A Shooting Star

New York: Viking Press, 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. First Published in 1961 by the Viking Press stated, no additional printings; 8vo, black cloth spine, blue paper boards; vg- (cocked; spine ends bumped and worn, spine head faded; corners worn; waterstains to dyed top edge, affects top edges of pages, esp front eps and last one… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 1961. First Edition. Octavo. 433p. The story of Sabrina Castro, a wealthy and attractive California wife with a strong New England heritage, married to a society physician who no longer offers fulfillment for her dreams. The author has brought Sabrina to life which she will always be remembered by those who have come to know her… Read more about this item

Advance Edition; A Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. This is the advance edition, stamped on the front board and with a limitation page stating one of 750 copies, also with a laid in slip from the publisher promoting the book; this edition has a different jacket design than the first edition (that dust jacket is black); a… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. [9], 3-433, [5] pp. Blue and black patterned paper covered boards quarter bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine; blue-green topstain. Price of $5.00 on front flap of dust jacket. Minor fading to the topstain and a touch of… Read more about this item

8vo. New York: Viking Press, 1961. 8vo, 433 pp. Original red paper boards; a near fine copy in a very good dust-jacket with blank flaps as issued, a little rubbed and with light wear and one or two small chips to the top edge but presenting nicely. § Limited "Advance Edition," 1 of 750 signed copies. … Read more about this item

The Viking Press, 1961. Very good hardcover with very good dust jacket. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition/First Printing. Not Price Clipped. Minor Edge Wear To The Jacket With One Very Short Tear On The Back. Former Owner Signature And Purchase Date On The Front Pastedown Under Flap.

New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First Edition. First printing Very near fine in 1/4 black and decorated blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the upper edge of the spine is faded and there is a prior owner's book plate on the font paste down. In a very good- unclipped… Read more about this item

Heinemann, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. First Edition. 464 pages. Colour photographic dust jacket over black cloth. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and mild tanning to text block edges. Boards have minimal rubbing and mild bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket with visible edge… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Advanced Edition limited to 750 copies. Fine in a Very Good jacket, chipped at the top edge, a few spots of rubbing and closed tears. Red paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain,… Read more about this item

NY: Viking. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Red hardcover/gilt, red topstain. Advance edition stated; limited to 750 copies. Spine ends softened else tight and square, appears unread. The DJ in mylar has slight edgewear, closed 1" tear to rear panel, slight rubbing/soil. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: The Viking Press, 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, advance issue limited to 750 copies for friends of the author and the publishers. Octavo. 438pp. Red paper-covered boards stamped in gold. Owner's small ink stamp on front flyleaf, else a fine copy in near fine advance issue dust jacket with a quarter-inch rubbed spot at… Read more about this item

The Viking Press, 1961. Very Good Hardcover, no dustjacket, previous owner's inscription. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover.

New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First Edition. First printing Near fine with an overerly wide cloth spine giving the upper quarter of the spine a bit of a waved appearance. In a very good+ dust jacket with the spine ends lightly worn and flecked and with a 1/4" closed tear in the rear panel at the flap… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 6". None. A very smart first edition of this absorbing novel from American writer Wallace Stegner. First edition. The story of Sabrina Castro, a wealthy and attractive California wife, marries to a society physician who no longer offers fulfillment of… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. Foot of the spine sunned, else a fine, bright copy in lightly rubbed near fine dust jacket, with extremities of jacket lightly rubbed.

NY: Viking, 1961. First edition, second printing before publication. Blue topstain lightly rubbed; dustjacket with minor edgewear, mostly at the spine ends and corners, and toning on the flap folds and flaps' topedges, front flap corner tip clipped but printed price fully present. A tight, bright and clean copy. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1961. 464pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Black boards lightly bumped, a blind-stamped publisher's device on rear board. Original seller's sticker affixed to front pastedown, textblock edges mildly flecked. Illustrated dustjacket price-clipped, and lightly edgeworn, plus random flecks on plain foredge folds. First U.K. edition of a story of moral disintegration, in which Sabrina… Read more about this item

New York: Viking. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 433 pages; Light rubbing and wear to jacket. Remnants of a sticker being removed on inside front flap. No loss of wording. .

New York: The Viking Press, 1961. Hardcover. First Edition ('First and Second Printing Before Publication'). 5.5 x 8.5in. 433pp. Publisher's quarter cloth over paper-covered boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows light rubbing at the foot of the spine, a small bookstore number on the front endpaper, else… Read more about this item