Search Results: Wedding Day and Other Stories by Kay Boyle

1930 NY:J. Cape. First (trade) edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. (Preceded by a limited signed run of 150 by Black Sun Press). Very good with spine somewhat rubbed and edges of the paper covered boards a little sunned.

London: Pharos Editions. Very Good. 1932. Hardcover. Boyle, Kay. WEDDING DAY AND OTHER STORIES. London: Pharos Editions, 1932. First English edition; Author’s first book. 136 pages, blue cloth with gilt printing. The covers are soiled and toned but the contents are bright, complete and nice. Near Very Good with two dust jackets included- both slightly toned but in decent shape. .

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. First edition. Good or better.. Cloth, and decorated boards, matching endsheets. The ownership signature of her occasional publisher, James Laughlin appears on the first free endsheet. Spine faded, light wear to corners and edges, but a good or better copy, lacking the dust jacket.  First U.S. edition of the author's first trade book, having been published by the Black Sun Press in a deluxe edition of one hundred fifty copies in the previous year. This book is dedicated to Laurence Vail, the Dada sculptor and writer, who Boyle met in 1928. Vail was then married to Peggy Guggenheim. Boyle and Vail lived together between 1929 until 1932 when, following their divorces, they married; they were divorced in 1943.

New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First trade edition. Gilt spine titles. 122pp. Very good with previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown, a slightly faded spine, and some worn corners in a very good minus spine darkened dustwrapper with tiny tears on the edges, spotting, and faint toning.

CAPE Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. A VERY GOOD FIRST IN DJ. INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE..