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Anderson, Sherwood. No Swank. The Centaur Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1934.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 130 pp, 17 short pieces. Subjects of enduring literary interest "Prize Fighters and Authors", "Lawrence Again" (D.H.), "Meeting Ring Lardner", "The Dreiser", "Gertrude Stein", etc. S.A. is Quick and to the point. 5.5" x 7.8" black cloth boards, with partially faded gilt spine letters.Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, age-toned end papers. In glassine wrapper Size: Small Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood. No Swank. Centaur Press, Philadelphia, 1934.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: Small octavo (19.5cm.); original black cloth, gilt-lettered spine; ix,[1],130pp. Spine gilt a bit dulled, offsetting to endpapers, else Very Good or better, lacking the dustwrapper. Collection of essays, including "Meeting Ring Lardner," "Prize Fighters and Authors," and "Gertrude Stein."
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
[Literary Essays] Anderson, Sherwood.. No Swank: Essays.. Centaur Press, 1934.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Near Fine tight copy with two lightly bumped corners in a Near Fine glassine tissue Jacket. This collection of seventeen essays by the author of Winesburg, Ohio features pieces on: Meeting Ring Lardner, Death on a Winter Day, Gertrude Stein, A Man's Mind, Margaret Anderson: Real--Unusual, and Prize Fighters and Authors to name but a few. A very uncommon copy of an uncommon Anderson title.
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Sherwood Anderson. No Swank. The Centaur Press, Philadelphia, 1934.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 12mo. 130pp. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable mylar cover. The book itself shows some light rubbing at the bottom edge, light natural toning of the endpapers, top edge ever so slightly dust marked, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards are bright and distinct. The dust jacket shows minimal rubbing of the edges and corners with some light chipping of the topmost and bottommost of the spine, small closed tear of the front panel, otherwise has been well preserved and remains distinct. As pictured.
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood. No Swank. Centaur Press, Philadelphia, 1934.
Price: US$330.00 + shipping
Description: First printing; trade issue. Small octavo (19.5cm.); original black cloth, dustjacket; ix,[1],130pp. Light offsetting to endpapers, a Near Fine copy. The jacket is clipped, with nicks and short tears to the extremities; VG. Collection of literary essays, including "Meeting Ring Lardner," "Prize Fighters and Authors," and "Gertrude Stein." Quite uncommon in dustjacket.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
[Essays] Anderson, Sherwood.. No Swank.. The Centaur Press, 1934.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine tight copy in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with several closed tears to the front panel and two chips to the rear panel. There is some offsetting to the front and rear free endpapers from the jacket. This collection features 17 essays by Anderson some of which were previously published in magazines and Anderson' two Virginia newspapers. Included here are Meeting Ring Lardner, Death on a Winter Day, The Dreiser, Prize Fighters and Authors, Lincoln Steffens Talks of Russia, Visit to a Painter, Gertrude Stein, Lawrence Again, and Margaret Anderson: Real--Unreal. 130 pages. Uncommon in the dust jacket.
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. No Swank. Centaur Press, Philadelphia, 1934.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition of this collection of 17 short works, most appearing in book form for the first time. One of 1,000 copies published by the Centaur Press of Philadelphia in 1934. Laid in is the order form for copies of this book. Interestingly, the original price of the book was apparently $2.50, as this figure is blacked out, and the price of $2.00 is amended. A near fine example of the book with light offsetting to the pastedowns from the dust jacket flaps. The all black dust jacket is near fine with some rubbing to the edges and a one and a quarter inch tear to the top edge of the front panel. Order form fine. Exceptionally uncommon in dust jacket.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood. No Swank. Centaur Press, Philadelphia, 1934.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Small octavo. Front pastedown somewhat wrinkled from the binder's glue and a little foxing and soiling at the edges of the white boards, near fine lacking the original unprinted cellophane dustwrapper. Copy letter "B" of five Presentation Copies Signed by the author. A series of short essays on various topics or people including Ring Lardner, Theodore Dreiser, Gertrude Stein, Margaret Anderson, George Borrow, prize fighters, and authors, etc. Additionally, this is the Dedication Copy, Inscribed by Anderson to his Mother-in-Law: "To Mother - Not only an appreciation but love. Sherwood." The printed dedication reads: "to Laura Lou Copenhaver in appreciation." Laura Lou Copenhaver was the mother of Anderson's fourth (and final) wife, Eleanor Copenhaver. Laid in is an envelope from Olivet College, on which Anderson has made a few notes, mostly just listing the names of authors in the book. Obviously a very scarce title, this is likely as good a copy as exists.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.