Author: (Bernstein, Leonard). DePriest, James [1936-2013].
Title: This Precipice Garden: Poems by James Depriest. With an Afterword by William Stafford. Inscribed to Leonard Bernstein.
Description: Portland, OR: University of Portland Press, April, 1987. April, 1987. INSCRIBED BY DEPRIEST TO LEONARD BERNSTEIN - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt, in a dust wrapper. [x], 50 & [5] pp. plus colophon. Very minor foxing to the edges. Very good. Second printing. From Leonard Bernstein's library, inscribed to him by James DePriest on the half-title: "To L.B. / To whom I owe my passion for music making, in awe, wonder and abiding affection / Jemmy / Nov 18, 1987". DePriest, a pioneering African-American conductor, was appointed by Bernstein as assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic in 1965. This was his first book of poems. Wonderful association copy. Very good .

Keywords: MUSIC; CONDUCTORS; COMPOSERS; AFRICAN-AMERICAN; LITERATURE; POETRY; LEONARD BERNSTEIN; JAMES DEPRIEST; NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; WILLIAM STAFFORD.


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