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Waiting for the Barbarians – J. M. Coetzee
NF Early Print

Original price was: $35.00.Current price is: $28.00.

Near Fine First Paperback Edition, Early Printing. Please see below for more details.

2 in stock

SKU: 978-0143116929-1 Category: Tags: , , ,

Description

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, early printing paperback copy of Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee.  First US Edition stated, 2005 Viking. Tenth Printing with single number print line. Early print with no movie emblem.

The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on the spine with a scratch on the bottom, a tight binding with no spine cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection. Appears to be unread.

Waiting for the Barbarians, J. M. Coetzee’s third novel, which won the James Tate Black Memorial Prize, is an allegory of the war between oppressor and oppressed. The Magistrate is not simply a man living through a crisis of conscience in an obscure place in remote times; his situation is that of all men living in unbearable complicity with regimes that elevate their own survival above justice and decency.

Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.

Additional information

Weight 2 lbs
Dimensions 7.72 × 5.13 × 0.59 in