Language: English
Published by Cornell University Press, 2015
ISBN 10: 0801456541 ISBN 13: 9780801456541
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.
Language: English
Published by Curwin Press, Plaistow, England, 1953
Seller: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Marsden Hartley (illustrator). "Perspectives" was a quarterly periodical that presented a broad array of literature, art, essays, modern dance, and social reportage. "Perspectives 4" is the Summer 1953 issue. It is remarkable for the number of important authors, poets, and artists contained in its pages. Of particular note is the rare fold out photo-montage of Martha Graham & Stuart Hodes dancing; an article on the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (with photographs) and the four color reproductions that accompany an article on artist Marsden Hartley. Other contributors are Robert Frost, Thomas Merton, E. B. White, William Saroyan, Hayden Carruth, Edmund Wilson, et al. CONTENTS -- Looking at the Latest of Frank Lloyd Wright - by Wayne Andrews -- Marsden Hartley - by Jerome Mellquist (Accompanied by four color reproductions of pictures by Hartley) -- Errand into the Maze - by Martha Graham (a fold-out black-and-white photographic montage of Graham & Hodes dancing) -- A Question of Image : The Dance Theatre of Martha Graham - by LeRoy Leatherman -- The Oyster and the Pearl ( a Play for Television) - by William Saroyan -- Democracy : Its Presumptions and Realities - by Learned Hand -- The Concept of Culture in Science - by A. L. Kroeber -- St. John of the Cross - by Thomas Merton -- Dr. Conant Graduates : Harvard to Bonn - by Perry Miller -- The Traveler - by Wallace Stegner -- Here is New York - by E. B. White -- Tradition in American Poetry - by Hayden Carruth -- Poems by Nine Poets : Richard Wilber, Mark Van Doren, Louis O. Case, William Jay Smith, Richard Eberhart, J. V. Cunningham, Stanley J. Kunitz, Ivor Winters, Robert Frost -- Recent Trends in Motion Pictures and Television - by Gilbert Seldes -- Selected Letters and Essays of Sinclair Lewis - Book Review by Thomas Riggs, Jr. --The Collected works of Abraham Lincoln - Review by Edmund Wilson -- A Selective Listing of New Books -- A Selective Listing from American Periodicals -- Notes and Photographs of the Contributors TITLE : Perspectives 4 ISSUE : Summer 1953 IMPRINT : Hamish Hamilton Ltd. of London for International Publications Inc. EDITOR (PUBLISHER) : James Laughlin PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR : Hayden Carruth PRINTER : Curwen Press, Plaistow, England COVER : Erle Yahn STATUS : Out of Print - OP DETAILS : Quarterly Periodical; contains four color pictures and numerous black-and-white half-tone photographs; (208) pages; 6" x 8 7/8"; decorated wraps, sewn. CONDITION -- Rough -- this is a previously owned periodical that is rough in condition, but which is complete and full of desirable content, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR : Spine is darkened and displays creasing along its length, with nicking and small loss to the spine extremities. The covers are considerably rubbed, with staining and heavy smudges evident, front and rear; corner tips are bumped. Text-block edges are considerably darkened, else clear of marking. BINDING : The text-block is intact, but rather loose in its entirety. But no leaves are detached and the whole is serviceable . INTERIOR : The paper throughout is lightly toned. The fold-out photograph of Martha Graham is somewhat askew through having been refolded somewhat off center. The interior is clean, with no writing, no underlining, no marginalia.
Language: English
Published by Cornell University Press, 2015
ISBN 10: 0801456541 ISBN 13: 9780801456541
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United Kingdom
US$ 63.13
Quantity: 15 available
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Publication Date: 2025
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1961 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 530 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 530 Volume 625 (1961) - 655 (1963).
Publication Date: 2025
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1964 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 922 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 922 Volume 691 (1964) - 735 (1967).