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200367485Toluca Mexico: Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura El Colegio Mexiquense 2003. 23x30cm. . 208p. color plates ports. bio/chron. ind. color pict. d.j. Beautiful presentation and retrospective of the career and artwork of Luis Nishizawa b. Mexico 1918. Nishizawa began painting in the 1940's. His paintings are known for their vivid use of color landscapes and portraits which are reflective of his Mexican-Japanese heritage. Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura, El Colegio Mexiquense unknown books
607693COWLES Fleur. Typed Letter Signed "Fleur" in black fountain pen ink on engraved Look 511 Fifth Avenue New York 17 executive letterhead June 6 1949. 7 1/4" x 10 1/2"; 1 page; very good minor signs of handling; 1949. To Walter Winchell New York Mirror 235 East 45th St. New York N.Y. "Dear Walter: I want to talk to you about a check for the idea you gave me on the diet feature -- which come out superbly well I think and apparently so did you because it came back with nary a change. My assistant wrote the text and I think it quite a feather in her cap that she could mmimic you so will and that you could approve it so wholeheartedly. . .I want to give you a check for $1000 for the Damon Runyon Fund -- as I think that would be the nearest and quickest way to your heart. . .I have been trying for days to get in touch with you. . .With cordial regards Fleur Cowles." Interesting letter to Walter Winchell offering to give $1000 to the Damon Runyon Fund in thanks for Walter Winchells suggestion of a diet feature for Look Magazine. Together with carbon copy of Walter Winchell's reply short tears; several large chips to edges. Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1950281689Highland Springs Virginia: Masonic Home Press Inc 1950. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A substantial record with the Proceedings of the Grand Annual Communication 298 pp.; a Memorial to the Beloved Dead 5 pp.; Roster of the Working Lodges Under the Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Virginia 389 pp.; List of Elective Grand Officers 4 pp.; and an Appendix containing Report of Committee on Fraternal Correspondence 56 pp. and Report of the Board of Governors of the Masonic Home of Virginia for 1949 35 pp. plus an Index. With a frontispiece photographic portrait of Grand Master Enoch Flowers. In the publisher's blue wrappers with some repair to the bottom of the spine and the front panel. An uncommon Virginia masonic item. Very Good binding. Masonic Home Press, Inc unknown books
1995174219New York: Abbeville Publishers 1995. Hardcover. VG/VG museum label inside front cover. Teal cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine glossy color illustrated dj 383 pp profusely illustrated in bw and color illustrations. Oversized. Professor Francesca Flores d'Arcais's chronological survey of Giotto's life and work incorporates an impressive range of sources from fourteenth-century Latin and Italian documents to the most recent art-historical investigations. Her international research leads her to important re-attributions of Giottesque paintings and to new insights regarding the execution and dating of famous and less well-known works. The engaging text is illustrated by hundreds of oversize superbly reproduced photographs - some on double gatefold pages. The illustrations are drawn from new photography of Giotto's paintings many of which have been recently restored to their original brilliance. Includes bibliographical references pages 375-379 and indexes. Abbeville Publishers hardcover books
195035628La Habana: Edit. Marcha 1950. 15cm. Viñetas de René Portocarrero 62p. 1 b/w plate plus ind. pict. wrps. Presentation copy signed by author. One full page illustration and cover illustrations by Portocarrero. Edit. Marcha unknown books
1952D17549Chicago: Cowles Magazines 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Red cloth decorated in gilt with die-cut window; 4to; illustrated throughout in full-color and b/w with several gatefolds. Excellent copy of this book filled with cut-outs and fold-outs and twists and turns that surprise the reader with every turn of the page. Includes a tipped-in book by Katherine Anne Porter entitled "The Flower of Flowers" and an interactive art piece by Salvador Dali entitled "Mimicry of Nature." A gem of avant-garde mixed media. <br/><br/> Cowles Magazines hardcover books
196366403México: INBA Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno 1963. 23cm. Textos de Paul Westheim Justino Fernández José Julio Rodríguez. Prologo y Edicion: Horacio Flores-Sanchez. Segunda Edicion 35p. b/w illus. plus 24 b/w and black and blue plates latter on tracing paper loose as issued in color pict. folio. Wonderful collection of plates of Posada's prints. Plus critical essays in the in honor of the 50th anniversary of Posada's death. Second Edition is really a second printing done in the same year as the first edition. INBA, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno unknown books
19527819New York. Cowles Magazine. 1952. Gilt decorated cloth with date inset to front cover and gilt titled spine. Folio. Hugely illustrated in colour and black & white including many fold-outs. Covers the slightest bit rubbed. Previous owners small book label to front free endsheet not obstructing page decorations. A Fine copy. Cowles Magazine. hardcover books
1950012157NY: Cowles Magazines 1950. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. First issue of the very expensive very short-lived and very highbrow magazine conceived and edited by Fleur Cowles socialite all around swell and wife of magazine magnate John Cowles who published - and financed. Covers a wee dusty remarkably well-preserved. Cowles Magazines unknown books
