Editore: Duell Sloan Pearce, 1947
Da: Blue Awning Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: DJ: Good. Unnumbered pages. 8 5/8 x 11 1/8. Blue covered boards, stamped in black and red on front, with qtr black cloth, stamped in gold on spine. Gray dj in transparent liner.
Editore: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1949
Da: Crooked House Books & Paper, CBA, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Black cloth boards with yellow lettering under yellow DJ priced at $6, top edge stained red, illustrated endpapers, plate illustrations, 245 pp. Minor splash mark to topstain, else a near fine book; DJ has toning to spine panel, minor chipping to top corners, modest waviness to rear panel. Presents well; first trade edition. A beautiful tribute to Stravinsky, who at the time was a recent American citizen, and had just begun collaborating with Robert Craft, who would help Stravinsky throughout his late career.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: E. Weyhe, New York, 1938
Da: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Plates, Including Portrait By Edward Weston; Endpapers By Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano (illustratore). 1st Edition. 128 Pp. Plain Card Wrappers. Contents Fine, Covers With Touch Of Wear, Slight Spine Creases, No Fading, No Stains Or Marks. Inscribed By Merle Armitage, Dated 1938, To Bernard Roufberg Of Beverly Hills, With Whom He Worked In Government Art Works Projects In The Mid-To-Later 1930'S; Roufberg Worked In Cwa, Pwap, Sera And For The Los Angeles Museum (Now Known As The Los Angeles County Museum Of Art). Inscribed by Author(s).
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Duell, Sloan And Pearce, New York, 1949
Da: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 245 Pp. A Much-Enlarged Edition Of Armitage's 1936 Book, Which Was The First English Language Book About Stravinsky, With Much New Material Added. Black Cloth Printed In Yellow. End Sheets By Carlos Dyer And Edward S. Stevens Jr. Designs And Drawings By Merle Armitage And Executed By Al Ewers. Portrait Photographs By Edward Weston, John Vachon, Fred Plaut, Arnold Newman; Portraits Of Stravinsky By Klee, Pablo Picasso, Russell Cowles, J E Blanche, Marc Chagall, Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano; Drawings By Carlus Dyer And E S Stevens. Inscribed From Merle Armitage, His Wife And His Daughter To Dorothy (Brett). "Editor And Book Designer Merle Armitage Wrote A Book About This Time In New Mexico. Taos Quartet In Three Movements Was Originally To Appear In Flair Magazine, But The Magazine Folded Before Its Publication. This Short Work Describes The Tumultuous Relationship Of D. H. Lawrence, His Wife Frieda, Dorothy Brett And Mabel Dodge Sterne, A Wealthy Patron Of The Arts. Armitage Took It Upon Himself To Print 16 Hardcover Copies Of This Work For His Friends. Richard Pousette-Dart Executed The Drawings For Taos Quartet That Was Published In 1950." (Wikipedia). A Near Fine Example With Just A Trace Of Rubbing At Corners. Dj Complete, Not Price Clipped, No Fading, Slight Browning And Faint Splash Marks On Spine Panel, 1/4" Closed Tear At Center Of Top Edge Of Spine. Inscribed by Author(s).
Editore: E. Weyhe, New York, 1938
Da: Old Professor's Bookshop, Belfast, ME, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 128 pp. 8vo. Black paper wraps over heavy paper boards. Light wear and minor chipping at edges but quite tight and clean given its age and construction. No dust jacket as issued. [Purcell 47]. A fitting overview by friends and colleagues of Armitage's work up to 1938. Armitage's portrait by Edward Weston is reproduced at p. 108. A scarce volume.