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Brother Antoninus (William Everson). The Crooked Lines of God. University Of Detroit Press, Detroit, 1959.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Cover extremities browned and lightly rubbed, endpapers slightly foxed, DJ has some chips and tears with related creasing and light soiling. Interior with light toning and foxing. ; Square 8vo, half black cloth, DJ, 88pp. , loosely inserted is a typed letter on Contemporary Poets Series, University of Detroit Press letterhead, signed by Rev. James V. McGlynn, S. J. Director. The letter is dated January 7, 1960 and it states, "We have chosen his volume to inaugurate our Contemporary Poets Series because it contains some of the best poetry we have seen written by today's poets".

Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.

Brother Antoninus (William Everson). The Crooked Lines of God: Poems, 1949-1954. University of Detroit Press, 1959.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First volume in the Contemporary Poets Series, limited edition of 1000 copies. Upper rear corner bumped, slight edge wear and minor discoloration along the board edges, previous owner's name on the front pastedown. The dust jacket has three tears between one and two inches at the upper corners and rear side of the head of the spine, chip on the lower front edge, creasing along the top edges

Seller: Else Fine Booksellers, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.

Antoninus, Brother (aka William Everson). THE CROOKED LINES OF GOD, Poems 1949-1954, Contemporary Poets Series. The University of Detroit Press: Detroit, MI, 1959.

Price: US$40.25 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 8.5 x 8.5", cloth backed boards, 88pp, covers stained and warped, textblock waterstained at lower margin, but still readable and usable. SWAF. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (as Brother Antoninus.).

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Antoninus, Brother (William Everson).. The Crooked Lines of God (SIGNED).. Detroit: University of Detroit Press., 1959.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Cloth-backed grey boards. Oblong quarto. No dust jacket. Limited to 1000 copies. Inscribed to the poet Lewis Turco with his bookplate at front and his blindstamp on the title page. A good copy with some soiling and wear to the boards and some wear to the spine tips. The text is good with some light spotting to the right margin of some of the pages.

Seller: Robert Wendler Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.

Brother Antoninus [William Everson].. THE CROOKED LINES OF GOD.. Detroit: University of Detroit Press, 1959. dj, 1959.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Description: Hardcover first edition - First printing. The poetry of Everson's conversion and his integration into the religious life. A very attractively designed and printed book, one of only 1,000 copies printed by the poet at the Albertus Magnus Press, St. Albert's College, Oakland. Number One of the Contemporary Poets Series. Slightly oblong format (8 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches), 88 pp Good condition overall - some toning to the boards, missing the front endpaper, but otherwise tight and clean - in a very good dustjacket. A reasonable copy of this early book by one of the significant poets of the 'San Francisco Renaissance.'

Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.

Brother Antoninus. (William Everson).. The Crooked Lines of God. Signed by the author.. Detroit: University Of Detroit Press,, 1959.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Third edition, oblong foolscap 4to, (8 ½” x 9”), pp. (12), 13-88, printed letterpress in black & red by the Albertus Magnus Press, Oakland. Original gilt lettered black cloth in original photo portrait dust jacket. Fine clean bright copy in very good dust jacket with a spot & a faint damp stain along front flap fold of the dust jacket & with slight chip at head-cap of dust jacket. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H7822

Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.

Antoninus, Brother [William Everson].. The Crooked Lines of God: Poems 1949-1954. Contemporary Poets Series.. Detroit: University of Detroit Press, 1959., 1959.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: Oblong octavo. Clothbacked boards. Fine in dust jacket with slight soiling. One of 1,000 copies. Printed at the Albertus Magnus Press, Oakland, California. 1st edition.

Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

ANTONINUS, Brother [pseud. of William Everson]. THE CROOKED LINES OF GOD: Poems 1949-1954. University of Detroit Press, Detroit, 1959.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: From an edition of 1000 copies, Everson's fifth publication under the Antoninus moniker. [Bartlett and Campo A16a]. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Quarter black imitation cloth over gray boards. In photographic dust jacket. Very good plus in very good DJ. SIGNED by Antoninus at FFEP. Mild toning and touches of soil to jacket; light edgewear. Hints of soil to boards, bookstore sticker to front pastedown. Else bright and clean throughout. Good and sound. 88pp. Very good + in a very good jacket.

Seller: Brian Cassidy Books at Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.

Brother Antoninus (William Everson). The Crooked Lines of God. The University of Detroit Press, 1959.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: Inscribed and Signed by the author. First Edition. Very Good book in a Fair to Good dust jacket. Also with a curious enclosure, an inscribed copy of "A Fragment for the Birth of God" written by Everson, signed "Bill". Uncommon.

Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.

Antoninus, Brother ( Everson, William ). THE CROOKED LINES OF GOD. University of Detroit Press, 1959.

Price: US$406.00 + shipping

Description: THE CROOKED LINES OF GOD, University of Detroit Press, 1959, first edition, fine in near fine dust-wrapper with a small chip to the head of the dust-wrapper spine and a closed tear to the rear dust-wrapper panel. INSCRIBED by the author to the former premier Walt Whitman collector, bibliophile and philanthropist, Charles Feinberg near the time of publication. 1/1,000 copies.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

Antoninus, Brother ( Everson, William ). THE CROOKED LINES OF GOD / *ONE OF FIVE COPIES*. University of Detroit Press, 1959.

Price: US$2687.50 + shipping

Description: THE CROOKED LINES OF GOD, University of Detroit Press, 1959, first edition, fine in near fine dust-wrapper with a small chip to the head of the dust-wrapper spine and a closed tear to the rear dust-wrapper panel. INSCRIBED by polymath Steve Eisner to the former premier Walt Whitman collector, bibliophile and philanthropist, Charles Feinberg stating that this is one of five copies with the error of mispagination. Which it is !!!

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.