Fall Magicians by Kees Weldon (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tan covers with green ink title. Boards show some exposure, toning at edges, edgewear. Corners are bumped. See photos. Spine has green text and is darkened with frayed, softened ends. See photos. Binding is strong. Pastedowns and feps have some light staining. Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits some marginal toning, a few scattered spots at page edges. See photos. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have untrimmed fore and foot edges, some foxing. See photos.** PS2026.0520** 55 pages. 5.5 x 8 inches** First edition. Publisher's tan boards with title in green ink at top board and spine, lacking the dust jacket. Boards darkened with exposure at spine and periphery, with bottom corner bumped. Binding is firm, interior unmarked with a little toning to edges and a smattering of spots. Overall a Very Good copy of the author's first commercially published book.** Harry Weldon Kees (1914-1955) was an American poet, painter, literary critic, novelist, playwright, jazz pianist, short story writer, and filmmaker. Despite his brief career, Kees is considered an important mid-20th-century poet of the Beat generation, and peer of John Berryman, Elizabeth Bishop, and Robert Lowell. His work has been immensely influential on subsequent generations of poets writing in English and other languages, and his collected poems have been included in many anthologies. [Wiki]** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #010478"**.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. A very nice copy, a bit age darkened with small neat bookseller's label inside rear cover. Dust jacket isn't price clipped. but shows some wear and chipping with 2 triangular 1/2" X 3/4" pieces missing.Boldly inscribed and signed and dated "New York 1949" on the front end paper. Somewhat uncommon, especially inscribed and signed. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. About fine in very good dust jacket with some chipping on the front panel. Author's first commercially published book, preceded only by a fine press edition. Very scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Slight foxing in the gutters, else near fine lacking the dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Author's first commercially published book, preceded only by a fine press edition. Very scarce signed.

First Edition. First edition of the author's first commercially published book, 8vo, pp. [8], 55, [1]; publisher's tan cloth lettered in green on upper cover and spine, lacking the dust jacket; some spotting to the covers, some toning of the text; a good sound copy. From the library of Kim Merker. Merker himself published Kees's Collected Poems at the Stone Wall Press in 1960. In this copy there are a number of light pencil annotations, almost certainly by Merker, used in preparation of that edition.

55 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. First Edition of the author's second book. 55 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Flat signed by Kees on the title-page. Original grey cloth. Fine in an unclipped near fine dust jacket with some fading to spine and a closed tear to lower rear cover First Edition of the author's second book.