Lady Cold by White E B (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition, first issue binding. On a separate piece of New Yorker stationary is typed 'With the compliments of H. W. Ross.' (Harold Wallace Ross was an American journalist who co-founded The New Yorker magazine in 1925 with his wife Jane Grant, and was its editor-in-chief until his death.) Due to issues around the spine, I have priced this book at a considerable discount to most other first editions in first issue bindings. The spine is solidly bound, but some of the black material has lifted leaving the boards exposed. Some of the material can be glued back into place but I think some of it may be lost. It's a little hard to tell. There are also a couple of dents on the side of the spine and some loss of material at the top edge of the spine.The top and bottom edges of the spine have rub-through. The covers are mostly clean. There is a small light spot off the front bottom edge. There is some toning off the top and middle edges. The cover edges look pretty good. All four corners have spots of rub-through. I don't see any soiling on the page edges. The middle and bottom ones are deckled or rough-cut. They did a very good job, two late pages have the slightest bit of jaggedness in two spots. The book is solidly bound from cover to cover with nicely tight pages throughout and nicely tight covers as well. The interior of the book is in very good condition. There are a few teeny tiny amber spots just off the top edge of the copyright and dedication pages. I'm not finding any soiling on any of the pages. I'm not seeing any conspicuous creasing, no turned-down corners, no placeholder creases. There aren't any markings in the book. No attachments of any kind. And no one has written their name or anything else anywhere. The first edition had two bindings, with the blue and silver city skyline binding being the less common, issued in only 1,392 copies. 'In 1978, White was awarded a special Pulitzer Prize, citing his letters, essays and the full body of his work.' He also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963.'.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. WHITE, E. B. (1899-1985). The Lady Is Cold. Poems by E. B. W. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1929. 8vo. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (rubbed, ink marks). No jacket. White?s first book from a commercial publisher, a collection of light verse. Hall A2. The photograph shows three White titles. This listing is for The Lady Is Cold, the volume without a jacket.…

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xii, 95 pages. In Good plus condition. Quarter bound in blue paper and black fabric. Mild general shelf wear to boards. Fabric along both sides of spine hinges cracked. Text block sunken. Light age toning to text block. Shelved in Case 0. Limitation page contains the letter code "C-D." 1414499. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Stated first edition with matching year of publication on title and copyright pages, as well as C-D code. Moderate shelf wear and aging, faded along the spine, previous owner's name and date (1929) on front free endpaper, else very good in decorated blue paper covered boards with black cloth along the spine (second issue binding). No dust jacket. ; 95 pages B000L6HC0E.…

Hardcover. Condition: very good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, in the original gilt-blocked cloth over blue pictorial boards. Moderate shelf wear and aging to the top and some edgewear to the spine. Otherwise solid. Without dustwrapper 8vo. 95 pp. E. B. White is best known for Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published when the famed author was 30 and before his renowned "Charlotte's Web" or "Stuart Little," White's poems represent his typically fine, thoughtful and wry writing. Offered volume has sunned page edges with original owner's bookplate on inside front cover. Contents page xiii has very slight tear at page top. Binding remains firm, square and tight with all text clear and unmarked.…

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over pictorial boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 95 pages; Description: xii, 95 p. Illus. 22 cm. Subject: Poetry -- American -- 20th century -- Texts. Author's first book. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over pictorial boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 95 pages; Description: xii, 95 p. Illus. 22 cm. Subject: Poetry -- American -- 20th century -- Texts. Author's first book. 1 Kg.…

First edition. Cloth backed pictorial boards. Binding B (picturing a city skyline, and in our experience less common than binding A). Only 1,392 copies were printed. White's first published book, preceded by a rare promotional piece for The New Yorker. Hall A2.

First edition. Cloth backed pictorial boards. Binding A (picturing the Plaza Hotel). Only 1,392 copies were printed. White's first published book, preceded by a rare promotional piece for The New Yorker. Hall A2.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition, second issue binding. A fine, crisp copy lacking the dustwrapper. White's first book published by a commercial publisher, preceded only by a rare, pseudonymous promotional booklet. A very nice copy.

