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Verlag: University of Denver, 2005
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Verlag: New American Library of World Literature, New York, 1953
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. Mass market paperback. Light dampstain on edges, wrapper curled, good only. The third of a series of volumes highlighting writing from around the world. Authors include Margaret Mead, Hollis Summers, Jose Suarez Carreno, Peggy Bennett, Richard Eberhart, C. Tunnard, H.H. Reed, David Dempse…y, Ignazio Silone, Louis Auchincloss, M.R. Kadish, Dyland Thomas, John Lee Wheldon, Hamdi Bey, Gene Bara, Robert Pinget, Evan S. Connell, Jr., Jay Leyda, R.S. Niedelman, Alberto Moravia, John Howard Griffin, Peter Matthieseen, Albert J. Guerard, Edith Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell, William H. Matchett, Spencer Brown, Alexander Trocchi, Galway Kinnell, Patrick Boland, Howard Moss, Sydney Goodsir Smith, Byron Vazakas, John Ashbery, Harry Duncan, Herbert Morris, Lucinda Collins, and B. Rajan.
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POETRY VOLUME 91, NUMBER 3 [Signed by John Ashbery]
Rago, Henry [Editor]; H.D. [Author]; Gibbs, Barbara [Author]; Fitts, Dudley [Author]; Bogardus, Edgar [Author]; Avison, Margaret [Author]; Weiss, T. [Author]; Ashbery, John [Author]; Moses, W.R. [Author]; Morris, Herbert [Author]
Verlag: Poetry, Chicago, Illinois, 1957
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. First Edition. Octavo, 218 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Wraps have mild general bending wear and moderate general soiling and moderate age-toning along spine. Textblock has mild scuffing and moderate age-toning, faint brown liquid stain along fore edge; mild tearing and moderate adhesive staining along rear co…ver hinge. Signed by John Ashbery on pages 163 and 165. Shelved Room C. 1398493. Special Collections.
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Verlag: SoundArt Foundation Inc. / NYB New York / New York, NY / NY, 1984
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In den Warenkorb104 pp.; 29.7 x 21 cm.; staple bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed The first issue of "NYB : An Arts Magazine" published in 1985. Contributors include Mimi Gross, Peter Werner, Gerhard Ullmann, Peter Hoffmann, Bernd Weyergraf, Michael Glassmeier, Timothy F. Rub, Georg C. Bertsch,… Thomas Hoffmann, Thomas Wulffen, Henry Ries, B.H. Friedman, Bernhard Schulz, Barry Neuman, John Ashbery, John Yau, Tony Towle, Jean Holabird, Taylor Mead, Tama Janowitz, Doris Nadja Wiewiorra, Peter Schneider, Lutze, Klaus Stiller, Karis Kiwus, Anne Jud, Joan Jonas, Lil Picard, Anne Wehrer, Renate Ponsold, Jackie Curtis, Peter Feinauer, William Hellermann and Julius, and an interview with John Cage by Thomas Wulffen. Fine. Covers and contents clean and unmarked.
New American Review - Number 1
(GLÜCK, Louise, Anne Sexton, Philip Roth, Richard Eberhart, William H. Gass, John Ashbery, et al.)
Verlag: The New American Library, New York, 1967
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 288pp. Touch foxing to the top of text block, else fine in about near fine dust jacket with a few short tears and touch of interior foxing. Premiere issue of this literary annual featuring contributions from Louise Glück, Anne Sexton, Philip Roth, Richard Eberhart,… William H. Gass, John Ashbery, and others.
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Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 June, 1939 - Will Poland Be Next?
