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Warren, Robert Penn. Or Else-Poems 1968-73. Random House (NY), 1974.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Description: Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 102 p. Audience: General/trade. Good. Signed by author. moderate shelfwear, fading to the cover, no jacket, po inscription and an inscription by the author, First Printing
Seller: West With The Night, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Warren, Robert Penn -- SIGNED. OR ELSE (Poem / Poems 1968 - 1971). Random House, New York, 1974.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This 102 pp. book contains poems by this legendary Kentucky author, who was a College Professor, a Rhodes Scholar, the Poet Laureate of the United States and won 2 Pulitzer Prizes. This remarkable man genuinely signed this copy on the 2nd blank flyleaf. Photos upon request.
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Warren, Robert Penn. Or Else--Poem/Poems 1968-1974. Random House, 1974.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Signed Copy First edition copy. . Limited edition, #97/300. Signed by author on limitation page. Slipcase Good. Bookplate inside. (poetry)
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
WARREN, Robert Penn. Or Else: Poem/Poems 1968-1974. Random House, New York, 1974.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Publisher's cloth in slipcase as issued. Spine heavily sunned, thus very good (otherwise fine) in a very good slipcase with the mouth and top edge sunned. One of 300 numbered copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Warren, Robert Penn. OR ELSE-- Poem/Poems 1968-1974. Random House (1974), New York, 1974.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. SIGNED, LIMITED edition of 300 numbered copies this one being "Out-of-series." Fine as issued, without a dust jacket, in near fine slipcase with minimal wear.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
WARREN, Robert Penn. Or Else- Poem/Poems 1968 - 1974. Random House, New York, 1974.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Tall thin 8vo, black cloth. New York: Random House, (1974). Limited First Edition. One of 300 signed copies. Fine, in publisher's board slipcase.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
WARREN, Robert Penn. Or Else: Poem/Poems 1968-1974. Random House, New York, 1974.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in price-clipped else fine dustwrapper. Signed by Warren.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Robert Penn Warren. Or Else (SIGNED). Random House, 1974.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Robert Penn Warren Or Else (SIGNED). Random House (1974). Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A Fine copy in a Fine jacket. Signed by author in red on title page.
Seller: Savage Lotus Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
Warren, Robert Penn. Or Else--Poem/Poems 1968-1974.. NY: Random House (1974)., 1974.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Tall 8vo. xv, 102p. Original black cloth binding. SIGNED by Penn Warren on the title page in red ink. This is a tight, fine book in a bright price clipped DJ else fine.
Seller: Thomas Dorn, ABAA, Canton, GA, U.S.A.
WARREN, Robert Penn. Or Else- Poem/Poems 1968 - 1974. Random House, New York, 1974.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Tall thin 8vo, black cloth. New York: Random House, (1974). Limited First Edition. One of 300 signed copies, with an additional signed presentation on the half-title. Fine, in publisher's board slipcase.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Warren, Robert Penn. Or Else - Poem/Poems 1968-1974. New York: Random House, 1974.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo., black cloth lettered in gilt; publisher's slipcase. First American edition, special limited edition. One of 300 numbered copies, signed by Warren. Grimshaw A33.b1. A gorgeous copy.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Warren, Robert Penn. Or Else--Poem/Poems 1968-1974. New York Random House [1974]., 1974.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Fine in dust jacket. Presentation copy, inscribed: "To.All the best. Robert Penn Warren.". 1st edition. Binding is Cloth.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. INSCRIBED BY WARREN in characteristic red ink on title page, "To/ Walter & Jane/ affectionate greetings/ Red/ [underline]/ Fairfield, December 1, 1974/ [underline]." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and -- along with Warren -- one of the founding members of The Fellowship of Southern Writers. His wife, Jane Harrison Sullivan (1923-2022), taught English literature at Aquinas College. 8vo gilt-stamped black cloth boards; top edge yellow; 102 pages. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light wear and touch of finish separation to spine ends and corners.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Warren, Robert Penn. Or Else-Poems 1968-1971. Random House, New York, 1974.
Price: US$215.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 102 pages. First edition, first printing. Signed by Warren on the title page. Dust jacket design by Muriel Nasser. A series of poems, individual but related, which, taken together, constitute a single poem. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Warren, Robert Penn. Or Else-Poems 1968-1971. Random House, New York, 1974.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 102 pages. First edition, first printing. Signed by Warren on the title page. Advance review copy with Warren's photograph and review slip laid in. Dust jacket design by Muriel Nasser. A series of poems, individual but related, which, taken together, constitute a single poem. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing. Tall 8vo. xv, 102p. Original black cloth binding. SIGNED by Penn Warren on the title page. Laid in is a 16 line Typed Letter Signed on Warren's imprinted letterhead dates May 6, 1974 to publisher Pat (Knopf). The letter discusses getting together with him and Yale psychiatrist, Dr. Rothenberg "who has been working for some years on the psychology of the creative process in the art." The letter is signed "Red" in red ink; folded twice. This is a tight, fine book in a bright, fine DJ.
Seller: Thomas Dorn, ABAA, Canton, GA, U.S.A.
WARREN, Robert Penn. Or Else: Poem/Poems 1968-1974. Random House, New York, 1974.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with a tiny hole on the front flap fold. Inscribed by Warren to another poet.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Warren, Robert Penn. Or Else : Poem/Poems 1968-1974. Random House, New York, 1974.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed 'To Peter + Jane, most affectionate greetings Red' on the title page. Stated First Edition with random house number line. $6.95 on the front flap. Small closed tear to top edge, in a protective cover. 102 pages. Book inscribed to poet and editor Peter Davison and his wife Jane. Purchased from the Davison estate. Davison and Warren were lifelong friends as Warren attended Davison's father's poetry retreat in Colorado when Davison was growing up.
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
Robert Penn Warren. Or Else: Poems: 1968-1971 (Signed First Edition). Random House, New York, 1974.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing (number line down to 2, as was customary for Random House at time of publication). A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean copy with price ($6.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. This book came from the library of poet and literary critic J.D. McClatchy, from his estate in Stonington, Connecticut. This copy has been SIGNED and inscribed by Warren on the title page to McClatchy ("Sandy"). ASSOCIATION copy.
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.