Search Results: Authors starting with N from Idler Fine Books

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1958 First printing of the first American edition, with 1955 as the publication date: black cloth-backed gray patterned boards, spine lettered in gilt, with the red endpapers, and red top-stain, in original first issue jacket without the "Complete Unexpurgated Edition" statement on the front panel and with the original price of $5.00 listed on the inside front flap. A light bump to upper back corner, else book in fine condition; original dust jacket with a couple tiny closed tears at spine ends, light creasing to upper back cover and upper back spine fold, light creasing near center of bottom back cover, faint creasing near front spine folds, and faint soiling to front cover, else fine. A lovely copy with minimal flaws!

New York: Phaedra / Trident Press, 1965 First printing of the stated first edition, in first issue cloth boards and first issue dust jacket. ["Variant A" Juliar A12]. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with light wear, else fine.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974 First printing of the first American edition. Light shelf wear to edge of boards, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with a couple short closed tears, mild creasing/edge wear, and faint toning to spine, else fine.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1958 First printing of the first American edition, with 1955 as the publication date: black cloth-backed gray patterned boards, spine lettered in gilt, with the red endpapers, and red top-stain, in original first issue jacket without the "Complete Unexpurgated Edition" statement on the front pane and with the original price of $5.00 listed on the inside front flap. Light offsetting along gutters of endpapers, stamp size ghost to bottom back pastedown, spine ends gently pushed, faint wear to covers, bottom tip of back corner rubbed, and faint toning to page margins, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with mild edge wear, toning to spine, and toning/spotting along folds, else fine.

New York: Phaedra, 1966 First printing of the stated first edition. Light rubbing to board edge, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with light small stains to front cover, light rubbing, and mild wear to extremities, else fine.

London: Neville Spearman, 1975 First printing of the first edition. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with a shallow crimp to crown of spine, else fine.

New York: Macmillan, 1965 First printing of the stated first American edition. Book in fine condition with minor issues; dust jacket with creasing/wear to edges (primarily upper front cover/spine), several vertical creases to flaps, spine, and folds, else fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975 First printing of the first American edition. Book in fine condition; in fine dust jacket, with light shelf wear.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964 First printing of the stated first edition. Book with a light bump to upper corner, else in fine condition; price-clipped dust jacket with a small diagonal chip and two tiny closed tears to upper front cover, toning to spine and back cover margins, a couple short closed tears to upper back cover, moderated wear to corners and spine ends, else fine.

New York: Robert M. McBride, 1922 First printing of the first edition. Author's first book. Light toning to page margins and light wear to spine ends, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to spine and upper cover margin, moderate wear to extremities, tape to verso, folds separating, and a couple tiny closed tears, else fine.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich / Harvest / HBJ Book, 1992 Second printing of the stated first edition. Signed by Gloria Naylor directly on the title page. Mild bruise to upper front cover, else book and dust jacket in fine condition.

New York: Hyperion, 1998 First printing of stated first edition. Signed by Gloria Naylor directly on the title page. Book and dust jacket in fine condition.

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001 First printing of the stated first edition. A Smokey Dalton novel. Signed and dated, in year of publication, by Kris Nelscott directly on the title page. Book and dust jacket in fine condition.

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001 First printing of the stated first edition. A Smokey Dalton novel. Signed and dated, in year of publication, by Kris Nelscott directly on the title page. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with a crease to the bottom, corner front flap, else in fine condition.

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed by Kris Nelscott directly on the title page. A Smokey Dalton Novel. Book and dust jacket in fine condition.

Seattle, Washington: Mountaineers Books, 2000 Stated first edition, a paperback original. Tip of upper front corner a bit crimped (less so to back corner), page 23 with a tiny closed tear/crease, else book in fine condition.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1954 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed by Howard Nemerov directly on the title-page. Minor wear, else book in fine condition; price-clipped dust jacket with a few closed tears, rubbing, and mild edge wear.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957 First edition, stated first printing. Signed by Howard Nemerov directly on the title page. Basis for a Broadway play and Hollywood movie, "Tall Story," featuring Jane Fonda, in her debut film, and Anthony Perkins. Signed association copy, from the Library of Elbert Lenrow, author and 20th-Century pedagogue, taught courses in American & European literature at the New School for Social Research attended by Nemerov, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, et al.. Elbert Lenrow's ownership signature (dated on month/year of publication) on the front-free-endpage. Lenrow's underlining and annotations throughout the text. Aside from Lenrow's notations, book in fine condition; dust jacket with a few closed tears, shallow chipping along edge, and some tanning to spine.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1975 First printing of the first edition. Signed by Howard Nemerov directly on the half-title page. Faint toning to page margins and name on front endpage, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with uneven toning to cover margins, a short closed tear near upper front spine fold, and mild wear along spine folds and spine ends, else fine.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press / Little, Brown and Company, 1955 First printing of the stated first edition. Author's third book of poetry. Signed and inscribed by Howard Nemerov directly on the title page. Association copy: "For Lee Anderson, / with all good wishes, / on the first occasion of our meeting, / at Bennington, 19 iv 58. / Howard Nemerov."
Lee Anderson, poet and editor, recorded Nemerov reading that day and the next in Bennington, Vermont. Anderson donated his recordings to the Library of Congress where they are part of the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature today. Anderson recorded many poets in the 1950s, and his work became the basis of the Lee Anderson papers and Yale Series of Recorded Poets sound recordings.
Book with mild rubbing along board edge, a tiny bookseller label at the bottom of the front-free endpage, and faint toning to endpapers, else in fine condition; dust jacket with a tiny closed tear near upper back spine fold, light toning to spine, and mild… Read More