Geniuses & Other Eccentrics
RODMAN, Selden
From Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since July 25, 1997
From Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since July 25, 1997
About this Item
First edition. Paperback original. Quarto. Photographic wrappers. Slight wear, very near fine. Rodman was a Zelig-like polymath who wrote dozens of books on many subjects, but whose greatest talent seemed to be his ability to insinuate himself into the company of the great and the near great. This book consists of photos he took of some of them, accompanied by the anecdotes about their meetings: playing tennis with Ezra Pound, Hemingway writing a comedy skit for him, Frank Lloyd Wright applauding his college-age criticism of Harvard architecture, Trotsky walking out on him when he wouldn't discuss dialectical materialism, and many others. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with an estate label designed by their son, Jonathan Shahn. Inscribed by Rodman: "for Bernarda this mint copy of a book that will give you double pleasure, I hope. With so much love Selden. February 7/97." Presumably the "double pleasure" refers to the separate images of both Bernarda and Ben Shahn in the book. A very nice association. Seller Inventory # 346084
Bibliographic Details
Title: Geniuses & Other Eccentrics
Publisher: Green Tree Press, San Francisco
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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