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2004169729Munich: Prestel 2004. Hardcover. VG/VG/VG- light scuffing and a tear to slipcase. Black cloth boards with cream lettering on spine terracotta and illustrated dust jacket with terracotta lettering. Thin cardboard slipcase with cream and white lettering. 195 pp. Mainly color illustrations. In this vibrant prismatic portrait of the artist and his work Michelangelo's brilliance leaps from the page as his words speak directly to us. The next best thing to traveling back in time this dazzling presentation of Michelangelo's art takes us directly into his world revealing how the Renaissance master saw himself and his work. In letters poetry and notes Michelangelo's own words narrate an odyssey through his life and career as a sculptor painter and architect while numerous. Images capture the breathtaking magnitude of his oeuvre. Providing maps diagrams details of sculptures and paintings and biographical information this comprehensive volume focuses the artist's most important accomplishments offering historic and cultural contexts which deepen our understanding of his genius. The book's main essay written by a leading European art historian and journalist brings the artist and his world to life. The elegantly designed volume includes a slipcase and. Features a stunning foldout of the Sistine Chapel. As readable and user-friendly as it is authoritative and exhaustive I Michelangelo offers a thoroughly original exploration of the life and work of one of history's most fascinating artists. Prestel hardcover books
180960420Milledgeville GA 1809. Partly printed document 6 5/8 x 8 inches employing several sizes and styles of type the text enclosed within an ornamental border and with a seal attached picturing an arm brandishing a sword. Irwin a native of North Carolina moved as a child with his family to the Georgia back county and served with his father and brother during the American Revolution; as governor he signed the act rescinding the fraudulent Yazoo land law. "His leadership patriotism and impartiality were recognized and honored throughout his career" DGB. Marbury is best remembered for his role in the publication of Georgia's first official digest of laws Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia 1802. Some browning but very good. Folded. A nice example of early and somewhat crude Georgia letterpress printing. #7651. <br/><br/> unknown books
1968141612Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Collection of nine vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. Snipe printed to the verso. <br/><br/>A semi-biographical film based on Bernard Malamud's novel of the same name. The story of a Russian-Jew unjustly prisoned on accusations of blood libel. <br/><br/>Set in Russia shot on location in Hungary. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Light wear to the top margin. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1968144528Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1968. Vintage borderless photograph of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and director John Frankenheimer on the set of the 1968 film. With holograph annotations and agency stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Directed by Frankenheimer based on the 1966 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Bernard Malamud written for the screen by Dalton Trumbo and starring Alan Bates Dirk Bogarde and Ian Holm. Set in the era of Czarist Russia Frankeheimer's adaptation is a brutal realization of Malamud's novel wherein a poor Jew named Yakov Bok assumes the identity of a Gentile after moving from the country to Kiev in order to secure a job working for a drunken anti-Semite. When Bok is wrongfully accused of murder he winds up having to go to prison to avoid stigmatizing the entire Jewish community. Alan Bates was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Bok. <br/><br/>Set in Russia shot on location in Hungary <br/><br/>8.5 x 6 inches. Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1925151451N.p.: N.p. 1925. Vintage reference photograph from the 1925 film showing actors George K. Arthur Bruce Guerin Otto Matiesen and Georgia Hale. <br/><br/>From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.<br/><br/>An impoverished group of dockside dwellers decide to move to the city to make their fortunes. Josef von Sternberg's directorial debut. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned with light foxing to the verso. N.p. unknown books
1975SKU1033468Bobbs-Merrill 1975-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Good. 0672521849 Dust jacket and book are clean with modest wear has a good binding no marks or notations. Bobbs-Merrill hardcover books
1253Savannah1856. Single sheet 10 x 8 inches; printed with ink inserts very slight loss about 1/4 inch x 1/16 to part of the ink notations due to rust in the ink Not in Hummel. Levi Russell describes himself as General Agent for the Prosecution of Claims before the Several Executive Departments and Court of Clams. This is a solicitation mailing addressed to a Mrs. Benjamin Grist a Pensioner offering to act on her behalf at his own expense with a fee of half the proceeds if he is successful on her behalf Savannah,1856. unknown books
1918398651918. Leffingwell Georgia Williams. Social and Private Life at Rome in the Time of Plautus and Terence. New York: Columbia University Press 1918. 140 13 pp. Includes 13 pages of advertisements. Newly rebound in blue cloth gilt stamped spine. Ex-library with perforated stamp to title page. $15. A title in the Studies in History Economics and Public Law series edited by the Political Science Faculty of Columbia University. unknown books
196615449Marietta Georgia: Lockheed-Georgia Company 1966. First Edition. Boards. Near Fine. First Edition. Variously paginated. 8 3/4 x 11 inches. Oblong 4to. Publisher's blue printed boards. Faded at the spine clean internally. Boards. "A study of the methods and practices used in manufacture and inspection of adhesive-bonded honeycomb structures."<br/><br/>An internal Lockheed document although designed for publication probably for vendors using their products. Sections include introduction cutting and prefitting cleaning and surface preparation the layup area: priming adhesives assembly curing sealing and finishing inspecting and testing and an appendix includes a reference section of other sources of information for the reader. Highly technical in some areas with closeup photographs and oddly basic in others one illustration shows 6 forms of adhesives each with a crude image of powders solids pastes liquids etc. Other sections are quite practical with do's and don'ts of manufacturing a fingerprint on the product is noted as reducing load carrying-ability by 70%.<br/><br/>A scarce publication with only 2 copies listed in OCLC as of this listing. Dated based on the last visible date in the references section. Lockheed-Georgia Company unknown books
