Ackerman John M Editor (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 186 pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a short tear at the head of the spine and a small mark on the front panel; price intact; previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper; some rubbing along the spine of the book itself. The Contents are: Introduction by C. B. Cox; Dylan Thomas: A Review of His Collected Poems by John Wain; The Poetry of Dylan Thomas by David Daiches; The Welsh Background by John Ackerman; The Universe of the Early Poems by Elder Olson; There Was a Saviour by Winifred Nowottny; Last Poems by Ralph Maud; Collected Poems and Under Milk Wood by William Empson; Dylan Thomas's Play for Voices by Raymond Williams; A Place of Love - Under Milk Wood by David Holbrook; Dylan Thomas's Prose by Annis Pratt; Crashaw and Dylan Thomas: Devotional Athletes by Robert M. Adams; Dylan Thomas by John Bayley; and Dylan Thomas by Karl Shapiro; followed by Chronology of Important Dates; Notes on the Editor and Authors; and Selected Bibliography. Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Printing - First Thus. (viii) 182 pp. Black boards lettered in red on the spine; headband; illustrated in colour. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Contents are: Introduction: Populist Culture and Pop Art: Essays: The Pulps: Their Weaknesses Were Their Strengths by Roger T. Reed; The Cover Artists and Their Publishers by Fred Cook; Yes, I Was There by Shirley Steeger. Science Fiction, Science Fact and Fantasy: Painted Answers: Essays: When Pulp Art Was in Flower by Forrest J. Ackerman; Collecting Pulp Paintings: Dramatic Imagery and Color by Steve Kennedy; The Science Fiction Pulps by Sam Moskowitz. The New Knights: Essays: The Pulps and Their Illustrators: A Brief Survey by Walt Reed; The Lure of the Pulps: An Artist's Perspective by Jim Steranko; Remembering Rafael de Soto by John de Soto. The Noblest Savage: Essays: Important Pulp Paintings in the Burroughs Collection by Danton Burroughs; A Conversation with J. Allen St. John, Dean of Fantasy Illustrators by Darrell C. Richardson; The Paper They're Printed on by Alison M. Scott. Ladies in Terror: Essays: Painting the Story by John Locke; The Art That Dared to be Wild by James van Hise; Remembering Norman Saunders by Zina Saunders. To Dare the Devil: Aviation, War and Western Art: Essays: The Cover Art of the Air War Pulps by George Hocutt; Editing the Western Pulps by Bruce Cassidy; and Where Have All the Paintings Gone? by Charles G. Martignette; followed by appendices and an index. Size: 4to. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 328 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 185 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.40 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!