Always the Young Strangers

by Sandburg, Carl

Born in 1878, Carl Sandburg grew with America. As a boy he played, studied, and matured in Galesburg, Illinois. Sandburg's reminiscence delivers a nostalgic view of small-town life and an invaluable perspective on American history. Index.

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New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, (1953). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 445p octavo, 1/600 numbered copies signed by Sandburg. This copy #230. Top edge spotted otherwise a fine copy in blue cloth,paper leabel without the slipcase.
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1953). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dustwrapper with some chips and tears. Later printing of the First Trade Edition of this autobiography but with a fine INSCRIPTION by Sandburg on the half-title page: "For Harold Taylor/our good friend who has/heard but not read the cen-/sored & omitted portions of/this… Read more about this item
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New York, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1952. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. An insider's portrait of small-town America & the early assimilation of immigrants therein, drawing on the author's personal recollections of growing up in Galesburg, Illinois. In 445 pages with Index, photo endpapers of family & community members. A First Edition,… Read more about this item
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Harcourt Brace & Company. Fine with no dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 0151207739 . Signed first edition as stated. This limited edition is signed by the author on limitation page and is number 404 of 600 total of which only 500 were for sale. Book is fine. Free of former owner writing or bookplates. Attractive well… Read more about this item
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NY: Harcourt Brace. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth with silver titles on dark green, green topstain. Presumed first edition or early printing. Inscribed to half title page by Carl Sandburg to Bob Thomas, famed Hollywood biographer; from Thomas' estate. Inscription dated 1961. Spine ends/points gently softened, spine faintly sunned,… Read more about this item
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953 Spine slightly faded, very solid book, the story of his life in the small town where he was born, of his family, of his friends and neighbors - Sandburg gives insight into life in America and how ingrained in himself.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company [1953], 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large 8vo. [16], 15-445, [3] pp. Navy cloth with a paper label printed in black on the spine; blue topstain, housed in a blue-grey slipcase with a paper label printed in navy. Green endpapers and pastedowns with illustrative photographs. Lacks the acetate dustwrapper. Signed by… Read more about this item
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 445pp. Pictorial endpapers. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with tiny chips at head of spine, which is faintly sunned. A tight, handsome later printing of this evocative memoir of the Illinois poet and Lincoln biographer's early years in and around small… Read more about this item
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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1953. Very good plus in very good jacket.. Signed later printing of Sandburg's autobiographical account of his childhood in Galesburg, IL, inscribed to two booksellers. This copy is inscribed to Lillian Bos and Harry Dicken Ross, early 20th-century San Francisco bohemian scene booksellers and authors of THE BIG SUR TRILOGY. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original… Read more about this item
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 24 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. 445pp. Navy cloth, spine label. Limited to 600 copies signed by Sandburg and printed on rag paper of which this is copy 479. Photograph endpapers. Light tape residue to limitation page. Lacking the slipcase and jacket.
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. Hardcover. Fine/Good. First edition. Fine in good only, original unprinted acetate dustwrapper (not shown in picture) with chipping at the extremities, in very good slipcase with some modest stains. One of 600 numbered copies Signed by Sandburg.
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1953
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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1953. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A near fine copy in a very good unclipped dustjacket. Signed by Carl Sandburg on the front free endpaper--no other evidence of previous ownership. The dustjacket is complete with only minor edgewear to a small portion of the extremities (at the tips--front edge and head… Read more about this item
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth, foil titles, pictorial endpapers, top edge dyed green, 445 pp, index. Lightly bumped, previous owner's name on ffep. Carl Sandburg's autobiography. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. BCE. . Near Fine/No dj. 22 X 14½ cm.
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