Titles starting with W from Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2000. Second printing. Hardcover. Massive concluding volume in his Pulitzer Prize winning biography of this important African American leader, writer and historian. A fine and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. ... more information

Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv Museum, 1987. First edition. Exhibition catalog published for a show held in Israel. Text in both English and Hebrew. An attractively done book with a wide selection of Smith's extensive work. A solid near fine copy in photo-illustrated wrappers that have some very minor edge wear. Uncommon. ... more information

New York: Aperture, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. The first real retrospective monograph on Smith with a look at his important body of photographs along with excerpts from his notes and an afterword by Lincoln Kirstein. A fine and tight copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with a few small tears and a tiny bit of soiling. ... more information

Tucson, AZ: Center for Creative Photography, 1984. First edition. Softcover. Archive number 20. Includes an essay by William S. Johnson along with a portfolio of Smith's photographs from various places including Pittsburgh, Haiti and Japan. A close to near fine copy in wrappers. ... more information

New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A substantial biography of this imporant American photographer. Includes a selection of some of his better images. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed on the front free endpaper: "The spirit of Gene Smith lives on in words & pictures. Jim Hughes" ... more information

Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona & Center for Creative Photography, 1980. First edition. Softcover. One of the better issues in the series. Incudes 99 Smith images as well as Part 1 of a Chronological Bibliography of Smith's work. A clean near fine copy in illustrated wrappers with some very slight wear. ... more information

Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona - Center For Creative Photography, 1980 & 1981. First edition. Softcovers. A then comprehensive look at this important 20th century American photographer. Volume I is in very good shape in stapled wrappers with some small crease to the bottom corners of the first handful of pages. Volume II is in very near fine condition. A nice set. ... more information

New York: The Viking Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Her second book, a memoir about her experiences as a patient in a psychiatric ward of a hospital. A near fine copy with some offsetting to the spine from a little fading in a very near fine dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. His fifth novel. A near fine copy with a red remainder mark to the bottom edge in a fine dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Pantheon, 1999. First edition. His National Book Award winning novel. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Jin on the title page. A very nice copy. ... more information

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. His second book. A fine copy in a near very near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear to the top of the front panel and some very minor rubbing. Signed by Bell on the title page. A much nicer than usual copy as the jacket is uncoated and very prone to wear. ... more information

Berkeley,CA: Black Oak Books, 1993. First edition. Broadside. Taken from his collection "My Name is William Tell." Printed and designed at Okeanos Press. A fine copy. One of the more attractive broadsides produced by the press. Uncommon with only 7 in OCLC. ... more information

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., 1942. First edition. Softcover. A slim, early book of verse about the bombing of Wake Island. A very good plus copy in printed wrappers with a small very shallow stain to some of the pages at the foredge but otherwise a clean and tight copy. ... more information

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1993. First edition. Hardcover. A very near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Block on the title page. ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. His sixth book, a novel, from the author of the National Award winning book "The Man With The Golden Arm." A very good plus copy with some soiling to the yellow cloth spine in an about near fine price clipped dust jacket that has some soiling to the back panel and flap. ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. His sixth book, a novel, from the author of the National Award winning book "The Man With The Golden Arm." A very good plus copy with some bumping to the spine ends and bottom corners of the boards and with slight effect to the text block in a very good plus dust jacket with the same bumping to the bottom corners, very minor edgewear and otherwise lightly soiled. A presentable copy. ... more information

Derry, PA: Rook Press, 1976. First edition. Broadside that measures 8.5" x 11" and with an illustration by William Lint. Copy 52 of 250 numbered copies. A fine copy. Signed by Morgan. ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A slim collection of poetry. A fine copy in printed wrappers. ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with one tiny closed tear to the top of the front panel. Signed by Levine on a tipped-in page done by the publisher. ... more information

Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College, 1977. First edition. Exhibition catalog. An interesting look at Evan's long association with Fortune Magazine. A clean fine copy in photo-illustrated wrappers. ... more information