The Build-Up

New York: Random House, 1952 [1965]. First Edition. First Printing, one of 684 copies acquired by New Directions in 1965 and issued with a New Directions sticker over the Random House name on the title page. Octavo (21.5cm); orange paper and black cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in royal blue on spine and front cover; blue topstain; dustjacket; [vi],335pp.… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1952. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Tiniest bit of wear else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a few discreet tears. Small "New Directions" label pasted over "Random House" on the title page. An attractive copy of this novel, the conclusion of Williams's trilogy of novels about Gurlie and Joe Stecher which began with… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1952. 8vo. 335 pp. Original cloth-backed boards; dust jacket. Jacket chipped and with short tears along top, toned. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. 684 copies were later distributed with a New Directions sticker over the imprint on the title-page. Walace A37.

London; MacGibbon & Kee, 1969., 1969. Hard Cover. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Octavo, pp. [6], 335, [1]. Bound in aubergine cloth with gilt spine titles in the original unclipped publishers' lemon dust-jacket with black and aubergine titles. Contents clean, crisp and free of inscriptions or annotations. Dust-jacket very lightly spine sunned otherwise bright and vibrant and unclipped. Near Fine… Read more about this item

Random House, New Directions, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Orange covers with black spine. Blue lettering. Dyed top page edge. Tan decorated Dj in Brodart cover. Small smudge on front cover. 8.5x5.75 with 335 pp. Stated First Printing.

New York: Random House / New Directions, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo. Hardbound book in dustwrapper. 335 pp. A novel by the author of White Mule. This is one of the 684 copies with the New Directions" sticker applied to the title page. A most handsome near fine example in price-intact dustwrapper.

New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition . Cloth-backed Paper Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine Book in Fine Jacket. See scans and description. New York: Random House [1952]. First Edition. First Printing stated on copyright page. Octavo, 335 pp. Black cloth-backed orange paper boards, blue lettering on cover and… Read more about this item

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 335 pages. A novel from this important poet and writer. A very good copy with some faint evidence of moisture to the top of a few pages and some bumping to the top of the spine in a very good plus dust jacket with some minor wear.

New York: Random House / New Directions, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, with New Directions sticker over Random House on the title page. Octavo. 334pp. Near fine with spine ends slightly worn and lower right corners bumped in very good or better dust jacket with toning to the spine, a few neat internal tape repairs along… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Boards with a few faint stains and light edgewear, near fine in a lightly soiled very good dust jacket with a few small stains, a slightly tanned spine, and chips, creases and tears along the edges. The conclusion of Williams' trilogy of novels about Gurlie and Joe… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1952. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Slight sunning at the edges of the boards, else fine in price-clipped near fine dust jacket with slight toning at the spine.

Random House, 1952-01-01. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Ex library with stamps and stickers. DJ in mylar and taped down to eps. Pages with age toning and some light soil to edges. Interior test block clean and unmarked. Please see image. 335 pages.

New York: Random House, 1952. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a very slightly age-toned, just about fine dustwrapper with slight offsetting on the rear panel. An attractive copy of this novel, the conclusion of Williams's trilogy of novels about Gurlie and Joe Stecher which began with *White Mule* and continued with *In the Money*.

NY: Random House, 1952. dj w/lite wear, unclipped price, in mylar; owner's name; 335 clean, unmarked pages; 1st Printing (Stated). 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 vo.

New York: Random House, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 8vo, cloth-covered boards in dust jacket. Mild wear to exterior including shallow bumping to spine ends, with contents clean. Unclipped dust jacket has a few spots of soiling, including coffee cup stain to front panel. Bookstore sticker to rear flap. Dust jacket housed in archival dust… Read more about this item

HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very good copy of this first edition with clear and bright pages. Light foxing to text block and some creasing to jacket edges plus 2 cm. closed tear at spine top. Jacket in protective cover.

Random House, 1952 HARDCOVER 1952 1st Printing (stated) in dust jacket, EX-LIBRARY w/usual markings & treatment, binding tigh text clean & unmarked, jacket affixed to book, flaps excised; 8vo; 335pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

New York: Random House, 1952 First printing of the first edition. Book with light tanning to top edge and a faint stamp-size sticker ghost to upper corner of the front-free-endpage, else in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to spine and cover margins and mild edge wear to corners and spine ends, else fine.

New York:: Random House,, [1952].. First edition.. publisher's cloth-backed boards in dust jacket.. A fine copy in a very near fine jacket.. 8vo,.

[London]:: Macgibbon & Kee,, [1969].. First UK edition.. publisher's boards in dust jacket.. Fine in a fine jacket.. 8vo,.