Coates Walter John (56 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Light blue cloth over boards, gilt stamped titles on spine; laid paper. Clean, square covers and spine; faded on spine and along cover edges; few foxing-like spots on covers; spine gilt is chipped/darkened - dark titles are clear, legible; tightly bound; owner name in pencil on front free end paper; clean interior. Book 1 of 'Green Mountain Series'. 12mo, 256 pp; illustrated with portraits. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. DJ spine is missing. DJ panels, with flaps, are held together by a mylar cover. Frontis and adjacent pages are foxed.; Inscribed by one of the authors "To Helen from Art Peach who likes her Dad and would like her if he knew her - with best wishes Arthur Wallace Peach January 17, 1935". Note written on front DJ panel "See page 198 [poem by Peach] & 245 [half page bio of Peach]".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1931 First Edition in grey cloth covered boards with lightly bumped tips and soiled spine. 256pp text browned but not brittle and is fresh and clean. Uncommon book with an attractive 'cottagy' vintage bookplate from former owner on frt pastedown.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 256pp, printed on laid paper, bound in blue cloth, gilt still bright, with binding and hinges tight. The dust jacket shows edge tears and chips. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Blue soft cover, black lettering, lightly soiled. Small Vermont Press Vermont; 8023.

Condition: New.

softcover. Condition: with no dust jacket. No Dust Jacket. Edgewear.

Condition: New.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Chapbook. Condition: Good. Driftwind, Vol. 12, No. 3, September 1937; Stapled binding in hand painted wallpaper wraps. 40 pages with numbering continued from previous volume [1-2] 43-78 [1-2]. Covers have significant chips and is separated and free from the binding. That said, the wraps are a beautiful example of the wallpaper remnants Coates routinely used in his publications. The wraps have been placed in an archival sleeve.…

Chapbook. Condition: Very Good. Driftwind, Vol. 8, No. 7, January 1934; Staple bound in floral wallpaper wraps. 36 pages numbering continued previous issue [1-2] 203-234 [235-236]. Previous owner's name inked on cover. Rub on back cover.

Volume XV No. 6 [December 1940]. Thirty-two pages numbered [143]-175 and saddle stapled in delightful softcover wrappers of Florentine Sidewall No. 1022 wallpaper. Contributors include Ainsworth, Lillian, Literery Herisons Alden, Jane, Winter Elm Brown, Lorimer H., Recalling Darkness Bugbee, Harry W., Into the Ages Christman, Lansing, One Does Not Know Coates, Walter J., Charles Chambers Conner Crosby, Ralph M., Ballad of the Apple Pies Davidson, Louise Glover, Burlesque de Vito, Ethel Barnett, Benefactors Fishback, Jessamine S., Beaut y Gill, D. Sanial, Very Young Old Gentleman Halford, Theodora, Christmas Candle Hurd, Harry Elmore, Writer of Songs Ingianni, Ignace M., Mountain Peaks Johnson, J. Reba, The Follow Kruger, Fania, Lullaby of Peace Lee Marion, Heirlooms Morton, George F., Decked with Diamonds Pearson, Robert C., Pennsylvania Hills Pepin, Cecile, Sonnet Pierce, Edith Lovejoy, Little Snow Horses Quick, Dorothy, Compassion Simonson, Ethel Bunce, Heartsease Sworder, Muriel, Peace on Earth Tooker, Alice M. Perry, Hesperus Trousdale, Anne Laurie, Contentment Youngman, Evadne, Time. Very Good with small chip to upper spine and a 1/8th inch chip to the outer edge of page 147. Cover and interior pages are clean and free of errant marks. Very Good with small chip to upper spine and a 1/8th inch chip to the outer edge of page 147. Cover and interior pages are clean and free of errant marks. Softcover chapbook in stapled Florentine Sidewall No. 1022 wallpaper wraps.…

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated wraps. Pagination runs 253-282. With a few small illustrations throughout. A single issue of this 'little' magazine devoted to poetry, featuring a section of Vermont poets. Authors include Samuel Allard, Anita Miller, Jane Alden, Wendell Stafford and many others. Driftwind was a magazine founded by Walter John Coates, a former minister turned publisher. Much of his efforts were undertaken to document and preserve work by Vermont poets. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading and edgewear. Small tape repair at the head of the spine. Minor toning to the paper.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Bumping. Content is clean and bright. Rough cut pages. No DJ.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 24 pages.