1972150118020New York: Taplinger Publishing Company 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 418 p. Very Good in About Very Good dust jacket Name penned on top edge else fine. Jacket has some chips and wear front panel torn and missing chunk chip at back panel rubbing price intact. Nice condition overall. Taplinger Publishing Company hardcover books
197945320Kent England: Dawson 1979. 1st Edition. Quarter bound with maroon cloth spines over grey linen boards. Gilt stamped spine lettering. A Fine unused set. 4 volumes; 4000 pages. Vol 1: Generalities Philosophy & Religion. Vol 2: Social Sciences Pure Sciences Technology the Arts. Vol 3: Language Literature. Vol 4: Geography & History. Imperial 8vo. 12" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/> Dawson hardcover books
1971140939243San Francisco: Last Gasp Eco-funnies Co 1971. First Edition. Fine. First edition. Black and white photo illustrated wraps. 48 pp. including covers. Printed on rectos only. Staples a bit rusted else Fine and unread. An attractive copy. A souvenir celebration of the Haight Ashbury performance troupe that anticipated many facets of glam rock as well as modern drag and gay performance culture. Last Gasp Eco-funnies Co unknown books
20031281737Venice: Foundazione Giorgio Cini Istituto di Storia dell'Arte 2003. Quarto: VG/G: Off white spine with dark red text: DJ has general shelfwear some dark smudges remnants of a sticker on front bottom quarter minor age toning: Boards are strong and clean light bumping to head and tail of spine bumping to corners binding is tight: Textblock exterior is clean and pages free of markings folds or tears: Text is in ITALIAN: 515 pp.<br /> Over sized book. Additional shipping necessary for expedited/international shipping. Economy international shipping unavailable due to weight/size restrictions. Please contact seller for additional information. 1281737. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Foundazione Giorgio Cini Istituto di Storia dell'Arte unknown books
19751322694New York: Grove Press Inc 1975. First US Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 265 pages; VG-/VG; spine green with black and blue lettering; dust jacket protected by a mylar cover; price uncut "$7.50"; minimal wear to edges of dust jacket age-toned pages; shelved in case 6. 1322694. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Grove Press, Inc hardcover books
195240708NY:: Cowles Magazines 1952. First Edition. Periodical. 4to 229. Articles on various subjects heavily illustrated; some with fold-out or cut pages. Red cloth with cut-out on front. A nice copy. Designed by Federico Pallavicini and printed and bound at the Lakeside Press. An annual issued after the demise of the magazine. In her "Editor's Note" the magazine's founder/editor calls this volume "my reply to those who wrote since the magazine's demise and to the many others I hope still wonder with some yearning about Flair. I bring it back as a book in which you will find in the separate folios which follow each an entity in itself each in fact like a slim separate book subjects in which I believe many people will share a common interest with me. You will see them presented with the same physical attributes which distinguished Flair Magazine -- the same beauty and invention and the element of surprise imitations of which have flattered Flair since its suspension. Cowles Magazines unknown books
1845RMORELA00JFAlfa 1845; 1846. Fair. Morales Dario. El Alfa The Chilean Newspaper containing pertinant information refering to General Flores and the Ecuadorian revolution 2 issues - Saturday August 30 1845 and Friday December 4 1846. Flores Juan Jose; Cucalon Jose Maria; Denoso Andres. Talca Chile: Alfa 1845; 1846. 4; 4pp. Folio. Newspaper. Book condition: August 30 1845: The newspaper's condition is good with small open tears to edges and along fold of newspaper.; December 4 1846: Fair with missing one inch strip along the bottom. All text is present. Small open tears along the folds. Light discoloration to the bottom corner of the paper. In Spanish. August 30 1845: This Chilean Newspaper gives a microcosmic glimpse into a fascinating time for Ecuador. Chile's front page story posts the details of Ecuador's old regime of General Flores and his stipulations for surrender. He will nonetheless try to gain back power 19 more times.; December 4 1846: Includes an incendiary letter condemning the United States and their ""crimes against society"" calling the U.S.A. out on it's aggressive use of the military during the Mexican American War. Alfa unknown books
1940186269Mexico: Museo Nacional 1940. Softcover. VG- light shelfwear to wraps; light age toning to pages but text and illustrations are otherwise clean. Glassine dj is worn and torn. Off-white wraps with burgundy lettering and mounted color illustration on front cover; glassine dj; 4 preliminary leaves 244 pages 2 leaves portraits some color. At head of title: SecretarÃa de educación pública Instituto nacional de antropologÃa e historia. Text is in Spanish. "Portraits of notable figures in the colonial history of Mexico existing in the National Museum with notes collected from various authors and ordered by the Head of the Department of History of the same Institution" -translated from the title page. Museo Nacional unknown books
