FIRST EDITION?: STATEMENTS OF SELECTED PUBLISHERS.|A
by Zempel, Edward N. and Linda A. Verkler
Peoria: The Spoon River Press, 1979. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. Third printing. Over 550 publishers are listed of which over 400 are American. Dust jacket shows a tear down the center effecting about 75% of the dust jacket.
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BookQoute. Number 1, March 23, 1990.
by ZEMPEL, ED, editor.
Peoria, IL:The Spoon River Press,, 1990.. First edition.. Near fine in wrappers. Stapled newsprint book sale catalog.
Offered by Jeff Maser, Bookseller
Darlinghissima: letters to a friend
by Flanner, Janet, edited and with commentary by Natalia Danesi Murray
New York: Random House, 1985. Hardcover. xix, 507p., editor's note, introduction, index, photos, very good first edition stated number line ends in 2 as called for by Verkler and Zempel, in cloth boards and unclipped dj.
Offered by Bolerium Books Inc.
Queer in America: sex, the media, and the closets of power
by Signorile, Michelangelo
New York: Random House, 1993. Hardcover. xix, 378p., preface, introduction, index, very good first edition stated with Random House number line ending with 2 (which indicated first printing as per Zempel & Verkler) in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj.
Offered by Bolerium Books Inc.
Queer in America: sex, the media, and the closets of power
by Signorile, Michelangelo
New York: Random House, 1993. Hardcover. xix, 378p., preface, introduction, index, very good first edition stated with Random House number line ending with 2 (which indicated first printing as per Zempel & Verkler) in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket with a stained and torn front panel.
Offered by Bolerium Books Inc.
Kalki; a novel
by Vidal, Gore
New York: Random House, 1978. Hardcover. 255p., very good first trade edition stated, Random House number line ends in 2 as called for per Zempel & Verkler, in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket.
Offered by Bolerium Books Inc.
Book Prices: Used and Rare 1994
by ZEMPEL, Edward N., edited by
Peoria, Illinois: Spoon River Press, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 798pp. Very good with light edgewear.
Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc.
How Long Has This Been Going On
by Mordden, Ethan
New York: Villard Books/Random House, 1995. Hardcover. 590p., very good first edition stated with Random House number line ending in 2 as called for [Zempel & Verkler] in quarter-cloth boards and price-clipped dj.
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Going Back to the River: poems
by Hacker, Marilyn
New York: Random House, 1990. Hardcover. 95p., near-fine first edition stated with number line 24689753 as called for according to Random House and Zempel & Verler, quarter-cloth boards and bright unclipped dj. Lesbian poet's sixth book and winner of the Lambda Literary Award for 1991.
Offered by Bolerium Books Inc.
Book Prices: Used and Rare, 1997
by ZEMPEL, Edward N. and Linda A. Verkler (Editors)
Peoria, Illinois: Spoon River Press, 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine hardcover. First edition. 5th volume in a series. Clean text. Red cloth cover. Light smudge on bottom outer edges of pages.
Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc.
BOOK PRICES: USED AND RARE. 1997
by Zempel, Edward N. and Linda A. Verkler (editors)
Peoria: The Spoon River Press, 1997. cloth. small 4to. cloth. 800 pages. First edition of the seventh in what is a series of prices guides. Descriptions, with prices, of nearly 32,000 titles selected from antiquarian bookseller's catalogues throughout the United States. Most of the items listed are in the $20 to $300 price range. Oak Knoll is included.
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BOOK PRICES: USED AND RARE. 1996
by Zempel, Edward N. and Linda A. Verkler (editors)
Peoria: The Spoon River Press, 1996. cloth. small 4to. cloth. 798 pages. First edition of the fourth in what is a series of prices guides. Descriptions, with prices, of nearly 32,000 titles selected from antiquarian bookseller's catalogues throughout the United States. Most of the items listed are in the $20 to $300 price range. Oak Knoll is included. A fine copy.
