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Weldon Kees. The Last Man. Colt Press, 1943.
Price: US$299.90 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 48 pp. small chip on original title label on spine, rubbing at top & bottom of spine, owner's name on FFEP (Isidore Klein), some age toning of FFEPs. Colt Press was associated with Grabhorn Press. This one of an edition of 300 copies (unstated). This is Weldon Kees first book of poetry.
Seller: Masalai Press, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Poet Kees first book of poetry. Number 3 of the Poetry Booklets of The Colt Press. Owner label on front pastedown. Paper label slghtly tanned and with tiny loss at its corners. Internals fine. Laid-in, folded in four is Colt Press promotional broadside "1943 Christmas gifts for lover of" which then, in a single word, lists the topics or categories of16 titles in double columns, including THE LAST MAN, as the last entry with two other poetry titles. Measures 15 x 12.25", printed in red and black.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Kees, Weldon. The Last Man. Colt Press (San Francisco), 1943, 1943.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First edition No. 3 of the Poetry Booklets from the Colt Press. Near fine and bright spruce green boards with golden decorations. With paper label to spine. Text clean and bright throughout. Just the lightest age tone to opening flyleaf, inside boards. Small inch width former bookstore label, as was often the custom, to inside back boards. A lovely, sharp copy
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
KEES, Weldon. The Last Man. The Colt Press, San Francisco, 1943.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Tall octavo. Quarter green cloth with printed paper label and decorated paper over boards. Spine label slightly toned, a few tiny spots on rear board, very near fine. One of 300 copies. The author's first book. Number Three in the Poetry Booklets series.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Kees, Weldon. The Last Man. The Colt Press, San Francisco, 1943.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Number Three of the Poetry Booklets. One of 300 printed. 48pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Author's First Book. Publisher's quarter green cloth and marbled paper boards. About fine First Edition. Number Three of the Poetry Booklets. One of 300 printed.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Kees, Weldon. The Last Man. The Colt Press, San Francisco, 1943.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 48 pp. Green cloth spine over green decorated paper boards, printed spine label, no dust jacket as issued. Lower corners and spine slightly rubbed, near fine. Neat bookplate on front pastedown of C.G. Wallis, poet and translator. Kees' first book, published in an edition of 300 copies, as number 3 of the Colt Press Poetry Booklets series. Gillane and Niemi A.I.1.
Seller: Triolet Rare Books, ABAA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Weldon Kees. THE LAST MAN. The Colt Pess, San Francisco, 1943.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A very fine hardcover copy in decorated paper boards and paper label to spine. Limited Edition of 300 unnumbered copies. No. 3 of the Bold Press Poetry Books. A very nice copy. No bumped corners or ownership signatures. The Author's First Book.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Kees, Weldon. The Last Man. The Colt Press 1943 San Francisco, 1943.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: limited edition textblock and binding both very good, with some shelf wear, spine label a bit faded; former owner's bookplate on front pastedown; 48 pages; No. 3 of the Colt Press Poetry Booklets, August, 1943;
Seller: Book Den East, oak bluffs, MA, U.S.A.