Early Summer, Signed (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. First Printing. signed by Author. In New Condition. Ships fast! By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. AU5 - A hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Book lightly bowed, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. A Simple Tale About Forbidden Friendship. 9.25"x6.25", 338 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. David Wilson had just graduated from high school and was waiting to enter the University of Texas and become a lawyer He was an honor student literate but he lacked athletic and social skills He lived in the shadow of his mother and was never quite allowed to develop like a normal boy In the course of summer David met a nigrah boy who worked in the grocery store down the block Toye Lee Johnson was a year younger than David and was waiting for the day he turned 18 so he could join the army his sole plan He had no interest in school nor graduating but he was the embodiment of a perfect athlete He was very familiar with the worldly ways of life and had a great deal of common sense something David lacked Not two humans were as different as the two During the course of summer the two boys who met daily at the trash bin got to know each other and decided to do things that the other boy had never done This was against the code of the community which absolutely prohibited whites and nigrahs from associating with each other in social matters unless the coloreds remained in their place Consequently any kind of activity that the boys participated in had to be done in secret and often at night when they would not be seen together The summer activities were a revelation to both boys and each was exposed to things he had never known all these without their secret being discovered All went well until the week before David left for Austin and Toye Lee returned for his senior year The event that happened that week changed the course of their lives and force David to make decisions which would affect him for the rest of his life It was a decision in which he consulted three people who had the most influence on his life But in the end it was a decision only he could make Then again the question would always be Did I make the right decision? Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Trade Paperback. Condition: FINE. As new - gift quality! "White, pinkish Clover, dense and bright, Evening Lynchis, open at night" 58 pages of glorious nature and landscape photos of early summer in Vermont with accompanying poetry. 6.5x8" (1st edition, signed by author and photographer).

Condition: Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Signed by author on front endpage. In protective mylar cover.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Author(s) Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK. Signed by Author(s)I.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Folding Map; Plates From Photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. Xiii, Multifold Panoramic Plate, (Xiv-Xvi), 395 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt, Top Edge Gilt. An Exceptional Copy, Vg+, Gilt Complete And Brilliant, Light Rubbing At Corners, Very Light Rubbing To Spine Edges, Rear Hinge Neatly Cracked. Inscribed By The Author To Richard Marsh [Not The Richard Marsh Which Is The Adopted Name And Pseudonym Of Prolific British Writer Bernard Heldmann, I Would Expect]. Inscribed by Author(s).

Illustr, 11.25 x 8.5, pict glossy boards, 192 pp, hinges a little loose else a nice, fresh, clean copy of the PATRONS' SPECIAL COLLECTOR ED, LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY AUTHOR MICHAEL M. DIXON.

Condition: Fine. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST WILLIAM WEBER - sc - An attractive 13 inch high by 20 inch wide broadside on fine white paper with Lew Welch's 14-line poem handsomely printed in two columns above an evocative woodcut by William Weber. The image illustrating the bottom and left edge of the sheet depicts a gentle long-haired, bearded bare-chested giant. Illustrated from the waist up, with one arm stretched out to encompass the vegetation and brush in the foreground. An opened can of tomatoes balances on the tip of the finger of his raised right hand. Signed in pencil by the artist William Weber above his printed signature at the right of the image. Near fine. First edition. One of 300 copies printed for the San Franscisco Arts Festival.The Beat poet Lew Welch (1926-1971) was a friend of Philip Whalen, Gary Snyder and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Jack Kerouac based the character James Wain in Big Sur on Lew Welch. Based on a suicide note, Welch is believed to have committed suicide in 1971 but his body was never recovered.

Condition: Fine. One of 300 copies, signed by illustrator Weber above his printed signature. Text by Welch. Originally issued as part of "San Francisco Arts Festival: A Poetry Folio 1963," which included eight broadsides in collaboration between poets and illustrators. Printed in illustrated black on heavy cream paper. 13 x 20 inches. Signed.

Condition: Good. illustrated broadside. 13 x 20 inches. One deckle edge. Poem by Lew Welch, Beat-era poet, friends with Gary Snyder and Philip Whalen. Artwork by William Weber. Originally part of a portfolio issued in 1963 for the San Francisco Arts Festival. Limitation not stated, but edition of 300 was printed for the festival. Signed by the artist. Stain at left bottom invades image slightly, otherwise a near-fine copy of a scarce broadside by Welch.