viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1972

(Japan - Folk Art - Shinano Province)
        Sekitaku Shinano No Doshinbutsu Ink Rubbings of Roadside Stone-Carved Deities in the Shinano Province
      Japan: Otosaburo Moriizumi, 1972. 10 rubbings made by Otosaburo Moriizumi; these are printed in black and white on fine thin Japanese paper; each rubbing tipped-on by its corners to a thin cardstock backer and with a dark blue, gray or green stiff paper "window" surround; with a 4-sided folding explanatory sheet, text in Japanese & English, including a brief introduction by Shoji Hamada; with an illustration of Mr. Moriizumi, biographical details and information on the rubbings; the author-collector "chose ten lovely carvings found in the Matsumoto district" for this selection; images and titles (in Japanese) of the images, with the dates of creation if known, these from 1695 - 1870 - the undated images from earlier times; and with the sizes of the original carvings in cm.; (from the author's text): "...We often find a group of three or four naive stone-carved images at the village borders and crossings when we travel along olden ways of Shinano Province. It became popular among farmers to make this sort of stone images from the middle Edo period based on their belief. They prayed for fertility and prosperity by erecting such images representing Buddhist, Shinto and folkloric deities. Among them the most prevalent is Dosojin, a pair of male and female folkloric gods. They were considered to be patron gods for children and young couples and gods who brought the peace of the village and abundance of crops....Besides these independent images there are stone carvings known as koshin tower. ..the relief of Blue-headed Kongo, a Buddhist deity, as the main image, and that of the sun and moon above..."; all items loosely contained in a blue paper-covered hardcover folding portfolio with paper title label printed in two colors; the overall size is approx. 15" x 19 3/4"; the art of varying sizes, some taking the entire sheet, some smaller; the portfolio contained in the original protective cardboard slipcase, also with paper title label; some edgewear, age-darkening and closed tears to cardstock slipcase; blue portfolio with light wear, a few cover scratches; text portion with a little edge-creasing; one of the rubbing plates with a ¾" paper flaw or rub in the background paper; two of the green paper surrounding 'window' mounts with sunning to gold on the inner ½" of the border; the artwork in very good condition; an interesting Japanese folk-art collection, iconic imagery.. First Edition. Portfolio. Very Good.

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Oppenheim, Dennis. Lothar Baumgarten. Fried. Heubach. Dan Graham. John Baldessari. Roger Welsh. Didier Bay. Hans Haacke. William Wegman / Reich / Reale / Insley / Mitzka / Waterman / Oppitz / Kramer / Meister / Polke . Hrsg. von Friedrich Wolfram Heubach
        Interfunktionen 9 (w/ Original Graphic By Sigmar Polke)
      Heubach, Koln 1972 - First printing. 198 pp., many photos. Original graphic laid into band in rear cover. Also "Hint" errata slip in rear. Light wear, minor creasing to covers. Internally Nearly Fine. No owner's marks. Rare item. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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Mary Oldfield Howey
        The Cults of the Dog
      Essex, England: The C.W. Daniel Co, 1972. 1st. Original Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. Impressive scholarly study of the cult of the dog in mythology and ancient religions. Section headings include: The Dog and the Occult, The Dog and Witchcraft, Lunar Deities and the Dog, The Dog as Demon, etc. #229 of only 250 copies issued.. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1972 1st --and almost certainly only-- edition. VG+ (with just a touch of spotting at the front panel) in a bright, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a hint of creasing along the flap folds. Thick octavo, 570 pgs. A very presentable copy.

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Dahl, Roald
        Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1st edition, 2nd state, 1964) and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1st edition, 1972)
      New York: Knopf, 1972. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. First edition, 2nd state, with 5-line colophon for 'Charlie' and stated First Edition for 'Elevator.' 1964 and 1972. 'Charlie' is a near fine copy in a very good first state dust jacket: the book is bound in full red cloth, mustard end papers, Oompa-Loompas distinctly black or African in appearance (made 'whiter' in later editions), dust jacket has NO ISBN and 3.95 price. Book has an inscription on flyleaf, 'To Dougie on your eighth birthday, Love, Aunt Peg.' The book is otherwise about fine, crisp and bright, the dust jacket has a very short (4/5 inch) closed tear to top of front panel, minor age toning to the predominantly white surface, slightest tiredness and most minor shelfwear to spine ends, bit of soil to corners and tips, altogether a very good, superior copy of the jacket and the book. 'Elevator' is a near fine unmarked copy in VG plus dust jacket with just a touch of wear and creasing. The recipient, 'Dougie' was a spiteful, pickle-faced child, prone to throwing steak knives at rabbits and squirrels who ventured on to the lawn of his family's squat, sooty house on the outskirts of Washington, Pennsylvania; he grew up to become a data-entry 'specialist' for a nationwide corporation that specialized in insuring low income homeowner mortgages. Aunt Peg, who gave him the first book, did not give him the second book, as she had met her demise the year before its publication at the hands of an enraged Amish gazebo manufacturer.

