A Commencement Address

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The 1954 1st edition in book form of Alistair Cooke's commencement address at Smith College in Northampton. MA on June 7, 1954. SIGNED BY ALISTAIR COOKE on thre front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot. Near Fine in its stiff boards and in a bright, Near Fine decorative dustjacket.… Read more about this item

1954. COOKE, Alistair. A COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. An address delivered before the Smith College graduating class of 1954. 8vo., off-white printed wraps, stamped in black & red. First Edition. Signed by Cooke on front endpaper. From the library of American author Anita Loos, with her red estate stamp on the front endpaper. Very Good… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. 1st Edition. 30p., dj over the original stiff wrappers. Text of his commence address to the graduates of Smith College at Northampton, Massachusetts on 7 June 1954.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Fine condition in Very Good+ dust jacket. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. "First Edition" is so stated. Text of the address given before the graduating class of Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, on June 7, 1954. Stiff, plain… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. 30 pp, 8 7/16" H. Stapled in heavy card covers with dust jacket patterned in red and black. "This address was given before the Smith College graduating class at Northampton, Massachusetts, on June 7, 1954. The las part includes some things I had said two years before to honor students of… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Plain cardboard covers, stapled through fold, 2-color printed dust jacket, [iv], 30, [2] pp. Tail of spine and top corner bumped. DJ spine browned & ends slightly chipped; in Brodart arcihval cover. This is the text of an address delivered… Read more about this item

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Stated First edition; 8vo.; stiff cardboard wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 30 pages; a very good clean tight copy in an edgeworn dust jacket.

New York: Knopf Cardboard covers: 12mo.,30pp. Nice d/j with two shallow chips top edge, else V.Good+ in V.Good d/j.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Paperback. 8vo. Blank heavy card stock, pictorial dust jacket. 30pp. Near fine/near fine. A tight and handsome first edition of Cooke's comments before the Smith College graduating class of 1954, delivered at Northampton, Massachusetts, on 7 June 1954. Rather uncommon.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/Very Good. 30 pages, cardboard covers with dust jacket. Record # 402390

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. 13 x 21 cm. Cooke uses good humor to deliver stern message. ""Good luck have thou with thine honor, and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things."" Stiff-backed paper booklet, 10 cm. tear in spine, very good. . Catalogs: Literature/Philosophy.