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2015165999San Juan Puerto Rico: Ediciones Alba 2015. Hardcover. VG. Blue cloth boards with color-illustration laid in on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. xiii 208 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Text in Spanish. "Portrait miniatures became popular in Puerto Rico during the 19th century with several artists mainly Creole practicing this type of painting and leaving behind a group of portraits of undeniable aesthetic and historic value. This study explores the functions and uses of portrait miniatures their relationship to those pictorial genres that preceded them and their evolution over the course of the 19th century. Biographical dates and details for some of the greatest Puerto Rican painters of portrait miniatures are also provided. The first chapter of the book looks at small portraits in oil which preceded the miniature in gouache on ivory; the second covers the technique uses special features and creators of the miniature; the final chapter investigates small photographic portraits which began to replace the painted miniature in the middle of the 19th century."-First Search. Ediciones Alba hardcover books
200726231Amsterdam: BUTT 2007. Tiny tears at the spine ends and light fading to the extremities else fine in wrappers. First Edition. Issue 20 of the quarterly printed on pink paper that transformed not only gay but broader cultural aesthetics for a new generation. Amsterdam: BUTT unknown books
200661320NY: Doubleday 2006. First edition first prnt. Signed by Vidal on a tipped-in page as issued. One of an unspecified number of copies as such issued for promotinal purposes to book shops. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Doubleday Hardcover books
200624232006. VIDAL Gore. POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION: A MEMOIR 1964-2006. NY: Doubleday 2006. Small quarto cloth and boards in dust jacket. First Edition first printing. Signed by Vidal on a specially tipped-in page as issued and also inscribed by Vidal again "Robb from" on the half-title page. Fine in similar d/j. $85.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
200629504New York: Doubleday 2006. FIRST EDITION. Signed by Vidal on a tipped in leaf. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> Doubleday unknown books
200321191ENew York: Abrams 2003. First Edition. From the library of Gore Vidal with his estate stamp. Oversized 132 pages. Gore Vidal is in a photograph in the company of Tennessee Williams Donald Windham Buffie Johnson Tanaquil Le Clereq and Virginia Reed at Cafe Nicholson 1949 the occasion of which Vidal begins his introduction. This photograph appeared in the first issue of the short-lived magazine Flair edited by American writer and artist Fleur Cowles. A black & white photographic portrait of artistic and literary life in the post-war mid-century years featuring the work of photographer Karl Bissinger including images of Truman Capote Carson McCullers Collette Henry Miller Aldous Huxley James Baldwin John Ford Jean Renoir Jean Cocteau Marlon Brando Gary Cooper Agnes de Mille and many more. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket. with a 1 3/4†label affixed to the spine printed with “Introduction Gore Vidalâ€. Abrams unknown books
200721023ELanham MD: Scarecrow Press 2007. First Edition. From the library of Gore Vidal with his estate stamp. Laid in is a type letter signed by Edward Kurdyla Vice President Publisher at Scarecrow Press on printed company stationery presenting this copy to Mr. Vidal dated July 11 2007. 346 pages. Fine copy without dust jacket as issued. Includes references to books and pamphlets short stories essays and reviews plays screenplays published letters manuscripts media adaptations works in translation works about Gore Vidal an index and biographical information. With a certificate of authenticity from the distributor of the Gore Vidal library. Scarecrow Press unknown books
200721022EBoston: Harvard Library - Harvard University 2007. First Edition. From the library of Gore Vidal with his estate stamp. 186 pages 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Hardbound in gilt-stamped dark red cloth with a black label at the spine reading “Vidal Papersâ€. Printed in only a few copies includes Gore Vidal records of literary manuscripts photographs political papers legal and business records and other material. Also includes papers of his long-time companion Howard Austen. Fine copy. With a certificate of authenticity from the distributor of the Gore Vidal library. Harvard Library - Harvard University hardcover books