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Art for the Masses, (1911-1917): A Radical Magazine and Its Graphicsby: Zurier, Rebecca & Elise K. Kennedy & Earl Davis

Art for the Masses, (1911-1917): A Radical Magazine and Its Graphics
by: Zurier, Rebecca & Elise K. Kennedy & Earl Davis

Softcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Art Gallery, 1st, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. 172 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Blue pictorial stiff wrappers. Covers slightly sunned and lightly worn around the edges. Writings in ink on front cover. Nice, tight copy.

Record # 805575

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Giuseppe Penone: The Imprint of Drawingby: de Zegher, Catherine (Ed.)

Giuseppe Penone: The Imprint of Drawing
by: de Zegher, Catherine (Ed.)

Softcover. NY, The Drawing Centre, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 94 pages. B&w illustrations throughout. Penone's sculptures, installations, and drawings are distinguished by his emphasis on process and his use of natural materials, such as clay, stone, metal, and wood. Exhibition catalog. Clean copy.

Record # 398147

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Tops: The Complete Collection of Charles Biro's Visionary 1949 Comic Book Seriesby: Charles Biro / Michael T. Gilbert

Tops: The Complete Collection of Charles Biro's Visionary 1949 Comic Book Series
by: Charles Biro / Michael T. Gilbert

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, large format pictorial boards, 200 pages. In 1949, the ambitious Charles Biro - who had previously co-created the realistically brutal comic Crime Does Not Pay - edited and wrote an oversized comic aimed at adults, called Tops. Like several other radical adult comics projects that would follow, it proved to be a commercial failure and lasted only two Life magazine-sized issues. The original comics have since become a legendary holy grail among comics fans and historians, fetching as much as $6,000 on the collector's market: written about but rarely seen and never reprinted. Until now.Fantagraphics' Tops collects both issues of these oversized experimental comics in their entirety. Some of the best craftsmen working in comics at that time drew these pulpy, sexy, and melodramatic stories: Dan Barry, George Tuska, and others. It includes two stunning pre-EC crime tales illustrated by Reed Crandall, reminiscent of his Crime SuspenStories work. Actor Melvyn Douglas (believe it or not) takes the reader on a tour of utopia, entitled "How Would You Live Under A World Government?" - a positive spin on global Socialism! A treasure trove of fascinating and revelatory comics history for scholars and fans, this compilation includes an introduction by the editor, the historian and cartoonist Michael T. Gilbert, as well as several other essays providing background on the creation of the series and the publisher, editors, and cartoonists who realized it. It includes a chronicle in essay form of experimental, adult comics endeavors throughout the first half of the 20th century. Tops is a landmark work of historical importance and a mind-boggling reading experience from a bygone era meticulously restored and reproduced in a deluxe hardcover in its originally published dimensions. Full-color illustrations throughout.

Record # 374981

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Komplete Kolor Krazy Kat Volume 1: 1935 1936 by: Herriman, George/ Rich Marschall

Komplete Kolor Krazy Kat Volume 1: 1935 1936
by: Herriman, George/ Rich Marschall

Hardcover. Princeton WI, Kitchen Sink Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Light musty odor.

Record # 352535

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Art and Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British Museumby: Curtis, J.E., and J.E. Reade

Art and Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum
by: Curtis, J.E., and J.E. Reade

Softcover. London, The Trustees of the British Museum / British Museum Press Ltd., 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 224 brilliant pages, laden with illustrations of Assyrian art and artifacts from The British Museum collection. 215 color and 33 black and white illustrations in addition to one map. Beautiful full-color cover with minor wear at corners only. Illustrated title page and half-title page. Crisp text pairs nicely with this rich visual collection. In very good condition overall.

Record # 806592

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DC Finest: Plastic Man; The Origin of Plastic Man by: Jack Cole

DC Finest: Plastic Man; The Origin of Plastic Man
by: Jack Cole

Softcover. NY, DC Comics, 1st, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Uncover the origin of one of DC's wackiest heroes in this collection spanning the early days of Plastic Man! He can bounce, stretch, and crack wise, but can he save the day? And, more importantly, does he even want to? What business does a petty crook have playing superhero anyway? This volume collects Police Comics #1-36; Plastic Man #1-2. Patrick 'Eel' O Brian s life of crime just became a whole lot stranger! After an unfortunate accident leaves Eel s body transformed to have the properties of rubber, Plastic Man is born! But can Eel overcome his worst impulses and use his new abilities for good? Clean copy.