Palmer, Charles; Martyr, Weston; Knight, Eric; Woollacott, Arthur P.; Moore, H. Napier; Baxter, A. Beverley; McStay, Angus; Reed, Douglas; Dustan, Gordon; Flewitt, Arthur; Pease, Mary Agnes; Ashbery, Henry
Verlag: The Maclean Publishing Company, Toronto, 1939
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 52 pages. Features: Very attractive full-page two-colour ad for International Harvester's TracTractors; Ad for RCA Victor audio products; Runaround in Reverse (short story); Jail Without Locks - British Columbia's new Borstal home near Vancouver - a prison with no guards nor locks - artic…le with photos; Edward Johnson of Guelph - Part 1 - article with photos; A Train Journey (short story); Beverley Baxter's letter from London; Beauty Business - article about beauty products - with photos of their manufacture; Will Poland Be Next?, by Douglas Reed - article with photos; The Flying Yorkshireman (short story); Well I Declare! - tips on dealing with Customs officers - article with photos; Nice ad for Chevroet trucks; Hudson car ad; Tennis player Don Budge is featured in Bromo-Seltzer ad; Lux soap ad featuring photos of Claudette Colbert and Andrea Leeds; Canada's First Marathon Victory - W.J. (Billy) Sherring of Hamilton won the marathon at the Athens Olympics in 1906 - brief article with photos; Nice half-page colour ad for Sisman's Scampers (shoes). Above-average external wear. Coverfold halfway open. Covers almost loose. A worthy reference copy.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 June, 1939 Opera Singer International Harvester's TracTractors; Ad for RCA Victor audio products; Runaround in Reverse (short story); Jail Without Locks - British Columbia's new Borstal home near Vancouver - a pr. Illustrated by Malcolm, Scott (cover photo); Mawicke, Tran; Summers,Gloyne; Eldridge, Harold; Boltinoff, Henry (illustrator).
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Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 March, 1940 - Cover Photo of Air Vice-Marshal G.M. Croil, A.F.C.
McFarlane, Leslie; Thomas, Martha Banning; Higson, Kit; Annixter, Paul; Baxter, A. Beverley; King, Mackenzie; Manion, R.J.; Woodsworth, J.S.; Blackmore, J.H.; Edwards, Frederick; Dustan, Gordon; Cochrane, H.G.; McKnight, F. W.; Shipley,Nan; Ashbery,H
Verlag: The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto, 1940
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In den WarenkorbSingle Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 68 pages. Features: Fantastic two-colour full-page photo ad for International Trac-Tractor roadbuilding equipment; Wakeville Awake! - Part 1 of a serial by Leslie McFarlane; Parker Pen ad; The Stars Hang High (fiction); Lord Tweedsmuir's Vision of a New World; Mackenzie King,…R.J. Manion, J.S. Woodsworth and John Blackmore comment on the nation's war effort; Five Wee Wimmen - another Donald Mackellen story (fiction); Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 6 - Pay and Records - article with photos; Bats in the Belfry - Dr. Harold B. Hitchcock studies bats - photo sequence; Feud on High Plateau (fiction); Gordon Dunstan's Quiz #12; Hudson Six ad; Frigidaire Fridge ad; War on the Parasite - the new institute of Parasitology at Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec; Rare article and photos of hockey on Cape Breton - the Glace Bay Miners, North Sydney Vics and Sydney Millionaires - with photos of McGibbon,k Squarebriggs, Larabie, Clifton, Craig and Bill Hannon, Van Daele, Langille and Bill Gill - very rare!; GMC Truck (van) ad; Plymouth ad; Dodge car ad; Dodge truck ad; Sensational colour photo centerfold ad for Studebaker cars; Interesting drawn ad for Kleenex attempts to convince readers to adopt the Kleenex habit (it seems to have worked); Photo ad for Tangee make-up "Will He Kiss You Tonight?"; Cartoon strip-style ad for Hinds hand cream featuring beauty advisor "Honey"; Nice Fargo truck ad features photo of a Charlottetown, P.E.I. unit with snowplow mounted on front; Skis for Planes - the Elliott brothers' workshop in Sioux Lookoutk, Ontario - article with photo; *Fantastic* two-page election ad for "Fighting Bob" Manion takes aim at Mackenzie King; Ford V-8 ad inside back cover; Nice colour ad for canned lobster on back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A wonderful vintage issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 March, 1940 - Cover Photo of Air Vice-Marshal G.M. Croil, A.F.C. International Trac-Tractor roadbuilding equipment; Wakeville Awake! - Part 1 of a serial by Leslie McFarlane; Parker Pen ad; The Stars Hang High (f. Illustrated by Kells, H.F.; Aldwinckle, Eric; Coleman, Ralph Pallen; Evans,Treyer; Nelson, G. Patrick (illustrator).
