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Brown, John Mason.
The Worlds of Robert E. Sherwood: Mirror to His Times 1896-1939
New York, Harper and Row,
1965, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Fine/Very Good Plus, Robert E. Sherwood, (New Rochelle, N.Y)( 1896-1955)- Pulitzer prize-winning dramatist (Idiot's Delight, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, There Shall Be No Night, and Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History), journalist, and speechwriter to presidents. Sherwood's role in literature played an important role in the controversial years when democracy was taking on a new dimension. In his early years after service in the Canadian Black Watch during WWI, he came to New York, and worked on Vanity Fair along with his friends Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker, all esteemed members of the Algonguin's Round Table. Photo illustrated. A witty, entertaining and lively biography of a great man of letters, during America's most lively and productive literary times. Red and black cloth boards, gilt to lettering to front board and spine. DW not price clipped, red front and spine, portrait of Sherwood to rear DW. Mild rubbing to upper edge and upper spine end, few tiny closed tears to spine end. All else, very clean, tightly bound. Tall 8 vo, 409 pp
(Algonquin, Round, Table, Robert, E, Sherwood, American, Dramatists, The Worlds, Of, Robert, E, Sherwood, First, Edition, American, Playwright, Twenties, Literary, Period) Cat No. 4325.
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Brown, John Mason.
The Worlds of Robert E. Sherwood: Mirror to His Times 1896-1939
New York, Harper and Row,
1965, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Fine/Very Good Plus, Robert E. Sherwood, (New Rochelle, N.Y)( 1896-1955)- Pulitzer prize-winning dramatist (Idiot's Delight, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, There Shall Be No Night, and Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History), journalist, and speechwriter to presidents. Sherwood's role in literature played an important role in the controversial years when democracy was taking on a new dimension. In his early years after service in the Canadian Black Watch during WWI, he came to New York, and worked on Vanity Fair along with his friends Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker, all esteemed members of the Algonguin's Round Table. Photo illustrated. A witty, entertaining and lively biography of a great man of letters, during America's most lively and productive literary times. Red and black cloth boards, gilt to lettering to front board and spine. DW not price clipped, red front and spine, portrait of Sherwood to rear DW. Mild rubbing to upper edge and upper spine end, few tiny closed tears to spine end. All else, very clean, tightly bound. Tall 8 vo, 409 pp
(Algonquin, Round, Table, Robert, E, Sherwood, American, Dramatists, The Worlds, Of, Robert, E, Sherwood, First, Edition, American, Playwright, Twenties, Literary, Period) Cat No. 4325.
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Brown, John Mason.
The Worlds of Robert E. Sherwood: Mirror to His Times 1896-1939
New York, Harper and Row,
1965, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Fine/Very Good Plus, Robert E. Sherwood, (New Rochelle, N.Y)( 1896-1955)- Pulitzer prize-winning dramatist (Idiot's Delight, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, There Shall Be No Night, and Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History), journalist, and speechwriter to presidents. Sherwood's role in literature played an important role in the controversial years when democracy was taking on a new dimension. In his early years after service in the Canadian Black Watch during WWI, he came to New York, and worked on Vanity Fair along with his friends Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker, all esteemed members of the Algonguin's Round Table. Photo illustrated. A witty, entertaining and lively biography of a great man of letters, during America's most lively and productive literary times. Red and black cloth boards, gilt to lettering to front board and spine. DW not price clipped, red front and spine, portrait of Sherwood to rear DW. Mild rubbing to upper edge and upper spine end, few tiny closed tears to spine end. All else, very clean, tightly bound. Tall 8 vo, 409 pp
(Algonquin, Round, Table, Robert, E, Sherwood, American, Dramatists, The Worlds, Of, Robert, E, Sherwood, First, Edition, American, Playwright, Twenties, Literary, Period) Cat No. 4325.
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Brown, John Mason.
The Worlds of Robert E. Sherwood: Mirror to His Times 1896-1939
New York, Harper and Row,
1965, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Fine/Very Good Plus, Robert E. Sherwood, (New Rochelle, N.Y)( 1896-1955)- Pulitzer prize-winning dramatist (Idiot's Delight, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, There Shall Be No Night, and Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History), journalist, and speechwriter to presidents. Sherwood's role in literature played an important role in the controversial years when democracy was taking on a new dimension. In his early years after service in the Canadian Black Watch during WWI, he came to New York, and worked on Vanity Fair along with his friends Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker, all esteemed members of the Algonguin's Round Table. Photo illustrated. A witty, entertaining and lively biography of a great man of letters, during America's most lively and productive literary times. Red and black cloth boards, gilt to lettering to front board and spine. DW not price clipped, red front and spine, portrait of Sherwood to rear DW. Mild rubbing to upper edge and upper spine end, few tiny closed tears to spine end. All else, very clean, tightly bound. Tall 8 vo, 409 pp
(Algonquin, Round, Table, Robert, E, Sherwood, American, Dramatists, The Worlds, Of, Robert, E, Sherwood, First, Edition, American, Playwright, Twenties, Literary, Period) Cat No. 4325.
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Horgan, Paul.
Encounters with Stravinsky A Personal Record
New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
1972, First Print ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Near Fine/Very Good, More than a biography, the author presents a vivid sketchbook, in which his anecdotes, and recollections form a rich portrait of Stravinsky's life and music. With many amusing and touching moments of Stravinsky onstage, backstage, and offstage. It extends to include the prominent presence of his wife, painter Vera Stravinsky, and his friend and musical associate Robert Craft. Illustrated with 12 photos, sketches and facsimiles; including Picasso's sketch of Stravinsky, 1920. Black cloth boards and spine, gilt lettering to spine. DW not price clipped, white with brown letttering and decorations, spine mild browning, upper spine end closed tear and crease. Rear DW Igor Stravinsky conduction the first rehersal of hi Oedipus Rex, Sante Fe Opera, season 1960. 8 vo, 300 pp Very clean text, tightly bound. First Print
(Encounters, With, Stravinsky, First, Printing, Igor, Stravinsky, Composers, Music, Biography, Russian, Composers) Cat No. 4326.
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