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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
200685777San Juan Puerto Rico: Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín; Ediciones Alba 2006. 28 cm. 108p color plates bibl. color pict. wrps Religious sculptures between the 16th and 19th century in Puerto Rico by noted authority on subject Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín; Ediciones Alba unknown books
2015249969New York: Doubleday 2015. Hardcover. xii 464p. introduction conclusion postscript notes index illustrated with two glossy b&w photo sections red remainder dot bottom edge otherwise a near-fine first edition first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and bright unclipped dj. Doubleday hardcover books
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
2001255545New York: Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books 2001. Paperback. xv 336p. foreword introduction credits corner bumped and light foxing on edges else very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books paperback books
2001201095Los Angeles: Advocate Books/Alyson Pub 2001. Paperback. 138p. 9.25x11.75 inches introduction 16 interbviews photos Liz Smith afterword fine first edition oversized glossy magazine/reade paperback in pictorial wraps. Advocate Books/Alyson Pub paperback 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
2001119849New York: Harcourt 2001. Hardcover. xxx 354p. foreword introduction notes very good first edition first printing stated in boards and unclipped dj. Slight soilingto untrimmed fore-edges. Harcourt hardcover books
