Jonathan cott editor (75 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Good. Jonathan Cott's reflections and conversations with six celebrated children's authors--now in a new edition? Pipers at the Gates of Dawn is a unique ensemble bringing together Jonathan Cott's encounters and conversations with some of the most celebrated children's authors of the twentieth century. Children's literature, he states, brings us back to experiencing our earliest and deepest feelings and truths. It is our link to the past and a path to the future. And in it we find ourselves. Cott's firm belief is that children's literature can impart wisdom and delight to everyone, and he believes that the masterpieces of children's literature are simply masterpieces of literature in miniature, conveyors of wisdom and wonder.Pipers at the Gates of Dawn consists of Cott's essay-interviews with Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), Maurice Sendak, William Steig, Astrid Lindgren, Chinua Achebe, P. L.Travers, and with Iona and Peter Opie, the great scholars of the lore, games, and language of schoolchildren. He explores with the authors themselves the lives of their created characters and the character of their own lives. All share with Cott an impassioned sense of the richness and complexity of childhood, and of the enduring importance of children's literature in the lives of all of us.…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. A historical compilation to savor (Los Angeles Times) that is invaluable.irresistible (The New York Times)--the ultimate collection of interviews and encounters with Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan, spanning his entire career from 1962 to today. Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews features over two dozen of the most significant and revealing conversations with the singer, gathered in one definitive collection that spans his career from street poet to Nobel Laureate. First published in 2006, this acclaimed collection brought together the best interviews and encounters with Bob Dylan to create a multi-faceted, cultural, and journalistic portrait of the artist and his legacy. This edition includes three additional pieces from Rolling Stone that update the volume to the present day. Among the highlights are the seminal Rolling Stone interviews--anthologized here for the first time--by Jann Wenner, Jonathan Cott, Kurt Loder, Mikal Gilmore, Douglas Brinkley, and Jonathan Lethem--as well as Nat Hentoff's legendary 1966 Playboy interview. Surprises include Studs Terkel's radio interview in 1963 on WFMT in Chicago, the interview Dylan gave to screenwriter Jay Cocks when he was a student at Kenyon College in 1964, a 1965 interview with director Nora Ephron, and an interview Sam Shepard turned into a one-act play for Esquire in 1987. Introduced by Rolling Stone editor Jonathan Cott, these intimate conversations from America's most celebrated street poet is a priceless collection with honest, open, and thoughtful musings.a fascinating window into his one-of-a-kind mind (Publishers Weekly).…

Hardback. Condición: Good. A historical compilation to savor (Los Angeles Times) that is invaluable.irresistible (The New York Times)--the ultimate collection of interviews and encounters with Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan, spanning his entire career from 1962 to today. Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews features over two dozen of the most significant and revealing conversations with the singer, gathered in one definitive collection that spans his career from street poet to Nobel Laureate. First published in 2006, this acclaimed collection brought together the best interviews and encounters with Bob Dylan to create a multi-faceted, cultural, and journalistic portrait of the artist and his legacy. This edition includes three additional pieces from Rolling Stone that update the volume to the present day. Among the highlights are the seminal Rolling Stone interviews--anthologized here for the first time--by Jann Wenner, Jonathan Cott, Kurt Loder, Mikal Gilmore, Douglas Brinkley, and Jonathan Lethem--as well as Nat Hentoff's legendary 1966 Playboy interview. Surprises include Studs Terkel's radio interview in 1963 on WFMT in Chicago, the interview Dylan gave to screenwriter Jay Cocks when he was a student at Kenyon College in 1964, a 1965 interview with director Nora Ephron, and an interview Sam Shepard turned into a one-act play for Esquire in 1987. Introduced by Rolling Stone editor Jonathan Cott, these intimate conversations from America's most celebrated street poet is a priceless collection with honest, open, and thoughtful musings.a fascinating window into his one-of-a-kind mind (Publishers Weekly).…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Jonathan Cott's reflections and conversations with six celebrated children's authors--now in a new edition? Pipers at the Gates of Dawn is a unique ensemble bringing together Jonathan Cott's encounters and conversations with some of the most celebrated children's authors of the twentieth century. Children's literature, he states, brings us back to experiencing our earliest and deepest feelings and truths. It is our link to the past and a path to the future. And in it we find ourselves. Cott's firm belief is that children's literature can impart wisdom and delight to everyone, and he believes that the masterpieces of children's literature are simply masterpieces of literature in miniature, conveyors of wisdom and wonder.Pipers at the Gates of Dawn consists of Cott's essay-interviews with Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), Maurice Sendak, William Steig, Astrid Lindgren, Chinua Achebe, P. L.Travers, and with Iona and Peter Opie, the great scholars of the lore, games, and language of schoolchildren. He explores with the authors themselves the lives of their created characters and the character of their own lives. All share with Cott an impassioned sense of the richness and complexity of childhood, and of the enduring importance of children's literature in the lives of all of us.…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Jonathan Cott met John Lennon in 1968 and was friends with him and Yoko Ono until John's death in 1980. He has kept in touch with Yoko since that time, and is one of the small group of writers who understands her profoundly positive influence on Lennon. This deeply personal book recounts the course of those friendships over the decades and provides an intimate look at two of the most astonishing cultural figures of our time. And what Jonathan Cott has to say and tell will be found nowhere else.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Jonathan Cott met John Lennon in 1968 and was friends with him and Yoko Ono until John's death in 1980. He has kept in touch with Yoko since that time, and is one of the small group of writers who understands her profoundly positive influence on Lennon. This deeply personal book recounts the course of those friendships over the decades and provides an intimate look at two of the most astonishing cultural figures of our time. And what Jonathan Cott has to say and tell will be found nowhere else.…

