1997, ISBN: 9781566890571

Hardcover

NY: Ziff-Davis, 1950. Vol. 24, No. 6. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "Goddess of the Volcano" by Craig Browning (Roger P. Graham, aka Rog Phillips). Includes "My Brot… More...

NY: Ziff-Davis, 1950. Vol. 24, No. 6. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones for "Goddess of the Volcano" by Craig Browning (Roger P. Graham, aka Rog Phillips). Includes "My Brother's Keeper" by Alfred Coppel; "The Gloves of Gino" by P. F. Costello (unattributed house pseud.); "World Without Men" by Robert Moore Williams; "If You Were Me. . ." by Rog Phillips (Graham); "The Moon Pirates" by Frances M. Deegan; "Read it and Weep" by Peter Worth (unattributed house pseud.); "Tower of Babel" by Robert Abernathy; "Time of My Life" by Gerald Vance (unattributed house pseud.); "The Island out of Space" by August Derleth. Article: "Hollywood on the Moon" (about 'Destination Moon') by Forrest J. Ackerman. Illustrated by Julian S. Krupa, Edmond B. Swiatek, Leo Ramon Summers, Henry E. Sharp, and Joe Tillotson. Hinge tears with small losses; standard wear and tear at edges; some soiling; tanning; marks on cover.. SingleIssueMagazine. Good to Very Good-., Ziff-Davis, 1950, 2.75, Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author. First edition. Signed and dated "20 May 1997" by author without inscription. Jacket spine head very lightly bumped. 171 pp. "Portrait of the Walrus by a Young Artist" is a zany story of sexual identity, repression, obsession, and the concept of art as both a destructive and redeeming force. Morton Fisk has recently died of dehydration in the family's bathtub. A famous sculptor of "Men With Chainsaws, " he did all his work sealed away in the basement of their Connecticut home wearing only his torn briefs. On the eve of his daughter Frances's eighteenth birthday, his widow marries "the Kingpin, " an owner of three bowling alleys. Her mother tries to lure Frances to the life of the middle class - far away from the art world and the dementia that claimed her husband. Soon Frances's life is filled with bowling balls, pins, polyurethaned floors, and pizza. Depressed, Frances visits an aquarium. Witnessing two walruses in the heat of mating, Frances is transformed - she has found her muse! The walruses start to occupy her every thought. She sees them everywhere, including her bedroom. Running in fear, Frances and her friend Bessie take to the open road, with the libidinous beasts close behind. Will Frances and Bessie survive? Can art be controlled? Will the highways be destroyed from the weight of the walruses? Foos, a brilliant young satirist, has the ability to make the bizarre sound matter-of-fact., Coffee House Press, 1997, 4<

1997, ISBN: 9781566890571

Paperback, Hardcover

Phaidon Press, All Saints Street, London - second edition, 1997 softcover, 8¼" x 9¾", with fold-in card covers Split at spine has been sealed with tape. Book in V… More...

Phaidon Press, All Saints Street, London - second edition, 1997 softcover, 8¼" x 9¾", with fold-in card covers Split at spine has been sealed with tape. Book in VERY GOOD condition Here is the highly-illustrated story of how men and women of ingenuity and imagination have taken the most elementary of human needs and transformed them into some of the greatest manifestations of the human spirit. It presents each stage in the development of architecture over 21 chapters - extensively revised and updated by the author since its first publication in 1983. Without using technical language, he draws on his own architectural experience to inspire the reader to enter the mind of the architect, and answers the question 'Why is it like that?' Over 400 illustrations., Phaidon Press, All Saints Street, London - second edition, 1997, 3, Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author. First edition. Signed and dated "20 May 1997" by author without inscription. Jacket spine head very lightly bumped. 171 pp. "Portrait of the Walrus by a Young Artist" is a zany story of sexual identity, repression, obsession, and the concept of art as both a destructive and redeeming force. Morton Fisk has recently died of dehydration in the family's bathtub. A famous sculptor of "Men With Chainsaws, " he did all his work sealed away in the basement of their Connecticut home wearing only his torn briefs. On the eve of his daughter Frances's eighteenth birthday, his widow marries "the Kingpin, " an owner of three bowling alleys. Her mother tries to lure Frances to the life of the middle class - far away from the art world and the dementia that claimed her husband. Soon Frances's life is filled with bowling balls, pins, polyurethaned floors, and pizza. Depressed, Frances visits an aquarium. Witnessing two walruses in the heat of mating, Frances is transformed - she has found her muse! The walruses start to occupy her every thought. She sees them everywhere, including her bedroom. Running in fear, Frances and her friend Bessie take to the open road, with the libidinous beasts close behind. Will Frances and Bessie survive? Can art be controlled? Will the highways be destroyed from the weight of the walruses? Foos, a brilliant young satirist, has the ability to make the bizarre sound matter-of-fact., Coffee House Press, 1997, 4<

1997, ISBN: 9781566890571

Hardcover

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author. First edition. Signed and dated "20 May 1997" by author without inscri… More...

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author. First edition. Signed and dated "20 May 1997" by author without inscription. Jacket spine head very lightly bumped. 171 pp. "Portrait of the Walrus by a Young Artist" is a zany story of sexual identity, repression, obsession, and the concept of art as both a destructive and redeeming force. Morton Fisk has recently died of dehydration in the family's bathtub. A famous sculptor of "Men With Chainsaws, " he did all his work sealed away in the basement of their Connecticut home wearing only his torn briefs. On the eve of his daughter Frances's eighteenth birthday, his widow marries "the Kingpin, " an owner of three bowling alleys. Her mother tries to lure Frances to the life of the middle class - far away from the art world and the dementia that claimed her husband. Soon Frances's life is filled with bowling balls, pins, polyurethaned floors, and pizza. Depressed, Frances visits an aquarium. Witnessing two walruses in the heat of mating, Frances is transformed - she has found her muse! The walruses start to occupy her every thought. She sees them everywhere, including her bedroom. Running in fear, Frances and her friend Bessie take to the open road, with the libidinous beasts close behind. Will Frances and Bessie survive? Can art be controlled? Will the highways be destroyed from the weight of the walruses? Foos, a brilliant young satirist, has the ability to make the bizarre sound matter-of-fact., Coffee House Press, 1997, 4<