Six Feet Of the Country

Simon and Schuster, 1956. FIRST EDITION (American) in dust jacket; SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The book is about fine. The unclipped dust jacket is lightly worn with minor paper loss at the spine ends. Stories.

A marvelous first printing of the first American edition signed directly on the title page by Nadine Gordimer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature [Simon and Schuster New York 1956]. The book is near fine with only the lightest toning/discoloration on the front end paper. It has a tight and square binding, no owner inscriptions or highlighting and… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1956. First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Nadine Gordimer on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. This work is a collection of short stories by the Nobel Prize-winning author regardsing South Africa which deals with… Read more about this item

GORDIMER, Nadine: Six Feet of the Country. Harmondsworth, UK, Penguin, 1986. Paperback, 112 pp. Subject: Fiction / Short Story Collection. Book condition: Good. Small half inch tear found at the bottom edge of reverse cover. Creasing at the lower extremities (front / back covers). Three inch crease at the top… Read more about this item

Simon and Schuster, 1956-01-01. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good+. Simon and Schuster, 1956; stated First Printing, no additional printings indicated; 241pp.; green paper over tan buckram cloth, gilt titles in black box on spine, stamped author signature on front board. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; text also very good; corners gently bumped, light wear and age-toning at… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1956. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [7],8-223,[1]pp. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Tiny indentation at crown, contemporary owners ink name at upper margin of front pastedown, with a single, tiny spot to right edge of textblock; a fresh, Near Fine… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Small label of a Johannesburg bookstore, corner of front fly clipped, foxing on foredge encroaching a little on a few pages, very good in slightly spine-toned, near fine dustwrapper. The author's second collection of stories.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1956. Fifth Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 241 pages. Subjects; Nadine Gordimer. Short Stories.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1956. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A first edition of this collection of short stories from Nadine Gordimer. Including 'Face from Atlantis', 'My First Two Women', 'Happy Event' and more. In a cloth binding with paper-covered boards and original unclipped dustwrapper. Embossed facsimile of Gordimer's signature to front… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine+/Near Fine. First Printing (stated) of the author's second collection of stories to be published in the United States. Near Fine or better (slight soiling and toning to the spine) quarter cream linen cloth spine with green paper-covered boards and a rich green top stain, in a Near… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. First American Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original cloth-backed boards in decorative price-clipped dust jacket, green topstain; [8],241pp. Light wear to jacket extremities, else Near Fine. Signed bookplate laid in. South African author awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1991.

Viking Pr. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. The third published collection of Gordimer's short stories. A wunderkind, she had her first story at the age of fifteen; she would go on to win numerous literary prizes, including the Booker and the Nobel. Raised in a secular Jewish household, she was a prominent activist against apartheid, and some of her work was… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1956. 223 pages. Red cloth boards with gold lettering on the spine. The slightest of wear to the extremities, bump along the edge of the back board. Unclipped yellow matte dust jacket with purple and black lettering. Minor wear to the extremities, light age-toning. Spine has been previously taped. Has mylar covering.Spotting to page ends, inner boards,… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Octavo. Contemporary gift inscription on front pastedown with a tiny bookseller label on rear pastedown, tiny tear on corner of rear board, near fine in a price-clipped, very dust jacket with tiny chips at the foot of the spine, and moderate toning and soiling on… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. First edition. The third book, a collection of short stories from this winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991. A near fine copy with a small spot to the top edge in a near fine dust jacket that has some minor chipping at the spine ends.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Publisher's file copy, so marked in pencil on front fly and with inventory number in on front panel of the dust jacket else near fine. The author's second collection of stories.

SIX FEET OF THE COUNTRY, Simon & Schuster, 1956, first American edition, fine in just about fine dust-wrapper with some slight rubbing to the rear dust-wrapper panel. SIGNED by the author on a bookplate laid in.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 1st American Edition. c.1956. Hardcover. Cloth spine, paper backed boards. 8vo. 241pp. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Very mild wear, former owner's inscription on flyleaf in green ink, tiniest bit of chipping at dj spine-ends.