Record # 398266

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Illustration / Number 75by: Jessie Wilcox Smith/ John Schoenherr

Illustration / Number 75
by: Jessie Wilcox Smith/ John Schoenherr

Softcover. Decatur IL, Illustrated Press, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 80 pages illustrated in color. The entire issue devoted to two illustrators: Jessie Wilcox Smith and John Schoenherr.

Record # 377826

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Bob Dylan Revisitedby: Dylan, Bob

Bob Dylan Revisited
by: Dylan, Bob

Hardcover. New York , Norton, 1st US, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards, 98 pages. 13 graphic interpretations of Dylan's lyrics illustrated in color by various artists. No dust jacket issued. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 352607

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Girlsby: Hutt, Henry

Girls
by: Hutt, Henry

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Blue cloth covers, large color-illustrated label pasted to front cover, profusely illustrated with color and b&w plates, top edge gilt. Slight rubbing and edgewear to covers, cloth lightly faded at edges, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 807685

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R. Crumb Sketchbook. Volume 3 Jan. 1975-Dec. 1982. by: Crumb, Robert

R. Crumb Sketchbook. Volume 3 Jan. 1975-Dec. 1982.
by: Crumb, Robert

Hardcover. NY, Taschen, reprint, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Color frontispiece. Black and white fantasy cartoon sketches, many scatological. 11" high X 8" wide, 443 pages. Clean, still in publisher's shrinkwrap. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 398333

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The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1919-1921by: George Herriman / Bill Blackbeard

The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1919-1921
by: George Herriman / Bill Blackbeard

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, This new deluxe hardcover collects full-sized Sunday newspaper comics from 1919 through 1921 in a handsome archival collection. As the surreal comic strip continues into the 1920s, the likes of Joe Stork, Blind Pig, and Bum Bill Bee settle into the mesas of Coconino County. Brand-new readers and Herriman aficionados alike will find out what happens when Ignatz the Mouse's brick supplier runs out of stock, how Krazy Kat fares after taking up boxing, and what happens when a new "Katnippery" opens providing libations to the locals. Krazy & Ignatz 1919-1921 (Vol. 2) includes photographs, artwork, and introductory text by comic historians Bill Blackbeard and Michael Tisserand. Black & white illustrations. 184 pages.

Record # 377975

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New American Splendor Anthology, The: From Off the Streets of Clevelandby: Pekar, Harvey

New American Splendor Anthology, The: From Off the Streets of Cleveland
by: Pekar, Harvey

Softcover. New York, Four Walls Eight Windows, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 300 pages. Softcover with light edgewear to wrappers. Black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 352654

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Robert Rauschenbergby: National Collection of Fine Arts

Robert Rauschenberg
by: National Collection of Fine Arts

Softcover. Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Exhibition catalog, 216 pages. Color and B&W plates and photographs throughout. Some light soiling to wrapper. Otherwise a clean and tight copy.

Record # 850217

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Crumb: A Cartoonist's Lifeby: Dan Nadel

Crumb: A Cartoonist's Life
by: Dan Nadel

Hardcover. NY, Scribner, 2nd pr., 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 458 pages. Robert Crumb is often credited with single-handedly transforming the comics medium into a place for adult expression, in the process pioneering the underground comic book industry, and transforming the vernacular language of 20th-Century America into an instantly recognizable and popular aesthetic. Now, for the first time, Dan Nadel, delivers a "gripping and essential account" (The Boston Globe) of how this complicated artist survived childhood abuse, fame in his twenties, more fame, and came out the other side intact. Braiding biography with "cultural history and criticism...that honors the complexity of [its] subject, even, perhaps particularly, when it gets ugly" (Los Angeles Times), Crumb is the story of a richly complex life at the forefront of both the underground and popular cultures of post-war America. Including forty-five stunning black-and-white images throughout and a sixteen-page color insert featuring images both iconic and obscure. Clean copy.

Record # 398453

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ABC BOOK OF EARLY AMERICANA: A Sketchbook of Antiquities and American Firstsby: Sloane, Eric

ABC BOOK OF EARLY AMERICANA: A Sketchbook of Antiquities and American Firsts
by: Sloane, Eric

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust with light chipping. Many black-and-white illustrations throughout by Sloane, from old books to farm implements all listed and drawn alphabetically. 64 pages. Clean copy.

