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Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 52pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Front cover moderately rubbed and toned at the edges, very good. Contains the first appearance in print of John Updike's poem, "The Old Tobacconist" [Roberts B2]. Additional contributions by Jonathan Kozol, Samuel Eliot Morison, Donald Moffat, Norman Hall, Lucius Beebe, Waldo Pierce, Walter D. Emonds, Robert Hillyer, and more.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Contains a poem by John Updike. Published in 1958, the same year as Updike's first book. 1958 stated on title page. Near fine in wrappers.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Covers show some very light foxing, edge rubbing and corner flaring.
Seller: Half Moon Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Slight soiling and minor warp to covers. Light soiling to edges. ; Inscribed by Richard Ehrlich, Harvard '22, of L & P. Clean and tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 52 pp
Seller: AVON HILL BOOKS, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Stapled illustrated wraps. Black and white photographs. Contributors include Brooks Atkinson, Lewis Gannett, Robert Hillyer, Jonathan Kozol, Stanley Eliot Morrison, John Updike, et al. Updike's contribution, "The Old Tobacconist" is the first print appearance of the poem. Laid-in is Ludwig K. Moorhead's 3.5x5 inch personalized note paper with his hologrpah note in pencil. "For O.V.K - Otto: This is really heartwarming and contains some top writing Lud." Dated by Moorhead "10/20." Paperclip indentation on the note topedge and front wrap topedge with oxidation stain on the note paper and interior wrap, short tear on the spine topedge fold, two coffee drops on the front wrap, minor soiling. Very Good condition. Moorhead was a contributor to Robert E. Pike's Tall Trees Tough Men. Oral Reminiscences (Norton, 1967).
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, wrappered issue. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Fine. History and testimonials from Harvard men to a local tobacconists, from, among others, John Updike (the same year as his first book), Robert Hillyer, Walter D. Edmonds, Lucius Beebe, Waldo Pierce, Samuel Eliot Morrison, and Brooks Atkinson.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in wrappers. Contributions by 31 Harvard men who honor Leavitt & Peirce by sharing their memories of seventy-five years of the oldest store in its original location in Harvard Square. Contributors include Samuel Eliot Morison, Brooks Atkinson, Lucius Beebe, John Updike, others.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 52pp. Tan pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Very good with wrappers lightly stained. Contributions by 31 Harvard men who honor Leavitt & Peirce by sharing their memories of seventy-five years of the oldest store in its original location in Harvard Square. Contributors include Samuel Eliot Morison, Brooks Atkinson, Lucius Beebe, John Updike, others.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing, reddish-brown wrappered issue, stapled. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Covers measure about 6" x 9". 52pp. Fine. Laid in is single folded sheet entitled "Smoke a Pipe and Relax: Helpful Hints for the Pipe Smoker" and a single octavo sheet (offprint), from "Time" (magazine), dated August 4th, 1958, discussing, in two columns, the 75th Anniversary of Leavitt & Peirce [suggesting that this publication was issued in July of 1958]. Contains the first appearance in print of John Updike's poem, "The Old Tobacconist" [Roberts B2]. Additional contributions by Jonathan Kozol, Samuel Eliot Morison, Donald Moffat, Norman Hall, Lucius Beebe, Waldo Pierce, Walter D. Emonds, Robert Hillyer, and more.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: B/w photos. Clean and tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 52 pp
Seller: AVON HILL BOOKS, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Illustrated. 50, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contributors such as Brooks Atkinson '17, Samuel Eliot Morison '08, Norman A. Hall '22, and John Updike '54 and last Jonathon Kozol, '58. Illustrated. 50, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Well-worn clear plastic dust wrapper. ; Inscribed by Richard and William Ehrlich, presidents of Leavitt and Peirce. Inscription dated June, 1959. B/w photos. Clean and tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 52 pp
Seller: AVON HILL BOOKS, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Thin 8vo. 1/2 brown cloth @ spine with tan paper covered boards. 1958. Printed by the Stinehour Press. Lunenburg, Vermont. Tan eps. 50p. Vintage photos of Harvard Yard, Harvard Cricket(1885), Senior Football(1883), Harvard Lampoon (1885) a drawing of Leavitt's & Pierce that appeared in The Harvard Lampoon 1886, Rooms in Gray's Hall circa 1870, ditto Thayer Hall circa 1885, an interior shot of Leavitt & Peirce shop interior circa 1908; etc. First appearance of a poem by John Updike :The Old Tobacconist : a sentimental mezzotint in honor of Leavitt & Peirce's Seventy-Fifth Anniversary, full page. Other contributors include but not limited to Lewis Gannett '13; Francis W. Hatch '19; Robert Hillyer '17; Mark A. Dewolfe Howe '87; Jonathan Kozol '58; Edward Streeter '14; etc. Two small flecks fox title page; else contents VG, clean and tight. Light bump to lower front corner; else covers VG, clean and bright. Spine printing in bright gilt. Hard cover variant. Further info/scan upon request.
Seller: Osee H. Brady, Books, Assonet, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The hardcover issue of this very early appearance in print by Updike [Roberts B2]. Harvard alumni commemorate the 75th anniversary of a tobacco store and gathering place; Updike contributes a poem, "The Old Tobacconist." Two very slight bumps to the boards and a small tear at the front joint; else very near fine, lacking the glassine jacket. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, this being the uncommon hardcover variant. A series of recollections about Leavitt and Peirce, a tobacco shop and gathering place for Harvard men, published on the 75th anniversary of the shop. An early appearance by John Updike, who contributes his essay, "The Old Tobacconist." Fine but for a single chip to the inner front hinge, in a Near Fine tissue jacket with just a bit of chipping at the spine ends.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The hardcover issue of this very early appearance in print by Updike. Harvard alumni commemorate the 75th anniversary of a tobacco store and gathering place; Updike contributes a poem, "The Old Tobacconist." Slight foxing to top edge, else fine in a near fine, orginal glassine dustwrapper. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Cambridge: Leavitt & Peirce, 1958. First Edition. NF hardcover, lacking the glassine jacket. Gilt-stamped brown cloth spine with cream boards. A Harvard alumni anthology, includes an early John Updike piece ("The Old Tobacconist") and one by Jonathan Kozol ("Now That April's Come to Cambridge").
Seller: White Square - Fine Books & Art, Easthampton, MA, U.S.A.
John Updike. 75 Aromatic Years of Leavitt and Peirce.SIGNED. Leavitt and Peirce, 1958.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Signed, Near Fine copy of the hardback issue, which is quite scarce signed. The hardback issue is also inscribed by Richard Ehrlich (president of Leavitt and Pierce) on the front endpaper, which most hardback copies are. Also included is a Fine copy of the first wrapper issue of the book.
Seller: D & L Fine Books, Richboro, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 52pp. Variant binding in gilt-stamped brown cloth spine, tan papercovered boards with title penned on front. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Edges worn and tanned, else very good. Inscribed by Richard A. Ehrlich on the front fly along with a tipped in typed letter on publisher's stationery addressed to Yale Club of New York and Yale Club Library stamps. Contributions by 31 Harvard men who honor Leavitt & Peirce by sharing their memories of seventy-five years of the oldest store in its original location in Harvard Square. With an early appearance of "The Old Tobacconist" by John Updike. Contributors include Samuel Eliot Morison, Brooks Atkinson, Lucius Beebe, John Updike, others. Scarce hardcover.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.