Random House (NY) 1974 Unknown Binding Collectible-Very Good 1974-Hardback. No dustjacket. First Edition. Book is in very good condition. Book has stains on cover, sunning to spine, light shelf wear. Free tracking with domestic orders. MD SKU-6939947.

ISBN10: 0394492218, ISBN13: 9780394492216, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York] Hardcover [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.
[Lansdowne, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1974]
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ISBN10: 0394492218, ISBN13: 9780394492216, [publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York] Hardcover First Edition 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.
[Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: ...
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New York, Knopf; [Distributed By Random House], Date: 1974. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine cloth copy with illustrated endpapers in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 323 pages; Description: 323 p. Illus. 25 cm. Contents: Pastoral care. --The ravages of Spring. --The temptation of St. Ivo. --The warden. --John Napper sailing through the universe. --Queen Louisa. --King Gregor and the fool. --Muriel. --The King's Indian: a tale. Notes : Stated 1st Edition. 1974. New York, Knopf; [Distributed By Random House] ISBN 0394492218 9780394492216 [IE]

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 US

ISBN10: 0394492218, ISBN13: 9780394492216, [publisher: Knopf, New York] Hardcover First Edition 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. A near fine copy, light remainder mark to bottom edge (Random "house"), in a fine dust jacket
[Bainbridge Island, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1974]
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