With waller sydney (5 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Third Printing. Large format paperback, folio in stiff card covers with inner flaps. 166 pages. Introduction by Donald Hall. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs and art, mostly all in color. Third printing. Published as an exhibition catalog for the event organized by the New York State Museum in association with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. No previous ownership marks. No spine or other creases. A square, fresh, clean and unmarked copy, like new. Fine.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket as Issued. First Edition. A VERY GOOD, clean, tight, scholar/collector-worthy copy. PROLIFICALLY ILLUSTRATED in full color and black-and-white photography (many full page) with accompanying descriptive captions. "Baseball is not just a sport, it's a state of mind. And no other game has been a source of inspiration to such a wide variety of literary and artistic talent. In these pages some of America's finest writers and artists reveal their love for the game of baseball and celebrate the passion and excitement of this most American of pastimes. 'Diamonds Are Forever' contains beautiful, full-color reproductions of original paintings, drawings, sculpture, photographs, and prints-from a turn-of-the-century brass bat weathervane to Andy Warhol's silk-screen print of Pete Rose. Superb excerpts by writers as diverse as Ernest Hemingway, Roger Angell, John Updike, and Garrison Keillor explore every aspect of baseball". 166 pages. NOTE: Due to size/weight of book additional shipping will be required for EXPEDITED and OUT-OF-U.S. shipment. LBCMD3.…

Paper. Condición: Good. Good paper copy ex. cat., 166 pp, 1 pp preface, 1 pp foreword, text throughout, 4 pp list of exhibitions, list of lenders. From the exhibition organized by the New York State Museum in association with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The exhibition and its tour are made possible by a grant from American Express Company.…

Softcover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Large quarto. Self wrappers. Small scuff on rear wrap, slight foxing in text, near fine. A wonderful collection of depictions of the National Pastime.

Trade paperback. Condición: Good. Fourth Printing. The format is approximately 9 inches by 12 inches. 166 pages Wraps, Illustrated covers have front and back flaps. Profusely illus. (many in color). Checklist to the exhibition. Some wear and soiling to covers. Introduction by Donald Hall. This is from the exhibition organized by the New York State Museum in association with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. Superb excerpts by writers as diverse as Ernest Hemingway, Roger Angell, John Updike, and Garrison Keillor explore every aspect of baseball. Illustrated with full-color reproductions of original paintings, drawings, sculpture, photographs, and prints by artists including Andy Warhol, Raoul Dufy, Claes Oldenburg, and Robert Rauschenberg. Diamonds are Forever was a traveling exhibition featuring more than 120 works inspired by the social and cultural significance of this favorite American pastime, organized by the New York State Museum. The exhibition was organized into five themes, each highlighting feelings, events or memories associated with the game: The Place, The Equipment, The Players, The Action and Something Else. The show included significant paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and videos by artists such as Andy Warhol, Elaine de Kooning, and Robert Rauschenberg. Literary passages by Woody Allen, Philip Roth, William Kennedy and Ernest Hemmingway, among others, revealed how the game and vernacular of baseball has enriched the pages of American literature. In addition, the exhibition included a video of segments on baseball by humorists Abbott and Costello, Billy Crystal and Jonathan Winters. A fully illustrated catalogue, edited by Peter Gordon, curator of the New York State Museum in Albany, with Sydney Waller and Paul Weinman, and featured an introduction by Donald Hall, accompanied the exhibition.…