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1919108343Adelaide 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide circa 1919. A custom-made photograph album 190 × 200 mm containing 6 card leaves with an original gelatin silver photograph mounted on both sides of each leaf with interleaved tissue-guards. Each photograph is approximately 135 × 95 mm. Half leather and cloth lettered in full in gilt on the front cover with 'The Eucalypts' in gilt on the spine; leather discoloured and moderately rubbed with slight wear in a few areas; some tiny paint spots near the head of the front cover; tissue-guards a little foxed and offset; marginal silvering-out to five prints; overall in very good condition. All but the first portrait is signed and only the last one contains an additional inscription the date '10.1.19'. The State Library of South Australia has another example of this album enabling us to confirm the identities where the handwriting was unclear. Ministers of religion lawyers doctors and architects predominate. The subjects are Reverend A.H. Gifford possibly A.E. Gifford; Benjamin Benny 1869-1935 senator and solicitor; George McEwin 1873-1945 lawyer and philanthropist; Edward Erskine Cleland 1869-1943 barrister and judge; Alfred McBain Bonython 1865-1954 architect; Sir James Wallace Sandford 1879-1958 merchant and politician; Reverend Wilfred Harris Unitarian minister returned to England in 1918; Dr Herbert Frank Shorney 1878-1933 opthalmologist; Sir Thomas John Mellis Napier 1882-1976 later a SA Supreme Court judge; Harold Reid; Edward Warner Benham 1872-1948 lawyer and academic; and Francis Hedley Counsell 1864-1933 architect. <p>The subtitle is a misquote from 'Among the Sandhills' by Adela Florence Nicolson née Cory 1865-1904 an English poet who wrote under the pseudonym Laurence Hope 'The scented orange bushes check the breeze Granting in tribute many waxen stars And aromatic Eucalyptus trees Defy the sun with grey-green scimitars'. We have saved the best until the end: we purchased this item decades ago and have postponed cataloguing it innumerable times not knowing who 'The Eucalypts' were. We have finally solved the puzzle by the simple expedient of spending untold hours on it. We eventually discovered the lengthy biographical sketch of Alfred Bonython compiled by Giles Walkley for the University of SA's database on architects accessible online. Among many other interesting details he records that 'At the age of 42 Bonython became the father of a fourth daughter . Determinedly reviving his literary activities he joined both at their outset in 1910 Lady Symon's Poetry Society and the "liberal Christian" discussion group The Eucalypts Club . SRG 252'. hardcover
1957058685The Rand Corporation 1957. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. 53 Posters Each 12" X 9". Finely Printed On Heavy Card Each With Portrait Signed "N. Boyle" A Particularly Memorable Quotation And The Same Logo At Bottom "The Rand Corporation Santa Monica California". A Fine Set In A Folding Box Perhaps But Not Certainly As Issued. The Posters Were The Basis Of A Series Of Well Known Ads Placed In Serious And Academic Journals Etc. The Original Ads Are Still Collectible But These Original Posters Are All Rare. <br/> <br/> The Rand Corporation unknown
197413406Providence Rhode Island: Burning Deck Press 1974. Original wraps. Fine. Linda Lutes. A pristine copy of this 1974 poetry portfolio issued in a tiny edition of 75 copies by Burning Deck Press of Providence. This is a Proof copy INSCRIBED BY THE DESIGNER AND ILLUSTRATOR LINDA LUTES TO NEW YORK PERFORMANCE ARTIST AND POET CARL MORSE. 8 loose signatures as issued laid into a printed off-white chemise. Both the chemise and the plates are in immaculate condition. The 7 poets featured are: Michael Benedikt William Bronk Michel S. Harper Edwin Honig Rochelle Owens Diane Wakoski and Rosemarie Waldrop. Burning Deck Press unknown
199281984Industria. New. 1992. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- with a bonus offer-- . Industria hardcover
1986Q-0815602057Syracuse University Press 1986-09-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Syracuse University Press paperback
1986002718Santa Barbara: Arpel Graphics 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good . Folio. 142 2 pp. Bound in brown boards title in red on cover and spine in illustrated dust jacket. Full-color photographs by Ommer accompanied by text and poetry by Senghor. Near Fine light rubbing to head and tail of spine minor bumping and shelf wear to bottom edge in Very Good dust jacket with light wear to extremities and overall scuffing. <br/><br/> Arpel Graphics hardcover
194628322New York: Henry Holt & Co. As New. 1946. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- with a bonus offer-- . Henry Holt & Co. hardcover
1993032784New York: Abbeville Press 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 271 Pp Black Cloth. First Edition Stated. Fine No Wear In Very Near Fine Dj With Touch Of Rubbing At Upper Corners And Closed 1/8" Tear At Top Of Rear Spine Edge. No Marks. Printing Flaw- Some Smearing Of Printed Letters At Right 1 1/2" Of Text On P. 145 No Loss Of Text. International Postage By Usps Priority Mail Box. <br/> <br/> Abbeville Press hardcover
19839498Franklin Library 1983. HB NODJ ISSUED 1983 1st edition thus Black tooled leather decorated Gold Gilt pgs edges Gold gilt with ribbon bookmrk 845 pgs index F/F NODJ. First Thus. Hard Cover. Franklin Library hardcover
19642092902137306964Bijutsu shubbansha 1964. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Bijutsu shubbansha paperback
1992056533Mcgraw-Hill 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Xiv 355 Pp. First Printing Indicated Soft Cover. Fine. No Marks Or Wear. <br/> <br/> Mcgraw-Hill paperback
19893112732San Francisco: Chronicle Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0-87701-601-1 . Fine in a very close to fine unclipped dust jacket. Couple tiny crimps at upper edge of dust jacket. 143pp. 10 1/4" X 12 1/4" Features new work by 41 artists including David Hockney cover Ed Ruscha Ed Moses Wayne Thiebaud Richard Diebenkorn Mark Tansey Alexis Smith and others. Lovely production. ; 10 1/4" x 12 1/4"; 143 pages . Chronicle Books hardcover
19850009281Pasadena CA: Twelvetrees Press 1985. First Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Folio unpaginated cloth; dj has slight split at front rlap fold. <br/><br/>Intridcution by Susan Sontag. Twelvetrees Press hardcover
1977022904-UNew York: Aperture 1977. Book. Illus. by Edward Weston. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st.ed. 1977 Hardcover with the dust jacket 116 page book. Illustrated with full page black and white nude photos by one of the last century fine art photographers. A scarce book on Weston by Aperture publishing. Condition : Very good light edge ware at bottom edge. See this book cover and other books on photographic art at our book site at : Gibbsbooks. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Aperture Hardcover
1982003046México D. F.: Fondo de Cultura Economica 1982. First edition. Paperback. Very Good-. Tall 8vo. Unpaged. Bound in silver and black wrappers title printed in white on cover and spine. Black and white portrait photographs of authors and artists by Alvarez. Text in Spanish. Very Good minor age-toning to margins otherwise internally clean and sound rubbing and wear to wrappers significant peeling of lamination at all corners. <br/><br/> Fondo de Cultura Economica paperback
19902090502113717658Not Available 1990. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1981DEMO013546INew York: The Limited Editions Club 1981. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Berenice Abbott photographs. Octavo two-tone cloth; glassine dj; publisher's slipcase <br/><br/>Introduction by Leon Edel. Signed by Cowley and Abbott. Other photos by Man Ray Walker Evans Andre Kertesz Alvin Coburn & Berenice Abbott of expatriates The Limited Editions Club hardcover
1929044769New York: The Dial Press / Lincoln Macveagh 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good /No Jacket. 341 Pp. Black Cloth Gilt. First Printing 1929 Dial Press New York. Slight Usage No Marks Gilt Bright. <br/> <br/> The Dial Press / Lincoln Macveagh hardcover
19875575Firenze Italy: E Stato Realizzato / Galleria D'Arte Palazzo Vecchio / Il Punto Editrice 1987 . First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Oblong 4to 143 pages cloth <br/><br/>Extensive treatment of the works of painter Gigi Doni with 44 color photographs. Catalogue of an exhibition with bi-lingual text in Italian and English. E Stato Realizzato / Galleria D'Arte Palazzo Vecchio / Il Punto Editrice hardcover
193120448London: Leadley 1931. First and Limited Edition. Quarter Vellum Portfolio. Paper pastedown on boards. Very Good Plus. Max Beerbohm. No. 716 of 900 copies in the limitation. Beerbohm's inimitable caricatures of the six leads in Noel Coward's hugely successful 1929 operetta which in its first West End run ran from 1929 to 1931. Besides Coward himself who multi-tasked as he often did writing the libretto the music and the lyrics as well as starring in the production other performers captured by Beerbohm include a young Peggy Wood George Metaxa Ivy St. Helier and Charles Cochran. The large portfolio is 41 by 29 cm. There are eight leaves all of substantial card stock housed loose under the three flaps within: a title leaf a Contents leaf and then six large folded sheets each with a plate within. The first plate is a facsimile of a handwritten note of Beerbohm regarding the musical production then one folded sheet for each of the subjects of Beerbohm's deft pen. The caricatures are mounted and although printed they could almost pass as the original artwork. They are each 33by 23 cm. The plates are all Fine even pristine. All the card leaves are clean with mild age toning around their edges. The cover both the vellum and the paper pastedown boards have a fair amount of soiling and some wear along the edges. The gilt lettering on the front remains fairly bright. The flaps within have minor tearing. So the contents we would grade as Fine the binding Very Good Minus and overall we come up with Very Good Plus. Leadley unknown
1998112175New York: Amphoto Art; Watson-Guptill Publications 1998. Cloth 160 pages chiefly illustrations; 31 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the photographer Jack Mitchell 1925-2013 on the front free endpaper no dedication. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Profusely illustrated. A large-format coffee-table book. Profusely illustrated. "For thirty-five years almost everyone who was anyone in the arts found themselves in Jack Mitchell's photography studio in New York City. This book distills the finest results of Mitchell's own artistic mission to portray the greatest actors dancers painters composers writers choreographers and musicians of his day. Mitchell's list of subjects is a crash course in late twentieth-century art including such luminaries as Mikhail Baryshnikov Lauren Bacall Alfred Hitchcock Twyla Tharp Jack Nicholson Robert Rauschenberg Meryl Streep Luciano Pavarotti Uta Hagen Tommy Tune Julie Andrews Philip Glass and on and on. In the sixties his self-assigned goal of photographing the greatest painters and sculptors living in New York - for example Isamu Noguchi Louise Nevelson Roy Lichtenstein Ellsworth Kelly Robert Indiana Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg - led to a retrospective exhibit in 1974. Although the photographs that follow speak for themselves captions accompany each one providing a time-capsule context. Mitchell's wry sense of humor peeks out from behind the lens in these anecdotes about America's greatest living and sometimes now deceased legends." - Publisher. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Folio. Collectible. Amphoto Art; Watson-Guptill Publications Hardcover
19189533Tacoma: Robert W. Hubert 1918. Assume First and Only Edition. Original wraps. Very good. oblong 12mo. silhouette decorated covers unpaginated. -- Front edges moderately bumped bottom front corner bumped a couple small nicks to extremities of the covers. Robert W. Hubert unknown
19671112071La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art 1967. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art unknown
199228156San Francisco: The Arion Press 1992. Limited. Cloth. Near Fine. R.B. Kitaj. Limited edition of 200 this is 65 1992. Near Fine. Small folio 62 pp. with lithographs by Kitaj. Bound in publishers two colors of Japanese cloth black and grey/green black lettering on the front binding design with a flap enclosing the fore-edge that folds into the front cover; cream endpapers fore- and bottom edges uncut. Very very slight signs of shelf wear - no notable defects. Signed by author and artist. The Arion Press unknown
19658936Oxford Press Los Angeles 1965. HBDJ 19651st editionminor rub scuff & tiny chips DJ F/VG. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Oxford Press Los Angeles hardcover
