Merle armitage editor (37 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Thus. Stated First Da Capo Press Edition (First Thus). New Introduction. Minor Wear.

dj. Second edition. Hardcover. Attractive book designed with Armitage's typical style and flair. Includes numerous black and white images. A close to near fine copy in an about fair dust jacket that has some wear, loss, edge tears, a few tape repairs to the verso and some soiling. Still a solid copy.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. Loaded with illustrations.; Small 4to.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Blue Cloth Spine, Gilt, Blue Boards Printed In Red And Dark Blue. Stated Second Edition. Copyright Statement "Copyright 1946 By Merle Armitage/Printed In The United States Of America/ Second Edition", Although The Otherwise Identical First Edition Has Copyright Date Of 1947, Confusingly. Dj With Red Scalloped Border Along Top And Bottom Of Front Panel, A Border Not Present In The (Unstated) First Edition. Dj With Wear And Very Small Losses At Corners, 1/8" To 1/4" Chipping Across Bottom Of Spine, , Browning To Edges And Spine, Not Price-Clipped. Design By Merle Armitage (ilustrador).…

245 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Black cloth decorated with yellow stamping to spine and front board. Staining to red top edge. Toning to front free endpaper verso (page 2) and Stravinsky portrait on opposing page 3 caused by laid-in June 16, 1957 New York Times Magazine article regarding the composer. Picasso's red-toned illustration bound-in between pages 136-137 matched by a laid-in duplicate with its bottom fore-edge corners creased. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. Features essays by Edwin Corle, Jean Cocteau, Erik Satie, Boris de Schloezer, Henry Boys, Eugene Goossens, Arthur Berger, Osbert Sitwell, Aaron Copland, Nicolas Nabokoff, Merle Armitage, Samuel Dushkin, Lawrence Morton, Robert Craft, Cecil Smith, David Hall. The book was designed by Merle Armitage. Includes photographs and illustrations by Edward Weston, John Vachon, Arnold Newman, Antonio Frasconi, Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Russell Cowles, Jacques-Emile Blanche, Marc Chagall, P.G. Napolitano, et al.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good Dust Jacket. 2nd Edition. Blue Cloth Spine, Gilt, Blue Boards Printed In Red And Dark Blue. Copyright Statement "Copyright 1946 By Merle Armitage/ Printed In The United States Of America/ Second Edition", Although The Otherwise Identical (Unstated) First Edition (On Considerably Thicker Paper) Has A Copyright Date Of 1947, Confusingly. Dj With Red Scalloped Border Along Top And Bottom Of Front Panel, A Border Not Present In The (Unstated) First Edition. Inscribed By Armitage To P. K. Thomajan, Whose Book "Hades And Jades" Was Designed By Armitage And Published In 1949. The Book Is Fine; Dj With No Wear But Some Fading To Spine, And Horizontal Tears Across Lower Half Of Front Panel Which Were Archivally Repaired Long Ago. Design By Merle Armitage (ilustrador). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. (1939). revised edition, as stated on dj flap. Armitage book design, Elise Cavanna (drawings). dark green cloth, title in red, clean w a bit of edge-wear, bndg firm, VG+, price clipped tan dj in 2 pieces held firmly in place by protective sleeve, some toning & staining; interior unmarkd, yellow eps decorated in red, 258 pp. Weston's 4 full pg. b/w vegetable photographs, followed by list of books designed, written, edited by Armitage, 8" x 9.5". book intersperses texts on food w numerous recipes, some contributed by known celebrities of 1940s. Armitage was a book designer, theater producer & impresario. McGehee was a dancer, a Weston friend, photographed by him.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine Dustjacket. 2nd Edition. Blue Cloth Spine, Gilt, Blue Boards Printed In Red And Dark Blue. Copyright Statement "Copyright 1946 By Merle Armitage/Printed In The United States Of America/ Second Edition", Although The Otherwise Identical First Edition Has Copyright Date Of 1947, Confusingly. Dj With Red Scalloped Border Along Top And Bottom Of Front Panel, A Border Not Present In The (Unstated) First Edition. Inscribed By Beata Bolm, Dancer, Secretary To Igor Stravinsky, And Wife Of The Great Dancer, Choreographer And Dance Teacher Adolph Bolm (1881-1951) "Dear ------ May This Book Be A Source Of Inspiration To You- I Know Mr. Bolm Would Be Proud Of You Today. With My Heartiest Wishes For All The Best In Your Life. Affectionately, Beata June 18, 1953 Hollywood". Bolm Is Discussed And Shown In The Book. The Book Is Near Fine; In A Near Fine Dj With Slight Fading To Spine And Edges, A 3/16" Closed Tear At Top Of Spine, Not Price Clipped, No Chipping. Design By Merle Armitage (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Second edition. A collection of rare photos and memorabilia, as well as fascinating stories of the denizens of the ballet world. A lovely book, crisp and clean, with owner's bookplate, lavishly illustrated throughout and with endpapers by Picasso. Covered in a basically intact, very lightly worn jacket with $7.50 price. A terrific copy.…

dj. First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. 245 pages. Edited by Edwin Corle and designed by Merle Armitage. Features contributions by Pablo Picasso, Russell Cowles, Paul Klee, Mrac Chagall, Antonio Frasconi, Arnold Newman, Edward Weston, and others. A clean and tight very near fine copy in black cloth boards in a very good plus dust jacket with some small edge chips, tears and light soiling. A very attractive book.…

Hardcover. Octavo, 263 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine pictorial dark tan with red lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Slight age toning to the spine and lightly toward the edges.Text block has mild age toning to the edges. Pictorial end papers. Profusely illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. 1374978. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to, first trade edition in red and yellow cloth, 252 pp. Essays, memoirs and poems by both George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, J. Rosamond Johnson, Arnold Schoenberg, George Antheill, Harold Arlen, and many others. With 14 photographs of Gershwin and 16 of his paintings and drawings, caricatures by Covarrubias and Peggy Bacon, title-page illustration by Siqeiros, endpapers by Carlos Dyer. Covers lightly worn, no jacket, faint stamp of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Library on recto of rear free endpaper. A handsome and fascinating tribute by those who new Gershwin best.…

Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Orange cloth binding with black lettering on spine and front board, lightly soiled, front and back fixed board have the music "Le Sacre du Printemps printed in orange; front and rear free end papers have illustrations by Carlos Dyer. Articles and critiques by Eugene Goosens, Henry Boys, Olin Downes, Merle Armitage, Emile Vuillermoz, Louis Danz, Jose Rodriguez, Manuel Komroff, Jean Cocteau, Eric Satie, and an abridged analysis by Boris de Schloezer. Several photographs of Strawinsky and also photographs of 10 works by Picasso. Formerly owned by David Diamond, the American Composer with his notes. Carlos Dyer (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine DJ. 1st Edition. First Printing. Black Cloth With Gilt Lettering, Grey Boards With Red Lettering And Blue Design, Illustrated Endpapers. Inscribed By The Author To His Friend And The Illustrator Of This Book Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano, "For Jonnie - On The Day Of The Completion Of Our (Underlined) Book! Congratulations From Merle 1947". Fine In Fine Dj, Very Slight Age Toning To Spine And Edges. Design By Merle Armitage, Drawings By Pasquale Giovanni Napoltano Throughout (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 319 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Xcv,627 Pp. Massive Compilation Of Prominent Younger People (Taken Loosely), From Millikan And Carl D. Anderson To George R Hearst And J Edgar Hoover To William Powell And Clark Gable. Complete Geographical Index At Front. Most Copies Went To Libraries. Near Fine, Touch Of Wear.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Cxii, 655 Pp. Massive Compilation Of Prominent Younger People (Taken Loosely), From Millikan And Carl D. Anderson To George R And William R Hearst And J Edgar Hoover To William Powell And Clark Gable. Complete Geographical Index At Front. Most Copies Went To Libraries. Very Good, Wear To Ends Of Spine.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 158 Pp. A Compilation Of Articles, With New Articles By Goosens, Komroff, Danz, Rodriguez And Armitage Written For This Book. The Book Is Near Fine, Almost No Wear. Inscribed On A Label Attached Opposite The Colophon, From Illustrator Carlos Dyer To Critic Lincoln Kirstein, And With Ownership Signature Of Paul Cadmus. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 319 Pp.+ Plates At End. A Compilation Of Articles. First Printing (Hardcover), In Blue Cloth With Black Printing On Front Cover, Designed By Armitage. [A Second Printing Was Issued In Hard Cover And Soft Cover, And There Was Also A 50 Copy Hardcover Edition Signed By Schoenberg.] No Dust Jacket. Very Near Fine, Just A Few Traces Of Light Rubbing, No Marks. Portraits By Edward Weston And George Gershwin, Self-Portrait By Schoenberg, Photographs By Otto Rothschild, Two Ink Drawings By Carlos Dyer (ilustrador).…

Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. 252 Pp. First Edition, Trade Issue: Covers Printed With Red And Yellow Background [Limited Edition Is Black And Yellow, Later Issues Are All Red]; Title Page Black Printing Slightly Higher Than Later Printings, With Text "Painting By Siqueros" On Title Page Touching The Illustration Above [ Alignment Corrected In Most Copies Of The Trade Edition And Later Printings]; Lacking The Colophon Page At End, Which Is Represented Only By A Stub Which Does Not Appear To Have Been Trimmed [A Defect Also Found In Some Copies In The Limited Edition Binding]. Merle Armitage's Well-Designed And Edited Collection Of Tributes To George Gershwin From Luminaries Including His Brother Ira, Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Paul Whiteman, Walter Damrosch, Dubose Heyward, Irving Berlin, Arnold Schoenberg, Serge Koussevitzky, And Jerome Kern. Near Fine, Rubbing Along Bottom Edge. Dj With Moderate Wear, A Few Very Small Chips, Light Soiling To Front And Rear Panels With Browning To Spine Panel. Not Price-Clipped. The Book Is Not Uncommon, But Usually Found Only In The Later All-Red Binding (With Corrected Title Page Alignment). 16 Reproductions Of Paintings By George Gershwin, Sixteen Portraits, Painting By Alfaro Siqueiros, Caricatures By Peggy Bacon And Miguel Covarrubias, Endpapers By Carlos Dyer, Hand Lettered Title Page By William Stutz (ilustrador).…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 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). Plates, Including Portrait By Edward Weston; Endpapers By Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano (ilustrador). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Xcv,627 Pp. Massive Compilation Of Prominent Younger People (Taken Loosely), From Millikan And Carl D. Anderson To George R Hearst And J Edgar Hoover To William Powell And Clark Gable. Complete Geographical Index At Front. With The Publisher's Comment Letter Laid In Loosely. Most Copies Went To Libraries; Rare In Dust Jacket. Near Fine, Touch Of Wear At Corners; Dj Worn, Browned, Tiny Chips And Short Tears, Small Losses At Edges.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: 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).…

