The Favourite Game
by Cohen, Leonard
This warm and lyrical semi-autobiographical first novel by singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen charts the coming of age of Lawrence Breavman, the only son of a Jewish Montreal family.'Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the world is made flesh.'Lawrence Breavman seeks two things: love and beauty. Beginning with the innocent games of delicious misadventure with first love Lisa and the absorbing wanders through Montreal with best friend Krantz, Breavman's tale is a distant echo of 'Catcher in the Rye' and 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' – injected with 1960s aesthetics and Cohen's unique poetry. As Breavman grows into a young man, the emerging writer continues his quest for beauty and love, finding himself in the arms of Shell and a burgeoning realisation of his own talent for appreciating majesty in the grotesque. Semi-autobiographical, the angst and beauty of Cohen's voice deftly channel the painful confusion of the journey into adulthood, and the friendships, wars and lovers that are our guides.
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The Favourite Game
by COHEN, Leonard
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- 1963
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London: Martin Secker & Warburg, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Good. 223 p. 20.5 cm. Green hardcover in mylar-covered dustjacket designed by Barry Trengove. Some soiling to jacket and small chips to spine ends. Light foxing to text block edge.
Better known as a singer, songwriter, musician and poet, Leonard Cohen also published novels exploring… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Favourite Game.
by Cohen, Leonard
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1963. First printing of this edition of the author's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To John Abbott all the best Leonard Cohen London 1988." Near fine in an near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Barry Hall. "Is there any Canadian novel as compelling… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1963. 223 pp. Octavo. Original green cloth with silver lettering on spine. Illustrated dustjacket which is not price clipped. A very small amount of fading on the spine. Very slightly soiled otherwise in very nice condition. Text block is clean and square. A very nice copy of the UK first edition.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Favourite Game
by Cohen, Leonard
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Campbell River, British Columbia, CAN
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1970. New Canadian Library N73. A very nice copy with interiors lightly tanned and unmarked. Cover shows only light shelfwear. Spine is uncreased. A very nice copy.. 3rd Paperback Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Item Price
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada : McClelland & Stewart, 1994. Paperback. Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. With Two Creases On Back Cover. Otherwise Barely Read. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ New Canadian Library In This Unforgettable Novel, Leonard Cohen Boldly Etches… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Leonard Cohen
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Panther, UK, 1973. Paperback. Book Condition: Good. Moderate reading wear. Clean interior.. Item Price
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The Favourite Game.
by Cohen, Leonard
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London: Black Spring Press, 1996. Later printing of Cohen's classic novel . Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Leonard Cohen on the half-title page with his "Order of the Unified Heart" stamp below. In fine condition. Illustration by David Wood. "Is there any Canadian novel as compelling and as good as at capturing youthful anxieties as J. D. Salinger's… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Leonard Cohen
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Tight, clean and unmarked-" In this unforgettable novel, Leonard Cohen boldly etches the youth and early manhood of Lawrence Breavman, the only son of an old Jewish family in Montreal. Life for Breavman is made up of dazzling colour a series of motion pictures fed through a high-speed projector: the half-understood death of his father; the adult games of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Favourite Game
by Cohen, Leonard
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Sacramento, California, USA
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Secker & Warburg, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket (price intact) with a closed tear at the top of the front panel and a touch of wear at the top of the spine. An excellent copy of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Favourite Game
by Cohen, Leonard
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The Favourite Game
by Cohen, Leonard
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Black Spring Press Ltd. Near Fine. 1994. Softcover. 0948238208 . Very light scratching to covers. Some toning to paper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pp . Item Price
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The Favourite Game
by Cohen, James Ed.; Cohen, Leonard
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New Canadian Library, 1970. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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The Favourite Game
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Soft cover. Near Fine. 16mo. The New Canadian Library Series. Paperback. 239pp. Light rubbing to edges and extremities, o/w near fine. "The Favourite Game is a shrewd appraisal of the human comedy, where 'the favourite game' is love. Item Price
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The Favourite Game
by COHEN Leonard
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St Albans: Panther, 1973 (500 gram rate) small nicks from for edge of front wrapper, slight bow to book, aged paper stock but still clean tidy copy, first thus paperback edition, 219pp + adverts. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Item Price
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The Favourite Game
by Cohen, Leonard
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London: Secker & Warburg 1963, 1st British printing. (Hardcover) 223pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Green boards. A previous owner's name on the front endpaper, the half-title page is creased, and the edges are lightly soiled. (Fiction, Canadian). Item Price
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Favourite Game
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The Favourite Game ; Beautiful Losers
by Cohen, Leonard
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- 2009
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Tokyo, JPN
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US: McClelland & Stewart, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Leonard Cohen?fs two classic novels now available together in this collector?fs edition. This beautifully designed collector?fs hardcover edition brings together Leonard Cohen?fs acclaimed novels… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Favourite Game
by Cohen, Leonard
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Hamilton, Ontario, CAN
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Secker & Warburg. First Edition. HARDCOVER. Very Good/Very Good. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! British first edition, first printing. Jacket is in Very Good… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Favourite Game (New Canadian Library)
by Cohen, Leonard
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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McClelland & Stewart, 1994. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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The Favourite Game.
by Cohen, Leonard.
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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London: Secker & Warburg.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First British edition & 'true' first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Writer Larry McMurtry's copy with his 'spur' bookplate on front paste-down. Author's FIRST novel with a significant association. ; 5 1/2" X 8"; 223 pages . Item Price
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