1982129045Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1982. Early Draft script for the 1995 film "Screamers" seen here under its working title "Dragon's Teeth." The script itself is dated 1982 over ten years between script writing and the film's release. Bound at the rear are appendices and a colored map of Soviet and United Nations territories during World War III. Shot on location in Canada. <br/><br/>Based on the 1953 short story "Second Variety" by Philip K. Dick the story takes place in the year 2078 on a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war WWIII where scientists have created the perfect weapon: a self-replicating army of killing machines called "Screamers." They have continued to evolve without any human guidance and eventually seek to destroy all of life. Joe Hendricksson Weller leads a group of soldiers still alive on the mining planet Sirius 6B and decides he must negotiate a peace treaty with enemy forces. To do so he will have to cross a wasteland full of Screamers. <br/><br/>Pale gray titled wrappers dated October 29 1982 with credits for screenwriter O'Bannon and for writer Dick. Title page present dated October 29 1982 with credits for screenwriter O'Bannon and for writer Dick. 126 leaves mimeograph duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. <br/><br/>Lentz p. 1494. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1993165329Lima Peru: Banco de Credito del Peru 1993. Hardcover. VG/G. Dust jacket has some creases through center rips along edges shelf wear. Some soiling on cloth along bottom edges. Pages slightly creased along bottom near gutter. Clean and tight interior. Orange cloth over boards with red lettering. Color pictorial dust jacket with white spine. xxii; 359 pp. A plethora of color illustrations. Coleccion Arte y Tesoros del Peru. Text in Spanish. Banco de Credito del Peru hardcover books
18504147Mexico: Imp. de la Voz de la Religion 1850. 8vo. 29 pp. <br><br>Jurisdictional squabbling differences of opinion concerning censorship and => the role of the state in suppressing anti-Catholic books are addressed in Flores's opinion to the court. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Sutro 859. Removed from a nonce volume. Imp. de la Voz de la Religion unknown books
1847WRCAM41208Lima 1847. 371pp. Removed from a bound volume. Last page is foxing lightly. Text is bright and clean. Signatures of the two authors on the second to last page. Very good. San Roman was the President of the Council of State from 1845 until 1849. This document is a list of acts and resolutions made by the council. San Roman went on to become the President of Peru in 1862. This copy is signed in ink by both San Roman and his Secretary Flores on the second to last page. unknown books
198318324London: A5 Albany Piccadilly 1983. 1 vols. 8vo and 4to. To her friend Isabel Leighton Bunker. Primarily concerning personal matters and opinions. The first responds to Mrs. Bunker's earlier letter congratulating her on her "brilliant son-in-law" hoping that Iran is not a powder keg and regretting that the Bunker's wouldn't be going to Europe for the summer. The second written while she is recovering from a leg injury "the cast is off and I'm left in bandages which replace it from toes to knee" and mentions a letter received "I went back to tears when I read the long and sorrowful letter sent me by Prince Ranier. The pain and anguish he feels is heartbreaking.I've alwas loved her but isn't it sad that I didn't know how much until she was gone After 30 years of close friendship sisterly this is a sad truth." And the last letter commences with business stating that she's fired her agent and was looking for another then describes how she snapped off four teeth biting on an English muffin and needed "pinning all together. 1 vols. 8vo and 4to. Fleur Cowles was the editor and publisher of the elaborate fashion magazine "Flair." Her husband Gardner Cowles was the editor of "Look." Isabel Leighton later Mrs. Arthur Hugh Bunker was a war correspondent playwright actress radio personality and author and very active with various social responsibilites. She was the author of "Where Away" and her short story "Fat Girl" was chosen for inclusion among the "100 Best Stories to Come of the War." Her theatrical successes include "Spring Again" and "Mercenary Mary" and as a war correspondent she covered both Asia and Europe with her articles appearing in most of the leading periodicals in the country. A5 Albany, Piccadilly unknown books
1924260689Mexico City: Grupo Cultural 1924. 68p. slender paperback 5.25x7 inches paper toned and fragile mild handling wear very good. Third edition. Vida y Obra tomo VI. A play by the Mexican revolutionary who had died in Leavenworth Prison two years earlier. The play was first performed in Los Angeles in 1915 when Flores Magón and other members of the Mexican Liberal Party were based in the area. Grupo Cultural unknown books
1924260690Mexico City: Grupo Cultural "Ricardo Flores Magón 1924. 83p. slender paperback 5.25x7 inches paper toned mild handling wear very good. Third edition. Vida y Obra tomo VII. A play by the Mexican revolutionary who had died in Leavenworth Prison two years earlier. The play was written in Los Angeles when Flores Magón and other members of the Mexican Liberal Party were based in the area. Grupo Cultural "Ricardo Flores Magón unknown books
184533897San Luis Potosi Mexico 1845. First Edition. 1p. quarto broadside 31.5 x 21.5 cm. No copies in OCLC. Seeking volunteers for the Army who "quieren ser defensores de la independencia y de leyes". Quotes are established for each locality. The lists of men were to be turned in by local authorities in two weeks. In early August Taylor had moved his forces to Corpus Christi and war fears were clearly rising in Mexico. unknown books