The World Is a Wedding by Schwartz, Delmore - 1948

Norfolk: A New Directions Book, 1948. Hardcover. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine, grey with blue print; Boards in grey cloth, wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, slight peripheral toning, mild shelfwear; Text block has slight spotting to fore edge, light tanning to endpapers, slight age-toning to paper, else clean and tight; 196 pages. 1353188. FP New Rockville Stock.

John Lehmann Ltd, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. First Edition Thus. 224 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Boots library rebind with associated stickers and markings to pages and boards. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Notable scuffing to rear pastedown. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to boards. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

London: John Lehman. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. 1st UK edition. (short stories)

Norfolk, CT: New Directions , 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Gray cloth, large octavo. 196 pages. Two short novels and five short stories. Interior bright and clean, bottom edge of cover has some chafing, overall a very good copy in a dust jacket that has publisher's original $1.75 price on inside flap. There is a large chip to rear panel at corner, and chip to top and bottom of spine. Jacket is in a mylar protector. All books shipped in boxes.

1948 New Directions hardcover no printing listed, in grey boards with blue lettering. No dj, soil and a lot of fraying on cover, stains on some pages, light tanning, soil on edge, else text clean, binding tight .

A New Directions Book, 1948 first edition. hardcover with dustjacket. good; used. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes 8vo; 193 pages; good ex lending library hardcover with dustjacket and library binding; dustjacket was taped by prevoius owner to board but is not longer; spine slanting; tanning pages; nicks to board edges; spine head and heal bumped; board tips bumped; library pockets labels and stamps; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions (1948). Octavo. Near fine in publisher's cloth binding and first state dustwrapper ($2.75 price on front flap). Later states were price-clipped with a new price stamped on the flap. First edition, first printing. Two short novels and five stories by this Jewish American writer known for his masterpiece "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities." DAB: "In 1948 the best of Schwartz's short stories were collected in The World Is a Wedding. The book did much to reestablish his reputation and psychic equilibrium."

Norfolk: New Directions, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo, 196 pages; VG-/VG; Dark grey spine with black lettering; Price unclipped "$2.75"; Dustjacket has some chipping at head and tail of spine, age-toning to the back cover, and minor shelfwear along joints of the spine; The boards have moderate shelfwear (especially at the head/tail of the spine), and moderate cornerwear; Textblock shows some age-toning (more prominent along the top edge), and a previous owner's bookplate appears on the front paste-down; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346495. Special Collections.

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1948. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small gift inscription on front fly, else fine in a price-clipped and lightly soiled near fine dust jacket with a barely visible nick at the crown. A very nice copy of two short novels and some short stories.

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1948. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a new price stamped on frotn flap, and a little soiling and rubbing. A nice copy of two short novels and some short stories.