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Jonah: Available Copies

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Jonah
    by Nathan, Robert

    Hardcover
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    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company (1925)


    Seller: Ann Becker (Houston, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $10.00
    Shipping: $9.00
    TOTAL Cost: $19.00

Mod to heavy wear; corners bumped; soiling; 8vo 8"-9" tall.

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Jonah
    by Nathan, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: McBride (1925)


    Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA (Austin, MN, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $17.50
    Shipping: $4.95
    TOTAL Cost: $22.45

1st issue in black cloth.

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Jonah
    by Nathan, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Company, New York (1925)


    Seller: Book Booth (Berea, OH, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
    Book Price: $20.00
    Shipping: $4.50
    TOTAL Cost: $24.50

no dust jacket, covers have heavy wear, rubbing and loss of color, corners and ends of spine bumped, binding tight, 212 pages, fictionalized story of a man of God Size: 5.5 x 7.75

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Jonah.
    by Nathan, Robert.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: N.Y:McBride. 1925. Hardcover. (1925)


    Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books (Adrian, MI, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $15.00
    Shipping: $9.85
    TOTAL Cost: $24.85

1st. ed. v.g. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.

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Jonah
    by Nathan, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride, New York (1925)


    Seller: Possum Books (Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $20.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $26.00

In the binding of black cloth with green lettering, a bit faded at head and tail of spine. Dust jacket is worn, frayed, reinforced inside folds with tape. Size: 8vo

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Jonah
    by Nathan, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co., New York (1925)


    Seller: Banjo Booksellers, IOBA (Andover, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $20.00
    Shipping: $6.95
    TOTAL Cost: $26.95

First printing. In the first issue binding with yellow spine lettering. Light shelfwear. The boards are rubbed and faintly spotted. The spine is a bit sunned.The endpapers are mildly foxed. In a sound binding with hinges intact. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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Jonah
    by Nathan, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride, New York (1925)


    Seller: Possum Books (Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $30.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $36.00

In the black cloth with yellow lettering. Edges and joints nibbled by insects, else a very good copy in somewhat soiled and frayed dust jacket. Size: 8vo

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Jonah
    by Nathan,Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: NY:Mcbride, 1925, (1925)


    Seller: Juniper Point Books (Round Lake, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $33.00
    Shipping: $4.90
    TOTAL Cost: $37.90

FIRST EDITION, cloth, 212 pgs, DW chipped else VG+

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Jonah or the Withering Vine.
    by Nathan, Robert.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Knopf., New York. (1934)


    Seller: Zephyr Books (Reno, NV, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $32.50
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $38.50

A very good copy in a lightly soiled dustjacket with the spine somewhat darkened. Woodcuts by Boris Artzybasheff. sm8vo. 212 pp. Beige cloth, brown decorations.

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JONAH
    by NATHAN, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert McBride, NY (1925)


    Seller: Second Life Books, Inc. (Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $32.00
    Shipping: $7.50
    TOTAL Cost: $39.50

8vo, pp. 212. Owner's signature on flyleaf. VG in chipped and lightly soiled dj. A novel.

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Jonah
    by Nathan, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co., New York (1925)


    Seller: Banjo Booksellers, IOBA (Andover, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $35.00
    Shipping: $6.95
    TOTAL Cost: $41.95

First printing. In the second issue binding with gilt spine lettering. The spine is cocked. The front free endpaper is missing. The remaining endpapers are mildly foxed. The dust jacket is edgeworn, with chipped spine ends, including a bit of underside tape repair to the spine head. There is a smudge on the front panel. The bottom corner of the rear flap is clipped. The price, $2.00, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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Jonah: Or The Withering Vine
    by Nathan, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf ()


    Seller: ThriftBooksVintage (Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $45.00
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $45.00

Dust jacket in good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Sound binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Text free of markings; Dust jacket shows mild wear and is now housed in protective mylar for further preservation; Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1

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Jonah of the Withering Vine
    by Robert Nathan

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1934)


    Seller: David R. Smith - Bookseller (Ashby, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $45.00
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    TOTAL Cost: $45.00

bound in tan cloth, and wrapped in a good dust jacket. some rubbing on spine jacket, in protective mylar. A nice copy.

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Jonah, by Robert Nathan
    by Nathan, Robert (1894-1985)

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: New York, R. M. McBride & Company (1925)


    Seller: MW Books (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $46.00
    Shipping: Free!
    TOTAL Cost: $46.00

Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 212 pages; Description: 212 p. 20 cm. Subjects: Jonah, the prophet --Fiction. 1 Kg.

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Jonah, by Robert Nathan
    by Nathan, Robert (1894-1985)

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: New York, R. M. McBride & Company (1925)


    Seller: MW Books Ltd. (Galway, Ireland)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $33.15
    Shipping: $13.89
    TOTAL Cost: $47.04

Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 212 pages; Description: 212 p. 20 cm. Subjects: Jonah, the prophet --Fiction. 1 Kg.

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Jonah or the Withering Vine
    by NATHAN, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1934)


    Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books (Northampton, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $45.00
    Shipping: $10.00
    TOTAL Cost: $55.00

First Edition Thus, with new forward by the author. Boris Artzybasheff dustjacket art and illustrations. A new edition of one of Nathan's earlier novels that the publisher felt needed to be reprinted. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, minor edge wear and few nicks.