Hardback. Condición: Good.

Hardback. Condición: Good. A historical compilation to savor (Los Angeles Times) that is invaluable.irresistible (The New York Times)--the ultimate collection of interviews and encounters with Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan, spanning his entire career from 1962 to today. Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews features over two dozen of the most significant and revealing conversations with the singer, gathered in one definitive collection that spans his career from street poet to Nobel Laureate. First published in 2006, this acclaimed collection brought together the best interviews and encounters with Bob Dylan to create a multi-faceted, cultural, and journalistic portrait of the artist and his legacy. This edition includes three additional pieces from Rolling Stone that update the volume to the present day. Among the highlights are the seminal Rolling Stone interviews--anthologized here for the first time--by Jann Wenner, Jonathan Cott, Kurt Loder, Mikal Gilmore, Douglas Brinkley, and Jonathan Lethem--as well as Nat Hentoff's legendary 1966 Playboy interview. Surprises include Studs Terkel's radio interview in 1963 on WFMT in Chicago, the interview Dylan gave to screenwriter Jay Cocks when he was a student at Kenyon College in 1964, a 1965 interview with director Nora Ephron, and an interview Sam Shepard turned into a one-act play for Esquire in 1987. Introduced by Rolling Stone editor Jonathan Cott, these intimate conversations from America's most celebrated street poet is a priceless collection with honest, open, and thoughtful musings.a fascinating window into his one-of-a-kind mind (Publishers Weekly).…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. A historical compilation to savor (Los Angeles Times) that is invaluable.irresistible (The New York Times)--the ultimate collection of interviews and encounters with Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan, spanning his entire career from 1962 to today. Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews features over two dozen of the most significant and revealing conversations with the singer, gathered in one definitive collection that spans his career from street poet to Nobel Laureate. First published in 2006, this acclaimed collection brought together the best interviews and encounters with Bob Dylan to create a multi-faceted, cultural, and journalistic portrait of the artist and his legacy. This edition includes three additional pieces from Rolling Stone that update the volume to the present day. Among the highlights are the seminal Rolling Stone interviews--anthologized here for the first time--by Jann Wenner, Jonathan Cott, Kurt Loder, Mikal Gilmore, Douglas Brinkley, and Jonathan Lethem--as well as Nat Hentoff's legendary 1966 Playboy interview. Surprises include Studs Terkel's radio interview in 1963 on WFMT in Chicago, the interview Dylan gave to screenwriter Jay Cocks when he was a student at Kenyon College in 1964, a 1965 interview with director Nora Ephron, and an interview Sam Shepard turned into a one-act play for Esquire in 1987. Introduced by Rolling Stone editor Jonathan Cott, these intimate conversations from America's most celebrated street poet is a priceless collection with honest, open, and thoughtful musings.a fascinating window into his one-of-a-kind mind (Publishers Weekly).…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Jonathan Cott met John Lennon in 1968 and was friends with him and Yoko Ono until John's death in 1980. He has kept in touch with Yoko since that time, and is one of the small group of writers who understands her profoundly positive influence on Lennon. This deeply personal book recounts the course of those friendships over the decades and provides an intimate look at two of the most astonishing cultural figures of our time. And what Jonathan Cott has to say and tell will be found nowhere else.…

Hardback. Condición: Good. Jonathan Cott met John Lennon in 1968 and was friends with him and Yoko Ono until John's death in 1980. He has kept in touch with Yoko since that time, and is one of the small group of writers who understands her profoundly positive influence on Lennon. This deeply personal book recounts the course of those friendships over the decades and provides an intimate look at two of the most astonishing cultural figures of our time. And what Jonathan Cott has to say and tell will be found nowhere else.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. ISBN 0877543984. Commentary by Maurice Sendak. Mylar cover on dust jacket VG+/VG+ condition, HB cover, NF genre 0.0.

