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Porter, Katherine Anne. Noon Wine. Schuman's, Detroit, 1937.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ltd. 153/250. The bottom 1 1/2" of the spine has been lost. With slipcase which has only minor marginal wear.
Seller: Chester Creek Books, Duluth, MN, U.S.A.
Porter, Katherine Anne. Noon Wine. Schuman's, Detroit, 1937.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 65 pages. Limited Edition. Signed by the author on the limitation page, number 38 of 250 copies. A very slightest of browning on the end papers. The original slipcase has a few scuffs and a damp stain on one corner, not affecting the book. Protected in a mylar sleeve. A very attractive, scarce copy.
Seller: ARABESQUE BOOKS, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Original brown patterned cloth, printed labels on cover and spine, near finew. One of 250 copies, SIGNED by Katherine Anne Porter, this copy beins "hors de commerce." Laid in is a business card from the publisher. In original publisher's slipcase, small repair at top of box. Scarce in this nice condition.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Porter, Katherine Anne. Noon Wine. Schuman's, 1937, 1937.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (no. 56 of 250 signed copies of this limited edition) Near fine/very good plus (the book shows a little wear along the spine but is otherwise remarkably clean; the slipcase shows light wear)
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
PORTER, Katherine Anne. Noon Wine. Schuman's, Detroit, 1937.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, limited issue. Tall octavo. 65, [3]pp. Patterened cloth over boards with printed title label. Spine label a little toned else fine in fine original cardboard slipcase. One of 250 numbered copies specially bound and Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
PORTER, Katherine Anne. NOON WINE. , 1937.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: PORTER, Katherine Anne. NOON WINE. Detroit: Schuman's, 1937. Small quarto, patterned buckram cloth in original green cardboard slipcase. Signed, Limited Edition of 250 numbered copies, of which this is copy #91. Also with a signed presentation from Henry Schuman, the publisher, on the front endpaper: "Dr. Stanley V. Larkey, With kind regards from Henry Schuman." Near fine; small bump & crack to lower end of the slipcase. A nice copy and uncommon to find inscribed by the publisher as well! $500.00.
Seller: Antic Hay Books, Asbury Park, NJ, U.S.A.
Porter, Katherine Anne. NOON WINE - INSCRIBED TO JOHN H. THOMPSON. Schuman's, Detroit, 1937.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: One of 250 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.2. Octavo (26cm); patterned cloth-covered boards, with printed title labels mounted to spine and upper front cover; publisher's original paper-covered slipcase; [iv],[5],6-65,[3]pp. Presentation copy, inscribed in a contemporary hand on the colophon: "For John H. Thompson / who edits Signature and who published the first fragments of this work - With all good wishes / Katherine Anne Porter / New York City / February 16, 1937." Hint of sunning to spine, else Fine in a very Near Fine slipcase, with some light wear along the lower edge. With a copy of the publisher's folding prospectus laid in. Association copy of Porter's tragic short novel, set on a small South Texas dairy farm between 1896-1905, which the author described as "the history of an innocent man pursued to his death by the will to do evil of another man, a will to work harm almost as blind and pointless as a catastrophe of the elements." (from the prospectus). A portion of the work was first published by John H. Thompson, editor of the literary semi-annual Signatures, in the Spring, 1936 issue. Noon Wine, along with Old Mortality and Pale Horse, Pale Rider, were published together by Harcourt, Brace in 1939 (under the title Pale Horse, Pale Rider), and together comprise one of Porter's signature works. Filmed for television by Sam Peckinpah in 1966, starring Jason Robards, Olivia de Haviland, and Theodore Bikel.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.