Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Williams, William Carlos. WHITE MULE. New Directions, Norfolk, 1937.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1937. 293pp., some modest staining to cloth covers and two pages have staining; otherwise nice condition.
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, 1937.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: Natural linen, no dust jacket. Light staining to leading edge of front panel, spine toned a shade, very good to near fine and internally clean and free of marks in custom mylar.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, William Carlos. WHITE MULE. , 1937.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: WILLIAMS, William Carlos. WHITE MULE. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1937. 8vo., white cloth. Slight sun-darkening to cloth, with just a touch of soil to cloth. A near fine, tight copy, else, lacking a dust jacket.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
William Carlos Williams. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, CT, 1937.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Original cream-colored cloth which is a little aged externally. Internally slightly aged. Overall a good to very good copy. Lacking the dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. 293p. An early novel by Wlliams.
Seller: Terrence Murphy, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, 1937.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Owner name on rear pastedown, spine lightly tanned, corners slightly bumped, very good, lacking the dust jacket. First volume in Williams' "Stecher Trilogy", about a young immigrant family in pre-WWI New York.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Wm. Carlos. White Mule. NY, 1937.
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: in white cloth printed in black. First prtg. of Wm.'s highly acclaimed novel that's first prtg. was limited to 1100 cc. This copy lacks the dust jacket. Pub. by New Directions.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. WHITE MULE. New Directions: Norfolk, CT, 1937.
Price: US$57.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7.5 x 5", cloth, 293pp with Postscript, covers rubbed and unevenly toned, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, old glue mark on front fly (from portion of dustjacket, unattached but still present), old inkstamp of flag on front fly, pp toned and used. No dustjacket, but FIRST EDITION (NAP).
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, CT, 1937.
Price: US$58.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: !Fine, Pages clean and bright. Binding tight, Cover clean. No remainder marks, no shelf wear, minor sunning to spine, no surprises. Same day shping.!
Seller: Snow Crane Media, Millburn, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. WHITE MULE. New Directions, 1937.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Grey Cloth, about v.g, 1st Edition.(VVclst1box2
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, 1937.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Small stain on front fly, else near fine lacking the dust jacket. First volume in Williams' "Stecher Trilogy", about a young immigrant family in pre-WWI New York.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, 1937.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Near fine with offsetting on the end papers. Lacking the dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, CT, 1937.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. 293 pages. A novel from this author who was perhaps best known for his poetry, particularly the "Paterson" series. A tight close to near fine copy in white cloth boards that are very lightly soiled. No dust jacket.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Williams, Williams Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, 1937.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Dustjacket chipped and worn along spine edges. Fron flap has purple ink spotting with corner clipped. Inch long tear on front bottom with attendent fold. DJ heavily darkened.
Seller: The Dawn Treader Book Shop, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, 1937.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st ed, 1st prtg; 12mo; white cloth; vg- in good+ dj. Spine and edges of boards sltly darkened; darkening to bottom edge; two sm. spots on side edge; soiling to ffep, rfep and first 19 pp. Darkening to spine and edges of dj; lightly soiled; sm. chip and two tears to spine end; sm. tear to spine tail; sm. chip to top corner of front panel; dj smaller than book by 1/5". Advance Review slip laid in.
Seller: Page 1 Books - Special Collection Room, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
William Carlos Williams. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, CT, 1937.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1937. First Edition, First Printing with "June 10" printed at bottom margin of front flap. Octavo; publisher's white linen lettered in black, white dust jacket printed in brown, black topstain; [6],293pp. Shelf wear and short closed tears along jacket extremities, spine panel quite toned, the whole rather dust-soiled, else a Very Good, still quite attractive copy. [Wallace A18a].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos; Laughlin, James. White Mule. New Directions, 1937.
Price: US$156.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, with 'June 10' on front jacket flap. Spine & edges toned, pages lightly toned, jacket toned with stain along spine. 1937 Hard Cover. 293 pp. 8vo. A novel by the author praised by Ezra Pound as 'the first prose writer in America, the best prose writer who now gets into print.' The book follows the lives of the Stecher family, who are immigrants in pre-war New York.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, CT, 1937.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 293 pp., advertisement leaf. Original cloth; dust jacket. Jacket with some wear. FIRST EDITION, with inkstamp "Editorial Copy" on rear endpaper. One of 1,100 copies. Wallace A18a.
