Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Dos Passos, John. The Garbage Man. Harper & Bros., New York, 1926.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 160pgs. Chocolate Brown Boards, chipped corners, 1/8" on upper spine. foxing on endpapers. internally lightly toned, otherwise clean, unmarked text. stated First Edition. Size: Octavo
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Dos Passos, John. The Garbage Man: A Parade with Shouting (Second state). Harper & Brothers, 1926.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Description: 160 pages. A play, first presented by the Harvard Dramatic Club under the title The Moon is a Gong. Sheets from the first edition bound in blue cloth with paper label on spine. Second state of the first edition. A near fine copy lacking the dust jacket. Minor edge wear, faint stains to cover, and light toning to page edges.
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Dos Passos, John. The Garbage Man; A Parade with Shouting. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1926.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Description: 160p., first edition, second state binding, spine label chipped and soiled.
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Dos Passos, John. The Garbage Man: A Parade with Shouting (First state). Harper & Brothers, 1926.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 160 pages. A play, first presented by the Harvard Dramatic Club under the title The Moon is a Gong. Issued in an edition of 1000 copies. First edition (first printing); in the first state chocolate brown binding with paper labels on cover and spine. A nearly fine hardcover copy lacking the dust jacket.
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Dos Passos, John.. The Garbage Man. A Parade With Shouting.. New York: Harper & Brothers., 1926.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown boards. 8vo. Paper labels on cover and spine. Pictorial dust jacket with unclipped flap. Stated first edition. A good clean copy with some chipping to the upper spine. The text is very good and clean. The jacket is worn with some chips and tears along the top edge and to the spine tips. There is a stain to the bottom of the jacket spine and to the upper right corner of the front panel.
Seller: Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
John Dos Passos. The Garbage Man: A Parade with Shouting. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1926.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, tan boards and paper labels printed in red, black, and red. First edition, first state of an edition of 1000 copies. A handsome copy.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Dos Passos, John. The Garbage Man. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1926.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first American edition ( stated ) of this uncommon dramatic effort from Dos Passos. This issue bound in publisher's brown paper boards with orange and white labels to front board and spine. Seven pages of cast follows the text of the play. A very good copy with toning to the end sheets and a chip to the head of the spine. Bookplate of John M. Cameron. A very good example of the dust jacket with some chipping to the extremities and two half inch tears to the rear panel. Fading and spotting to the spine.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, first issue with correct boards and seven pages of cast at the end of the book. Very good, offsetting to front endpapers. In very good plus dust jacket with the original price on the front flap. Only 1000 copies printed (of all first edition issues). Scarce.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
DOS PASSOS, John. GARBAGE MAN: A PARADE WITH SHOUTING. NEW YORK, HARPER, 1926, 1926.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: DUST JACKET (UNCLIPPED; TAPE REPAIRS) FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE BINDING GOOD-VERY GOOD
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
DOS PASSOS, John. Garbage Man: A Parade with Shouting. , 1926.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: DOS PASSOS, John. The Garbage Man: A Parade with Shouting. Original boards, printed paper labels, non-priceclipped dust jacket. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. First edition, first issue. Potter 11. Minor chipping to head of jacket spine panel, else fine.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Unique and extremely uncommon. The pages are clean and the binding is tight, making this book internally Very Good+. However, overall it is a Good+ copy, well used and loved, and it has no backstrip. This is a true stated-first edition of an uncommon John Dos Passos book. I would not usually list a book in this condition, except for the endpapers and verso front cover, which is both signed illustrated by its owner, Peter Hunt. At the time, Hunt was Acting Director of the Provincetown Players at the Williamston Theater (Mass). In addition to his name, Hunt drew an image of a cat in a garbage can, representing this play that he directed.
Seller: Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
DOS PASSOS, JOHN. The Garbage Man. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1926.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. A play produced on Broadway in 1926 as "The Moon is a Gong." Fine fresh copy, in navy cloth binding and paper spine label and with seven pages of cast lists at rear, in very good plus dustjacket with snag to rear panel and shallow wear at spine ends, still clean and bright with almost no toning to white spine panel.
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
John Dos Passos. The Garbage Man. Harper, New York, 1926.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition; First Printing|Very Good; Very Good|"After a shrill overture of some long-drawn crooning tune the music rises into the wail of six o'clock factory whistles."|- John Dos Passos|1926. New York: Harper. 7.25 x 5.5 inches. 160 pages. A wondeful copy of a classic of the theater. Dust jacket designed by Author. Boards show signs of shelf wear at the edges, text toned, former owner's name stamped at bottom of half-title. Minor chipping and creasing to dust jacket.
Seller: The Next Chapter LI, Huntington, NY, U.S.A.
DOS PASSOS, John. The Garbage Man. Harper, New York, 1926.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo, chocolate brown boards, paper labels, d.w. New York: Harper, 1926. First Edition. In the scarce dust wrapper, designed by Dos Passos. Shallow wear to the top of the spine and the dust wrapper spine; price clipped, but a brilliant front cover.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
John Dos Passos. The Garbage Man. A Parade with Shouting. Harper & Brothers, 1926.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Garbage Man. A Parade with Shouting" by John Dos Passos. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. Stated first edition, one of 1000 copies printed. Publisher's boards with paper labels to cover and spine, in original dust jacket with $2.00 price present. 160 pp., 7 page cast list at end A very fine example of the jacket with only minor edge chips and scuffs. A fine example of this scarce jacket featuring an art deco style painting of downtown Manhattan from the water by Dos Passos. The play was produced by the Harvard Dramatic Club in Spring 1925 under the title The Moon is a Gong and a cast list is at end. Very collectible copy.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Dos Passos, John. The Garbage Man. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1926.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 160 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Dos Passos. Only 1000 copies printed. First state binding with chocolate-brown boards with paper labels on front cover and spine and seven pages of cast lists from various productions in the rear. This play was originally produced under the title, The Moon Is a Gong. It combines traditional theater with elements of the music hall. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with very slight wear to the spine ends and the spine a touch darkened. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
PASSOS, John Dos. The Garbage Man. Harper & Brothers, 1926.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Fabulous art deco colour image of the New York City skyline [160] pp. PASSOS, John Dos First Edition Harper & Brothers 1926 7.75" x 5.5" *rear panel of dj separated from spine* Dust jacket art by Dos Passos. Only 1000 copies printed. First state binding with chocolate-brown boards with paper labels on front cover and spine and seven pages of cast lists from various productions in the rear. This play was originally produced under the title, The Moon Is a Gong. It combines traditional theater with elements of the music hall.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Dos Passos, John. THE GARBAGE MAN. Harper & Brothers, New York & London, 1926.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First editon bound in brown boards with paper label to upper board and spine. Complete in 160 bright pages. Terrific bright and fresh dust jacket. Fine / Fine. From the American First Editions collection of Donald C. Scriven (1948-2019). Don relished points of issue and the primacy of the dust jacket but above all he loved the literature!
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.