Will Harmuth (27 results)

Full-Leather. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Full leather binding with gilt edges, lettering and decorations. Sewn-in bookmark. A beautiful copy. Will Harmuth (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. First American edition, first printing with full number line. Tight binding. Green boards have mild wear to edges and corners, bright gilt lettering. DJ preserved in mylar, has not been price clipped ($7.95), wear and chipping to edges, taped closed tear across most of front. Interior unmarked. "When Bella Dodd arrived at her granda's almost without warning, she wondered what he would be like, and if he would accept her as she really was .192 pp. Harmuth, Will (illustrator).…

Full Leather. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited First Edition. 429 numbered pages. Gilt edges; silk moire endpapers; ribbon marker. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harmuth, Will (illustrator).

Leather Bound. Condition: Used - Very Good. First Edition. Moss green leather over boards with 3 raised bands, gilt titling and decoration, gilt-edged book block and attached satin bookmark. Limited First Edition; minor scuffing to gilt stamping, covers otherwise clean and square, ep's show minor fading at edges that has turned from purple to reddish; a few light scuffs to book block, pages otherwise clean snd square, binding good; Notes from editor insert included.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Special Edition. Bound in blue leatherette with gold decoration on both covers and with gold lettering and decoration on the spine; three raised bands; gilt on all edges; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; illustrated with black and white drawings. Illustrated by Will Harmuth (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1979. Finely bound in deep red leather with decoration in gold gilt. All edges gilt. Light tan moire silk end pages. Silk ribbon page marker bound in. Illustrated by drawings in black and white. 430 pages. Privately Printed for Members of the First Edition Society. Near Fine. Will Harmuth (illustrator).…

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Full leather binding with gilt edges, lettering and decorations. Sewn-in bookmark. A beautiful copy. Will Harmuth (illustrator).

Condition: Fine. Limited first edition. Includes Notes from the Editors. Full red leather, decoratively gilt. Illustrated by Will Harmuth (illustrator).

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Very good, clean, tight condition - collector's "fine". Limited edition. Greatest of the 20th Century Series. Red leather. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged. Will Harmuth (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Ornate gilt decorations on charcoal leather with hubbed spine. 386pp, gilt edged. Gray silk moire end papers with matching bound-in satin ribbon bookmark. A book in the Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers limited series. 'Notes from the Editors' booklet is present. Will Harmuth (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Gilt full leather hardcover. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers. Ribbon marker smooth and unfrayed. Blindstamp to first blank endpaper. Hint of sunning to edges of moire endpapers. Otherwise clean, tight, bright, and completely unmarked -- a sound and handsome copy, appears unread. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Full-Leather. Condition: As New. Limited Edition. Full leather binding with gilt edges, lettering and decorations. Sewn-in bookmark. A beautiful copy. Signed by Ralph Ellison. Will Harmuth (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).

Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Very good, clean, tight condition - collector's "near fine". Signed. Red leather. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged. Will Harmuth (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As New. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. First Edition and Limited Edition. With included, separate "Notes from the Editors", now scarce. Octavo, 430 pp.; illustrations executed with distinctive style by Will Harmuth for this true first edition. As New; immaculate and pristine. See scans. Franklin's lavish leather binding of the First Edition of West's 1979 quasi-autobiographical (but definitely fictional) novel about a quaker girl growing through the challenges, adventures and dilemmas of her time. Full rich red top grain leather, gilt decorated and imprinted, spine panels rib divided, All Edges Gilt, gold moire endpapers, and a matching satin page-marker ribbon. The gilt is 22 karat; the paper is 60-pound Franklin Library '1854' White book sheet, typeface is 10-point Baskerville. The Franklin Library, doing what they did best. As New, and never read; has been protectively archived since arrival. Page-marker ribbon has in fact never been moved. Please review scans. With "A Special Message to the members of The First Edition Society" by Snow prefacing the novel (with laser printed signature); the scarce, separate "Notes from the Editors". That pamphlet does show faint toning at top front, and trace soil at bottom back cover. The book itself is of course fully pristine in every way. Please see all scans. Show this one off on the cocktail table; get a market copy to read. l-frnkln5. Will Harmuth (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This offering is a Deluxe, Limited Edition Franklin Library publication of The Life I Really Lived written by Jessamyn West and illustrated by Will Harmuth. It's deluxe in that it has the "built in" bookmark, gold-gilded page edges, satin-like end pages, and leather-bound boards with a ribbed spine and gold-gilded lettering decorating both the front and back boards and forming the print on the spine. It IS a book in Franklin Mint's The First Edition Society which means that it has also been signed (perhaps laser-printed) and includes a laid-in eight page "Notes from the Editors" pamphlet describing the work. The book was published by The Franklin Library in 1979 and is a stated "limited first edition published by special arrangement with" Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. Usually the books in this series by Franklin Library were published a bit before the trade editions so, in reality, the books in The First Edition Society are the true firsts. This copy is in fine condition and has not been read. To my knowledge, the only time it's been opened has been when I opened it to glean the information that I've included in this blurb. What an absolutely beautiful gift . . . for yourself or a loved one! Thank you for looking. Will Harmuth (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A beautiful dark gray leather bound edition from the Franklin Library. Binding remains tight, the text appears clean throughout; full leather over moire endpapers, all edges gilt with a ribbon bound in. The spine features gilt detailing and four raised bands. 'Hardback Edited by Nahum N Glatzer A Limited Edition published by The Franklin Library exclusively for subscribers of The Collected Stories of The Worlds Greatest Writers.' 387 pp. 6.5 x 9.3 inches. May require additional postage. This listing was made by a small independent book shop. We carefully inspect every single book we list and give accurate descriptions. If you require we will promptly send pictures of listed books upon request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Will Harmuth (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. 8vo. Limited Edition. Dark blue genuine leather, gilt decorated boards and spine, gray moire endpapers, AEG, a gray ribbon marker, 387pp,with B&W illustrations. Editors Notes, 22pp, laid in. Fine. Will Harmuth (illustrator).

