Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Stapled illustrated wraps. Black and white photographs. Contributors include Brooks Atkinson, Lewis Gannett, Robert Hillyer, Jonathan Kozol, Stanley Eliot Morrison, John Updike, et al. Updike's contribution, "The Old Tobacconist" is the first print appearance of the poem. Laid-in is Ludwig K. Moorhead's 3.5x5 inch personalized note paper with his hologrpah note in pencil. "For O.V.K - Otto: This is really heartwarming and contains some top writing Lud." Dated by Moorhead "10/20." Paperclip indentation on the note topedge and front wrap topedge with oxidation stain on the note paper and interior wrap, short tear on the spine topedge fold, two coffee drops on the front wrap, minor soiling. Very Good condition. Moorhead was a contributor to Robert E. Pike's Tall Trees Tough Men. Oral Reminiscences (Norton, 1967).
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
John Updike. 75 Aromatic Years of Leavitt and Peirce.SIGNED. Leavitt and Peirce, 1958.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Signed, Near Fine copy of the hardback issue, which is quite scarce signed. The hardback issue is also inscribed by Richard Ehrlich (president of Leavitt and Pierce) on the front endpaper, which most hardback copies are. Also included is a Fine copy of the first wrapper issue of the book.
Seller: D & L Fine Books, Richboro, PA, U.S.A.