Agee | James and Evans | Walker [Copland | Aaron]

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

First Edition | First Printing

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    Signed first edition of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee and Walker Evans, with an inscription by composer Aaron Copland.

    Octavo, xvi, 471pp. Black cloth, title in silver on spine. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, light wear to corners and edge of spine, small mark to rear cover, faint offsetting to endpapers from jacket, a near fine example. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $3.50 retail price on front flap, sunning to spine, soiling to rear cover, shelf wear. Professional restoration to verso along spine and rear flap fold. Includes 31 reproductions of Walter Evans’ photographs at the front. (Roth, 108)

    Signed “For Stuart, in friendship, Aaron” on front free endpaper. A unique association copy.

    Aaron Copland (1900-1990), also known as “the Dean of American Composers,” is often recognized for his adaptation of the American pioneer spirit through songs like Appalachian Spring, Rodeo and Fanfare for the Common Man. After the success of these pieces in the 1930s and 40s, Copland received a grant from the League of Composers, funded by performing arts legends Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Copland was to create an opera for television broadcast, and was inspired by the writing and imagery of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.

    Additional information

    Location Published

    Boston

    Publisher

    Houghton Mifflin Company

    Edition

    First Edition, First Printing

    Date Published

    1941

    Binding

    Cloth

    Condition

    Near Fine

    Jacket Condition

    Very Good

    Author

    Agee | James and Evans | Walker [Copland | Aaron]

    Parenthetical

    [Copland | Aaron]

    Author Display

    James and Evans, Walker Agee