BARZUN, HENRI MARTIN

Orpheus, Modern Culture and the 1913 Renaissance [ Painting & Sculpture, Architecture & Crafts, Music-the Novel, Poetry & Drama, Cinema-Radio-Tv, Education-History] a Panoramic Survey, Commemorative Edition-1960

Henri Martin Barzun. 1960, First Edition. Printed Wrapper (softcover), 11" x 8 1/2". 148 pages. Dr. Barzun was a poet and a founder-director of arts groups in France and the United States. Here he offers analysis and opinion on the several areas mentioned within the title. Orpheus. "As a Commemorative Book not meant for the public, it also intends to express the author's indebtedness and gratitude to the Institutions which sponsored his cultural labors in France and America over the years, as well as the many co-workers, artists, writers, educators, critics and patrons, whose invaluable contributions are gathered or recorded in the very pages of the Survey. To all of them, this Complimentary First Edition, privately printed, is collectively dedicated and individually inscribed as a personal token of my lasting appreciation." Inscribed to a New York artist; laid-in is a signed note on a 3x5 card to the same artist; 2 type-written sheets explain the book. Clean throughout within; wrappers darkened and lightly soiled; tight binding. Very Good. Inscribed by the author.

Ultramarine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 004572

Catalogue: Sociology & Culture

Keywords: Henri Martin Barzun Modern Art Culture Orpheus

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The NOVEL, POETRY And The DRAMA (With an Addenda of Shakespeariana). Catalogue #596

London: Maggs Bros, 1934. Printed grey wrappers. Tenth of the R.R. Bowker Memorial Lectures. 78 pp, 8vo. VG (minor darkening to spine & some slt wear).

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Book number: 8127

Catalogue: Books - on - Books

ROGERS, PAT (INTRODUCTION)

Restoration and 18th Century Prose and Poetry: Excluding Drama and the Novel

London, Macmillan. 1983, 1st Printing. (ISBN: 0-333-28350-3) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 196 pages. Square tight copy with minor wear on covers and interior is clean and unmarked. Part of the Great Writers Library series. Very Good.

John Thompson BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 26177

Catalogue: Literature, Classics, Plays & Poetry

Keywords: Literature Poetry Poems Criticism History 0333283503