Record # 378248

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Wonder Woman: The War Years 1941-1945by: Thomas, Roy

Wonder Woman: The War Years 1941-1945
by: Thomas, Roy

Hardcover. New York, Chartwell Books, reprint, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Color, black and white pictures throughout. Despite the fact that she's famous now, Wonder Woman had humble beginnings among a slew of other female super heroes that had their inception in the 1940s, but were seen very little after then. Created during World War II to foil Axis plots and defeat Nazis, she still fights to this day for truth, honor, and the little guy. Wonder Woman: The War Years (1941-1945) details how she used her super speed, strength, and Golden Lasso of Truth during World War II to bring peace and justice to a turbulent world.

Record # 352710

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Mark di Suveroby: Monte, James K.

Mark di Suvero
by: Monte, James K.

Softcover. NY, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover exhibition catalog. 92 pages. B&W and color illustrations throughout. White pictorial front cover with slight wear to spine an soiling to covers. Frontispiece. Overall, a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850443

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Susan Falkman: Passages and New Beginnings (INSCRIBED COPY)by: David J. Barnett/Susan Falkman

Susan Falkman: Passages and New Beginnings (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: David J. Barnett/Susan Falkman

Softcover. Milwaukee, David Barnett Gallery, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, exhibition catalog, 20 pages, b&w, 3 color plates. Long inscription by the sculptor on the inside front cover. Bright copy.

Record # 398856

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Klimt and the Women of Vienna's Golden Age, 1900-1918by: Tobias G. Natter

Klimt and the Women of Vienna's Golden Age, 1900-1918
by: Tobias G. Natter

Hardcover. NY, Prestel , 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 320 pages. This authoritative and generously illustrated book highlights Gustav Klimt's portrayals of women in his work. Klimt was a central figure in Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century, and a crucial link between nineteenth-century Symbolism and Modernism. His sensual portrayals of women are among his most celebrated works and the focus of this book. Highlights of the publication include Klimt's most important society portraits, such as Serena Lederer (1899); Gertrud Loew (1902); Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907); Mada Primavesi (1913); Elisabeth Lederer (1914-16); and Ria Munk III (1917). These works cover the gamut of Klimt's portrait style, from his early ethereal works influenced by Symbolism and the Pre-Raphaelite movement to his so-called "golden style," as well as his almost Fauvist depictions.

Record # 378548

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Matisse's Sculpture: The Pinup and the Primitiveby: McBreen, Ellen

Matisse's Sculpture: The Pinup and the Primitive
by: McBreen, Ellen

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. 228 pages. Long perceived as a side pursuit to his celebrated painting career, Henri Matisse's sculpture receives an overdue critical examination in this book. Beginning in 1906, soon after the artist acquired his first African sculpture, Matisse found inspiration in erotic and ethnographic photography, which had become inexpensively mass-produced thanks to advances in halftone technology. Working with these two radically different depictions of the body--one hand carved, the other mechanically made--was a foundational method for Matisse and crucial to the development of his pre-World War I abstraction. Far from a simple narrative of the artist "discovering" Africa, the highly original readings of Matisse's Sculpture plot new coordinates of study for early 20th-century primitivism. It examines the larger constructs of thought at the time, with a penetrating analysis of anthropology, popular erotica, and the visual culture of French colonialism. In addition, the book repositions Matisse's sculptural practice, particularly in regard to its investigations of race and sexuality, as a cornerstone of his prolific career.

Record # 352872

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Rossetti and His Circleby: Beerbohm, Max

Rossetti and His Circle
by: Beerbohm, Max

Hardcover. London, William Heinemann, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Unpaginated, a series of tipped-in color plates. Blue cloth covers w/ gilt lettering. Light edge wear to covers, spine darkened. Light yellowing to end papers. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850907

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Think Of It: Recent paintings by Wlodzimierz Ksiazek by: Wlodzimierz Ksiazek

Think Of It: Recent paintings by Wlodzimierz Ksiazek
by: Wlodzimierz Ksiazek

Softcover. Loughborough UK, Loughborough University, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 60 pages. Color illustrations, essay by Dominique Nahas, Saul Ostrow. Interview by Mark Harris. Clean copy.

