Steese Edward (25 results)

Hardcover. First Edition. black cloth, Octavo, 104pp., Light wear and soiling. Good- Orange label on front and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First edition (same date on title and copyright pages; no additional printings listed). Original black and orange cloth. Hardcover, good to very good, no dustjacket. Corners bumped, drop marks and water(? ) stains on rear board, faded along edges. Internally, previous owner's bookplate, tanning and foxing on first and last few leaves, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked. Modern first; poetry; poems.…

Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good condition. Clean text, breaks in the spine. Edge wear and corner wear. Spotting on the FEP and BEP. Paper on spine has tearing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcovers. Condition: Fine. First Edition, stated. ---------Blue cloth, thin hardcover, 8 1/2" tall. 80 pages, - - - -CONDITION, no dust jacket.- - - SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, ON FLYLEAF- - " For Brendan Gill-- who himself a poet, May like some of these past dated poseur of wine ( bad handwriting- not sure of words), Edward Steese 1958"- - - - -. Signed by Author(s).…

HARDCOVER. Condition: VERY GOOD. FIRST PRINTING. Signed by the author on the half title page. 93 pages. Black cloth over orange boards, octavo. Some light soiling to boards. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, few stains to front endpaper, some pages uncut.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . B000KKWPKS Hardback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. No dustjacket; bound in black and orange boards with title/author laid on spine and front. Signed by author on title page. Slight wear to corners and edges; heavy browning to endpapers; first six page are not cut along top edge; minor browning to page edges and throughout; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Good condition. Signed by Authors. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Scarce privately handed-out softcover, signed and inscribed by the author to another architect. The covers have soiling and marks, inside good. Inscribed by the poet and dated Christmas 1951. Steese, a Princeton grad, was a NYC architect as well as a poet, and best known for his historical preservation work. Corners bumped, but a wonderful little piece, 16 pages stapled into pictorial wraps. By Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Interesting anthology of poems from The Nassau Literary Magazine. Stock toned but otherwise all in VG internal order. However, rear endpaper split and binding opening, though holding. Best regarded as a reading copy therefore. Black cloth a little worn to edges, with smart orange paper title label to front and similar, faded, to spine. 8vo. [6], 104pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. First Edition. AUTHOR SIGNED on front pastedown. Ties to Princeton University. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Book.

STEESE, Edward. STORM IN HARVEST AND OTHER POEMS. NY: The Brick Row Book Shop, 1923. Small 8vo., orange & black cloth. Signed by Steese on front pastedown. Very Good (small publisher's label on front pastedown). $25.00.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in original wrappers with general wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Poet Neilson Abeel (1902 - 1949) was a graduate of Princeton, and a benefactor to the Princeton Library. This book, simply titled "Poems by Neilson Abeel" was published by Princeton University Press in 1951 in a limited edition of 150 copies. This is Copy No. 133, so inked on the limitation page (see picture provided above). The handsome portrait of Mr. Abeel, used as the frontispiece, was painted in 1925 by Edward Steese, who also compiled and edited the book. Beneath the portrait is a facsimile of Neilson Abeel's signature . The book includes a number of poems about Princeton. Mr. Steese, as well as being a poet and architect, is esteemed for his efforts to preserve historic architecture of New York City. On the front flyleaf is a gift inscription to "Mrs. Havens" signed by "Stachy Abeel". Stachy could have been a diminutive of Stacy or Stacie. The flyleaf has a later ownership signature and the impressed stamp of Peggy Prout. TITLE : Poems by Neilson Abeel AUTHOR : Neilson Abeel (1902 - 1949) EDITOR : Edward Steese (1903 - 1981 . Architect, artist, and poet) ILLUSTRATOR : Edward Steese IMPRINT : Princeton University Press PLACE : Princeton DATE : (1951) EDITION : First Edition, Limited Print Run of 150 Copies of which this is No. 133) STATUS : OP - Out of Print -Scarce SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES : Limited Edition, Inscribed and signed by Stachy Abeel Limited Edition; Slim Hardcover with frontispiece; unpaginated; 4 3/4" x 7 3/4", slate-gray cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- A previously owned book which remains clean and attractive, with the following noted: EXTERIOR -- Mild rub, else clean and attractive. Gilt title bright. BINDING -- Solid . Tight INTERIOR -- The aforementioned inscription and signatures, with embossed stamp - else clean and unmarked throughout. A very nice specimen of a scarce book. Frontispiece Portrait of Abeel by Edward Steese (illustrator).…

