Scribners signature edition (3 risultati)

grey & red 1/2 cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. underlined copy in good cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. previous owner's embossed blind stamp on 1/2 title pg. 6 pages with ink underlining. dustwrapper in fine cond. minor wear, not torn or price clipped. nice reading copy. no library markings, no remainder markings. first edition so stated. first printing (nap). ix+227p. memoirs. world history. spanish civil war. history of spain. W.H. AUDEN / ANDRÉ MALRAUX / ERNEST HEMINGWAY / DOROTHY PARKER / THOMAS MANN / JOHN DOS PASSOS / GEORGE ORWELL / PABLO PICASSO / LOUIS MACNEICE / WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS / FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA / ANTOINE DE SAINT~EXPURY / KENNETH REXROTH / ARTHUR KOESTLER / WYNDHAM LEWIS / JOHN STEINBECK / EZRA POUND / WILLIAM FAULKNER / T.S. ELIOT / EVELYN WAUGHT / SAMUEL BECKETT / STEPHEN SPENDER / LUIS BUNUEL / THEODORE DREISER / SALVADOR DALI / EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY. ~ Fifty years ago Franco's fascist troops stormed Spain. Backed by Hitler and Mussolini, they eventually crushed the democratically elected Republic~but not without facing one of the greatest resistances of the human spirit ever mounted. An international volunteer army came to the aid of the people of Spain, including many of the greatest writers and artists of the day. W.H. Auden served as a stretcher bearer; Hemingway and Dos Passos dodged bullets to film a documentary of the war; Dorothy Parker braved the front lines; George Orwell fought in the trenches. Others, like Thomas Mann, William Faulkner, Pablo Picasso and Samuel Beckett spoke out vehemently from their home countries. Few historical events have inspired such an incredible body of impassioned literature. Collected here are these writers' enraged cries against the fascist tyranny that led to World War II.…

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. (Scribner Signature Edition) Larger, sturdy softcover, glossy wrappers, black with three color-illustrations at top front, praise on back wrapper from Times Literary Supplement, New Statesman and Nation, Herald Tribune, 184 pages. On title page signed "Mary Lee Settle" in black ink. Mint. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. First Thus. (1st Signature) Larger, sturdy softcover, glossy light yellow wrappers, modern art at center of front wrapper, 204 lightly browned pages. On title page in neat black ink signed "Mary Lee Settle." Mint. Signed by Author(s).