Search Results: 20th Century American Literature from Charles Agvent

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1917. First Edition. hardcover. Some fading of gilt to the spine though that on the front cover is still bright and strong. Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Original gilt-lettered blue cloth. Four essays on Conrad, Dreiser, Huneker, and Puritanism as a Literary Force.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1954). First British Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Dustwrapper designed by Pearl Falconer.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition. Printed wraps. Near Fine. Printed wraps.

New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, (1967). First Edition. Wraps. Fine with apparently unplayed record in bag in rear pocket. Containing the first appearance of the poem "One Favored Acorn," this booklet was designed as a teaching device.

Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, (1976). First Edition. Printed wraps. Fine, uncirculated copy acquired directly from the publisher. Printed pale blue/gray wraps. Author's uncommon second book, a collection of poems, by the author of the National Book Award-winning novel TREE OF SMOKE and many other fine novels and books of poems. One of only 600 copies printed.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper with light edgewear. Second book by the author of A SEPERATE PEACE.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Considered one of the better novels about the Vietnam conflict.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with minor wear to the slightly darkened spine. The poet's uncommon second book.

Boston: Beacon Press, (1958). First Edition. Hardcover. Bumped upper front corner. Short closed tear to bottom of front panel of dustwrapper. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Novelist, poet, and critic's first book.

New York: Harcourt Brace, (1948). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in Near Fine, bright dustwrapper with minor edgewear. Bloomfield B35: 2500 copies. Essays on poets at work illustrated with reproductions of typescripts and manuscripts by poets.

Middletown, CT: Olin Memorial Library, 1936. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good, lacking the original glassine but with new mylar. Cloth-backed boards. Copy #122 of 250 of this survey of an exhibit of Frost's work at the library. Owner name on the front endpaper dated Middletown, April 30, 1936, the month of the exhibit.

New York: Henry Holt, (1928). First Edition. Hardcover. Spine tips of book slightly dull; 1930 owner inscription on front endpaper. Dustwrapper with a few small chips on the front and rear panels, an inch chip at the head of the spine eliminating the title and about five inches of the bottom of the spine lacking. Bright, Near Fine copy in most of the scarce dustwrapper. The First Expanded Edition, originally published in 1923. Crane A9: 3475 copies printed.

New York: Random House, (1960). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in slipcase with some rubbing to covers. Three volumes in slipcase: THE GIRL ON THE BAGGAGE TRUCK, IMAGINE KISSING PETE, and WE'RE FRIENDS AGAIN. One of an unspecified limitation with a tipped-in sheet SIGNED by O'Hara in the first volume.

New York: Horizon Press, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Author's second book.

London: Turret Books, 1970. First Edition. Printed wraps. Fine. The colophon states a limitation of 100 numbered and signed copies. This is not numbered but is SIGNED by the poet on the title page at a later date. Though identical otherwise to the limited edition, this is apparently one of 400 copies of the trade issue.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. First issue binding. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper and dated 1917.

New York: Random House, (1951). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a price-clipped, Good dustwrapper with soiling and small tears. Collectable copy of this early title.