Grendel

Ballantine Books, 1979. Good paperback. Paperback. Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a spine-faded dustwrapper that is otherwise fine. Signed and dated by Gardner on the front free endpaper: "John Gardner, April 17, 1974." Although not inscribed, this copy is from the collection of Nicholas Delbanco, dated the day after Delbanco's first meeting with Gardner, as he… Read more about this item

London: Andre Deutsch, 1971. First British Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. Emil Antonucci. 8vo, orange cloth with gold spine lettering, illustrated with frontispiece & intricate line drawings as chapter headings by Emil Antonucci, Mylar-protected blue dust jacket (unclipped) with illustration of Grendel's head by Antonucci, 174 pages. Gardner retold the classic Old English ["Viking"] story of Beowulf from… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. 8vo. 174pp. Original cloth; dust jacket. A near-fine copy with fading as usual to spine panel of jacket. FIRST EDITION, review copy, with slip laid-in.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First printing of the darkly alluring reinvention of BEOWULF from the perspective of the monster. An influential combination of postmodern parable and classic retelling, a companion to the rich reinventions of Angela Carter and, in the 21st century, Madeline Miller in CIRCE. GRENDEL… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Slight soiling on front fly, about fine in price-clipped very lightly spine-sunned near fine dust jacket. Gardner's best known novel, a retelling of the Beowulf story from the point of view of the monster. A nice copy.

NY: Knopf, 1971. Endpapers professionally restored. Dustwrapper shows typical minor spine fading (to a peach color, type on spine still quite readable). A tight and clean copy of the first edition of this, the author's third book. Many consider this the author's best work. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG++.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1971. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Antonucci, Emil. Dust jacket price-clipped and taped to book. Previous owner's ink stamp on first page.

New York: Knopf, 1971. 1st. Very Good/Very Good. Emil Antonucci. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 174 pages. Black & white chapter illustrations by Emil Antonucci. Mild fading to spine of jacket. Record # 204316

London:: Andre Deutsch,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0233963421 . Illustrated by Emil Antonucci. First British edition. An association copy: INSCRIBED by the author to fellow writer John L'Heureux and his wife Joan Polston L'Heureux. L'Heureux reviewed Gardner's THE ART OF FICTON for the New York Time Book Review… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394471431 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 174 pages; 1971 Alfred A. Knopf. HC/DJ 1st edition, stated. Snugly bound and clean in original graphic title lettered dust jacket with publisher's $5.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. No marks of any… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, September 1976. Cloth . Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Gardner on blank page after FFEP. 7th printing; early reprint of this US edition, first printed in same month, September 17 and reprinted five times before this printing. Fair to guess it was selling out quickly. This has always been my favorite edition of… Read more about this item

ew York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A lovely copy of the 1971 stated 1st edition. A Review Copy to boot, with the Alfred A. Knopf Review Slip laid-in. Tight and Near Fine (with one or two microscopic spots at the bottom-edge) in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with none of the customary fading… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Book. Illus. by Emil Antonucci. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Thin Octavo. 174 (6) pp, 14 drawings by Emil Antonucci, stated First Edition, Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked with light age-toning to text block, cloth with slightly dimmered letters and design, .DJ price clipped slightly faded spine. 5.9" x 8.6".… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Emil Antonucci. A gorgeous copy of the 1971 stated 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($5.95), Near Fine dustjacket, with none of the fading along the spine usually associated with this copy. One tiny closed tear along the rear panel's top-edge, otherwise clean as could be.… Read more about this item

Alfred A. Knopf. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First edition, 1971. Review Copy. Book near fine, except for very slight wear at spine ends, very slight fading along top edge, minscule stain on back. DJ very good, with some discoloration on spine, slight wear at spine ends, tiny tear near top of back. Illustrated by Emil Antonucci.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Original purple cloth, stamped in gilt, purple topstain, in orange dust jacket; plain endpapers; [x], 174, [4]pp; publisher's ad to jacket rear; illustrated with line drawings by Emil Antonucci. Straight and tight, very slightly faded along extreme upper edge, else Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced $5.95), dated 9/71,… Read more about this item

Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Hard cover. Good/Fair. Jacket spine is sunned, but legibility is not impacted. Jacket is worn, especially along edges. Inside jacket edges are foxed. Spine is cracked but secure. Cover and edges are worn. Text block and front end-papers are foxed. Inside is clean and unmarked.

Ballantine Books, 1972. Good mass market paperback.. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

London:: Andre Deutsch,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0233963421 . Illustrated by Emil Antonucci. First British edition. SIGNED by the author. Upper corners very slightly bumped, else fine in a very near fine, price clipped dust jacket. An attractive, well preserved copy.; 174 pages .