William Jay Smith Carol (8 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Wright, Jane Chambless (illustrator). First Edition. BL3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.) and light shelf wear. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Woodcuts by Jacques Hnizdovsky (illustrator). First printing (number line). Paper-covered boards, in dustjacket. A nice copy with firm binding and intact hinges. Crease in gutter at lower spine-end. Ink notation front pastedown, else no marks. Small bump lower front corner, else little wear. Unclipped dustjacket has some hardly-noticeable sunning along the edges, and a crease on the front flap, else little wear. Some of the dye from the cover has transferred to the inside of the jacket, but is not visible from outside.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Jane Chambles Wright (illustrator). Inscribed on front endpage, "For . and . with very best wishes from cousin Bill" William Jay Smith. Also signed on title page William Jay Smith. First Ediiton. First printing. Glossy pictorial hardcover. No dust jacket. A month-to-month celebration of the year with beautiful illstrations and verses. Size: 8 1/2 x 10 1/2. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Hnizdovsky, Jacques (illustrator). First Printing. Crisp, bright, clean; no owners' marks; as new. Unclipped jacket is now protected in a clear sleeve.; Woodcuts.

Jane Chambless Wright (illustrator). First Edition. Large 8vo, unbound sheets laid into the printed dj. Dj little creased, o/w a fine copy signed by William Jay Smith.

Jane Chambless Wright (illustrator). First Edition. Large 8vo, unbound sheets laid into the printed dj. Dj little creased, o/w a fine copy signed by William Jay Smith.

softcover. Condition: good. Patkau, Karen; Tait, Glenn; Bui, Thach; Wallace, Ian (illustrator). Good to Very good condition.?Minor wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Library stamps inside.? Pictures?available?upon request.? nd.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a very rare, highly collectible CHAPBOOK for an event (ball) hosted by Lauren Bacall, William Styron and George Plimpton in 1980, "Tenth Birthday Party of Poets & Writers, Inc." In this chapbook, there are 31 famous writers and poets, half of which have signed their name underneath the piece of writing presented in this book. Among the honored poets & writers are 17 signatures including: Margaret Atwood, Louis Auchincloss, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Gail Godwin, John Irving, Galway Kinnell, Maxine Kumin, Peter Matthiessen, William Meredith, James Merrill, W.S. Merwin, Grace Paley, Judith Rossner, Louis Simpson, William Jay Smith and John A. Williams on the page of their presented piece of writing. The program in the forefront presents the benefactors, patrons, sponsors and board of directors and in the rear 'Happy Birthday' ads; to list a few: The Swallow Press, Inc., CBS, Inc. The New York Times, The Paris Review, etc. The other 16 authors presented in the program that did not sign are: Paul Bowles, Rita Mae Brown, Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Richard Eberhart, John Hawkes, Arthur Miller, Joyce Carol Oates, Cynthia Ozick, Carl Rakosi, Samuel Beckett, Ishmael Reed, Ntozake Shange, William Stafford, John Updike and Derek Walcott. Roseland, CA, October 22, 1980, 1980 Poet's & Writers, Inc., New York, New York. Helen Handley, General Chair, President, Friends of Poets & Writers, Inc.; Galen Williams, Founder and Executive Director. 4to. Unpaginated ~64pp. RARE. COLLECTIBLE. MORE PICS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST- B.R. Box 162.