Martha Graham (Rare Issue In Red Cloth, Gilt, With Armitage Typography On Covers)

by Merle Armitage; Additional Articles By John Martin, Lincoln Kirstein, Evangeline Stokowski, Stark Young, Wallingford Riegger, Edith J R Isaacs, Roy Hargreave, James Johnson Sweeney, George Antheil, Margaret Lloyd, Louis Danz, Martha Graham; Biography By W

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First edition · Signed · In dust jacket

Los Angeles: Merle Armitage, 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 132 Pp. First Printing. Red Cloth, Gilt; Contents Completely Identical To The Commoner Grey Cloth Stamped In Black With The 1937 Date, Except Spine Panel On This Red Binding Is Stamped "Dance Of Martha Graham / Merle Armitage" Without The Date, And Cover Lettering On This Red Binding Has Smaller Letters And An Additional 12 Gilt Stars Lacking In The Grey Cloth Binding. The First Book About Martha Graham, Printed In An Edition Of 1000 Copies. Near Fine, Slight Rubbing And Corners And Slight Fading To Spine Cloth, All Gilt Brilliant, But A Few Emphasis Marks And Underlines In Ink And Pencil, With Previous Owner's Signature (Carolyn Hoyt) On Front Endpaper. Signed By Armitage On The Copyright Page At Front And Dated In 1946.

• Publisher: Merle Armitage
• Year: 1937
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: hardcover

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