Time Began by Mccarthy Eugene: First Edition (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Limited edition, Number 120 of 1200. Very Good wheat boards with gilt lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; Contents clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. 23 pages. Sun fade top edge and side of front cover.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Rochester, MN: Lone Oak Press, 1993; first trade edition, preceded only by a private edition; 47pp. SIGNED by McCarthy on half-title page, with no further inscription. Photographs by Larry W. Schwarm throughout. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy. Light shelfwear. Interior is free of previous owner markings save aforementioned signature. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 23 p. 29 cm. Laid into the book is a note from North Central Pub. Indicating that this is the twenty-second edition of a volume.known as "The North Central Christmas Book".the best work of our typesetters, pressmen and bookbinders.". This note signed by Al Muellerleile.…

Hardcover. 1st edition. pp. 23. 4to. The book has been designed by Frank Karmarcik and is hand set in Eric Gill's Perpetua types. Spine title in gilt. Bound in linen patterned with a detail from a lithograph 'Trees and Fields' by Peter Takal. Light 'cup' ring to front board. Light general shelf wear. Small stain on front pastedown; else clean, tight and vg condition. Three hundred and fifty copies, printing on Charing Handmade, were set aside for friends of the author. This is copy number 145. Inscribed and signed on the half title page by Senator McCarthy. This is the twenty-second edition of the North Central Christmas book, 'And Time Began', containing a selection of poems by former five-time presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy, the congressman, and later, senator from Minnesota. This book was published in 1968, the year McCarthy challenged the incumbent president, Lyndon Johnson, for the nomination of the Democratic party. One wonders how the candidate found time to write these verses and arrange for them to be published.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A 4 page poem by Senator Eugene J. McCarthy, in his envelope with return address. Envelope addressed to "Mr Phillip Sosis", who was himself a poet. Envelope postmarked Washingtom, 32, DC, Jan 10 AM, 1969. Slight age darkening to envelope and booklet. In a protective mylar sleeve.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 11 books by Eugene McCarthy. 10 are Firsts, one is First Thus, two are Second Printing, all as stated. All but one are signed or inscribed. Two are price clipped, as stated: (1) Frontiers in American Democracy. The World Published Company, Cleveland, 1960. VG book in VG dust jacket. Inscribed on the FFEP. Horizontal creasing along edges at head and tail of board spine. Tail of spine is sunned. Transfer stains on end papers, as well as foxing. Front- and back-free end papers have damp stains along the fore edges, no other pages are impacted. Age-toning to text pages, else internally clean. Text block is snug. DJ has shelf-wear scuffs and light staining akin to foxing along fore-edges and spine. Spine is faded; loss at tail of spine, 1" by up to 3/8". Faint damp-stains along the inside flap folds. (2) The Limits of Power. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1967. VG+, unread, book in VG+ DJ. Signed on the 1/2 title page. Upper external page edges are blue-tinted. Slight crinkling along upper edge of front board panel, publisher's flaw? Minimal crimping along edges at head and tail of board spine. Shadow transfers on end papers. Internally clean and tight. Dust jacket has shelf-wear scuffs, spine is lightly sunned. (3) The Hard Years. The Viking Press, New York 1975. VG, unread, book in VG+ dust jacket. Inscribed on 1/2 title page. Blue paper covered boards are faded on all edges. Black cloth spine with red gilt lettering and graphics. Slightly age-toned text else internally clean and tight. DJ has light shelf-wear scuffs and soil. Small chips/rubs along edges at head and tail of DJ spine. Minimal rubs on fore-edge corners. (4) A Political Bestiary. Co-authored with James J. Kilpatrick. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1978. VG book in VG dust jacket. Board edges and spine are sunned. Slight crimping on edges at head and tail of board spine. Mild foxing on external page edges. Board panels are slightly splayed. White background of DJ shows soil and scuffs overall. DJ spine has a 7/8" horizontal closed tear with several adjacent creases approx. 1 1/2" from the upper end. Spine and fore-edge folds are sunned and creased. (5) No-Fault Politics. Times Books/Random House, New York, 1984. SECOND PRINTING. F book , F DJ. Inscribed on the title page. (6) Complexities & Contraries. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1982. 2ND PRINTING. Fine book in VG+ dust jacket. Signed on the title page. DJ has shelf-wear scuffs. Includes photo of McCarthy. (7) Gene McCarthy's Minnesota, Memories of a Native Son. Winston Press, Minneapolis, MN, 1982. Fine book in VG+ dust jacket. Signed on the title page. Dust jacket has shelf-wear scuffs. Inside front flap has 3" by 7/8" PRICE CLIP. (8) The Ultimate Tyranny. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1986. 2ND PRINTING. NF book in NF dust jacket. Inscribed on the 1/2 title page. Outermost extremities on board panels are faded. Crimping along edges at head and tail of board spine. Internally clean and tight. Shelf-wear scuffs on DJ, spine is lightly sunned. Minimal rubs along edges at head and tail of jacket spine. (9) Up 'Til Now. A Memoir. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1987. Inscribed on the half-title page. Fine book in NF DJ. Dust jacket has 2 1/4" by 1 3/4" price clip. (10) And Time Began. Lone Oak Press, Rochester, MN, 1993. FIRST THUS, a private edition of 1200 numbered copies was published December 233, 1968. This publication makes the poems generally available for the first time. Near fine in soft covers. Signed on the 1/2 title page. A few tiny stains on the front cover. (11) Selected Poems. Lone Oak Press, 1997. VG+ book as issued without DJ. Signed on the tipped-in 1/2 title page. Scuffs and scrapes on board panels. Rubs along edges at head and tail of board spine. Internally clean. Additional photos available at your request. Except for the UK and Canada, international destinations may require alternative delivery methods and will result in add'l shipping. Signed by Author.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A bright, limited edition of Eugene McCarthy's collection of poetry, signed by the author and addressed to fellow writer Stephen Vizinczey. First edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, decorated by Frank Kacmarcik. The twenty-second edition of the North Central Christmas book, being a collection of poetry by Eugene J. McCarthy. There were three-hundred-and-fifty copies printed, to be set aside for friends of the author. This is number one-hundred-and-ninety-seven. Signed to the title page, to fellow author Stephen Vizinczey. This collection is comprised of ten of McCarthy's poems, including 'Rapid City', 'The Day Time Began' and 'Lament of an Aging Politician'.Eugene J. McCarthy was an American politician and poet, serving in the US House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959.From the library of Hungarian-Canadian author Stephen Vizinczey, best known for his 'In Praise of Older Women', and 'An Innocent Millionaire'. His writing was praised by the likes of Graham Greene and Anthony Burgess, describing his fiction as social epics which breathe hope in a corrupt world.With a receipt from Vizinczey loosely inserted. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very good, with the occasional mark to the cloth, more to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Author's inscription to the title page. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). signed by author. book.…