First edition. Stapled pictorial wrappers; 12mo. 16 pp. Scarce! Inscribed by the poet "For E from Ed" and dated Christmas 1951. Steese, a Princeton grad, was a NYC architect as well as a poet, and best known for his historical preservation work. Corners bumped, but a wonderful little piece, About Very Good. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Condition: Good. NY 1923 first edition. Edmond Byrne Hackett, Brick Row Book Shop. Hardcover 12mo. 93p. **Presentation copy to Dr. Henry thacker signed by Steese. Good plus, some discoloration on boards. Black cloth spine; mounted spine label present. Hinges not cracked in or out. no dj.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Stated First Edition. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED "To Julia Noyes de Fores with greetings - Edward Steese, April 12th 1957" on the flyleaf. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 93 pages. First edition, first printing. Signed by Steese on the first title page. Poetry by a Princeton graduate. Near fine book with very slight wear to the corners. No dust jacket. A very nice copy. Signed by Author(s).

STEESE, Edward. STORM IN HARVEST AND OTHER POEMS. NY: Edmond Byrne Hackett, 1923. Small 8vo., black & orange cloth. First Edition. Signed presentation from Steese on the front endpaper: "For ___, with warm regards from one poet (and artist) to another. Edward Steese. 1952." Very Good. $35.00.

Condition: Near Fine. 1984 1st Privately Printed. Selected and arranged by Charles Robbins. Hardcover. 4to., 81pp., blue buckram with gilt lettering. Near Fine, no DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The author's own copy. Signed by him, with his book plate, and annotated by him in 1960, with references to those to whom particular poems are dedicated, etc. Also an index of first lines, presumably prepared by author, newspaper articles, etc. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED in full & INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication in black ink on ffep: "To Courtenay Theobald with warm regards and best wishes. Edward Steese, Chiristmas 1954". With a foreword by the author. From inner front flap of dustjacket: "First Snow is Mr. Steese's fifth book of verse and his first major work since Spring Night (London 1927). Only a few poems in this new collection have seen print before. He is an architect and painter by profession". Interestingly, the recipient of the author's inscription, Courtenay Theobald, was also an architect (& was in partnership with well-known Scottish architect Maxwell Ayrton). Printed in the USA. Bound in original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, in publisher's unclipped blue printed dustjacket. Faint splash staining to dustjacket, otherwise a very nice clean tight solid hardcover copy. The dustjacket is now protected in a removable clear mylar cover. 80pp. Uncommon title, scarce signed copy. RARE. SB-53. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: Very Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Sept. 28 (weekend SALE item)* original cloth (hardcover), in very good condition. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

STEESE, Edward. SPRING NIGHT: A REVIEW OF YOUTH. London: Erskine Macdonald, [1927]. Small 8vo., white cloth & grey boards stamped in black. First Edition. Signed presentation by Steese on front endpaper: "Dear Bob, you don't like verse, so I won't inscribe you a ditty. What I would say is merely this: 1. Here is my past on a platter and I'll not be ashamed if you don't like it. 2. Had you been of it, I think, Bob, you would have led the procession and been the best of a fine company. 3. There is still time for adventure. Ed. June 1st, 1932." Good (light soil & fading to covers). $85.00.…

Condition: Fine. 1984 Private. Autobiography of a well-to-do New York Childhood at beginning of 20th century. 4to., about 500 pages of offset typescript bound in printed blue buckram hardcover. Fine.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1923 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 116 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 116 Steese, Edward.…