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Hardcover. First edition. Near Fine clothbound hardcover with a small light abrasion to the front and a touch of tanning to the endpapers; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The March 1959 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. I, No. 4), with: a portfolio of gravure-printed color photographs of NYC by Ruth Orkin; a profile of the Spanish artist Joan Miro by Pierre Schneider with photographs by Sabine Weiss and with a spread gravure-printed color reproduction of a litho by the artist; the architecture of Pier Luigi Nervi by Allan Temko; "William Carlos Williams, M.D." a poem by Paul Engle, with a portrait of Williams by Elliott Erwitt; a series of photographs by Nadar of he and Marie-Eugene Chevreul; Malcolm Cowley on recent first novels preoccupied with sex by Terry Southern, J.P. Donleavy, George Elliott, Shirley Ann Grau, and others; Alexander's vision of world unity changed the destiny of western men argues C.A. Robinson, Jr., profusely illustrated; all rules of fashion create backlashes says Dwight E. Robinson; the copper beech in Lady Gregory's House of Coole's garden, and Irish literature; detecting art forgeries by Gilbert Highet; a short story by Marcus Checke; and much more. Edited by Joseph J. Thorndike, Jr. 136 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches.