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1275528716.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
B9781275528710Paperback / softback. New. paperback
197251321Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1972. First Edition / First Printing. Previous owner bookplate inside. Very good copy in lightly word dust jacket with discoloring along spine and tiny chip on front panel. First Edition / First Printing. Introductions by Howard Hanson and Frederick Hall. Trade first edition SIGNED by Still on the page facing the title page. Study of the life and work of composer William Grant Still often referred to as the “Dean of Afro-American Composers†whose music blended classical forms with jazz blues spirituals and other American traditions. <br /> <br /> PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers. Black Sparrow Press unknown
1972614506Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. 201pp. Corners lightly bumped else fine in a very good edgeworn dust jacket with spine age-toned short tears on edges. Black Sparrow Press hardcover
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0876852479.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1972204063Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1972. First. hardcover. fine/very good-. Illustrated. 8vo cloth backed pictorial boards 8vo. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1972. First Edition. A fine copy in a chipped dust jacket.<br/> <br/> Warm inscription by the author on the fly-leaf.<br/> <br/> Black Sparrow Press unknown
19728180Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1972. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author on the colophon this being copy no.23. Octavo 23cm; decorative paper-covered boards and dark brown machine-embroidered cloth backstrip with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket and brown paper-covered slipcase; xii2013 with 12pp of black & white plates. Hint of foxing to two sides of the textblock and upper board edges with a faint musty odor from long storage; Near Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. The slipcase shows some gentle sunning around the opening a few small scuffs else Near Fine.<br /> <br /> Authoritative work by the pioneering African-American composer containing a substantial collection of his work along with a detailed discography and bibliography. With introductions by Howard Hanson and Frederick Hall and contributions by Paul Harold Slattery Verna Arvey and Louis and Annette Kaufman. "Still writes in every medium of musical expression with a power that is undergirded by a spirit of great humility and honest dedication. It is such a spirit that causes him to rise above the technical and creative skills of musical composition over which he has complete mastery and give forth utterances that "lift a race from wood and stone to Christ." What he has done and is doing for American Negro Music is inestimable" p.xi. Morrow & Cooney 123b. Black Sparrow Press unknown
19723116512Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0876851502 . SIGNED limited edition. #20 of 100 copies signed by William Grant Still. Fine in brown quarter cloth and pictorial boards in publisher's clear acetate wrapper without dust jacket as issued. 201pp. 6 1/2" X 9" Superb copy and uncommon thus. ; 6 1/2" x 9"; 201 pages . Black Sparrow Press hardcover
197223125Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1972. hardcover cloth-backed illustrated boards with paper label on spine in clear dust jacket as issued.; clean. no markings. no bumps tears chips. strong binding. a well preserved copy.; number 33 from the special edition of 100 copies handbound by earle gray and signed by william grant still.; xi-201pp. Signed by Author. First Edition - Limited. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black Sparrow Press Hardcover
198785704Albuquerque 1987. Quarto. Comb-bound manuscript with clear acetate covers; variously paginated. Xerographically reproduced from typescript. Inscribed on cover sheet: "For Nathaniel / one of three copies of the uncorrected MS - " signed dated 2/5/87. Fine with Tarn's editorial markings throughout and occasional author's corrections in ink. <br /> <br /> Bartlett's magisterial study of William Everson based on original research as well as dozens of interviews during Everson's lifetime remains the standard biography of the poet. Bartlett a poet editor and Professor of English at the University of New Mexico is considered the greatest authority on Everson; among his numerous published books on the poet are the current title published by New Directions in 1988; William Everson: A Descriptive Bibliography 1977; Benchmark and Blaze: the Emergence of William Everson 1979 and several others. This one of three uncorrected pre-publication manuscripts of The Life is inscribed to Bartlett's friend and New Mexico colleague the poet-translator Nathaniel Tarn. PROVENANCE: Acquired directly from Tarn's library in Santa Fe New Mexico. unknown
1988Q-081121060xNew Directions 1988-08-17. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! New Directions hardcover
198820611ENew York: New Directions 1988. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author Lee Bartlett and by the poet William Everson as Brother Antoninus to Christopher Eskelli. Everson’s inscription is in a shaky hand due to Parkinson’s disease by which he was stricken in 1972 and reads: “for my old friend and Dominican Brother Christopher with love and admiration. Brother Antoninus Oct. 1988 Portland Oregon.†Beneath which is Bartlett’s inscription: “for Christopher Eskelli with great thanks for your help with this book. Lee Bartlett Portland.†Christopher Eskelli is included in the acknowledgments as having contributed to this biography via extended taped interviews with the author. Illustrated. Fine fresh copy in a fine dust jacket. William Everson 1912 - 1994 was one of the core members of what is known as the San Francisco Renaissance in poetry and was closely aligned with both Kenneth Rexroth and Robinson Jeffers. In 1951 he joined the Dominican Order in Oakland CA thus the name ‘Brother Antoninus’ and left it in 1969 following his heart marrying Susanna Rickson. He was poet-in-residence at the University of California Santa Cruz in the 1970s and 80s where he founded the Lime Kiln Press publishing his own poetry as well as that of Robinson Jeffers and Walt Whitman. New Directions unknown
198389264Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press Inc 1983. First Edition. Octavo 21.5cm; blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in white on spine and front cover; 277pp. Inscribed by editor on front endpaper: "For Janet & Nathaniel with best wishes on your move shhh!!! to Santa Fe / Lee Bartlett Aug. 5 1983". From the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Light shelf-wear and -soil; Very Good. Collection of Everson's forewords and afterwords including those from "These Are the Ravens" "River-Root" "Robinson Jeffers: Fragments of an Older Fury" and "Cawdor / Medea". 89264. The Scarecrow Press, Inc unknown
1988090328New York: New Directions 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed on the half title page by William Everson and also by Lee Bartlett who inscribed the book "To G--- with all best at Jan's party for Everson - Portland Oct. 8 1988." Gray cloth with spine titles in gilt. Octavo. 272 pages. Frontis four pages of photographs. Fine copy in a near fine dust jacket in a mylar protector. <br/> <br/> New Directions hardcover
1996DADAX081083166XScarecrow Press 1996-07-28. First Edition. hardcover. New. 5.80x0.58x8.72. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Scarecrow Press hardcover
19961-081083166XScarecrow Pr 1996. Hardcover. New. 120 pages. 9.00x5.75x0.50 inches. Scarecrow Pr hardcover
1443847895.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1443827215.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1995Q-0814712452NYU Press 1995-03-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! NYU Press paperback
1995x-0814712452New York Univ Pr 1995. Paperback. New. 192 pages. 8.25x5.75x0.75 inches. New York Univ Pr paperback
1995DADAX0814712444NYU Press 1995-03-01. hardcover. New. 5.68x0.83x8.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. NYU Press hardcover
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1995x-0814712444New York Univ Pr 1995. Hardcover. New. 192 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches. New York Univ Pr hardcover
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