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Anderson, Sherwood. Tar; A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$7.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown.pebbled cl. w. gilt lettering illus in blue and brown w. gilt on cover. Backstr. brown w. gilt lettering, lines on blue background. Library markings on cover and backstr. effaced. Xviii, 346pp. Ex-lib. w. markings and blind stamps.
Seller: Cragsmoor Books, Cragsmoor, NY, U.S.A.
Sherwood Anderson. Tar: a Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Description: Book Condition: good. Light foxing on some pages. Crack to inside spine. Lightly rubbed covers. Reading copy. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library.
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brown cloth stamped in gilt, blue and blind. The volume is slighty canted, has a faintly sunned spine, and there is a small 1/4" x 1/2" stain on the bottom page edges. An ink inscription resides on the front endpaper and the text leaves are gently toned.
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar; a Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: This copy of the second printing has some corner bumping, light edge wear. Interior text has slightly yellowed with age, clean and tight in binding. Unclipped DJ is quite rough with edge wear and large chipping. Most of "Tar" missing from front section. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. No dust jacket. A few spots on cover. Erase marks on front end page. A few sports and folds. Very Good condition.
Seller: Rare Reads, Athens, GA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. TAR: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 346pp, small stain to rear ep, light shelfwear.
Seller: Russ States, Oil City, PA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright NY 1926, 1926.
Price: US$11.24 + shipping
Description: 346pp. 8vo Brown cloth 1st edition Near Fine/no dj
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. TAR: A MIDWEST CHILDHOOD. Boni & Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Owner name; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 346 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, New York, New York, 1926.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A First Edition from Boni & Liveright, 1926, missing its DJ. Orange cloth-covered boards with silver lettering & design to front & spine is in Good+ condition, downgraded due to rubbing to extremities, light soil, bumped corners. Otherwise, quite clean, binding tight & square. NO writing, highlighting or underlining; not ex-lib. Pages show mild-moderate tanning, heavier around edges. Please see our photos--they show the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Description & photos sole property of Gargoyle Books. Same Day Shipping on all orders received weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); Weekends & holidays, next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clean pages, with no owners' marks, though somewhat toned at endpapers and edges; the full brown cloth cover shows only light edgewear at corners and spine ends, otherwise excellent, with gilt and inked titles and decoration at front and spine. 346pp. A semi-autobiographical novel.
Seller: The Haunted Bookshop, LLC, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.
Sherwood Anderson. Tar: A Midwest Childhood Sherwood Anderson. Boni and Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1926 Hardcover clean with light shelfwear. Interior clean, binding secure. No jacket. Corner clipped on front free endsheet. Hinges intact. Binding secure. Pages clean.Your purchase benefits literacy and summer reading programs in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. We ship every business day. All books ship in cardboard bookfolds with delivery confirmation. Sets or unusually heavy items ship in a box.
Seller: Queen City Books, Lynchburg, OH, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: a Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 346 pp., Remnants of dust jacket laid-in (four pieces comprising most of the jacket)
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood.. Tar. A Midwest Childhood.. New York, Boni and Liveright., 1926.
Price: US$14.25 + shipping
Description: XVIII, 346pp. Orig. pict. cloth. First edition. - Very good copy.
Seller: Manfred Nosbuesch, Kuchenheim, Germany
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rough brown cloth, bright gilt title and small farm illustration in gilt with deep blue sky on front, gilt and blue badly rubbed on spine, 346 pages, bookstore label for New York City Holiday Bookstore at bottom of back inside cover. Near Very Good.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: a Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, NY, 1926.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st printing; brown buckram w/tile tites; lite war at extremities; owner's insc. on flyleaf; 346 clean, unmarked pages Size: 8 Vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar. A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$17.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xviii + 346 pages. Bonibooks edition. Top closed edges and front endpaper show dust. Dust jacket is dust-soiled, chipped and lightly scuffed. Firmly and squarely bound. M-1 GDH
Seller: David M. Herr, Port Orange, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$17.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good condition. Spine tips and cover corners are rubbed. Bottom page edge is a little rubbed near fore edge. Bottom corner of back free endpaper is torn away. 346 pages.
Seller: Jerry Merkel, XENIA, OH, U.S.A.
Anderson,Sherwood. Tar, a midwest childhood. NY:Boni and Liveright,1926,, 1926.
