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Everson, William. WAR ELEGIES. Untide Press, Waldport, OR, 1944.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: unpaginated PLEASE NOTE -- THIS COPY LACKS THE SOFT COVERS, internal pages only, and very good - priced thusly. This is the "edition of 975 copies, and was completed in the month of November, 1944." very good, wraps (softcover) -- LACKS COVERS
Seller: Ray Boas, Bookseller - Established 1980, Walpole, NH, U.S.A.
William Everson; Kemper Nomland, Jr. (ill.). War Elegies. Untide Press, Waldport, OR, 1944.
Price: US$115.94 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: One of 975 copies. 8vo. Wrappers. Unpaginated (36pp.). Previously issued by mimeograph in 1943 though without 'War Elegy V', which is included here. Good only, the wrappers tired with creasing at the fore edge and fading to the spine, the creasing more moderate internally. This copy has the ownership inscription of the jazz critic Charles Fox.
Seller: Test Centre Books, Norwich, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Collection of eleven poems reflecting the poet's pacifist philosophy, the last one written "in 1943 shortly after my induction into a camp for conscientious objectors here on the Oregon coast." This version published November 1944 in an edition of 975 copies. Preceded by a mimeographed version lacking "War Elegy V." Pale orange paperwraps printed in blue and black; approximately 6.25 x 9.5". Covers sunned along spine fold, tanned along edges, and showing some scuffing and small stains; rear lower corner chipped. Still a good or better copy of this fragile production with interior nearly fine.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
EVERSON, William. War Elegies. Untide Press, Waldport, Oregon, 1944.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printed edition, with expanded text ("containing an addition War Elegy V"). Previously issued in mimeographed form in 1943. Illustrated by Kemper Nomland, Jr. Octavo. [34]pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Fragile wrappers have some fading on the spine, and a small paper remnant inside front wrap, else very good. Limited to 975 copies.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Everson, William. WAR ELEGIES. Untide Press, Waldport, 1944.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printed edition. Originally appeared as a mimeographed production from Untide in 1943. Limited to 975 copies. This copy one of 30 numbered copies using the original printed sheets bound in leather-covered boards with gilt-stamped lettering and signed by Everson on the limitation page. Copy #7. Hand-set in Goudy Light Oldstyle and Futura types and printed in Linweave Early American. Illustrated by Kemper Nomland, Jr. Text includes the addition of "War Elegy V." Leather boards have minor edgewear, especially at the spine ends, few light rubs and a small scratch on the rear board and two small ink stains at the bottom spine fold; text pages are bight and clean and in Fine condition, Overall, in Very Good condition. The first title of the Press.
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printed issue (following the previous mimeograph issue). Limited to 975 copies, stapled text bound into orange wrappers printed in black and blue. Printed letterpress. Includes an additional elegy (#5) not in the earlier issue. A Fine copy, with no wear and no fading. Included is the publisher's folded advertisement printed in black and dark blue on brown stock. Produced while the author was in detention at a camp for conscientious objectors. This would be any collector's target copy. Q10938
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.