Before Wind by Snow Wilbert (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. limited edition. 9 x 12 in. Linen boards. Limited edition, this is 390/1200. Condition is GOOD+ ; covers foxed and toned, minor wear. Binding tight. Text clean, unmarked. Poet. Stax.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Grant, Gordon (illustrator). Number 589 of 1200 copies. Critics review page laid in. Inscribed as Bill Snow. Wilbert Snow served as the 75th Governor of Connecticut. Several stains on front cover, text and illustrations fine. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [26] pp., illustrated, 4to, natural linen, printed title label mounted on upper cover; no dustjacket. With illustrator Gordon Grant's signature on the half-title page. Also on the half-title, the author has inscribed Christmas greetings (Dec. 1938) to Adriel Bird (1893-1950), a fellow Bowdoin College alum. There is also a second inscription to Bird (unidentified), also dated Christmas 1938. Finally, there is on the same page a later presentation inscription (October 1974). No. 85 of 1,200 copies. Laid in is the publisher's printed sheet of quotes in praise of author Wilbert Snow. Very good copy, with a few faint finger-soil marks on the cover and light crease to ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Gordon Grant (illustrator). Binding fabric is sail cloth. Signed by author and illustrator. Story poem about Gloucester, Maine boating. PO Signature of Assistant headmaster of St. Andrew's School, St. Andrews, Tenn. dated 1938. Laid in is publisher's sheet of critical acclaim. Very minor light fox spots to cover cloth. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Gordon Grant (illustrator). One of 1300 printed with signature of Snow and Grant. Short poem, inscription and date on half title page by author. Signed by Grant on half title page. In beige canvas covers with pasteon with title on front cover. Blue endpapers. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked text pages and illustrations. Soling to edges of covers. Jacket : intact but with missing pieces on lower edges and long closed tears on spine. Heavy wear. In new protective jacket cover. Photos upon request. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gordon Grant (illustrator). First Edition. Natural (undyed) linen, pastedown title label mounted on upper front cover. Crease along fore-edge of rear flyleaf, otherwise essentially as issued. Illus. throughout. Scarce light blue-gray illus. dust jacket shows (2) 1 1/2" to 2" closed tears along top edge (one front, one along rear joint), a few other short closed tears with mild creasing, a few light soil marks and slight toning along spine panel, still presents well in archival mylar. No. 360 of an edition limited to 1,300 copies (1,200 for sale), hand-numbered on rear colophon. Original publisher's insert with quotes from critics still present, laid in at rear. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition, limited. 4to (11"x9"). Natural cloth-covered boards with pastedown label to upper cover. Covers soiled /foxed. Smudges to ffep. Signed by Grant to pastedown on title, acid damage from glue to first page & title. Inscribed, "with all good wishes to my friend and fellow-traveller Ernest F. Amy, whose entertainment at Ohio Wesleyan is still vivid in memory" and signed by Snow and dated June 1939. Laid in criticism & card illustrated by Grant. Illustrated dust jacket covered in protective mylar, light dampstain to topedge, edgewear, chipped corners. Limited edition #297 of 1200 copies.

With Illustrations by Gordon Grant. Folio, publisher's white buckram with inset printed paper label, in dust jacket. First edition; No. 395 of 1200 (+ 100 copies for the press). Top edge of cloth slightly tanned; otherwise very nice in a jacket with some sunning and slight dust-soiling; slight use at edges. Publisher's small broadside quoting critics on Wilbert Snow laid in.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Gotham House January 1938 Binding: Hardcover 374 OF 1200 WITH DUST JACKET , DJ HAS A FEW CHIPS.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Gordon Grant. Sailcloth with printed paper label. Gift inscription, slight toning at the boards, near fine. Copy number 97 of 1200 numbered copies. Although not called for, Signed by both Snow and Grant.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 4to. Illustrated by Gordon Grant. Dust jacket (unclipped). Very good. Unpaginated. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed by Gordon Grant on the half title page. Signed twice and inscribed by Wilbert Snow on the half title page: "Wilbert Snow - with all best holiday greetings to Wesley and his Prodigal Son, Larry Willson, from one who is always willing to kill a fatted calf when he returns. Bill Snow, Xmas, 1938". Inscribed by Author(s).