[JOHNSTON, Paul, edits and designs]; Genevieve Taggard, Robert Frost, Vachel Lindsay, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Louis Untermeyer, Alfred Kreymborg, HD, Elinor Wylie, Theodore Dreiser, William Rose Benet, Conrad Aiken, Witter Bynner

The Poetry Quartos, Twelve Brochures Each Containing a New Poem by an American Poet Comprising: Monologue for Mothers, the Lovely Shall Be Choosers, Rigamarole, Rigamarole, the Prodigal Son, Adirondack Cycle, Body and Stone, Red Roses for Bronze, Birthday Sonnet, the Aspirant, Sagacity, Prelude, Roots

New York, Random House, 1929. Limited Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. One of 475 sets of twelve royal octavo chapbooks, designed, illustrated, and printed by Paul Johnston, each being the first appearance of a poem by a contemporary American. (253 x 158mm) [4]pp. Original variously colored handmade string-bound wrappers, front covers with contrasting color vignettes and black lettering, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed; all collected in original yellow stiff paper chemise lettered in black and inserted into publisher's black card slipcase decorated with yellow figures. Virtually pristine, with only minor, nearly imperceptible restoration to chemise and slipcase. Clymer & Green, p. 50. Crane A12. Comprising poems by Genevieve Taggard ("Monologue for Mothers"), Robert Frost ("The Lovely Shall be Choosers"), Vachel Lindsay ("Rigamarole, Rigamarole"), Edwin Arlington Robinson ("The Prodigal Son"), Louis Untermeyer ("Adirondack Cycle"), Alfred Kreymborg ("Body and Stone"), H. D. ("Red Roses for Bronze"), Elinor Wylie ("Birthday Sonnet"), Theodore Dreiser ("The Aspirant"), William Rose Benét ("Sagacity"), Conrad Aiken ("Prelude"), and Witter Bynner ("Roots"). N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.) The Poetry Quartos, 12 brochures in folder: Paul Johnston. Fine .

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Book number: BB1890

Catalogue: MODERN FIRSTS

ROBERT FROST, CONRAD AIKEN, H.D., VACHEL LINDSAY, CARL SANDBURG &c.

American Poetry 1927. A Miscellany. Edited with a three page foreword by Louis Untermeyer.

Harcourt, Brace & Co. New York, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine /Very Good.

Clearwater BooksProfessional seller

Book number: ARC93286

Catalogue: Poetry

VACHEL LINDSAY. [J.W.Haines].

General William Booth Enters into Heaven and Other Poems. With an introduction by Robert Nichols.

Chatto & Windus, London, 1919. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: BC15974

Catalogue: Poetry

LINDSAY VACHEL; LINDSAY VACHEL [ILLUSTRATOR]

Collected Poems

The Macmillan Company, 1925-01-01. Hardcover. Author signed limited illustrated edition #11 of 350 clean tight and unmarked in illustrated boards.C37 Please email for photos.. Collectible: Very Good .

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Book number: 64908

LINDSAY, Nicholas Vachel

Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty

New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1914. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. 186pp. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear, with spine ever-so-slightly sunned. Tight, attractive first edition of this early Lindsay effort, a mix of prose and poetry chronicling a journey "from my home town, Springfield, Illinois, across Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas, up and down Colorado and into New Mexico.." Rather scarce and quite nice. .

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Book number: 47173

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Western Americana Poetry

Lindsay, Vachel

Art of the Moving Picture

New York: Liveright, 1970. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Wear at edges; With an introduction by Stanley Kauffmann ; 324 pages.

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Book number: 89759

Catalogue: Entertainment::movies

Keywords: Movies Lindsay, Vachel Moving Pictures Kauffmann, Stanley Essays Entertainment

