James Agee Introduction (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. liv, 471 pages, [61] pages of plates, illustrations; 22 cm. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps. A good reading copy for the thrifty scholar. Another copy available. *** Depression-era classic on sharecroppers, with stunning photographs by Walker Evans. Born in Tennessee, James Agee (1909-1955) spent the summer of 1936 with photographer Walker Evans among the sharecroppers of Alabama, which resulted in the famous collaborative book, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941). His autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. He also wrote poetry, screenwriting, and film criticism. Size: 8vo. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. liv, 471 pages, [61] pages of plates, illustrations; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. *** Depression-era classic on sharecroppers, with stunning photographs by Walker Evans. Born in Tennessee, James Agee (1909-1955) spent the summer of 1936 with photographer Walker Evans among the sharecroppers of Alabama, which resulted in the famous collaborative book, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941). His autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. He also wrote poetry, screenwriting, and film criticism. Size: 8vo.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Second softbound Edition published by Yale University Press. No wear to the covers. No spine creasing. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. Name of previous owner on the inside of the front cover. No musty odor. No tobacco odor. No water damage.No soiling. No sun fading.…

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small octavo. B&W illustrations. Condition: minor wear to DJ; bottom edges of covers rubbed through; inked name & date to first free endpaper; else VG/VG. 235 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 336 pages. 7.64x5.04x0.87 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. First Edition. Text/NEW w/margin discoloration. Soft cover/VG; strong; light edge wear, also discolored, and slight lean to spine. Collection of letters author, poet, screenwriter and film critic James Rufus Agee (1909 - 1955) and 1958 posthumous recipient of the Pultizer for his autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957), wrote to Episcopal priest Father James Harold Flye. Father Flye was both close friend and spiritual confidant. The letters span 30 years --- from Agee's entrance to Phillips Exeter to his death in 1955. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Book Club Edition. Trade edition. This book is in Near fined condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book is in generally clean and brigh condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but has light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. "A Death in the Family is an autobiographical novel by James Agee. It was based on events which occurred to Agee in 1915, when his father went out of town to see his own father, who had suffered a heart attack. During the return trip, Agee's father was killed in a car crash." (from Wikipedia). …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 512 pages. 7.76x5.16x1.46 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. centennial edition. 320 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This is the original 30,000 word article Agee wrote for Fortune magazine in 1936 that was never published. Accompanied by 30 Walker Evans photos. Clean copy. Record # 373272.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1985, 1st Edition , STATED 2ND PRINTING, 179 pgs ,Sunning to Spine DJ, FINE/NF+, AS-IS, Brown rust cloth cvr Titled in black on spine cvr. DJ Design Sandra Strother Hudson, (illustrator).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Thus. First edition thus 2004, first MMA edition, first printing, numbers line starts with 1. Published by Yale University Press / MMA. Hardcover with DJ. Condition new, square tight and clean book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ fine, slight shelfwear, no edgewear, no tears, no chips, not clipped. Folio, XIV + 95 pages of text, plus 60 plates. Large book may require additional postage for international orders.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 61 pp. Hardcover, bound in red boards. The boards rubbed and spine faded, text unmarked. Collection of three prize winning essays, one the first published work of James Agee while a student at Phillips Exeter Academy.

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Very Good+ hardcover with crisp white lettering to the black cloth and light rubbing at the extremities in a Poor dust jacket with loss at the heel, crown and tips and a one-inch by one-inch chip to the front and wear at the edges. All five panels of the dust jacket are present but the front flap has separated and the front and back panels are separated at the spine; the pieces are held together by a mylar cover that gives the appearance of being whole. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. 178 pages; 90 b&w plates; 9.75 x 8 inches. Errata slip bound in. In 1938, Walker Evans began surreptitiously photographing people on the New York City subway. With his camera hidden in his coat, he captured the faces of riders hurtling through the dark tunnels, wrapped in their own private thoughts. By 1940-41, Evans had made over six hundred photographs and had begun to edit the series. The book remained unpublished until 1966 when The Museum of Modern Art mounted an exhibition of Evans's subway portraits.…