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1980212769Atlanta: Nexus 1980. Limited. hardcover. fine. P.H. Polk. Exquisite black & white photographic portraits. Square 4to beige and brown cloth beige cloth slip case. Atlanta: Nexus 1980. Limited First Edition. A fine copy.<br/> <br/> One of 1200 signed and numbered copies. A monograph of the work of P. J. Polk one of the most important African-American photographers of the last century.<br/> <br/> Nexus unknown
1980204173Atlanta GA: Nexus Press 1980. Hardcover. VG. Ex-Art Lib with minimal markings. Gift plate inside front paste down and stamps on top edge and bottom edge of text block and on end papers. N. 979 of 1200 limited signed copies. Square Quarto. Hardcover. Quarter bound in brown cloth with natural cloth boards. 111 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 33 cm. Nexus Press hardcover
1980HM4317Atlanta Georgia: Nexus Press 1980. Limited & Signed by Polk; 1/2 brown & cream buckram over boards gold titles tan endpapers / pastedown & lush black & white photo reproductions; Cream buckram slipcase; A near fine copy with small wear & dust soil to slipcase hardly worth mentioning; 111 pages. Illus. by P. H. Polk. 11.75"x12.25". Nexus Press hardcover
1997Q-1568361777Kodansha Amer Inc 1997-08-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Kodansha Amer Inc hardcover
19404448Pennsylvania 1940. Very good. Original drawing on ruled notebook paper 194 x 124 mm = 7.6" x 5" preserved in 11" x 14" frame with museum glass and 8-ply archival mat edges frayed and with some light browning as is true with almost all surviving examples of this artist's work. EMBLEMATIC AMERICAN OUTSIDER ART CREATED BY A "VILLAGE WITCH" A TOTAL RECLUSE WHO EXISTED IN COMPLETE ANONYMITY ON THE EXTREME FRINGES OF SOCIETY. <br /> <br /> YEARS AFTER HER DEATH IN THE ABANDONED HOUSE IN WHICH SHE HAD LIVED FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS -- WITHOUT ELECTRICITY OR RUNNING WATER -- WAS FOUND A HUGE COLLECTION OF EXTREMELY PERSONAL "NAIVE" DRAWINGS. THE FREAKISH 2002 DISCOVERY WAS RECOGNIZED AS A MAJOR MOMENT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN OUTSIDER ART. INDEED IN A REVIEW OF THE 2003 NEW YORK OUTSIDER ART FAIR IT WAS PRONOUNCED THAT "THE MOST ARRESTING FIND THIS YEAR IS PEARL BLAUVELT." <br /> <br /> The discovery was made by two artists Dennis and Donna Corrigan who had purchased the old post-and-beam house located "in the middle of nowhere" in the Poconos of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Underneath boxes of moldy antique books fabric scraps and broken pieces of furniture they found a wooden box crammed with what initially appeared to be heaps of worthless paper. Closer examination by the new owners revealed the significance of their discovery: the box contained more than 800 imaginative drawings of various scenes of life real and imaginary American and otherwise some of which are multi-layered and defy the so-called "rules of optics" depicted as if from multiple perspectives simultaneously. In a 2020 New York Magazine review of an exhibition of Blauvelt's works Johanna Fateman described the drawings as "faithful to their own rules of proportion and perspective." <br /> <br /> The drawings date from the 1940s and obsessively chronicle the inner life of a woman who during her lifetime was described as the "Village Witch." In their announcement of the discovery the Corrigan's related that several of the drawings were laced together with shoestrings in primitive book form while others were contained in dime-store notepads or old school composition books as here. <br /> <br /> Blauvelt's interior world must have been very rich indeed: again and again she returned to depicting what "real life" on the outside must have looked like to her. Through her drawings almost all of which bore titles of her own invention she catalogued the material world and the spiritual world often merging the two realms into strange and wonderful compositions. <br /> <br /> Our highly imaginative drawing seems to be unique in her oeuvre. Boldly labeled "Sprite the Fairy" the butterfly-winged figure seems to hover above mushrooms flowers and thick leaves. The fairy's right hand is raised from which issues swirling vapors. The drawing features Blauvelt's signature "x-ray vision" perspective: beneath the fairy's dress can be seen the ribcage sternum and spine as well as the left thigh bone. <br /> <br /> Almost nothing was known about the former occupant of the dilapidated house. In the course of their research the new owners determined that Pearl Blauvelt was born in 1893 and had moved there with her father in the early 20th century. By the mid-1970s she was declared incompetent and was moved to a mental facility in Pennsylvania where she resided until her death in 1987. <br /> <br /> Her work is included in major permanent and private collections including the Centre Georges Pompidou Paris Collection abcd Paris Museum of Modern Art New York Museum of Everything London the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia and Gerhard and Karin Dammann Collection Switzerland. She has received posthumous solo exhibitions at Andrew Edlin Gallery NYC Kerry Schuss Gallery NYC John Michael Kohler Arts Center Sheboygan. <br /> <br /> PROVENANCE: D. & D. Corrigan -- Andrew Edlin Gallery NYC -- Private Collection USA -- Steven S. Powers Gallery NYC -- Private Collection USA -- Eldritch Oculum -- Michael Laird Rare Books. <br /> <br /> LITERATURE: Dennis Corrigan and Donna Corrigan "Pearl Blauvelt: The Village Witch" in: Raw Vision 2002 No. 39 pp. 52-56. John Yau "A Bird's-Eye View of Heaven" in: Hyperallergic posted online May 6 2012. Gerhard Dammann "Making their own Money: Painted Banknotes by Raimundo Camilo Pearl Blauvelt and Other Outsider Artists" in: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences Nov. 2018 Vol. 28 no. 1 pp. 15-17. Christian Rattemeyer Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection: Catalogue Raisonne MOMA 2009 pp. 93-94 six drawings. Ken Johnson Review of the New York Outsider Art Fair in: The New York Times Jan. 24 2003. unknown
1940000584New York: John Day 1940. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. John Day New York 1940. First Edition/First Printing. Original price on dust jacket $2.50. Green top stain. Book appears not to have been read. No marks except for former owner inscription on the front free endpaper. No smudges pushes shelf wear. Slight odor of tobacco. Dust jacket is present with chipping folding and losses around the edges especially spine top and bottom. Small spot stain on back cover. Looks dashing in its shiny new plastic cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing. John Day Hardcover
19401763212515P.F. Collier & Sons 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. First edition first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Price clipped. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. P.F. Collier & Sons hardcover
1938COLLECTI011553IBERLIN: PAUL ZSOLNAY VERLAG. VERY GOOD IN A VERY GOOD D.J. PUB 1938. 35.-45.TAUSEND. HARDCOVER. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY ZSOLNAY IN 1933; TRANSLATED INTO GERMAN BY RICHARD HOFFMANN . LIGHT BLUE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT TITLES AND DESIGN ON THE SPINE WITH YELLOW PRINTED D.J. THAT ALSO INCLUDES A WHITE WRAP-AROUND BAND. OTHER THAN SOME MODEST FOXING TO THE CLOTH COVERS THE BOOK IS FINE AND UNMARKED. D.J. HAS SOME SMALL LOSS AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE PANEL WITH ASSOCIATED TEARS CORNERS WORN A BIT OF SOIL TO THE REAR PANEL. THE WRAPAROUND BAND IS CHIPPED AT THE ENDS OF THE SPINE PORTION WTIH A STAIN NEAR THE BOTTOM AND A FEW ADDITIONAL SHORT TEARS. A VERY NICE CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY WITH THE SCARCE D.J. AND THE RARE WRAPAROUND BAND. . PAUL ZSOLNAY VERLAG hardcover
19607981Reibbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, 1960. 439.- . tausend 151 Seiten , 18
195413251ROWOHLT ERNST 08/1954. 9. softcover. ROWOHLT, ERNST paperback
195119874Rowohlt. Very Good. 1951. Paperback. Paperback cover has light scuffing and is toned with small soil spot on back cover otherwise clean and in very good condition. Pages are toned but clean and very good. . Rowohlt paperback
1936155412Forlagt Av H. Aschehoug. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1936. Norwegian Language. Hard Cover. M421 . Forlagt Av H. Aschehoug hardcover
1965148542New York: NBC 1965. Vintage publicity photograph of Minnie Pearl in her signature hat and dress circa 1965 with "NBC Photo by Paul Bailey" stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon known professionally by her stage character Minnie Pearl was an American country comedian perhaps best known for the television variety show "Hee Haw" which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1971. She also appeared at the Grand Ole Opry for over 50 years from 1940 to 1991.<br/><br/>Pearl's comedy was a light-hearted satire of rural Southern "hillbilly" culture and always appeared in frilly dresses wearing a hat with the $1.98 price tag hanging from it. She greeting her audience with her signature "How-w-wDEE-EEE! I'm jest so proud to be here!" which quickly became a call-and-response with audiences everywhere.<br/><br/>7.25 x 9 inches. Very Good plus with two vertical holograph wax pencil markings at top and semi-transparent white ink along hat tie with two staples in the upper margins. NBC unknown books
1981162968New York: United Press International 1981. Vintage press photograph of "The Showdown" the professional boxing match between Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns on September 16 1981. Printed mimeo snipe and United Press International stamp on the verso.<br /> <br /> Leonard would emerge the world welterweight champion after 14 rounds. The duo would meet again in a rematch eight years later on June 12 1989. <br /> <br /> From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. <br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. United Press International unknown
1941127181941. Pearl Harbor got America into World War II 'The Day That Will Live in Infamy'. "Youngstown Vindicator" Newspaper of Youngstown Ohio December 8 1941 17" x 23" complete in 30 pages. Stacked headline declares "Bombs Batter Manila / 1500 Killed 2 Ships Sunk at Hawaii / War Declared by U. S." Illustrated with 2 photos of U. S. Battleships and a map of the Pacific theater of war. Secondary headlines include "Raiders Fire Gasoline Dumb Terrific Damage Reported at Philippine Capital; 1500 Din in Hawaii" "U. S. Fleet Will Press Blockade" U. S. Battleships Reported Damaged Sunk" and "Congress Acts Against Japan Senate Ballots 82-0 House 388 to 1 After President Makes Personal Request". Interior page shows photos of American jeeps planes and military installments. Some light foxing and a few very small tears at the fold. In very good condition. unknown
1975Q-0385023383Doubleday 1975-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Doubleday hardcover
1975004705United States: Doubleday & Co Inc 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The spiritual masters of India Japan China and Tibet including chapters on Sri Chaitanya The Zen Master Hakuin Jetsun Milarepa and Ramakrishna. First Edition. Doubleday & Co Inc. New York 1975. illus 154pp hb dw chipped & discoloured book vg <br/> <br/> Doubleday & Co Inc hardcover
1975008120United States: Doubleday & Co Inc 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The spiritual masters of India Japan China and Tibet including chapters on Sri Chaitanya The Zen Master Hakuin Jetsun Milarepa and Ramakrishna. First Edition. Doubleday & Co Inc. New York 1975. illus 154pp hb dw lacks fep vg <br/> <br/> Doubleday & Co Inc hardcover
19742973Methuen Publishing Ltd 1974. Paperback. Used: Acceptable. Paperback in fair condition pages clean age spots to some pages and page edges cover some creasing lean to spine. ISBN 0-413-31200-3 0413312003. Methuen Publishing Ltd paperback
1988207114Manila: PHILDHRRA Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas 1988. vi 62 p. wraps light exterior foxing otherwise very good. Nuts and bolts of building and running a non-governmental organization. PHILDHRRA [Philippine Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Areas] unknown books
19552092902140601120Ongaku no Tomosha 1955. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: New book Number of books: 6 Ongaku no Tomosha paperback
197251789NY:: John Day Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. . John Day Company, hardcover books
197260067NY:: John Day Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. First edition number 1062 of 5000 copies retained by the author for presentation. SIGNED by the author. Previous owner's gift inscription on front paste-down else very good in a very good age toning to flaps and rear panel price clipped dust jacket. . John Day Company, hardcover books
1972569283New York: John Day Company 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Limited edition. Illustrations by Donald Lizzul. Quarto. Quarter pebble-grained white cloth and red velvet over boards. A bit of rubbing at the bottom of the boards else near fine in price-clipped else near fine dust jacket. Copy number 252 of five thousand copies retained by the author for presentation this copy is Signed. Additionally Inscribed and initialed by Buck to Byron and Nancy Keeble: "For By and Nancy my good wishes." A handsome copy. John Day Company hardcover
1972128784The John Day Company 1972. hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. Signed by Author. Buck signed limited edition 85 of 1000 in as new price clipped jacket. Please email for photos. The John Day Company hardcover