Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover in very good condition. Covers are clean and glossy, some very light wear along the spine from creasing. Pages are clean and crisp, no markings. Number line is V 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Copyright page is dated 1983. 69 pages. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half title page, 4 lines, dated April 12, '84. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: If there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book. Signed by Author(s).
Seller: Devils in the Detail Ltd, Oxford, United Kingdom
US$ 18.04
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Out of Season by Louis Simpson, Signed, limited edition, 1979.Limited to 500 copies.Publisher: The Deer Field Press, USA.Binding: hardback cloth.Illustrated: yes.Description / Condition: Light edge/shelf wear to jacket. A nice copy.Please see pictures for further information.
Published by Poets & Writers, Inc. (New York, New York), 1980
Seller: Best Books And Antiques, Chandler, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a very rare, highly collectible CHAPBOOK for an event (ball) hosted by Lauren Bacall, William Styron and George Plimpton in 1980, "Tenth Birthday Party of Poets & Writers, Inc." In this chapbook, there are 31 famous writers and poets, half of which have signed their name underneath the piece of writing presented in this book. Among the honored poets & writers are 17 signatures including: Margaret Atwood, Louis Auchincloss, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Gail Godwin, John Irving, Galway Kinnell, Maxine Kumin, Peter Matthiessen, William Meredith, James Merrill, W.S. Merwin, Grace Paley, Judith Rossner, Louis Simpson, William Jay Smith and John A. Williams on the page of their presented piece of writing. The program in the forefront presents the benefactors, patrons, sponsors and board of directors and in the rear 'Happy Birthday' ads; to list a few: The Swallow Press, Inc., CBS, Inc. The New York Times, The Paris Review, etc. The other 16 authors presented in the program that did not sign are: Paul Bowles, Rita Mae Brown, Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Richard Eberhart, John Hawkes, Arthur Miller, Joyce Carol Oates, Cynthia Ozick, Carl Rakosi, Samuel Beckett, Ishmael Reed, Ntozake Shange, William Stafford, John Updike and Derek Walcott. Roseland, CA, October 22, 1980, 1980 Poet's & Writers, Inc., New York, New York. Helen Handley, General Chair, President, Friends of Poets & Writers, Inc.; Galen Williams, Founder and Executive Director. 4to. Unpaginated ~64pp. RARE. COLLECTIBLE. MORE PICS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST- B.R. Box 162.