Signatures Work Progress (12 results)

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

STIFF PAPER PRINTED WRAPPERS. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION THUS. (1) 135 - 249 + (1) PAGES. THERE IS A SMALL SHALLOW EDGE STAIN ON MULTIPLE PAGES PRESUMABLY FROM SPILLED TEA OR COFFEE. THE STAIN DOES NOT AFFECT THE TYPE. THE MAGAZINE OTHERWISE WOULD BE IN FINE CONDITION. THIS ISSUE CONTAINS AN EXCERPT FROM JAMES T. FARRELL'S FORTHCOMING BOOK " A WORLD I NEVER MADE" ON PAGES 209 - 217. THE BOOK WAS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE DANNY O'NEILL PENTOLOGY. THERE ARE OTHER WRITER'S WORKS INCLUDE HENRY ROTH, NATHAN ASCH AND 5 OTHERS. THERE IS POETRY BY MURIEL RUKEYSER, ISADOR SCHNEIDER, KENNETH PATCHEN AND OTHERS. Size: 6" x 9 1/8".

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Clean copy. Slight wear to cover and spine. Book plate.

Detroit Vol. 1, No. 1 Spring 1936. 8x5.5", wraps, unpaged covers stained/soiled, spine bottom torn.

Detroit. Vol. 1, No. 1 Spring 1936. 8x5.5", wraps, unpaged, covers heavily stained/soiled, pencil writing on back cover.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Number Three, Winter 1937-38. Large octavo. Printed wrappers. Very good with toning to the wrappers, soiling to the rear wrapper, and a small chip out of the top of the front wrapper not affecting the text. Features work by Sherwood Anderson, Newton Arvin, Erskine Caldwell, Robert O. Erisman, and more.

Paperback. [132p] 5.5x7.75 inches, excerpts from works in progress, worn gray covers, paperback literary journal in wraps. First issue of the journal. Excerpts from "Noon Wine" by Porter, "Two Ways of Life" by O Faolin, "The Intruders" by Boyle, and several excerpts from various works by Farrell.

MAGAZINE. Condition: Good-. Signatures (Detroit, MI). MAGAZINE. 1936. SGNWIPSP36 :Worn/soiled/tapaed wraps of uncoated paper, curled in plastic sleeve. Page yellowed w. worn/soiled edges. From the personal collection of poet/publisher/photographer, Jonathan Williams (1929-2008) at Skywinding Farm, Scaly Mountain, North Carolina. Includes works in progress by Kay Boyle, Katherine Anne Porter, Sean O'Faolain, James T. Farrell, Dorothy M. Richardson, Edward Dahlberg, Edward McSorley, Eda Lou Walton. . Good-.

stiff paper wrappers. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Volume I, Number I, Spring 1936. Thompson, John H. and John M. Brinnin (editors). Contains eight contributions. Covers soiled and worn, with creasing, tears, and tanning at extremities.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Volume 1, No. 1, Spring 1936. (Modern Literature, Periodicals) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

First Edition. SIGNATURES -WORK IN PROGRESS for Spring & Autumn, Thompson & Brinin, 1936, each in first edition, fine in wraps as issued. Contains original works in progress by Henry Roth, Glenway Westcott, James T. Farrell, Evelyn Scott, Kay Boyle, Katherine Porter, Dorothy Richardson, Edward Dahlberg, et.al. The first (and only) two issues of this important little magazine along with the four page promotional prospectus announcing the magazine laid in to the first volume.

1936 Thompson, John and John Brinnin SIGNATURES WORK IN PROGRESS VOLUME ONE, NUMBER ONE, VOLUME ONE, NUMBER TWO Works from Kay Boyle, Katherine Anne Porter, Sean O Faolain, James T Farrell, Dorothy M Richardson, Edward Dahlberg, Edward McSorley, Eda Lou Walton, Glenway Wescott, Henry Roth, Paul Corey, Evelyn Scott, David C DeJong, Nathaniel Asch, James T Farrell, Horace Gregory Detroit, 1936 These are the first two issues of this publication, also included is a copy of the prospectus, soliciting subscriptions These copies were John Thompson's personal copies as they were from his personal library 8vo Minor dings and creases, near fine softcovers.