Woolcott Reader by Woolcott Alexander (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. First Edition, First Printing (No additional printings stated). Published November, 1937. Lacking Dustjacket. Very Good with moderate wear to covers and no marks to text. Some toning to page edges and endpapers, a tough of darkening to spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1056 pages.…

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Acceptable dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (anthology, biography, modernism).

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (essays, stories) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No jacket. First Edition, Number 20 of 50 copies. New York: The Viking Press, 1937. Lacks spine label else Very Good condition. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Number 20 of 50 copies, "Especially prepared for the use of those about whom (at the moment of going to press) the editor is enthusiastic." BOSWELL AND THE GIRL FROM BOTANY BAY, by F. A. Pottle was first published as a separate book [The Viking Press, 1937] and limited to 500 copies. A less expensive alternative is this anthology, where it is included with the addition of new commentary (4 pages) by Alexander Woollcott. This printing of BOSWELL AND THE GIRL FROM BOTANY BAY has the complete text of the original, except for Pottle's preface, end notes, and three illustrations. Also in this anthology [Woolcott's Second Reader] are the following: PREFACE TO "ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS" by Shih Nai-an; THE LADY'S MAID'S BELL by Edith Wharton; JOE by Gustav Eckstein; A CHRISTMAS GARLAND by Max Beerbohm; THE PORTRAIT OF M. M. by D. H. Lawrence; TWO FRIENDS by Willa Cather; CAKES AND ALE, OR, THE SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD by W. S. Maugham; THE GOLDEN AGE by Kenneth Grahame. Original green cloth. First Edition, Number 20 of 50 copies. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. 558pp.…

NY: Garden City Pub. , 1938. 1st Edition, VG/NONE, Worn DJ; 1010 pages: Evelyn Waugh, Saki, Thornton Wilder, etc. A wonderful read. DJ heavily chipped at top of spine. . , Fiction Short Stories Anthologies.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8.5 x 5.5", parchment, teg, 1010 + Envoy. Covers soiled, spine darkened with small label else very good condition. Woolcott states in the foreword that these are "minor masterpieces from the literature of my own day". Some of the authors in these minor masterpices: J.M. Barrie, Thornton Wilder, Saki, Richard Harding Davis, Evelyn Waugh and Alexander Woolcott himself. AUTOGRAPHED BY ALEXANDER WOOLCOTT AND LIMITED TO THE NUMBER OF COPIES, NOT EXCEEDING FIFTEEN HUNDRED, SUBSCRIBED IN ADVANCE OF PUBLICATION. This copy is number 72. …