Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo. cloth. viii, 122 pages. Limited to 445 copies. Covers faded. Shaken.
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$12.59 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black Archer Press January 1931 Binding: Hardcover VG NO DJ
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Targ, William. American First Editions. The Black Archer Press, Chicago, 1931.
Price: US$28.51 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An edition of 445 copies, viii + 122 numbered pages (actually, 244pp, as all verso (blank) pages are unnumbered), with numerous illustrations of title pages, an introduction by Targ, plus bibliographical information for the " foremost american first editions from 1640 to the present". Few minor fade spots to cover else very nice. Black cloth binding with gold print on spine and gold stamped design on front cover border. Both is clean, complete, and tight.
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
William Targ. American First Edition 1931. The Black Archer Press, 1931.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited Edition1/445 Copies. Nice Copy.First Edition in Decorative Cloth.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Targ, William. American First Editions and Their Prices 1031. Black Archer, Chicago, 1931.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: VG, sm edge stain and other soil, sm dent in spine
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 5 1/4" x 7 1/4", vii, pages numbered 1-122, printed on one side only; illustrated with black & white repros. of titlepages, etc. Black cloth with title & leaf devices gilt on spine, and gilt border around front cover. Spine shows very slight cocking, fading, rubbing to cover edges. Near fine (unused/unmarked) copy. Scan shows the spine & front cover. Original edition was in 1930. Small sample from Bill Targ's foreword: In presenting this new edition of my compilation to the book-collecting world, I must necessarily assume the defensive at the very outset. In the previous and pioneer edition of this book, sufficient material for criticism was apparently afforded to (what my friend Ed. Kruse terms) the hammer and tong brigade. And I have learned that to those gentlemen who continue to regard the book collecting game as something of an esoteric art with much mumbo-jumbo attached, the idea of presenting material information to collectors at large, would appear extremely unethical and distasteful. [-] If some have accused me of every fiendish device, from the listing of books I am anxious to sell, to the very inventing of titleswell, it is the privilege of any fantastic imagination which chooses to do so. (From the Foreword, p. i.).
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$42.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo. cloth. viii, 122 pages. Limited to 445 copies. Covers faded with worn spots along hinge. Presentation from Targ on title page "For Aaron - bookman & Mensch! Bill Targ."
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Targ, William.. American First Editions and their prices.. Chicago, Ill.: Black Archer Press., 1931.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original cloth. viii 121 numbered leaves. One of 445 copies.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 122 pp. One of 445 copies. Cloth.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.