Search Results: A Child's Bestiary by John Gardner

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977 White cloth binding with a beautiful illustration of animals on a leaves background with black printing on the front cover and spine that is mirrored on the front and back of the dust jacket. No bumping or rubbing on the binding. The dust jacket has a small, 1/4", closed tear on the back top, and is encased in mylar which has a closed tear at the same place as the tear and a big chip in the plastic at the bottom of the back, else fine. 69 pages with b/w drawings, crisp, clean, unmarked and uncreased. Ex-library with typical markings. The binding is so good and tight it appears to be unread. A fine edition from a non-smoking household. We ship daily.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Lucy, Joel, Joan, and John Gardner. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Knopf, 1977. not stated . hard. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. ISBN: 0-394-83483-6. With additional poems by Lucy Gardner & EugeneRudzewicz. Gift note FEP. Photo at back of group drawings by author's family. very good, good+ price-clipped worn dj, brown cloth w/ green bds 69 pgs

New York: Knopf, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. With additional poems by Lucy Gardner and Eugene Rudzewicz. Drawings by Lucy, Joel, Joan and John Gardner. A children's book from the author of The Sunlight Dialogues, On Moral Fiction, and Grendel.

Knopf. later printing,@1977. hurt but Very Good/Very Good ex library hard cover. squarish 8vo,boards,69pp,illus Lucy,Joel,Joan and John Gardner. ex library in full dress with back end page torn out. light shelfwear. clean and tight. kids'.

NY: Knopf, (1977).. First edition.. 69 pp. Fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Library binding, but NOT an ex-library copy. Additional poems by Lucy Gardner and Eugene Rudzewicz with drawings by Lucy, Joel, Joan, and John Gardner.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. (1977). Additional poems by Lucy Gardner & Eugene Rudzewicz. Drawings by Lucy, Joel, Joan & John Gardner. Very Good in illustrated boards. Slight offsetting to front end papers. No DJ as issued. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 69 pages; Book and dust jacket are well taken care of. .

Knopf, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good ++. Transparent Purple Spot On Spine Of Jacket Over Title, Else Fine. Trust an experienced independent bookseller since 1988. Orders are shipped daily via USPS with delivery confirmation.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1977. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Additional poems by Lucy Gardner and Eugene Rudzewicz. Drawings by Lucy, Joel, Joan, and John Gardner. A crisp copy. 69pp.. Signed by Author. Later Printing.. Color Pictorial Boards. Nearly Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. With additional poems by Lucy Gardner & Eugene Rudzewicz. 48 line drawings by Lucy, Joel, Joan and John Gardner. 69 pages, clean and clear. Clean white endpapers. Library binding on pictorial boards. Bottom corners lightly bumped. VG+. First Edition. Illus. by Gardner, Lucy, Joel, Joan and John.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by John Gardner. Fine, appears unread. In a very near fine, price-intact dust jacket with slight darkening to spine. . SIGNED. Hard Cover. Fine/Near fine in mylar cover..

Knopf : distributed by Random House, 1977-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Additional poems by Lucy Gardner and Eugene Rudzewicz. Drawings by Lucy, Joel, Joan & John Gardner. Fine in slightly spine-toned near fine dustwrapper. Signed and inscribed by Gardner to the Delbanco family: "To the Delbancos with love, John Gardner." Gardner and acclaimed novelist and critic Delbanco first forged a friendship when Delbanco hosted Gardner during a reading tour at Bennington College in 1974. Delbanco ended up hiring Gardner for the English Department at the College. They and their families began a close professional and personal relationship in which each of the authors strove to critique the other's works in private and promote them in public, Gardner touting Delbanco as "one of the country's best novelists." Each acknowledged the contribution of the other in developing both their theories of literature and for specific elements of their respective works, whether it be Delbanco using Gardner's title… Read More