Published by The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York City, 1981
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Light edgewear, fading to blue wraps, ink writing to title page. 98pp. A listing of members and award winners to date. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1960
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Light crease near outer edge of rear cover. A few slight creases to outer edges of covers and pages. ; 18 pages.
Published by The American Academy of Arts and Letters / The National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, 1958
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Softcover. 12 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 16 through February 16, 1958. Brief text by Leon Kroll. Includes checklists of the works shown but no images. A good copy in stapled wrappers with some minor wear and from the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library with their stamp to the front panel.
Published by American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
Seller: NWJbooks, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Gilt lettering on purple boards in glassine wrappers. 12mo. Volumes available for the years 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, & 1971. Please specify the year, or years, desired. Prices will be reduces for multiple issue orders.
Published by American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1952
Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 275 x 200 mm. [34] pages 12 plates, Original tan wraps. Includes a five-page essay by Mahonri M. Young, "J. Alden Weir-An Appreciation", a biographical chronology, and a checklist of 113 works. Good. Catalogue of 113 works exhibited. This piece was withdrawn from the JTSA, see stamp on verso of front wrapper, without having been catalogued or otherwise marked by the library. Apparently it was not deemed suitable for the collection or, alternatively, the library already had a copy.
Published by American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, New York, 1977
Seller: Recycled Books & Music, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Good Plus. First Printing. Unpaginated. Stapled Wraps. Tips and spine ends are lightly rubbed. Spine edge of wraps have small creases. Edges of wraps are lightly sunned. Wraps have light soiling. Text is unmarked. Exhibition Catalog.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons for American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1919
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First. 4to. Light bump to extremities. Wear to extremities, soiling to boards. The odd spot. Book.
Published by New York: American Academy of Arts and Letters 1905-1941, 1942
Hardcover, no dust jacket. Foxing, slightly stained cover. 432 pp.
Published by The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1922
Seller: Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Edition Unstated. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Blue gilt stamped cloth spine, brown paper over boards, frontis of the Academy's building in New York city, xi + 231 pp., a veritable who's who of the American literary and art world, including William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James, Theodore Roosevelt, Winslow Homer, Joel Chandler Harris, Julia Ward Howe, John Muir; each former member has a portrait with facsimile signature and a short bio. Corners and spine ends bumped, covers rubbed, a number 15 written in red pencil in blank margin page 3; otherwise, a very nice copy, clean, no writing or marks, binding tight. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 0 lbs 13 oz. Category: Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs; Reference Books, Bibliographies, Dictionaries; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 005915.
Published by New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, (1977). (1977), 1977
Seller: Never Too Many Books, West Poland, ME, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Minor cover wear, one dime sized stain to front. Pages unmarked. Binding straight.
Published by The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1942
Seller: NWJbooks, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 500 copies printed at The Spiral Press, New York, September 1942. Gilt on brown spine title block on grey covers. Ex-library copy with Pequot Library bookplate on the inside of the front cover, listed as presented by James Truslow Adams.
Published by New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, (1977). (1977)., 1977
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wrappers. [viii] & 74 pages. There is some very light foxing to the fore-edge and to the top & bottom edges. Near fine. Among the contents are speeches presenting medals to Leon Edel by Malcolm Cowley, to Samuel Barber by William Schumann and to Allen Tate by Stanley Kunitz, with brief acceptance speeches by Edel and Barber. There are commemorative tributes to Samuel Eliot Morison by Henry Steele Commager, to Walter Lippmann by George F. Kennan and to Thornton Wilder by Leon Edel. An address by Henry Steele Commager is titled "Recreating the Community of Culture". Richard Wilbur gives the opening introduction.
Published by American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1942
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition in Book Form. Covers lightly soiled.
Published by American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1995
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 181pp. Printed blue wrappers. Faint foxing on the page edges, slight bumping at the foot of the spine, very good or better. Prints the history of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, members, artists, writers, awards, and more.
Published by New York, Charles Scribner's Sons for American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1919, 1919
Seller: PEND BOOKS, Newton Stewart, United Kingdom
First. Commemorative edition. Portrait frontispiece with tissue protector. 88pp. An account of the centenary dinner and speeches in Lowell's honour. Paper covered boards with purple cloth spine . Spin e a little sunned. VG.
Published by American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, 1976
Softcover. Textured pumpkin wraps, stapled, with black lettering and insignia. Unpaginated [16] with 6 bw plates. Catalogue from the exhibition of March - April 1976, paying tribute to 3 recently-deceased members of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Included is the list of the 71 works on view and 2 bw images by each artist. VG, clean, bright, and tight but with fine arts ex-lib. sticker and stamp on back cover and smaller sticker on front cover.
