Where Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein, Signed (12 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Signed. SIGNED with ORIGINAL DRAWING; signed and inscribed by author Shel Silverstein with full page drawing (arm emerging from the ground holding a capital letter R) on front endpapers. Printing not stated but 90s era reprint. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. Minor creasing to back panel of dust jacket; else it is clean and bright. Brown-stamped tan cloth boards; gentle softening to spine ends; otherwise a pristine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. This copy has a SIGNED card by Shel Silverstein laid into the book. This ORIGINAL price clipped dustjacket has minor wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. Later editions do NOT have the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. This ORIGINAL price clipped dustjacket has light wear to the spine. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth with slight wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy of this First Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Silverstein, Shel (illustrator). (Not a True First, $8.95 inside DJ front flap) Very large, heavy, squarish book, quality brown cloth, embossed dark brown facsimile signature at bottom front right, black lettering very fine on spine. On first front end paper in neat dark blue ink inside drawn border, an eight-line poem: "For Maggie".with concluding lines ".When your clothes are worn and raggy/When your body's old & saggy/You can trade this book/For half a tuna salad sandwich/In a brown paper baggy." Love, Shel Silverstein." DJ beneath mylar, white background with black lettering, an illustration of child at top front, spine and back, a photo of Silverstein at back left. DJ and book, both As New. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing - with "FIRST EDITION" stated on the copyright page. Signed by the author Shel Silverstein on a professionally tipped in page at the front of the book. Measuring approximately 9" x 7", with 166 numbered pages. This book is in very good plus condition. Minor wear to the extremities. Interior pages are clean and well preserved. Dust jacket is in very good condition. Minor wear and creasing to the edges. Original $7.95 price is present on the front flap. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(O8-59).

First edition, early printing of the author's first collection of children's poetry. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Shel Silverstein on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. "The poems, ranging from serious to silly, from philosophical to ridiculous, allow the reader or listener the rhyme and rhythm of these nonsensical poems make them perfect for reading aloud to discover Silverstein's greatest gift: his ability to understand the fears and wishes and silliness of children" (Silvey, 602).

Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. ; Signed by Shel Silverstein. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

First edition, early printing of the author's first collection of children's poetry. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With Love Shel Silverstein." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. "The poems, ranging from serious to silly, from philosophical to ridiculous, allow the reader or listener the rhyme and rhythm of these nonsensical poems make them perfect for reading aloud to discover Silverstein's greatest gift: his ability to understand the fears and wishes and silliness of children" (Silvey, 602).

First edition of the author's first collection of children's poetry. Stated first edition on the copyright page. Small quarto, original brown cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by Shel Silverstein with an original poem on the front free endpapers to the children of his editor and publicist William Cole, "For Alex and Rossa and Billy, I hope that this book ain't so silly and that it will always remain in the cas[s]a (The superfluous 's' has been scribbled out with footnote "Bill Cole's Incessant Editorial Meddling") of Billy and Alex Rossa (Not a bad rhyme for three such difficult names and if you don't read Spanish, Learn it!) Love, Shel Silverstein." American editor and anthologist William Rossa Cole edited over 50 anthologies of verse for children and adults throughout his career which included tenures at Knopf, Simon & Schuster and Viking, where he had his own imprint. He is thanked by Silverstein at the end of Where the Sidewalk Ends "for his continued encouragement" and many of Silverstein's poems made their first appearance at Cole's solicitation. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional association copy. "The poems, ranging from serious to silly, from philosophical to ridiculous, allow the reader or listener the rhyme and rhythm of these nonsensical poems make them perfect for reading aloud to discover Silverstein's greatest gift: his ability to understand the fears and wishes and silliness of children" (Silvey, 602).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Shel Silverstein on a laid in signature. A beautiful copy. This is the TRUE FIRST EDITION with the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. Later editions do NOT have the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. This ORIGINAL price clipped dustjacket has minor wear to the edges. The book is in great shape with light wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy housed in a custom clamshell box. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Book Club Edition. Book club edition. Signed by Shel Silverstein on the front free endpaper. Bound in brown cloth stamped in black. Near Fine with slight fading at extremities, light foxing to top of texblock. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with light toning, rubbing and edge wear with tape repair at verso. Dampstaining to top edge of front panel and two small punctures to the rear spine joint. A beloved children's classic and one of the author's best known works.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 176pp. Stated first edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Shel Silverstein on the front free endpaper to Dorothy Pfeiffer, the sister of actress Michelle Pfeiffer, with inscription reading "For Dorothy Margueritha Theresa Mullen Pfeiffer; A Name That is German and Catholic and Irish and Awfully Hard to Decipher; So Hell With It! For Dee, for the help she's given me Love Shel." Bound in publisher's variant library binding of white boards stamped in black, with corresponding library library binding dust jacket sticker and pricing. Near Fine with some crackling to surface of cloth, and small stain to top of textblock edge. In a Near Fine dust jacket with top corner clipped and publisher's price present at bottom corner, with toning and light edge wear. The first edition is uncommon, especially so signed.