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WILLEFORD, CHARLES.. PROLETARIAN LAUGHTER.. The Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948., Yonkers, 1948.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Author's first book. Edition limited to 1000 copies. This copy inscribed by the book's publisher, Oscar Baradinsky. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Poems by Charles Willeford inspired by his World War II experiences. Number 12 in the Alicat Outcast Poets Series of Chapbooks. Contains a preface by the author and seven prose "Schematics" interlaced with the poetry. Scarce.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: One of 1,000 copies. Slim quarto (20cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [40]pp. While not called for, this copy has been signed by Willeford on the preliminary leaf. Subtle toning to text edges, else very Near Fine. A sharp copy of the author's first book, a collection of poems published by Oscar Baradinsky while Willeford was still a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. Uncommon signed. Herron 1.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Willeford, Charles. Proletarian Laughter. The Alicat Bookshop Press, Yonlers, NY, 1948.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 38 pages. First edition, first priting. Alicat Chapbooks No. XII. One of 1000 copies. Willeford's first book of prose and poetry describing his World War II experiences as a tank commander. Signed by Willeford on the first sheet. Fine book in wrappers with only very slight acidic paper browning. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.