Record # 398874

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The Painter

The Painter

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with a small closed tear to front panel. 187 pages, 117 b.w. photos, index, bibliography, 187p., notes. A scholarly monograph, addressing our image of the Chinese artist, the painters' livelihood, studio & hand. A grand essay, giving us the kind of insights to really appreciate the full art of Chinese painters & paintings.

Record # 378827

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Fashion Plates: 150 Years of Styleby: Calahan, April

Fashion Plates: 150 Years of Style
by: Calahan, April

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 440 pages. Hardcover in purple slipcase. Very clean, unmarked copy still in shrink wrap. Gilt lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with over 200 color plates. Tight copy. Prior to the invention of photography, European and American magazines used colorful prints to depict the latest fashion trends. These illustrations, known as "fashion plates," conveyed the cutting-edge styles embraced by the fashion-conscious elite and proved inspirational to the upwardly mobile. This lavishly illustrated book provides a comprehensive survey of 200 color plates from publications dating from 1778 to the early 20th century, accompanied by authoritative and fascinating texts. Organized chronologically and featuring both men's and women's garments, these lively and colorful vignettes not only are beautiful, but also deftly illustrate the evolution of fashion over time.

Record # 352917

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Gallibert (SIGNED COPY)by: Favre, Jean-Daniel and Jean Mouraille

Gallibert (SIGNED COPY)
by: Favre, Jean-Daniel and Jean Mouraille

Hardcover. Monte-Carlo, Andre Sauret, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. French text. 156 pages, b&w and color illustrations throughout. Slightly warped. Foxing to top edge. Light edge wear to dust jacket; in brodart. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851434

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Richard Rosenblum: Sculpturesby: Richard Rosenblum/Suzi Gablik

Richard Rosenblum: Sculptures
by: Richard Rosenblum/Suzi Gablik

Softcover. NY, Allan Stone Gallery, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 20 pages, illustrated with b&w photos. Essay by Suzi Gablik. Clean copy.

Record # 398901

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Automatic Woman:The Representation of Women in Surrealism by: Katharine Conley

Automatic Woman:The Representation of Women in Surrealism
by: Katharine Conley

Hardcover. University of Nebraska, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket with minor fading to edges, b&w illustrations, 179 pages. Contemporary feminist critics have often described Surrealism as a misogynist movement. In Automatic Woman, Katharine Conley addresses this issue, confirming some feminist allegations while qualifying and overturning others. Through insightful analyses of works by a range of writers and artists, Conley develops a complex view of Surrealist portrayals of Woman. Conley begins with a discussion of the composite image of Woman developed by such early male Surrealists as Andre Breton, Francis Picabia, and Paul Eluard. She labels that image "Automatic Woman"--a term that comprises views of Woman as provocative and revolutionary but also as a depersonalized object largely devoid of individuality and volition. This analysis largely confirms feminist critiques of Surrealism. The heart of the book, however, examines the writings of Leonora Carrington and Unica Zurn, two women in the Surrealist movement whose works, Conley argues, anticipate much contemporary feminist art and theory. In concluding, Conley shows how Breton's own views on women evolved in the course of his long career, arriving at last at a position far more congenial to contemporary feminists.

Record # 379154

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Custom Lettering of the 20's and 30'sby: Hughes, Rian

Custom Lettering of the 20's and 30's
by: Hughes, Rian

Softcover. London, Korero Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 576 pages. Softcover. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to wrappers. A celebration of the stunning and stylistically varied headline lettering that existed before the advent of phototypesetting or the computer. Collects more than 4500 examples

Record # 352951

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Death of a Tree, Theby: Folon, Jean-Michel

Death of a Tree, The
by: Folon, Jean-Michel

Softcover. Geneva, Switzerland, Alice Editions, 2nd pr., 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Softcover, 24 watercolors with a text by author and translated by Paolo Lionni and Jill Goodman. Previously bookseller's sticker on title page, minor corner and edge wear and small quarter inch tear on top edge, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853692

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Beverly Pepper: Private-Scale Sculpture 1966-87by: Beverly Pepper

Beverly Pepper: Private-Scale Sculpture 1966-87
by: Beverly Pepper

Softcover. NY, Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 24 pages with color photos of the artist's sculptures. Name on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Record # 398918

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Georges Braqueby: Hope, Henry R.

Georges Braque
by: Hope, Henry R.

Hardcover. NY, Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly chipped dust jacket. 170 pages, 135 illustrations with 10 in color. Bibliography. Bump to bottom of cloth cover otherwise a clean, square copy.

Record # 379623

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Oh, Man! a Bully Collection of Those Iminitable Human Cartoonsby: Briggs, Clare

Oh, Man! a Bully Collection of Those Iminitable Human Cartoons
by: Briggs, Clare

Hardcover. Chicago, Volland Company, 1st, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards with brown cloth spine, unpaginated, but roughly 60 pages of 2-color cartoons from the noted artist and satirist. Foreword by Franklin P. Adams. In publisher's illustrated box, worn and splitting at corners. Light foxing to cover boards, interior pages clean and bright.

Record # 352980

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Modern Publicity in War (SIGNED COPY)by: Weir, K.B.E. . M.C., Sir Cecil M.

Modern Publicity in War (SIGNED COPY)
by: Weir, K.B.E. . M.C., Sir Cecil M.

Hardcover. London & New York , The Studio Publications, 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black, 127 pages + ads, illustrated throughout in b&w. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. Light rubbing, fraying to edges, binding slightly shaken. Internally very good.

Record # 855231

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Works on Paper Fall 2004by: Marianne Elrick Manley

Works on Paper Fall 2004
by: Marianne Elrick Manley

Softcover. NY, Elrick-Manley Fine Art, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 44 pages, color plates. Many artists represented: Hopper, Leger, Hockney, Matisse, others. Clean copy.

Record # 398972

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Everything is Connectedby: Moller, Barbara Kahn

Everything is Connected
by: Moller, Barbara Kahn

Hardcover. Saratoga Springs NY, Tang Teaching Museum & Art Gallery at Skidmore College,, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 208 pages. What, exactly, is a "teaching museum"? Everything is Connected answers that question by tracing the ideas and people behind the creation of the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College. The book also explores the many ways the museum has realized its mission as an interdisciplinary space for the creation of new knowledge since opening in 2000. Through deep research and stunning photography, Everything is Connected shows the exhibitions and public programs that make the Tang a national leader among college and university museums. Clean copy in shrinkwrap.

Record # 379990

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Sam Taylor-Johnson: Second Floorby: Taylor-Johnson, Sam (Photographer)

Sam Taylor-Johnson: Second Floor
by: Taylor-Johnson, Sam (Photographer)

Hardcover. Germany, Steidl, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, When Sam Taylor-Johnson (born 1967) climbed the famous mirrored staircase of Chanel's headquarters at 31 rue Cambon, Paris, she did not quite know what to expect. Her destination was Coco Chanel's private apartment on the second floor; her mission, to photograph it.

Record # 353001

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Animal Art of Wilhelm Kuhnert, Theby: Kuhnert, Wilhelm

Animal Art of Wilhelm Kuhnert, The
by: Kuhnert, Wilhelm

Hardcover. Camden, SC, The Sporting Heritage Collection/Live Oak Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 184 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Limited edition, #142/2300. Green leather with gilt decoration, lettering to front and spine with top edge gilt and ribbon marker. No dust jacket issued. Color frontispiece of tiger, 35 color plates (from paintings) and some color photos, 137 black-and-white plates (etchings and engravings). Clean, unmarked copy in excellent condition.

Record # 856865

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Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection Vol. 11: 1945 - Reunion in Indo-China by: Milton Caniff

Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection Vol. 11: 1945 - Reunion in Indo-China
by: Milton Caniff

Hardcover. Clover Press, 1st, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 164 pages. The saga continues in Terry and the Pirates Volume 11, reproduced from Milton Caniff's personal set of color syndicate tabloid proofs! It's a new year of reunions, not resolutions--Terry and Pat join forces! They connect with the Dragon Lady--and with Terry's old flame, Hu Shee! Terry, Hotshot Charlie, and Hu Shee cross paths with swashbuckling pirate Johnny Jingo, in turn joining Terry's old friend April Kane before a new encounter with Nazi collaborator Papa Pyzon! Papa is exactly who he seems, yet his henchman, Mr. Hutch, may have a different trick up his sleeve. Meanwhile, the trick up April's sleeve is less successful, positioning Terry to weather a wintry storm with the delightful Fob Cobb and the prune-faced Ilse Grosse-Nach. This tabloid-sized Volume 11 contains all the 1945 dailies and Sundays. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 399088

