1234: Stories by Donald Hall - 1989

Chapel Hill: Lillabulero, Spring 1967. Signed by Russell Banks on title page. First edition / First printing. Stapled blue wrappers. Very good. Sunning and light wear to covers, short tear to top front cover, no loss. Includes Portfolio 2: The Shaker Dove, by Daniel Patterson inserted into a sleeve on inside rear cover. Also includes William Faulkner: a Story and Five Poems. Poetry by Lucius Shepard, Dabney Stuart, etc.

Martin Secker, London, 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 81pp. 'Cobble-stone' decorated paper-covered boards with a paper spine label. A strip of light partial browned in the free endpapers and some spotting throughout. A tiny dealer plate to the front pastedown. A nice bright copy in the uncommon dust wrapper, slightly dust marked and tanned, and chipped at the spine panel ends with a little loss. Graves' fifth book, forty-six poems, dedicated to his wife Nancy Nicholson. 1,000 copies were printed. Higginson A5.

Fremont, MI: The Sumac Press, 1969. Signed by Jim Harrison and Dan Gerber. First edition / First printing. (Softcover edition) Illustrated wrappers. Fine.

Nicholas L.Brown, New York, 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 190pp + iv publisher's advertisements at the rear. Paper-covered boards with paper spine and title labels. Boards just a little marked, with a little wear to the base of the backstrip, and a little chipping to the head of the backstrip. A lovely crisp copy. No dust wrapper. An outstanding anthology of American verse, including much material which originally appeared in Kreymborg's influential journal 'Others: A Magazine of the New Verse' which ran from 1915-1919, plus some contributed directly to this present anthology. Contributors include Conrad Aiken (two poems, one of which is hitherto unprinted), Witter Bynner (ten poems), Robert Frost (three poems, two of which are hitherto unprinted in bookform), Wallace Gould (six poems), Marsden Hartley (six poems), Fenton Johnson (eight poems), Marianne Moore (five poems), Carl Sandburg (four poems), William Saphier (ten poems),… Read More

Copyright ends at 1965, No Edition, No Printing Stated. Last page has 72-73-74-75 10 9. The American Edition is the Second Edition. This is a First American Edition with a 1972 (later) Printing. The dust jacket has some soiling with tears at edges of the spine and corners, see photos. Book itself is in Near Fine condition with the exception of a stain inside the cover which transferred to the FEP and bled onto two pages beneath. (Lowered the rating to Very Good). The black boards with blue lettering have bumped spine edges.

Chapel Hill: Lillabulero, Spring 1967. Signed by Russell Banks on title page. First edition / First printing. Stapled blue wrappers. Very good. Sunning and light wear to covers, short tear to top front cover, no loss. Includes Portfolio 2: The Shaker Dove, by Daniel Patterson inserted into a sleeve on inside rear cover. Also includes William Faulkner: a Story and Five Poems. Poetry by Lucius Shepard, Dabney Stuart, etc.

Martin Secker, London, 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 81pp. 'Cobble-stone' decorated paper-covered boards with a paper spine label. A strip of light partial browned in the free endpapers and some spotting throughout. A tiny dealer plate to the front pastedown. A nice bright copy in the uncommon dust wrapper, slightly dust marked and tanned, and chipped at the spine panel ends with a little loss. Graves' fifth book, forty-six poems, dedicated to his wife Nancy Nicholson. 1,000 copies were printed. Higginson A5.

Fremont, MI: The Sumac Press, 1969. Signed by Jim Harrison and Dan Gerber. First edition / First printing. (Softcover edition) Illustrated wrappers. Fine.

Nicholas L.Brown, New York, 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 190pp + iv publisher's advertisements at the rear. Paper-covered boards with paper spine and title labels. Boards just a little marked, with a little wear to the base of the backstrip, and a little chipping to the head of the backstrip. A lovely crisp copy. No dust wrapper. An outstanding anthology of American verse, including much material which originally appeared in Kreymborg's influential journal 'Others: A Magazine of the New Verse' which ran from 1915-1919, plus some contributed directly to this present anthology. Contributors include Conrad Aiken (two poems, one of which is hitherto unprinted), Witter Bynner (ten poems), Robert Frost (three poems, two of which are hitherto unprinted in bookform), Wallace Gould (six poems), Marsden Hartley (six poems), Fenton Johnson (eight poems), Marianne Moore (five poems), Carl Sandburg (four poems), William Saphier (ten poems),… Read More

Copyright ends at 1965, No Edition, No Printing Stated. Last page has 72-73-74-75 10 9. The American Edition is the Second Edition. This is a First American Edition with a 1972 (later) Printing. The dust jacket has some soiling with tears at edges of the spine and corners, see photos. Book itself is in Near Fine condition with the exception of a stain inside the cover which transferred to the FEP and bled onto two pages beneath. (Lowered the rating to Very Good). The black boards with blue lettering have bumped spine edges.