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Price: US$5.64 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: shelf wear, paperback Used - Good 1985 First Edition All purchases support Project HOME - ending homelessness in Philadelphia.
Seller: Project HOME Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$7.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5 v. : ports.; 24 cm. Includes Portraits. "This edition is published in paper wrappers. 1st edition. cover has some wear and some light fading.
Seller: Nelsons Books, Chazy, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$7.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo, paper covers with surface wear, 305 pp., photo of the author, minor foxing to the edges
Seller: Henry Hollander, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$9.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Description: Very good, covers a bit faded.
Seller: The Book Den, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$10.17 + shipping
Description: first p/b edition 301pp VG+ (paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and stained and sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.incl.hinges,edges sl.soiled)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$11.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5 v. : ports.; 24 cm. Includes Portraits. clean and tight, no markings, some light shelf wear.
Seller: Nelsons Books, Chazy, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: tight binding, moderate wear, moderate blemishes or marks, no underlining or highlighting
Seller: FITZ BOOKS AND WAFFLES, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Location:20 301 pp. tears to crown of spine 20
Seller: Schoen Books, South Deerfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Description: Book condition is Very Good in wraps. Owner name and date verso front panel. Inked out price and a few scuffs to FEP. Minor edgewear and fading to exterior. Text is clean and unmarked. ; Scenes from the Life of an American Jew, Vol. 1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 301 pages.
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: inscribed and signed by John Sanford. A very good copy.
Seller: Rob Warren Books, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Used - Very Good
Seller: BMV Bloor, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$21.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: some shelfwear but still NICE! Standard-sized.
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 305 p. Color of the Air, 1. Audience: General/trade. new old stock, 1 st Black Sparrow Press have a colored title page.
Seller: Nelsons Books, Chazy, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "John Sanford" is the name of the protagnonist of the novel published in 1933 in The Water Wheel, by Julian Shapiro, and Shapiro took on the pseudonym then and there. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, light soiling to and wearing of the printed, illustrated wraps, three spots of minor paper loss thereto, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Published in Santa Barbara, California, by the Black Sparrow Press, 1985. Measures 6" wide by 9" tall. [18], 19-301 [4] pp. including a black-and-white photograph of Shapiro.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 301 pp. Light foxing along top edges, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and paper label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 300 trade hardcover copies.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$26.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Cloth and decorated boards, paper spine label. First edition, hardbound trade issue, of the first volume of the author's autobiography. Cover design by Barbara Martin. Lightly shelf rubbed at bottom edge, else fine in clear acetate dust jacket, as issued. Black Sparrow Press was a small independent publishing house focused on avant-garde literature. Established by John and Barbara Martin in 1966, in Los Angeles, and shuttered in 2002, in Santa Rosa. With the help of typographer and printer Graham Mackintosh, the Press was responsible for drawing attention to Charles Bukowski and his literary work.
Seller: Second Wind Books, LLC, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. First ed. SIGNED by author on first page after title. Dampstaining to pages along bottom- faint, mostly noticable just bc it's crinkly. Otherwise VG. Boards clean. Binding sturdy. Acetate jacket has some wear.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$49.95 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Limited Edition #51 of 151, First Edition, First Printing, Signed, ?John Sanford/Julian Shapiro.? Hardly any sign of use with No Writing in text. Ships with tracking the same or next business day from New Haven, CT. We fully guarantee to ship the exact same item as listed and work hard to maintain our excellent customer service.
Seller: Book Trader Cafe, LLC, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Inscribed by the author to Carolyn & James Robertson [Yolla Bolly Press]. 8vo; decorative light blue paper covered boards, blue cloth back with paper spine label; clear acetate jacket. Laid in are a folded 14" x 11" photo-reproduction of "The autobiographical odyssey of a dealer in rare books" by Ralph B. Sipper, from the Los Angeles Times - "west view" section,1980; three columns with inset illustration "The Rise of a Rare Book Dealer" by Todd Crespi. Also laid in is the publisher's reproduction of the New York Times Book Review piece on The Color of Air, by Gorham Davis, 1985. First Trade Edition of 300 copies; Signed by Author(s)
Seller: G.F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA, GRASS VALLEY, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One of 150 numbered hardcover copies signed by the author as Sanford and Shapiro. Publisher's original acetate dust jacket.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Sanford, John. The Color of the Air. Black Sparrow Press, 1985.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ALL FIVE VOLUMES sold as set only. Near fine copies with the faintest of rubbing.; Scenes From The Life Of An American Jew; 8.8 X 5.8 X 0.8 inches; 305 pages
Seller: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 26 handbound hardback copies lettered and Signed by the author. This is T. Handbound in boards by Earle Gray. Signed in blue ink by the author who signed both his real name and his pseudonym. In publisher's acetate jacket. Edgewear present, especially to top edge. Top edge of ffep shows wear. We bought this book at Larry McMurtry's Last Book Sale. Ships same or next business day. ; Signed by Author
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED Limited Edition. Copy # 76 of 150 numbered copies. Fine in quarter yellow cloth and pale blue boards in a plain unprinted acetate wrapper.
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Volume 3-5 are signed by Sanford on verso of copyright pages Very good with rubbed and bumped edges. Volume 1 has very light discoloration on front free endsheet. Volumes 4 and 5 have small soil marks on covers. Volume 4's front free endsheet and flyleaf have slight color transfer on both pages
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Five volumes (complete), octavo size, approx. 1500 total pp., each volulme one of the signed, limited publications. John Sanford (born Julian Lawrence Shapiro, 1904-2003) was awarded the a PEN/Faulkner Award and the Los Angeles Times Lifetime Achievement Award for this five-volume, autobiographical work (originally envisioned to be only three volumes). Each volume in this set one of the Black Sparrow special signed, limited copies (see below for details). If read at all, it was done gently, as the books still have that "tight" feel. Loosely laid into the second volume is a small "Note Concerning John Sanford's Epic Trilogy" which summarizes the plot line of the first volume and announces the forthcoming third volume. ___DESCRIPTION: Each volume bound in decorated paper over boards with a cloth shelfback (each volume in different colours), Vol. One published in 1985, this no. 31 of 150 numbered copies (total HC edition 476), signed by on a page tipped onto the copyright page, in blue ink, using both names ("John Sanford / Julian Shapiro"), 301 pp.; Vol. Two pub. 1986, no. 30 of 150 numbered copies (total HC edition 476), signed as Vol. One, 289 pp.; Vol. Three pub. 1987, this no. 21 of 150 numbered copies (total HC edition 476), again signed as Vol. One, 296 pp.; Vol. Four pub. 1989, this no. 33 of 150 numbered copies (total HC edition 476), signed on the tipped-in page but solely as "John Sanford", 323 pp.; and Vol. Five pub. 1991, this no. 108 of 125 numbered copies (total HC edition 451), signed as Vol. Four, 296 pp. All volumes with the publisher's acetate wrapper, loosely laid into the second volume the publisher's "Note", a single sheet folded once to four pages, measuring 7 1/2" by 4 7/8". ___CONDITION: Volumes are uniformly fine, with clean boards, straight corners without rubbing, strong, square text blocks with solid hinges, the interiors clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean, crisp, and as new. The acetate wrappers near fine, clean, all with a small amount of rubbing to the soft plastic; the "Note" fine, clean and free of wear. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this set is unusually heavy and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.