Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Sandburg, Carl. Cornhuskers. Henry Holt and Company, NY, 1918.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boards have light soiling and wear; chipped with tiny piece missing at crown of spine; foxing at fore-edge of pages.
Seller: Acme Book Company, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.
Sanburg, Carl. Cornhuskers. First Edition, First Issue. 1918. Henry Holt, New York, 1918.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition first issue with the numeral "3" on page 3 and "North of Boston" priced at $1.30 in the advertisements. Missing top half of spine. Shoudl be rebound.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl. Cornhuskers.. New York, Henry Holt., 1918.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, later state (page 3 is not numbered [Ahearn]) and a rebound copy, with publisher's 2-page ad at rear. News clippings are laid in, from 1950s and at his death 1967. -- Hardcover, half-leather with raised bands, marbled boards, gold stamped titles and decorations. Condition: very good minus (spine edges and corners are rubbed; scattered foxing throughout).
Seller: Bucks County Bookshop IOBA, Doylestown, PA, U.S.A.
SANDBURG, Carl. CORNHUSKERS. Henry Holt, New York, 1918.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, x, 147 pages, original brown boards, edgeworn, nicked at head of spine Later state with page no. 3 unnumbered, but NORTH OF BOSTON priced at $1.30 in rear adverts.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl. CORNHUSKERS. Henry Holt & Co., New York, NY, 1918.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: New York, NY: Henry Holt & Co. Fair/NO DUSTJACKET. 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition . 8vo., 147, inside hinges weak, pages yellowed, cover torn, frayed .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl. Cornhuskers. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1918.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 147pp.+adverts; HB olivegreen w/blue; rubbed w/scuff; wear on edges&corners; backstrip missing; cover detaching; PON&lib.stamps; some lt.soil,otherwise clean,tight pgs. Poetry & essays.
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl. Cornhuskers. Henry Holt, New York, 1918.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, Later State. 1 vols. 8vo.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl. Cornhuskers. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1918.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, first state: page 3 numbered at bottom. Covers lightly browned, scuffed, and edge worn. Cover over spine mostly gone. Bookplate inside front cover, light foxing near hinges on a handful of pages, otherwise pages good. Pencil written on first page of Contents, "All marked with a cross Sandburg read at Unity House, Jan. 30th 1922." Handfull of pencil marks on first two pages of Contents, with corresponding pencil checks on those pages.
Seller: Vintage Quaker Books, Bath, ME, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl. Cornhuskers. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1918.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 147pp. HB olivegreen w/blue; slight rub w/clean,tight pgs. DJ yellow w/blue rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; spine&edges sunned; chips&tears. "In "Cornhuskers," Mr. Sandburg is concerned less with the city and more with the Prairie which will be "here when the cities are gone"
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
SANDBURG, Carl. Cornhuskers. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1918.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Small 8vo. Grey paper over boards with green lettering. x, 147pp, (2pp ads). Good plus. While tight and internally near fine, binding is rubbed and edgeworn (more so at spine head/tail). First edition of Sandburg's second major poetry collection, which earned him the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes. Second state, with page 3 not noted at bottom of page. Interestingly, this copy hails from the collection of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1970-81), and before him of his poetry-loving mother, Ellen Borden Stevenson -- on the front flyleaf, she boldly pencils "Ellen Borden -- / June 1925." She was a celebrated debutante and socialite (1907-72) who married future Illinois governor and two-time Democratic presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson II in 1928; their divorce in 1949 while he held office raised eyebrows and likely harmed his presidential electability.
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl. CORNHUSKERS. ( 1st ed., 1st state ). Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1918.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st edition, first state with page 3 numbered and 'Chicago Poems" priced $1.30 opposite title page. 12mo. paper over boards. Front cover nice, spine well chipped, rear cover almost detached, handsome book plate. The leaves are very clean, text block tight. Could be repaired to good effect.
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl.. CORNHUSKERS.. Henry Holt and Co.,, New York, 1918.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo, brown boards, x + 147 [1] 2 pages of ads. Second state, lacking the numeral 3 on page 3; the title "North of Boston" is priced at $1.30 in rear ads. Small dampstain on rear cover near spine, does not affect interior. Clean and tight. Lacks front free endpaper. Former owner name and date on preliminary blank. Dust jacket spine browned, separated at front fold front from rear panel. Studio
Seller: Alkahest Books, Deerfield, IL, U.S.A.
SANDBURG, Carl.. Cornhuskers.. Henry Holt, New York, 1918.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 147 pp. 8vo, publisher's boards in dust jacket. First edition; second state. A near fine copy in a jacket with very shallow chipping at the extremities of the spine and corners.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
SANDBURG, Carl. Cornhuskers. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1918.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Small 8vo. Tan leatherette with gilt lettering and decoration. x, 147pp, (2pp ads). Very good overall. Modern rebind is fine and pristine, while text block shows faint dampstaining to some page edges; 1924 ownership signature on inner flyleaf. First edition of Sandburg's second major poetry collection in a nifty faux leather rebind with fun funky gilt lettering. Second state, with page 3 not noted at bottom of page. Special tipped-in flyleaf bears Sandburg's large, bold signature in black ink.
