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200266318Salvador Brazil: Fundação Pierre Verger 2002. 33cm. Editores Raul Lody e Alex Baradel et al. 228p b/w plates bio. b/w pict. d.j. Retrospective exhibition on the photography of Pierre Fatumbi Verger b. Paris 1902-1996. The photographer who often made is base in Salvador in Brazil traveled the world taking photographs most of his work was done 1933-1958. Most of the photographs b/w of people and landscape in the present volume are of Brazil. Large b/w plates. A basic reference for Brazilian 20th century photography. ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT. Fundação Pierre Verger unknown books
1996159751Paris and New York: Revue Noire and D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers Inc 1996. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Text in English and French by Jean Loup Pivin and Pascal Martin Saint Leon. Includes numerous black and white images. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. A terrific retrospective look at this underappreciated French photographer. Revue Noire and D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers Inc unknown books
19451340685Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana 1945. Hardcover. Octavo; G/fair; tanned beige spine without text; dust jacket missing rear; detached front at flap; mylar wrap; cloth shows modestly sunned spine; mild wear to front and rear; strong boards; slight rubbing to edges; text block exterior edges painted red; tight binding; patterned endpapers; profusely illustrated; interior has mild toning toward edges; intact binding; pp 199; text in Spanish. 1340685. FP New Rockville Stock. Editorial Sudamericana hardcover books
194515064Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana 1945. Former owner's signature slightly discolored at the spine heel; a very good copy in a very good jacket chipped at the spine heel lightly edgeworn. Uncommon in jacket. First Edition. Quarto. Prologue by Luis E. Valcáral translated to English in the rear. 148 images of Andean rituals captioned in Spanish and English. Printed in a washed-out but alluring gravure. The Latin American Photobook p. 8. Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana unknown books
193717636London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd. 1937. Near fine in a solid very good jacket with a few small nicks and tears but bright and complete. First Edition. Small quarto. Foreword by Robert Burnett. 48 black and white plates of Polynesian people and rituals. London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. unknown books
1996232068Paris: Revue Noire 1996. Second. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Verger Pierre. Edited by Jean Loup & Pascal Martin Saint Leon. Illustrated throughout with large duotone photographs. 240pp with text in French & English. Thick 4to pictorial boards d.w. Paris: Revue Noire & New York: D.A.P. 1996. Second printing first American edition. Rear corner slightly bumped still a very near fine copy in dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Revue Noire unknown books
1995002778Acton MA: Designs for Discovery Press 1995. Book. Near fine condition. Paperback. First Edition. Oblong 32mo. 32 photographic color plates when flipped through show the movement of waves. Number 7 in a series. Several copies are available. Designs for Discovery Press Paperback books
2000174676Ostfildern-Ruit/ New York: Hatje Cantz/Distributed Art Publishers 2000. Hardcover. VG/VG slight shelf wear to corners. Bright red cloth boards with black stamped lettering on front cover and spine gray dust jacket with color illustration 634 pp 997 illustrations 104 in color. Text in German and English. Volume I 1905-1922. "The first volume includes early and little known workds from the period prior to World War I as well as the Merz works up until 1922 and a detailed illustrated biography of the artist." -dust jacket. Hatje Cantz/Distributed Art Publishers hardcover books
200278657Salvador Brazil : Fundação Pierre Verger 2002. 33 cm. 236 p b/w plates cat. bio/chron. bibl. b/w pict. boards. OCLC: 52376845 The book presents 200 extraordinary selected shots of a larger collection; amassed over fifty years by master photographer Verger 1902-1996 considered one of the pioneers of ethnological photography. Superb black and white photographs shot during his trips to Africa Asia and the Americas portraying the dignified faces and ethnic traditions of different races native and those transported during the period of the slave trade from Africa. Includes portraits of famous people met including: Leon Trosky Diego Rivera Chang Kay-Chek Ernest Hemingway Pere Yacouba. The original edition was published in Paris in 1993 10 years before the publishing of this bilingual ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE language version. Fundação Pierre Verger hardcover books
200227569Brasil: Fundacao Pierre Verger 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tall hardbound quarto. Issued without dustwrapper. Text in English and Spanish by Jean Loup Pivin and Pascal Martin Saint Leon. 235 pp. Illustrated in vivid black and white. Intriguing monograph on this mid 20th century photographer. Slight bumbing to board edges. A handsome very good copy. Fundacao Pierre Verger hardcover books
19921338999Desktop Publishing 1992. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine purple with white print; DJ has light edgewear but is clean and bright; Boards in green cloth with gold print clean and strong; Text block has slight spotting to top edge else clean and tight; 214 pages illustrated b&w. 1338999. FP New Rockville Stock. Desktop Publishing hardcover books
19761246548Austria: IIASA / International Instiute for Applied Systems Analysis May 1976. RR-76-3. 8vo. VG/ - no DJ. very thin wraps softcover. solid navy spine delicate but smooth with just ivory code at tail end. bright blue and white partially illustrated softcover front. prior owner's name stamp on title page. barely skimmed neatly cornered and minimal wear overall. 76 pp.<br /> <br /> <p>Shelved in Netdesk office Ephemera box H. 1246548. Shelved Rockville Bookstore. IIASA / International Instiute for Applied Systems Analysis unknown books
1997187658Sutton Publishing Ltd 1997-09-17. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dust jacket and book are clean has a very good binding no marks or notations. Sutton Publishing Ltd hardcover books
191683008New York: The Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation 1916. 1st ed. Paperback. Very Good. photo map 53p. Wrapper. 26cm. Cover edges chipped. Contributions from The Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation Vol. IV No. 1. <br/><br/> The Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation paperback books
1926154082New York: Vreeland Press 1926. Softcover. VG- light shelfwear top corner dog-eared with corners torn and missing on front cover and first few pages not effecting text or plates. Tan card wraps with string tie binding. Black lettering with museum emblem on front cover. 15 pp. with tipped-on color frontis 3 bw images tipped on and 7 bw line drawings. No. 5 in the leaflet series of the Museum of the American Indian New York now part of the Smithsonian. An excellent and enlightening study of the making of a blanket by the Salish Indians of the Northwest mostly in British Columbia. This particular blanket was obtained by a Hudson't Bay Company worker from the Chief of the Tsakuam band of the Cowichan Salish on the Lower Fraser River. The blanket is just under 4 feet square and pictured in the color frontis of the book. The Salish were known for the dogs they kept and whose hair was shorn for use in weaving blankets and other textiles. The dogs were shorn as closely as sheep. This catalogue includes a bit of history as well as the technique of blanket-making of the Salish with several illustrations of different kinds of weaves. A true treasure about Native American textile arts. Vreeland Press unknown books
1926001512New York: The Museum of the American Indian / Heye Foundation 1926. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 15pp. Frontispiece of hand-mounted color plate. Essay by William C Orchhard. In black lettered tan wraps. Many figure illustrate the weaving design attributed to this rare blanket. a nice copy in protective mylar. The Museum of the American Indian / Heye Foundation unknown books
197594624NY:: Museum of the American Indian. Very Good. 1975. Paperback. B093ZCJFDL . Some color mostly black and white photographs throughout. Second edition paperback. Age toning to covers previous owner's name on front free endpaper else very good in illustrated wraps. . Museum of the American Indian, paperback books
1975162257New York: Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation 1975. Second edition. Softcover. VG Former owner embossment on first flyleaf; otherwise crisp and clean. Cream and color illus. paper wraps 168 pp. 16 color plates many BW illus. and figure. A highly illustrated update to the original 1929 reference on Native American beadwork. Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation paperback books
19315929New York: The exposition of Indian tribal arts Inc. 1931. First edition. Good/Extract from: Introduction to American Indian art to accompany the first exhibition of American Indian art selected entirely withconsideration of esthetic value. 27 cm; 13 pages including nine half-tone photographs. Printed self wraps. A little wrinkled and soiled. The exposition of Indian tribal arts, Inc. paperback books
2006115211Cologne Germany: Dumont 2006. Hardcover. VG As new. Color illus. paper-covered boards; 247 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color and bw figures and photos. Text in German; Accompanied the exhibition of the same name which appeared at the Sprengel Museum Hannover and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam in 2006 and 2007; Includes ten essays by various authors; Besides works by Schwitters also featured are pieces by Hannah Hoch Thijs Rinsema Theo van Doesburg El Lissitzky Paul Klee and more. Dumont hardcover books
2009131150Köln Cologne Germany: Snoeck 2009. Hardbound. VG. Black illustrated cover. No DJ. 128 pp. Many nice color plates. In German. Exhibition at Sprengel Museum Hannover focusing on nature in modern art. 23 August to 8 November 2009. Catalogue lists 84 works. Exhibition featuring works from Max Ernst Paul Klee and Rene Magritte as well as additional modern and a few contemporary artists. Snoeck hardcover books
1995255941Houston: OutSmart Magazine 1995. Magazine. 76p. includes covers 8.25x11 inches newsprint guts glossy covers news reviews interviews events services and resources photos very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps mild sunning to top of spine fold. Part two of the Harvey Milk Opera story. Bacon on the riots in San Francisco. Also Carolyn Jones' AIDS photo exhibit. OutSmart Magazine unknown books
1848012807John Russell Smith 1848. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gorgeous Fine Copy In Original Brown Boards With Beautiful Spine Gilt.First Edition 1848 Very Rare in This Condition.Amazing Copy. John Russell Smith Hardcover books
186038010London: Printed for the editor colophon: by Whittingham & Wilkins at the Chiswick Press 1860. 24mo 14.7 cm 5.75". 19 1 pp. <br><br>An "exceedingly curious early poetical dialogue" between personified summer and winter edited by noted Shakespearean scholar son-in-law to bibliomaniac Sir Thomas Phillipps and history of science collector James Halliwell-Phillipps who speculates that "some dialogue such as the present one suggested to Shakespeare the conclusion of his drama 'Love's Labour's Lost'." This is the first appearance of Halliwell-Phillipps's edition; the production was => limited to 30 copies and is neatly printed.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Pencilled signature of prominent Bostonian book collector Henry Gardner Denny on half-title margin; pencilled collation note at rear from the Quaritch firm; later rubber-stamp reading "F.S.H. Dupl." at back. Most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard small booklabel "AHA" at rear. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Winsor Halliwelliana 1860:14. Quarter roan in imitation of morocco with chocolate papercovered boards spine gilt-lettered; gently rubbed with some loss of leather at joints and paper at corners/edges. Provenance marks as above; light pencilling on endpapers and title-page. Printed for the editor [colophon: by Whittingham & Wilkins, at the Chiswick Press] hardcover books
1887JHP001Brighton: Printed By John George Bishop 1887 First edition first printing. A good copy with the original front cover in the publisher's paper cloth with some smudging along the edges slight chipping on the hinge lacking the rear cover panel with a loss to the bottom corners of the first pages of text pages starting to break from the binding although the signature is still intact otherwise clean and uncut pages. A nineteenth century pamphlet containing reproduced letters between James Orchard Halliwell-Phillips a noted 19th century British Shakespearean scholar and founder of the Percy Society and members of the executive committee of Shakespeare's birthplace at Stratford-upon-Avon specifically the librarian Richard Savage. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Brighton: Printed By John George Bishop paperback books