1924 SIGNED The 7 Seven Lively Arts by Gilbert Seldes 1st edition HC comedy

Description: SIGNED ON THE REVERSE OF THE FRONTISPIECE, THIS IS AN UNCOMMON FIRST EDITION AND EXTREMELY UNCOMMON SIGNED. THE BOOK IS TIGHT AND SQUARE BUT HAS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LITTLE ISSUES. 1- Book is signed on reverse of frontispiece (photo 2) and is a stated first edition (photo 5) 2- Nicely illustrated with cartoons (photo 7), caricatures (photo 10) and tipped in plates (photo 9) 3- I found three leaves with repairs. Two leaves (photo 8 left) have repairs to the bottom edges of the paper. One corner (photo 10) had been torn off and was reattached. The repairs were done neatly with glue. This is likely due to sloppy separation of pages as these were rough cut and likely had some uncut pages when published 4- Minor repairs noted to paper in hinge at rear end papers (photo 12) 5- Label on front board is worn (photo 1) and there is a small split at the top of the spine cover (photo 4). The corners have some of the decorative paper missing (photo 1 & 11) and some little chips have also fallen off of the edges of the boards. 6- There is an occasional small corner bend or imperfection and those patterned end papers appear to be brittle and are heavily toned. 7- There is toning to the paper, toning and soiling to the spine cover and some soiling to the exposed page edges. I did go page by page and found no other issues. There are no splits in the binding and no visible netting The overall condition would be classified as "good plus" as compared with a typical book but is in far better condition than the typical copy of THIS PARTICULAR TITLE. Virtually every available copy of this first Harper edition is classified as "acceptable". A signed copy is very uncommon.Intelligent, engaging discussions of slapstick, comic strips, vaudeville, and other elements of popular culture and their relationship to such traditional art forms as opera, ballet, drama, and classical music. Tributes to Chaplin, the Marx Brothers, and a host of other celebrities. 28 illustrations. The Seven Lively Arts is Seldes' most significant accomplishment. In explaining its title, he asserted that he was not referring to seven arts in particular – One thing should, perhaps, be made clear about the phrase. There were those who thought (correctly) that you couldn't find seven and there were those who felt (stuffily) that the seven were not arts. Lively was for the most part unchallenged. The sacred 7 came from the classics, from 'the seven arts' (which was also the name of a magazine recently defunct) and I never tried to categorize the contents of the book to conform to the figure. He would reiterate all his life that his intention was to treat popular (and denigrated) culture with the intelligent criticism that contemporary critics were largely inclined only to apply to highbrow culture. Following Seldes' completion of The Seven Lively Arts in 1923, he wrote that the central message of the book was that the minor arts, those frequently called 'lowbrow', are not hostile to the major arts, and that both the minor and the major have their chief enemy in the second rate bogus arts. In this book, he sought to explain why African-American music and shows were so popular, and to revise conventional definitions of art. I purchased a collection of books and other items from the estate of the owner of a former New York City bookstore named Cinemabilia at 10 West 13th St , run by Ernest D. Burns. It was located in Greenwich Village in the 1970's and 1980's and, I believe, closed down in 1987 (These books have been packed in boxes since 1987). It included primarily books on film, but also opera and puppets. Many of the books I will be listing are "new old stock" in that they were never sold. 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Price: 74 USD

Location: East Norwich, New York

End Time: 2024-12-21T15:19:21.000Z

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