - 1st edition 4th printing - no dust jacket - some staining to cover and page edge - note inside front cover - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U. S. A. : Louisiana State Univ Pr. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; Third Printing. 0807106577 . Stated third printing of the first edition. Vg+. Pulitzer Prize winning title. Hard cover, two line 1980 holiday gift inscription neatly penned on upper front fly. Clean book, binding is tight and straight. Good only, price clipped (tiny portion of $ remains) DJ. Moderate shelf rub to jacket, however upper left side of spine has a jaggedchip extending down to "D" in confederacy. Jacket will arrive in a fresh mylar cover. * (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) * .

Louisiana State University Press, 1980 Hardcover First Edition 5th Printing (stated), binding tight pages bright, excellent unmarked copy w/slightly darkened spine & mild foxing to board & page block edges, lacking the scarce dust jacket; 8vo; 338pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

LSU Press, 2004-09-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 2004 LSU Press hard cover - Large Print Edition - 1st printing THUS - a fine clean like new copy with like new dust jacket now in mylar cover - enjoy

New York: Grove Press / Black Cat, 1981. First PB Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First PB Edition, FIRST PRINTING STATED. Mass Market PB in illustrated wraps. Very Good. Covers creased, edgeworn w/tiny chip at heel and 1/4" triangular chip top rear cover, several creased pages prelim and rear. Posthumously-awarded Pulitzer Prize winning novel about madcap adventures in New Orleans. ix, 462pp inc. Foreword by Walker Percy, who "discovered" the Author, when Toole's mother brought him the book after his suicide from his belief he was a failure. Very uncommon in First Printing, even in paperback.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. First Edition, Fourth Printing. First edition, fourth printing. This book measures approximately 9.25" x 6", with 338 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor staining to top edge of textblock. Birthday gift inscription on front endpaper. Interior pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket is in good minus condition. Moderate chipping to both ends of spine and around all edges to jacket. Original 12.95 price on front flap. "A Confederacy of Dunces" remained unpublished for 11 years after the author's death. Toole's mother convinced Walker Percy to read the manuscript, who in turn convinced LSU to publish the book. The book went on to become a cult classic and earned Toole a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981. The novel's central character is an educated but slothful 30-year-old man living with his mother in the Uptown neighborhood of early 1960s New Orleans, who in his quest for… Leer más

A Confederacy of Dunces, Louisiana State Univerity Press, 2000, fine in like slipcase. 1/495 copies of this, the specially bound 20th Anniversary Edition.

Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A.: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1980 Louisiana State Press stated 7th printing of Toole's great American novel. The book is in Near Fine/VG+ condition. The HB is very clean, tight and with no bumps, lean or foxing. The clipped DJ features the Chicago-Sun Times review on the rear. There is one minor loss and rubbing of the price-clipped dust jacket at the upper spine and at the upper & lower folds. On the inner cover of the book, the original owner's name has been rubbed out, but the inscription "Merry X-mas '81. Love Mommy" remains. A beautiful early copy at a great price.

This is a very nice copy, with the jacket, of this already classic, scarce novel. This is a first edition, fourth printing.
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1994. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Pulitizer-prize winning novel that "outswifts Swift,'' with its title taken from one of his essays, set in the author's home of New Orleans, Louisiana. First published in 1980, 11 years after the author's suicide, largely by the efforts of his mother, Thelma, & writer Walker Percy, who writes the Foreword. This is the Fourteenth Printing (Dec. 1994) of that FIRST EDITION, in 338 pages. With tan cloth over boards & black lettering to spine, this hardcover book is in Near Fine condition: completely clean save for some heavy foxing to exterior page edges. Long gift inscription in pen to ffep, else unmarked. Binding tight & square, pages white. The price-clipped DJ (Second state, with Chicago Sun-Times blurb on rear, original Ed Lindlof illustration to front) is truly Fine & protected in new mylar cover to free! Our photos depict the Exact book… Leer más

Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. 1980 at title page and copyright page. Stated eighth printing. Oatmeal colored full cloth boards, black stylized spine titles, fine. Matte mustard lime endpapers. Pages fine; no writing. Bind fine, square. Dust wrapper, slight wear; unclipped 14.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Wrapper features gold medallion at front panel: "Winner of The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction". Sadly, the author, John Kennedy Toole, took his own life at 32, after facing consistent rejection from nearly every American publisher. Toole's mother, finally was able to have her son's work posthumously published; and, as fate would have it, the satirical novel won the Pulitzer Prize. "A masterwork of comedy... pungent slapstick, sature and intellectual incongruities... make for a grand comic fugue" (New York Time). Presented here is "a great slob of a man in violent revolt against the entire twentieth century!"… Leer más

Allen Lane, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. Not Ex-Library..Hardcover Edition With Dustjacket..Stated First U.K. Edition, First Printing..Gift Inscription Inside Front Cover..Nice, Slightly Soiled Copy With Brodart Dustjacket Cover Included..D.J. Price Clipped..

Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. 1980 at title page and copyright page. Stated: "Seventh Printing (June, 1981). Tan with greenish tint, full cloth boards, black stylized spine titles, fine. Pages fine; no writing. Bind fine, square; remains tightly bound and relatively as new. Dust wrapper, fine; unclipped 12.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Matches first printing in design and quality with classic Ed Lindloff wrapper illustration; identical to the third printing with Chicago Sun-Times blurb at back jacket panel. Sadly, the author, John Kennedy Toole, took his own life at 32, after facing consistent rejection from nearly every American publisher. Toole's mother, finally was able to have her son's work posthumously published; and, as fate would have it, the satirical novel won the Pulitzer Prize. "A masterwork of comedy... pungent slapstick, sature and intellectual incongruities... make for a grand comic fugue" (New York Time).… Leer más

A clean and tight 4th printing copy of the first edition in a bright and crisp 2nd issue DJ with $12.95 on the front flap and 5 blurbs on the rear panel. There is some light wear on the DJ corners and very light foxing on the book edge. No award sticker on the front DJ panel.

Baton Rouge: Louisana State University Pr. Very Good; Collectible - PREVIOUS OWNERS FADED NAME STAMP INSIDE. 1980. 1st Ed. 5th pr. Hardbound. 0807106577 . 338 pages .

Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. 1980 at title page and copyright page. Stated second printing. Light green full cloth boards, black stylized spine titles, moderate shelf, corner wear. Pages generally very good; no writing. Couple at back, lower text block with moderate discoloration. Light olive green endpapers. Bind fine, square. Scarce near very good second (2nd) printing. Sadly, the author, John Kennedy Toole, took his own life at 32, after facing consistent rejection from nearly every American publisher. Toole's mother, finally was able to have her son's work posthumously published; and, as fate would have it, the satirical novel won the Pulitzer Prize. "A masterwork of comedy... pungent slapstick, sature and intellectual incongruities... make for a grand comic fugue" (New York Time). Presented here is "a great slob of a man in violent revolt against the entire twentieth century!" This book's unusual path to… Leer más