A First edition? by Edward N Zempel - January 1977

Spoon River Press, 1977., 1977. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Spoon River Press, 1977. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Cover has edge wear, minor creases, minor scratches, minor scuffs, small bent/rubbed cover/page corners, rubbed spine. No writing. Very good..

[peoria]: Spoon River Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. ; Unpaginated. **"...on their methods of designating first editions. " .

Peoria, Illinois: The Spoon River Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First Edition, later edition being published in 1985. The sub-title to A First Edition? reads, "Statements of Selected North American, British Commonwealth, and Irish Publishers on Their Methods of Designating First Editions. First Edition, published by The Spoon River Press, Peoria, Illinois, 1977. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, unmarked interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Blue cloth over boards, sunned along edges and spine, still sharp gilt lettering to spine. Unpublished, but with roughly 160 pp. of alphabetized entries of mostly American and British publishers but also Canada, The Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Peoria: Spoon River Press, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Hardcover. Very Good- in Very Good- jacket in protective mylar. Some wear and bumping to corners, slightly exposing cardboard at bottom fore edge corner of front cover; some slanting to spine; some soiling to page edges; pages browning; dust staining to top edge of pages. Jacket with some wear to edges and corners; rubbing/wear to panels; some creasing to panels; age toning to panels; sunning to spine; soiling/staining to panels.

Spoon River Press, 1977., 1977. Soft cover. Near Fine. First printing. Not paginated, 8vo, quality trade softcover. Nearly Fine copy with no real flaws, just light wear to tips.

Peoria, IL:: Spoon River Press, 1979. hardcover. fine with near fine dust jacket. 8vo. 172pp. some toning to dj.. Family run used bookstore open to the public since 1988. 30 Years of Bookselling Experience backing the careful selection and description of each book we offer.

Peoria, IL: Spoon River Press, 1977. Book. VG-. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st ptg.: June 1977. Modest lean, moderate shelf/handling wear. Unpaginated, approx. 150 pp. Extremely useful compilation of publishers' own statements, arranged alphabetically, about designations for first editions..

The Spoon River Press. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. Owner's name on endpage. ( first editions, imprints, english imprints )

(Peoria, Illinois): The Spoon River Press, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Third printing. Octavo. Unpaginated. A trifle sunned at the extremities, near fine in very good or better dustwrapper with light wear.