Books by AGEE James

New York: Ballantine Books. (1966). Reprint. Mass market paperback. Very good with age toning on the pages and covers, a crease in the front cover near the spine. . ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1950). Third printing. 8vo, pp. 120. Stamped imperfect, as some of the leaves are irregularly trimmed. VG. ... more information

Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1951. First trade edition, 1951. First trade edition. Slight sunning to edges, minor abrasion to lower spine, still very good in very good dust jacket with a closed tear to lower front panel, some shallow chipping and a three-quarter inch chip to upper front panel. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951. First edition. His first novel from this author who is best known for collaboration with Walker Evans supplying the text for "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" and "A Death in the Family." A clean near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket that has some chipping to the spine crown, and a number of tears and some minor edge wear. Still, a presentable copy of this slim novel. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1951. First edition. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine Dust Jacket. Small 8vo. Jacket has touches of edgewear, tiny closed tear to top front panel and where top corner of rear panel meets spine. Light fading to spine and rear panel as well. Unclipped. Overall, bright and clean. Book also lightly faded at top board edge and spine, bit of shelfwear at head and tail. Together, uncommonly well-preserved. First US edition (after a tiny Italian edition) Agee's first novel, semi-aut... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket with some minor wear at extremities. Author's first novel. ... more information

Boston: Houghton, 1951.. Printed boards. First edition in book form of the author's first novel. Fine in very good, price clipped dust jacket with a couple small edge tears and a creased edge tear with small chip. ... more information

Houghton Mifflin, 1951. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.1951 First Edition First Printing.$2.25 on flap.Excellent Copy.Rare in this Condition.. ... more information

First (separate) edition of Agee's autobiographical first novel, printed for private circulation in its entirety. One of an unrecorded number of offprints from Marguerite Caetani's distinguished literary journal <PI>Botteghe Oscure<P>, this edition of <PI>The Morning Watch<P> is decidedly rare. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "to Bob Edwards / with warm good wishes / Jim Agee". The novel was not published until 1951 when Houghton Mifflin bro... more information