Joseph Gibbons Editor (3 results)

near fine softcover, commemorative book.

Condition: Near Fine condition. Magdalena Abakanowicz sculptures (illustrator). First Edition. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University, 1982. 6" wide by 9" tall. A bright, shiny, clean, square copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Flat, uncreased spine. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. Illustrated with 16 full-page photos of the fiber sculpture of Magdalena Abakanowicz. This issue has contributions by: Arnost Lustig (from JERUSALEM, 1948: BEGINNING OF SUMMER); Stanley Elkin (from GEORGE MILLS - THE CASSADAGA SECTION); James McManus (QUANTA); Joseph McElroy; Frederick Barthelme; Richard Ford; Arturo Vivante; F. R. Padorr; Eugene Wildman; Kenneth R. Smith; etc. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition/No Jacket, as issued. Illus. by Magdalena Abakanowicz sculptures. 269pp. + 11 pages of ads.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Bound newspaper. Volumes 1 and 2 bound in one book. Weekly Quaker newspaper, Volume 1, no.1, January 14th, 1873 to Volume 2, no. 52, January 27th, 1875, 104 issues complete but for several later issues missing the last advertising page. Custom binding of subscriber's personal collection, front cover detached, rear cover holding by the strings, most of the spine gone, but chipped labels still there. One pairs of sheets pulled and loose, another single sheet pulled but attached, Water spill on the top edge stained the top of the last third of the volume, not touching text. Paper toned, occasional foxing. Each issue 8 pages, articles, poetry, church news, obituaries, advertising. VERY scarce, even as single issues. Oversized book, additional postage may be requested for international orders and priority shipping.