Price: US$17.50 + shipping
Description: cloth,FIRST EDITION, 346pgs,previous owner name on first page, VG+
Seller: Juniper Point Books, Round Lake, NY, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood. Tar, a Midwest Childhood. Boni And Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good. Hardcover, lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, pages and spine browned. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood.. Tar: A Midwest Childhood.. Albert & Charles Boni,, n.p.:, 1926.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good in a good (edge worn with several small chips and edge tears, age toned) dust jacket.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$19.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. Book in VG condition, no dust-jacket, some wear and rubbing. Internally clean. xvii, 346p.
Seller: Barlow Books, Chesterfield, United Kingdom
ANDERSON, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, NY, 1926.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Trade Edition. Very good, tight copy. Lacking dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar, A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: Small cover stain 1" , 1926 issue, tiny label of Hudson's Book Shop, Detroit, at bottom of rear pastedown. Very good condition (no dust jacket).
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. TAR A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, New York, NY, 1926.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: New York, NY: Boni and Liveright. G/G. 1926. First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. 2nd Printing . 8vo., 346 pp., Dj rubbed, frayed, toning, chipped & torn, page tonin .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. TAR: A MIDWEST CHILDHOOD. Boni & Liveright, N.Y., 1926.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illuminated cover. 346pp.
Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.
Anderson. Sherwood. Tar; A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown cloth with blue title block, gilt lettering and cover illustration in gilt, blue and brown. Rubbing to all edges and minor general scuffing to boards. Front hinge to mesh at title page. Finger soil to lower margin of title page, text is otherwise clean and bright, no marks. The fictional account of Edgar Moorehead's childhood. Nicknamed Tar-heel or Tar, because of his father's North Carolina origin.
Seller: Gyre & Gimble, Holden, ME, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. TAR; A MIDWEST CHILDHOOD. NY: Boni & Liverright, 1926, 1926.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition. Large 8vo, bit dull and some edge wear, a GOOD reading copy (H4/0)
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar A Midwest Childhood. Albert & Charles Boni, 1926.
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: *Attractive early edition in dustcover* A curious copy. This is a 1st Thus: the (copyright 1926) Boni & Liveright in the [circa 1932] graphic dustcover, published by the Boni's as a hardback in their Bonibooks line. Excellent book: clean, square, bright, and solid with no internal marks. Sticker to ffep tells us that this apparently circulated from the Book Shop run by Norma L. Kittson in Park Ridge, Illinois where one could purchase books, borrow books, find sheet music, and get film developed. Thus, it is a certain sort of ex-library book. The dustcover is worn, venerable, and attractive with professional backing paper applied to the inside; scuffed and tired with uniform color and still 100% present. We ship daily. Out to you w/tracking.
Seller: Spenlow & Jorkins, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 346pp. A crisp, clean copy, very good or better, in the publisher's brown cloth. Spine dulled, contemporary owner's name on the front paste-down, but a sharp and pleasing example, lacking the dust jacket.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, NY, 1926.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. First Edition. Prelims darkened, else a very good hardback in a jacket that is missing the spine and is detached at the flaps.
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, SHERWOOD. TAR: A MIDWEST CHILDHOOD. NEW YORK NY ALBERT & CHARLES BONI PUB 1926., 1926.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: NF/VG. A BONIBOOK BOOK HAS A SLIGHT BIT OF WEAR AT THE SPINE TOP. D.J.IS WORN AT THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS AND FRONT FORE-EDGE FOLD WITH SOME LIGHT CRUSH TINY CHIPS AND SHORT TEARS AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE, A 3/4" TRIANGULAR PIECE MISSING AT THE SPINE TOP'S REAR CORNER, AND PRICE-CLIPPED. A VERY NICE COPY. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood. TAR; A midwest childhood. Boni and Liveright, NY, 1926.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 346. Brown cloth stamped in blue and gilt. A VG tight copy. A novel.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar, a Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, NY. 1926., 1926.
Price: US$25.30 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Octavo, hardcover, chocolate brown with gold lettering and embossed picture. Stain on cover else good. Part of dj pasted to inside front cover. Front hinge repaired. Second Printing. 346 deckled pp. A wandering family settles in a small Ohio town; his father is a goof-off, his mother a hard worker. Partly autobiographical.
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Sherwood Anderson. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$26.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First Printing. Very Good copy. Fair jacket. In brown cloth covers with bright gilt lettering and blue and gilt farm scene on front cover and bright gilt lettering blocked in blue on spine. Black stained top edge. Square, intact binding. No cracked hinges. Clean, unmarked text pages. Previous owner's name on front free denpaper. Light bumping to ends of spine. Small initials on upper back paste-down. Jacket. Price intact on upper front flap. Taped spine edge on inside. Chipping to all edges. Moderate shelf rubbing. In new protective jacket cover. Pictures upon request. Thank you for your patronage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Quaker House Books, Catawissa, PA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: a Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$26.00 + shipping
Description: Brown Cloth, Embossed cover with Gold Gilt.
