Search Results: the edge of being by spender stephen

NY: Random House. Very good no markings. First edition stated. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1949.

New York: Random House, 1949. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. 56 pages; 6 x 9 1/2" Slight yellowing and wear to board edges; previous owner's name inked on front pastedown; jacket spine edges are chipped; darkening to jacket spine and edges; darker scuff marks on front jacket panel; jacket flap corners are clipped; jacket in mylar sleeve.

New York: Random House, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of poetry. A very near fine copy. No dust jacket.

Faber & Faber [1949]. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A Very Good copy of the First Edition with heavy yellowing/spotting to top text block and light age-related browning to pages; else tight and clean. Jacket is Good with moderate fading, especially on the spine, and a small tear to top-right corner on front cover. From the library of noted American poet William Matchett, with his dated stamp on the ffep.

Random House. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Literature, Poetry, Religious Poems) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Random House, 1949. First Edition THUS. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in very good condition. First edition THUS. SIGNED by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. First edition THUS. The author’s signature can be found on a detached bookplate that has been placed in the front of the volume. The dust jacket is housed in protective mylar for preservation. The binding is tight; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Random House, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. First printing (stated). Slim hardcover. 57 pp. Fine in price clipped dust jacket with two small edge chips. Poetry.

NY: Random House, 1949. 1st American printing;blac c w/grey-green boards, gilt titles; lite discolorations at bottoom edge; owner's name; 578 clean, unmarked pages. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 Vo.

New York: Random House, 1949. Unclipped dust jacket with nick in spine top.. First Edition. Original Cloth-backed Boards. Fine/Very Good.

hardback. Near Fine. Poems. 1st A. NY (Random House) (1949). About fine in frayed dust wrapper.

New York: Random House, 1949. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 6 x 9 in. Paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; lower corners bumped, covers very clen. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not clipped, edges worn and chipped. Poet. Stax.

New York: Random House, 1949. Edited by author. First edition. Grey quarter gilt print and decorated black boards. 8vo. pp. 148. Near Fine/Good/Unclipped price in mylar. Though bright for paper jacket, one large closed tear, spine chips, minor edgewear and soil. (First state, Speaking to The Dead in the Language of the Dead, Harvard Alumni Bulletin 6/26/48 to T.S. Eliot), and the nine sketches of Returning to Vienna, 1947, 300 copies published by Banyan Press in 1947..

Random House, January 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. FIRST / VG/Very Good. STATED FIRST PRINTING. This is the poet David Wagoner's personal volume, his signature is on the ffep. Mylar protected. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

New York: Random House, 1949. First printing. Hardcover. 57pp. Large thin octavo [24 cm] 1/4 black paper with light gray paper covered boards, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and gilt stamped decorative patterns near the spine on the front covers. Very good. The covers are slightly browned. The endsheets are subtly darkened. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Very lightly soiled and rippled. This is Stephen Spender's fourth volume of verse to be issued under the Random House imprint.

NY: Random House (1949). 1st ed., 1949. SIGNED by Spender on the half-title page. Poet Francis Gilmore's copy whose signature is on the front free endpaper. This is a fine book in a poor DJ.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Random House. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Poetry)

New York:: Random House,, [1949].. First U.S. edition.. original cloth in dust jacket.. Small owner's embossed name in upper corner of title page; top edges of boards tanned; in an unchipped jacket also slightly tanned at the top edge.. Tall 8vo,.

NY: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st edition, signed copy. VG in protective, plain paper DJ. .

New York: Random House, 1949 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 57 pp. First Printing, 1949. "A lyrical advance over his three earlier books of verse, this volume, as its title implies, is a profession of faith, a re-appraisal of the influences and impressions of youth and the record of a mind's coming of age. Its 21 poems present the reader with an originality of thought, richness of candence and freedom of form. The volume distinguishes itseself from its forerunners in its note of greater maturity and deeper evaluations of a changing world in the eyes of a poet grown older and more perceptive." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Inked name on ffep. 4"closed tear to top edge front panel dj with a minute chip to top edge spine, and lightly age-toned spine of same. Lightly age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Greenish-Grey… Read More

London: Faber and Faber, 1949 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. 57 (7) pp. Price clipped. Inked name on ffep. Two tiny chips to top edge spine dj with only the slightest additional wear to same. A small faint mar to front board with only the slightest rubbing to to edge cloth, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 5.75" x 9". Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In acetate protector. "Stephen Harold Spender (1909-1995) was an English poet, novelist and essayist whose work concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the United States Library of Congress in 1965.".