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Schwiebert, Ernest
        Remembrances of Rivers Past (LIMITED EDITION)
      Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ 1972 - Full red leather with gilt spine titles and cover decoration of fly; 8vo; marbled end papers; sewn-in silk bookmark; 8vo; 287pp; illustrated with color frontispiece lithograph, signed & numbered to match limitation, title-page and chapter head-piece drawings by author/artist; cream buckram slipcase with publisher's logo in red; limited to 100 numbered copies (#63) signed by author and publisher. Mounted on a tipped-in sheet and viewed through oval cutout on limitation page, is a Schwiebert hand-tied nymph. Tales of trout and salmon fishing from the world over told by fly fishing's master scribe. A beautiful production and one of the most difficult Amwell titles to obtain. This copy is in very fine condition in like slipcase. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Blackburn, John F., Gerhard Reethof and J. Lowen Shearer (Editors)
        Fluid Power Control
      Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: The M. I. T. Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1972. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 0 262 02006 8 . Contributers in addition to the editors include Richard H. Frazier, Henry M. Paynter and Alan H. Stenning. Original blue cloth, silver spine lettering.; 6" x 9"; xx, 710 pp; Ex-library (withdrawn) with the usual markings. Boards lightly edgeworn, bumped along top edge, corners and top of spine show fraying, front board with scratches, rear hinge cloth splitting at top of spine (not cracked). Solid hinges, text block VG+ unmarked. .

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Vidor, King. (Tay Garnett)
        KING VIDOR: ON FILM MAKING
      David McKay, NY 1972 - Inscribed by King Vidor to Tay Garnett: "To-/ Tay/ A very long time/and cherished/ friend./ King. Dec 11 - 73", Tay Garnett (1894-1977) was one of the great American film directors of Hollywood's Golden Age, best known for the MGM film noir masterpiece, The Postman Always Rings Twice. This is a presentation copy to him from another great film director, who was one of the subjects in Garnett's book DIRECTING: LEARN FROM THE MASTERS, published posthumously in 1996. King Vidor, an American director, producer and screenwriter and one of the greats of the American film industry. His career spanned nearly seven decades, during which he made countless popular and classic films, such as "The Big Parade," "The Crowd," "Duel in the Sun" and "War and Peace." [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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        Zeitschrift für Soziologie. Jahrgänge 1-43 (vollständig), 1972-2014.
      Bielefeld: Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Soziologie / Lucius & Lucius 1972-2014. - Ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar mit Rückensignatur, Inventarnummern und Stempeln auf Schnitten, Vorsatz- und Titelblatt. Ansonsten gut erhaltenes Exemplar. - Vollständige Reihe bis 2014, ab dem Jahrgang 2010 nicht mehr gebunden. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 45000 Gr. 8° (22,5-25 cm). 13 Bibliotheks-Halbleinenbände, 25 Bibliotheks-Leinenbände und 30 Orig.-Broschuren. 68 Jahrgangsbände (davon 5 Jahrgänge in 30 Einzelheften).

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HEANEY, Seamus
        Wintering Out
      London: Faber and Faber,, 1972. Octavo. Original paper wrappers, titles to spine and front cover in black Slight rubbing to spine ends, light foxing to covers, crease to joints, an excellent copy. First edition, first impression. Presentation copy to BBC television producer Ivan Gilman, inscribed by the author, with an autograph quatrain, on the title page, "Seamus Heaney, for Ivan Gilman, "From Palace to Starlight, Dublin to Bray, Through the porter-black night: McEldowney's duende!" with good wishes." Additionally inscribed by one of the dedicatees, David Hammond, the Irish singer, filmmaker and broadcaster whose obituary Heaney wrote in 2008, "6th November 1972 - a new song from Ireland, To Ivan, from David Hammond". The paperback issue predates the hardback which was issued in the UK and the US in 1973. An uncommon book signed with only two copies traced at auction.

      [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]

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Lavey, Anton Szandor
        The Satanic Rituals
      Seacaucus, NJ: University Books, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. First edition, cloth issue. 220pp. Bright red cloth with black lettering. Near Fine with slightly bumped corners in Near Fine shiny black dust jacket unclipped ($7.95), rubbing along edge of spine panel, light edge wear. A very nice copy. The follow-up of The Satanic Bible from the founder of the Church of Satan, uncommon in cloth.

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Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argence
        Chang Dai-chien: A Retrospective Exhibition. Illustrating a selection of fifty-four works painted by the Master from 1928 to 1970.
      San Francisco: Center of Asian Art and Culture, 1972. 130 pages of text. Original paperback binding in almost new condition with minimal fading to the spine; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated with 54 color plates. Includes a biography and a bibliography. The author was the Director and Chief Curator at the Centre of Asian Art and Culture of The Avery Brundage Collection. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. . First Edition. Paperback. Near fine condition. Octavo (8vo).

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Charles Barren, Peter Nicholls, Malcolm Edwards, David Pringle, Edward James (Editors) Philip K Dick, William Gibson, Brian Aldiss, John Brunner, James Blish, Samuel Delany, Robert Silverberg, Ursula K Le Guin, Gne Wolfe JG Ballard, AE van Vogt and many others
        FOUNDATION: Issues 1 to 40 (Very Fine, some Signed)
      Published by North East London Polytechnic/The Science Fiction Foundation, UK 1972 - London, UK. Issue 1 appeared in March 1972 and was subtitled "The Review of Science Fiction", the official organ of the SF Foundation, based at the North London Polytechnic. Author Ian Watson was the magazine's features editor for 15 years, as were, at different times, authors Christopher Priest, Colin Greenland, John Clute and Andy Sawyer. Of the 40 issues offered here, 33 are in pristine condition, 6 are in very fine condition (prevented from achieving a "pristine" rating by very faint speckles on the upper edge of the pages. Only one issue is in near fine condition (issue no 6). Six issues are signed. Issues 32 and 36 are signed by William 'Neuromancer' Gibson; issues 13, 17, 20 and 26 are signed by Brian 'Hothouse' Aldiss. Contributors (features, reviews, letters)to the first 40 issues include Philip K Dick, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Charles Platt, James Gunn, Harry Harrison, Jack Williamson, Pamela Sargent, Norman Spinrad, Algis Budrys, DG Compton, Raymond Z Gallun, Fritz Leiber, Stanislaw Lem, Maxim Jakubowski, Tom Disch, Bob Shaw, Michael Moorcock, Brian Stableford, Richard Cowper, George Turner, Ian Watson, James Tiptree Jr, John Sladek, L Sprague de Camp, Brian Aldiss and many, many more. Postage will be significantly higher than quoted. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

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SCHNEEMAN, George
        [Broadside]: Taylor Mead & Mad Regals / Reading Nature Poem for George Schneeman
      [No place: no publisher. 1972]. First. First edition. Broadside. Measuring 18" x 23". Some light wear to the corner and edge, else near fine. Poster for two poetry readings, one featuring Mead with Pat Ast and Wayne County, and the other with Ted Berrigan, Michael Brownstein, Larry Fagin, Dick Gallup, Steve Katz, Maureen Owen, Ron Padgett, Peter Schjeldahl, Anne Waldman and Lewis Warsh. Mead was an underground film star who was featured in Andy Warhol's Tarzan and Jane Regained with Dennis Hopper, as well as a noted New York poet and performance artist. Scarce. .

      [Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABA]

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Miro, Joan:
        Lithographien I. Litógrafo. Michel Leiris: Enmiendas y adiciones 1970. En torno a Joan Miro 1947. Fernand Mourlot: Catalogo y Notas. Traduccion al espanol par Joaquin Marco.
      Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona., 1972 - 231 Seiten, mit 11 Original-Lithographien Text französich. zusätzlicher SU. aus Folie, Schnitt, SU. lt. angebräunt. Lithos in guten sauberen Zustand. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 2300 [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Chagall, Marc
        Marc Chagall-Derriere le Miroir, no.198 Back Cover-1972 Lithograph
      1972 - "Derriere le Miroir, no.198 Back Cover" by Marc Chagall, Unsigned Lithograph printed in 1972. The overall size of the Lithograph is 15 x 11 inches. The condition of this piece has been graded as A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling. Here is some supplemental information about the Lithograph: First release cover lithographs from Derriere le Miroir, number 198, 1972. Published by Maeght, Paris. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

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Ginsberg, Allen
        Autograph postcard signed ("Allen Ginsberg"), to Djuna Barnes
      San Francisco 1972 - Pen and ink on City Lights postcard. Ginsberg Offers Highest Prayers to Djuna Barnes. "Dear Miss Barnes - Best wishes & highest prayers forever - on ah hum - amen - Salutations to your exquisite iron Prose & Self - Allen Ginsberg." With a drawing of the three fish, one head Buddha footprint. Pen and ink on City Lights postcard

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Arbus, Diane
        DIANE ARBUS [G]
      Aperture Books, New York 1972 - Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; (280 x 230 mm). Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. Photographic paper wrappers. Condition: minor soiling along spine. First paperback edition. Includes "Girls in Identical Raincoats". Covers mainly side show performers, midgets, giants, etc. Quite probably one of the twentieth century's most important photography books. 80 full page black and white plates printed by Rapoport Printing. If you can't see the "Raincoat" photo email me for it. Graphic of copyright page also available. This is the 1972 first edition and NOT the 1988 even though the ISBN number was reused for the 1988 edition and so downloads the later date. Disregard this- it is the 1972 first edition paperback. ; 0 [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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Bonfiglioli, Kyril
        The Charlie Mortdecai Trilogy: comprising Dont Point That Thing at Me, Something Nasty in the Woodshed, and After You With the Pistol (A First Printing Set)
      Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Macmillan, Secker & Warburg 1972 - A handsome first edition, first printing set of the Charlie Mortdecai Trilogy, comprising Dont Point That Thing at Me, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1972; Something Nasty in the Woodshed, Macmillan, 1976; and After You With the Pistol, Secker & Warburg, 1979 - scarce as single volumes and rarely appearing together. Dont Point That Thing at Me is Very Good: firm and square binding in sharp red cloth, rubbed to the spine tips; toning and faint sporadic spotting to the edge of the page block; Dear Sir . written in ink to the verso of the half-title, else crisp and clean. The unclipped dustwrapper is Good: bright and unfaded, with wear to the spine tips and corners; two closed tears to the rear panel (3cm and 1.5cm) and one of 4cm (with associated crease) to the front panel. Something Nasty in the Woodshed is about Near Fine: tight and square binding in sharp rust-coloured boards; tiny strip of sunning to the extreme heel of the spine; tanning and a handful of tiny spots to the edge of the page block; faint browning to the top of each free endpaper, else internally crisp and clean, presenting as unread; booksellers label to the foot of the rear pastedown. The unclipped dustwrapper is likewise about Near Fine: crisp and clean, with a little toning to the white panels; a few minor wrinkles at the spine tips and corners; spotting to the top and bottom edges of the flaps. After You With the Pistol is Fine: tight and square binding in sharp blue boards; gently rubbed to the spine tips; slightly dusty top-edge, else very bright, crisp and clean, presenting as unread. The unclipped dustwrapper is about Near Fine: crisp and bright, with light wear to the top corners (including a 4mm closed tear to the top of the rear flap fold) and a little rubbing to the spine tips; tiny scuff to the spine. The dustwrappers are presented in removable, archival-quality Brodart protective covers. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard. Shipped free within the United Kingdom; a heavy set that will incur additional shipping (to cost) outside the UK. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Hannah, Barry
        GERONIMO REX
      Viking, NY 1972 - First edition, first prnt. Signed by Hannah on the title page. A tight, clean copy that appears to be unread with one tiny nick on the topedge, small sticker shadow on the front pastedown and tiny ink word on rear pastedown; dustjacket with faintly toned spine and front panel top edge and small shallow wrinkles. Near Fine condition in a Very Good+ dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. Hannah's first novel. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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DAVIS, Bette.) MANKIEWICZ, Joseph L.
        More About All About Eve. A Colloquy by Gary Carey with Joseph L. Mankiewicz, together with his screenplay, All About Eve.
      New York: Random House, 1972 - Octavo. Original brown cloth-backed green boards, titles to spine gilt, Mankiewicz's facsimile signature to front cover in metallic green. With the dust jacket. Bookseller's stamp to foot of front free endpaper. Spine gently rolled, slight bumps to ends; a very good bright copy in the jacket with short closed tear to head of front panel, nicks to head of spine and foot of front panel, slight creasing to top edge. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John, Joseph Mankiewicz". Additionally inscribed by All About Eve star Bette Davis on the half-title, "Hello John, glad it's not all about me! Bette Davis". All About Eve was released in 1950 and was nominated for 14 Academy Awards that year, winning six. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy]