197679329Amherst:: University of Massachusetts Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0870232088 . Black and white illustrations. First edition. Very good in a very good a bit faded along the spine dust jacket. . University of Massachusetts Press, hardcover books
197679328Amherst:: University of Massachusetts Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0870232088 . Black and white illustrations. First edition. Very good in a very good two inch scrape on front panel dust jacket. . University of Massachusetts Press, hardcover books
1976007650Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press 1976. xi 128p. b/w illus. lalrge quarto format dj. University of Massachusetts Press unknown books
19762307895Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press 1976. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Jacket spine lightly toned. Top page ridge lightly foxed. 1976 Large Hardcover. xi 128 pp. ".contains facsimiles of fifty broadsides printed in Massachusetts during the stormy period from 1765 to 1789. .Selected from thousands located in archives across the country these documents are linked by an ongoing historical narrative and are accompanied by a general introduction suggested readings and a discussion of colonial printing."--jacket University of Massachusetts Press hardcover books
1971262725Washington DC: Off Our Backs 1971. Newspaper. 20p. folded tabloid newspaper features reviews news poetry photos services ads lightly-worn and toned on newsprint. Cover story on Mother Jones. Also Women and the Church an extensive series of essays and reports on religion and feminism. Centerspread poem by Piercy on Sisterhood accompanied by b&w photos from the April 10 1971 Women's March on the Pentagon. Off Our Backs unknown books
194869605New York: The Exposition Press. Very Good-. 1948. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. 64 pages dark green boards with gilt stamping. The spine and edges are rubbed. Contents slightly toned but complete. Near Very Good. . The Exposition Press hardcover books
196669604Charleston Illinois: Prairie Press. Very Good. 1966. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the dedication page. 62 pages blue pictorial boards gilt stamping. The covers are a bit soiled and rubbed pencil notes in table of contents former owner gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Good. . Prairie Press hardcover books
1897WRCLIT68094New York: Bonnsell Silver & Co. 1897. 4134pp. Gilt cloth. Frontis. White cloth spine darkened and a bit frayed at tips; a good sound copy. First edition of Madden's first book published under the pseudonym that would be attached to her novels and young adult fiction for the next 35 years. Not all references - Smith and OCLC for example - recognize the pseudonymous status. Not in Wright but likely excluded because of its inspirational young adult nature. Madden was on friendly terms with Annie Fellows Johnston of "Little Colonel" fame joining with her in an "Author Club" situated in Louisville Kentucky. OCLC: 7570741. Bonnsell, Silver & Co. hardcover books
196556903High Wycomb: University Microfilms Limited 1965. stiff paper wrappers with a paper cover label. Rogers Bruce. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with a paper cover label. vii 101 pages. A dissertation reproduced from microfilm by Georgia Mansbridge friend of Bruce Rogers. She writes about his career and personal life from the eighteen hundreds till his death in 1957. University Microfilms Limited unknown books
1997D7588New York: The Typophiles 1997. Hardcover. Fine. Maroon cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine gilt-stamped illustration on upper board; 8vo; pp. xiii 1 95 3 with b/w frontispiece portrait. Spine just the tiniest bit sunned otherwise fine. <br/><br/> The Typophiles hardcover books
1997D7587New York: Stone House Press 1997. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Paper-covered boards backed in gilt-stamped maroon cloth; 8vo; pp. xiii 1 95 3 with full-color frontispiece portrait. Number 49 from a deluxe limited edition of 125 copies with imported cloth spine Fabriano Ingres sides and endpapers. Fine with laid-in prospectus flattened crease from folding and slipcase. <br/><br/> Stone House Press hardcover books
1997283204New York: Stone House 1997. Limited. hardcover. fine. Tipped in color frontis. xiii 95pp. 12mo cloth-backed boards slipcase. New York: The Stone House Press 1997. A fine copy of this handsome edition.<br/><br/> Number 29 of 100 numbered copies.<br/><br/> Stone House unknown books
199761160New York: The Typophiles 1997. cloth. Rogers Bruce. small 8vo. cloth. xiii 95 3 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Chap Book New Series Number One. Short biography of Bruce Rogers 1870-1957 a reprint of the 1965 Master's Thesis by Mansbridge who was acquainted with Mr. Rogers during the last decade or so of his life. Facing the title page is a photo of the author and Mr. Rogers. There is no discussion of books designed by Mr. Rogers but a concluding chapter quotes various comments positive and negative by others on the work of Rogers. Concludes with notes primary and secondary bibliographies not updated since the original publication. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Bruce Rogers' colophon device is gilt-stamped on the front cover. Distributed for the Typophiles by Oak Knoll Press. The Typophiles unknown books
1997105234New York: The Typophiles 1997. cloth. Rogers Bruce. small 8vo. cloth. xiii 95 3 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Chap Book New Series Number One. Short biography of Bruce Rogers 1870-1957 a reprint of the 1965 Master's Thesis by Mansbridge who was acquainted with Mr. Rogers during the last decade or so of his life. Facing the title page is a photo of the author and Mr. Rogers. There is no discussion of books designed by Mr. Rogers but a concluding chapter quotes various comments positive and negative by others on the work of Rogers. Concludes with notes primary and secondary bibliographies not updated since the original publication. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Bruce Rogers' colophon device is gilt-stamped on the front cover. The Typophiles unknown books
1997016171New York: The Typophiles 1997. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xiv 95 pages of text. Original hardcover binding in almost new condition. Illustrated with a frontis photo. 500 copies published. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. The Typophiles Hardcover books
1997132602New York NY: The Stone House Press 1997. self paper wrappers. Rogers Bruce. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 4 pages. Prospectus announcing publication of Bruce Rogers: American Typographer. Folded. The Stone House Press unknown books