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Carl Sandburg. CORNHUSKERS. Henry Holt & Co. N.Y., 1918.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine++ hardcover copy in a very good jacket/brodart covered. First Edition, 2nd issue with the missing page number 3. Copy is very clean and tight with just some mild rubbing and nick to bottom of spine. Jacket is clipped to all four corner folds with small pieces missing to all four corner folds. Pieces missing to top and bottom of jackets spine with some age toning to jackets spine. Otherwise, a very presentable copy. Please look at pictures and enlarge for a better look. *** WE BOX AND SHIP ALL BOOKS WITH USPS TRACKING. *** WE HAVE BEEN BUYING AND SELLING USED BOOKS FOR OVER 35 YEARS.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
SANDBURG, Carl. CORNHUSKERS. Henry Holt, New York, 1918.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, 147 pages, original brown boards, bit of splitting at spine, fore-edge bumped, inked name in 1921 on free endpaper. First state with page no. 3 numbered, and NORTH OF BOSTON priced at $1.30 in rear adverts.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl. Cornhuskers. Henry Holt, New York, 1918.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, @nd Issue. 147, [3]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown boards. Fine in almost fine dust jacket, split at the front hinges
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
SANDBURG, Carl. CORNHUSKERS. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1918.
Price: US$312.50 + shipping
Description: Sandburg's second regularly published book after the impressive CHICAGO POEMS. This is the second state of the text with the folio "3" lacking. The book is tight and crisp; the dustwrapper (from a later @1923 printing) is clean with no tears or chips and has all four corners neatly and evenly clipped by the publisher. Fine, bright copy in a beautiful dustwrapper
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl. Cornhuskers. Henry Holt and Co., New York, 1918.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In tan paper covered boards with green titling, 8vo, 147pp+ads. Signed by Carl on free front endpaper:"Jake - 1958 - Carl." First edition - Second state with "3" missing from page 3. (minor light shelfwear to outer extremities, upper tip lightly chipped, light toning to endpapers and edges). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl (1878-1967). Cornhuskers. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1918.
Price: US$349.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1918. First edition, first printing, 1918. First issue, with page 3 numbered at the bottom, and the Chicago Poems book advertised at 1.30 opposite the title page. Khaki boards lettered in deep green, 147 pages plus two pages of publisher's advertisements, no dustjacket. Rubbed at the extremities with some surface soil, series of very tiny closed tears at spine head only affecting the horizontal line above the title, some foxing to outer edges of text block, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages free from names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl. Cornhuskers. Henry Holt, New York, 1918.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 147 pages. First edition. Second state with page 3 unnumbered. Fine book in a fine dust jacket with the spine very slightly darkened. Price clipped. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl. Cornhuskers. Henry Holt and Company, NY, 1918.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, second state (page 3 not numbered, "Chicago Poems" advertised at $1.35). Publisher's brown printed boards. The 103 poems that form this early collection earned Sandburg the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for 1919. Carl August Sandburg (1878-1967) was an American writer and editor best known for poetry. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. H. L. Mencken called Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat". . Spine mildly sunned, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. x, 147, (2-adverts) pp
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl. Cornhuskers. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1918.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good first edition, first state book in very good dust jacket. Board panels and clean, text on front panel and spine is sharp. Upper and lower edges on head and tail of board spine are creased. Back corner at head of board spine is bumped. Two stains on bottom of page edges close to spine. Small book store label on back paste down. Previous owner's inscription on front free end paper, else book is internally clean. Page 3 is numbered and "Chicago Poems" is referenced on the page facing the title page. Text block is sound. Dust jacket is fragile. Soiled overall. Spine is sunned and rubbed. Spine and fore-edge folds are creased. Loss across width at head and tail of spine up to 1/4". Lower right corner on front panel has loss of 1 1/8" by up to 5/16". Upper left corner on front panel has "L-shaped closed tear of approx. 1 1/2". Fore-edge corners are rubbed. Shallow creasing along upper edges including inside flap edges. All inside flaps are clipped, the largest being the lower corner on the back flap of 2 1/4" by 1 5/8". Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl. Cornhuskers -- First State. Henry Holt, New York, 1918.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Scarce first state with Page 3 numbered as such and Chicago Poems book advertised at $1.30 opposite title page. Very good plus with professional repair to interior hinges and slight wear to paper along back edge of spine, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good dust jacket with some wear at spine ends and edges. A very attractive copy.
Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Carl Sandburg. Cornhuskers. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1918.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1918. First Edition, First State with "3" to bottom of third page present and $1.30 net price for Chicago Poems facing title page. Octavo. 147 pages + 2 pages publisher's advertisements. Printed dust jacket with $1.30 price to spine. Light brown boards stamped in dark green. Dust jacket with some light chipping at extremities and a touch of toning and rubbing. Boards chipped at top of spine, light shelfwear to bottom edge, and toning to spine ends. Binding is sound. Bookplate of Nat Wolff to front pastedown (likely not the Nickelodeon actor/singer). Light toning to endpapers opposite jacket flaps. Pages bright and unmarked. Scarce in first state, with the Ahearns noting the jacket with the $1.30 price is reportedly earlier than jackets with no price.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Sandburg, Carl. Cornhuskers. Henry Holt & Co, New York, 1918.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo. [x], 147, [2] pp. Cloth, foxing, good. (28698). Chicago Poems priced $1.30 net with number 3 appearing on page 3. Inscribed in brown ink to Mrs. Souira Maritain / 1946 / Carl Sandburg , along with ownership signature of John C. Ransom on front free endpaper.
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.