Cloth. Condición: Very Good +. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good + DJ. First Edition. 252 Pp. Red And Yellow Cloth [First Binding], With Yellow Dj Printed In Red And Black. Correct Alignment Of Black Printing On Tile Page ("Painting By Siqueiros" Does Not Touch The Illustration, But Does In The Limited Editon). Inscribed By The Dedicatee, Ira Gershwin, And Signed, With His Characteristic Drawing Of Himself Bowing, Dated In 1953, As A Gift From Ira Gershwin To A Friend Of His Then-Archivist Lawrence Stewart, And With A George Gershwin Signed Personal Check, 1934, Laid In Loosely As An Additional Personal Gift From Ira Gershwin. Merle Armitage's Well-Designed And Edited Collection Of Tributes To George Gershwin From Luminaries Including His Brother Ira, Oscar Hammerstein Ii, Paul Whiteman, Walter Damrosch, Dubose Heyward, Irving Berlin, Arnold Schoenberg, Serge Koussevitzky, And Jerome Kern. Book Is Very Good +, Light Wear At Corners; Dj Very Bright Yellow, Very Clean, Without The Usual Browning To Spine, Light Wear, Short Corner Tears, And Tiny Losses At Corners. Photographs And Reproductions (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair DJ. 1st Edition. 158 Pp. A Compilation Of Articles, With New Articles By Goosens, Komroff, Danz, Rodriguez And Armitage Written For This Book. The Book Is Fine, No Wear, And Inscribed By Stravinsky To Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano (Who Illustrated This Book) "To Giovanni Napolitano Sincerely I Strawinsky March 37". With The Scarce Pink Dj, Worn And Chipped With Very Large Piece Missing At Bottom Of Front Panel And Spine, Leaving Title And Editor's Name On Spine But Removing Some Of Descriptive Text At Bottom Of Front Panel, Flaps Intact, Tape Reinforcement Inside Of Dj. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine DJ. First Edition. #96 Of 500 Copies, Numbered And Signed By The Artist Elise [Armitage] On The Frontispiece Lithograph. Grey Printed Wrappers Printed In Black With Plain Flaps, Attached At Spine, With Additional Similar Outer Grey Dj Printed In Red On Outside Panels And Printed In Black On Flaps. 24 Different Photographs. This Copy Inscribed On The Colophon To Artist And Illustrator Pasquale G. Napolitano "Inscribed For Giovanni Napolitano On The 17Th Day Of October 1935 With Luck Merle Armitage Lynton R. Kistler"; Armitage Wrote, And Kisler Printed, A Book On Napolitano That Same Year. On The Following Autographs Page Are Pasted In The Autographs Of Mary Wigman, Paul Love, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Hanya Holm, Palucca, Artur Michel, And Hanns Hastings. Near Fine, In Near Fine Dj. Laid In Loosely Are 15 Of The Original Photographs That Armitage Reproduced For The Book; These Are Well Printed On 8 X 10 Paper[Except A Smaller Photograph Of Holm Which Is Signed On The Reverse]; They Show More Detail And Clarity Than The Reproduced Photographs, And The Photographs By Charles Rudolph, Ralph Samuels And Ben Pinchot Are Annotated With Printed Or Written Credits On The Reverse. Near Fine Book And Cover, In Lightly Worn Outer Dj With Some Short Tears At Corners. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. 264 pp. Original gray paper covered boards w/ gilt title on black cloth spine. Light sunning to edges. Previous owner's name in pencil on front paste-down. DJ moderately soiled. Spine and edges a bit sunned. Approx. 1/4" closed tear from top edge of front panel. Illust. w/ numerous drawings. Contents nice. P. G. Napolitano (ilustrador). …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Gray cloth titled in black, photographic endpages. [16],132, [1]pp. Limited to 1000 copies. Lacks glassine DJ and slipcase. Po name. PO has written "Died 4/1/91 NYC" to half title page. Pages slightly toned. Numerous illustrations.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. …

Hardcover small 8vo 132 pages Grey paper-covered boards with black lettering on front board and spine. Saturday, March 19, 2022 Limited to 1000 copies. Good plus, clean and tight but shows light wear on spine.

Soft cover. Condición: Fair. Softcover signed by the first owner, Richard Savage of the American Conservatory of Music (not signed by Merle Armitage). 319 pages, followed by illustrations, in excellent condition (slight to moderate age-yellowing). The condition of the exterior, however, is merely fair with tears near the corners, and two soiling spots (1cm and 2cm) on the front. [2 lbs]. Book.…