intro randall jarrell (4 Ergebnisse)

Milton Glaser, cover (illustrator). White cl. w. brown illus., backstr. blue and brown lettering. Dj. clipped, tear to bottom of spine, taped., sl. shelfworn. Xli, 527pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing (1966). 527pp. VG/VG copy, binding square and tight, cloth covers clean, gilt bright, top page edge grubby, internally excellent; dust jacket lightly edge worn, minor creasing to front top edge, now preserved in archival jacket protector. From the private library of British film director Jack Clayton (1921-1995), although no indication of provenance appears in the book.

First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); light green cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [xx],145,[3]pp; portrait frontispiece of the author; illus. A Fine copy. Dustjacket withlight dust-soil, creases and tiny tears along extremities; Near Fine. Explores characters, themes, illustrations, and biographical elements throughout "The Gingerbread Rabbit", "The Bat-Poet", "Fly by Night", and "The Animal Family". [82607].

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. Second American Edition. Octavo. 527 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price intact. White cloth stamped in brown and blue; dark topstain. Dust jacket shows a few brief chips and tears with some creasing along edges, with some faint staining to surface. Boards lightly shelfworn with shallow staining along edges. Glue has let go internally between spine cloth and backing and front board opens a bit shakily, but binding is still holding soundly. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown with contemporary gift inscription facing, else interior unmarked. Marxist Australian novelist Christina Stead's near-forgotten novel of familial torture, set in Washington, DC. Jarrell's introduction here brought the book its first wave of critical acclaim, and it was more recently brought back to the public eye after appearing on TIME's 100 Best English-Language Novels of 1923-2005 (sorry, Ulysses).