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$26.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition in brown cloth. The lower spine is beginning to fray. The covers are a little scuffed. The spine is rolled forward (shelf cocked). The binding is tight. There is some foxing to the paste-downs and the end pages. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. A dust jacket is not included. Electronic delivery tracking will be issued free of charge.
Seller: Alien Bindings, BALTIMORE, MD, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liverright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Pebbled brown cloth stamped in blue and gilt. Light stain on cloth corners, modest edgewear, near fine lacking the dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Sherwood Anderson. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Variant orange and silver cloth with Rockwell Kent reader design , title, and Art Deco decorations. Anderson's memoirs of growing up in Illinois. A clean, tight, unmarked copy in bright cover design.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar, A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: Small owner nameplate on front paste-down. Very good condition (no dust jacket).
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: No DJ. 346 pages Stated second printing.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni, 1926.
Price: US$40.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1926 Boni Liveright Press. Nice solid clean interior, some cover edge wear and tear. Good solid copy, mild to moderate reading/age wear, no DJ if issued, may have some light markings or exowner inscription. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.
Seller: Best and Fastest Books, Wantage, NJ, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood. Tar. A Midwest Childhood. , 1926.
Price: US$44.00 + shipping
Description: ANDERSON, Sherwood. Tar. A Midwest Childhood. Orig. cloth. N.Y.: Boni & Liveright, 1926. First edition. Fine.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. TAR. A MID WEST CHILDHOOD.. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Boni and Liveright. 1926. 1st edition.346pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. The book is in very good condition. Boards are clean and bright. Internally, There are no previous owners marks or signatures and the pages, save for three ink drops across xvi-xvii, are clean and bright. The dust jacket has done its job well and is soiled with many small chips and tears. It is still in one piece and is not price clipped. Overall, jacket is in good condition.
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
Sherwood Anderson. Tar a Midwest Childhood. Boni And Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Very fine copy.Gorgeous Condition.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood. Tar: A Mid-Western Childhood. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. A partly autobiographical novel of a boy and his childhood experiences & growing consciousness in a small town in Ohio. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket, slight discoloration to lower spine and some mild folding to top edge.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$46.35 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original brown buckram with design of a Midwest farm in a gilt and blue square flanked by title and author, also gilt. Vintage art bookplate. Mild rubbing to edges. A tight, clean, unmarked copy.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The second printing of this Anderson book, something of an autobiography. A very nice copy, spine just a bit aged. A fingernail chip to rear panel and very shallow chipping to spine ends. Published by Boni and Liveright in 1926.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. TAR: A MIDWEST CHILDHOOD. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Semi-autobiographical novel in brown pebbly cloth boards with gilt lettering and house illustration on the front boards. With owner's bookplate and signature. A modestly worn, tight copy; basically crisp and clean.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liverright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good with a cocked spine, edgewear, lacking a dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. A particularly fine and bright copy of the book with remnants of the dustwrapper laid in.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood.. Tar. A Midwestern Childhood.. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in rough dark brown cloth stamped in gilt at spine and on front cover, lacking a dustwrapper. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Topstain unfaded. 346pp. Q05864
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$55.11 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Out of print and scarce in this fine condition.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. TAR A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$56.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo; 346 pages; Minor frayed spot to top of spine. Jacket is soiled, rubbed and has minor chipping.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood. TAR; A midwest childhood. Boni and Liveright, NY, 1926.
Price: US$58.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 346. Brown cloth stamped in blue and gilt. A VG tight copy in little nicked and worn dj. A novel.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Sherwood Anderson. Tar A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright: New York, 1926.
Price: US$60.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This 1926 assumed first edition is inscribed and dated on the fep. The previous owner's name and address are written on the inside front cover. The inside pages are tight, bright, and clean, free of notes. The brown cloth cover with gilt print and a small illustration has light bumping at the spine ends, extremities, rubbings on both front and back covers. The interior pages are very gook, but the cover is good minus, but a great read and inscribed, too!
Seller: George Kent, Bookseller, Silverhill, AL, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. TAR - A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liverright, 1926.
Price: US$65.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926 First Edition, with out the dust jacket. Original Brown cloth, gilt and blue stamped front board and spine. Fine.
Seller: The Antiquarian Shop, Bend, OR, U.S.A.
Sherwood Anderson. Tar; a Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright January 1926, 1926.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: white spine lightly soiled; paper hinge cracked at front cover; pre title page states no.157 of limited edition of 350 copies, signed by Author
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood.. Tar. A Midwest Childhood.. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in brown canvas cloth stamped in gilt on blue panels, in a Very Good tan paper dustwapper printed in dark brown and sage green, price-clipped, toned along spine panel, split along front spinefold (with repair to verso), with tiny wear to points. 346pp. Uncommon in jacket. Q06545
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Sherwood Anderson. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, 1926, 1926.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover. First edition. Little wear to cloth board. Top edge blue stain. The interior and text pages are fresh unmarked. No foxing no browning. 346pp
Seller: GoldBookShelf, Burlington, ON, Canada
Anderson, Sherwood. TAR A MIDWEST CHILDHOOD (signed/limited ed). , 1926.
Price: US$79.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1926 first edition Boni & Liveright. Limited to 350 copies, this is copy No. 222. Hardcover. Large Octavo, 346pp., floral patterned boards, vellum spine with mounted brown paper spine label (label in fine condition, not chipped). **Signed by Anderson. Near VG, cover tips worn, spine a bit toned, no DJ. No slipcase. Binding secure; hinges not cracked; text clean. Pictures available on request.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, New York, NY, 1926.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: xviii + 346 pp, Foreword. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, a very clean copy that shows little if any wear. 5.9" x 8,4" brown cloth boards stamped in gold and blue on cover and spine, with author title publisher. DJ, in protector, taped from inside, top edge chipped & wrinkled, but with good color. Size: Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: a Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, Inc., New York, NY, 1926.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xviii + 346 pp, Foreword, Text in Five Parts / XXII chapters. Untitled. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, previous owner's bookplate (2.5" x 4.5") afixed to fr pastedown, minor age-toning of paper-pages, DJ chipped around spine head and tail edges, & further along the top edge & sun-tanned all around. Protector keeps the DJ intact, and permits good handling. 5.8" x 8.4" brown cloth boards, gilt & blue design stamp pressed on, in illustrated DJ Size: Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar, a Midwest Childhood (Signed). Boni & Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover; No marks or writing,; vellum spine with paste down label, decorative paper; spine toned and label missing sm top chip; corners rounded; nice bookplate on fep ;; Signed Ltd Edition # 118/350 ; semi autobiography of author's youth in Ohio who wrote several novels including his best, Winesburg Ohio; ; 346 pages; Signed by Author Very Good- clean tight binding over boards with age, shelf rubbing to cover
Seller: The Book Chaser (FABA), Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood (1876-1941). Tar : A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$101.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing (no additional printings noted). 8vo: xviii,346pp. Publisher's brown pebbled cloth, spine lettered in gilt within blue title block, upper cover lettered in gilt with vignette of farmhouse and barn, top edge stained black, fore-edge untrimmed, title page printed in blue and black; cream-colored pictorial dust jacket printed in green and black and priced $3.00. Fine, bright copy, virtually As New, in jacket with shallow chipping, touching lettering at base of slightly tanned spine. Sheehy & Lohf 39. A fictionalized memoir constructed of episodes in the childhood of Edgar Moorehead (nicknamed Tar-heel, or Tar, because of his father's North Carolina origin), though fictional location of Tar bears a resemblance to Camden, Ohio, where Anderson was born and spent his first year. An episode from the book later appeared, in revised form, as one of Anderson's finest short stories, "Death in the Woods." N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar. Boni and Liveright, USA, 1926.
Price: US$108.87 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original brown cloth boards, front board lettered in gilt with gilt and blue design. Gilt lettering ( on blue faux label ) to the spine. A SIGNED US first edition, first impression. THE WRAPPER : No wrapper. THE BOOK : The book is sound and tight. The front and back boards are clean and bright, showing inconsequential rubbing to the corners. The corners are sharp. The lettering on the front board is clear and bold. The spine is also bright, the spine lettering is bold. The spine ends are very gently bruised. The pages are clean. No foxing. The text block and closed page edges are very gently toned with age. No spotting. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. There is a blurb for the book neatly affixed to the front pastedown as well as an unused library stamp ( this is NOT an ex-lib book ). This copy has been FLAT SIGNED by Sherwood Anderson to the ffep. A nice copy. Paypal accepted.
Seller: Cheltenham Rare Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Sherwood Anderson. Tar: A Midwest Childood. Boni & Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Sherwood Anderson - Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright (1926). First Edition. Hardcover. A Fine copy in a Near Fine jacket. See image. Enclosed in archival quality mylar cover.
