411 résultats
2001205238Mexico City: Sigio Veintiuno Editores 2001. Trade Paperback. 220p. text in Spanish originally published in English in 1997 this is one of 2000 copies in the first Spanish language edition. Explores the fear of crime among women especially women of color. Sigio Veintiuno Editores paperback books
1997206164Berkeley: University of California Press 1997. Paperback. xv 187p. wraps slightly edge worn inscribed by Madriz to Suzie and Piri Thomas in Spanish. University of California Press paperback books
1956140109Burbank CA: MS Productions 1956. Final Draft script for season six episode 30 of the 1956 television show originally broadcast May 1 1956 on NBC. Copy belonging to Mason Curry who played Grady with his name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil and holograph pencil annotations additions and changes to his scenes throughout. <br/><br/>Episode 30 of season six of the television show "Big Town" a series focused on the adventures of Steve Wilson and his staff at "The Illustrated Press" newspaper as they cover the hard hitting stories and social issues of the day. <br/><br/>Brown titled wrappers production no. 537. Title page present dated February 3 1956 noted as Final with credits for screenwriter William L. Stuart. 32 leaves with last page of text numbered 30B. Mechanical duplication with revision pages throughout dated February 10 1956. Pages Very Good wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. MS Productions unknown books
1968044488New York Etc.: Reinhold Books Corporation 1968. 2d Printing. viii 200p. b/w illus. original black cloth quarto format. Reinhold Books Corporation unknown books
1960W144EMNew York N.Y.: Reinhold Publishing 1960. Original black cloth with white titling. D.J. has faint edge browning and 1/4 inch closed tear at top of upper panel. Lavish amounts of photography used to illustrate. The five architects discussed are Bernard Maybdeck Irving Gill Greene and Greene and R. M. Schindler. Esther McCoy the author worked in Schindler's office and knew Gill's nephew also an architect and interviewed Maybeck. She wrote the catalogues for "Roots of California Contemporary Architecture" and the "Irving Gill Show". Her choices of subjects span the distance from Bernard Maybeck who studied in the Parisian school of L'Ecole des Beaux Arts to R. M. Schindler whose engineering creations stand in stark contrast to Maybeck. An engrossing book and a satisfying read in these terrible days of MacMansions. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 4to. Trade. Reinhold Publishing Hardcover books
1956223698North Bennington: Coley Taylor 1956. hardcover. good. 1236pp. 8vo blue cloth cloth lightly soiled. North Bennington: Coley Taylor 1956.<br/><br/> Coley Taylor unknown books
1955406571955. McCULLOUGH Morgan Esther. THE FIVE DEVILS OF KILMAINHAM. NY: Coley Taylor Inc. 1955. First Edition. Signed presentation from McCullough on the front endpaper: "Little Mary with love and great admiration for the way she has grown standing in stature through the years. I only wish I could do half so well my Dear. Esther." Very Good; some edgewear small chips & tears d/j. $75.00. <br/><br/> unknown books
19509869NY: Macmillan 1950. First edn. 8vop pp. 104. VG in chipped dj. The biography of the nurse who later went to Yale to found the school of nursing. Macmillan unknown books
196588492N.P.: Printed by Willbur C. Kreibel Inc Chester PA 1965. stiff paper wrappers. Printz Armegott. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vi 451 pages. Daughter of Johann Björnson Printz Governor of New Sweden 1643-1653. Illustrated. Spot in corner of front cover. (Printed by Willbur C. Kreibel, Inc, Chester, PA unknown books
196557154NY:: Grove Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. First printing. Near fine in a near fine minor edge wear at the crown of the spine dust jacket. . Grove Press, hardcover books
1947Embry 195799U. of California Press 1947. First edition first printing. Fine in very good dust jacket with a closed tear and a shallow chip to head of spine in mylar cover. U. of California Press, 1947. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1947148295Berkeley CA: University of California Press 1947. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 91 pages. Introduction by Fulmer Mood. A very near fine copy. No dust jacket. University of California Press unknown books
194760465Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 91 p. With an Introduction by Fulmer Mood. Small octavo. Original red cloth binding with gilt titles. Internally crisp and clean. The dust jacket is lightly tanned along the spine and folds. Better than very good. <br/><br/> University of California Press hardcover books
194766142Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Very Good. 1947. Hardcover. 91 pages red cloth covers with gilt printing to the spine. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. . University of California Press hardcover books
2008270717Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum 2008. paperback. very good. Gehry Frank. Many color and b/w Illus. 108pp. 12mo pr. wrs. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum 2008. Very good<br/><br/> Exhibition catalogue.<br/><br/> Princeton University Art Museum unknown books
2003148054New York: The Jewish Museum New York 2003. Hardcover. Fine/VG- dj lightly rubbed and with a tiny tear at bottom of front. Black cloth/boards. Red lettering on spine. Color-illus. dj with primary-color lettering. 208 pp. with 175 illus. including 125 in full color and 50 duotones. Music CD in back pocket. Catalogue from the exhibition held at The Jewish Museum October 2003 to February 2004. Essays include Schoenberg and Kandinsky in Concert; Schoenberg's Echo: The Composer as Painter; The Blue Rider; Kandinsky and Schoenberg: Abstractino as a Visual Metaphor of Emancipated Dissonance; and First Loyalties: Schoenberg and Vienna's Classical Tradition. Includes chronologies of both Schoenberg and Kandinsky and program notes for the CD. A vibrant account of how music and painting drew inspiration form one another during an era of extraordinary artistic synergy. The archival CD includes Schoenberg's compositions performed at the January 1911 concert which was the catalyst for the events and works on which this exhibition and catalogue are based. An amazing catalogue. The Jewish Museum New York hardcover books
1949018678New York: A. A. Wyn 1949. 140p. b/w front. port. slightly chipped dj Great musicians. A. A. Wyn unknown books
8508MORRIS MEYNELL Esther. PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM MORRIS. London: Chapman & Hall 1947. 8vo. Cloth. Frontispiece ix i 229 pages plates. First edition. Freitag 6810. Intended as a study of Morris himself and not of his work as craftsman or author. Illustrated. Covers lightly rubbed. unknown books
19338790London: Chapman & Hall 1933. First edn. 8vo Pp. 365. A VG tight copy. Meynell is best known as a painter and the sister of the well known novelist Alice Meynell. Chapman & Hall unknown books
195419096New York: Esther Gentle Gallery 1954. Near fine. 9.25" by 4.25". Sheet printed offset recto only with contemporary Gotham Book Mart stamp to verso. Near fine. Mild touch of yellowing to second paragraph; otherwise clean overall. <br/><br/>Promotes Miller's watercolor exhibition at Esther Gentle from Dec. 1 to 15 1954. Previously only shown in Europe and Mexico this was Miller's first Stateside exhibition of his beloved watercolors. Esther Gentle Gallery unknown books
2012164904Milan: Silvana Editoriale 2012. Softcover. VG but for some light wear to edges and corners. Color-illustrated softcover red spine with white lettering. 373 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from June 29- October 1 2012. Silvana Editoriale paperback books
1947WRCLIT24882London: Chapman & Hall 1947. Cloth. Plates. First edition. Very good in chipped dust jacket. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
1918119781New York: George H. Doran 1918. Softcover. VG- with light cover dust soiling and slight wear at spine; very nice interior. Ivory paper wraps stapled with black lettering; x 45 pp. with bw frontis and 3 additional bw portraits. Translated from the Armenian. Written by the wife of the British Vice-Consul in the Kurdish outpost of Diarbekir Diyarbakir in the eastern part of Turkey. Both were ethnically Armenian. This was during the time of the "Armenian situation" in Turkey. A very rare and personal story of how the Armenians lived and what they endured during this time of WW I. A historic booklet that is timely again today 2010 as various governments are voting on the status of whether or not to consider their treatment as genocide. George H. Doran paperback books
190926188New York: Dodd Mead 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarter cloth over decorated boards. 360 pp including index. Illustrated with photographs. Covers are a bit worn but the book is clean and still well-bound. Small sticker afixed to the inside front pastedown else no other plates or markings other than a wonderful FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION by the author dated in New York in 1911 "My idea in writing this book was to set forth a true picture of the manners and customs framing the joys and sorrows beliefs and superstitions and toils and pleasures of the Dutch who founded New Amsterdam; and to whom though not a trace of their little city can be found the second greatest city in the world owes its origin. Esther Singleton Dodd, Mead hardcover books
19493001Pittsburg KS: Kansas St. Teachers Col 1949. Hardbound. VG internally ex art library with label bookplate never used. Grey buckram. 182 pp. 1 bw plate. The introduction states that Part 2 a geographical index to the location of these murals would be published at a later date. Karpel states that this volume has yet to be published but that the author's notes are available for study at The Library of The Kansas State Teachers College. Volume 1 lists a whopping 1544 artists covering the period from 1800 to 1927. Printed reproductions for each artist are listed. An essential reference since a: many artists are included even though they might not be generally thought of as muralists; and b: periodical literature is thoroughly indexed with respect to these artists. Kansas St. Teachers Col hardcover books