Add this copy of Grass to cart. $47.25, good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1925 by G.P. Putnam's Sons / Knickerbocker Press.
Publisher:
G.P. Putnam's Sons / Knickerbocker Press
Published:
1925
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17989043465
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Good (Boards have light edgewear with some smudging/scuffing; textblock edges are toned and smudged; rear hinge is cracked; textblock is cracked; interior has light toning with occasional light smudging or foxing. ) Blue boards with gilt lettering; xx, 362 pp.; 4 unnumbered leaves of plates; illustrations, maps. "Presents the migration of the Baktyari tribe across terrible mountains and ghastly rivers of Persia."--Foreword.
Add this copy of Grass to cart. $65.00, good condition, Sold by Structure, Verses, Agency Book rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Spray, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1925 by G.P. Putnam's Sons.
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Good. Size: 8vo 8"-9" tall; Stated Second Printing, from April of 1925, the true First Edition having come out the month prior. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in blue cloth, sharper and more distinct gilt lettering to front cover, rubbed at spine. Forward cock to spine, bumping to, scuffing of spine head and foot. Previous owner's inscriptions inside front flap, neatly rendered, but who has added "An astounding drama of migration, with its sights and sounds crystalized." Foreword by William Beebe, Charles William Beebe (July 29, 1877-June 4, 1962), who was a pioneering "naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer, and author, " "remembered for the numerous expeditions he conducted for the New York Zoological Society, his deep dives in the Bathysphere, and his prolific scientific writing for academic and popular audiences" (Wikipedia). Augmented with sixty-four illustrations from photographs by Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack who accompanied the author, Merian C. Cooper on a documentary journey to accompany the nomadic pastoralist people the Bakhtiari, a very large "tribe" in anthropological terms of 50, 000 nomadic pastoralists who move their animal herds up and down and across various montane pastures. They made other doccos, too, singly and together, before eventually joining together in 1933 to write, produce and direct "King Kong! " The author became a movie mogul following its success and others. Now Ankara, Turkey, the lengthy trek traversed Turkey, Persia (now Iran) and modern-day Khuzestan. The eventual film was preserved by the Library of Congress, so great and fascinating was it, and the author and photographer were accompanied by Marguerite Elton Harrison Blake (1879-1967), who was an American socialite but also a geographer, spy, explorer and filmmaker. Early on, she founded the Children's Hospital School near Baltimore and, many decades later, the Society of Woman Geographers (Wikipedia). Frontis matter, xx, 1 [1], 2-362 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.
Add this copy of Grass to cart. $75.00, very good condition, Sold by La Playa Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Diego, CA, UNITED STATES, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons.
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Used-very good. Sm 8vo; 362pp. 'With sixty-four illustrations from photographs by Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack. ' A square tight copy with unmarked text. Owner inscription on 2nd blank. Blue cloth covers lightly scuffed, spine moderately faded, gilt spine lettering still quite legible. Book now protected in removable mylar cover.
Add this copy of Grass, to cart. $84.00, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
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Good. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging across boards and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Add this copy of Grass to cart. $200.00, very good condition, Sold by Last Exit Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Charlottesville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1925 by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1925. 362 pgs. Frontispiece. Illustrated with sixty-four illustrations from photographs by Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack. Bound in blue cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Based on the silent documentary film, released the same year. A landmark enthographic documentary, Cooper and photographer Ernest Schoedsack accompanied the Bakhtiari, a tribe of 50, 000 nomads on their hazardous annual journey to bring their herds to pasture. The two collaborated on a number of silent documentaries before jointly writing, producing, and directing "King Kong" in 1933. With the immediate success of "King Kong, " Cooper became a Vice President of RKO Pictures. He went on to produce many notable films, as well as the first Cinerama presentation. In 1952 he was awarded a special Academy Award for lifetime achievement EB; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 362 pages.
Add this copy of Grass (First Edition, Inscribed By Merican C. Cooper) to cart. $1,738.22, good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1925 by Putnam.
Add this copy of Grass to cart. $2,000.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1925 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press.
Edition:
1925, G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press
Publisher:
G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press
Published:
1925
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17593934507
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. Foreword by William Beebe. Sixty-four illustrations from photographs by Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack. Ink owner inscriptions on front pastedown and front flyleaf, a little foxing else a bright, near fine copy in rubbed very good dust jacket with publisher's cancel label affixed to front flap, printing a blurb by Kermit Roosevelt, and with small nicks and a couple of early internal mends. Cooper and Schoedsack went on to collaborate on the writing, producing, and directing of the 1933 blockbuster film, *King Kong. * Cooper here presents the migration of the Bakhtiari tribe across the terrible mountains and ghastly rivers of Persia. The film, released in 1925, as *Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life, * follows the journey of the Bakhtiari, a poor nomadic tribe in Iran, as they herd their livestock up snow-covered mountain passes, to get to the grazing lands on the other side of the mountains before their animals die from starvation. Very scarce.
