Vance william editors (8 Ergebnisse)

softcover. Zustand: Fine copy. 1st. 8vo, 467 pp.

Paper Back. Zustand: Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good.

First edition Very close to fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. This is the March 1953 Second Printing of "Discovery No. 1", published by Pocket Books as a Cardinal Edition No. C-80. Edited by John W. Aldridge and Vance Bourjaily, the book presents, as stated on its front cover, "Outstanding short stories, poems and essays by some of today's most talented writers. All the selections are published here for the first time." (Repeating : this was the 2nd Printing.) One might notice the presence of Norman Mailer, Hortence Calisher, Herbert Gold, Marguerite Young, and William Styron. CONTENTS : * Arnold Grisman -- Rockabye Baby * William Iverson -- A Cup of Kindness * Julia Savarese -- The Outing * Richard Lyons -- Prairie Wife, a Poem * Norman Mailer -- The Dead Gook * Stanley Baron -- A Stranger from a Far Countree * Herbert Gold -- Inflation-on-the-Erie (Letter from Cleveland, Ohio) * Lyon Phelps -- Three Poems * Hortence Calisher -- Saturday Night * Chandler Brossard -- The Only Time * Kenneth Fearing -- Happy Ending * Louis Ginsberg, David Ignatow -- Two Poems * Samuel Elkin -- One for the Boys * Marguerite Young -- The Hangman's Tale * Charles Miller -- Two Poems * U. S. D. Quincey -- Confessions of an American Marijuana Smoker * P. Aleyunas -- Baby's Christmas * William Styron -- Long March TITLE : Discovery No. 1 EDITORS : John W. Aldridge and Vance Bourjaily AUTHOR CONTRIBUTORS : Norman Mailer, Hortence Calisher, Herbert Gold, Marguerite Young, William Styron, et al IMPRINT : Cardinal Editions C- 80 (an imprint of Pocket Books) PLACE : New York DATE : March 1953 EDITION : 2nd Printing [First Printing was in February] STATUS : Out of Print - OP DETAILS : Mass market paperback; 4 1/8" x 6 3/8" decorated wraps with yellow dyed text-block edges; contains an introduction , and brief bios of contributors; 288 pages + 4 pages of publisher's list. Original price was 35¢. This is a previously owned book. CONDITION -- GOOD PLUS EXTERIOR -- Serious creasing and weathering to spine - chipping and weathering to spine extremities. Both covers have but modest wear. Edges are darkened but clear of marking - some weathering to the bottom edge. BINDING - It is tight, but fragile. No leaves are detached or loose. Open with care. INTERIOR - As far as I can tell the interior is clean and free of marking. I did not open the book very wide, as I feared cracking the binding.…

Hardcover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 467 pages. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.

Zustand: Very Good. . Good dust jacket. Book Club edition. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (science fiction).

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Publisher Faber & Faber, London 1992. First edition. Very Good condition. White pictorial card covers, slight wear to edges. Tight binding, no markings or inscriptions.