LINDSAY, Vachel

The Art of the Moving Picture

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1922. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with green lettering and white/black/green pictorial stamping. xliii, 289pp. Very good. Faint binding wear only, mainly some chipping of the white on the front board graphic depicting a film screen in a movie theatre. Tight, handsome revised edition of this 1915 study often considered the first book of film criticism. Based on a lengthy inscription facing the half-title page, this was Lindsay's personal copy. In full: "To my friend / Herbert Georg -- / I present 'The Art of / the Moving Picture' -- / This is one (of two / volumes) of Vachel's / that he used in / his talks -- I hope / you enjoy this / one as much as I / do the one I am / keeping -- / Sincerely / Romaine Proctor." Proctor (1899-1961) was a Springfield freelance artist whose book illustrations include Benjamin Thomas's "Lincoln's New Salem" (1934) and "Portrait for Posterity: Lincoln and His Biographers" (1947) and William Baringer's "Lincoln's Vandalia: A Pioneer Portrait" (1949); he and wife Ellen were also noted puppeteer innovators who turned this hobby into a profession and toured the country with their "Proctor Puppets"; he was a friend of Lindsay and served as one of the pallbearers at the poet's funeral in 1931. Herbert Georg (1893-1964) changed the name of his father's photography studio, Victor Georg Studio (founded 1897), to Herbert Georg Studio in 1923 and made it one of the country's premiere portrait studios; he too was a friend of Lindsay. Whether Lindsay himself gave Proctor this book or it was given him by Lindsay's widow after his suicide by lye is not known. In addition, laid into this copy is a scarce 5¼" X 8" promotional leaflet for this book's first edition, the recto reproducing the book's pictorial front cover and the verso a plug for this book ("..one of the first to be written in appreciation of the moving picture") and its predecessor, his 1914 "The Congo and Other Poems." Very good. Faint wear only and ¼" chip near center. .

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Book number: 47128

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Film & Theater

Lindsay, Vachel [1879 - 1931]

The CANDLE In The CABIN. A Weaving Together of Script and Singing

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1926. 1st edition. Green cloth binding with gilt stamping. Dust jacket. x, [2], 130, [2] pp. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. VG+/VG (spine panel slightly darkened/minor extremity wear).

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Book number: 29794.2

Catalogue: Literature

Vachel Lindsay

The Candle in the Cabin a Weaving Together of Script and Singing

New York, D Appleton And Company, 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Complete with Lindsay's distinctive illustrations for his 'singing poetry' and in VG order throughout. Stock lightly toned, endpapers moreso, with former owner's name neatly to fep. Green cloth only lightly worn but gilt decoration and titling to front and spine rather dulled. 8vo. xii + 131pp . Good/No Jacket.

Dodman BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 008936

Catalogue: Poetry

Lindsay, Vachel

Collected Poems

New York: Macmillan, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear, Previous owner's name. Edges bumped and worn , spine weak; 390 pages.

Gibson's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 75762

Catalogue: Poetry::First Editions

Keywords: Poetry Lindsay, Vachel 1st Edition

Lindsay, Vachel (1879-1931)

Collected poems

London ; New York : Macmillan 1923. First Edition (in this form). Good copy bound in quarter cloth over worn marble boards. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight. bright and clean. Physical description; xv. 390 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931). American poetry 20th century. American poetry.

MW BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 284784

Lindsay, Vachel (1879-1931)

The Daniel jazz : and other poems

London : G. Bell & Sons 1920. First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 94 pages; Physical description; 94 p. ; 20 cm.

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Book number: 222844

LINDSAY, Vachel

The Daniel Jazz and Other Poems

London, G. Bell & Sons, 1920. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Yellow cloth with black spine lettering. 94pp. Very good. Binding mildly worn but nice, while internally tight and fine. Handsome first U.K. edition of this slim collection that includes "The Golden Whales of California," "The Congo," "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight" and of course the title piece. Uncommon. .

Main Street Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 47156

Catalogue: Books

Keywords: Poetry

Lindsay, Nicholas Vachel

General William Booth Enters Into Heaven and Other Poems

New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear, spine weak and cracked; 119 pages.

Gibson's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 40660

Catalogue: Poetry::First Editions

Keywords: Poetry Lindsay, Vachel 1st Edition Author's First Book

LINDSAY, NICHOLAS VACHEL

General William Booth Enters Into Heaven and Other Poems

NY: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, blind-stamped tripe borders on front cover, publisher's initials blind-stamped on rear cover. Vachel Lindsay's first book. Spine mildly faded, former owner's name on title page, otherwise unmarked, tight, square and clean; a very nice copy. VERY GOOD. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (viii), 119 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Round Table Books, LLCProfessional seller

Book number: 14178

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry; First Edition; Vachel Lindsay; Novels, Poetry & Literature Poetry