Harriet monroe introduction (7 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. This is the 1926 printing, NOT a modern reprint. No wear to the binding. No distortion of the book from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No soiling. No sun fading. No dust jacket.

Condizione: NEAR FINE. 4th printing. Introduction by Harriet Monroe, founder of Poetry Magazine, in which she comments that William Butler Yeats asked Lindsay 'What are we going to do to restore the primitive singing of poetry?' and that this book is Lindsay's response. The first section of this volume contains poems to be read aloud, including the long title poem. Other sections are on the Christmas tree, moon poems, including some for children, and - on a more somber note - it ends with a section titled "War - 1914." xv, 159 pp. plus 5 pp publisher's ads. Near fine in mustard yellow cloth boards, with gilt lettering and red and navy decorations on front cover and spine (some toning to pages and endpapers, cover is bright and attractive).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Macmillan 1922 hardcover, VG+, handsome green boards with gold lettering on spine & black/red decor on cover that all reads perfect, firm corners & sound binding, names on endpaper is only marking, a very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Original binding. No dust jacket. Third printing (October, 1915). New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915. A gorgeous copy in Fine, collectible condition. Bright, clean, square, tight. and unmarked. Publisher's mustard-color cloth, handsomely decorated in green and red. Gilt lettering is still bright and shiny. Inner hinges are perfect. With the distinctive bookplate of Kathryn Jones Decker of Madison, New Jersey. Decker became the wife of James H. McGraw, Jr, chairman of McGraw Hill Publishing Company. Third printing (October, 1915). Hardcover. Original binding/No dust jacket. 8vo. xv, 159pp. + 5 pages of ads.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 12mo. volume bound in mustard-colored cloth with blue & red decorations & gilt lettering. Condition: lower corners heavily bumped; minor soiling to binding; bookplate on 1st pastedown; else very good. Pages: 159 plus ads. No. 302210.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Later Printing. Gold/greensih cloth, stamped in red and black. Signed and inscribed by the author ("Good wishes to Clement E. Foust from Vachel Lindsay) on title page. Light rubbing and wear at corners and edges of spine. ; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good -. Reprint. INSCRIBED. 159pp. Small octavo [19.5 cm] Yellowish brown cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles and decorative red and blue ink stamped designs on the front cover. There are several ink stains on the front cover, most notably a 3 cm long red smudge on the front cover near bottom corner. Spine slightly rolled, corners bumped and scuffed. Inscribed by the author in black ink on front free end paper, "Merry Christmas- this year- next year- and every year better- is my wish for Miss Harriet [?] -- Sincerely, Nicholas Vachel Lindsay. Springfield, Illinois, December 25, [1917?]". Recent literature has criticized this work as engaging in "romantic racism", in which blacks are both lauded for their musical prowess while also demeaned for perceived drunkenness, violence, and savagery. While Lindsay posited that the third section of "The Congo" was a revolutionary message of hope for goodwill between races, his work was criticized by Dubois for its ignorance of black complexity while purporting itself to be an important work on the black experience.…