The Biblical Etchings of Marvin Hayes: A Catalog to the Exhibition Held at FAR Gallery, November 22, 1976 [With] Early Draft of the Dickey Introduction

Birmingham, Alabama: Oxmoor House Inc., (1976).

Price: $1,250.00

Softcover. First edition. Oblong octavo. Black blind stamped wrappers. Touch of sunning along the spine and a light bump to one corner, near fine. The FAR Gallery catalog for an exhibit of Marvin Hayes's etchings featuring 53 plates of scenes from the Bible. It includes a brief introduction written by poet James Dickey with an editorial note that he is working on the text for a full-length book; a book published the following year as *God's Images*. [With] it a TLS dated May 20, 1977 from Oxmoor House editor-in-chief, John Logue, to author, Peter Taylor soliciting his comments on Dickey's text for *God's Images* [with] 46 pages of Xerox copies of Dickey's typed manuscript introduction ("2nd draft"), the majority of the text with scattered differences from the final published version throughout. An interesting collaboration between a noted artist and writer further enhanced by its connection to a Taylor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Southern author.

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Item #374483 The Biblical Etchings of Marvin Hayes: A Catalog to the Exhibition Held at FAR Gallery, November 22, 1976 [With] Early Draft of the Dickey Introduction. James DICKEY, Peter Taylor.

James Dickey
birth name: James Dickey
born: 2/2/1923
died: 1/19/1997
nationality: USA

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American poet, novelist, and critic best known for his poetry combining themes of nature mysticism, religion, and history and for his powerful novel Deliverance (1970). - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore