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The Nephew. [Association Copy]
by Purdy, James
- Used
- fine
- hardcover
- Signed
- First
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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New York, New York
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 210pp. 21 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A very sharp copy. (Almost invariably copies of this title have dust jackets with sunned spines, a condition which is sometimes difficult to discern if one has nothing to compare it to. The trick is to look at the yellow field with the author's name: it should be a nice bright yellow, like the front panel.) Warmly inscribed by the author: "For Harold Rosenberg, with sincere good wishes, James Purdy". A sharp copy. A fantastic association! Rosenberg had a long and fruitful career as a writer, a professor, and most importantly a critic, first for literature and then for painting. He spent the last 25 years of his life working for Wallace Shawn at The New Yorker magazine writing about art and the important part that American artists held in reshaping it. From his obituary in the New York Times: "...known for his forthright championship of the American Abstract Expressionist painters, ...In an article written for Art News magazine Mr.Rosenberg gave the general name of "action painting" to the work of the painters among them Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Arshile Gorky, Hans Hofmann and Mark Rothko - who made up what is now generally known as "the Abstract Expressionists" or the "First New York School.".
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Details
- book dealer
- DuBois Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller’s Inventory #
- 003852
- Title
- The Nephew. [Association Copy]
- Author
- Purdy, James
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- second hand - Fine
- Jacket condition
- Fine
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Korean War, Small town, anti-war,
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in... [more]
- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps... [more]
- inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been... [more]
- spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf.... [more]
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in... [more]
- sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight... [more]
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched... [more]
- fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the... [more]
