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Ounce Dice Trice
by Reid, Alastair
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
Boston: Atlantic Press for Little, Brown, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Ben Shahn. This is a book of words. Squiff, squidge, squamous. Stated First Edition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn,, sunned on rear panel, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. Illustrated beautifully by Ben Shahn throughout, including at title page. Bound simply in light gray linen cloth, sunned a bit along bottom edge, a bit more along top. 57 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Synopsis
Alastair Reid is a poet, translator, essayist, and scholar of Latin American literature. He had been on the staff of The New Yorker since 1959 and has translated works by Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges. Among his many books for children are A Balloon for a Blunderbuss, I Keep Changing , and Millionaires (all illustrated by Bob Gill), and Supposing (illustrated by Abe Birnbaum). In 2008 he published two career-spanning collections of work, Inside Out: Selected Poetry and Translations and Outside In: Selected Prose. Ben Shahn (1898–1969) was a painter, muralist, print-maker, and illustrator. He was best known for his socially and politically informed artwork, including a famous series of paintings depicting the trial of the anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti. His 1956 Charles Eliot Norton lectures were collected and published as The Shape of Content , and he illustrated numerous books of poetry. Ounce Dice Trice is the only book he illustrated that was written specifically for children.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 356964
- Title
- Ounce Dice Trice
- Author
- Reid, Alastair
- Illustrator
- Ben Shahn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Atlantic Press for Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Alastair Reid Ben Shahn poems poetry poets
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