Chapbook. Condition: Very Good. Driftwind, Vol. 3, No. 1, July 1928; sewn binding in blue colored wraps. 48 pages [1-2] 1-46. An scarce early edition of Coates' amateur publication. Cover has faded to a gray color, sunning and bumping to edges. A remarkable copy with original hand-stitched binding.

First Edition. ONCE AGAINST THE LAW, Macmillan, 1968, first edition, fine in like color pictorial dust-wrapper with a small very gentle bump to the lower front fore edge corner tip. Twenty-two tales of mystery and suspense dedicated to the proposition that great writers, when they write mystery stories, write great mystery stories. Contributions from John Steinbeck (HOW MR. HOGAN ROBBED A BANK), Jorge Luis Borges, Sinclair Lewis, Geoffrey Chaucer, Ogden Nash, Stephen Crane, James T. Farrell, Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Robert Browning, Herber Gold, Honor Balzac, Albert Maltz, Robert M. Coates, W.S. Gilbert, Leo Tolstoy, Alberto Moravia, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, Joyce Cary, Peter Ustinov & Luigi Pirandello. From the collection of author William Tenn. Nice association thus.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Not price-clipped (35¢ price intact). Published by Walter John Coates, 1928. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good. A very scarce copy. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. …

HC. 100pp Contents include: Vermontiana; Idealism; Protest and Appreciation; Heart-Tints; Sonnets; From Charles H. Stone; Index to Titles. very good, maroon cloth (hardcover) no dust wrapper. B&W frontis (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Ex-library. Sticker partially removed on inside back board.

Condition: Very Good. None. 96 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Some fading and staining to upper edges of maroon cloth covers. Fading to title plate on spine and some blemishes to front cover. Foxing inside text but otherwise clean and tight copy. Record # 2231714.

Blue soft cover, black lettering, lightly soiled. Small Vermont Press Vermont; 8023.

Blue soft cover, black lettering, lightly soiled. Small Vermont Press Vermont; 8023.

Chapbook. Condition: Good. WALTER COATS MEMORIAL ISSUE, Driftwind, Vol. 16, No. 5, November 1941; Perfect bound in wallpaper wraps. 86 pages [1-5] 114-193 [1]. Wraps are intact but separated from text block. Shipped at the head and foot of spine. Yellowing to first and last page where it was in contact with the acidic wallpaper. Content clean. A lovely copy of this oversize memorial issue. Contains silhouette of Walter Coates bound in on gloss paper.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book of collected poems explores the complexities of human existence through the lenses of life, love, death, and the eternal. Crafted by a sensitive and nuanced author, these poignant and introspective verses plumb the depths of despair, the heights of aspiration, and the enigmatic nature of time. Within, readers will encounter laments for lost love, hymns to nature's beauty, reflections on mortality, and affirmations of the human spirit. This collection offers a profound meditation on the human experience, inviting readers to contemplate their own mortality, revel in the beauty of the present, and seek meaning in the unfathomable expanse of existence. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Hardcover. vi, 96p., frontis-portrait with tissue-guard, title index, untrimmed fore-edge, very good first edition hardcover bound in maroon cloth boards with paper title labels affixed to front cover and spine, faded on spine. The first section contains poems about Vermont, the Land of Ethan Allen. Poetry of Idealism follows and then Protest and Appreciation which includes "The Vampire Church," "The Babbitt Psalm" & "Debs Triumphant" (upon Eugene Debs' passing). The publisher, Cook, was a contemporary and champion of Lovecraft. …

Gebunden. Condition: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.