Through the Vanishing Point: Space in Poetry and Painting
- SIGNED
- New York: Harper & Row, 1968
New York: Harper & Row, 1968. First edition. First edition. Signed by Marshall McLuhan and warmly inscribed to crime novelists Ross MacDonald (pen name of Kenneth Millar) and Margaret Millar, his wife. Photo of McLuhan and his wife laid in, signed and dated (presumably by her) 1974. xxiv, [ii], 267 pp. Bound in publisher's gray cloth with white and purple lettering. Near Fine, tiny smudge on front free endpaper, light rubbing, in a Very Good slightly rubbed dust jacket, tiny tear in bottom of front panel.
An unusual association copy of a book of aphorisms linking the famous Canadian philosopher and media theorist with the crime novelist couple who spent time in the States and Canada. Ross MacDonald's novels have been rightly praised for their unusual psychological depth and complex characters.
Details
Title
Through the Vanishing Point: Space in Poetry and Painting
Author
McLuhan, Marshall; Harley Parker; [Ross MacDonald]
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Harper & Row: New York
Date
1968
Edition
First edition