Horizon a Magazine of the Arts, First Edition (42 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. Pages are clean and tight. Slight shelf wear to board edge. The color illustration on the front cover is bold.

Hardcover. First edition. The March 1960 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. II, No. 4) with: an article on a 1483 trip to the Holy Mount with a sidebar portfolio of photographs by Elliott Erwitt; a portfolio of color photographs by Ansel Adams; a portfolio of portraits by August Sander; a profusely illustrated interview with Isamu Noguchi; John Canaday on a reassessment of 19-century academic painting with a portfolio of said art; "The Comic History of England" in 1847 color etchings by John Leech; Eugene O'Neill's youth in Connecticut; Jose Quintero, Theodore Mann, and The Circle in the Square theater with a portrait by Gjon Mili and text by Robert Hatch; Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria; Walter Kerr on what television is good at; H.R. Trevor-Roper on a brief period in the 17-century in which European Christians embraced the Jews; and much more. Edited by Joseph J. Thorndike Jr. 136 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9.25 x 12.25 inches. Condition: Good clothbound hardcover with a color plate mounted to the front and stamped gilt titling: overall light soiling/staining to the covers, light blunting/bumping to the tips, a bump to the crown with a short closed tear along the spine, a bump to one edge, and a bookplate to the front pastedown; moisture exposure to the lower fore edge staining the corner of the first and last six or so leaves, otherwise the interior is clean and bright; no dj as issued. Ships the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 9 x 12 inches. 120 pages. Signed, with an inscription, on ffep by Bruce Mazlish who contributed the article "James and John Stuart Mill". Condition is Very Good; fronr cover very lightly soiled, text and illustrations are very clean, binding is tight. STK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. American Heritage Publishing Company. hardcover. Condition: very GOOD. slight wear to head and heel of spne, one small stain to upper front cover slight fading to edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. American Heritage Publishing Company. Unknown Binding. Condition: very GOOD. slight wear to head and heel of spine, otherwise cleean and unmarked.

Hardcover. First edition. Very Good minus clothbound hardcover with moderate darkening to the spine, patches of tanning or foxing to the back cover, and light foxing to the rear endpapers; the interior is clean and bright except for one page with severe tanning to the edges; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The January 1960 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. II, No. 3), with: the story of a Pablo Picasso painting of Jacqueline Roque with text and photographs by David Douglas Duncan; Winthrop Sargeant on the revival of opera in the US with a portfolio of set designs by Cecil Beaton and others; a profusely illustrated look at US government-built embassies abroad; a portfolio of b&w drawings by Paul Reps; an interview with Archibald MacLeish with portraits by Anthony Saris; profiles of seven American pianists including Van Cliburn and Glenn Gould by Joseph Roddy with portraits by Eugene Cook; Walter Kerr on the character Shylock; a history of the mermaid by Richard Carrington; Eric Larrabee on mass culture vs. class culture; an essay by James Ramsey Ullman on the South Seas obsession of Western men with a gravure-printed color portfolio of Paul Gauguin paintings; the Peloponnesian War and Thucydides, who wrote about it; the Renaissance-era school of Vittorino da Feltre; a history of the Bastille prison; Virginia Woolf; the Sitwells; and much more. Edited by Joseph J. Thorndike, Jr. 136 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches.

Hardcover. First edition. The January 1959 issue of Horizon, A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. I, No. 3), with: the George Plimpton interview with Ernest Hemingway, with portraits by Ken Heyman; Arthur C. Clark on conquering the stars; P.G. Wodehouse on the disappearance of the world he wrote about; the San Fransisco arts scene, with Henry Miller and Dennis Murphy photographed at Big Sur by Ansel Adams, and the artists Richard Diebenkorn, Claire Falkenstein, and Hassel Smith pictured; an essay on Ankor by the novelist Santha Rama Rau with a portfolio of gravure-printed color photographs by Ernst Haas; the emergence of electronic music; Harrison Brown on the depletion of earth's resources and our bet on industrial progress; Eleanor C. Munro on the "age-old contest between artist and sitter" with examples by Salvador Dali, Larry Rivers, and many others, accompanied by a piece by Somerset Maugham titled "On Having My Portrait Painted;" the great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel; Gilbert Highet explains Mad Maggie in Pieter Bruegel's painting known as Dulle Griet; a portfolio of post-WWI propaganda posters; and much more. Edited by Joseph J. Thorndike, Jr. 144 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches. Condition: Very Good minus clothbound hardcover with a color plate mounted to the front and stamped gilt titling: a moderate bump to the lower tips and a light bump to the uppers, a touch of tanning to the spine, and a touch of soiling/shelf wear to the covers; the text bock has a very slight ripple along the top otherwise the interior is clean and bright; no dj as issued. Ships the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box.

