Search Results: Authors starting with M from Charles Agvent

New York: A Great Bear Pamphlet (Something Else Press), 1966. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Printed green wraps. The second book by this American poet, performance artist, composer, playwright, and early affiliate of the Fluxus movement.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Hardcover. Fine, bright copy in a Near Fine slipcase. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-3/8") bound in full green, hand-crushed and rolled Florentine morocco leather with gilt stamping on the spine and a gilt-stamped fleuron pattern on the covers copying the design of a book in the library of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Translated from the Italian by Hill Thompson with a new preface by Irwin Edman. Copy #740 of 1500, issued unsigned. Monthly Letter laid in as well as something we've not encountered before: a broadsheet titled "How to Tell Gold from Shoddy," a translation taken from the MANUALE TYPOGRAFICA printed in 1788 by Giambattista Bodoni.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Hardcover. Spine slightly darkened. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with slight loss of paper on the top edge. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-3/8") bound in full green, hand-crushed and rolled Florentine morocco leather with gilt stamping on the spine and a gilt-stamped fleuron pattern on the covers copying the design of a book in the library of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Translated from the Italian by Hill Thompson with a new preface by Irwin Edman. Copy #844 of 1500, issued unsigned.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dustwrapper with large chip at base of spine. Cloth, quarto, xvii, 586 pages. A unified, comprehensive treatment designed for students to learn not only techniques but also how to cope with new photographic problems as they arise. Illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs.

Newcastle upon Tyne: MacKenzie and Dent, [1819]. First Edition. Hardcover. Long tear to map with no loss; text and plates generally clean. Backstrip slightly lifted with minor split to front hinge and cover just a tad loose; small gouge to leather on spine. Very Good. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") in 19th-century black calf-backed marbled boards; xv, (1), (9)-712 pages. Illustrated with a large folding engraved map, 2 engraved plans of the City of Washington and the Country round Pittsburg, and 6 engraved views: the Capitol, Falls of Niagara, Natural Bridge, Mount Vernon, an American Stage Waggon,and the Bank of the United States. HOWES M-137. Quite scarce when the large map is present.

London: Cadell & Davies, 1801. First Edition. Hardcover. Lacking the half title, as usual. Minor occasional foxing; some offsetting from portrait to title page and on maps which, except for one neat repair and two minor marginal closed tears are fine; slight bowing of boards. A very attractive, Near Fine example of this important text. Large quarto (8-1/4" x 11") bound in attractive modern full tan calf in antique style, with heavily gilt-decorated spine with contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers; [4] viii, cxxxii, 412 pages + errata leaf. FIELD 967: "No writer upon the subject of Indian customs and peculiarities has given us a more minute, careful and interesting relation"; GRAFF 2630; HILL, pp. 187-88: "This is the first and finest edition of one of the most important of Canadian books"; HOWES M-133; LANDE 1317; NEW HOWES M-133 "dd": "First crossing of the continent from ocean to ocean by a white man.... The account of the fur trade--first ever… Read More

New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, Inc., [1969]. First Edition. Softcover. Rear cover a little soiled. About Fine. Printed pamphlet, 16 pages including covers. SIGNED by the poet on the front cover and dated "Conway December 1977." Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. SIGNED by the poet on the half-title page. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

Urbana, IL: The University of Illinois Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with small chips and tears. Cloth; [x], 52 pages; die-cut title page. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in glassine in a Good example of the fragile slipcase, missing one edge and with some fraying, in a Fine clamshell box. Quarto (9-/8" x 11-1/2") in stiff white printed wrappers printed in red and black in glassine dustwrapper and original gold foil slipcase, housed in a modern cloth clamshell box with a printed morocco spine label. Frontispiece portrait of MacLeish by Paul Emile Becat. Copy #32 of 50 copies (of a total edition of 100) on Japan vellum. Though not called for, this copy is SIGNED by the poet on the half-title page. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page… Read More

Worcester (MA): Achille J. St. Onge, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Small stain on front cover. Near Fine. A miniature book (2-1/8" x 2-7/8") in full navy leather with a facsimile of the author's signature gilt-stamped on the front cover, all edges gilt; 63, [1] pages. One of 1250 copies with a frontispiece portrait of the author tipped in. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

Cambridge: University Press, 1942. First British Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Printed wraps; 24 pages plus covers. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

[Cambridge, MA], 28 October 1951. Letters. Some wrinkling and expected wear. Very Good. TYPED LETTER SIGNED as "A. MacLeish" on personal Harvard stationery to Charles Mullen of the Florida Grower Press apologizing for sending 6 of his volumes of poetry to him and explaining why he did so. With two small ink corrections.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1933. First British Edition. Hardcover. Slight foxing to covers. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper with very light soiling at the rear. One of 1000 copies. This long poem, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, is based on the writings of Bernal Diaz del Castillo as well as on Macleish's own travels iin Mexico. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

New York: The Dinner Committee, 1944. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Pictorial wraps, with a photograph of Kirchwey by Lotte Jacobi on the front; 62 pages plus covers. Includes addresses by Kirchwey, Reinhold Niebuhr, Dorothy Thompson, Archibald MacLeish, and others. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Just about Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with mild sunning to the spine. First Printing, a Review Copy with the review slip laid in. INSCRIBED "For Lee & J/with my love" and SIGNED in March 1958 by the poet on the half-title page. Also included are two playbills, including one for the premiere performance on 11 December 1958, starring Pat Hingle, Christopher Plummer, and Raymond Massey. All in a protective cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered morocco label on the backstrip. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as a Tony Award. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared… Read More

[Boston]: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. First Edition. Softcover. Light soiling to covers, some ink notes. Very Good or better. Tall (11") Uncorrected Proof in green wraps with a large white title label pasted on the front cover printed in black and stamped "UNCORRECTED PROOFS" in red, with a white plastic spiral comb spine. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as a Tony Award. Several pages with ink notes by an unidentified reviewer. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

Greenfield, MA: Greenfield Community College, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Printed stiff wraps (6-1/2" x 10"); 4 pages plus covers. Laid in is a one-sheet program for the college's production of MacLeish's AIR RAID. Speakers included Donald Hall and William Heyen. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pierce, (1944). First Edition. Hardcover. Close to Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. A collection of radio dramas about America. An Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

Hamden, CT, 1974 - 1977. Letters. One typed letter missing the first page. Near Fine. Four handwritten letters and four typed letters, all SIGNED variously in full or as "Al," on different stationery, all addressed to "Mr. MacLeish," totaling 15 pages. Poulin covers much ground including his open-heart surgery, a proposed anthology of American poetry to coincide with the Bicentennial (Poulin had edited the 1971 anthology CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY), discussion of various forthcoming BOA publications including W. D. Snodgrass's THE FÜHRER BUNKER and Anthony Piccione's ANCHOR DRAGGING for which MacLeish wrote the foreword, comments on what it means to be a poet and the State University of New York at Brockport's The Writer's Forum series (Poulin taught there), as well as much else including MacLeish's effect on Poulin: "I hope you know that you continue to be a profound influence on many of us here-- we who continue to envy your serenity and wisdom and humanity and artistry. Increasingly I believe… Read More