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
William Carlos Williams. First Act: White Mule and In The Money. New Directions, 1937.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. 1st edition thus; Good in Good dust jacket; dust jacket is chipped on extrems, closed and open tears, and darkening from age. Cloth has general wear with spots of age discoloration; binding has cracked, but is still holding; top edge of the text block is dyed maroon, has damage from water/moisture, some dye has seeped onto the rfep and the fore-edge; pages seem unaffected. No markings. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, 1937.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 293 pp. Octavo. Black stamped soft white burlap binding with d/j. Very good condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, 1937.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Off-white cloth boards with black lettering under dust jacket lettered in burgundy, 7-3/4" x 5-1/4", 293 pp. + ad. No flaws noted to book; dust jacket somewhat toned at spine, original price of $2.50 at bottom of front flap, along with June 10.
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Williams, Williams Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, Conn, 1937.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 293pp; white linen. One of 1100 copies printed. Wallace A18a. Covers marked from oatmeal-paper jacket; very good in a lightly tanned jacket with slight wear to extremities.
Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. WHITE MULE. New Directions, Norfolk, Conn., 1937.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Name on front endpaper, and unavoidable offset to both endpapers (from binding glue), otherwise fine in oatmeal-colored dust jacket with the barest wear.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, Conn, 1937.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. First novel in the "Stecher" trilogy, the story of "a plain American family of immigrant origin in pre-War New York." Williams was an American poet associated with modernism and Imagism. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dustjacket, modest wear.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, William Carlos. White mule. New Directions, Norfolk, Conn., 1937.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: including half-title and page of publisher's advertisements. Publisher's cloth, in the original dust-jacket. First edition of this novel about the American dream. "White mule is the story of a plain American family of immigrant origin in pre-war New York . . . Through its depth of observation White mule becomes more than a good novel. It is also a definition of the American spirit." Some of the chapters of this novel were first published in Pagany magazine and in The Magazine. The story was continued in two subsequent Williams novels, In the money and The build-up. Wallace, A18.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, CT, 1937.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. Original cloth, lacking dust jacket. Cloth edgeworn, with corners bumped. Inscribed by Williams to his close friend, Estelle Hagel: "Estelle Hagel for old times sake, William Carlos Williams." With Hagel's bookplate fixed to front pastedown. Hagel was a registered nurse whose friendship with Williams was borne out of his lesser known profession, medicine.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, 1937.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing of the first edition, in original first issue dust jacket, with June 10 on the bottom front flap. Light toning/soiling to cover margins and mild toning/offsetting to endpapers, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to spine/cover margins, a vertical crease to the front cover, and light shelf wear, else fine.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, 1937.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: DJ in archival cover light ware.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, 1937.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Small faint stain on front fly, spine a little toned, a bit of offsetting on the rear endpapers, else near fine lacking the dust jacket. Inscribed by the author: "Betty Parkinson, affectionately yours, William Carlos Wiliams. 3/26/52." The first volume in Williams' "Stecher Trilogy", about a young immigrant family in pre-WWI New York.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. White Mule. New Directions, Norfolk, 1937.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing in first issue jacket. (Jacket states "June 10" on front flap.) Signed by William Carlos Williams on the front free endpaper in black ink. 291 pp. Near Fine in Good+ unclipped dust jacket. Cloth worn along top edge. Jacket soiled and rubbed with tearing along the fore edge of both panels, chipped at extremities. A rare signed novel from the famous New Jersey poet, novelist, and doctor.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Williams, William Carlos. White Mule A Novel. New Directions, E-012, 1937.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. New Directions. 1937. 293 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Signed by William Carlos Williams on the FFEP. DJ in VG shape with some shelfwear present to the DJ, however it is encased in an older laminate that is impossible to remove and is starting to chip. Previous owner's bookplate residue present to the reverse of the front board. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. This novel is about an immigrant family, their ties to their culture and roots, while trying to adjust to a new culture, city life, and above all capitalism. The wholesomeness of the farm, the pull of the land, is contrasted with life in the city and the unbridled capitalism of the "Owners." How does an honest diligent worker fit into this new world? He joins a Union and becomes an organizer. E-12; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 293 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.