Fate writing america (22 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Wrappers are worn. Creased down the center.

Softcover. Condición: Very Good-. Small tear lower part of spine. *.

Stapled Wraps. Condición: Very Good. Stapled wraps, has slight bumps to spine ends and corners with some slight creasing to upper corner of covers and text block, two slight horizontal creases to covers and text near base, some faint rubbing, and a few tiny cross creases with a touch of sunning along spine, otherwise a solid VG copy.…

Trade Paperback. Condición: Good. None. First Edition; First Printing. Some soiling and wear. Book was folded at one point, so now has a vertical crease in center. fmc2%262D.

8vo, publisher's printed wrappers. Slight sunning to wrappers. First published in New Directions 9.

PRINTED STIFF PAPER COVERS. Condición: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION THUS. (32) PAGES. ON THE COVER OF THIS ISSUE,THE ESSAY BY JAMES T. FARRELL IS TITLED "THE FATE OF WRITING IN AMERICA." THE TITLE AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS ESSAY IS DIFFERENT. THE TITLE IS "WILL THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF PUBLISHING DESTROY GOOD WRITING? SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF BOOKS." JAMES T. FARRELL OBSERVES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OBVIOUS MAJOR CHANGES IN THE PUBLISHING BUSINESS FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THERE IS NOW THE AVAIABILITY OF PAPER. THERE HAS BEEN THE MERGING OF PRINTING HOUSES, THE REPRINT INDUSTRY HAS GROWN, PAPER BACK BOOKS ARE AT REASONABLE PRICES. HOW THESE CHANGES WILL IMPACT ON THE WRITING PROFESSION IS EXPLORED IN FARRELL'S ESSAY. Size: 5 9/16" X 8 5/16".…

Trade Paperback. First Edition. [32] pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in stapled orange wrappers (paperback).

[32p.], stapled wraps, 5.5x8.25 inches, wraps lightly worn and soiled else very good condition. Caption title: Will the commercialization of publishing destroy good writing? Some observations on the future of books.

Pamphlet. Condición: Very Good +. 1st Edition. 8vo. Unpaginated (32 pp.). First Separate Publication, 1946. Thin stapled pamphlet. Light external wear. No markings, tight binding, pages clean. 5.75" x 8.5". Orange stiff printed wrappers with black lettering to front wrapper. In protective sleeve. "Well the Commercialization of Publishing Destroy Good Writing? Some Observations on the Future of Books." Size: Octavo. Book. …

Softcover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Stapled wrappers. An owner name on the underside of the front wrap, and a little edgewear, else near fine. An essay on whether the commercialization of publishing will spoil good writing.

Softcover. Condición: Near Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Slight darkening and creasing else very good. An essay on whether the commercialization of publishing will spoil good writing.

Pamphlet. Condición: Very Good. Orange printed wrappers, wrappers are slightly faded at spine, edges, bottom of wraps torn away from spine (about 2"), otherwise Very Good.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pamphlet reprinting an article by James Farrell on the future of writing and publishing in the aftermath of World War II. He's optimistic -- as long as writers defend literary culture against commercialization and censorship. "Decidedly, the time has come for writers to speak up, to assert themselves, to take a stand on the future of books. The time has come for them to say, and with scorn in their voices, that they will not be hacks." PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 210 x 142 mm), unpaginated (32 pages), in stapled orange wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Toning and soiling to wrappers, vertical crease throughout, book club's stamp to front wrapper but internally clean and unmarked. About Very Good.…

Softcover. Condición: Very Good. First edition. 32pp. Stapled orange wrappers. Light edgewear, slightly toned spine, very good.

Softcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. First edition. Slim octavo. Stapled wrappers. Spine dampstained (internally, causing only a bit of offsetting on the first and last pages), staples oxidized, faint vertical crease throughout, good only. Briefly Inscribed to author and film critic Parker Tyler on the cover. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Softcover. 8vo. New Directions. No Date (c.1946). Unpaginated (32 pgs). Orange wrappers worn. Bookplate (of William Bentz Plagemann) present to the reverse of the front wrapper. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "Will the commercialization of publishing destroy good writing? Some observations on the future of books." Reprint of an article originally appearing in New Directions 9. James Thomas Farrell (February 27, 1904 - August 22, 1979) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. One of his most famous works was the Studs Lonigan trilogy, which was made into a film in 1960 and into a television miniseries in 1979. The trilogy was voted number 29 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century. E-144; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Softcover. Condición: Near Fine. First edition. 32pp. Lightly toned spine, near fine in stapled orange wrappers.

FARRELL, James T. THE FATE OF WRITING IN AMERICA. [NY: New Directions, 1946]. 8vo., printed wraps. First Separate Edition. Brief signed presentation from Farrell on front cover. Very Good. $35.00.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Evanston, IL: Clark Publishing Company, 1951. The August-September, 1951 issue of Fate Magazine, Volume 4, Number 6, a scarce issue in Raymond A. Palmer's now-legendary paranormal-reporting non-fiction enterprise, which began with, in its first issue, Kenneth Arnold's cover account of flying crescents which "skipped like saucers across a pond", an event which, for whatever reason, kicked off the modern era of UFO events. After that, Fate introduced countless events which remain, to this day, fodder for paranormal documentaries and investigation. 12mo, illustrated stapled wraps, 130 pp. Very Good Plus, and not at all far from Near Fine; spine shows a bit of fade, and there is sporadic micro-edgewear at the covers. See scans. Even the standard 50's-pulps toning to the interior pages is quite moderate here, and of course the pages remain supple. See scans. High grade condition for a periodical which often shows substantial wear from use. Uncredited cover art shows one of the Trance Dancers of Bali, one of the many pieces on the paranormal herein. See the scanned image of the contents page for the articles herein, which cover such topics as those Trance Dancers of Bali; Wolf Children; Seaforths; Foo Fighters; Banshees; Carolina Ghost Ship; Scroll Writing of Atlantis; Seances; New Theory of Psychic Phenomena; Big Horn Mystery Medicine Wheel; Lost Race of America;and a Disappearing Roof. Of course much, much else is here, including the standard Departments, always engrossing in themselves - everything on diversified paranormal or inexplicable phenomena. Interior art and photography is largely uncredited. A piece of paranormal history, and an example of a unique branch of Americana, in very highly collectible condition. A particularly absorbing and very scarce issue. Please see scans. L80. …

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Inscribed by author on front cover at top fore corner to Ernie Erber (author and fellow Trotskyist). Staple-bound, in orange wraps. Lightly scuffed covers; slightly sunned at joint; vertical crease on front cover; tightly bound except central sheet is loose at upper staple; 1 interior page darkened as from laid in newspaper, o/w clean interior. 8vo, 32 (unpaginated) pp.…

Condición: Collectible; Good. [FIRST EDITION] New York: New Directions, 1946. Softcover in titled wraps. Unpaginated (32 pages). Rare title by Farrell in good overall condition a few corners bumped/ dog-eared/ chipped; no owner marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (shelf4).

LeatherBound. Condición: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1946 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 40 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.…