Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$86.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Oblong 4.75 x 7", cloth backed patterned boards, 48pp, covers rubbed and soiled, extremities worn, textblock toned at edges; a rather mis-stored copy. LIMTED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #57) PRINTED AT THE GRABHORN PRESS, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, KHATCHIK MINASIAN, AND WILLIAM SAROYAN.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Minasian, Khatchik. The Simple Songs of Khatchik Minasian. The Colt Press, San Francisco, 1950.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4 3/4" x 6 3/4". Seven page introduction by William Saroyan. Large decorative initial letter in red, text with partial red rule and decorative border by Valenti Angelo. Red cloth over gilt and black patterned boards, gilt stamped paper spine label, uncut. No dust jacket. Very good. 48 pages. Number 71 of 300 numbered copies, printed at the Grabhorn Press, signed by Saroyan and Minasian on imitation page. GB 500. With rubber stamped bookplate of George Mardikian.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$97.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Oblong 4.75 x 7", cloth backed patterned boards, 48pp, covers rubbed and lightly soiled, spine ends lightly worn, a fairly good copy in a plain, rubbed, soiled, edge-torn/creased, spine-darkened dustjacket. Slight moldy odor and discoloration. LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #57) PRINTED AT THE GRABHORN PRESS, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, KHATCHIK MINASIAN, AND WILLIAM SAROYAN.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$99.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: [Ix], 48 Pp. Red Cloth, Black Boards, Spine Label. First Printing. Well Preserved, Touch Of Rubbing At Spine Ends, Black Spine Label Faded And Illegible. Signed By Saroyan And Minasian, #151 Of 300 Copies Of A Limited Signed Edition.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Introduction by William Saroyan. Limited Edition, 1 of 300 Signed copies. Signed by William Saroyan and Khatchik Minasian directly on limitation's page. Book with faint rubbing to edge of spine and light foxing to outer edge, else in fine condition.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$103.46 + shipping
Description: 48p. small oblong (12x17cms). Quarter-cloth with patterned paper boards and paper spine label. A very good copy. Limited edition printed at the Grabhorn Press; signed by Minasian and Saroyan.
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Hardcover. 4 3/4'' x 7''. 48pp. First edition. This is number 72 of 300 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press, signed by Khatchik Minasian and William Saroyan. delkeled edged handmade paper. Very good copy in a worn dustjacket.
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Oblong octavo. [xvi], 48, [8] pp. Decorative borders and initial letters. Printed in red and black Clothbacked boards. Light shelfwear. Very good. Limited to 300 copies signed by Saroyan and Minasian, printed at the Grabhorn Press.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. One of 300 numbered copies, printed at the Grabhorn Press, signed by Minasian and Saroyan. Fine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Introduction by Minasian's cousin, William Saroyan. Oblong 12mo. xi, 48pp. Cloth and patterned papercovered boards. Binding somewhat dulled and rubbed, with a faintly sunned spine and small paint stain near the crown, very good or a bit better. Copy 17 of 300 copies printed, Signed by both Minasian and Saroyan on the limitation page. Additionally Inscribed by Saroyan on the front flyleaf to longtime Doubleday editor in chief Ken McCormick: "To Editor publisher pal Ken McCormick / with greetings from the Fresno Kids, Bill Saroyan, SF Aug 29 1950." Also Signed by Minasian ("Archie Minasian") beneath Saroyan's signature. A nice association.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.