Tuesdays and Fridays
Random House, 1963. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 274pp. stated first printing. from front flap: "In retirement most men's horizons shrink, but to faithful readers of "Critic-at-Large", Brooks Atkinson's stimulating column in the New York Times, it is clear that Mr. Atkinson's world is growing larger year by year. For many years he was the drama critic of the Times; since 1960 however, he has been a kind of roving philosopher for that paper, reporting his observations on a variety of matters each Tuesday and Friday. A collection of 102 of Mr. Atkinson's provocative essays, Tuesdays and Fridays ranges over such diverse subjects as: the Arctic, Brendan Behan, bluebirds, Willa Cather, the Catskills, Daniel Defoe, the Gish sisters, the manners of New Yorkers, the National Purpose, Bert and Harry Piel, the Seneca Indians, Shakespeare, Throeau, Utopia, Zero (Mostel, of course)--and approximately eighty five other topics." very good: mild shelfwear, toning and offset to endpapers and paste downs, writing on FFEP, text clean, binding tight. / very good: age wear, NOT clipped ($4.50). Item #849
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Price: $10.00