Amram Whiteman (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. Hardcover in jacket. Book is sound and clean, in excellent condition; jacket has some small edge chips and tears. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. some signs of wear and use; library discard, may contain stamps/stickers and protective plastic from circulation.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. First Edition. New York: Story Magazine, Inc, 1934. 6.75" wide by 9.25" tall. Original orange wraps, printed in black and green. Light cover soil. This issue of Story magazine includes the first publication of The Shepherd's Daughter. It subsequently appeared in Saroyan's first book, The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories, which was not published until nearly 6 months later on October 15, 1934. See Kherdian 1 (p.3). Also in this issue are Death of Uncle Silas by H.E. Bates and the first English translation of Anton Chekhov's short story, Carp's Love. Other contributors are Gladys Schmitt, W. K. Wimsatt, Jr., Wayne Grover, Amram Whiteman, William Polk. The "Subscription Order Card" is still bound-in. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. 98pp.

Condition: Good. - Octavo, light blue cloth titled in gilt in a dust wrapper. The binding is very lightly bumped with the spine slightly faded & with a tiny stain to the rear cover. There is a vertical line of discoloration to the front cover. The dust jacket's spine & extremities are dakened & there is a light stain to its front panel. 62 pages. There is a small, light stain to the fore-edge & some tiny marks to the bottom edge. Good. First edition.Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with a couple of tape shadows on the front flap. Nicely Inscribed by the author. A very scarce title, *OCLC* locates seven copies.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1942 Harbinger House. First edition, stated. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover has light green cloth-covered boards with dark brown spine lettering. Front cover has brown stamped publisher's logo. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Top edges of covers slightly tanned. Pages lightly tanned but still supple. Very light indentations from erased pencil markings on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. Black & white illustrations by Olga Gnos. Reprinted from Story magazine. 48 pages. Illustrated dust jacket has light edge and surface wear. Edges tanned. Spine lightly sunned. Spine ends of jacket are lightly bumped. Half-inch tear at bottom front edge of front jacket flap. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Small octavo, blue cloth lettered in gilt; unclipped dust jacket, slightly soiled. First edition. A presentation copy, inscribed by Whiteman to William L. Shirer: "To Bill, in friendship, Amram, August 1954," on the front endpaper. One of the foremost World War II journalists and pioneer radio broadcasters, Shirer authored some 20 books, including "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" (1960), a classic source on the history of Nazism. A handsome copy with a distinguished provenance. Inscribed by Author(s).