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The Elixir: Available Copies
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The Elixir by Nathan, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: ()
Seller: Uncle Hugo's SF/Uncle Edgar's Mystery (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $4.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $10.00
Ex-library copy. Library rubber stamps and stickers; library card holder glued to the front endpaper. Jacket in mylar protector taped to the boards. Back board was exposed to moisture, resulting in wrinkling of outer board but not inner board, bleeding to the back cover of the jacket. Good reading copy.
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Seller: Visible Voice Books (Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $7.27
Shipping: $4.50
TOTAL Cost: $11.77
Knopf 1971 Hardcover with dust jacket. 1971 First edition. Mild stainingdebris general wear on dust jacket and interior boards. Interior text pages are in good condition. Blank page missing in beginning of book.
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The Elixir by Nathan, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1971)
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books (Skyway, WA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $10.00
Shipping: $4.60
TOTAL Cost: $14.60
Stated first edition. A letter "H" boldly ink-stamped on front flyleaf. Pale water spotting to upper page edges. Full cloth binding. 176pp. Jacket is rubbed and has a large chip from front panel. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
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Seller: Irish Booksellers (Portland, ME, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $15.97
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $15.97
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Seller: Irish Booksellers (Portland, ME, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $15.97
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $15.97
SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item.
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Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst) (South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $10.95
Shipping: $5.99
TOTAL Cost: $16.94
Green cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; mild wear and sun fading to edges; jacket is worn with small chips and tears at corners and spine ends; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; previous owner's name on free front endpaper; interior clean and unmarked; 176 pages.
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The Elixir by Nathan, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780394471754
Publisher: Knopf, NY (1971)
Seller: Old Book Surfer (Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $35.00
Shipping: $5.00
TOTAL Cost: $40.00
176 pgs., Nice clean copy, no marks or clips, in mylar protector Hardcover, 1st ed., 1971. Nathan's work has long been recognized in prose and poetry endeavors. Solid VG copy.
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The Elixir by NATHAN, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780394471754
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1971)
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $35.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $40.50
First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper. Hardcover has chipped spine ends, corners, 1 inch closed tear bottom front, smudged. 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.
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The Elixir by Robert Nathan
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780851270197
Publisher: David, Bruce and Watson (1983)
Seller: Books Written By (PBFA Member) (Northampton, NTH, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $6.40
Shipping: $36.00
TOTAL Cost: $42.40
Ex Library with stamps and inscriptions in ink up to and including the publishers page. Purple boards with gold lettering to the spine. Tape marks to inside boards. Lean to boards. Tipped in yellow. Spotting to the closed page edges. Glazed pictorial clipped dust wrapper. Minor shelf wear to the extremities and tanned to the inside. Now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. No further inscriptions, 177pp, clean pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request).
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The Elixir by Nathan, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: David Bruce & Watson ()
Seller: WeBuyBooks (Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $59.85
Shipping: $9.95
TOTAL Cost: $69.80
Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. First edition. Good condition book. Light wear and tape marks to dust jacket in plastic sleeve, but largely fine. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and stickers. A mild tan to the page edges. Contents clean and bright. A lovely copy.
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THE ELIXIR ,the E l i x i r by ROBERT NATHAN
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: DAVID BRUCE & WATSON, London (1973)
Seller: Instant Rare and Collectable (North Auckland, AD, New Zealand)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $77.00
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $77.00
collected uk edition,& with it's bill botten dustcover,BOOK; dark black weave boards are lovely and super clean.binding very square.a fully unread copy of this title.no insriptions.minor touch of foxing just on very outer pagends,otherwise book has super clean white un-marked pages'.DUSTJACKET; is very Very bright and clean & for this prone black background type cover'.just with the very slightess hint of rubb to pin point of corners,touch dulling to white bacground of photo rearpanel.dustjacket flap is not price clipped.most happy to forward scans on request',please check the thumbnail showing.'very Lovely copy of this first edition title'.a top collectors grade copy,here excellent in Bill Botten dustcover.PRICED TO SELL.a FREE Fast' AIR POSTAGE yes worldwide, is INCLUED IN PRICE.,plus our QUAILTY PACKAGING. Size: 8.0 By 6.0.fn
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