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Waiting for the Barbarians – J. M. Coetzee
VG 1st Paperback

Original price was: $45.00.Current price is: $36.00.

Very Good First Paperback Edition, Later Printing. Please see below for more details.

1 in stock

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Description

For sale: a Rare first edition, later printing paperback copy of Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee.  First Paperback Edition described, 1999 Penguin. Seventeenth Printing with partial number line, 20 19 18 17 and a $10.00 rear cover price.

The exterior of this paperback edition is in Very Good condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, mild surface wear, strong title on a square spine, a tight binding with one spine crack, rubbed spine edges and ends, mild edge wear and rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with 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.

Waiting for the Barbarians, J. M. Coetzee’s third novel 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 a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.

Additional information

Weight 0.4 lbs
Dimensions 7.7 × 5.1 × 0.5 in
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