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Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 Febrary, 1940 - The Soldiers of French Canada / Wallace Rupert Turnbull
Mayse, Arthur; Wright, Priscilla Hovey; Payne, Stephen; Bunce, Frank; O'Leary, Dillon; Baxter, A. Beverley; Sharples, Alice; Dreskin, Nathan; Campbell, C.M.; Macpherson, J.S.B.; Ashbery, Henry; Campbell, Helen G.
Verlag: The Maclean Publishing Company, Toronto, 1940
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 60 pages. Features: *Beautiful* colour ad for International Harvester's Diesel TracTractors inside front cover; The Dionne Quints are featured in an ad for Remington noiseless portable typewriters; Bush Job (fiction); The Wartime Prices Board - photo and article; Beverley Baxter comments…on Finland's resistance against Bolshevism and the Imperial Russian forces; "Miz Perkins" (fiction); Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 4 - Soldiers of French Canada - article with photos; Blizzard Honeymoon (fiction); Solver of Air Riddles - The story of Wallace Rupert Turnbull, a Canadian who invented the controllable pitch propeller - article with photos; Wings of Hazard (fiction, part 4 of 5); Dodge car ad; An argument to scrap the Alaska Highway project; Ford V-8 colour ad; Dodge Truck ad; Plymouth ad; Fargo Truck ad; Nice colour photo ad for Oldsmobile; Hockey player Gordie Drillon is featured in an Alka-Seltzer ad along with Syl Apps, Red Horner and Billy Taylor; Humorous Lifebuoy soap ad used the B.O. (body odour) scare to promote sales; Hinds hand cream ad featuring "Honey" the beauty advisor; Nice photo ad for Heinz spaghetti follows the product from farm to plate; Colour photo ad for the 1940 Studebaker Champion inside back cover; Nice Coke ad on back cover shows man in suit checking his pocket watch while eating lunch. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Taylor, H. Weston (cover art); Coleman, Ralph Pallen; Michael; Aldwinckle, Eric; McCrea, Harold; Beaven, Frank; Roth, Ben (illustrator).
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Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 15 April, 1940 - U.S. Ambassador to Canada, James H.R. Cromwell
Sabatini, Rafael; Marx, Joseph and Adeline; Atlee, Benge; McFarlane, Leslie; Edwards, Frederick; Baxter, A. Beverley; Chalmers, Floyd S.; Cowan, H. Bronson; Smith, I. Norman; Knowlton, Grant; Dustan, Gordon; McIntosh, E.; Brant, E.; Ashbery, H.
Verlag: The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited, Toronto, 1940
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In den WarenkorbSingle Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 76 pages. Features: Cover art of girl being thrown from saddle; Editorial entitled "If Germany Wins" in the wake of US Ambassador to Canada, James H.R. Cromwell being rebuked by his superiors for telling a Canadian audience that the future of world democracy depends upon victo…ry over Germany; Nice full-page Fargo truck ad shows a Kraft cheese vehicle in service; The Passport (fiction); Your Mind and Your Car - safe driving is an attitude of mind; Political comments on the absence and return of U.S. Ambassador to Britain, Joseph Kennedy; Tux Luck (fiction); James H.R. Cromwell - U.S. Ambassador to Canada - photo and article; How many civic, home and health problems in Australia and New Zealand have been solved through direct land taxation; Red Drops Falling (fiction); Wonderful article and photos of Canada's Library of Parliament; Wakeville, Awake! (Part 3) (fiction); Full-page ad for the 1940 Dodge car; Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 8 - Coast Defense - article with photos; Gordon Dunstan's Thirteenth Quiz; Nice Chevrolet Truck ad; Full-page colour photo ad features the beautiful Dionne Quintuplets!; Colour full-page ad for the Ford V-8 engine; Photos of Miss Diana Blythe Barrymore in Woodbury soap ad; Nice 1940 DeSoto car ad; The Winnipeg Volunteer Signal Training School; College for Indian Youth at Ohsweken, Ontario; Half-page two-colour ad for Alka-Seltzer features photo of hockey game between the Maple Leafs and New York Rangers with Syl Apps and Gordie Drillon on the ice; Nice colour photo ad for the 1940 Studebaker Champion inside back cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. A nice vintage issue. Rayner (cover art); Price, Norman; Overman, Charles; Summers, Gloyne (illustrator).