Published by The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1962
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Softcover. [20 pages.] Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 19 through February 18, 1962. Includes 7 black and white illustrations along with a checklist of the works in the show. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. A nicely printed catalog at the Spiral Press.
Published by The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1962
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
First Edition
paper wrappers. Moore, Marianne (illustrator). 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. First edition and printed by The Spiral Press. A near fine copy. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 16 through December 9, 1962. A scarce pamphlet.
Published by New York: American Academy And Institute of Arts and Letters., 1977
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. 8vo. Folded Page, Very Good+. Cover illustrated with seals of the Academy & Institute. Invitation & program.
Published by New York: American Academy And Institute of Arts and Letters., 1977
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. 8vo. 16 pp., Very Good+, Stapled Section. Cover illustrated with seals of the Academy & Institute.
Published by New York: American Academy And Institute of Arts and Letters., 1981
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. 8vo. 10pp., Very Good, Stapled Section With Loose Seating Plan On Stage present. Wednesday Afternoon, May 20, 1981, at Three O'Clock, in NYC. Induction of Newly Elected Academy Members: Bernard Malamud, Gunther Schuller.
Published by New York: American Academy And Institute of Arts and Letters., 1987
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. 8vo. 20 pp., Very Good+, Stapled Section. Induction of Newly Elected Academy Members including Jacques Barzun, Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, Gary Snyder, Roger Shattuck, Wendell Berry, Stephen Jay Gould, Cy Twombly, Frank O. Gehry, Robert Motherwell, et al.
Published by (American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1988
ISBN 10: 0915974339 ISBN 13: 9780915974337
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 95pp. Printed wrappers. Bottom of spine slightly bumped, wrappers with light edgewear, near fine. Includes the presentation of the Jean Stein Award to Wendell Berry; other award winners include Paul Metcalf, Stephen Jay Gould, Norman Rush, Jeanette Haien, Antler, Padgett Powell, Evan S. Connell, Ernest J. Gaines, Ralph Manheim, Sandra McPherson and more. Also includes commemorative tributes: Erskine Caldwell by John Hersey and Glenway Wescott by George F. Kennan.
Published by (American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1977
ISBN 10: 0915974215 ISBN 13: 9780915974214
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 74pp. Printed wrappers. Bottom of front cover lightly faded, near fine. Opening remarks by Richard Wilbur. Award winners include Kenneth Koch, Charles Simic, Louis Simpson, Susan Sontag, Louis Zukofsky, Domenick Argento, Jon Stallworthy, Leon Edel, Allen Tate and more. Also includes a commemorative tribute to Thorton Wilder by Edel.
Published by The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, 1987
Seller: Washburn Books, Pateley Bridge, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Presumed First Edition. Membership book, listing members and award winners up to the date of publication. 128pp. Minor shelfwear, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, New York, 1977
Softcover. Yellow wraps. [12] pp. 4 bw plates. Catalogue lists 58 works in various mediums; No text. VG- (Small label and ink stamp at rear cover).
Published by American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York, 1952
Softcover. Tan wraps. Appx. 35 pp. 12 bw plates. Includes a five-page essay by Mahonri M. Young, "J. Alden Weir-An Appreciation", a biographical chronology, and a checklist of 113 works. VG-, light soiling to cover & scattered browning to endpages / page blocks, rest of interior clean.
Published by American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, 1998
ISBN 10: 0915974444 ISBN 13: 9780915974443
Hardcover. Grey cloth over boards; Black titling to spine and front cover; Forewords by John Updike and Will Barnet; Includes works by Lennart Anderson, Will Barnet, Paul Cadmus, Frank O. Gehry, Michael Graves, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Kurt Vonnegut, and many more. Besides traditional etchings, lithographs, wood and linoleum cuts, and silkscreens . a host of ingenious variations were submitted"--Page [7]. Includes a submission, "Kilgore Trout, 1997", by Kurt Vonnegut. VG (May have small soil mark on front cover.).
Published by American Academy of Arts and Letters Museum, New York, 1969
Condition: VG, some soiling to covers. Tan wraps. [31] pp. 8 bw plates. Catalogue lists 34 sculptures (21 stone, 7 bronze, and 6 wood); no text; nice plates. Published to accompany the exhibition held in NY: American Academy of Arts and Letters Museum, Feb. 28 to Mar. 30, 1969.
Published by New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1982., 1982
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed grayish green wrappers. The wraps are very slightly bumped with a small area of rubbing to the rear wrap. [viii] & 93 pages. There is some very light foxing to the fore-edge and to the top & bottom edges. The wrappers are slightly bowed. Very good. Among the contents are commemorative tributes to John Cheever by Saul Bellow, to Archibald MacLeish by Howard Nemerov, to Marcel Breuer by I. M. Pei and to William Saroyan by Kurt Vonnegut.