(Faulkner, William; Shahn, Ben; Williams, William Carlos; Wilder, Thornton; Moore, Marianne; Rexroth, Kenneth; Dahlberg, Edward; Jarrell, Randall). Laughlin, James, editor.
Perspectives: Number One, Autumn 1952.
London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1952. 1952. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover, bound in bluish-green, red, black & white wrappers designed by Alvin Lustig. The covers are lightly rubbed and creased. 196 pages, illustrated with 8 pages of color reproductions of paintings by Ben Shahn and 4 pages of photographs of 16 contributors to this issue. Very good.
First English edition.
The contents include William Faulkner's Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 15 poems and a story by William Carlos Williams, "Some Translations from the Fables of La Fontaine" by Marianne Moore, a poem by Kenneth Rexroth, "The Music of Aaron Copland" by Arthur Berger illustrated with musical examples, Thornton Wilder on Goethe, and book reviews by Edward Dahlberg and Randall Jarrell. Very good .

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Keywords: LITERATURE; MUSIC; ART; PERSPECTIVES: NUMBER ONE, AUTUMN 1952; HAMISH HAMILTON LTD.; ALVIN LUSTIG; WILLIAM FAULKNER; BEN SHAHN; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS; THORNTON WILDER; MARIANNE MOORE; KENNETH REXROTH; EDWARD DAHLBERG; JAMES L