Janet flanner introduction (3 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. An outstanding overview of Artaud's life and a penetrating analysis of his evolving aesthetic vision. CONTENTS: Introduction (Flanner); Key to Abbreviations of Artaud's Works; The Man; The Surrealist Years; Myth and Magic; Return to the Body ; Conclusion; Notes, Bibliography, and Index. 256 pages. CONDITION: A bright, tight, square, unmarked Very Good Plus copy with an uncreased spine. The covers have light shelf-wear, a front cover corner-bump and a back cover (very faint) stain at the spine bottom. This attractive copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag. …

paperback. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1971. First edition. American edition. The Viking Press. New York. 1971. First edition. American edition. Inscribed by Horst on the front free endpaper - 'For / Willie Sandels[?] / Best wishes / Horst / 1971'. Hardback, quarto; red cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. 192 pages. 162 b&w photographs. English. 285x230mm. 1.2kg. Very good, in very good dust jacket; light shelf wear to jacket, occasional short tear to edges, with three on the lower edge of front panel repaired with tape to verso, not price-clipped; slight dustiness to top edge. An album of photographic portraits of the leading lights of the 1930s art scene by Horst and Hoyningen-Huene, inscribed by Horst. Writers, artists, musicians, ballerinas, actors, opera singers, film stars, fashion designers and the odd "celebrity" are represented, with short accompanying biographies. The sitters include Gertrude Stein, Jean Cocteau, Lee Miller, Igor Stravinsky, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Duff and Diana Cooper, Noel Coward, Chanel, Josephine Baker, Cecil Beaton, Visconti. and the list goes on. The photographs are by Horst himself or by George Hoyningen-Huene, who bequeathed his photographic collection to Horst upon his death in 1968. The book acts as a homage and celebration of his 'mentor and friend' and of the time they spent together in the 1930s. Janet Flanner, the long-time Paris correspondent of the New Yorker, provides the foreword to the book. Books signed by Horst are scarce. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller. Photographs by Horst and George Hoyningen-Huene. (illustrator). Signed.…