Doris Dana Editor (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No markings. Bi-lingual edition. Antonio Frasconi (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. stapled pictorial wraps; 104 clean, unmarked pages; includes items by/about: Richard Armour (poem); Wolcott Gibbs ("On a Darklig Plain"); Phyllis McGinley (poem); Shirley Ann Grau ("Joshua"); E.J. Kahn, Jr. (Profules: Robert L. Stevens, Pt 2: Openings and closings--Theatre); Wolcott Gibbs (T.S. Eliot); Mollie Painter-Downes (Letter from London); M.C. Blackman ("Smll Problem, Small Debt"); Edward Parone (poem); John Bainbridge (Letter from Stockholm); Talk of the Town; Books, Art, Theater, Cinema, Food Reviews, Etc. Rea Irvin Anniversary Cover Art; Frank B. Modell, Perry Barlow, Dana Fradon, Doris Mauhaus, George Price, Etc (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. near fine. 2nd Printing. Quarto size, 265 pp. From the publisher's description on the back panel: "Gabriela Mistral was the first Latin American writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.She taught at four American colleges.was a delegate from Chile to the United Nations and served on the Committee for Women's Rights."; these just a few of the insights into this important writer. On the front flap is a blurb by W.S. Merwin: "A moving and powerful voice, one that must be known if we are to pretend to an understanding of modern Latin American poetry." ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full light brown cloth over boards, red spine "label" stamped with gilt lettering, orange endpapers; binding quarto size (9 3/4" by 6 7/8"), pagination: [i-vi] vii-xxix [1, blank] [1-2] 3-235. In a heavy sienna paper jacket, Frasconi woodcut on the front panel (the same as the frontispiece), brown lettering, reproduction of a black-and-white photograph on the back panel of Mistral with Dana. ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine, the boards clean, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; some light creases to the first approximately 20 pages at the bottom fore-edge corner (the largest just a few millimeters), else fine. The jacket also near fine, clean and with only a modicum of edgewear, light sunning to the spine, and price-clipped. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note the following: (i) additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs, please inquire for details; and (ii) any taxes, duty, or tariffs charged by your country will, of necessity, be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Top of spine shows a bit of a crunch, tears, and wrinkles. 236 pages. This bilingual Spanish-English edition presents 56 selected poems by Nobel laureate Gabriela Mistral, translated by Doris Dana with woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi, drawing from her four major collections to reveal her passionate intensity, Chilean landscapes, and themes of love, grief, and spiritual longing. Keywords: Doris Dana Translation, Desolacion, Ternura Tenderness, Tala Clearcut, Lagar Winepress, Chilean Landscape, Elqui Valley, Nobel Prize 1945, Antonio Frasconi, Bilingual Edition, Love and Grief, Latin American Poetry. Frasconi, Antonio (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: Like New. First edition, second printing Looks unread with just a touch of shelf wear in neatly price clipped jacket. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal. Antonio Frasconi (illustrator).