Archibald Macleish Preface (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Uneven edge fading on exterior, with some chips along spine edges, lightly bumped and exposed corners, as well as other scuffs, soils and some stains; interior of book has rippling, possibly from dampstaining, while there are no corresponding soils. 184 pages. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Slight wear at ends of spine and corners of book cover. Page edges are lightly browned. Dust jacket is price clipped, rubbed, browned, and heavily worn, with foxing, chipping, and pieces of tape holding material together. ; "In its original unexpurgated edition.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition thus, first American edition.Near fine book, very good DJ ( general wear, rubbing, wrinklies, chips to DJ).Blue and tan boards. 368 pages. Price of $6.00 on front flap of dust jacket. First printing of the first (original and unexpurgated) American edition of this great, notorious and controversial novel. Several pencil point dots on top and bottom edge of text bloc.Slight foxing to DJ.Few faint hints of foxing to textblock.No underlining.No notes.No remainder mark. Not bookclub.Not ex library. shelf 206.…

From the unexpurgated third manuscript version published by Giuseppe Orioli in Florence, Italy in 1928. xlii, 368 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket rubbed; two vertical creases and surface abrasions to front panel; mild sunning to spine; some scuffs to edges; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Blue cloth spine with bright gilt stamped lettering; tan boards. Surface abrasions to bottom edge and fore-edge with latter having a small stain at heel. Ink ownership inscription dated August 1959 on front free endpaper; several early leaves lightly creased at top corners; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding retains some crispness.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Introduction by Mark Schorer with preface by Archibald Macleish. Original unexpurgated edition. Price NOT clipped, DJ nicely in wraps with tears and chips along the edges; DJ soiled and pages dusty.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. Xxxix, 368 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Printed In Silver, Beige Boards, 1 1/4" Thick. Reprinted From The Third Manuscript Version, First Printed In Florence In 1928, With A New Introduction And Preface. A Clean Lightly Used Example. Book With Slight Wear, Fading To Spine Cloth. No Marks.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Thus. After years of censorship & much uproar about this book in Europe in the late 1920s, it was published in the US in 1930, but only in a much-abridged version. The present volume represents the Original Unexpurgated Edition of this classic work of erotica & English class society, representing the Third Manuscript Version orig. published in Italy in 1928 (First, Thus). Published in 1959 by the Grove Press (noted purveyors of censored books), it contains a lengthy & informative Introduction by Mark Schorer & Preface by Archibald Macleish. Octavo has beige cloth over quarter blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Condition is VG+: very clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning, unmarked save for shadows of pencil erasures to front endpapers. Mild fading to top edges, slight corner bumping. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $6.00 price on front flap) is VG-, marred by spine fading & light spotting, a few short tears & creasing to top edge of rear & bottom edge of front cover near spine; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Contributors include Hart Crane, Kay Boyle, William Faulkner & others. Number 116 of 500 copies. Octavo with cloth spine and red, paper-covered boards. Condition: some fraying to spine ends; spine soiled; some soiling & rubbing to covers; bookplate on 1st pastedown; else good condition. Pages: xiv, 184. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First American Printing of the original unexpurgated edition. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, solid hardcover bound in full multi-colored cloth with unmarked text. The dust jacket remains unclipped ($6.00) and presents reasonably well under mylar despite a chip missing from the front panel, wear to the spine ends, and general soiling particularly to the rear panel. NOT ex-lib. A solid copy in jacket of this classic. xxxix, 368pp.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First American. Some light toning to endpapers but unmarked text. Tight and square. DJ is in protective mylar, unclipped but mylar has crinked/creased the jacket. Some black marks to back of jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. University of Massachusetts Press, 1968. Hardcover, 80 pp. Illustrated in black & white. Sculpture by artist Leonard Baskin (1922-2000). Very good plus condition. Clean and unmarked. Corner clipped dust jacket has minor light soiling. Jacket is in a new mylar sleeve.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good- dust. Very nice, clean book. The dustjacket has some moderate wear but looks good now protected in a new, removable archival sleeve.; "In its original unexpurgated edition." Has the $6.00 price on the jacket flap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Quarter tan cloth gilt with decorated paper-covered boards, DW, small 4to., (vii), + 15 photographic plates. Printed from Centaur and Arrighi types by Meridan Gravure. A fine copy in a fine DW of the trade edition, but this copy is enhanced by the loosely inserted signed woodcut that was included in the limited edition, and the prospectus. Signed by Artist.…