New York: Doubleday, 1950. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1950. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 325 pp., clean unmarked text, Good copy in Good dust jacket, two marker swipes on the front flyleaf, staple-ghosts to the first few pages, a bit of rubbing or bumping to the tips of the.....
Amsterdam: Dumont Buchverlag, 2013. First edition thus. Hardcover. 2013. First edition thus. Hardcover, 8vo. in dust jacket. German language. NEW, in plastic.
Frankfurt: Dumont Buchverlag Gmbh, 2013. First edition thus. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo with brown cloth board in a dust jacket. Book is in New condition and is still in the shrink wrap.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First printing. Hardcover. Signed by Cheever on the front flyleaf. First edition, 1969. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 245 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket, some age-toning to the dust jacket, dust jacket with minor wear including creasing.....
Thorndike, MN: Thorndike, 1993. First large print. Hardcover. From the estate of John and Mary Cheever -- no ownership marks but with a folded piece of Cheever's letterhead laid in. 1993. First large print edition. Hardcover, 8vo., 293 pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Light foxing to edges of text-block.....
Moscow: Tekct, 2008. First edition thus. Hardcover. John Cheever's own copy of his book "Falconer" in Russian translation--no ownership marks but with a folded sheet of Cheever's Boston letterhead loosely inserted. First Russian edition, 2008. Hardcover, 221 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, no dust jacket. Text in Italian.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. First printing. Black cloth boards in dust jacket, 211pp.
Provenance: purchased from a scout who attended the estate sale a few years ago at the Cheever house in Ossining, NY. 25 letters, funny, personal, warm, gossipy and literary. With original envelopes. All no more than a page in length, detailing life for Cheever at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood.....
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1957. Later printing. Hardcover. John Cheever's own copy of his book--no ownership marks but with a folded sheet of Cheever's Boston letterhead loosely inserted. Fourth British printing, 1957. Cloth hardcover, 301 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, age-toning to the pages and page-edges, light rubbing.....
New York: Random House, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. 1943, First Edition. Hardcover, red cloth. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Sound binding; unmarked contents; light fading to the blue topstain; mild discoloration to the foredge of the text-block; gutters browned (as usual); faint spotting to the cloth. The.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Later printing. Hardcover. John Cheever's own copy of his book--no ownership marks but with a folded sheet of Cheever's Boston letterhead loosely inserted. Seventh printing, 1978. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 174 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Very Good price-clipped dust.....
Concord: The Hound & Horn, 1932. First printing. Paperback. John Cheever's own copy of this literary magazine featuring his early story "Bock Beer and Bermuda Onions" (which was published when he was just 20-years old)--no real ownership marks but with a folded sheet of Cheever's Boston letterhead loosely inserted and.....
Milan: Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore, 2013. First edition thus. Paperback. "From the estate of John and Mary Cheever -- no ownership marks but with a folded piece of Cheever's letterhead laid in. 2013. First ""Universale Econimica"" edition. Paperback, 8vo., 196 pp. Near fine. Light bumping to top right corner of front.....
Buenos Aires: Emece Editores, 2006. First edition thus. Hardcover. John or Mary Cheever's own copy--no ownership marks but with a folded sheet of Cheever's Boston letterhead loosely inserted. Volume one only. First Spanish language edition, 2006. Softcover, 520 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, a bit of age-toning and.....
Milano: Garzanti, 1970. First edition thus. Hardcover. John Cheever's own copy of his book "Bullet Park" in Italian translation--no ownership marks but with a folded sheet of Cheever's Boston letterhead loosely inserted. First Italian edition, 1970. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 283 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in.....
Barcelona: RBA, 2013. First edition thus. Hardcover. 2013. First edition thus. Hardcover, 8vo. in dust jacket. 298pp. text in Spanish. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light edge wear to dj, edges toned. Internally unmarked.
Barcelona: RBA, 2013. First edition thus. Hardcover. John or Mary Cheever's own copy--no ownership marks but with a folded sheet of Cheever's Boston letterhead loosely inserted. First Spanish edition, 2013. Hardcover in dust jacket, 298 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed.....
Berkeley: Volk & Welt, 1991. First edition thus. Hardcover. From the estate of John and Mary Cheever -- no ownership marks but with a folded piece of Cheever's letterhead laid in. 1991. First edition thus. Hardcover, 8vo., 129 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. DJ is housed in a protective.....
Koln: DuMont Buchverlag, 2009. Second printing. Hardcover. John or Mary Cheever's own copy--no ownership marks but with a folded sheet of Cheever's Boston letterhead loosely inserted. Second German printing ("Zweite Auflage"), 2009. Hardcover in dust jacket, 348 pp., clean unmarked text, Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed.....
Koln: DuMont Buchverlag, 2013. First edition thus. Paperback. From the estate of John and Mary Cheever -- no ownership marks but with a folded piece of Cheever's letterhead laid in. 2013. First edition thus. Paperback, 8vo., 224 pp. Near fine. Contents bright, clean and unmarked. Text in German. The letterhead.....
Koln: DuMont Buchverlag, 2011. First edition thus. Hardcover. John or Mary Cheever's own copy--no ownership marks but with a folded sheet of Cheever's Boston letterhead loosely inserted. First German edition, 2011. Hardcover in dust jacket, 254 pp., clean unmarked text, Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in.....
Boston: Brewer and Tileston, 1873. Hardcover. Cloth backed pictorial boards, good copy with shelfwear and rubbing to binding, light wear to spine cloth, contents good or better, inner hinges repaired. With signature of Fred L. Cheever, Philipps School, Room No. 4, 1875. John Cheever's father, Frederick Lincoln Cheever (1865-1945) became.....
Fairfield, CT: Clark, c. 1960. letter. Typed note from Eleanor Clark to John Cheever, simply signed 'E'. No date, c. 1960. Single sheet of stationery with Fairfield, Connecticut address of Clark and her husband Robert Penn Warren. The note offers directions to their house, and Clark has added, in ink.....
Hersey, 1965. letter. 5 line ALS from John Hersey to Mary Cheever, John Cheever's wife. 1965. Single sheet of Hersey's stationery, folded twice. The letter reads, 'Dear Mary, I promised to send this along for that scrap book John won't let you keep. He is a great man and will.....
Ithaca: Center For International Studies, 1985. Paperback. Paperback octavo in Very Good + condition. Book is in Very Good + condition with toning and foxing to the text block and wear to edges otherwise binding is tight and pages are clean, bright and unmarked.