In a series of dramatic encounters, "each in two voices and each developing a single idea," as Grove's Dictionary of Music defines the form of his title, Richard Howard has exemplified something like the artistic conscience of a generation - from 1882 to 1912. The mission of an Edith Wharton bearing the ashes of her beloved to a cemetery in Versailles, the return of an Ibsen to Capri to find his last play and an early romance - such situations, reflective at times, at times runaway, are charged with the intensity of an old tale, a new piece of gossip. These encounters concern celebrated figures and fictive celebrities, articulated in moments of crucial revelation, as even the casual is found to be a crucial revelation, as even the casual is found to be crucial at certain points of a life, a death.
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 746968-6
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 10133061-6
Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! Seller Inventory # S_484304197
Seller: Inquiring Minds, Saugerties, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Seller Inventory # 580969
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Good. Ex library copy. Seller Inventory # mon0003218871
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDsome scraping to front cover. Seller Inventory # feb1100
Seller: Atlantic Bookshop, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, card covers, 87pp. First edition/printing. Signed by Howard in '78 at the half-title. From the library of writer Wendy Walker, her signature above Howard's. Good: faint creases to the front covers, a remainder stripe to the lower edge, small ink blemishes to the rear cover; solid enough binding; some occasions of mild internal soiling (margins), one typographical correction. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ATLRHTPIPS74
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, INSCRIBED in '78 with the usual 'two-part'.bit breased and stained top edge.vv2/4. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1510165808640
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition, paperback original. Glossy printed wrappers. Covers and spine ends lightly rubbed, near fine. Seller Inventory # 522004
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition, paperback original. Glossy printed wrappers. Tiny soil mark on foredge, slight wear at the spine ends, near fine. Seller Inventory # 594878