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Stegner, Wallace. The Women on the Wall. Houghton Mifflin, 1950, 1950.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition Good plus/good plus (the book is stained on the front and back board (probably by water exposure); the dj, which is unclipped, has a major chip at the bottom of the spine, a fair amount of overall wear, and some water staining on the back panel; on the plus side, the book is tight and clean inside, but for the faint signature of a previous owner)
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 277 pp, date "Jan 4, 1950" stamped on ffep, previous owner's last name marker on fr pastedown, table of contents - 18 short stories. Binding firm and Square, pages clean and unmarked, blue cloth shows wear at the spine top and tail, fr board lower forecorner bumped slightly. 5.8" x 8.5" blue cloth boards. Unclipped DJ chipped & worn, with closed tears. DJ handles nicely in protector. Size: Octavo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. The Women on the Wall. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1950.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: True 1st edition. 277 pages. All text clean and bright. Binding strong and tight. Newsprint photo of Stegner pasted to the front pastedown. Slight dampstaining to the bottom 1" of the rear board, which accounts for our very reasonable price. The dust jacket is quite scarce and valuable on it's own right. Buy with confidence! Hirschfeld Galleries of Saint Louis--Rare Books--Since 1931.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Wallace Stegner. The Women on the Wall. Houghton Mifflin, 1950.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition; A very good book in a very good dust jacket. A handsome example of this collection of short stories by one of great 20th century authors. This copy is in very good condition with some fading to the board edges and spine, a slight lean to the tight binding, and a previous owner's signature on the FFEP. Housed in a clean and bright very good dust jacket that has minor rubbing and chipping to the spine ends, edges, and corners, some creases running along the front panel, and a couple of small closed tears to the top panel edges. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library. Overall, a clean copy with a tight binding of a book difficult to find in collectible condition; in archival protection.
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.
Wallace Stegner. The Women on the Wall. Houghton Mifflin, 1950.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: turquoise cloth * $2.75 price * secure packaging * expedient shipping
Seller: Sequoia Books, Boise, ID, U.S.A.
STEGNER, WALLACE. The Women on the Wall. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1950.
Price: US$149.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The DJ has two small closed tears and a small chip to the crown area.
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. The Women on the Wall by Stegner, Wallace. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1950, 1950.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES First edition. Slight spine slant, some rubbing to extremities, else very good in poor torn and chipped dust jacket. *
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. The Women on the Wall. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1950.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 277 Pp. Green Cloth Stamped In Black And Red. First Edition; Date 1950 Os Printd On List Of Houghton Books By Stegner On Page Facing The Title Page. . Book Is Bright And Clean, No Fading, Touch Of Rubbing. Author's Personalized Inscription "To ---- Gratefully Wallace Stegner" On Half Title, Dated Christmas 1954. Dj Lightly Worn, Price Clipped At Top Of Front Flap, Rear Panel With 4" X 2" Area With Light Dampstain But Also With Loss Of Surface Paper In Center Of That Area, Apparently Where The Damp Jacket Dried On Another Object And The Surface Of The Dj Paper Lifted Off When They Were Separated, No Show-Through On Inside Of Dj Or On Covers Of Book.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. The Women on the Wall. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1950.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: SIGNED. 277pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light blue cloth over boards. The backstrip is heavily discolored, and the spine is rolled. A portion of the rear panel of the dust jacket has been tucked in. Inscribed by the author on the half title page: "For____, cordially Wallace Stegner. Short stories of people and ways of rural America by the "Dean of Western Writers". Colberg A10.1.a.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
STEGNER, Wallace. The Women on the Wall. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1950.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Octavo. 277pp. Green cloth. Spine is lightly faded, moderate offsetting on front endpapers from a newspaper clipping else a very good or better copy in very good dust jacket with a short closed tear on front panel.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. Women on the Wall. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1950.
Price: US$374.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Teal cloth titled in blue with pink decor. Signed by Stegner to the half title page. Possible first edition, but no date to title page. Slight toning/rubbing to cloth edges and a minor spine ridge. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is chipped with a few closed edge tears, shallow loss to crown. Flap price $2.75. Laid in is a photo of Stegner, apparently included with book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. The Women on the Wall. Houghton Mifflin, 1950, 1950.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st edition SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR and dated in 1953 at Breadloaf (presumably the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference which Stegner attended for many years) Near fine/very good plus (the price-clipped dj has quite shallow chipping at the head of the spine; overall, a lovely copy)
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
STEGNER, Wallace. The Women on the Wall. Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 1950., 1950.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: VG-/VG. Large 1" piece missing from bottom of spine. 277 pp. First Edition. Jacket bright. Only 4,500 copies printed.
Seller: Limestone Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Stegner, Wallace. The Women on the Wall. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1950.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Stegner to a former student! Dated 1950. A clean Fine copy of the First Edition in a Very Good + jacket. A couple of tears to the jacket, but it looks pretty good in mylar! ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
STEGNER, Wallace.. The Women on the Wall.. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1950.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 277 pp. 8vo, publisher's aqua cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A near fine copy with a touch of wear to the head of the spine in a bright jacket with a couple of chips to the top edge and a few closed tears.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Stegner Wallace. THE WOMEN ON THE WALL. Boston Houghton Mifflin 1950, 1950.
Price: US$654.50 + shipping
Description: First Edition, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The recipient is a person to whom Stegner writes: ".for whose friendship I continue to be grateful.". 8vo, publishers original green boards, the spine lettered in navy, in the original dustjacket. 277 pp. A fine copy but for a small chip to the jacket. A HANDSOME COPY OF THIS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED FIRST EDITION. These wonderful short stories reflect Stegner's sensitive response to people and places and the American way of life, especially as it is to be found in rural districts. The reader will find stories of Vermont and Iowa and California and Indiana and Florida and Saskatchewan and Mexico and other places in between. There is variety of treatment and a diversity of accent.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.