Seller: Savage Lotus Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: a Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$115.20 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boni and Liveright, 1926. First edition; signed and inscribed by author at the Title page; top edge publishers stained; gilt lettering/decorative gilt on front board/spine; cover very lightly rubbed/bumped, lightly soiled, center of the front board quite soiled, gilt on spine quite tarnished, spine quite soiled, corners/spine ends lightly rubbed/bumped, few very small chips/tears at the top spine end; edges lightly rubbed/bumped/soiled, quite sunned; interior lightly age-toned throughout, signed and inscribed by author at the Title page, hinge torn at the rear endpaper, internal binding slightly exposed, binding otherwise intact, pastedowns/endpapers lightly soiled, faint soiling sparsely sprinkled throughout; binding tight; cover, edges and interior intact and clean, except where noted; due to the size/weight of this item, additional shipping charges may apply. First Edition. hardcover. Good.
Seller: Munster & Company LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$137.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo (21cm.); original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket, blue topstain; xviii,346pp. Jacket extremities and spine rather toned and a bit rubbed, especially along flap folds; still, a Very Good, solid copy. Autobiographical novel of childhood and family life in the Midwest. HANNA 80.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, trade issue. xviii, 346 pp. Bound in publisher's pebbled cloth with gilt and navy stamping, black topstain. Fine copy, vintage bookseller's ticket at rear, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with toning to spine panel, a little foxing and tiny tear to back panel, unclipped ($3.00). Nice shape overall.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood.. Tar: A Midwest Childhood.. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 346 pp. 8vo, publisher's vellum-backed boards in glassine and slipcase. First edition; No. 225 of 250 copies signed by Anderson. Hinges cracked; vellum a little foxed; otherwise very nice in slightly chipped glassine. The slipcase has had the top neatly replaced.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar. A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Limited to 350 copies, this being number 344. Signed by Anderson on the limitation page. Title and title vignette printed in black and tan. 346 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Limited edition, signed. Autobiographical novel. Original parchments backed patterned boards, printed paper label on spine. Spotting of spine, upper inner hinge starting, some light spotting of fore-edge Title and title vignette printed in black and tan. 346 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition. Limited to 350 copies, this being number 344. Signed by Anderson on the limitation page.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Sherwood Anderson. TAR: A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing of this semi-autobiographical novel. Jacket has edge and corner wear and some closed tears and creases on back, and is split down length of spine at front fold. Book has toning to page edges. From the William Ripley Collection.
Seller: Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar; A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 346pp; cloth. Old tape marks to flyleaves from where a jacket protector was previously affixed; neat book store label in rear, otherwise close to fine in a lighty used dust jacket, toned slightly at edges and spine and with a couple of small nicks and very shallow chips.
Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 346 pages. First edition, first printing. Semi-autobiographical novel. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of tanning to the spine and a touch of wear to the corners. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. TAR; A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, in pencil, on front endpage - "Dear Tolman - This book is little changed from the Mss. I read you but as always it owes much to your encouraging criticism. Faithfully yours, Sherwood Anderson". Lacking the dustjacket, the book is Near Fine, a few small rubs to the cloth. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood.. Tar: A Midwest Childhood.. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 346 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth. First edition. Near fine with slight rubbing to extremities. Newspaper clipping laid in at rear has offset onto the last page of the text. Inscribed by Sherwood Anderson on half-title.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
ANDERSON, Sherwood.. Tar: A Midwest Childhood.. [n.p.] Boni & Liveright, 1926., 1926.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition. 8vo. Author's foreword. Title page printed in black and ochre. Japan vellum over floral patterned boards, spine with brown printed paper label. Very good. Original publisher's tan board slipcase (worn). No signatures or bookplates. #90/350 numbered copies, signed by Anderson on the limitation page.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Sherwood. Tar. A Midwest Childhood. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1926.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition, published by Boni and Liveright in 1926. Bound in publisher's coarse brown cloth. This copy bears a very nice inscription from Sherwood Anderson ( with gratitude and affection ). A near fine example of the book with a touch of rubbing to the cloth edges. Dust jacket near fine with some unobtrusive tears to edges of front and rear panels and a few small chips. Signed copies of the trade edition would appear to be quite a bit less common than the limited signed issue of 350 copies.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Sherwood Anderson. Tar: A Midwest Childhood. Boni & Liveright, 1926.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Number 62 of 350 signed and numbered on limitation page. Very Good slipcase has wear and splitting on edges and corners. No jacket as issued. Book is As New. From the William Ripley Collection.
Seller: Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.