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Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, December 1, 1941 - Special Army Number/E.J. Hughes Art
Annett, A.R.; Winslow, S.; Gilman, M.; Reyburn, W.; Reed, Douglas; Baxter, B.; Edwards, F.; Craig, L.; Holmes, G.; Ashbery, H.; Campbell, H.
Verlag: The Maclean Publishing Company, Toronto, 1941
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 80 pages. Features: Cover illustration of General Officer Commanding Canadian Corps - Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton; Great colour-photo ad for International Trucks inside front cover features fire-fighters for the air fighters of the R.C.A.F.; Rare one-page black and white photo ad… for Moffats Limited shows their employees involved in WWII-related activities; One-page Westinghouse Radio ad features their Strategic War Map and the title "God bless you - Canada!"; Over There - McNaughton's boys are now in fine battle shape and spoiling for a fight - article with photos; Douglas Reed explains that Britain's armed forces are ready to begin jabbing the enemy; ; Good-by, Baby - ware-related fiction; Beverley Baxter describes his return from Spain to the blackouts of Britain; Photo-illustrated article on the work of Tank Crews; Article on Canadian Defense Minister the Hon. J.L. Ralston; Sneak Preview - fiction by Mildred Gilman and Seymour Winslow; Nice one-page black and white photo ad for Dodge Trucks features a snub-nosed lumber hauler; Travelling Oasis - Military fiction in Libya by Major Gerald Oscar Holmes; One-page black and white ad for Dodge cars, featuring the Special DeLuxe; One-page black and white RCA Victor ad features illustration of tanks and planes, below which is a small illustration of Winston Churchill; One-page black and white ad for the Chrysler Royal - with fluid drive; One-page letter from Frigidaire asking consumers to hold back their purchases and invest their money in War Savings Certificates (Bonds); Two-page black and white Ford Motor Company of Canada ad displays the military vehicles they are manufacturing for the war effort; One-page black and white Plymouth car ad; Nice one-page black and white Fargo Truck ad shows tractor trailor hauling steel I-beams; (Canadian) Soldier Artists Record War Effort - E.J. Hughes, O.N. Fisher and Chas. Scott; Canadian General Electric one-page black and white ad features their appliances in a Christmas gift /war savings certificate theme; This Man's Army - fantastic black and white photo feature shows Canada's troops in the many phases of their basic and advanced training; The Canadian Corps in Theoretical Assault - intriguing two-page black and white aerial illustration depicts Nazi forces holding Toronto, surrounded by Canadian forces; Awarding of Medals - article on how this is done; Nice one-page colour military-themed ad for Longines watches; Fantastic colour Firestone ad features the many products they are contributing to the war effort; One-page colour reproduction of E.J. Hughes' painting "The Sergeants' Mess"; One-page black and white General Motors of Canada patriotic ad with small photos of army vehicle production line; Nice one-page two-colour (green and black) Chevrolet ad; One-page two colour (black and yellow) Goodyear military-themed tire ad; Photo fo Canadian soldier billeted in British home; Nice hald-page black and white photo ad for Craven "A" cigarettes which 'will not affect your throat'; Nice red and black one-page ad for Heinz Old-Time Baked Beans features happy multi-generational supper scene; Meals en Masse - article on preparing food for an army, Canada's Army; Lovely colour-photo ad for Palmolive Soap inside back cover inludes Dr. Dafoe and the Dionne Quints; Nice bright colour back cover ad for Community Silverplate cutlery. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples pulling from covers but still attached. A very special issue due to it's substantial Canadian WWII content, highlighted by the artwork of E.J. Hughes. Sampson, J.E. (Cover); Hughes, E.J.; Ellis, John; Eldridge, Harold; Casson, A.J.; Kemp, Jim; Beaven, Frank; Brown, Bo (illustrator).
