THREE ACADEMIC PIECES by Stevens, Wallace - 1947

Cummington, MA: The Cummington Press, 1947. First edition. 37 pp. One of 92 copies (of a total of 246 copies in three issues) in light blue paper-covered boards printed on Beauvais/Arches paper. Lacking the plain white paper dust jacket. Binding by Arno Werner; initial letters by Wightman Williams. First book publication of these poems. Lovely book from Harry Duncan's great press. Spine and edges faded, previous owner's name on ffep, else about fine. Edelstein A12.

Massachusetts: The Cummington Press, 1947. CUMMINGTON PRESS. Signed Limited edition. One of fifty-two copies signed by the author, out of a total edition of 246. This being number 36. Octavo (7 11/16 x 5 1/4 inches; 196 x 133 mm). [1]-37, [1, blank], [1, colophon], [5, blank] pp. A large hand-colored initial at the start of each of the three pieces. Printed on Crown & Sceptre paper. Publisher's quarter cloth over marbled paper boards. Boards slightly beveled. Spine lettered in gray ink. Edges untrimmed. Boards lightly browned, and edges very lightly rubbed. Overall about fine. "These pieces were read, in February 1947, at Harvard University under the auspices of the Morris Gray Fund; they were first printed in Partisan Review for May 1947, & appear in the present edition by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., publisher of Mr. Stevens' Harmonium, Ideas of Order, The Man with the Blue Guitar, Parts of a World, & Transport to Summer." (Introduction). Edelstein. HBS 68426. $4,250.

Cummington, MA: The Cummington Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. fine. Fine first edition, only the most minute wear. A bright fresh copy. 37, [2] pp. With hand-colored initials.(8vo), cloth backed decorative boards. One 52 copies signed by Wallace Stevens on Crown & Scepter watermarked paper. Delightful book.

[Cummington, MA]: The Cummington Press, 1947. First edition, No. LII of 52 signed copies. 37, [3] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Cloth spine and boards. Near fine. First edition, No. LII of 52 signed copies. 37, [3] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. One of 52. Stevens was deeply interested in Harry Duncan's Cummington Press, and wrote his editor at Knopf, Herbert Weinstock concerning this work, "certainly as interesting as any young printer in the country ... I very earnestly wish to oblige Mr. Duncan." Edelstein A12; cf. The Letters of Wallace Stevens, p. 547

2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve

1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve

First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.

New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478

Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X

First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.

New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions… Read More

Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.

Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.

New York: Random House, 1959. Book. Illus. by Sam March (dust jacket design). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. Humes's second novel, following 'The Underground City,' both of which led to his being considered by Esquire magazine as having the same promise as two obscure guys named Updike and Styron (whoever they are). Anyway, he met a guy named Leary who introduced him to a little substance known as LSD, and after seriously indulging his fondness for the hallucinogen he became a trifle paranoid and a bit delusional, which pretty much ended his writing career. Humes was co-founder (with Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton) of The Paris Review. He died of prostate cancer in 1992. Black cloth w/gilt lettering, 184 pages. Mildly cocked, light general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/light rubbing, light edgewear, creases to fore-edges of both flaps..