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Jonah.
    by Nathan, Robert.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: New York, R. M. McBride and Company (1925)


    Seller: Ocean Tango Books (North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $49.95
    Shipping: $5.50
    TOTAL Cost: $55.45

as pictured First edition first state with spine lettering printed in yellow Very good condition hard cover no dust jacket , faint bubble crease to front boards, faint tanning to endpapers gently read clean pages

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JONAH
    by Nathan, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: McBride (1925)


    Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979 (ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $44.08
    Shipping: $12.50
    TOTAL Cost: $56.58

JONAH, McBride, 1925, first edition, a vg/vg+ copy in a good to very good dust-wrapper with some chipping and soil. Most uncommon in dust-wrapper.

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JONAH [SIGNED]
    by Nathan, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co, New York (1925)


    Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (Rockville, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $60.00
    Shipping: $6.00
    TOTAL Cost: $66.00

Hardcover Octavo;VG/VG-; Author's signature before main title page; White spine, blue text; Boards strong, corners slightly bent; DJ has protective archival cover, shows light age tone with prominent open tears along corners and edges, center of spine is taped over with circular tear in the middle, part of front cover is taped over as well; Text block is age toned but clean, pages durable, text legible; pp 212. Shelve Hardcover Fiction. 1271528. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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Jonah
    by NATHAN, ROBERT.

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: New York: McBride, 1925 (1925)


    Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc (Newton, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $65.00
    Shipping: $9.00
    TOTAL Cost: $74.00

First Edition. Front endpaper roughly opened (leaving a ragged bottom edge), else near fine in dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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Jonah
    by Robert Nathan

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride and Company, New York (1925)


    Seller: Oshtemo Book Sellers (Chester, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $75.00
    Shipping: $3.99
    TOTAL Cost: $78.99

Book in VG condition, with bumped spine and modest tanning to end papers and paste downs as expected. Fine clear inscription to this presentation copy by author. Interior unmarked except for pencil notations on front paste down by a former bookseller. Jacket is VG bright price clipped and shows some wear to extremities, in tattered original glassine tissue. A very nice Nathan collectible. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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Jonah
    by NATHAN, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride and Co, New York (1925)


    Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books (Northampton, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $75.00
    Shipping: $10.00
    TOTAL Cost: $85.00

First Edition. "Jonah, at once the sensitive man and the austere prophet, overflowing with love and faith, yet helpless and rebellious before a greater power which he cannot encompass". Near Fine but for gift bookplate at front pastedown from Alfred Knopf Jr., in Very Good dustjacket, shallow nicks to edges.

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Jonah
    by NATHAN, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride and Co, New York (1925)


    Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books (Northampton, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $75.00
    Shipping: $10.00
    TOTAL Cost: $85.00

First Edition. "Jonah, at once the sensitive man and the austere prophet, overflowing with love and faith, yet helpless and rebellious before a greater power which he cannot encompass". Near Fine but for gift bookplate at front pastedown from Alfred Knopf Jr., in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow chips to edges.

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Jonah
    by Nathan, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride (1925)


    Seller: Chris Korczak, Bookseller, IOBA (Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $124.99
    Shipping: $3.99
    TOTAL Cost: $128.98

First Edition. First edition / printing. No jacket. Fading. Binding sound. Text clean and unmarked. Previous owner's signature. Front hinge starting. We try to note every flaw we can find, and we are quite picky, so buy with confidence! 100% guaranteed!

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Jonah
    by Nathan, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride, New York (1925)


    Seller: Fireproof Books (MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $125.00
    Shipping: $4.00
    TOTAL Cost: $129.00

212 pages. First edition, first printing. His fourth book. Story of the prophet Jonah. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with the spine very slightly soiled and light wear to the top and bottom of the spine. A beautiful copy!

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Jonah; or, The Withering Vine
    by NATHAN, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1934)


    Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books (Northampton, MA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $150.00
    Shipping: $10.00
    TOTAL Cost: $160.00

New Edition. Octavo. Decorated tan dust jacket, red top edge, wood engravings by Boris Artzybasheff, signed by author and illustrator at half title page. Very good dust jacket, spine darkened, light wear to edges, near fine overall, top edge slightly faded.

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JONAH
    by Nathan, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: Robert M. McBride, New York, NY (1925)


    Seller: Riverow Bookshop (Owego, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: unspecified
    Book Price: $175.00
    Shipping: $5.75
    TOTAL Cost: $180.75

New York, NY: Robert M. McBride. Very good condition-DJ soiled/Dust Jacket. 1925. 8vo., 212 pp. . Very good condition-DJ soiled/Dust Jacket

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Jonah
    by Nathan, Robert

    Hardcover
    ISBN:
    Publisher: McBride, NY (1925)


    Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB) (Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fine
    Book Price: $225.00
    Shipping: $4.30
    TOTAL Cost: $229.30

First printing. INSCRIBED TO HIS COUSIN BY NATHAN ON THE HALF TITLE PAGE. Fine in the scarce dust jacket chipped at head and foot of spine and with a jagged closed tear upper front panel.

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