John Ashbery Foreword (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Book has a touch of wear to edges and corners. in excellent condition, clean and sharp with tight binding, bright and unmarked pages; a very well-kept copy, nearly as new.

Hardcover. 11.25 x 10.75 inches. 263 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. "Gathers drawings, including studies for major paintings, created by the author during the fifties, sixties, and seventies, and shares his comments on his art, influences, and life.". A fine copy in a near-fine jacket, upper spine with small clear tape repair, otherwise clean and bright.…

paperback. Condition: As New. First Paperback Edition. Publisher: Independent Curators International, 2007. FINE softcover in illustrated/pictorial wraps, as issued. First Softcover Edition, Printing Unstated. As new. Pristine.

First edition As new and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Handsome all around. An immediate classic. Gift quality.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. 11.5 x 11 inches. 263 pp. Lavish b/w and color illustrations throughout. Turquoise cloth lettered in gilt at spine. Minor toning to board edges. Jacket price-clipped, one closed tear to crown of spine, two small scratches along bottom edge of front panel. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. In mylar wrapper.…

HC/DJ. Condition: Fine in fine dj. First edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Wrappers. 304pp. Cover by R. B. Kitaj. Light bump to the head edge towards the spine, leaving a crease and a short, superficial split, the wrappers slightly rubbed and soiled, but sound. This copy has been signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Jacket is rubbed. Jacket spine is sunned, but text is legible. Cover boards are slightly warped, with very small dents on the top edges. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.

Card Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. xv, 128pp. Affectionate first name inscription & cartoon drawing from Sommer in the year of publication for OUP poetry editor, Jackie Simms. Fractionally signs of use. Signed by Author(s).

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. First Edition. A nice hardcover in a protective Mylar sleeve with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours a tracking number and delivery confirmation.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First. Very Good + condition quarter cloth large 8vo, 479 pages in a Very Good + dj (minor rubbing to rear panel). The present copy is from the library of the late great Jill Johnston (1929-2010), critic, radical lesbian feminist champion of the avant-garde, and bears her pencilled initials at top corner of deep blue front free endpaper as well as her distinctive stamp in blue ink on the title page which reads "Write first. then live." J.J.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in brown cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and gilt publisher's logo to the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. (Herbert George) Rodrigo Moynihan RA (17 October 1910 - 6 November 1990) was an English painter, credited with being a pioneer of abstract painting in England. A winter in Rome 1927-1928 inspired him to devote himself to art, and in 1928 he started studying at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. In the 1930s he gained a reputation as a pioneer of abstract painting in England as a member of the Objective Abstraction movement. Moynihan was later attracted to social realism and became associated from 1937 with the Euston Road School. Moynihan served in the British Army from 1940 to 1943, first in the Royal Artillery and then doing camouflage work. Following an injury, he was given a full-time salaried commission by the War Artists' Advisory Committee, WAAC, having previously completed a number of short-term contracts for the Committee. He completed a number of portraits of ATS and senior, male, military figures for this contract and also for subsequent shorter WAAC contracts Moynihan was appointed an Associate Member of the Royal Academy in 1944. After the war, he was professor of painting at the Royal College of Art 1948-1957, and was elected a full member of the Royal Academy in 1954. At this period, he was in demand for official portraits, and executed commissions of amongst others Princess Elizabeth (1946) and Prime Minister Clement Attlee (1947). He changed direction from 1957, resigning from the Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy and returning to abstraction, working outside England in Europe and North America. This book offers a fascinating overview of Moynihan's oeuvre; from the free resonant 'Objective Abstractions' of the early 1930s, and the portraits of the 1940s, through the post war years - when as Professor of Painting at the Royal College of Art, he began to explore a visual dialogue between the planned and the casual, the ordered and the random in series after series of still lifes - to the abstracts and landscapes of the 1960s and the new still lifes and portraits of the 1970s and 80s. The book contains eighty five illustrations of which sixty five are in colour. Ref TT 1.…

hardcover. Condition: As New. Like New. First Edition. Publisher: Clarkson Potter, 1979. FINE- hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. Remainder marked. First Edition, SECOND Printing. Previous owner's artistic embossed stamp at bottom of FFEP otherwise as new.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 428 pp, wraps slightly creased Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Cloth. Condition: Fine Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 264 pp., 285 illustrations 70 in full color. Light soiling to the edge. A bit of chipping an wear to the dustjacket edge, otherwise fine. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1979 Clarkson Potter hard cover - 1st edition - signed with small inscription by Rivers - some staining to dust jacket, edge of cover and page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - a nice collectible - enjoy.

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

HC, no dj as issued. Condition: Fine in fine dj. First edition. Signed by Ashbery and Byrne.

