Call Ishmael by Olson Charles, First Edition (14 results)

119 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. First printing of this edition (originally published in 1947).

An early edition, First edition thus From the library of poet William Matthews and fully signed and dated by Matthews. Maybe a first edition but no identification on printing to the copyright page. First edition thus . Near fine illustrated stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text with the usual age tone to this edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 1st Edition. ** 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING, 1947 ** Hardcover, no dustjacket. Published by Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947, with 119 pages. NOTE: This is an EX-LIBRARY book, with all the attendant markings and indicia. Appears to have been well and often read. Boards are worn along the edges, readers' hand-soil to the boards, and perhaps a some slight bit of age-toning. Pages softly age-toned from the edges. Otherwise, the book is...

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Dust Jacket Condition: very good(-). First. 119pp., yellow cloth, d.w. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1947). First Edition. His first book. the dust wrapper has several chips & closed tears, but is not price-clipped. The interior is clean & fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. covers have some shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket edgeworn and chipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Yellow cloth binding is quite foxed on front and rear covers as often with this title, with a small spot of tanning on upper spine, a very good copy in about very good dust jacket with chips at spine ends and extremities. Author's first book. *Butterick & Glover* A1: 3000 copies printed, but only 2000 bound.

Hardcover. First Edition. VG w/ some sunning to front board, light dust soil to rear board. DJ is VG, clipped, w/ tears to all four corners of front panel w/ creasing, chip to lower right front panel, outer corners chipped, wear to head & heel of spine panel & along edges of some; rear panel has closed tear at upper right. Light dust soil over all.

119 pp. 8vo, publisher's yellow cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Cloth very slightly sunned at edges; minuscule bumps at corners; tiny chips and creases to corners of the jacket, which has a dust-soiled rear panel.

[viii], 119 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition. First edition. [viii], 119 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Author's first book, reflections inspired by Melville and Moby-Dick, now a landmark in Melville studies. Yellow cloth. Fine copy in very good plus dust jacket (one small chip at top of front panel, some traces of an earlier jacket protector along top and bottom edges).

[x], 119 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First Grove edition, no 11 of a "specially bound, limited edition," of 100 numbered copies. [x], 119 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Charles Olson's substantial essay on Melville's Moby Dick (originally published in 1947), here with the ownership signature of novelist, war correspondent, and university lecturer William Eastlake (1917-1997). Cloth spine stamped in gilt, paper-covered boards. Owner signature of William Eastlake on front flyleaf. Spine is very slightly faded, some toning to extremities of...

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. First edition, signed by the author. Inscribed by Olson on the front endpaper to "Mrs. Paul W. Bartlett in whose Randolph Place Studio, the delight of it, this book got written". Dust jacket has moderate soiling and foxing, is missing a total of 1.5 inches along the spine and is price clipped. Yellow cloth boards have moderate foxing and light wear to edges. Endpapers have moderate toning. Overall good in...

First edition. First printing. Small octavo (21cm). Original canary-yellow cloth; dustjacket; 119pp. Covers slightly foxed, but with less than the usual toning to the spine; internally clean and tight; Very Good. In the original unclipped jacket (priced $2.50 on front flap), fairly well-preserved with mild foxing to verso, clean partial separation at front flap-fold, brief closed tears and small losses at upper and lower margins; slight fading to spine panel; Very Good. Quite presentable copy of Olson's first book,...

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 119. Bound in yellow cloth with little nicked and worn dj. A very good copy of the author's first book. Olson perceived in Moby Dick, the making an an American mythology, reflecting the attempt at a conquest of nature. The next year he began his important career teaching at Black Mountain College. A rare modern classic.

Unbound. Condition: Near Fine. Printed dust jacket ONLY. An unused trial dust jacket design for the first book by Charles Olson. One vertical fold, faint uniform age-toning, else near fine. The jacket is printed in blue text on the front panel and the spine, but with no additional text. We've never seen another example. Possibly unique.