Aspen: The Magazine in a Box Vol. 1 No. 1
Published by Aspen Magazine, New York, 1965
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.Sekkes Consultants
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The inaugural issue of the pioneering magazine of art and culture, edited and published by Phyllis Johnson. Aspen appeared irregularly between 1965 and 1971. This issue was designed by the award-winning Esquire art director George Lois, along with Tom Courtos and Ralph Tuzzo. This copy is complete with all pamphlets as well the flexidisc recordings and all separately inserted ads. The box has creasing, closed tears and corner wear. The complete set of items with black hinged box, 9-1/2 by 12-1/2 by 3/4 inches, printed with large letter A. Contains the following seven pieces: 1. Jazz: A Cool Duel. Three perspectives on jazz, from three active musicians: In Praise of Dixieland, Freddie Fisher; In Defense of Latter-Day Jazz, Jon Hendricks; In Explanation of All Jazz, Chuck Israels. 2 Phonograph recording. Two sides of jazz. Side A: St. James Infirmary Blues performed by Peanuts Hucko, Yank Lawson, Clancy Hayes, Lou Stein, Lou McGarrity, and Morey Field, taped at the 1964 Aspen Jazz Party. Side B: Israel by the Bill Evans Trio, from Verve 8613, "Bill Evans Trio '65". 3 Ski-Roaming, Lift-Shunning, Mountain-Touring. Denis Higgins and John Henry Auran on the pleasures of cross-country skiing. 4 A Sanctuary for Deer, Peacocks, and People. Peggy Clifford visits Stillwater ranch, home of architect-planner Frederic Benedict. 5 The Hide-and-Seek Bird of the Timberline. Timothy Thomas and Tony Gauba on the white-tailed ptarmigan. 6 Configurations of the New World. Extracts from thirteen papers presented at the 15th annual International Design Conference in Aspen. Implications of Population Changes, Philip M. Hauser; New Technologies and Institutional Change, Robert G.W. Theobald; The Human Imagination in the New Age, Rev. William F. Lynch; To Build Is Everything or Nothing Is Built, Konrad Wachsman; Columbia A Garden to Grow People, James W. Rouse; The Victory of Technique over Content, Jan C. Rowan The New Conservation Can Succeed, Stewart L. Udall; The New Scale, Arthur Drexler; Lausanne 1964 Exposition An Experiment in Planning, Peter Blake; "U.S. Us", George Nelson & Co.; The Interrelationships between Ethics and Power in Design, Philip Rosenthal; The New Motivations of Leadership in Industry, David Finn; Urban Transportation in Perspective, Martin Wohl; 7 Our Ad Gallery, a black folder, 9-1/8 by 12 inches. Encloses a color booklet, 36pp, 7-7/8 by 8-3/8 inches, about IBM's pavillion at the New York World's Fair; a color booklet, 26pp, 3-7/8 by 8-5/8 inches, for Fabergé "Make-Op" cosmetics; a color sheet for Grant's scotch, 9 by 12 inches; a folded color sheet for Xerox, 17 by 11 inches; a black and white sheet for Adele Simpson, 8-3/4 by 10-5/8 inches; a green and white sheet for the Seven Arts Book Society, 8-7/8 by 10-1/2 inches. 9½" - 12½". …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Aspen: The Magazine in a Box Vol. 1 No. 1
- Author
- Johnson, Phyllis (editor)
- Publisher
- Aspen Magazine, New York
- Publication year
- 1965
- Condition
- Near fine
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- first edition.
- Dimensions
- 9½" - 12½"
Sekkes Consultants
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