Between me and life; a biography of Romaine Brooks. / Meryle Secrest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Secrest, Meryle.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brooks, Romaine.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xviii, 432 pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1974]

Contents:

Part I: Forgotten ; Caught ; Saving the saint ; Departure ; Disapproval ; Dreams attacked by day ; Climbing one's wings ; Sorrow of rebirth

Interlude: Hell, a short short story / Romaine Brooks ; It feeds on our illustrations ; Our ride through life ; Mother and child

Part II: Asking the way ; We weep and we weep alone ; The dead friend ; On wings of love ; Life ; The inevitable line ; Time separates

Epilogue: Unity of good and evil.

Notes:

"Copyright 1974 by Meryle Secrest."

"All chapters titled after, and accompanied by drawings by Romaine Brooks."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [417]-422) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0385034695

OCLC:

969614