Introduction by Mark Van Doren (30 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Only date given is 1951, but this is clearly later: 1960s or 1970s. AS NEW. Bound in a faux beige leather binding with elaborate gold-stamped spine decorations and with the spine title gold-stamped in a red panel. No wear to the binding. No slope, no twist, no distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. Top edge gilt. Red silk ribbon book mark. No name, no bookplate of the previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading. Lovely copy, presents nicely on the shelf - interior decoration quality. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 162 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slightly creased and slanted spine. Light foxing on page edges. Covers slightly creased.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Copyright 1960. 125 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Creasing on front and back covers. Louise Fili (Cover Design) (illustrator).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Rathbun, marFront cover has a slight crease from top to bottom. Something was placed between the first two pages of T. S. Eliot The Waste Land - The Burial of the Dead, and these two pages are heavily browned. Spine has slight wear and is browned. Bookplate on inside of front cover. Circled "9" written on upper margin of front cover. ; Cover art by Rockwell Kent. ; Charles Boni Paper Books; 250 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase Present. Essays by modern thinkers on a variety of subjects. Covered in plastic, in a cracked slipcase. Condition: Very Good+. Essays. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 4th Printing. 285pp, 4th printing, 1960. Hardcover protected by clear plastic dustjacket. No marks or tears. In a slipcase spotted and mottled on the rear. Essays by modern thinkers on a variety of subjects. Size: 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. The price has been clipped from the jacket. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is so loose that the book will stay open to any given page. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Excellent Condition. This hardcover book as a burgundy color red buckram heavy weave cloth cover with a photo of a man stamped in black on the front cover. The spine boasts gilt a title and a silver emblem. "S"aturday (DePace) (PM) Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.…

trade paperback. Condition: acceptable; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDsm8vo; 140 pages; acceptable trade paperback; faint stain to cover, slight scuff; few nicks to edges cover; tips bumped; some faint tanning to cover; spine starting; spine head and heal bumped and chipped; few nicks spine area; previous owners initials in ink half title page left by previous owner; tanning pages; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.…

Cloth - Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in 1931, this is the eighteenth printing of May, 1969. 385 pages. Inked name on the front paste down. Volume is otherwise Fine. Dust jacket with a small open tear at the lower edge over the top cover. Jacket shows other very slight rubbing on edges and remains bright and clean. Dust jacket is now in a clear Brodart protective sleeve. James Daugherty (illustrator).…

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Fine-. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Oversize hardcover bound in off-white cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt decorations on front; beveled edges; pasted-in color plates; limited edition 177/1500. Fine minus condition: spine slightly darkened and very slight soiling to head of spine and back board; otherwise excellent. Slipcase in good minus condition: a lot of discoloration; mild wear. Will cost extra for priority shipping. Not available for international shipping. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Slipcase: Good +. Limited Edition. Slightly musty smell, else book is in nice condition; several pages are uncut. Slipcase is structurally sound, but has some soils and rub marks. Copy number 793, illustrated. Fritz Kredel (illustrator). Book.

First Edition. New York, NY: Charles Boni. Good plus condition: cover faded; slightly cracked/No Dustjacket. 1930. First Edition. 12mo., 247pp., (ii) . Good plus condition: cover faded; slightly cracked/No Dustjacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Appears unread, slight shelfwear, brown cloth with gilt title, spine darkened, tight binding, tanning to pages, owner inscription dated 1943. Now mylar-covered.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 760 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. Collector's Edition. 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. xi, 372 pages. Condition is Very Good+; excellent on all points. Shak. RGR.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. Adventures of the Mind: From The Saturday Evening Post. Edited by Richard Thruelsen and John Kobler, with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Columbia University professor Mark Van Doren. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Fourth Printing, January 1960. 285 pages. A remarkable mid-century anthology bringing together major figures in science, philosophy, literature, history, religion, architecture, modern art, music, linguistics and cultural criticism. Originally drawn from essays appearing in The Saturday Evening Post, the collection provides a compelling snapshot of American intellectual culture at the close of the 1950s. The volume opens with an introduction by Mark Van Doren, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, critic and celebrated longtime Columbia University professor. Of particular historical interest, Mark Van Doren was the father of Charles Van Doren, the Columbia academic who became a national television celebrity as a contestant on NBC's Twenty-One before becoming the central figure in the celebrated television quiz-show scandal. Charles Van Doren publicly admitted before a congressional committee on November 2, 1959, that he had participated in the deception surrounding the program. This copy is the January 1960 fourth printing, placing its production only months after Charles Van Doren's congressional confession and at a remarkable moment in the history of the Van Doren family's public reputation and American intellectual culture. The connection is contextual rather than associative: Charles Van Doren did not contribute to this volume, but his father Mark supplied its introduction. The juxtaposition is particularly interesting because Adventures of the Mind celebrates intellectual inquiry and presents serious ideas to a broad popular audience—the same period in which Charles Van Doren's television fame had transformed a young Columbia scholar into a nationally recognized symbol of intellectual achievement. Mark and Charles Van Doren Historical Context Mark Van Doren was one of the distinguished American literary scholars of his generation, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and longtime professor of English at Columbia University. His son Charles Van Doren was likewise a Columbia academic when he became nationally famous through his appearances on the television quiz program Twenty-One. His apparent command of an extraordinary range of knowledge turned him into an intellectual celebrity during the 1950s. The story collapsed during the television quiz-show investigations. On November 2, 1959, Charles admitted before congressional investigators that he had been supplied questions and answers in connection with Twenty-One. His association with the scandal became one of the defining episodes in the early history of American television. The timing gives this particular printing an intriguing historical context: the copyright page identifies it as the Fourth Printing, January 1960, only a short time after Charles Van Doren's nationally publicized confession. No claim of ownership, provenance or direct association with Charles Van Doren is made; the significance is the documented father-son relationship and Mark Van Doren's role as the author of the introduction. Accordingly, this copy is accurately described as the Fourth Printing, January 1960, rather than a fourth edition. Please refer to photographs for additional condition detail; photographs form part of the description. .The January 1960 printing also places the volume at an extraordinary moment in the history of the Van Doren family, appearing shortly after the 1959 congressional testimony of Mark Van Doren's son Charles during the notorious television quiz-show scandal. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. This volume is in Fine condition. The front and back covers are both in terrific condition and the gilded page edges show minor wear to the side edge (see pictures of all edges). There is light bookplate residue on the second page. This book is part of the Library of Famous Editions Collection published by Easton Press. It comes complete with Collector's Notes and would be a beautiful addition to your Easton Press collection. Honore Guilbeau (illustrator). …

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Good-. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Full leather hardcover with gilt title on spine; limited edition 1393/1500; signed by Frederick W. Goudy. Book in good minus condition: spine is faded, rough, chipping, and splitting; light rubbing to horizontal edges of boards; toning to edges of endpapers due to manufacturer's glue; inner back hinge is slightly split but holding well; pages are excellent. Slipcase in good minus condition with some splitting, scuffing, toning. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Editor and Designer. Book. …

Trade Paperback. First Edition. 55 pages. Authors volunteered to support the war effort by speaking in various cities to sell war bonds. Prizes were then awarded to those individuals or organizations that had made the largest purchases of bonds. The prizes were the manuscripts that the authors had contributed toward the end that more bonds might be sold. Inscribed by the compiler/editor on half-title page: 'With all good wishes! to the Larremores. Louis J. Bailey.' First edition (first printing). Very good in blue printed wrappers (paperback). Wrappers are spotted. Signed By Author.…

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Fine-. Limited Edition. Oversize burgundy cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spines and gilt decorations to boards; gilt, red, and blue decorated endpapers; color illustrations; limited edition 1393/1500; signed by Rene' Clarke. Book in fine minus condiiton: spine slightly faded; very slight loss of color to some corners of binding; otherwise like new. Slipcase in fair condition with splitting and some wear otherwise. Will require extra for priority shipping. Not available for international shipping. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book. …

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Oversize hardcover with blue cloth spine with gilt lettering; boards covered with gilt paper; blue illustration on front; limited edition 177/1500; signed by Guilbeau. Book in very good condition: spine a little faded; minor stain to tail of spin; small scuff spot to top of front board; straight; tight; interior excellent. Slipcase in very good minus condition with mild scuffing and wear; small chip to gilt paper. Will cost extra for priority shipping. Not available for international shipping. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A beautiful ed. of the play based on the Olivier film. Illus. w. 24 sm. full color paintings based on scenes from the movie. 1st edition. Binding is oversz.cl. laid in is a copy of The Hertiage Club newletter The Sandglass. Lacking the cardboard slipcase. A beatiful fine copy. Book.…

Condition: Poor. No jacket. Bumps/scuffs to cover edges. Marks/some fading/staining to cover. Dark tanning to textblock edges. Foxing to endpapers. Some marks/foxing to pages. Last page significantly torn & taped back together but tape has tanned.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Thus. HARDBACK NODustJacket, 1983, 1st Edition THUS, Fine/F-, NOJACKET, A nice clean copy, Bound Red Decorated Genuine LEATHER cover and accented with 22kt gold, Gold Gilt lettering and Design as well as page edges GILT. Very light Cover gilt rub, Spine Cvr 4 Raised Bands with Gilt, Oversized 7 .75 X 8 in. approx, Interior Nice Tight Clean light Wear, Nice Sound Binding, Very tiny corner Nicks. Includes in-laid Easton Press Notes from the Archives pamphlet.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Roslyn, New York: Black's Readers Service (1951). XXIV+674 pages. New Hardcover without dj. 7.7"x5.5"x1.5". be2x.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Editon Second Printing (November 1930) in gilt-stamped & decorated full blue cloth, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright, boards show edge wear & discoloration to edges with nick to top front panel edge, spine darkened (titles clear & legible) with softening to ends & beginnings of fraying to spine top, waviness/rippling to pages but unstained with contents/plates unaffected, gift inscription dated 1931 to half-title, else clean tight nice copy; 8vo; (xxi) 262pp illus. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1942. 2 Volumes. Xxix + 264 pgs. Illustrated with 49 photographs. Number #536 of a limited edition of 1500 copies, Signed by Edward Weston at the colophon in Volume 2. Lacking the slipcase. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (boards are scuffed and worn to the extremities; edges of the spines are chipped). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman (18191892). Though the first edition was published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and re-writing Leaves of Grass, revising it multiple times until his death. This resulted in vastly different editions over four decadesthe first a small book of twelve poems and the last a compilation of over 400 poems. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…