Fire Out Stone Reinterpretation Basic by Rudhyar Dane (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Green faux leather covers with silver and red lettering and design on spine. Light bumping to spine ends and upper edge of front cover. Previous owners name on top edge of ffep. Light foxing and yellowing to front page ends and inside front and back covers. Underlining in ink on the first 37 pages of text. The rest of the text is clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. Discusses the 3 facts dominating the world situation being the challenge to the spirit and character of the Western society and "Christian" civilization, "the rising tide of so-called colored people beating against the citadel of the white and Christian attitude of superiority" and the fact that the Western Christian world has shown no convincing ability to meet these two challenges. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never ex-lib unless explicitly described as such.

1963, hardcover, lichte gebruikssporen aan stofomslag / light wear on dustjacket , , lichte gebruikssporen aan stofomslag / light wear on dustjacket , , lichte gebruikssporen aan stofomslag / light wear on dustjacket.

1963, hardcover, scheurtje/deuk in kaft / small tear in cover , , scheurtje/deuk in kaft / small tear in cover , , scheurtje/deuk in kaft / small tear in cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 207, [1]pp. Bookstore label on front pastedown, else fine in modestly age-toned else near fine dustwrapper. Signed by Rudhyar on the front fly. From the jacket copy: "[the author] claims that nothing short of a radical revaluation and reinterpretation of the non-conforming life and the simple yet paradoxical words of Jesus can give Christianity the fresh, vital and dynamic power which would enable it to become once more a positive, transforming force in a world-wide human society.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 207, [1]pp. Ownership signature of M. Taylor Lee in red pencil on front fly, and several passages underscored in the same pencil, else near fine in spine-toned very good dustwrapper with some modest loss at the crown. Laid in is a pamphlet by Rudhyar: *Why I Wrote Fire Out of the Stone* (one leaf folded to make eight pages; some toning), Signed by Rudhyar with his address on the first page. From the jacket copy of the book: "[the author] claims that nothing short of a radical revaluation and reinterpretation of the non-conforming life and the simple yet paradoxical words of Jesus can give Christianity the fresh, vital and dynamic power which would enable it to become once more a positive, transforming force in a world-wide human society.".