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

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Teal cloth over boards with gilt-stamped lettering on spine; full-color illustrated dust jacket; pp. [264], with tipped-on frontispiece, 285 duotone illustrations and photographs, 70 full-color reproductions. Signed and dated (Dec 1980) by Rivers on the ffep. Faint adhesive stain (about 3") along front joint; very light soiling at bottom corner of text block (not infringing into textblock). Dust jacket rubbed, with a few small scuff marks here and there; lightly wrinkled along the edges. Internally bright and clean, an excellent copy.…

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 4to, pp. Profusely illustrated (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Brand new still in publisher's shrink wrap. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

FIRST EDITION Square 4to. brown clothbound hardback, gilt, with dust jacket. 140pp. with colour and b/w illustrations. Previous owner's ink inscription to ffep. Dust Jacket has not been price clipped. Small previous seller's price sticker to back cover of dust jacket. Fading to spine of dust jacket. VG/VG. (Shelf 25) PLEASE NOTE: Heavy Book [1 kg+]. Postage outside the UK WILL/COULD incur a surcharge, BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE CONTACT US VIA E-MAIL FOR AN ACCURATE QUOTE. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct. …

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. dj. First Edition. Inscribed on half title "For Janet / Armenian like Gorky / [signed] Larry Rivers" in black ink. First edition, second printing. 264pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Gallery Guide to Skirball Cultural Center show laid in. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Signed by Illustrator. …

First edition, first printing. Original black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Very light offsetting to endpapers. In the dustwrapper, slightly dusty and a little darkened to the spine, the tips and corners a touch rubbed with a tiny nick to the upper edge of the fold between spine and front panel. A very presentable copy. 'Some Trees', Ashbery's first full-length collection was submitted in manuscript for the 1955 Yale Younger Poets competition (an earlier chapbook, 'Turandot, and Other Poems' had been issued by the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in 1953). Established in 1918, the Yale Prize for the best debut collection by an American poet is the longest-running annual literary award in the United States, the winning collection published each year by Yale University Press. In 1955, W. H. Auden was in his ninth year as the competition's judge, having taken over the job from Archibald MacLeish in 1947. During his tenure, he had already chosen Adrienne Rich and W. S. Merwin as winners and later chose James Wright and John Hollander. The curious story of Ashbery's success in 1955 is given in the poet's own words in David Kermani's bibliography of the poet: "I had submitted my poems to the Yale University Press according to the requirement of the competition. [.] Frank O'Hara had also submitted a manuscript that year, and both of us had our manuscripts returned by the Press. They'd been screened out from the manuscripts that were sent to Auden. Later we heard that Auden hadn't liked any of the manuscripts that they'd sent to him and decided not to award the prize that year, and then someone, a mutual friend, possibly Chester Kallman, told Auden [.] that Frank and I both submitted. And he asked us through this friend to send our manuscripts, which we did, and then he chose mine, although I never had felt that he particularly liked my poetry, and his introduction to the book is rather curious, since it doesn't really talk about the poetry. He mentions me as being a kind of successor to Rimbaud, which is very flattering, but at the same time I've always had the feeling that Auden probably never read Rimbaud." It is a beautiful collection, lyrical and formally adventurous, at once suffused with a young poet's debts to older poets (Auden, Bishop, Moore, Stevens, Pasternak, Raymond Roussel), while speaking in Ashbery's own unmistakable voice. Auden's fascinating introduction as well as the volume's attractive design adds to the book's continuing appeal. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

New Haven: Yale University Press. 1956. 8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the publisher's yellow printed dust-jacket; pp. 87, [1]; cloth a touch bumped to lower spine end, jacket minimally toned and rubbed to lower spine; a fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout, in the fine, bright dustwrapper; front free endpaper signed by John Ashbery in blue ink.A particularly attractive signed first printing of Ashbery's first book, chosen by W. H. Auden as winner of the 1955 Yale Younger Poets competition, with Auden's introduction.Some Trees, Ashbery's first full-length collection, was submitted in manuscript for the 1955 Yale Younger Poets competition (an earlier chapbook, Turandot, and Other Poems, had been issued by the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in 1953). Established in 1918, the Yale Prize for the best debut collection by an American poet is the longest-running annual literary award in the United States, with the winning collection published each year by Yale University Press. In 1955, W. H. Auden was in his ninth year as the competition's judge, having taken over the job from Archibald MacLeish in 1947. During his tenure, he had chosen Adrienne Rich and W. S. Merwin as winners and would later choose James Wright and John Hollander.The curious story of Ashbery's success in 1955 has been described by the poet: 'I had submitted my poems to the Yale University Press according to the requirement of the competition. [.] Frank O'Hara had also submitted a manuscript that year, and both of us had our manuscripts returned by the Press. They'd been screened out from the manuscripts that were sent to Auden . Later we heard that Auden hadn't liked any of the manuscripts that they'd sent to him and decided not to award the prize that year, and then someone, a mutual friend, possibly Chester Kallman, told Auden [.] that Frank and I both submitted. And he asked us through this friend to send our manuscripts, which we did, and then he chose mine, although I never had felt that he particularly liked my poetry, and his introduction to the book is rather curious, since it doesn't really talk about the poetry. He mentions me as being a kind of successor to Rimbaud, which is very flattering, but at the same time I've always had the feeling that Auden probably never read Rimbaud' (quoted in Kermani, John Ashbery (1976)).Some Trees is lyrical and formally adventurous, suffused with the young poet's debts (to Auden, Bishop, Moore, Stevens, Pasternak, Raymond Roussel) but already speaking in Ashbery's own unmistakable voice.…