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2010428723Cambridge University Press 2010. Hardcover. Very Good. Six volume set. 8vo. Green cloth. Light shelfwear. Some light soiling to tops of textblocks. Jackets with superficial wear. Very good plus in near fine jackets. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
201776732Columbus Ohio: Silver Anchor Press. As New. 2017. First Edition Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardback in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in black cloth with silver stamping to the spine in a very nice dust jacket with red and black printing and with a sample "Dante Stamp" pasted onto the upper panel. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations in black & white and color. Towards the end of the book there is a sample of the First Day Cover as well as a sample plate block from the stamp issue. This book is a Limited Edition #49/50 signed by the author Christopher Cook on the Limitation Page. Overall Like New Condition. ; Signed by Author . Silver Anchor Press hardcover books
2001008776London: Hirschl Contemporary Art 2001. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. First edition of this artist catalog with text by Roy Exley and poems by Tony Lopez who has INSCRIBED this copy. Near fine condition in oblong decorated wrappers. Signed by Author. <br/><br/> Hirschl Contemporary Art paperback books
2013148695Rome: Robert Cook 2013. 38/50. Softcover. VG- Clean crisp tight interior but with light cover wear. Oblong black card wraps with color image and white lettering. 224 pp. with 324 photos mostly in color. Signed. Signed hand-numbered edition 38/50. Recent drawings and final projects of sculptures by Robert Cook. Sections include Dance Music Life Myth Animal Bird Sport and Jewelry. Cook's famous dinosaur graces Park Avenue at 51st Street in New York. Magical works! Book designed and photos taken by his son Henry. Robert Cook paperback books
200527752005. COOK Mariana. FACES OF SCIENCE. Introduction by Gerard Piel. NY: W.W. Norton & Company 2005. Quarto black cloth in dust jacket; 175 pages. First Edition first printing. An intimate look with photographs at the people behind some of the greatest discoveries of out time. Signed by Cook on the half-title page. Fine in d/j. Signed copies are uncommon. $85.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
2013114715London: The Bibliographical Society 2013. hardcover. 6.25 x 9.75 inches. hardcover. 185 pages. Binding Descriptions by Mirjam M. Foot. Westminster Abbey is closely connected with the early history of printing in England: England's first printer William Caxton had his workshop within the monastery walls. Both the Abbey and the adjacent Westminster School have profited by the learning and generosity of generations of bishops deans canons and teachers who donated or bequeathed them their collections of incunabula.<BR><br /> <BR><br /> Eighty-five editions of books printed before 1501 including seventeen fragments several of great rarity and importance have been described in this volume published by the Bibliographical Society. They reflect the scholarly interests and collecting habits of their former owners ranging widely in subject and originating from a variety of European presses.<BR><br /> <BR><br /> The descriptions by Christopher D. Cook pay much attention to copy-specific features. About half the volumes are in contemporary or near-contemporary bindings mostly English but several from the Continent and these have been identified and described by Mirjam Foot. Many of the works have early annotations and/or marginal notes bearing witness to their ownership and the use their readers made of them as well as providing evidence for the importation of early books--bound and unbound--into England. <BR><br /> <BR><br /> A detailed bibliography concordances with major catalogues of incunabula elsewhere indexes of printers publishers donors and former owners with short biographies copy-specific features binders and binding features complete this useful and interesting volume. The Bibliographical Society unknown books
2017170120New Haven CT and Cambridge: Yale Center For British Art / The Fitzwilliam Museum University of Cambridge / Yale University Press 2017. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 470 pages. Features text contributions by Glenn Adamson Alison Britton Kimberley Chandler Edward S. Cook Jr. Penelope Curtis Tanya Harrod Imogen Hart Sequoia Miller Simon Olding and Julian Stair. Includes numerous color illustrations. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Yale Center For British Art / The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge / Yale University Press unknown books
2008601962008. ISBN-13: 9781584779094; ISBN-10: 1584779098. By a Notable Suffragist Cook Tennessee Claflin Lady. Constitutional Equality a Right of Woman; or A Consideration of the Various Relations Which She Sustains as a Necessary Part of the Body of Society and Humanity; with Her Duties to Herself - together with a Review of the Constitution of the United States Showing That the Rights to Vote is Guaranteed to All Citizens. Also a Review of the Rights of Children. Originally published: New York: Woodhull Claflin & Co. 1871. 6 148 pp. frontis. portrait. Reprinted 2008 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779094. ISBN-10: 1584779098. Hardcover. Small bump to bottom of spine. Else fine. $50. Reprint of the first edition. Written by one of the more radical women's rights activists of the nineteenth century covers a wide range of topics concerning the role of women in American society. It also includes a chapter on the rights of children that focuses on the question of prenatal care. Tennie Claflin 1845-1923 was the younger sister of Victoria Woodhull one of the leaders of the nineteenth-century woman's suffrage movement and the first woman to run for President of the United States in 1872. Together they became notorious as the first female Wall Street brokers. It was rumored that Cornelius Vanderbilt underwrote their business and that Tennie was his mistress. The opening of their firm in 1870 created such a sensation that 100 policemen were needed to keep the throngs of the curious in order. Three months later their financial success as brokers enabled them to begin publishing Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly. They went on to publish this book in which Claflin makes a strong case for women's equality in 1871 the year Woodhull petitioned Congress for women's voting rights. unknown books
2005124728New York: HarperCollins Harper Collins 2005. First HarperCollins Edition. Fine and unread in illustrated boards and a Fine dust jacket. A lovely copy of this book about a boy who goes fishing. HarperCollins [Harper Collins] unknown books
2009171654Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 2009. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 199 pages. Preface by Cook. Introduction by Robert Clifford Gunning. Afterword by Brandon Fradd. A collection of black and white photographic portraits of a wide range of mathematicians by Mariana Cook along with text by her subjects. A very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Princeton University Press unknown books
20031325449London: BBC Worldwide Ltd 2003. Reptinted. Hardcover. Large Octavo; pp 128; VG/G; black spine with light blue text; dust jacket has modest wear to exterior; minor chips to head fore corners; cloth clean; strong boards; text block has light shelf wear to exterior edges; profusely illustrated; interior clean; inscribed by Raymond Blanc and two others;. 1325449. FP New Rockville Stock. BBC Worldwide Ltd hardcover books
2003406348New York: Aperture 2003. A near fine copy with some modest shelfwear. Oblong 23 x 29 cm. 72 photographs those in color by Jenschel and those in black-and-white by Cook. Original cloth; dust jacket. First edition first printing signed by both photographers on the half-title. Includes an interview by Lawrence Weschler and an essay by Todd Newberry. <br/><br/> Aperture hardcover books
2006158406New Hope Pennsylvania: Gratz Gallery 2006. Softcover. VG-. Clean and tight. One copy has art museum ex-lib. marks bar code on back cover; blind stamp on title page; one copy shows slight edge wear to covers. Glossy color-illustrated wraps with white lettering on cranberry spine. 74 pp. with mostly color images throughout. Slightly oversize at 9.5 x 12.5 inches. Name on title page: "A Collection of Works by American Painter Peter Geoffrey Cook." Catalogue from the exhibition held October to November 2006. With a foreword by Paul Steven Gatz and a title essay by the artist. Includes a summary biography and a few personal photos. Full of vibrant color images of Cook's paintings. Gratz Gallery paperback books
2013153374Santander: Fundacion Botin 2013. Softcover. VG. Black & illus. wraps French flaps 211 pp. color illus. Text is in Spanish with section of English translations at the rear. Issued in conjunction with a 2013 exhibition that "brings the histories of art and humanity together. The exhibition is centred on the epoch of the famous cave art of Altamira. This was a virtual 'renaissance' period in the Ice Age that meant the advent of new techniques different styles and a characteristic range of decorative and figurative art. Sculptures and drawings of humans and animals dating from between 22000 and 12000 years ago alongside other modern pieces by Miro Matiwse Hecht and Pasmore demonstrate that the techniques and concepts used have not changed much with the passage of time." p. 183 With an introduction by Jill Cook and a vivid catalogue of pre-historic art pieces. Fundacion Botin paperback books
200359706n.p.:: Malhavoc Press. Near Fine. 2003. Hardcover. 1588460657 . Illustrated. First edition. About fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Malhavoc Press, hardcover books
2012101400México: Arquine 2012. 25.5cm. 159p. b/w and color plates port. bio./chron. cat. color pict. fldg. wrps This book is a review of the work of Bernardo Gomez Pimienta from the foundation of his office nearly a decade ago showing the progression of the interests and concerns of the study and its manifestation at various scales whether in furniture buildings or developments. Built work and projects have a simple shape rational thought and readable seeking an emotional experience of space and object Arquine unknown books
2007WRCLIT75020Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 2007. Large octavo. Blue cloth. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light smudge to lower front edge. A comprehensive guide to the poetry of Wallace Stevens with the pencil ownership inscription of Stevens editor/collector Daniel Woodward. A page of Woodward's notes and a book review are laid in. Princeton University Press hardcover books
2008111487Perth Australia: Art Gallery of Western Australia 2008. Softcover. VG As new. Color pictorial stapled wraps; 22 pp.; 16 color figures. From the exhibition held 22 March - 25 August 2008; Exhibition included works by both David Rosetzky and James Lynch. Art Gallery of Western Australia unknown books
2007111587Perth Australia: The Art Gallery of Western Australia 2007. Softcover. VG. Grey illustrated wraps with white and red lettering; 20 pp. with several color photographs. A catalogue of the winning pieces in the first five years of the Tom Malone competition. With an essay about the competition and text by each winning artist. Includes descriptions and various views of each piece by the 12 artists. The Art Gallery of Western Australia unknown books
2008111589Perth Australia: The Art Gallery of Western Australia 2008. Softcover. VG. White and black illustrated wraps with white and red lettering; 20 pp. with several color photographs. A catalogue of the pieces of the Tom Malone competition from 2007 and 2008. With an essay about the competition and text by each winning artist. Includes descriptions and various views of each piece by the 10 artists. The Art Gallery of Western Australia unknown books
2005103226University of Washington Press 2005. Softbound. VG ink inscription inside. Color illustrated wraps. 240 pp. profusely illustrated in color. Describes the history and context of Native American basketry with full-color photographs. This book presents baskets from major geographic region of North America with examples from the Chocktaw Panamint Shoshone Salish Ojibwa and others. It includes baskets from 88 tribes almost all of the basket-making tribes in North America. "By Native Hands" describes the history and context of Native American basketry with full-color photographs and scholarly text. The objects are brought to life in words and pictures including such rare objects as a feathered Pomo blazing sun basket that took three years to create. This book presents baskets from every major geographic region of North America with examples from the Chocktaw Panamint Shoshone Salish Ojibwa and many others. By the turn of the nineteenth century Catherine Marshall Gardiner had begun to collect woven baskets from Native American cultures across the continent. Her collection the first donation to the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in 1923 is widely known as one of the finest and most representative Native American basketry collections. It now includes baskets from 88 tribes almost all of the basket-making tribes in North America. University of Washington Press unknown books
2009121438Perth Australia: Art Gallery of Western Australia 2009. Softcover. VG- A small crease to outer edge of front cover. Black stapled pictorial wraps; 34 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color plates and figures. Accompanied a 2009 exhibition of Walker's jewelry at the Art Gallery of Western Australia; Includes a lengthy essay by Lucy Harper and Robert Cook the curators; Sixty-two works listed. Art Gallery of Western Australia unknown books
2007UCOOCRI00DCGibbs Smith 2007. Very Good. Cook Cristina Ceccatelli. Cristina's Tuscan Table. Shultz Photographer Kirsten. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith 2007. 224pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good with tiny tear in bottom of front joint and gently bumped corners. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with short closed tear near bottom of spine price clipped from front flap and gently bumped edges. Cook's gift inscription and signature across title page. Gibbs Smith hardcover books
200118022001. COOK Jack. BOWERY BLUES: A TRIBUTE TO DOROTHY DAY. No place: Xlibris Books 2001. 8vo. printed wraps. First Edition. Signed presentation from Cook on the title page: "For David and Michael on their 25th. Best Wishes Jack." Near Fine front cover lightly creased at corner. $25.00. <br/><br/> paperback books
200741014Albuquerque: Univ. New Mexico Press 2007. First edition. Cloth with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new. xiv 173 pp. Illus. with 26 b/w reproductions and photos. 8vo. "Gertrudis Barcelo New Mexico's celebrated gambler and demimonde of the 1830s and 1840s was born at the turn of the ninteenth century in Mexico. Young Gertrudis who would later gain fame using the name 'Tules' discovered how to manipulate men reading their body language and analyzing their gambling habits." Univ. New Mexico Press hardcover books
