Noel Young Editor (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Chronicle Books, Published 1982. Paperback, 143 pp.; 25 x 26 cm; illustrated with 78 works reproduced in color and black-and-white etchings. Foreword by Lawrence Durrell; edited by Noel Young; published in cooperation with Capra Press. In Good condition. Glossy pictorial wrappers with French flaps; front cover reproduces a Miller watercolor, rear cover a color photograph of Miller by Gail Mezey; mild shelf and edge wear, light scuffing to covers. Sewn binding; four leaves (title, dedication, contents and acknowledgments) have separated from the sewing and are laid in, all present; remaining text block sound. Gift inscription in ink dated 1983 on dedication page; otherwise pages clean and unmarked. Retrospective of Henry Miller's watercolors and etchings spanning nearly fifty years, assembled from collectors around the world by Noel Young, Miller's friend and publisher during his last decade. The paintings are arranged by decade from the 1930s through the 1970s, many of them inscribed by Miller to friends, with a list of paintings giving date and collection for each (Anais Nin, the Yale and UCLA libraries, Miller's family). Four essays by Miller on painting: Paint as You Like and Die Happy, first published here; To Paint Is to Love Again (first published 1960 by Cambria Books); The Painting Lesson; and The Waters Reglitterized (first published 1973 by Capra Press). Also includes a list of Miller's exhibitions from 1927 to 1978. Color plates printed by Dai Nippon, Tokyo; designed by Howard Jacobsen. Contents: Acknowledgments; Editor's Preface (Noel Young); Foreword: The Paintings of Henry Miller (Lawrence Durrell); Essays by Henry Miller: Paint as You Like and Die Happy; To Paint Is to Love Again; The Painting Lesson; The Waters Reglitterized; Paintings by Henry Miller: The 1930s; The 1940s; The 1950s; The 1960s; The 1970s; List of Paintings; Henry Miller's Exhibitions. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. 5" x 7", 348 page paperback bound in pink and white printed wrappers. A Fine copy. Stories by Henry Miller, Ray Bradbury, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ross MacDonald, and others. .

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fine condition color illustrated stiff softcover wraps. Includes rear section of the following: Authors and Artist Briefly Noted; Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology Staff and Administrative board for 1981; Life Members and Benefactors Laboratory of Ornithology 31, December 1981 nine scholarly ornithological publications by various author. Illustrated with color plates, including a color plate frontispiece. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 64 pages. Illustrated. Robert Palmer "Two Young Sculptors in Bath - Mary Kenny & Noel Perkins" / Reg Boulon "A Delight of Places - The Wood-engravings of Kenneth Lindley" / Frances Macgill "A Visit to the Glasshouse" / Keith Spencer "British Studio Glass at the Cirencester Workshops" / Linda Saunders "Sense & Spirit Mark Angus, Stained Glass Artist" (U.P.).…

paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. First edition. Some light foxing on the outer edges of pages. Previous owners stamp to title page. Fading to covers and spine. Top edge of front cover bumped.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Pages 72. Illustrated. 295x210mm. Publisher's pictorial card covers. A near fine copy free from any library stamps, inscriptions or other markings.

hard cover. Condition: Very Good. No jacket. Limited edition. Santa Barbara:Capra Press. 1982. Limited edition of 250 copies, numbered (#47) and signed on the Colophon page by Laurence Durrell, who wrote the foreward. 143pp. Profusely illustrated in color and black/white. Hardcover with slipcase.  Blue textured cloth boards lightly sunfaded along spine strip but still in very good condition. Internally clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. Slipcase is slightly soiled but still in very good condition. *With collected essays by Henry Miller on the art of watercolor, a foreward by Lawrence Durrell. …