Giles Goat-Boy
by Barth, John
Giles Goat-Boy (or The Revised New Syllabus of George Giles our Grand Tutor) is a 1966 novel written by John Barth. It is a satire and allegory of the American campus culture of the time. A paperback edition was issued in Garden City, N.Y. by Anchor Books in 1987 with ISBN 0-385-24086-4 . It is centered on the hero, George Giles, and his rise from farm animal to Grand Tutor of the New Tammany College. His quest is singularly to be a hero, but the tale is a multifaceted one of his becoming.
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Giles Goat-Boy
by BARTH, John
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- Used - Fine
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$421.38
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in fine slipcase with slightest rubbing. Copy number 238 of 250 numbered copies Signed by the author. Item Price
NZ$421.38
Giles Goat-Boy (or, The Revised New Syllabus)
by Barth, John
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- Used
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
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Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$421.38
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New York: Doubleday, 1966. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Bound in full tan cloth. The spine is stamped in brown and gilt; the front panel in gilt and blind. Octavo. Tan endpapers. [xxxi] + 710pps. No dustjacket, as issued. The spine-panel is faintly sunned, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$421.38
Giles Goat-Boy
by BARTH, John
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$589.92
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Owner name on the front free endpaper, a few tiny, light spots, else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a bit of wear to spinal extremities and one short edge tear. This copy Signed by the author, and in the variant dustwrapper with the price in the lower corner… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$589.92
Giles Goat-Boy; The End of the Road; Lost in the Funhouse
by Barth, John
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- Used - Fair-
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
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- 1967
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- Mass Market Paperback
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- 1
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Boise, Idaho, USA
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NZ$20.43
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Fawcett, 1967. Later Printing . Mass Market Paperback. Fair-/No Jacket. This listing is for three titles by Barth, sold as a group at the list price. "Giles" is rough, will stand one more reading. Worn, age-darkened. "End of the Road" is better, trade paperback, unmarked, very light wear. "Funhouse" is rough, though not as bad as "Giles." Some… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$20.43
Giles Goat-boy
by John Barth
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1981
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780586052808
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Wellington, Auckland, NZL
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NZ$9.00
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Panther. Good. 120 x 180mm. Paperback. 1981. 816 pages. Text tanned.<br>Originally published: New York : Doubl eday, 1966 ; London : Secker & Warburg, 1967. . Item Price
NZ$9.00
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GILES GOAT-BOY
by JOHN BARTH
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good or better
- Edition
- First Edition UNKOWN PRINTING
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- 1966
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- Hardcover Cloth
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- 1
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Hudson, Florida, USA
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NZ$42.14
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Black cloth, gold lettering, a little missing on the Doubleday bottom spine, not much. Minor foxing(?) to top edge. Book has a very slight smudge bottom edge. Book is very clean no markings, very tight(unread) and square. The DJ is price intact, but has chipping along the edges main ones are bottom spine and top front near the spine(also a… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$42.14
Giles Goat-Boy
by Barth, John
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Troup , Texas, USA
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NZ$143.27
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United States: Doubleday & Co, 1966. Clean text. Gently read. Light toning to the text edges, some soiling to the bottom edge. No Edition statement to the copyright page and H18 code to the last page as required for the true 1st / 1st state. Black cloth boards / spine, gold & silver lettering. Dustcover not price clipped, has been… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$143.27
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Giles Goat-Boy (Signed)
by Barth, John
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- Used - Near Fine
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- near fine
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- First edition
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- 1966
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- Cloth
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- 1
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Avon, Connecticut, USA
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NZ$337.10
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo. Black clothbound book in dustwrapper. First trade edition, first printing of this 710 page novel. A most handsome near fine example in price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Please note that this title is one of the few exceptions to the publisher's normal… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$337.10
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Giles Goat-Boy; or, the revised new syllabus
by Barth, John
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- Used - Collectible Good
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1966
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- Cloth
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Pittsburg, Kansas, USA
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NZ$58.99
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. First Edition. Cloth. Collectible Good/fair. 8vo, pp. [5], vi-xxxi, [6], 740. First edition, "H18" on last page, identifying the first edition. Firm binding; no loose pages. Black cloth-covered boards with gold and silver accents; small stain on bottom edge. Some small stains to the boards; writing on front flyleaf and tanned pages. Dust jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$58.99
GILES GOAT-BOY
by Barth, John
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- Used
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- 1966
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Middletown, Maryland, USA
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NZ$101.13
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1966. First edition with "H18" on last page. "With compliments of Doubleday & Company, Inc." stamped on front pastedown. Very good or better in dust jacket with a faint small green spot and one long closed tear (mended on verso with tape) on front, some soiling on back panel and minor… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$101.13
Giles Goat-Boy
by John Barth
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- Like New
- Published
- 1966-06-01
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385043991
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- 1
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Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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NZ$198.80
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Doubleday, 1966-06-01. Hardcover. Like New. Signed by Author. Hardcover with Slipcase. LIMITED EDITION #207 OF 250 COPIES. SIGNED BY AUTHOR (name only...no inscription). Slipcase shows very minor shelving wear, Book is unblemished. No dust jacket.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Item Price
NZ$198.80
Giles Goat-Boy; Or, the Revised New Syllabus
by Barth, John
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- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$47.11
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New York: Doubleday. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Some wear to book and dustjacket. Price clipped. Now protected in a clear mylar cover. International orders may require additional postage. ; H40 code present on last page. . Item Price
NZ$47.11
Giles Goat-Boy
by Barth, John
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- Used - Very good+
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- Very Good-
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Published
- 1967
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Madison, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$210.69
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1967. 710pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering on the spine. Light wear to the panels, lighly bumped corners. Internally fine, unmarked. Price-clipped jacket (designed by Kenneth Reilly), has closed tears and a small chip on the spine edges, a 3/4" triangular chip on the rear panel(photo of John Barth). in mylar sleeve."George Giles is a boy raised… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$210.69
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Giles Goat-Boy
by BARTH, John
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$421.38
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in fine slipcase with slightest rubbing. Copy number 145 of 250 numbered copies Signed by the author. Item Price
NZ$421.38
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Giles goat-boy
by Barth, John
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- 1966
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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NZ$436.12
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Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, 1966. Edition limitedto 250 copies signed by Barth (this, no. 125); 8vo, pp. [2], xxxi, [1], 710; original beige cloth lettered in brown on spine, publisher's slipcase. A fine copy. Item Price
NZ$436.12
Giles Goat-Boy John Barth
by John Barth
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1966-06-01
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385043991
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Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA
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NZ$52.25
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Doubleday, 1966-06-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 1966 Doubleday hard cover - 1st edition later printing (H27) - some staining to dust jacket and page edge - some wear to edge of dust jacket - price clipped - note inside cover - minor sun fade to edge of cover - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy Item Price
NZ$52.25
Giles Goat Boy
by BARTH, John
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Hadley, Massachusetts, USA
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NZ$269.68
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Garden City: Doubleday. 1966. Signed by the author. A bit of bubbling to pastedowns; else fine in a near fine, mildly spine-sunned, near fine dust jacket. H18 code on last page of text. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Item Price
NZ$269.68
Giles Goat-Boy
by Barth, John
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1966
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- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Edison, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$10.11
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Doubleday and Company, 1966 Book is in nice condition with no markings. The DJ, though clean, has a long tear on the spine and a few chips missing. Last page has H48. Item Price
NZ$10.11
Giles Goat-Boy
by Barth, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
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NZ$88.49
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Edition not stated. H27 on page 710. Nicely inscribed (Difficult to make out the handwriting but it apperas to be: "For Niele + Eleod: "the best of the goat is the glory of God," (or something like that)" Note: The comment "or something like that" is Barth's) and SIGNED by the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Giles Goat-Boy; Or, the Revised New Syllabus
by Barth, John
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Published
- 1966
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$63.96
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New York: Doubleday. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Gently read with mild wear and small tears to dustjacket. Now protected in a clear mylar cover. ; H32 code present on last page. $6.95 price on dustjacket. ; 710 pages . Item Price
NZ$63.96
