Steps
by Kosinski, Jerzy
Jerzy Kosiński was an award-winning Polish-American novelist. His novel, Steps, was the 1969 winner of the National Book Awards. This novel is comprised of a series of loosely connected vignettes. The book is meant to be shocking and brought the author close to celebrity status after winning the award. Steps begins with the narrator going to a zoo to see an octopus that is slowly killing itself by consuming its own tentacles. The piece ends with the narrator discovering that a woman he’s picked up off the street is actually a man. While some of the vignettes are connected to each other, some are not, but all of them are marked by concrete prose and lucidity of the narrative. The book explores themes of horror, repression, alienation, isolation and anxiety.
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Steps
by Kosinski, Jerzy
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1969
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Walla Walla, Washington, USA
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Bantam Books, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 6x4x0. Thank you for supporting Earthlight Books and independent bookstores. Mass market paperback. Very good condition. Light shelf wear to covers and pages. Clean, tight binding. 1st Bantam Printing #N4719 Item Price
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by KOSINSKI, Jerzy
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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£449.02
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New York: Random House, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in spine-toned else about fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author in 1980 with a drawing, utilizing a full page. Item Price
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Steps
by Kosinski, Jerzy
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- Used - Very Good+
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- very near Fine
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- First edition
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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£62.86
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New York: Random House [1968], 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/very near Fine. 8vo. [11], 3-147, [3] pp. Quarter brown cloth over beige paper boards with gold lettering on the spine; orange topstain. Price of $4.95 on front flap of jacket. Winner of the National Book Award. Bookplate on the front pastedown and a touch of wear to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Steps
by jerzy kosinski
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- Very Good
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- first
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- 1968
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San Francisco, California, USA
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£17.96
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VG / VG 1968 Random House, first edition. Hardcover. Front board has a little stain (coffee?) splatter. Jacket is worn, but un-clipped and intact. Kosinski's second novel. Item Price
£17.96
Steps
by Jerzy Kosinski
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- As New
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- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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£93.68
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New York: Random House, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A mint copy of authors second novel. First Edition, first printing stated. in a fine, near mint jacket ($4.95) unclipped. Book has no marks, except orange stain at top of text block as published. An immaculate copy in a… Read more about this item Item Price
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STEPS.
by Kosinski, Jerzy.
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- Used - Near fine in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped, light edgewear and toning to the spine of the dj).
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- very good
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- (1968)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Ione, California, USA
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£28.17
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New York:: Random House,, (1968). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped, light edgewear and toning to the spine of the dj).. First printing. Second novel by this Polish-born author, best known for his powerful story of the horrors of World War II, 'The Painted Bird.' Winner of the National Book Award.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Steps - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Kosinski, Jerzy
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- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Summerville, South Carolina, USA
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£89.80
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New York: Random House. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A handsome first edition/first printing in Fine condition in about Fine, slightly soiled and rubbed dust-jacket; "Steps unfolds through a series of extraordinarily realistic scenes--immediate, vivid, often brutal--like the separate but integral elements in a Bosch painting or Goya's searing… Read more about this item Item Price
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by KOSINSKI, Jerzy
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- Fine
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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£489.84
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New York: Random House, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with slightest wear. Signed by the author on the title page. Author's second novel, winner of the National Book Award. Uncommon in this condition. Item Price
£489.84
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STEPS
by Kosinski, Jerzy
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- Used
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- Dust Jacket Included
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- 1st Edition
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Montreal, Quebec, CAN
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£40.82
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New York: Random House, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of the author's powerful second novel and winner of the National Book Award. A fine copy in 1/4 burgandy cloth over beige paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine bright, fresh dustwrapper with just a hint of… Read more about this item Item Price
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STEPS
by Kosinski, Jerzy
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- Used
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Published
- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Pomona, New York, USA
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£35.68
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New York: Random House. 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
£35.68
Steps
by Jerzy Kosinski
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1983
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- Hardcover
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Rochester, New York, USA
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£53.27
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Modern Library, 1983 About Fine / Fine. First Modern Library edition. Dust jacket design by R.D. Scudellari; woodcut by Stephen Alcorn. Unclipped dust jacket with $7.95 price intact. Likely unread copy. Dust jacket now wrapped in protective Brodart. No chips, tears or soiling to jacket.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Item Price
£53.27
Steps
by Kosinski, Jerzy
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Schenectady, New York, USA
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£39.19
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New York: Random House, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight softening to spine head, tiny indentation to top edge. A near fine copy in very good dustjacket with a slightly darkened spine panel and very mild chipping to edges. 1969 National Book Award winner. ; Octavo.
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Steps
by Kosinski, Jerzy
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1983-09
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394602097
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- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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£28.57
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Modern Library, 1983-09. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good Dust Jacket. 7x5x0. 1st printing of 1st Modern Library edition, September 1983, as stated and with no other printings listed (first edition THUS). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good+. Unclipped dust jacket (price of $7.95) has bit of wear to head and heel,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Steps
by Kosinski, Jerzy
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- NVG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1968
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- Paperback
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Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
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£35.92
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New York: Random, 1968. Book has light soiling thus very good. Dj has foxing edgewear thus near very good. Inscribed and dated by the Author on the front fep. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/NVG. Item Price
£35.92
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Steps
by Jerzy Kosinski
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- Used - Good
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- Good
- Published
- 1968
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Spring Branch, Texas, USA
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£15.51
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Withdrawn library with pictured flaws, jacket will be in mylar, 2nd printing Item Price
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Steps
by Kosinski, Jerzy
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1969
- ISBN
- 9780553047196
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Maplewood, Missouri, USA
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£4.90
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Bantam Books, 1969. Good mass market paperback, slight wear.. Mass Market Paper Back. Good. Item Price
£4.90
Steps
by Jerzy Kosinski
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- January 1983
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394602097
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- 1
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Pleasant Hill, California, USA
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£5.31
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Modern Library, January 1983. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Item Price
£5.31
STEPS
by Kosinski, Jerzy
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
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Pomona, New York, USA
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£112.36
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New York: Random House. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Small tear to jacket base at spine. Stated First Printing. Purchased from the NY estate of The Exorcist's Ellen Burstyn. ; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
£112.36
STEPS
by Jerzy Kosinski
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Pomona, New York, USA
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£126.50
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New York: Random House. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. First Printing stated. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
£126.50
STEPS
by Kosinski, Jerzy
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1968
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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£15.54
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STEPS, Random House, 1968, first edition, near fine in vg dust-wrapper with some slight wear. National Book Award winner. Item Price
£15.54
