Stand by Beecher John (8 results)

Hardcovers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Book Has a Dust Jacket. 1st Ed , Stated - Ltd to 400, This #384. ---------White covers with large black lettering, a thin hardcover book, 9 1/2" tall. 42 pages.- - - VERY GOOD CONDITION- - dust jacket Very Good, the dust jacket now protected by new clear mylar cover.…

dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 42 pages. Number 390 of only 400 copies. A near fine copy in an about very good dust jacket with some long tears, wear, and soiling.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. limited edition. 6 x 9 i. Cloth boards. Limited edition of 400 copies, this is 393. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; corners and spine ends bumped, minimal shelf wear. Covers very clean. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; minor edge wear, overall a bit rubbed, showing darkish smudges. Poet. Stax. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Small quarto. White cloth. 40pp. First edition. Limited to 400 copies, this one is letter "R." Top and bottom of spine chipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Very Good +. Limited First Edition. 42 (2) pp. Limited First Edition, 1941. #276 of 400 Copies. Inscribed to previous owners & Signed by the Author on Half-Title. Soiled board edges, else, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, 6.5" x 9.5". Beige cloth with black lettering to front board. Not Price Clipped. Soiled dj with 2 small chips to top edge rear panel dj. In acetate protector. Size: Slim Octavo. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.…

BEECHER, John. HERE I STAND. NY: Twice A Year Press, [1941]. Small 4to., cloth in dust jacket. Signed Limited Edition of 100 numbered copies. Very Good; some soil & short tears to the white d/j. $50.00.

Hardcover. First Edition. 42p., one of a hundred copies signed by Beecher, first edition, dj, very good condition. Beecher, born in New York City, grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and worked at the open hearth furnaces in Birmingham's steel mills. This experience contributed to the working class imagery and related radicalism that informed all of his poetry. Beecher, after World War II, took a teaching position at San Francisco State University, in 1950 he was fired from it for refusing to sign a loyalty oath. In 1977 the California legislature reinstated his position at the University. Signed.…

Cloth. Condition: Collectible; Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. The 1941 limited edition, 1 of only 100 copies issued. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JOHN BEECHER TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent American literary critic and biographer (1909-1979). Solid and VG+ in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light soiling at the panels. Octavo, 42 pgs. Another impressive title by one of the country's great mid-century literary publishers. Signed by Author. Signed.…