Curt Johnson Jack (28 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. 234 pages, Fine, Algren, Erskine Caldwell, Derleth, Frank Yerby, James T. Farrell and dozens more.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fiine. First Pb Edition. 234pp Useful guide and extracts from the writings of many radical American writers including Langston Hughes and James T Farrell.

Condition: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition: the printing numerals are a full line beginning with 1. No wear to the covers. No spine creasing from opening. Small, superficial stain on the front cover. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. Pages are a bit age-toned. No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Lawrence Hill and Company, 1973. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with light shelf wear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Condition: good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition.

Condition: Very Good. 1973. Paperback. Ex Libris with usual markings. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. A used book with minor shelf wear and imperfections. Pages yellowing with age. Signed and inscribed by Jack Conroy on half title page. Photos and additional details upon request. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores. Signed by Editor.

Condition: Very Good. 1973. Paperback. Ex Libris with usual markings. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. . . . .

xxi, 234 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. The text is very slightly tanned (but not at all brittle); otherwise fine in a fine jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition/1st Printing (complete number line). Works by Nelson Algren; Erskine Caldwell; Frank Yerby; Lanston Hughes; Kenneth Patchen etc. SIGNED by Erskine Caldwell at title of his short story "Daughter" (signature only). Also laid-in is original NY Times obituary for Jack Conroy. some page age-toning. $8.95 price present on DJ flap. 234 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AUTHOR SIGNATURE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: FINE CONDITION. First Edition. (3) + v - xxi + 1 - 234 PAGES. THERE IS MINOR EDGE WEAR OF THE DUST JACKET. THE DUST JACKET IS IN A PROTECTIVE MYLAR WRAPPER. THE PAPER PAGES ARE UNIFORMLY TONED WITH AGE. THE BOOK OTHERWISE IS TIGHT AND CLEAN. THIS ANTHOLOGY OF WRITERS PUBLISHED IN "THE ANVIL" CONTAINS AN EARLY SHORT STORY BY JAMES T. FARRELL TITLED "REVEREND FATHER G1LHOOLEY". THE TALE IS ABOUT A SOUTH CHICAGO PRIEST WHO REFUSES TO MARRY A DEVOUT YOUNG GIRL WHO IS IN LOVE WITH A PRORESTANT. THE STORY TYPIFIES THE INORDINATE CONTROL THAT THE CATHOLIC FAITH HAD UPON THE LIVES OF PEOPLE EARLY IN THE 20TH CENTURY. IT ALSO PORTRAYS THE FALLACY OF AN ELDER PRIEST LONGING FOR A PROMOTION TO THE TITLE OF MONSIGNOR AS A REWARD FOR HIS EFFORTS IN CREATING AND DEVELOPING A SUCCESSFUL PARISH AND WHO LOOKS FORWARD TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW AND BETTER CHURCH BUILDING. THE OLD PRIEST FINALLY ADMITS DEFEAT IN DEALING WITH THE YOUNG PARISHIONER. THERE ARE TWO STORIES AND POEMS BY NELSON ALGREN. ADDITIONAL STORIES ARE BY JACK CONROY, ERSKINE CALDWELL, FRANK YERBY, LANGSTON HUGHES AND OVER FORTY OTHER AUTHORS. Size: 5 3/4" X 8 1/2".

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. xxi, 234 pp. Introduction by Jack Conroy. Other contributors include Nelson Algren, Langston Hughes, Erskine Caldwell, James T. Farrell, William Carlos Williams, Michael Gold, Kenneth Patchen and Karl Shapiro. Price-clip on the front free endpaper, pages yellowed due to cheap paper but the book is still crisp and clean otherwise. Jacket has a bit of edgewear, some rubbing and the price blacked out on the front flap.

Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. 234 pages. The page edges are well tanned and foxed. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. trade paperback in very good condition, first edition November 1973 as stated, inscribed by Conroy on FEP, 234 pages.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Paperback 1973. SPINE HAS A LIGHT CREASE. Front end paper has a neatly written name. TANNED PAGES. Dispatched with TRACKING boxed in cardboard. ref O1995. Writers in Revolt. The Anvil Anthology 1933 - 1940. Stories and Poems by Nelson Algren, James T. Farrell, Frank Yerby, Jesse Stuart, Langston Hughes and others. Edited by Jack Conroy & Curt Johnson. Published in 1973 by Lawrence Hill, New York, U.S.A.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Printing. Near Fine in VG+ dust jacket. A collection of stories & poems from some of the great 30s writers, including Nelsen Algren, James T. Farrell, Langston Hughes & Erskine Caldwell. Fiction, Short Stories.

Hb. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 234pp Stories and poems from the radical American magazine; contributors include: E Caldwell, N Algren, M Gold, M leSueur, J T Farrell, L Hughes etc.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 176pp, printed wrappers. This scarce later issue includes work by a range of contributors and a Golden Age DC Comics collage cover. Unmarked copy, light wear and toning. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 288pp, printed wrappers. This scarce issue includes the full text of The Fake Revolt by Gershon Legman, plus paintings by Manny Farber and work from many other interesting contributors. (Raymond Carver is listed on the masthead as an associate editor.) Small ink notation to inside back cover (else unmarked), a little wear to covers. Not Signed.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a few closed tears. Stories and poems by Nelson Algren, James T Farrell, Langston Hughes and many more, taken from 7 years of issues of The Anvil.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 234 pp.

First edition. xxi + 234 pp w/contributor notes. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Jack Conroy. Work by Caldwell, Farrell, Algren, Langston Hughes, Yerby, and many others.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dj. First Edition. [nice tight copy, minimal shelfwear, light age-toning to pages, a few pages diagonally creased at upper corners; the jacket is a little tanned along the spine, otherwise unblemished]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by co-editor Conroy on the front endpaper: "For ______, / with appreciation for her / interest in these writings of / an earlier times, many of / them and their authors to [sic] / deepy [sic] entombed in general / neglect, I believe. / Best always, / Jack / Moberly, / Jan 22 1976." An anthology of stories and poems of a radical nature that had originally appeared in The Anvil, The New Anvil, and The Rebel Poet, little magazines published in the Midwest during the 1930s and early 1940s. Includes work by John C. Rogers, August Derleth, Erskine Caldwell, Joseph Vogel, Nelson Algren, Michael Gold, Meridel Le Sueur, Jack Conroy, William Carlos Williams, James T. Farrell, Frank Yerby, Kenneth Patchen, Jesse Stuart, Orrick Johns, John Malcolm Brinnin, Langston Hughes, Karl Shapiro, and others. (Among the "others," not considered worthy of inclusion in that dust-jacket rundown, was Sanora Babb (misspelled "Sonora" in the Table of Contents), represented by her story "Dry Summer," originally published in 1934.) Signed by Editor.

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[1] pp.; 55.1 x 75.6 cm.; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Single sided folded exhibition announcement poster published in conjunction with show held June 5 - 26, 1971. Artists include Curt Barnes, Benedetto Bianchi, Thomas Blackwell, Jack Bosson, Marvin P. Brown, Steve Conley, Warren Davis, Jackie Ferrara, G.C. Griffin, Ernest Grusella, Audrey Heminway, Comer Jennings, Ronn Johnson, Vivian Kline, Harry Kramer, Walter Kravitz, Gerhard Liebmann, John Manno, Paul Narkiewicz, James Norman, James Peterson, Joanna Pousette-Dart, Vernon Pratt, James Richmond, David Roth, Alex Sibirney, Thomas Steigerwald, Wayne Stephens, Robert Thiele, Richard Trickey, Guy Williams, Athos Zacharias, and others. Fair / Good. Folded in 8 as issued. Mailed copy with mailing marks and mailing wear. Yellowing of fragile newsprint. Multiple small tears to poster along folds and at left side edge with an additional 1.5 cm. tear to center and a 1 cm. tear to bottom edge of edge. Clean and unmarked.