Hardback. Condición: Good.

Condición: Good. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Condición: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear, small tears and creasing.

Paperback. Condición: Good+. First Printing. 528pp. Numerous photos. Light general wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. Stiff pictorial wraps. Brand new, as issued. xv,445 pp. 7th ptg. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Good. Paperback magazine. Cover art by Howard Rogers. Includes "Editor's Notes"; "Innocence" by Harold Brodkey; "The Way Was Wine, the Voyage Was the Night" by Herbert Morris; "Greying" by Larry Rubin; "Lovers Leaving My Bed" by Maura Stanton; "Our Place in Winter, Looking for Spring" by Stephen Dobyns; "Interview With the Author of Caryatids: Excerpts from a Tape" by George Dennison; "Grand Tour/ Last Things/ Houdini at the Gates of Hell" by Alvin Greenberg; "Being in Sound: A Conversation with Stockhausen" by Jonathan Cott; "Variations on a Text by Vallejo" by Donald Justice; "The Money Room" by Jill Hoffman; "To a Cow" by Mary Gordon; "Primitive" by Rodney Phillips; "The Universal Fears" by John Hawkes; "Ecologue" by Allen Ginsberg; "Poetry and the Body" by John Vernon; "Meditations for a Savage Child" by Adrienne Rich; "God of Many Names" by Peter Schneeman; "Aaron" by Terry Bagg; "Hope Diamonds" by Madeline Defrees; "Anatolian Institutions, Katherine" by Sam Courtney; "Sister Francetta and the Pig Baby/ The Queen of Moths" by Kenneth Bernard; "Semele Recycled" by Carolyn Kizer; "Among the Dead" by Clark Blaise; "The Art of Poetry" by Richard Hugo; "Laughter" by Allen Wiggins; "Buying the Child" by Maxine Kumin; "Going Home" by Kenneth Rosen; "A Letter to a Friend" by Arvind Khrisna Mehrotra; "Cadillac Flambe" by Ralph Ellison; "Contributors". Tears and tape mends; creasing; edge and corner wear; tanning; rubbing. Book. …

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good / with Protective Cover. First Edition. Some light rubbing and edgewear, DJ has yellowed slightly. Text has yellowed slightly but remains tight in binding. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First edition. Profusely illustrated with the original illustrations by the Victorian writers being discussed. Illustrations surround the text or take up a full page and in both color and B&W. Illustrators include Randolph Caldecott, Walter Crane, Kate Greenaway, and many more. Pages are clean and bright; binding is tight. There are no tears, creases or writing except for a date on title page and a book plate with name of prior owner on page opposite title page. Black cloth binding on boards are clean and bright. Gilded lettering on spine shiny an dclean. Very light shelf wear to edges.This is NOT an ex-lib or a remainder. DJ is complete & colorful; DJ is NOT price clipped and has light shelf wear along edges and top of spine.…

Condición: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

paperback. Condición: Very Good. Ships quickly. Mild shelf/reading wear. Orphans Treasure Box sells books to raise money for orphans and vulnerable kids.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated first edition, presumptive first printing. Slight edge wear. Clean, bright pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback book (184 pages)with 127 color plates and 46 black and white drawings. Light spotting on dust jacket. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-2-TS-R) rareviewbooks.

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Illustrated Throughout (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 549 pages, a near fine hardback in a very good plus dust jacket [0713917008]. Appears unused and NOT FROM A LIBRARY, plus completely clean from any former owner markings.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 469 pages, a near fine hardback in a near fine dust jacket [0713916990]. Appears unused and NOT FROM A LIBRARY, plus completely clean from any former owner markings.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Book and DJ are both in Like New Condition, unmarked clean tight and bright. Book appears unread. Very Prompt shipping with tracking.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Excellent, unread condition. Very light shelf wear to dust jacket. Text and illustrations are pristine throughout. No writing or markings of any kind. Photo is of the actual book you will receive. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.

Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; Presents stories and poems written especially for children and penned by some of today's best-known writers, including pieces by Asimov, Beattie, Feiffer, Ginsberg, Hawkes, Irving, Kesey, Mailer, Matthiesen, Plimpton, Singer, and Theroux.; B&W Illustrations; 636 pages.…