Hardcover. First edition. Very Good+ clothbound hardcover with light shelf wear/soiling and tanning to the spine/covers; opened hard at one spot; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The Spring 1973 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. XV, No. 2) with: the ancient stone monuments of Europe by Geoffrey Bibby and photographs by Paul Caponigro; a tour of the Highlands of Scotland conducted by Peter Quennell and photographed by Sonja Bullaty and Angelo Lomeo; the time-fountain of Nottingham designed by Rowland Emett with a full-spread reproduction of his drawing of it; Peter Gay on how the era before WWI produced the current creative world with a full-spread photo of Andy Warhol and Superstars by Jack Mitchell; Stanley Kauffmann on Eisenstein's "Potemkin;" Edward H. Schafer on Chinese "Dragon Ladies, Water Fairies, Fish Maidens, Rain Mothers, and Other Hybrid Critters;" a history of Siena, Italy; Monet's garden; The World of Ovid; chess the American way; and much more. Edited by Joseph J. Thorndike. 120 pages with 2 gatefolds; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 137 pages. Subjects; Horizon Magazine of the arts. Art Peridocials. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 120pp. Illustrated. Faint spotting and toning else about near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Folio. 120pp. Illustrated. Tiny tears, faint tide marks, and rubbing else very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Folio. 106pp. Illustrated. Slight soiling, rubbing, and edgewear else very good.

Hardcover. First edition. Near Fine clothbound hardcover with a touch of shelf wear and tanning to the spine/covers; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The Spring 1967 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. IX, No. 2) with: Peter Quennell on Juan Fernandez Island, where Defoe placed Robinson Crusoe, with a portfolio of photographs by Sergio Larrain; a pictorial portfolio on Riis Plaza in New York, photographed by Ruth Orkin; Two Thousand Years of War in Viet-Nam, an essay by Bernard Fall; Bernard Rudofsky on the history of underground architecture and the future of living underground; J.H. Plumb on funerary habits; a pictorial on a Michelangelo Pistoletto exhibition; Andrew Wyeth; John Canaday on J.M.W. Turner with a portfolio of gravure reproductions of his work; a profile of Konrad Lorenz by Edmund Stillman; Gilbert Highet solves the riddle of the missing bridegroom in Bruegel's Peasant Wedding; Willa Cather and her time at the Lansing Theatre, Lincoln, NE; and much more. Edited by Joseph J. Thorndike. 120 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches.

Hardcover. First edition. Very Good+ clothbound hardcover with light shelf wear/soiling and tanning to the spine/covers; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The Spring 1968 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. X, No. 2) with: a series of articles on "The Hippies" and the history of youthful disaffection, photographed entirely by Don Snyder; Frederick V. Grunfeld tries to explain the Beatles to an older generation; Arthur Koestler on our three warring brains; the story of Jacob Stalin's imprisonment and execution by the Nazis by Michael A. Budek, a Polish officer who knew him as a POW; the imperialist British as expatriates by James Morris; an anatomy of Botticelli's Primavera with a gravure portfolio; exploring the wreck of the Yassi Ada; the game of Ur; Hasan ibn-al-Sabbah and the Assassins; and much more. Edited by Joseph J. Thorndike. 120 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches.

Hardcover. First edition. Near Fine clothbound hardcover with a hint of shelf wear; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The Summer 1964 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. VI, No. 3) with: a photographic portfolio on train depots by David Plowden; the fanciful drawings of Pedro Friedeberg; an excerpt from "Penelope and the Poet," a play by Helen MacInnes; Sarajevo, the start of WWI, and a portfolio of artwork about the war from the time; Cleveland Armory on Diamond Jim Brady with a portrait by David Levine; John Canaday on Albrecht Durer; the trial and execution King Charles I; Mervyn Jones tours China with a couple of photos by Marc Riboud; how to solve traffic jams by Victor Gruen; art of the Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Olmec with four tipped-in plates; Charles Dickens assessed by Compton MacKenzie; Jean Jacques Rousseau; and much more. Edited by Marshall B. Davidson. 120 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches.

Hardcover. First edition. Near Fine clothbound hardcover with a slight darkening of the spine and a light bump to two tips; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The November 1962 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. V, No. 2) with: Alexander Calder at work in Campagne, his summer home in France, photographed by Hans Namuth; Saul Bellow on Luis Bunuel; string quartets with a photo by Elliott Erwitt and one by Dan Weiner; J.H. Plumb on Brighton Pavilion, an Oriental Palace designed by John Nash for George IV; the new United Church of Rowayton, Conn., designed by Joseph Salerno; H.R. Trevor-Roper on the causes of the Thirty Years War; Georges Rouault's religious paintings; Rene Dubos on humankind's need to adapt; The Royal Gold of Marlik Tepe; Sotheby's; and much more. Edited by William Harlan Hale. 120 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches.

Hardcover. First edition. Very Good+ clothbound hardcover with a couple of light strips of darkening to the front and spine and otherwise only a touch of handling/shelving/aging; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The September 1962 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. V, No. 1) with: a profusely illustrated piece on modern church stained glass by Wolf von Eckardt with examples of work by Chagall, Leger, Bazaine, and others; Joan Baez photographed by Duane Michals; a profile of the architect Louis Kahn; "Movies: The Art of Going it Alone" by Saul Bellow; an essay by Wallace Stegner on the wind and weather of the Plains and history's renewal; a profile of the Australian artist Sidney Nolan; "When Islam Ruled Iberia" with one full-page photo by Brassai; Walter Kerr on The Theatre of the Absurd; a portfolio of photographs by Brian Brake of "China of the Chinese;" Edward Adler photographed by Sam Falk; Thomas Bowdler and the bowdlerization of Shakespeare; and much more. Edited by William Harlan Hale. 120 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches.

Hardcover. First edition. Near Fine clothbound hardcover with a touch of shelf wear; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The Spring 1965 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. VII, No. 2) with: a portfolio of panopticons by Peter Max; Robert M. Coates on the Gothic cathedral in Orvieto with color photos interspersed with a b&w pictorial narrative photographed by Sonja Bullaty and Angelo Lomeo; a portfolio of op art; Norman Kotker on Jerusalem; Geoffrey Bibby on the Celts and Ann Moray on "The Celtic Heritage in Ireland;" an illustrated piece by Mike Thaler on "The Painter Today;" essays by James V. McConnell and Bernard Rudofsky; Theodore Dreiser as a successful Philistine, by W.A. Swanberg; an tour of Bangkok's Grand Palace; and much more. Edited by Marshall B. Davidson. 120 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches.

Hardcover. First edition. Near Fine clothbound hardcover with a hint of shelf wear; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The May 1963 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. V, No. 5) with: the Hamptons, with a large portfolio of photographs of its inhabitants by Hans Namuth, including Charles Addams, Jane Wilson, Gwen Verdon, Saul Steinberg, Lee Krasner, Helen MacInnes, Peter Blake, A.J. Liebling, Edward D. Stone, and others; the philosopher Gerald Heard on a new drug called LSD; Woody Allen photographed by Ruth Orkin; Mary Cable on the villa the Emperor Hadrian built south of Rome with one photo by Elliott Erwitt; Impressions of a Changing New York, illustrations by John Rombola; a new staging of Wagner; Baron Haussmann and the redesign of Paris by Wolf von Eckardt; Robert Graves on the "vulgarity and banality" of English poetry; Vicki Goldberg on the American commercialization of art; crowns through the ages; and much more. Edited by William Harlan Hale. 120 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches.

Hardcover. First edition. Very Good clothbound hardcover with a light bump to the tips and slight tanning to the spine; interior clean and bright; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The July 1961 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. III, No. 6) with: a tour of the American artists who live in or around Provincetown, Cape Cod, by Robert Hatch with original photographs by Arnold Newman--among those pictured are Edward Hopper, Hans Hofmann, Franz Kline, Jack Tworkov, Milton Avery, and Edwin Dickinson; On Stage with Stephen Sondheim photographed by Hans Namuth; another On Stage photographed by Philippe Halsman; a humorous illustrated piece on philosophy by Lou Myers; a portfolio of work by the Israeli outsider artist Shalom Moskovitz; Lewis Mumford explores the historical growth of urban spaces; Rene Dubos argues that scientists consider their responsibility to humans; Robert Crowley on Peter Blume's painting, Tasso's Oak; a gravure-printed portfolio of paintings collected by Charles I of England; a new theory on who the love poems of Emily Dickinson are address to; and much more. Edited by Joseph J. Thorndike, Jr. 128 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches.

Hardcover. First edition. Very Good clothbound hardcover with light bumping to the extremities; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The September 1959 issue of Horizon, A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. II, No. 1), with: an interview with Larry Rivers by Frank O'Hara with a portrait by Hans Namuth; Jean Stafford on Isak Dinesen; dancers of Ceylon photographed by Marilyn Silverstone; the Greek island of Aegina by Geoffrey Grigson with a 16-page gravure-printed portfolio of the Aegina marbles photographed by Leonard von Matt; "High Modern" architecture by Allan Temko with work by Le Corbusier, Gaudi, van der Rohe, Wright, and Niemeyer, and a a portfolio of recent buildings including the American Airlines terminal, Manufacturer's Trust, Sydney Australia Opera House, UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Brasilia cathedral, others; Maria Callas and the tradition of tempestuous divas; Peter the Great's 1697-98 tour of Europe and how it changed him and Russia; Princeton University comes into its own; the arts in Topeka, Kansas; "The All but Lost Art of Handwriting" with a portfolio of historic manuscripts; and much more. Edited by Joseph J. Thorndike, Jr. 136 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches.

Hardcover. First edition. Very Good+ clothbound hardcover with a light bump to two tips and light signs of shelving; interior clean and bright; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The January 1961 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. III, No. 3) with: a portfolio of work by Tomi Ungerer with photographs of the artist by Thomas Hopker; an interview with George Balanchine with a portfolio of photographs of the New York City Ballet by Ernst Haas; damming the Yellow River while archaeologists race to preserve ancient Chinese treasures with all photographs by Brian Brake; a portfolio of 8 tipped-in plates of Chinese prints from the Imperial collection; Tyrone Guthrie recalls great players in great plays; a portfolio of images of grand old resorts such as the Ponce de Leon in Saint Augustine, the Mount Washington, and The Mountain House; "The Art of the Hoax" illustrated by David Levine; a humorous illustrated history of art by Michael Thaler; Ludwig II of Bavaria's useless dream castles; Arnold J. Toynbee on trying--and failing--to fit universal churches in his thesis; the discovery of Mycenae and its treasures; and much more. Edited by Joseph J. Thorndike, Jr. 136 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches.

Hardcover. First edition. Very Good clothbound hardcover with a color plate and stamped-gilt titling to the front with a one-inch split to either side of the spine at the heel stabilized with archival filmoplast, wear to one fore edge and otherwise only hints of shelving/handling; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The Summer 1965 issue of Horizon magazine (Vol. VII, No. 3), with: a pre-publication portfolio of Helen Levitt's photographs from A Way of Seeing with abridged text by James Agee; Portmeirion, a Welsh architectural caprice, by James Morris (later, Jan Morris) with photographs by Evelyn Hofer; a portfolio of drawings of New York City by Jean-Michel Folon; Dante's Pilgrimage by Morris Bishop; Giotto and Duccio by John Canaday; Alvin Toffler on the future; articles on the Alhambra, Crete, Kato Zakro, gargoyles for a Washington church, kilts, and much more. 120 pages; color plates and b&w illustrations throughout; 9.25 x 12.25 inches.

Hardcover. First edition. The Winter 1965 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. VII, No. 1) with: a long, profusely illustrated article on Pablo Picasso by John Canaday; drawings by James Thurber on Shakespeare; an article on mollusks with a color portfolio of photographs of shells by Hiro; the life of Daniel Defoe by V.S. Pritchett; 18th-century Bath, England; an essay on the role of women in ancient Rome; a history of bronze sculpture; and much more. Edited by Marshall B. Davidson. 120 pages in multiple types; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9.25 x 12.25 inches. Condition: Near Fine clothbound hardcover with a color plate mounted to the front and gilt stamped titling with only light signs of handling/shelving. Ships the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box.

Hardcover. First edition. Very Good cloth-bound hardcover with a color plate mounted to the front and crisp gilt text to the spine and front with rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards and at the extremities; no dj as issued; subscription card laid-in. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The Summer 1969 issue of Horizon, A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. XI, No 3), a hardcover bi-monthly magazine devoted to art, literature, history, and a review of popular culture. This issue includes: an article on India with a 15-page photo-essay by Raghubir Singh titled "The Sacred Ganges," published 5 years before his book "Ganga;" articles on the then-current vogue for anarchism, Bruges, astrology, David Livingstone, Herbert Marcuse, Paul Gaugin, Imhotep, the decline of open space in the US; and much more. Edited by Joseph J. Thorndike. 120 pages with 2 gatefolds; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12 inches.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 137 pages. Subjects; Horizon Magazine of the arts. Art Peridocials. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 119 pages; illustrations. Subjects; Photography. Arts; history. Artwork; historical. Paintings. Sculptures. 1 Kg.

Condition: Sehr gut. Original hard cover, vol. III, no. 3, January 1961.127 pp., numerous colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Articles include: Jean Stafford: Movies - The Hindu Trilogy; Mary Cable: Ludwig`s Dream Castles; Arnold Toynbee: The Historian`s Struggle with religion and many more. Especially notable is a fine article by James Cahill: The Chinese Imperial Art Treasure, which describes how the collection from the Beijing Imperial Palace came to Taiwan, as well as depicting in colour famous parts of it. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.

Hardcover. First edition. Near Fine clothbound hardcover with a small light abrasion to the front and a touch of tanning to the endpapers; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The March 1959 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. I, No. 4), with: a portfolio of gravure-printed color photographs of NYC by Ruth Orkin; a profile of the Spanish artist Joan Miro by Pierre Schneider with photographs by Sabine Weiss and with a spread gravure-printed color reproduction of a litho by the artist; the architecture of Pier Luigi Nervi by Allan Temko; "William Carlos Williams, M.D." a poem by Paul Engle, with a portrait of Williams by Elliott Erwitt; a series of photographs by Nadar of he and Marie-Eugene Chevreul; Malcolm Cowley on recent first novels preoccupied with sex by Terry Southern, J.P. Donleavy, George Elliott, Shirley Ann Grau, and others; Alexander's vision of world unity changed the destiny of western men argues C.A. Robinson, Jr., profusely illustrated; all rules of fashion create backlashes says Dwight E. Robinson; the copper beech in Lady Gregory's House of Coole's garden, and Irish literature; detecting art forgeries by Gilbert Highet; a short story by Marcus Checke; and much more. Edited by Joseph J. Thorndike, Jr. 136 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches.

Hardcover. First edition. Very Good clothbound hardcover with a color plate mounted to the the front and crisp gilt-stamped titling to the front and spine with light soiling to the boards; interior clean and bright; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The summer 1976 (Vol. XVIII, No. 3) issue of the arts and culture periodical Horizon, with a portfolio of Gypsy portraits by Josef Koudelka, including ones not in his book Gypsies; John Russell on Matisse; Robert Hughes on the bizarre garden at Bomarzo; plus articles on Thrace, Oman, the Black Death, and much more. 112 pages; color and b&w plates and text illustrations throughout; 9.25 x 12.25 inches.