THIS PRECIPICE GARDEN: Poems by James DePriest. With an Afterword by William Stafford. INSCRIBED TO LEONARD BERNSTEIN. by (Bernstein, Leonard). DePriest, James [1936-2013] - April, 1987.
by (Bernstein, Leonard). DePriest, James [1936-2013]
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THIS PRECIPICE GARDEN: Poems by James DePriest. With an Afterword by William Stafford. INSCRIBED TO LEONARD BERNSTEIN.
by (Bernstein, Leonard). DePriest, James [1936-2013]
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Portland, OR: University of Portland Press, April, 1987., April, 1987.. Very good. INSCRIBED BY DEPRIEST TO LEONARD BERNSTEIN - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt, in a dust wrapper. [x], 50 & [5] pp. plus colophon. Very minor foxing to the edges. Very good.
Second printing.
From Leonard Bernstein's library, inscribed to him by James DePriest on the half-title: "To L.B. / To whom I owe my passion for music making, in awe, wonder and abiding affection / Jemmy / Nov 18, 1987". DePriest, a pioneering African-American conductor, was appointed by Bernstein as assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic in 1965. This was his first book of poems.
Wonderful association copy.
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Bookseller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Book Condition Used - Very good
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Portland, OR: University of Portland Press, April, 1987.
- Date Published April, 1987.
- Keywords MUSIC; CONDUCTORS; COMPOSERS; AFRICAN-AMERICAN; LITERATURE; POETRY; LEONARD BERNSTEIN; JAMES DEPRIEST; NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; WILLIAM STAFFORD.