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New York: Norton, (1973). First edition. Name on endpaper, else fine in a corner-clipped dust jacket, with some wrinkling to the publisher's clear lamination..

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. [1973], 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very near Fine. Slim 8vo. [8], 9-133, [3] pp. Quarter beige cloth over black cloth with orange and blue lettering on the spine. Price of $5.95 on the top corner of the front jacket flap. Name and date written on front pastedown (concealed by front flap of jacket); jacket has a few hints of toning to the flaps (bottom corner of front flap clipped by publisher), but is otherwise Fine.

The December, 1948 issue of The Atlantic Monthly magazine. High Policy and the Atomic Bomb, an article about the need for policies surrounding the atomic bomb by Bradley Dewey, The Bells that Nobody Heard, a short story by Sean O'Faolain, Now I Become Myself, a poem by May Sarton, Fashion is My Business, an article about the shaping of fashion by Stanley Marcus, founder of the Neiman-Marcus luxury store in Dallas, TX, A Change of Heart, excerpts from the final volume of philosopher George Santayana's memoirs, No Place to Hide:What we Learned at Bikini, the final installment of the eyewitness account of the atomic tests at Bikini Atoll and their aftereffects by David Bradley, MD, The Man who Might Have Been President: Dwight D Eisenhower, a prescient account of the stature of Eisenhower based on his accomplishments in WW II, My Precious Life in the Public Domain, an article by singer, composer, ballad & folksong collector & chronicler John Jacob Niles, and others. Condition issues include: light soil & blue stamp (Peabody Institute Library Peabody, Mass) on the front cover, and light soil on the back cover and a date stamp (Dec 29). The binding is tight and the interior pages are clean with minimal wear. An ex-library copy but without the wear and markings you typically find on them. Articles and stories that reflect the ambiance & culture of the post WW II and early Cold War era. A good to very good copy.

Novel. Nice clean tight copy.

Stated First Edition; First Printing, Full Numberline. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Book in Fine Condition, DJ in Near Fine Condition. DJ has light shelf wear. Original price of $5.95 remains.

A SIGNED US first edition, first impression. THE WRAPPER : The wrapper on this copy is bright. It has been clipped at both corners of the front inside flap. It shows a tiny touch of sunning to the orange lettering on the spine. Looks very sharp. THE BOOK : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners sharp. It shows a tiny touch of bruising to the spine ends. The pages are clean and bright. The closed page edges are unmarked. No dog-eared pages. The binding is tight, the hinges are solid. This copy has been INSCRIBED by May Sarton to the front free endpaper. A very nice copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Faint spotting on the page edges else fine in an about fine price-clipped dust jacket. Inscribed by the author.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by May Sarton on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in 1/4 beige cloth over black paper covered boards, red and black titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 133 pp.

A novel by Sarton. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front endpaper "For Ilse and Howdy/with love from/May/Aug. 1973" and SIGNED again "May Sarton." Ilse-Margret Vogel was a writer of children's books who was married to noted artist Howard (Howdy) Knotts, who illustrated Sarton's PUNCH'S SECRET. Light foxing to the bulked fore-edge and first few pages. Still Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper