tigers eye de stephan ruth john (11 résultats)

Trade Paperback. Etat : AS IS. First Edition. Wrappers tattered and spine mostly perished, held on by scotch tape. Center gathering coming loose. Complete and clean otherwise with both the Picasso and Dobey plates present; also includes works by Kenneth Patchen, Theodore Roethke, William Carlos Williams, and others.

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. Number 9. Small quarto. Illustrated in black and white, and four tipped-in color plates. Illustrated wrappers. Wraps and page edges lightly toned and with a bit of foxing, crease on the front cover, corners and spine ends gently bumped and rubbed, tipped-in color plates detached but still present, thus very good. The final issue of this nicely produced mid-Century journal.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. No jacket. Third issue of the quarterly art and literature magazine, The Tiger's Eye, which ran from 1947 to 1949. Magazine is in overall good shape for its age. 1 inch closed tear from fore edge of front cover. Spine is starting to peel from top and bottom edges, but binding is intact. Inside is clean and unmarked.

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. Number 3. Small quarto. Illustrated with black and white plates, and a tipped in color plate titled "The Three Dancers" by Pablo Picasso and another color plate tipped in by Mark Tobey. Pictorial wrappers. Reinforced binding tape in gutters of a few pages, spine creased with ends chipped, about very good. Errata slip laid in. Includes: "As Frothing Wounds of Roses" by Kenneth Patchen, "A Field of Light" by Theodore Roethke, "The Three Pigs" by Jack Libert, "The Old House" by William Carlos Williams, "Max Ernst: The Birth of Comedy. Oil, 1947 by Julien Levy Gallery". Other contributions by Josephine Strongin, Scott Greer, Albert Clements, Marianne Hauser, Jackson Pollock, Georges Braque, and many more.

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. Number 7. Small quarto. Illustrated with black and white plates, and a tipped in color plate. Pictorial wrappers. Moderate edgewear with light creasing, and a tiny tear at the crown, very good. Includes: "Van Gogh, The Man Suicided by Society" by Antonin Artaud, translated by Bernard Frechtman; "The Children Going" by Charles Henri Ford; "To Be or Not: 4 Opinions on Robert Graves' *The White Goddess* by Joseph Campbell, Francis Golffing, John L. Sweeney, and Thomas Cole; "Forerunners of Modern Music" by John Cage. Also includes additional contributions by Horace Gregory, J.C. Crews, Arthur Blair, Jess Cloud, Andre Racz, and more.

Hardcover. 108p., 7.25x10.25 inches, poetry, art, fiction, criticism, two color tipped-in plates, one folding plate, b&w plates and facsimiles, very good arts and literary journal which appears to have been specially bound in hardcover cloth decorated with an abstract painting and with paper title labels on front cover and spine (which has been chipped). Images and descriptions found indicate all 9 issues were wraps bound magazines illustrated on covers with images from John Stephan's painting. This may have been an amateur binder's project to rebind the magazine.

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. Number's 1-3. Small quarto's. Illustrated in black and white, and with several tipped-in color plates. Illustrated wrappers. Wraps bumped and chipped along the spines and edges, a few small creases, first issue with a newspaper clipping taped to the inside front cover, causing offsetting on the first page, front gutter overopened, very good overall. The first three issues of this nicely produced mid-Century journal.

Softcover. Etat : Good Plus. First Edition. Printed between 1947-1949. Complete in 9 volumes. Books measure 26x18.5.cm. Bound in original publishers illustrated softcovers. Covers rubbed, worn on edges, the major wear is to the spines, with loss. Generally bindings in good condition. Internally, pages and illustrations in good clean condition. A good clean set, in worn softcover bindings. Size: 8vo.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. The Tigers Eye, Vol. 1-9. Ed. Ruth and John Stephan. Privately published with Elm Tree Press, Woodhaven VT, 1947-49. Seller info on back of first issue: all 9 sold for $200 in late 60s.

Softcover. Etat : Fair. Complete set of all nine issues of this notable art and literary magazine published 1947-49. The books have bumps with creasing to their spine ends and corners, reading creases to their spine, and rubbing with mild edge wear to their covers. Additionally, several issues have cross tears, splits or flags to their spine panel, and Nos. 3 & 7 have short chips to one spine end, while the cover of No. 5 has pulled free from the binding but holds at the rear hinge, and the cover is coming loose from the binding of No. 3. Overall, this is a Fair only set, with additional images available by request.

Stiff Wraps. First Editions. 26 x 16.5 cm. A complete set of this innovative literary and arts periodical, including work from the abstract expressionists of the New York School. Contributors include Jackson Pollock, John Cage, Mark Rothko, Jean Debuffet and many others. The first volume was printed at the Elm Tree Press in Woodstock, Vermont. The entire run of this short lived but important and influential art and and literary periodical curated by the husband and wife team of John and Ruth Stephans. This publication featured work by lesser known artists like Mark Tobey and Maud Morgan alongside work by more famous artists like Giacometti and Picasso. The Stephans mixed different paper stocks, colors of ink and typefaces in each issue and frequently included reproductions of prints made especially for the magazine, usually in the atelier of Stanley William Hayter. Ruth Stephan was a poet and heiress to the Walgreen fortune. Carries a host of tipped-in color plates. Included with the set is Pamela Frank, 'The Tiger's Eye-The Art of a Magazine' issued to coincide with The Tiger's Eye exhibit held at Yale in 2002 documenting the magazine's history. Some creasing to the spines of the early issues but overall a clean set. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good to Near fine.