Offered by Oak Knoll Books
BOOK PRICES: USED AND RARE. 1995
by Zempel, Edward N and Linda A Verkler (editors)
Peoria: The Spoon River Press, 1995. cloth. small 4to. cloth. 798 pages. First edition of the third in what is a series of prices guides. Covers lightly rubbed, else a near fine copy. Descriptions, with prices, of over 30,000 titles selected from antiquarian bookseller's catalogues throughout the United States. Most of the items listed are in the $20 to $300 price range. Oak Knoll is included.
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Book Prices: Used and Rare, 1997
by ZEMPEL, Edward N. (ed.)
IL: Spoon River Press, 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Near Fine. Without dust jacket as issued.
Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc.
Book Prices: Used and Rare, 1996
by ZEMPEL, Edward N. and Linda A. Verkler (Editors)
Peoria, Illinois: Spoon River Press, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good with light edgewear, a little scuffing on the boards. 4th volume in a series.
Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc.
Broken to the plow
by Dobie, Charles Caldwell
New York: Harper & Bros, 1921. 315p., very good very early reprint (at least by August of 1921) in tan cloth boards. Personal inscription signed by the author and dated August 24, 1921, the year of publication. According to Zempel, 1920s books from Harper & Bros must state first edition. This does not. However, the date of the inscription makes it very early, likely a second. San Francisco novel, a serious piece of fiction concerning the city's underclass. The... Read More
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Book Prices: Used and Rare 1993
by ZEMPEL, Edward N. (ed.)
IL: Spoon River Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good. Without dust jacket as issued.
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Book Prices: Used and Rare 1994
by ZEMPEL, Edward N. (ed.)
IL: Spoon River Press, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good with a dime sized stain in middle of rear cover. Without dust jacket as issued.
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Book Prices: Used and Rare, 1997
by ZEMPEL, Edward N. and Linda A. Verkler (Editors)
Peoria, Illinois: Spoon River Press, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good hardcover. First edition. 5th volume in a series. Clean text. Red cloth cover. Light smudge on bottom outer edges of pages.
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Book Prices: Used and Rare 1993
by ZEMPEL, Edward N. and Linda A. Verkler (Editors)
IL: Spoon River, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good hardcover. First edition. Text clean. Corners on cover are rubbed. Smudge on bottom outer edges of pages. Red cloth cover. Small mark on bottom end of spine.
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Book Prices: Used and Rare 1994
by ZEMPEL, Edward N. and Linda A. Verkler (Editors)
IL: Spoon River, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good hardcover. First edition. 2nd volume in a series. Clean text. Smudge on bottom outer edges of pages. Corners on cover rubbed. Red cloth cover. Spine indented down middle.
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Book Prices: Used and Rare 1993
by ZEMPEL, Edward N. & Linda A. Verkler (editors)
IL: Spoon River, 1993. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good hardcover. Cover over-opened, spine shakey. Pages clean and bright. Corners lightly rubbed. Edges of spine rubbed. Outer foredges of pages lightly soiled.
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BOOK PRICES: USED AND RARE. 1993
by Zempel, Edward N. and Linda A. Verkler (editors)
Peoria: The Spoon River Press, 1993. cloth. small 4to. cloth. 613 pages. First edition of the first in what is to be a series of prices guides. A fine copy. Descriptions, with prices, of over 25,000 titles selected from antiquarian bookseller's catalogues throughout the United States. Most of the items listed are in the $20 to $300 price range. Oak Knoll is included.
Offered by Oak Knoll Books
How Long Has This Been Going On
by Mordden, Ethan
New York: Villard Books/Random House, 1995. Hardcover. 590p., very good first edition stated with Random House number line ending in 2 as called for [Zempel & Verkler] in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj.
Offered by Bolerium Books Inc.
BOOK PRICES: USED AND RARE. 1998
by Zempel, Edward N. and Linda A. Verkler (editors)
Peoria: The Spoon River Press, 1998. cloth. small 4to. cloth. 796 pages. First edition of the sixth in what is a series of prices guides. Descriptions, with prices, of nearly 31,000 titles selected from antiquarian bookseller's catalogues throughout the United States. Most of the items listed are in the $20 to $300 price range. Oak Knoll is included.
Offered by Oak Knoll Books