Boards. Condition: Near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xii, 96pp. First issue binding, with pictorial paper-covered boards and black cloth spine, title stamped in gilt on spine. The first printing, with Harper code "C-D" on copyright page, indicating a March 1929 publication. Lacking the publisher's scarce dust jacket. First edition copies are found in two binding variants, with the first issue binding generally preferred. The Lady Is Cold was White's first commercially published book, following only the rare in-house New Yorker promotional booklet Less Than Nothing; or, The Life and Times of Sterling Finny. Published under the initials E.B.W., the collection gathered White's early verse from the period when he was establishing himself as a writer at The New Yorker, decades before the publication of Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Elements of Style. The first edition, first printing of The Lady Is Cold: Poems by E.B.W. by E.B. White. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Stated First Edition. C-D. Quarter cloth /paper binding with skyscraper and fountain on pictorial boards. No dust jacket. Binding solid, pages lightly age toned but crisp and clean, small pencil markings found scattered throughout, and noted a couple pages with light tiny spill spots along with multiple creased page corners. Covers toned and sunned at edges with light scuffs and dents. Extremities lightly bumped and rubbed with small tears at corners. Ships within 24-48 hours via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition, first binding. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards. Neat contemporary owner's name on the front fly, a couple rubbed spots, near fine lacking the dustwrapper. A very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Dampstain tidemark at the bottom of the pages, and a trifle rubbed at the corners of the spine, a very good copy in first issue binding, lacking the dustwrapper. White's first book published by a commercial publisher, preceded only by a rare, pseudonymous promotional booklet. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Binding "B", featuring a blue and silver city skyline on cover. Probably the less common of the two bindings. A couple of nicks to spine and edge wear to tips. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Binding "B", featuring a blue and silver city skyline repeating within grids across boards, is generally agreed to be the less common of the two bindings, and was issued in a run of only 1392 copies. Previous owner's bookplate -- graphic of what appears to be the Golden Gate Bridge -- to front pastedown. Following White's "Less Than Nothing, or The Life and Times of Sterling Finney", a solely in-house New Yorker publication issued in 1927 "to send to agents and customers as a good-will offering,", "The Lady is Cold" was published at age 30. Stated First Edition. pp. [2], xii, 95, [2]. Rubbing and nudging to corners.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition, first binding. Quarter cloth title in gilt and illustrated papercovered boards. Neat contemporary owner's name on the front pastedown ("Carey Maynard, Boston. 1933"). Spine-lettering a little dull but easily readable, a couple tiny rubbed spots, else near fine lacking the dustwrapper. A very nice copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. First Edition. Octavo, 95pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, fresh and bright, with some very minor rubbing to the fragile corners; near fine. In the extremely scarce dust jacket, price-clipped, which has several tape and small non-archival paper repairs to the verso, and a sizeable chip at the base; overall good at best. Despite the notable flaws, an outwardly pleasing copy of White's second book--a poetry collection--very difficult to obtain in its stylized Art Deco dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good-. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. First Edition. Octavo, 95pp., illustrated. Second issue binding, with repeated pattern of a stylized skyscraper (seemingly less common than the first issue). About very good in the publisher's fragile paper-covered baords with black cloth spine. Corners worn, inner hinges starting, and a partial split at the bottom of the front outer joint, and a very thin tidemark along the top edge of the first several leaves. In the rare dust jacket, presenting nicely in an archival jacket protector, but in two pieces, with some small chips at the extremities, thus in fair condition. Despite all defects, an exceptional association copy, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by White in a contemporary hand on the front free endpaper to playwright, Algonquin Round Table member, and New Yorker contributor Marc Connelly: "For Marc Connelly, (the bully) from Andy White." E. B. White was Andy to his friends, and no doubt the cheeky, brief inscription was something of an inside joke between friends. Connelly got his start in journalism in Pittsburgh, but made it to New York, where he joined Harold Ross's new magazine, The New Yorker, in its very early years. In 1926, White joined the staff, and Connelly later wrote, "It was White who brought the steel and the music to the magazine." Connelly is best remembered today for being a member of the Round Table, and for his ambitious play, "The Green Pastures." The play, based on Roark Bradford's short story collection "Ol' Man Adam," was the first Broadway production to feature an all-Black cast. "The Lady is Cold" was White's first regularly published book, and collects some poems which had been published in The New Yorker, alongside some original works. A wonderful copy, which brings together two writers who developed their reputations in the early years of Harold Ross's editorship of The New Yorker.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. The uncommon 1929 Salesman's Sample of E.B. White's 2nd book (and 1st credited book), following his 1927 "Less Than Nothing -- or The Life and Times of Sterling Finney". Solid and VG in its dark cloth, with a bit of light rubbing at the title label and light spotting to the panels. Thin octavo, consists of only 6 pgs. of text ("the following pages are samples from the text") plus a pre-publication box in which price and exact publication date are still to be determined. A fragile, very early, wonderful E.B. White piece.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine Copy in Blue Boards First Edition Stated First Issue.Author's Rare First Book(E.B.White) Rare Presentation Copy."For Margaret Bergner from EBW." Very Scare Signed Excellent Copy. Presentation By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Author inscribed and signed 1929 Harpers first edition C-D printing. Inscribed as follows " For B.A. and Mrs. Adams with love. EBW (slip of paper taped to flyleaf which states "Bristol Adams taught journalizm in the Agriculture School at Cornell University". No jacket minute corner bump, light age tone, tight binding. small tape residue front pastedown ( from info slip re Adams on flyleaf ) Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal. Signed by Author.…

First Edition. First Printing (harper code C-D, Mar. 29'). Octavo (21cm); in the first issue binding in pictorial paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; xii,96pp. A few tiny bumps to board edges, light wear to spine ends and corners, else a clean, Near Fine example, lacking the dustjacket. An attractive copy of White's first book produced by a commercial publisher.…

1st Edition. Black cloth-backed blue boards stamped in dark blue. Corners showing, still very good with hinges firm and internally clean, in custom mylar cover. First edition, first issue with Plaza Hotel Sculpture on cover.