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Published by Random House Inc, 2009
ISBN 10: 1590173244ISBN 13: 9781590173244
Seller: Magers and Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Like New. May have light shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages. paperback.
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Published by Edizioni Clichy, 2024
Seller: libreriauniversitaria.it, Occhiobello, RO, Italy
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Published by Counterpoint, Berkeley, 2014
Seller: Ed Smith Books, ABAA, Bainbridge Island, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: A fine copy in dust jacket. First edition. Don Carpenter was one of the finest novelists in the West. His first novel, A Hard Rain Falling, published in 1966, has been championed by Richard Price, and George Pelecanos called it "a masterpiece . . . the definitive juvenile-delinquency novel and a damning indictment of our criminal justice system." His novel A Couple of Comedians is thought by some the best novel about Hollywood ever written. Fridays at Enrico's is the story of four writers living in Northern California and Portland during the early, heady days of the Beat scene, a time of youth and opportunity. This story mixes the excitement of beginning with the melancholy of ambition, often thwarted and never satisfied. Loss of innocence is only the first price you pay. These are people, men and women, tender with expectation, at risk and in love. Carpenter also carefully draws a portrait of these two remarkable places, San Francisco and Portland, in the '50s and early '60s, when writers and bohemians were busy creating the groundwork for what came to be the counterculture. 326 pages, 1950s, 1960s.
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co., 1971
ISBN 10: 0525113304ISBN 13: 9780525113300
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Green cloth boards under white DJ, 8vo, 223 pp. Very slight slant, very minor toning to DJ spine panel. DJ price of $5.95 intact, 2nd printing. The fourth novel from the author of "Hard Rain Falling.
Published by Ballentine, 1987
Seller: Books 4 Ewe, York, SC, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter. First Ballantine mass market paperback edition, first printing. . Don Carpenter s first book published in 1966 and perhaps the novel for which he is most well know. His novels were not read, at the time, by wide audiences and to support himself he wrote screenplays in Hollywood including the Rip Torn Film, Payday which was filmed in 1972. Carpenter s books depicted the seedy, marginal characters, such as pool sharks, criminals, drug dealers, and taken from his time in Hollywood, movie moguls. Critics and writers alike, praised his work and he was best friends with fellow writer Richard Brautigan, who tragically took his own life in 1984. Eerily, Carpenter would himself, commit suicide after facing increasing illness and debilitating health issues in 1995. . More recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in his body of work and most notably, this novel, his first. . . Ballantine April, 1987 . . #hardrainfalling #doncarpenter #richardbrautigan #themurderoffrogs #discoverbooks #booksandcoffee #bookstore #booklover #bookslover #bookstagramfeature #booksheves #bookstack #booksofig #bookshelf #bookstagramer #bookstagram #books #reading #bibliophile #bookaddict #booklife #booknerd #booknerdigans #bookcollection #rarebooks #novels #bookporn #bookstore #instabook #instabooks.
Published by Arthur Barker, London, 1966
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First UK Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition. Jacket is slightly marked and tanned, with minor wear; discreet taped repair to nick on underside of spine foot; abrasion on front inner flap, obscuring note on jacket design, but not affecting price (25s); the whole now fitted with removable plastic protection. Minor foxing on tanned page block and on two or three early and late pages. Interior otherwise clean, and pages in very good condition for age. TS. Used.
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd, London, 1966
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Botten, Brian (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition. Originally published in the US by Harcourt, Brace, & World in 1966. Boards have slight edge rubbing and light discolouration but are otherwise unmarked. Page edges are quite heavily browned with a little spotting and the browning is uneven because of different paper stock being used. Pages are lightly browned but are otherwise unmarked. Jacket is yellowed and has some rubbing to edges and corners with a little surface wear at the top and bottom of the spine. Jacket design by Brian Botten. First printing. Publishers' flyer for another book still laid in.
Published by Harcourt, Brace, & World, 1966
Seller: Normals Books & Records, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated first edition Octavo in gray cloth. Black print on spine. Top textblock stained red. In brick red endpapers. Slight cock to spine. Interior unmarked. In very good unclipped jacket with original $5.95 price. Slight chip to top right of front cover corner. A 1/4 tear at bottom center of front cover with horizontal crease along bottom. Some light spotting to top of spine. An incredible literary debut.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Uncommon proof/advance copy of Don Carpenter's debut novel. Signature-bound in tan wraps, printed on front and rear covers only (spine blank). 8.5 x 5.75 in. 308pp. Forward cocking, scalloping, and some reading creases to spine; binding remains secure and unproblematic. Splash-soiling to front cover and bottom corner of the first half-dozen leaves. Toning to textblock edges. Altogether an about very good copy.
Published by Harcourt Brace & World,, New York, 1966
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The scarce First Edition of Carpenter's First Book. A trace of dustiness to the spine, mild wear to the page edges, else a clean copy in a bright price-clipped jacket with minor rubbing. A nice example! ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 308 pages.
Published by Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, New York, 1966
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First edition of Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, 308pp. Gray cloth, title stamped in black on spine. Red endpapers. Top edge stained red. Stated "First edition" on copyright page. Top edge of front cover bumped near spine. Light foxing to fore edge. Clean text, no marks or notations. In publisher's near fine dust jacket with illustration of the author on back panel, retail price $5.95 on front flap, light shelf wear, toning to spine. A nice copy of the author's first novel.
Published by Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, New York, 1966
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1966. First Edition. Octavo. 308 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price present. Gray boards stamped in black; red topstain. Dust jacket rubbed along edges with a couple short closed tears along top edge; some mild smudging to front and edges. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A near fine copy in a very good or better jacket of Carpenter's highly lauded debut.
Published by Harcourt Brace & World,, 1966
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition, stated on the copyright page. Top edge stained red. Minimal wear to the jacket. Pages are tanning but clean.
Published by Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, New York, 1966
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. First edition. [vi], 308 pp. Bound in publisher's gray cloth with black and red stamping. Slight lean to spine, else Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with sunning to red on spine panel, unclipped ($5.95) A very bright, clean copy of a gritty novel set in Portland, Oregon.
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1966
Seller: The Great Catsby's Rare Books, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Scarce advance reader copy preceding first edition. A nice copy showing little signs of handling in very near fine condition. A great example for the discerning collector. Octavo, yellow wraps, 308 pages. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box.
Published by Harcourt Brace & World Inc., 1966
Seller: Ivy Ridge Books/Scott Cranin, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book Signed
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Uncorrected Proof. Inscribed on the half title page " for D.M.A., writer, love & splendor Don Carpenter" This paperback uncorrected proof has light cover wear and a few spots on the cover and paper edges. The spine shows that the book was read. In a mylar sleeve. An uncommon signature, supposed to be an amazing book. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011. Signed by Author.
Published by Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, New York, 1966
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Books signed by Carpenter are rare. Don Carpenterâs Hard Rain Falling is a tough-as-nails account of being down and out, but never down for goodâ"a Dostoyevskian tale of crime, punishment, and the pursuit of an ever-elusive redemption. âHard Rain Falling is a unique read; violent, tender, inexorable, and melancholic; a beat-era book of disaffected young men devoid of On the Road euphoria but more poignant and gripping for its fatalistic grounding. The small lives contained herein are indelible" (Richard Price).