Charles Simic Essays (4 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: vg-. Dust Jacket Condition: vg-. 1st Edition. 232 pages; b/w & color photos throughout; previous owner name & date on front ep; price-clipped dj. Hardcover (dj).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, 232 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First edition. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Profusely illustrated. *** "A look at the diversity of the photographic medium. The volume showcases works by such photographers as Richard Avedon, Cindy Sherman, Margaret Bourke-White, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Irving Penn in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the International Center of Photography." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Preface, by Willis E. Hartshorn; The anatomy, philosophy, and history of a collection of photographs, by Ellen Handy; About seeing; Still life, by Ann Lauterbach; Fashion and style, by Anne Hollander; Interiors, by Diane Johnson; Cities and urban encounters; Landscapes; War and disaster; Everyday life; Verbal image, by Charles Simic; Portraits; Biographies of photographers. Size: Folio. Collectible.

First edition 145 duotones and 30 color photographs. Very fine and bright in fine pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Exquisite all around. A lovely copy. New and bright all around, gift quality.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight hardcover copy in a Fine dust jacket. In Dime-Store Alchemy, the poet Charles Simic explores the surrealist art of Joseph Cornell through prose poems and essays, creating a literary equivalent to Cornell's mysterious shadow boxes. Simic reflects on Cornell's use of found objects, chance, and the commonplace to create magic, interweaving biography, art history, and personal meditation on beauty and imagination. The book is praised for its evocative, dreamlike quality, mirroring the enchanting and enigmatic nature of Cornell's work.