NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Date: 1974. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0394492218 . Inscribed by John Gardner on the front endpaper. Publisher's full light gray cloth, embossed with a darker gray on the front cover and spine, silver lettering on spine, dark gray pictorial endpapers, fore-edge deckle, top edge dark gray. Illustrated with B&W drawings by Herbert L. Fink.. Head and heel of spine have just a hint of shelf-wear, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, is in virtually perfect condition. FINE/ FINE.. B&W Drawings. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 323 pp. Signed by Author . 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974-11-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good- Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi, 1974; stated First Edition, no additional printings indicated; signed, inscribed by John Gardner to author William E. Barrett and his wife Bunny on second front end page; grey cloth boards, silver titling on spine, design front board; 323pp., with illustrations by Herbert L. Fink. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor edge-wear, else boards very good, titling remains bold and bright; text also very good. Unclipped ($8.95) dust jacket very lightly edge-worn. From a private collection. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

New York: Knopf, Date: 1974. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy, light remainder mark to bottom edge (Random "house"), in a fine dust jacket. Herbert L Fink. Magic, madness, menace and romance are all woven together in this Gardner collection. Nine tales depict ministers and college students, strange medieval countries full of demented royalty, and whaling ships. 1974. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, Date: 1974. hardcover in very good + condition with good dust jacket.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1974. Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Herbert L. Fink. Small 4to (9 3/4" x 6 1/2"), charcoal top edge coloration for dust protection, Mylar-protected illustrated dust jacket (unclipped), by Earl Tidwell, ship gray-blueprints as endpapers, [x] + 323 deckled pages + [2] Note on the Type. John Gardner (1933 - 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view. A tour de force! Gardner's best-known novels include The Sunlight Dialogues, about a disaffected policeman asked to engage a madman fluent in classical mythology; Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf legend from the monster's point of view, with an existential subtext; and October Light, about an embittered brother and sister living and feuding with each other in rural Vermont (the novel includes an invented "trashy novel" the woman reads). This last book won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1976. Gardner was killed in a motorcycle accident on September 14, 1982.--Wikipedia abridged. EXCELLENT CONDITION! Small red remainder mark on lower edge of pages. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

Knopf. 1st printing,1974. Good/Good hard cover. 8vo,cloth,323pp,illus Fink,Herbert. edgewear,chips,tanning,small tears,dust jacket. tanning edges,shelfwear,slight spine slant,covers. edges dingy,topedge dyed, signed by author on 2nd front end page,clean,tight,text. literature. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974 323 pp. + 1; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, dark topstain, f.e. deckled, decorative gray eps; a.e. slightly tanned. Coverlt grayw/ gray artwork front/spine, silver titles spine; minimal shelfwear, f.e. fabric not completely glued down (minor manufacturer's defect). DJ: unclipped, cream, gray/silver artwork all surfaces, black titles front/spine; faint ring and other sm stain front, sm faint pink stain back. Includes "The Midnight Reader", "Tales of Queen Louisa", and "The King's Indian." Wonderful writing, wonderful illustrations. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Herbert L. Fink. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a faintly toned spine. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 US

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Date: 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0394492218 . First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition, light tanning to spine in alike, toned dust-jacket, trivial chipping to back panel. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number and signature on front paste down; ; B & W Illustrations; 8vo . 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 US

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Herbert L. Fink. Near fine with a slightly darkened spine in a dustwrapper with a slightly darkened spine, else fine. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 US

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Herbert L. Fink. Near fine with a slightly darkened spine in a dustwrapper with a slightly darkened spine, else fine. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Herbert L. Fink. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a faintly toned spine. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Date: 1974. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated by Herbert L. Fink.. By the author of GRENDEL, THE SUNLIGHT DIALOGUES, and NICKEL MOUNTAIN, among others. Fine, in grey cloth with pictorial endpapers, in near-fine (price-clipped, else fine), mylar-protected dust jacket. L36 1974. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. Book is fine. The unclipped parchment paper dust jacket is lightly browned on the spine and has a few short closed tears. No remainder mark. Date: 1974. Random House ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Herbert L. Fink. Spine ends bumped and textblock settled at the foredge, bright and very good or better in a price-clipped and spine-toned, near very good dust jacket with tiny chips along the edges. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 US

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Dustwrapper rubbed with browning. Tearing on spine top end. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 US

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Gardner's sixth book, a collection of short stories. Features iIllustrations by Herbert L. Fink. A very good copy with some slight foxing to the boards and some toning to the spine in a close to near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spines. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 US

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974. first edition as stated. Hardcover. Very good/good +. 6 x 10 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean but toned in areas. Minimal shelf wear. Binding tight. Text unmarked. DJ is GOOD+ ; not clipped, clean, spine quite toned, edges mildly toned. Edges mildly worn with a couple of closed tears, chips. Fic. Stax. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Herbert L. Fink. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Both dustwrappers spine and hardcovers spine are yellowed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974. first edition as stated. Hardcover. Very good/good +. 6 x 10 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean but toned in areas. Minimal shelf wear. Binding tight. Text unmarked. DJ is GOOD+ ; not clipped, clean, spine quite toned, edges mildly toned. Edges mildly worn with a couple of closed tears, chips. Fic. Stax. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Herbert L. Fink. Spine ends bumped and textblock settled at the foredge, bright and very good or better in a price-clipped and spine-toned, near very good dust jacket with tiny chips along the edges. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing, hardcover. A tight fine copy in a bright fine dust jacket which has an insiginificant miniscule tear at the bottom of the rear panel. An almost certainly unread copy with no remainder marks and now protected in an archival cover. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

Random House. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Good dust jacket. Former Library book. In protective mylar cover. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate on flyleaf. (american short stories, manners and customs, short stories) Random House ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Date: 1974. Remainder. N-Fine. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean very carefully reads copy. The PC jacket has some rubbing wear, edge wear/chipping, browning at extremities. Very nice copy, so-so jacket. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.. 1974. Alfred a Knopf Inc ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Date: 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. [10], 323, [3] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. White cloth with silver spine title, and spine and front cover illustration. Top page edges black. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Small red house remainder mark. Book is in Near Fine Condition: upper corners slightly bumped; remainder mark on lower page edges; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good Condition: spine is slightly browned; ends of spine chipped; clean and solid. 1974. Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [US]