Merce Cunningham by Klosty, James - 1975

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Bookthrift Co, 1975-05T. hardcover. Good. 1.0000 9.0000 6.0000. Hardcover in dust jacket.�Clean text -- NO writing, NO highlighting to text.�Front free endpaper is neatly clipped off 2"" by 3"" triangular piece neatly at head corner. Dust jacket is also neatly clipped at front flyleaf. Spine of dust jacket has a 2"" area that is creased and rasied in the middle of the title. A very good-/Good+ to Very good- reading copy.

Bookthrift Co. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A Very Good copy of the First Edition with slight fading to the bottom edges of the cover and light shelfwear. Jacket is Very Good with slight creasing/tearing. Previous owner's inscription in pen on the front free endpaper.

*Merce Cunningham - This book is a celebration, in words and particularly in photographs, of Merce Cunningham and the central place he occupies in the world of dance and in the avant-garde of the other arts in our era....... Over-sized hard cover book in very good condition. Dark gray boards with black cloth wrapped spine and silver titling all in very good condition. Orange endpapers are good but the front paper has a gift inscription handwritten to a prior owner. Pages are printed on a heavy grade matte finish paper and are in very good condition, clean, unmarked. Dust jacket is good as it shows some surface scuffing and minor wear at edges, inside fold has been clipped and there is a small tear on bottom back cover. Overall a very nice copy......-Amazing pictorial look biographically - major force in his field - changing -shaping dance forever. - Great introspective photographs...During his prolific 60-year career, choreographer Merce Cunningham (1919–2009) revolutionized dance by challenging… Read More

Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Saturday Review Press/E.P. Dutton & Co, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. 4to (11"x9"). 217pp. 1/4 bound black cloth & paper -covered boards. Head edges dented 2" from spine. B&W photos. Photographic dust jacket covered in protective mylar. Inscribed to Hilton Kramer (art critic), "with much respect" & signed by Klosty, at "Springfield Farm/Millbrook, NY/Feb 1978". Klosty traveled & photographed the MCDC from 67-72; he was also the partner of dancer Carolyn Brown. Included is a typewritten letter by Klosty to the critic Kramer Humorously, it cites the shortcomings of another critic "Clive" & his own thoughts on this book.