Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Thomas Wolfe. Gentlemen Of The Press. William Targ: The Black Archer Press, Chicago, Il, 1942.
Price: US$23.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: B000i2t308 Limited Edition, Only 350 Printed. Former Owner Bookplate Inside Front.
Seller: Books Galore Missouri, Desoto, MO, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. Gentlemen of the Press: A Play. Black Archer Press, Chicago, 1942.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Play about newspapermen, one of whom is Ben Gant, originally published in the collection The Hills Beyond; first (only) separate publication, Johnson A127, Johnston A10, Preston 11; one of only 350 printed - Johnston says William Targ, the publisher, paid Wolfe's estate $50 for the rights to print this small edition. Small hardcover, full green cloth, yellow paper label, black titling. Light wear to book, but some water damage & spotting to the covers, light staining to endsheets, minor cockling to the page edges; no jacket as issued. Text clean; 27 pages. Size: 5½" by 8"
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. Gentlemen of the Press, A Play. William Targ: The Black Archer Press, Chicago, 1942.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Neat engraved bookplate on front pastedown. Fine condition. Small 8vo. 7-15/16" x 5-7/16". Green cloth covered boards with yellow wrap around spine label stamped in black First separate printing of this play and is issued in a limited edition of 350 copies.
Seller: Frogtown Books, Inc. ABAA, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. Gentlemen of the Press, A Play. William Targ: The Black Archer Press, Chicago, 1942.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited to 350 copies. Darkening of title labels on covers and spine. Light sunning of edges inside of covers and on end papers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: The Country Bookshop [Member VABA], Plainfield, VT, U.S.A.
WOLFE, Thomas. Gentlemen of the Press: A Play. William Targ: The Black Archer Press, Chicago, 1942.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First separate edition. Small octavo. 27pp. Green cloth with, publisher's printed paper wrap-around spine and cover label. Slight toning, near fine. Limited to 350 copies, printed for subscribers.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WOLFE, Thomas. Gentlemen of the Press. William Targ: The Black Archer Press, Chicago, IL, 1942.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. 27 pages. One of 350 copies. The first separate edition of this slim play. A near fine copy in green cloth boards with printed paper label affixed to the spine and front and rear board. No dust jacket as issued. A very nice copy.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
WOLFE, THOMAS. GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS. , 1942.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: WOLFE, Thomas. GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS. A Play. Chicago: William Targ, Black Archer Press, (1942). First separate edition, 1/350 copies. 8vo, green cloth with yellow paper label. Spine slightly darkened, unobtrusive ownership. A near fine copy.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. Gentlemen of the Press. William Targ, Black Archer Press, Chicago, 1942.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth with yellowish pasted label which wraps around the spine and both boards. No DJ. Light green endpapers. Limited to 350 copies for subscribers. A near fine unmarked copy.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. Gentlemen of the Press. Black Archer Press, Chicago, 1942.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Play by the author of Look Homeward Angel. First separate edition published herein by William Targ in an edition of 350 clothbound copies with gold paper label. In about very good condition with wear to boards. This copy comes with a nice piece of Black Archer Press ephemera laid in (one ink checkmark) in fine condition.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. Gentlemen of the Press. William Targ/The Black Archer Press, 1942.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Green cloth with yellow title label, no dust jacket. Owner's provenance inscription noting that the book was purchased at the Haunted Bookshop on May 2, 1946, mild wear, overall near fine and bright in custom mylar cover. First separate appearance, one of 350 copies.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Wolfe, Thomas. Gentlemen of the Press. William Targ: The Black Archer Press, 1942.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Green cloth with yellow spine and cover label. Small ink name and date to front free endpaper, spine very slightly darkened, else fine.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
WOLFE, Thomas. Gentlemen of the Press. William Targ The Black Archer Press, Chicago, 1942.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Small owner name, spine tanned, about very good. One of 350 copies. A play.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.