Isbn: 9780374237561 - the professor of desire (29 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. As a student in college, David Kepesh styles himself a rake among scholars, a scholar among rakes. Little does he realize how prophetic this motto will be--or how damning. For as Philip Roth follows Kepesh from the domesticity of childhood into the vast wilderness of erotic possibility, from a menage a trois in London to the throes of loneliness in New York, he creates a supremely intelligent, affecting, and often hilarious novel about the dilemma of pleasure: where we seek it; why we flee it; and how we struggle to make a truce between dignity and desire. Philip Roth is a great historian of modern eroticism. . . . He] speaks of a sexuality that questions itself; it is still hedonism, but it is problematic, wounded, ironic hedonism. His is the uncommon union of confession and irony. Infinitely vulnerable in his sincerity and infinitely elusive in his irony. --Milan Kundera A thoughtful . . . elegant novel. . . . A fine display of literary skills. --The New York Times Book Review.…

Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardbound. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo in dust jacket, 263 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red cl. w. gilt lettering & lines. Dj. in mylar 263pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1977. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. Owner's name on front endpage.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. Octavo. Hardcover. Light brown stained top page ends. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 263 pages; fading, shelf rubbing, and a minor tear on DJ. A couple of faint stains on the top exterior edge of textblock. Price stamp on front free endpaper. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Second Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-stained dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 263 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects; Kepesh, David (Fictitious character). College teachers Fiction. American fiction 20th century. London (England) Fiction. New York (N.Y.) Fiction. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Owner name and date on the front pastedown, a bit of bumping and sunning along the edges, topstain faded, about near fine in a lightly toned, near fine dust jacket with a few gentle bumps.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Topstain faded, binding slightly cocked with a small soil mark on the foredge, very good in a very good dust jacket with creases on the front flap, and light toning and rubbing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Bottom of the spine a little bumped, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with an internally repaired tear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. Second printing. Fine in near fine, lightly soiled, price-clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Cloth. First printing. A near fine book in a fine dust jacket. A tight copy, which has some slight spine slant. Dust jacket is clean and bright with price of $8.95 intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box. Smoke-free.…

dj. Hardcover. A novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel "American Pastoral." A misbound copy that is missing the first 26 pages and has several of the last groups of pages duplicated in the front. Otherwise a tight near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket with some tanning to the spine. Scarce like this.…

Zustand: Good. 8vo., 263 pp., Very Good, Red Cloth, Dust Jacket with staining, sun-fading, rubbing, & edge wear; minor stains on half title & edges of text block; shelf wear. First Edition.

Zustand: Good. 8vo., 263 pp., Very Good, Red Cloth, Dust Jacket with staining, sun-fading, rubbing, & edge wear; minor stains on edges of text block; shelf wear. First Edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Light foxing on foredge, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a slightly toned spine, and modest interior foxing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York. First edition. First printing. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean copy with price clipped on front flap of jacket. NOT book club edition. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector.

Zustand: Good. 8vo., 263 pp., Very Good, Red Cloth, Dust Jacket with staining, sun-fading, rubbing, & edge wear; minor stains on edges of text block; shelf wear. Mylar Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This copy is fine in a very near fine dust jacket (slight creasing to rear dust jacket inside the fold). First printing. An excellent copy.

First edition. 8vo, publisher's cloth. Fine in a near fine dj.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A novel.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York. (1977) First edition. First printing. An as new copy in a as new jacket. A clean, very tight copy with Caldor sticker on inside front flap. NOT book club edition. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Smoke-free shop.…

Zustand: Good. 8vo., 263 pp., Very Good, Red Cloth, Dust Jacket with staining, sun-fading, rubbing, & edge wear; minor stains on edges of text block; shelf wear. Mylar Jacket. First Edition.

First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Very Good plus in publisher's wrappers, with light foxing to the rear wrapper. The second Kepesh novel.