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Dreadful Conversions [Will Barnet's copy]; The Making of Catholic Socialist [FIRST EDITION]
by CORT, John C. [SIGNED]; [BARNET, Will]
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About This Item
New York: Fordham University Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 355 pp.
Association copy. Inscribed on front free endpaper from Cort: "For Will Barnet, artist supreme, who shares my love for women and the sea. John C. Cort 11/28/03" Bookplate of Daniel Wright on same page. Minor shelf wear to jackets.
This is an inscribed first edition memoir inscribed by activist John Cyrus Cort (1913-2006) to American artist Will Barnet (1911-2012). Barnet, whose body of work spanned 80 years, was a recipient of many awards including a National Medal of Arts awarded by President Obama and the insignia of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from the government of France. Cort was a prominent Christian Socialist activist and thinker as well as co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America for some years.
Association copy. Inscribed on front free endpaper from Cort: "For Will Barnet, artist supreme, who shares my love for women and the sea. John C. Cort 11/28/03" Bookplate of Daniel Wright on same page. Minor shelf wear to jackets.
This is an inscribed first edition memoir inscribed by activist John Cyrus Cort (1913-2006) to American artist Will Barnet (1911-2012). Barnet, whose body of work spanned 80 years, was a recipient of many awards including a National Medal of Arts awarded by President Obama and the insignia of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from the government of France. Cort was a prominent Christian Socialist activist and thinker as well as co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America for some years.
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- 2691
- Title
- Dreadful Conversions [Will Barnet's copy]; The Making of Catholic Socialist [FIRST EDITION]
- Author
- CORT, John C. [SIGNED]; [BARNET, Will]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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