Published by Twice A Year Press, New York, 1941
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. 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.
Published by NY: Twice a Year Press (1941)., 1941
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. 42 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket that is a bit rubbed and has a few short closed tears along the top edge. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Beecher. Additionally dated (November 17, 1967) and INSCRIBED by Beecher on the front free endpaper.
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.