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Picasso, Pablo (Illustrations by); Rosa Subirana (Introduction by)
        Carnet Picasso: Paris, 1900
      Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1972. Limited edition. Hardcover. g to vg. 1/1000. Oblong octavo. 87, [3]pp (Text volume). Original glassine over printed dust-jacket and blind wrappers (Text volume). Original full beige cloth (Sketchbook). Books housed in their original green box, with title laid on front board.Splendid facsimile of an early Picasso sketchbook bound in beige cloth, accompanied by a softcover monograph with text in Spanish, French and English. The sketchbook reproduced in facsimile is one of the 17 small original sketchbooks that Pablo Picasso donated to the Museo Picasso in Barcelona. In spite of the initial difficulty in dating the sketchbook, seeing as there were no indications as to when the drawings were done, it has finally been possible to place them at the end of 1900, thanks to the help of Picasso himself, who places their execution at the time of his first trip to Paris. On the pages of the album a view of the surrounding reality was shaped: thirty characters of different ages and sexes, belonging to different social strata. This series of drawings was done in the streets and parks of Paris. One of 1,000 copies of which this is No. 836.Minor shelf wear, soiling and rubbing to box. Text in Spanish, French and English. Box in overall good+, binding, wrappers and interior in very good condition.

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Piene, Otto (1928 Laasphe - 2014 Berlin),
        Roter Sonnentau. Farbserigraphie.
      1972 - Signiert und nummeriert "42/50". Druck auf Karton. Rottoff 136. Eines von 50 Exemplaren. Die Spuren von Feuer und Rauch sind wichtige Elemente im Werk Pienes. Natur und Naturgewalt gehen hier auf glühendem Rot in eine spannungsreiche Synthese ein. - Otto Piene war ein deutscher Künstler und gründete 1957 zusammen mit Heinz Mack die Künstlergruppe ZERO, der sich im Jahr 1961 auch Günther Uecker anschloss. Piene gilt als ein Wegbereiter der Licht- und Feuerkunst sowie der Sky-Art-Aktionen. Er studierte zunächst Malerei und Kunsterziehung an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste in München und danach bis 1953 an der Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. Er übernahm Lehrtätigkeiten in den USA, seit 1972 war er Professor für Umweltkunst am Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). Piene lebte und arbeitete zuletzt in Groton/Massachusetts, Boston und Düsseldorf. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 0

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Counterculture - Williams, Paul & Family
        Time Between (Signed)
      New York: Entwhistle Books, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edtion of this facsimile of the original manuscript written by Paul Williams, founder of Crawdaddy Magazine, the first journal to seriously critique the rock and roll scene. 186 pp. A collection of autobiographical essays, poems and other writings by Williams. Published in an edition of five hundered hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. This is number 50. Covers dusty with age, but a generally clean and sound very good copy in black boards printed in gold.

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Miro, Joan
        Joan Miro-A L'Encre II-1972 Mourlot Lithograph
      1972 - "A L'Encre II" by Joan Miro, Unsigned Lithograph printed in 1972. The overall size of the Lithograph is 14 x 10.5 inches. The condition of this piece has been graded as A: Mint. Here is some supplemental information about the Lithograph: First printing Joan Miro color stone lithograph published by XXieme Siecle 1972, printed by Mourlot.Creating a lithograph requires quick drawing without hesitations or alteration, a solid and bare composition, free shapes in a fluid space. Pursuing this, Miro uses black ink with a range of values and refined tones, reaching wild and playful effects. With elements derived from Catalan traditional art and a spatiality, Miro gave his objects and symbols a proper life as subjects of stories from other worldly microcosms - the ideal reflection of a world longed for by the artist. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy]

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Margaret Atwood
        Surfacing (SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY)
      Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 192 pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author and warmly inscribed by her on the title page to Canadian poet Gwendolyn MacEwen: "For Gwen MacEwen with best wishes Peggy Atwood September 1972." Signed thus in the year of publication. Bumping to spine extremities and corners. Slight spine lean. Surface wear and toning to edges of covers. Surface and edgewear to dust jacket with some chips at edges. Canadian-born Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941-1987) wrote prolifically including fourteen collections of poetry, four works of fiction and three children's books. She won the Governor General's Award in 1969 for her poetry collection 'The Shadow Maker'. She was awarded a second Governor General's Award posthumously in 1987 for 'Afterworlds'. Gwendolyn MacEwen was one of the greatest Canadian poets whose life is explored in Rosemary Sullivan's critical biography 'Shadowmaker The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen' (1995). Margaret Atwood and Gwendolyn MacEwen were good friends and literary contemporaries. A very important signed first edition association copy of Atwood's second novel. Offered for sale by Come By Chance Books- a small, family-run bookshop in beautiful Niagara on the Lake.

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