A Boatload of Madmen: Surrealism and the American Avant-Garde 1920-1950 by Dickran Tashjian

Thames & Hudson. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Thames & Hudson, 1995-05. Hardcover. Good.

Thames and Hudson. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0500236879 . Exlibrary with usual library markings. Front free endpaper removed. ; 424 pages .

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1995. First. hardcover. very good/very good. Illus. 424pp. Tall 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. New York: Thames and Hudson, (1995). Very good<br/><br/>

New York: Thames and Hudson, (1995).. (1995).. Fine. - Small quarto [9-1/2 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide], cloth backed boards in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with occasional creasing to the edges. xx & 424 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine. <p>First American edition.

New York and London: Thames and Hudson, 1995. xx, 424 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Remainder mark/tail edge. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. "In 1932, against the troubled background of the Depression, the American art community had its first glimpse of the revolutionary art of the Surrealists. Combining a fascination for Freud's new symbolic language of dreams with a radical leftist utopianism, the Parisian movement galvanized an emerging American avant-garde. New galleries opened to exhibit the 'terrifying,' 'insane' works of Surrealist artists, and new magazines sprang up to publish a startling crop of Surrealist poetry, criticism, and vociferous attacks on mainstream culture and politics. Only four years later, a major Surrealist exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art catapulted Surrealism into the cultural limelight and the attention of high-fashion magazines like Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. Soon the… Read More

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New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine/Fine. 4to.,424pp. Beautiful First Edition, Bound in half black cloth over black paper-covered boards. Stamped "lips" graphic on the front board and titles in silver on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Small date on front end-paper. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($29.95), has some trivial wear to top edge and tips. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. xx, 424p., dj.

Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2019. Hardcover. Very Good. Soiling on the side. Edition 2019. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.