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Coca Wine: Angelo Mariani's Miraculous Elixir and the Birth of Modern Advertisingby: Aymon de Lestrange

Coca Wine: Angelo Mariani's Miraculous Elixir and the Birth of Modern Advertising
by: Aymon de Lestrange

Softcover. Rochester VT, Park Street Press, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 246 pages. A lavishly illustrated history of coca wine and the revolutionary advertising methods that made it a world-wide success. Follows 19th-century pharmacist Angelo Mariani's interest in coca from medical uses to the development and healing effects of his world-famous coca wine, Vin Mariani. In this full-color illustrated history of coca wine, the first of its kind, author Aymon de Lestrange follows Mariani's interest in coca from its medicinal applications to the creation of the tonic wine. The author explores the botany of coca, how it differs from cocaine, its traditional use in pre-Columbian America, and scientific studies on coca from the 17th through 19th centuries, including from Sigmund Freud, who was a known user. He describes the introduction of coca in the U.S. and France and the many coca preparations then available at drugstores. He also studies the introduction of cocaine in these two countries and the prohibition laws that followed.

Record # 380402

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Joe Eula: Master of Twentieth-Century Fashion Illustrationby: Horyn, Cathy

Joe Eula: Master of Twentieth-Century Fashion Illustration
by: Horyn, Cathy

Hardcover. New York, Harper Design, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy still in publishers shrink-wrap. The first collection of the work of Joe Eula, the foremost illustrator of the late twentieth century, featuring more than 200 black-and-white and full-color sketches and illustrations, the majority of which have never been published before.

Record # 353029

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"Golden" Twenties, The: Art and Literature in the Weimar Republicby: Schrader, Barbel and Jurgen Schebera

"Golden" Twenties, The: Art and Literature in the Weimar Republic
by: Schrader, Barbel and Jurgen Schebera

Softcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 271 pages, paperback. Cultural criticism regarding the Weimar Republic. With many color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy. Examines intellectual life in the Weimar Republic, looks at paintings, caricatures, dance, architecture, and films, and discusses the Nazi rise to power.

Record # 951709

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Rayguns and Rocketships: Vintage Science Fiction Book Cover Art by: Rian Hughes (Ed.)

Rayguns and Rocketships: Vintage Science Fiction Book Cover Art
by: Rian Hughes (Ed.)

Hardcover. London, Korero Press, Revised Ed., 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 479 pages in color. Science-fiction paperbacks exploded over the 1940s and '50s literary landscape with the force of an alien gamma bomb. Titles such as Rodent Mutation, The Human Bat vs. The Robot Gangster, Dawn of the Mutants and Mushroom Men from Mars appeared from fly-by-night publishers making the most of the end of post-war paper rationing. They were brash and seductive - for around a shilling the future was yours. Despite the tight deadlines and poor pay, the books' cover artists still managed to produce works of multi-hued, brain-bending brilliance, and collected here is an overview of their output during an unparalleled period of brash optimism and experimentation in publishing. This is the updated edition with 16 new pages. Clean copy.

Record # 399300

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Karl Lagerfeld: A Life in Fashionby: Alfons Kaiser

Karl Lagerfeld: A Life in Fashion
by: Alfons Kaiser

NY, Cernunnos/Abrams, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In Karl Lagerfeld: A Life in Fashion, journalist Alfons Kaiser, who knew Lagerfeld personally for many years, introduces readers to the public and private life of the charismatic fashion designer. Kaiser explores the many eras of Lagerfeld's life: the youthful outsider in the north German flatlands; the urbane genius in Paris; the tireless draftsman; the enthusiastic photographer; the passionate book collector; and the disciplined Prussian workaholic. What is behind this larger-than-life figure who, despite a massively public persona, kept his own life story a secret? Drawing from many previously untapped sources, this biography investigates the man behind the persona: the precocious boy who preferred to draw in the attic than play with his peers; the son who quarreled with his parents but never got away from them; Yves Saint Laurent's competitor, whom he outshone in the end; the brother, uncle, friend--and finally the partner of Jacques de Bascher, the great love of his life. Remainder dot top edge otherwise like new.

