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Published by Ballantine Books, New York, 1954
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (x) 194 pp. Ballantine Book 75. Light edgewear with some creasing on the corners of the front cover and a crease on the spine; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Introduction by Theodore Morrison; The Blue Winged Teal by Wallace Stegner; Breach of Promise by Jessamyn West; The Return of Corporal Greene by May Sarton; Shadow of Turning by Warren Beck; A Game of Catch by Richard Wilbur; Ebbie by A. B. Guthrie Jr; A Domestic Dilemma by Carson McCullers; The Sorceror's Son by Josephine Johnson; A Ride on the Short Dog by James Still; Bontemps by Stanford Whitmore; Sally by Isaac Asimov; The Flower by Miriam Rugel; The Hungry Sister by Josephine Winn; and Going Home by ruth V. Goodwin. Book.
Published by Johns Hopkins Press, MD, 1967
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good minus purple stains on end pg, sticker on inner front panel, light soiling of panels/spine, bumping of corners/ends. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Published by Monthly Review, An Independent Socialist Magazine, 1950
Seller: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This is "Monthly Review, an Independent Socialist Review", Volume 2, Number 6, October 1950, edited by Leo Huberman and Paul M. Sweezy. This issue is given over to a memorial for literary critic Francis Otto Matthiessen, beloved teacher, influential critic, and author/editor, being the compiler of "The Oxford Book of American Verse". Inside the issue is given the title, "F. O. Matthiessen 1902 - 1950 : A Collective Portrait". At the front of the issue are two black-and-white photographs of Matthiessen. The issue contains work by Matthiessen and others. **************************************** CONTENTS :: Foreword to the Commemorative Issue on F. O. Matthiessen - by Paul M. Sweezy, Leo Huberman / The Education of a Socialist - by F. O. Matthiessen / Of Crime and Punishment - by F. O. Matthiessen / The Teacher - by Leo Marx / Matthiessen The Making of an American Scholar - by Bernard Bowron / American Renaissance - by Henry Nash Smith / Labor and Political Activities - by Paul M. Sweezy / Notes For a Character Study - by John Rackliffe / Statements by Friends and Associates - This Section includes a poem by May Sarton, and pieces by Alfred Kazin, Richard Wilbur, Corliss Lamont, Harry Levin, and many others. ************************************** TITLE : Monthly Review, An Independent Socialist Magazine / ISSUE : Vol. 2, No. 6 / DATE : October 1950 / EDITORS / FOREWORD : Leo Huberman & Paul Sweezy / IMPRINT : Monthly Review, An Independent Socialist Magazine ISSUE TITLE : F. O. Matthiessen 1902 - 1950, A Collective Portrait [ a hardcover book format was issued of this issue as a stand alone item by the publisher- this is not that, but the original periodical issue. ] / AUTHORS : Paul Sweezy, F. O. Matthiessen, Alfred Kazin, Harry Levine, May Sarton, Richard Wilbur, et al. / EDITION : First Edition (Contents appearing complete between two covers) STATUS : This Issue OP in physical format. / DETAILS : Contains 2 black-and-white photographs of Matthiessen; has a Foreword; contains a Preliminary Bibliography of Matthiessen; volume pages [167] - 322 (156 pages); approximately 51/2" x 8 1/2"; printed wraps, glued. *************************************** CONDITION -- GOOD ONLY -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and serviceable, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Impact dent with accompanying tear - mended - at head of spine; spine is weathered (darkened); front cover has impact creasing at top of cover; front cover quite toned; rear cover also equally toned, else clean. / BINDING -- Holding - opens a bit widely through the first few leaves, then fairly solid. / INTERIOR -- Paper is lightly toned, else the issue is free of marking.
Published by Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1957
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A trifle bumped at the crown else fine in very good dustwrapper with chip at the bottomof the front panel. A small poetry anthology that is particularly noteworthy as Sylvia Plath's first book appearance, preceding the rare offprint *Sculptor* by two years. After contributions from a host of already-established poets there is a small "Undergraduate" section which contains two Plath entries: "Aubade" and "Two Lovers and a Beachcomber by the Real Sea." Also includes an entry from James Wright, his first book was published this year was well. Other contributors include Robert Frost, W.H. Auden, John Ciardi, Donald Hall, Richmond Lattimore, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Louis Macneice, W.S. Merwin, Howard Moss, Louise Townsend Nicholl, Adrienne Rich, Theodore Roethke, May Sarton, Louis Simpson, Robert Penn Warren, John Hall Wheelock, Richard Wilbur, James Wright, Dannie Abse, Eric Barker (First Prize), Thomas Blackburn, J.R. Brownfield, Jean Burden, Kenneth M. Cameron, Grace Carnot, Charles Causley, Robert P. Tristram Coffin, Barbara D. Cooper, Allan Donaldson, Leah Bodein Drake, Carleton Drewry, Evelyn Eaton, Thomas Hornsby Ferril, David Ferry, Robert Francis, Frances Frost, Jed Garrick, Kenneth O. Hanson, John Heath-Stubbs, Elizabeth Henley, Robert Horan, Elizabeth Jennings, Dilys Laing, Joseph Langland, Fred Lape, Norman MacCraig, Harold Grier McCurdy, Jackson Morris, David Morton, Thomas Moult, Hubert Nicholson, Gloria Rawlinson, Alastair Reid, Dorothy Roberts, James L. Rosenbert, Arthur M. Sampley, Ernest Sandeen, Marcia Masters Schmid, Burns Singer, Radclive Squires, Jean Sewell Standish, Margaret Stanley-Wrench, A.M. Sullivan, Robert A. Wallace, Peter B. Walsh, Lynne Lawner, Donald Lehmkuhl, Henry D.M. Sherrerd, Jr., Richard Roe, and Barbara Stewart. A nicer than usual copy - the thin paper jacket is very prone to tearing.