Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 146 pages. Lukacs was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher, aesthetician, literary historian, and critic. He was one of the founders of Western Marxism, an interpretive tradition that departed from the Marxist ideological orthodoxy of the Soviet Union. He developed the theory of reification, and contributed to Marxist theory with developments of Karl Marx's theory of class consciousness. He was also a philosopher of Leninism. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Orion Press/ Trianon Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 180 pages, profusely illustrated in b&w. 112 pages of photos, 3 fold-outs. The definitive study of the 12th-century French sculptor, responsible for almost all the sculpture and reliefs in the medieval cathedral in Burgundy. Spine cracked at preliminary spread before title page. No markings, clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Limited Editions Club, 1st thus, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two oversized volumes with blue slipcase, SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR, John Groth in rear of volume 2. Blue and gray cloth boards with gilt titles on spine, illustrations throughout, very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Columbia University Press, 2nd pr., 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 199 pages, b&w illustrations. Familiarity with Duras's films, novels, plays, and screenplays is essential for a full appreciation of this set of interviews (originally published in a special issue of Cahiers du Cinema ) reflecting Duras's views on her own work and that of many film directors. This translation (by Carol Barko)captures the informal, "fireside chat" style of the original, and the reader will find a wealth of information regarding Duras's personal views on politics, the media, and literary and film production. An abundance of photos and film stills is a valuable addition. Previous owner's inscription on the front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. An inspired reboot from the brilliant pairing of horror master Stephen King and the late children's author-illustrator Maurice Sendak. The spooky art and text maintain the menacing atmosphere of the kids' perilous adventure. They've revitalized this old gem for a new generation of young readers. "This splendidly chilling variation of the Brothers Grimm story is built around costume and set designs that late Caldecott Medalist Sendak produced for a Humperdinck opera... While the narrative's characterizations and diction hew to tradition its horrors land with fresh force in an epic retelling that suits the illustrations' eerie magnificence." - Publishers Weekly. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages. In 1936, Herman Miller Inc. founder D. J. De Pree committed Herman Miller to "modern" furniture. The rest is history: their continuing collaboration with some of the giants of modern design has made Herman Miller synonymous with quality in design. Herman Miller examines the company's powerful contributions by looking at the problems that design can solve and how creative thinking can benefit the world. Aside from having produced icons of modern furniture, Herman Miller has revolutionized office systems and furniture in the workplace.
Softcover. Cambridge MA, The MIT Press, 1st thus, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear and rubbing to wrappers with small hole to spine. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Santa Monica CA, Angel City Press, 2nd Ed., 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 136 pages, b&w illustrations. In this photographic work, the authors have scoured archives and studios for the perfect moments, silent moments of water and starlight, of pure glamour. The book contains photographs, a bibliography, and an index. Publicity snapshots from the golden age of movie stars. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Hudson Hills, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. A chronology, bibliography, and listing of exhibitions, collections, and commissions complete this comprehensive treatment of an important second-generation abstract expressionist, and one of the first of a generation of influential women artists to emerge in the second half of the 20th century. More than 100 color plates, foreward by Erik H. Neil, and essay by Michael Plante. Clean, bright copy. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Softcover. Hartford, Blue Star, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Softcover. Measures: 15" H X 11" W. Black & white illustrations by Jeff Jones. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. Adults only. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Hardcover. Saint Paul MN, Paragon House, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 231 pages. Nearly twenty years of letters beginning with the poet's encouragement of guidance, and the sharp critic's mentoring, developing into a sparring intellectual relationship discussing philosophies of literature and culture, and then mental dueling, and finally a rejection of one another. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton and Company, 3rd pr., 1936, Book: Fair, Hardcover, pictorial boards. 60 pages illustrated with b&w line drawings by Paul Brown. An endearing true story of the beloved white pony owned by King George and used for shooting or long rides in the country, told by the pony. The book has the cardboard spine missing, binding holding. Light shelfwear.
Hardcover. UK, Lee Miller Archives Publishing, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 185 pages. After fashion modeling in New York City in the 1920's, Miller went to Paris, becoming a fashion and fine-art photographer -- in addition to covering World War II. This is a beautifully produced book looking at Lee Miller's extraordinary contributions to the pages of Vogue before becoming a war correspondent. Many of the images have not been seen since they were taken in the 1940's. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn, price-clipped dust jacket, 462 pages. Stated first printing, frontis portrait of Proust taken in 1890. Chipping to dust jacket. Several pages dog-eared. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Cincinnati OH, George Conclin, 6th Ed., 1841, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 288 pages, 9 b&w woodcut illustrations. Sixth edition, first published in 1838. Tan cloth, paper label on spine, label is chipped, worn in areas. Covers with light soil. Still, internally a tight, clean copy with light foxing.
Hardcover. San Diego CA, IDW Publishing, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, oblong format, 277 pages. Dailies in b&w, Sunday strips in color. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Marcus Ward and Co., 1st Edition, 1883, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 56 pages; color llustrated boards with brown cloth spine with colored plates by the authors throughout. Verses by Felix Leigh. Cover exhibits edgewear, heaviest at the corners of the boards, which are bumped and have the underlying cardboard exposed. Back cover has a bump at the fore-edge and another at the bottom. Both covers slightly spotted. Interior: binding cracked at page 9; missing between front fly leaf and dedication page (evidence of something tipped in with glue and later removed along reverse of front fly leaf)-- however, the book is otherwise intact. All illustrations present in this edition: lovely plates depicting life in Victorian England, interior very clean.
Hardcover. New York, Random House, reprint, 1971, Book: Good, Unpaginated, color illustrated boards with light soil, corners worn, Internally clean. Back cover references 32 books by Seuss ending with The Lorax in the first group. Yellow box present with Rudolf Flesch quote, but no reference to Lake Erie.
Hardcover. Santa Monica CA, Angel City Press, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Gives a lush, visual tour of a Los Angeles that no longer exists--one of elegant office buildings and stately mansions that were razed in the name of "progress" to build the city's famous freeways. Featuring stunning black-and-white photography from Arnold Hylen that captures a lost era, the book contains an original essay by the photographer that provides historical background and context for the time period. This new edition contains additional, never-before-seen photographs from Hylen and newly unearthed information from historian Nathan Marsak on these lost architectural treasures. Arnold Hylen (1908-1987) was a commercial and architectural photographer based in Los Angeles. Between the late 1940s and the late 1960s, Hylen traversed the streets of Los Angeles, photographing it's vanishing landscape. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket with light tape repairs, 318 pages. Stated First Edition. No markings.
Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, ochre cloth stamped on the spine in green and gilt, 209 pages. This masterful portrait of an Islamic society undergoing a great social upheaval has become one of the most significant contributions to our understanding of pre-modern Islamic history. Loyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society concentrates on the Buyid dynasty that ruled in Iran and Iraq during the 10th and II centuries, a period when the Abbasids were in decline and power had fallen into the hands of military groups who could not legitimise it in the same way as the Caliphs. From this confusion emerged a new Muslim society whose essential interests differed from those of the transient and limited dynasty that had preceded it. Page 5 in introduction with a brief ink notation in margin, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, The Free Press, 2nd pr., 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 654 pages, b&w illustrations. A portrait of one of the twentieth-century's most influential philosophers draws on previously unpublished letters and writings to describe Wittgenstein's youth, education, private life, and major works. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Simon and Schuster, reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 463 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. Purple gilt titles on spine. Small stains to top edge of boards. Dust jacket price clipped, otherwise clean, tight copy.