Record # 380707

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Posters of the First World Warby: Slocombe, Richard

Posters of the First World War
by: Slocombe, Richard

Softcover. London, Imperial War Museums, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages. Softcover. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Posters of the First World War collects more than one hundred posters from America, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy that showcase renewed concern among the warring nations with national character and conduct.

Record # 353070

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Shoes: Fashion and Fantasy by: McDowell, Colin

Shoes: Fashion and Fantasy
by: McDowell, Colin

Hardcover. London , Thames and Hudson, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light fraying, small tape repair on spine, to dust jacket. Color pictures throughout. Adhesive residue on back cover.

Record # 4450228

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No Ideas but in Things (INSCRIBED COPY)by: Richard Turner/Marcus Herse

No Ideas but in Things (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Richard Turner/Marcus Herse

Softcover. Guggenheim Gallery, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 108 pages in color. Exhibition catalog. Turner transforms the gallery space into an ever-changing environment assembled of objects and furniture from his studio and home, alongside existing artworks that are newly configured and contextualized. With ongoing efforts by the artist, gallery team, and participation of Chapman University students, different elements of the exhibition undergo changes on a daily basis, rendering in material the infinite possibilities of expression of the artistic impulse. INSCRIBED BY TURNER IN BOLD MARKER on the front fly leaf. (to Paul Christensen who contributed an essay in the catalog).

Record # 399393

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She's Got Legs: A History of Hemlines and Fashionby: Jane Merrill , Keren Ben-Horin , et al.

She's Got Legs: A History of Hemlines and Fashion
by: Jane Merrill , Keren Ben-Horin , et al.

Schiffer Publishing, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 272 pages illustrated in color. Explore fashion history with legs at center stage--from the dawn of civilization through current-day trends. This book examines society's role in moving hemlines and in shaping "legcentric" traditions throughout history. What has changed or stayed the same in the course of fashion eras? How have legs appeared in dance, sport, performance, pageantry, and conventional or outre outfits? Find out how athletics, depictions in literature and art, and motifs in advertising and films reflect our changing times. Discover the styles, attitudes, customs, sex appeal, socially acceptable postures and walks, and more in this comprehensive view of leg fashions through the ages. Enjoy fashions from the waist down through 319 striking images explained in their historical context.

Record # 381123

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Mother Teresa: A Life of Dedicationby: Rai, Raghu

Mother Teresa: A Life of Dedication
by: Rai, Raghu

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy still in publishers shrink-wrap. A photographic tribute to the beatified founder of the Mission of Charity visually documents her work in the impoverished streets of Calcutta, offering numerous images of her daily spiritual commitment to fighting poverty, in a volume complemented by the author's remembrances of their nearly thirty-year relationship.

Record # 353108

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Dance Drawings of Martha Graham by Charlotte Trowbridgeby: Charlotte Trowbridge

Dance Drawings of Martha Graham by Charlotte Trowbridge
by: Charlotte Trowbridge

Softcover. NY, The Dance Observer, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 90 pages, b&w drawings by Trowbridge. With a foreword by Martha Graham and a preface by James Johnson Sweeney. Light retouching to scuffing on black front wrapper, otherwise clean.

Record # 399438

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1914 - 1918 Through the eyes of Fortunino Mataniaby: Peter Richardson

1914 - 1918 Through the eyes of Fortunino Matania
by: Peter Richardson

Hardcover. London, Book Palace Books, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 160 pages. In August 1914 much of Europe was pitched into a war that would eclipse all others in terms of its industrial ferocity. In an era when photography and film recording were still in their infancy, much of the news was relayed through the work of reportage artists. Pre-eminent amongst such artists was Fortunino Matania who was The Sphere's artist-on-the-spot for events ranging from coronations to colliery disasters. Sent to a variety of Fronts to cover the conflict, his illustrations created a gripping and, at times, life-affirming testimony to those traumatic times, drawn from the personal visits he made and interviews he conducted with survivors. For the first time ever, this book collects those images in large format so that they can be viewed as they were intended. OVER 150 paintings and drawings on the World War 1 conflict, depicting all its horrors and special moments. His work inspired many contemporary artists: Annigoni and Russell Flint both visited his studio, and many comic strip artists collected his work including Al Williamson, Roy Krenkel, Frank Frazetta, John Bolton, Bernie Wrightson as well as film directors such as Cecil B DeMille and Alfred Hitchcock.

Record # 381327

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