Hardcover. Prague, Twisted Spoon Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly soiled dust jacket, 150 pages. B&w frontis. The works of the Czech Symbolist Otokar Brezina (1868-1929), a writer twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, influenced an entire generation of artists in Bohemia and Moravia. Hidden History (published posthumously in 1935) is one of the most important works of 20th century Czech prose and represents the apotheosis of Brezina's endeavors in the essay form. In this finely crafted collection, he discusses the role of art as a vanguard of developments in science and as a force for social change. These essays also contribute to an understanding of Brezina's poetry, for which he is better known. They comprise the most systematic exposition of his aesthetic creed, which served to inspire the Czech writers and literary critics who followed in his footsteps. This edition is the first complete English translation of any complete volume of Brezina's work. Afterword by Petr Holman. Light foxing, no markings.

Hardcover. Corinth VT, Town of Corinth, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, 508 pages. Front end paper Is a photo of the Village Of East Corinth. Comprehensive Index. Other b&w photos. Errata slip laid in. Mild soil to covers, clean otherwise.

Hardcover. Annapolis MD, Naval Institute Press, 2nd pr., 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 313 pages. Red cloth covers, gilt titles, red dust jacket with color illustration, b&w maps and illustrations. Slight wear to dust jacket, pages crisp and unmarked, tight binding; overall, a clean, tight copy. In 1949, as the Chinese Civil War was about to enter its final, explosive stage, the small British frigate HMS Amethyst was sent on a dangerous mission up the Yangtze River to protect British citizens in Nanking. En route it was attacked by the Chinese Communists and held hostage on the river for several months before the crew managed to make a daring escape. The Amethyst captured news headlines around the world and became an unlikely symbol of the cold war in Asia. This dramatic episode, hailed in the West as a triumph of the human spirit but bitterly condemned by the Chinese Communists, was to prejudice Anglo-Chinese relations for years to come.

Hardcover. Greenwich CT, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, square black cloth boards w/reflective green printing, illustration & red printing. 143 pages, color illustrations, reflective silver pages. Vivid color illustrations throughout. Exhibition held University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, October 8-November 10, 1968. The commentaries include: Hundertwasser's relationship with Klimt, Klee, self-exploration the spiral the human image archaism titles words & images transautomatism. It has Joachim Jean Aberbach's reminiscence of this artist and the artist's 'Mouldiness Manifesto'. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Penguin Press, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Elena Kostyuchenko's unrelenting attempt to document her country as experienced by those whom it systematically and brutally erases: village girls recruited into sex work, queer people in the outer provinces, patients and doctors at a Ukrainian maternity ward, and reporters like herself. Here is Russia as it is, not as we imagine it. The result is a singular portrait of a nation, and of a young woman who refuses to be silenced. In March 2022, as a correspondent for Russia's last free press, Novaya Gazeta, Kostyuchenko crossed the border into Ukraine to cover the war. It was her mission to ensure that Russians witnessed the horrors Putin was committing in their name. She filed her pieces knowing that should she return home, she would likely be prosecuted and sentenced to up to fifteen years in prison. Yet, driven by the conviction that the greatest form of love and patriotism is criticism, she continues to write. I Love Russia stitches together reportage from the past fifteen years with personal essays, assembling a kaleidoscopic narrative that Kostyuchenko understands may be the last work from her homeland that shell publish for a long time, perhaps ever. It exposes the inner workings of an entire nation as it descends into fascism and, inevitably, war. She writes because the threat of Putin's Russia extends beyond herself, beyond Crimea, and beyond Ukraine. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Red illustrated boards, no dust jacket, lovely full page color illustrations. Rubbing and edgewear to boards, corners worn, especially top of spine., though book binding is not affected, pages crisp, clean and unmarked. Early printing, mid-50s, 16 titles on rear cover starting with Yertle the Turtle. This is the tall 12x9 retail edition; not the smaller book club edition. Copyright page has the Redbook reference that was removed in the bookclub editions. This copy has the original illustration of 2 Seuss characters with a black complexion from the fictional African island of Yerka; which has since become objectionable; also stereotypical drawings of Asian characters.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 199 pages. This book examines Syria's religious, intellectual, and political history during the period of transformation before World War I. Focusing on an attempt to reform Islamic belief and practice at the turn of the century, Commins shows how the reformers used debates over the religious law of Islam to advance their visions of a progressive Islamic state. Based on a wide variety of previously unpublished sources, the book will shed new light on a period that is of considerable importance for the modern history of the Middle East. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 135 pages, b&w illustrations, some color. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held from April 12-May 29, 1972. With an essay by Marcia Tucker, a chronology with exhibitions history, and a bibliography. The exhibition checklist cites 44 graphic works and 13 posters, and most if not all are pictured here. Mild tanning to wrappers. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Lexington KY, University Press of Kentucky, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 289 pages, b&w illustrations. The son of music hall performers, the Paris-born actor grew up in the entertainment business. His onscreen debut in the 1930's marked the beginning of many memorable roles in films such as La Grande Illusion (1937) and Emile Zola's La Bete Humaine (1938). His performances would earn him international recognition and establish his reputation as one of the greatest stars of film noir. Pausing his performances on screen, Gabin joined the Allied struggle of WWII. Serving under General Charles De Gaulle in the Free French Forces as a tank commander, Gabin was awarded several medals for his service. Upon his return to acting after the war, he became the embodiment of the uniquely French spirit a persona that would define his future roles. In Jean Gabin: The Actor Who Was France, Joseph Harriss tells the story of this French icon. This well-researched biography documents Gabin's life from his start as a reluctant singer and dancer in Parisian music halls to his rise to film superstardom. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics Books , 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 424 pages, illustrated in b&w. This scholarly book examines historical depictions of Jewish people in comics. Showcases more than 150 comic strips, comic books and graphic novels from all over the world, stretching over the last five centuries and featuring Jewish characters and Jewish themes. The book is divided into chapters on Anti-Semitism, the Old Testament, the Holocaust, Israel, the Golem and much more, featuring everything from well-known comics like Art Spiegelman's Maus and the work of Will Eisner to much more obscure (and in some cases far less savory) but no less culturally and historically interesting examples of how Jewish culture has been depicted in comics. Each strip, comic, or graphic novel is spotlighted via a short but informative 200-word essay and a representative illustration. Clean copy.

Hardcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 288 pages, map illustration. Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and index. Subjects: To 1917; Jewish-Arab relations History To 1917; Jews Colonization Palestine; Labor Zionism Palestine; Land settlement Palestine; Palestine Social conditions; Palestine History 1799-1917. Name, date on front fly leaf otherwise clean, tight copy.

Softcover. Zenith Press, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 574 pages, b&w illustrations. Originally published in Germany in 1955, and in England and the United States in 1958, this classic memoir of WWII by a man who was an acknowledged military genius and probably Germany's top WWII general, is now made available again. Field Marshal Erich von Manstein described his book as a personal narrative of a soldier, discussing only those matters that had direct bearing on events in the military field. The essential thing, as he wrote, is to "know how the main personalities thought and reacted to events." This is what he tells us in this book. His account is detailed, yet dispassionate and objective. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 240 pages. A new account of Cezanne's complex relationship with his wife, who served as the subject of some of his most iconic portraits. Paul Cezanne's (1839-1906) portraits of Hortense Fiquet (1850-1922), his wife and the subject of some of his iconic portraits, rank among the most powerful of their kind in French modernism. Yet, posterity has not been kind to Madame Cezanne. She was called a distraction, blamed for her husband's "lackluster" landscapes, and disdained for her impenetrable expression in the paintings. The reality is more complex, for while Fiquet may not have been the passion of Cezanne's lifetime, she was a willing accomplice, as model, mother of his only son, and unwavering partner against all odds. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. Brooklyn NY, Elsewhere Editions, 1st, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, oblong format, b&w illustrations. Introducing the Latin American comics sensation starring a hilarious 6-year-old whose spunky self-confidence will inspire budding activists and curious readers of all ages. Mafalda loves democracy and hates soup. What democratic sector do cats fall into? she asks, then unfurls a toilet paper red carpet and gives her very own presidential address. Mafalda's precociousness and passion stump all grown-ups around her. Dissident and rebellious, she refuses to abandon the world to her parents' generation, who seem so lost. Alongside the irascible Mafalda, readers will meet her eclectic group of playmates: dreamy Felipe and gossipy Susanita, young-capitalist Manolito and rebellious Miguelito. Quino's bright irony and intelligence bring the streets and neighborhoods of Buenos Aires to life. Clean copy.

Softcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in pictorial wraps, 259 pages with bibliography, index. Illustrated with vintage and contemporary photographs. First published in 1985, author Liebs' work established the 20th Century roadside landscape as a subject for serious study. Liebs traces the transformation of commercial development as it moved from centralized town main streets outward along street car line and highways (with old gas stations, small restaurants, motels, and truck stops) to the "miracle miles" and shopping malls of today. This, the first softcover edition, contains new commentary by the author. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 320 pages. A detailed look at the photographic processes pioneered by Man Ray in the 1920s and 30s, which resulted in groundbreaking portraits of many of his celebrated friends and lovers. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 288 pages. Chapters include Semiology and Architecture by Charles Jencks, Meaning into Architecture by Geoffrey Broadbent and 'La Dimension Amoureuse' in Architecture by George Baird, The Time House or Argument for an Existential Dwelling by Martin Pawley. Packed with black and white reproductions of unusual buildings. Mild edgewear to dust jacket, clean copy.

Softcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 374 pages. Following times of great conflict and tragedy, many countries implement programs and policies of transitional justice, none more extensive than in post-genocide Rwanda. Placing Rwanda's transitional justice initiatives in their historical and political context, this book examines the project undertaken by the post-genocide government to shape the collective memory of the Rwandan population, both through political and judicial reforms but also in public commemorations and memorials. Drawing on over two decades of field research in Rwanda, Longman uses surveys and comparative local case studies to explore Rwanda's response both at a governmental and local level. Clean copy.

Hardcover. U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brick red cloth with gilt lettering, 214 pages. Technical Bulletin No. 1293. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Woodstock NY, Overlook Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with wear to extremities. 239 pages with 344 illustrations, 97 in color. This book explores the extraordinary achievement of America's pre-eminent graphic artist. Here Glaser undertakes not only a wide-ranging representation of his oeuvre but, in a personally revealing introduction, speaks of the influences on his work, the responsibilities of the artist, the hierarchies of the traditional art world, and the role of graphic design in the area of his creative growth. His work ranges from posters to book and record covers; from store and restaurant design to toy creations, magazine formats, and logotypes all of which define the look of the 1960s and 70s. Tape repair to reverse of dust jacket, no markings. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Munich/NY, Prestel, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 120 pages. 110 illustrations with 68 in color. From his childhood on, Mallorca was a second home for Joan Miro. His mother was from the island, as did his wife Pilar Juncosa. It became his permanent home in the mid-fifties and he built a large studio there. He died there on the 25th of December 1983 at the age of 90. This book is about the varied themes and techniques of the artist's later works painting, sculpture, and ceramics. It was the clear light of Mallorca which especially fascinated Miro - the poetic blues of the sky and sea. In his sculpture, he was especially inspired by the artistic creativity of the island inhabitants, not to mention the agriculture and precipitous cliffs which give the landscape of Mallorca its unique quality. Remainder dot to top edge, otherwise clean copy.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, MIT Press , 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 192 pages, color and b&w illustrations. An extraordinary look at how the style of Piet Mondrian's abstract paintings was posthumously appropriated by 1960s fashion, Pop art, and consumer culture. Yves Saint Laurent's 1965 Mondrian dresses are among the twentieth century's most celebrated and recognizable fashions, but the context of their creation involves much more than meets the eye. In Mondrian's Dress, Nancy J. Troy and Ann Marguerite Tartsinis offer a fresh approach to the coupling of Piet Mondrian's interwar paintings with Saint Laurent's couture designs by exposing the rampant merchandising and commodification that these works experienced in the 1960s. The authors situate the consolidation of Saint Laurent's fashion brand alongside the work of such Pop artists as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and Tom Wesselmann, and show how conventional understandings of Mondrian's avant-garde abstractions were transformed by the mass circulation of his signature style. Beyond its attention to 1960s fashion, Pop art, and consumer culture, Mondrian's Dress offers critical assessments of Saint Laurent's so-called dialogue with art, the remarkable art collection that he built with his partner Pierre Berge, and the crucial role that photography plays in the marketing of couture.

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a price-clipped dust jacket with light wear, 408 pages. The circumstances surrounding Montaigne's writings are described in a review of his life and important personal relationships. Gutter crack after front fly leaf. A sound, clean copy.

Hardcover. Syracuse NY, Syracuse University Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 142 pages, b&w illustrations. In 1950, future Hall of Famer Earl Lloyd became the first African American to play in a National Basketball Association game. A warm and gracious man, widely loved and respected, Lloyd has lived what he describes as an 'incredible journey' and has spent eighty years gathering passionate lessons from that experience. He was born in Virginia, a state he describes as 'the cradle of segregation', only sixty-two years after the end of the Civil War. Nicknamed 'Moonfixer' in college, Lloyd led West Virginia State to two CIAA Conference and Tournament Championships and was named All-American twice. One of three African Americans to enter the NBA at that time, Lloyd played seven games for the Washington Capitals before the team folded. He joined the Syracuse Nationals for six seasons and later played for the Detroit Pistons before he retired in 1961. Throughout his career, he quietly endured the overwhelming slights and exclusions that went with being black in America. Yet he has also lived to see basketball - a demonstration of art, power, and pride - become the black national pastime and to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama. In a series of extraordinary conversations with Sean Kirst, Lloyd reveals his fierce determination to succeed, his frustration with the plight of many young black men, and his sincere desire for the nation to achieve true equality among its citizens. CLEAN COPY.