Blake Subject (10 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Later Printing. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Later Printing. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

Condition: Good. . From the library of American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter William Safire. (art, literature, essays, criticism, interpretation).

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Clean crisp copy with no markings., Yellowing from age , Book plate attached.

Hardcover. Reprint. Octavo, xxiii, 372 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is blue with gold print. Boards in blue cloth, gold print; slight shelf wear to rear panel. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait. Originally published: London : Chapman and Hall, 1852. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. 1414694. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fine condition! A clean, bright, and tight copy -- no markings of any kind. (Subscriber edition: address label neatly affixed to the back cover of the issue.) Includes the poem "Cataclysm" by Jane Hirshfield, and the essay, "Play and Devotion with Oliver Sacks," by Lawrence Weschler. Ships from NC. All magazines are sealed in recycled plastic, packaged securely with recycled cardboard backing (and recycled packaging when available), and shipped promptly with tracking information.…

Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. (1974). Brown cloth, lacks dust jacket. A critical look at the writings of Lewis Carroll. Size: 8vo.

1st edition (BAL 7999). 140 pp. Color frontis, and 10 inserted plates. Japanese colophon tipped in. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2 x 5-1/8 in. William Blake the subject of two of the 11 essays contained herein. Modest wear, slight lean, bookplate, usual bit of foxing & age-toning. A Very Good book in a similar jacket, which has a sun-tanned spine panel. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. TEG. Dust jacket.…

Vintage borderless studio still photograph from the 1967 film, showing writer Truman Capote talking with director Richard Brooks and cinematographer Conrad Hall on location in Kansas. Brooks' unflinching and unsentimental documentary style made for a visualization that matched the power of Capote's most famous book, and remains one of the great meditations on violence in America. Nominated for four Academy Awards. 7.5 x 10 inches. About Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert II. Criterion Collection 781. Penzler 101. Spicer US.…

Condition: Near fine. Single sheet of Blake's stationery, bearing his address in Brooklyn, and printed with a lengthy list of songs and productions in which he played a role in composing. Letter in near fine condition, with flattened mailing folds. Original (torn) mailing envelope retained, with Vaughan's address in Hidden Hills, CA written in Blake's hand, and with a number of seemingly unrelated ink notations to verso. Autograph letter of more than 30 lines, including postscript, profusely apologizing to legendary jazz singer Sarah Vaughan for a remark he made to her, along the lines of, "when are you going to learn how to sing?" The letter reads, in full (slightly edited for clarity): Dear Sarah, I'm writing this letter to you and I'm trembling with fear. I shall never again joke with an artist any more. When I said to you, "when are you going to learn how to sing?" I was joking. I'm very, very sorry that you took my joking as a Slander [sic]. I've [told so] many of your friends, [speaking?] you + Lottie Gee. You both had, + you have got 2 ranges. I know another artist [who] had two voices. Anyhow you have it and you know when + how to use it. So when I joked to you, you knowing that I was a musician, I was joking. Please for goodness sake, don't think that I'm that [dumb?] to ridicule your [singing]. No. No. No. Please. One of your friends said to me to send you my [song] "Memories of You." Now I'm afraid to send it to you. Any how whether you believe me or not I love your style of singing, and please tell your husband I was only joking. [Sincerely?] Eubie Blake. P. P. I have two numbers I'd like to send you--"Memories of You," and "Calling Romance." E. B." Blake lived a long life, and had a long and successful career in jazz, from the Ragtime era all the way into the postwar period of free jazz and experimentation. He is perhaps best remembered as the co-composer (with frequent collaborator Noble Sissle) of the hit 1921 musical "Shuffle Along." Blake was generous with his autograph, and his long career in performance afforded him countless opportunities to give it. However, we've never encountered such a revealing and heartfelt letter; much less to such a significant fellow jazz figure. The final request--that Vaughan pass along the apology to her husband--is, in the opinion of this cataloguer, an example of the kind of soft misogyny that could plague even some of the most accomplished women in the performing arts.…