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William Everson. The Residual Years. New Directions, 1948.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Pages tanned. jacket unclipped. Small chip to bottom edge of front cover.

Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Everson, William. The Residual Years: Poems 1934-1948.. New Directions, 1948.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Edition limited to 1,000 copies. Ink writing to 25 pages. Owner name. Edge wear to price-clipped jacket.

Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.

William Everson. The Residual Years. New Directions Books, New York, 1948.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 9 1/4" T X 6 1/4" W. 1000 copies printed by Peter Bielenson, Mount Vernon, NY. Book in very good condition: browning on inside front & back covers; very light toning to top of pages. Dust Jacket in poor/fair condition: bug-eaten at folds and top; overall browning; not price clipped; protected in mylar cover.

Seller: GRANTANTIQUE, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Everson, William. THE RESIDUAL YEARS: Poems. New Directions, New York, 1948.

Price: US$38.50 + shipping

Description: Cloth-backed decorated boards; 8vo. 148 pp. Poems written before the poet became Brother Antoninus, many from his Camp Waldport publications. Tips worn, else near fine in a complete and very good dust jacket, spine toned and worn at crown and tail.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

Everson, William. The Residual Years. New Directions, 1948.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Brown cloth and patterned boards. Limited to 1000 copies. Bumps to the corners. Rear hinge has some old binder glue stains. Otherwise very clean with minimal wear. The dust jacket matches the board pattern. Paper label on the front. The spine is somewhat darkened but otherwise only very light wear. Minor chips to the spine ends and lower corners. Not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 148 pages

Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.

Everson, William. The Residual Years; Poems. New Directions, New York, 1948.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Edition, a limited edition of 1,000 copies printed by Peter Beilenson. Near Fine, gutters darkening and corners of boards lightly rubbed, in a Very Good dust jacket that has small chips at spine tips and flap folds, original price of $3.00 present on front flap.

Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.

Everson, William. The Residual Years. New Directions, New York, 1948.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. 8vo. Burgundy cloth spine over patterned boards. 148 pp. One of one thousand copies printed. A handsome very good or better copy. Some edgewear to lower boards else a very clean handsome copy in price-intact dustwrapper. The author's first major collection.

Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.

Everson, William. The Residual Years. New Directions, NY, 1948.

Price: US$59.99 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition hardcover limited to 1000 copies. Corners gently softened, lightly rubbed bottom board edges, small smudge to p. 12. The DJ in mylar is lightly toned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.

Everson, William. Residual Years, The. New Directions, New York, 1948.

Price: US$60.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo, 148 pp. Light sunning and edge- and shelfwear to boards, pages tanned; two leaves bumped and creased at fore-edges. Jacket a bit edgeworn with some chipping at head and heel of spine and folds and one closed tear to front panel.

Seller: Anthology Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Everson, William. The Residual Years. First Edition, Dust Jacket. 1 of 1000 Copies. 1948. New Directions, New York, 1948.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition. Paper-covered boards over cloth spine, fine. In near fine dust jacket with only the minutest wear to spine ends. No markings or writing, appears unread. Nice copy.

Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Everson, William. The Residual Years. First Edition, Fine Copy in Dust Jacket. One of 1000 Copies. 1948. New Directions, New York, 1948.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition. Fine in original dust jacket with only a touch of wear at the foot of the front fold. Original price intact on the bottom of inside flap. One of 1000 copies printed. A beautiful copy of William Everson's book of poetry.

Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Everson, William.. The Residual Years.. New York New Directions [1948]., 1948.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: Very good in lightly chipped, partially browned dust jacket. 1st trade ed. Binding is Cloth/boards.

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

Everson, William. The Residual Years. New Directions, 1948.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: One of 1,000 copies printed. A near fine copy in a dust jacket with a faint bit of chipping to the spine ends. Inner flaps of dj clipped. The first edition, published by New Directions in 1948.

Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.

Everson, William. The Residual Years. New Directions, 1948.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 148, [2]. Contains the sequence 'Chronicle of Division', plus the author's preface. One of 1000 copies, printed by Peter Beilenson, Mount Vernon, New York. Few small nicks, slight rubbing and browning to jacket; previous owner's signature on front free endpaper; slight warping and browning to few leaves (chiefly at edges).Orange and Red Title decoration; Initials in Orange.

Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

Everson, William.. THE RESIDUAL YEARS.. NY: NEW DIRECTIONS. 1948, 1948.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: One of 1000 copies. A very good copy in a good DJ. (Small previous owner's sticker at base of front pastedown. Chipping at spine ends on DJ. A few shallow chips at head of rear panel of DJ. & front cover. Rubbing to edges of boards)

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Everson, William.. The Residual Years.. New Directions, New York, 1948.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Original Edition. A Fine copy in maroon cloth over checkered red and maroon paper covered boards, in dustwrapper of same design. Slight wear to lower points of boards. Three tiny nicks from top edge of jacket near spine. Very bright, with slightly toned spine panel. 148pp. 1000 copies. Lovely copy. Q05959

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Everson, William.. The Residual Years.. New Directions, New York, 1948.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Fine in a close to near fine DJ. (148pp. ) (A few small chips at edges of dust jacket. Not priceclipped. ) 1000 copies printed. Collected early poems. (B) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 148 pages

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

EVERSON, William. The Residual Years. New Directions, New York, 1948.

Price: US$165.00 + shipping

Description: First Printing, one of 1000 copies printed by Peter Beilenson. Octavo; 3/4 patterned paper over boards, quarterbound in maroon cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; 148pp, [2]. Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket, a trifle sunned at spine, with minute wear and a single tear at extremities.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

EVERSON, William.. The Residual Years.. [New York] A New Directions Book [1948]., 1948.

Price: US$165.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. 8vo. Dust jacket (unclipped). Light toning to foredge, else fine. No signatures or bookplates. 148 pages. 1,000 copies printed by Peter Beilenson.

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

EVERSON, William. The Residual Years. New Directions, (New York), 1948.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. One of 1000 copies. A very attractive copy.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Everson, William. THE RESIDUAL YEARS - INSCRIBED TO HIS BIBLIOGRAPHER. New Directions, New York, 1948.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: First Printing, one of 1,000 copies. Octavo (23.25cm); burgundy cloth and patterned paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; 148,[2]pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "For Dave Kherdian on the eve of finishing his bibliography, and on the afternoon of the interview / With best wishes and every prayer for his well being / Brother Antoninus / March 1, 1966 / Kentfield Priory." Upper right corners gently tapped (though still sharp), small moisture spot on topstain closest to crown, with some trivial wear to lower board edges; clean throughout; Very Good+ or better. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00), with minor wear to spine ends and corners, and a few tiny tears; Near Fine. Attractive copy of Everson's first major collection, gathering selections from his previous volumes, together with at least one unpublished poem and a three-page preface by the poet. Warmly inscribed to his preliminary bibliographer, the poet and editor David Kherdian, who included Everson's work (alongside that of Ferlinghetti, Snyder, McClure, Meltzer, and Whalen) in his 1967 work Six Poets of the San Francisco Renaissance: Portraits and Checklists. Bartlett & Campo A9.

Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.