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Verlag: New Haven: Yale University Press., 1956
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In den WarenkorbFirst edition, first printing. Original black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Very light offsetting to endpapers. In the dustwrapper, slightly dusty and a little darkened to the spine, the tips and corners a touch rubbed with…a tiny nick to the upper edge of the fold between spine and front panel. A very presentable copy. 'Some Trees', Ashbery's first full-length collection was submitted in manuscript for the 1955 Yale Younger Poets competition (an earlier chapbook, 'Turandot, and Other Poems' had been issued by the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in 1953). Established in 1918, the Yale Prize for the best debut collection by an American poet is the longest-running annual literary award in the United States, the winning collection published each year by Yale University Press. In 1955, W. H. Auden was in his ninth year as the competition's judge, having taken over the job from Archibald MacLeish in 1947. During his tenure, he had already chosen Adrienne Rich and W. S. Merwin as winners and later chose James Wright and John Hollander. The curious story of Ashbery's success in 1955 is given in the poet's own words in David Kermani's bibliography of the poet: "I had submitted my poems to the Yale University Press according to the requirement of the competition. [.] Frank O'Hara had also submitted a manuscript that year, and both of us had our manuscripts returned by the Press. They'd been screened out from the manuscripts that were sent to Auden. Later we heard that Auden hadn't liked any of the manuscripts that they'd sent to him and decided not to award the prize that year, and then someone, a mutual friend, possibly Chester Kallman, told Auden [.] that Frank and I both submitted. And he asked us through this friend to send our manuscripts, which we did, and then he chose mine, although I never had felt that he particularly liked my poetry, and his introduction to the book is rather curious, since it doesn't really talk about the poetry. He mentions me as being a kind of successor to Rimbaud, which is very flattering, but at the same time I've always had the feeling that Auden probably never read Rimbaud." It is a beautiful collection, lyrical and formally adventurous, at once suffused with a young poet's debts to older poets (Auden, Bishop, Moore, Stevens, Pasternak, Raymond Roussel), while speaking in Ashbery's own unmistakable voice. Auden's fascinating introduction as well as the volume's attractive design adds to the book's continuing appeal. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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In den WarenkorbNew Haven: Yale University Press. 1956. 8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the publisher's yellow printed dust-jacket; pp. 87, [1]; cloth a touch bumped to lower spine end, jacket minimally toned and rubbed to lower spine; a fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout, in the fine, br…ight dustwrapper; front free endpaper signed by John Ashbery in blue ink.A particularly attractive signed first printing of Ashbery's first book, chosen by W. H. Auden as winner of the 1955 Yale Younger Poets competition, with Auden's introduction.Some Trees, Ashbery's first full-length collection, was submitted in manuscript for the 1955 Yale Younger Poets competition (an earlier chapbook, Turandot, and Other Poems, had been issued by the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in 1953). Established in 1918, the Yale Prize for the best debut collection by an American poet is the longest-running annual literary award in the United States, with the winning collection published each year by Yale University Press. In 1955, W. H. Auden was in his ninth year as the competition's judge, having taken over the job from Archibald MacLeish in 1947. During his tenure, he had chosen Adrienne Rich and W. S. Merwin as winners and would later choose James Wright and John Hollander.The curious story of Ashbery's success in 1955 has been described by the poet: 'I had submitted my poems to the Yale University Press according to the requirement of the competition. [.] Frank O'Hara had also submitted a manuscript that year, and both of us had our manuscripts returned by the Press. They'd been screened out from the manuscripts that were sent to Auden . Later we heard that Auden hadn't liked any of the manuscripts that they'd sent to him and decided not to award the prize that year, and then someone, a mutual friend, possibly Chester Kallman, told Auden [.] that Frank and I both submitted. And he asked us through this friend to send our manuscripts, which we did, and then he chose mine, although I never had felt that he particularly liked my poetry, and his introduction to the book is rather curious, since it doesn't really talk about the poetry. He mentions me as being a kind of successor to Rimbaud, which is very flattering, but at the same time I've always had the feeling that Auden probably never read Rimbaud' (quoted in Kermani, John Ashbery (1976)).Some Trees is lyrical and formally adventurous, suffused with the young poet's debts (to Auden, Bishop, Moore, Stevens, Pasternak, Raymond Roussel) but already speaking in Ashbery's own unmistakable voice.