Leather Binding. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Limited edition. Preceding the trade publication. Fine in grey leather binding with gilt edges, without dust jacket as issued. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Fully-bound in richly coloured leather. Raised bands and gilt lettering on spine; Gold decoration on spine and boards. Silk moire endpapers, matching sewn-in bookmark and all edges gilt.

Condition: Very Good. Fully-bound in leather with gilt decorations; Raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Silk moire endpapers with matching sewn-in bookmark. All outer edges are gilt.

Hardcover/Leather. Condition: Fine. Signed/Limited Edition. 454 pp. 8vo. Red leather binding with 22-karat gold stamping, a hubbed spine, all edges gilt, silk moiré endpapers, and a sewn in ribbon marker. A tight unread copy, signed by Ellison and protected with the original tissue. Harmuth, Will (illustrator). Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in red leather featuring gilt decoration to boards and spine. Four raised spine bands, with sewn-in satin bookmark. slight bend to top corners, spine straight. Binding remains tight, text and illustrations remain clean and clear throughout. With beautiful moire endpapers and gilt on all edges. Signed by author on tip-in page. 'Invisible Man is one of those rare novels that have changed the shape of American literature. For not only does Ralph Ellison's nightmare journey across the racial divide tell unparalleled truths about the nature of bigotry and its effects on the minds of both victims and perpetrators, it gives us an entirely new model of what a novel can be. As he journeys from the Deep South to the streets and basements of Harlem, from a horrifying "battle royal" where black men are reduced to fighting animals, to a Communist rally where they are elevated to the status of trophies, Ralph Ellison's nameless protagonist ushers readers into a parallel universe that throws our own into harsh and even hilarious relief. Suspenseful and sardonic, narrated in a voice that takes in the symphonic range of the American language, black and white, Invisible Man is one of the most audacious and dazzling novels of our century.' 454 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Photos available upon request. May require additional postage. This listing was made by a small independent book shop. We carefully inspect every single book we list and give accurate descriptions. If you require we will promptly send pictures of listed books upon request Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Will Harmuth (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Signed by the author. Illustrated by Will Harmuth. Limited edition, privately printed and individually signed by the author. Red leather boards with gilt leaf design on boards and spine; four raised cords on spine. Text block is gilt. Free endpapers are moire fabric with a matching silk ribbon page marker.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. As new, limited edition. Red leather with gilt decoration, gilt all around, 4 raised bands. Tissue guard over signature. Red ribbon page marker. With booklet Notes from the Editor. Will Harmuth (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcovers. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. First Franklin Library edition. Issued signed by Ellison. Illustrated by Will Harmuth. "Special Message" by Ellison for this edition. Gilt-stamped leather-covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker, tissue insert for signed leaf. Issued without dustjacket. Faint speckling to topedge gilt (not immediately apparent); otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition. Will Harmuth (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). …

Leather Binding. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. SIGNED limited edition. Fine in red leather binding with gilt edges & satin marker ribbon, without dust jacket as issued. Author's groundbreaking FIRST book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Full Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Limited Signed Edition. "I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allen Poe: Nor am I one of your Hollywood movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids, and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, simply because people refuse to see me." In Fine, unread condition, handled only to confirm the author's signature and take photographs. A Franklin Library 1980 Limited Edition signed by Ralph Ellison. Illustrated throughout by Will Harmuth. Tissue paper protecting signature still present. Sharp cornered and without any internal markings. Bright, clean red full leather bound covers with gold gilt. Gold gilt lettering on spine intact and without any flaws. Spine is without wrinkling or sun damage. Hubbed spine, sewn in ribbon book mark, 22k gold gilded page edges for preservation, silk moire endpapers and sewn pages. Complete with the original issue 22 page "Notes from the Editor" gazette. An absolutely beautiful copy. Ellison's roman a clef was the only book he wrote that was published during his lifetime. It received some of the highest accolades at the time, including the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1953. Saul Bellow stated, "This book holds its own among the best novels of the century." Rumor has it that Richard Wright was the first to encourage Ellison to submit his writing, for a book review in the magazine New Masses. Partly referencing Dostoyevsky's "Notes from the Underground," Ellison's highly praised great American novel explores, among many other topics, dispossession, alienation, violence, and racism in America. Ellison focuses his view on the tense and often violent social and economic segregation between a post-Great Depression American society and African American citizens. Ellison also worked for the Federal Writers' Project, led by the Works Progress Administration, in the 1930s, conducting interviews and research on the effects of housing segregation on Harlem residents, as well as collecting documentation of lives and stories. It was through this project that Ellison collected a folk-lore narrative from interviewee Leo Gurley about "Sweet-the-monkey," an archetypal Brer Rabbit-like trickster character who also happens to be, in a sense, an "invisible man" dealing with the paradox of invisibility as identity, all themes that Ellison's unnamed narrator experiences throughout "Invisible Man." This work, along with thousands of other artifacts, ephemera, and notes, can be found online via the Library of Congress, where Ellison's personal library can be referenced through the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Correspondence, essays, visual materials, newspapers, writing drafts, and Ellison's personal notes on his speeches, lectures, and novels can be referenced in detail. Ellison's correspondence runs the gamut of noted literary figures, including Saul Bellow, John Cheever, Langston Hughes, Shirley Jackson, and Richard Wright. Will Harmuth (illustrator). Signed by Author.…