A central figure in the political and cultural life of our time for over fifty years, Sir Stephen Spender has witnessed and participated in some of this century's most significant events and has known many of its most interesting and gifted individuals. Having kept journals intermittently for most of this time, Spender has recorded his vivid observations and reflections on the scenes he has witnessed, portrayed his friends and acquaintances--including W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot, Christopher Isherwood, Igor Stravinsky, Francis ...
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A central figure in the political and cultural life of our time for over fifty years, Sir Stephen Spender has witnessed and participated in some of this century's most significant events and has known many of its most interesting and gifted individuals. Having kept journals intermittently for most of this time, Spender has recorded his vivid observations and reflections on the scenes he has witnessed, portrayed his friends and acquaintances--including W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot, Christopher Isherwood, Igor Stravinsky, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, and many others--and set down his ideas, hopes, aims, and regrets. This first paperback edition of Stephen Spender's journals makes for constantly entertaining and illuminating reading. One comes away from this fascinating inside look at one man's extraordinary life full of admiration for his vitality, his enduring interest in others, and his remarkable honesty about himself.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. New York: Random House, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. First US printing. A couple of minor marks to edge of block, but internally all is in clean, crisp and fine order. No inscriptions. Light wear only to smart cream paper-covered boards with brown cloth to spine. VG unclipped d/j with small closed tear to rear, faded to spine. 8vo. 510pp.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x1; Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 510 pages, brown half cloth over beige boards. A very good, clean, neat hard cover over all with minor shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white, with a previous owner's name penned on the front endpaper. In a very good, lightly worn dust jacket with, light color fading to the back strip and the original price present.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Vg hardcover, clean and square, sturdy binding, text very good. DJ sunned with a 1cm tear top edge near spine. From a personal collection (NOT ex-lib). Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
