Search Results: The Elephant by Richard Rayner

Random House, Inc., 1992-02-25. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.1000 8.1900 5.5100.

Random House, Inc.. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. 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. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Random House, Inc, 1992-02-24. First American Edition. hardcover. Like New. 6x1x8. Stated first edition. Sticker residue on front of jacket The jacket is included but has some edge wear.

New York: Turtle Bay Books. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1992. First US Edition. Hardcover. 0679407251 .

NY: Turtle Bay, 1992. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Record # 4845

NY: Turtle Bay/Random. VG in VG DJ. (1991). 1st U.S. ed. Small chip missing DJ spine bot. Remainder mark. Comic novel about a boy raised by an unreliable father. .

Random House, 25-Feb-92. Hardcover.

Random House, Inc., February 1992. Hardcover. Used - Very Good.

NY: Random House Inc. 1992. The son of a British undertaker tells of his painful relationship with his father, in a coming-of-age story about lying, cheating, stealing, sexual hysteria, and the truth in provincial northern England during the sixties. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very light dust soiling top page edges in DJ with edge wear and small closed tears at spine ends a small chip top edge rear panel at spine. ref13

London: Jonathan Cape , (1991).. First edition. . Fine in fine dust jacket. His second book.

Random House, Inc, 1992-02-25. Hardcover. Used:Good.

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679407251 . Signed by Rayner on the title page. A spot of rubbing to the front board. In this novel, a womanizer employed as an undertaker in the North England city of Bradford, embezzles a sizable amount of money in empty coffins, fakes his own death and returns home 16 years later to the astonishment of his grown son. By the author of the true crime memoir, The Blue Suit. ; 289 pages; Signed by Author .

NY: Turtle Bay Books. (1991). Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good.

New York: Turtle Bay, 1992. Softcover. Fine. Advanced. Readers. Fine in wrappers. 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.

New York: Turtle Bay Books / Random House, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Boards very faintly foxed, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small stain on rear panel, lightly toned spine and a few small chips and tears. A darkly comic coming-of-age novel about a son and his prodigal father.

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0224030051 . SIGNED and inscribed by Rayner in black ink on the full title page. Inscription reads "To Rolland with many thanks for his admiration of this strange book about my dad. Richard Rayner." Author's second book. Photocopy of a review of the book laid in. From the collection of noted collector Rolland Comstock whose personal library numbered 100,000 First Editions. Rayner's signature guaranteed authentic. We have Comstock's written correspondence with authors. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pages; Signed by Author .

picador. octavo paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good. 1991. First Edition. Softcover. 0224030981 . Uncorrected Bound Proofs. The Elephant is about "George Gershwin and the Beatles and a bonfire on a beach. About sleeping in coffins Tetley bittermen, the evil Schenk, a jar of pickled birds, cycling to Blackpool....and oops, there goes another bouncer." Brown spots on front cover and edge. Ships same or next business day. ; Signed by Author .

New York:: Turtle Bay Books,, 1991.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First US printing. Author's highly praised second novel, described as a "wonderfully written, vividly described, hilariously tragic and almost elegiac memorial to a childhood dominated by an unreliable father." SIGNED on the title page by the author, and uncommon thus.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author.