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WILLIAMS, William Carlos. KORA IN HELL: Improvisations. Four Seas Company, Boston, 1920.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo, 86 pages, name on endpaper, spine and extremities worn, pencilled notes; ex libris Gordon Steward Crawford, 1949. [Wallace A4a]. Prologue includes transcripts of letters from Ezra Pound, H.D., Wallace Stevens. Frontispiece drawing by Stuart Davis, a founder of the Gloucester Society of Artists. "The frontispiece? I had seen a drawing by Stuart Davis, a young artist I had never met, which I wanted reproduced in my book because it was as close as possible to my idea of the Improvisations . Floss and I went to Gloucester and got permission from Stuart Davis to use his art - an impressionstic view of the simultaneous - I WANTED pp.28-29."
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. KORA IN HELL: IMPROVISATIONS. The Four Seas Co., Boston, 1920.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Light dampstain at base of spine extending to lower inner corners of pastedowns, one-inch loss at head of spine professionally restored, bottom corner rear board chipped away, otherwise a clean bright copy with remnants of the dust jacket laid in including most of both panels and the front flap (all three pieces are heavily chipped along edges), part of the blank rear panel, and about three inches of the spine.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. Original printed paper-covered boards, with titles and design on front cover and spine. The spine is missing a 3/4" piece at the top, missing the letters "Ko" from Kora. Frontispiece by Stuart Davis. Moderately worn at the fragile corners. 1000 copies printed, though not stated. An elusive title of William Carlos Williams' fragile book of daily "improvisation" over a one year period.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. KORA IN HELL: IMPROVISATIONS. The Four Seas Company: Boston, 1920.
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Frontis by Stuart Davis, 9.5 x 6.5", pict boards, 86pp, covers rubbed, stained and soiled, extremities bumped and chipping, endpapers toned from old dustjacket (not included), contents decent. SWAF. FIRST EDITION.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, William Carlos.. Kora in Hell: Improvisations.. Boston: Four Seas Company,, 1920.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: 86 pp. Very good plus in printed paper-covered boards with a bump and small stain to lower corner of the front panel near spine. Lacks dust jacket. Frontispiece illustration by Stuart Davis. Wallace A4a.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. Kora in Hell; Improvisations. Four Seas Company, Boston, 1920.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first American edition, published by the Four Seas Company in 1920. In publisher's dull gray paper covered boards. A very good copy of the book with some toning to the spine and wear to the spine ends. With frontispiece by Stuart Davis.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, William Carlos. Kora in hell: improvisations. The Four Seas Company, Boston, 1920.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Original printed boards, lightly browned, with fragments of the original fragile dust-jacket laid in. Ownership inscription to fly-leaf. First edition. One of Williams' favorite works, he described the writing of it as follows: "I decided that I would write something every day, without missing one day, for a year. I'd write nothing planned but take up a pencil, put the paper before me, and write anything that came to me head . . . Not a word was to be changed. I didn't change any, but I did tear up some of the stuff." Wallace, A4.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos.. Kora in Hell: Improvisations.. The Four Seas Company, Boston, 1920.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Printing. 1000 copies. A Very Good copy in drab light grey paper covered boards stamped in black with egg and sperm illustration on front cover. Lacking the fragile orange wrapper. Lower edge of textblock untrimmed. Lower points and foot of spine a little abraded. Spine toned. Frontispiece illustration by Stuart Davis. 86pp. with a twenty page "Prologue" in rambling style. Abstract ("automatic") free variations. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Scarce. Q14713
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, William Carlos. Kora in Hell: Improvisations. The Four Seas Company, Boston, 1920.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, original decorated boards. Front board nicked, otherwise a very good copy in the rare dust jacket, which is heavily repaired; in a full cloth slipcase with leather label on the spine. Front board nicked, otherwise a very good copy in the rare dust jacket, which is heavily repaired; in a full cloth slipcase with leather label on the spine First edition. One of 1000 copies printed. Wallace A4a.
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.