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Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 391 pages. Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) was a self-taught yet highly sophisticated artist who is celebrated for his pioneering achievement in collage, assemblage, and film. Cornell's lyrical compositions combine found materials in ways that reflect a very personal exploration of art and culture and that represent his belief in art as an uplifting voyage into the imagination. This stunning book is published to accompany the first retrospective of the artist's work in twenty-six years. In her essay, Cornell scholar Lynda Roscoe Hartigan focuses on the seminal experiences and concepts that shaped Cornell's evolution as an American artist with a singular style of seeing. His transformation of found materials, distillation of far-flung ideas and traditions, and mingling of the vernacular and the erudite resonate with the spirit of synthetic innovation associated with American art. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Salt Lake City, Gibbs-Smith, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 270 pages, color illustrations throughout. Here are the chapter headings: Growing up on the Dead Level: 1875-1893; Fin-de-Siecle Illustrator: 1893-1900; Going East to See the West: 1900-1907; Illustrated West, The New York Years: 1907-1912; Turn of the Tide: 1912-1920; Visionary: 1920-1925; Murals and Modernism: 1925-1931; From Taos to Chaos: 1931-1935; To Thine Own Self Be True: 1935-1940; At Last: 1940-1946. From the dust jacket: 'To me, no painter has ever understood the light, the distances, the aboriginal ghostlines of the American West as well as Maynard Dixon. The great mood of his work is solitude, the effect of the land and space on people. While his work stands perfectly well on its claims to beauty, it offers a spiritual view of the West indispensable to anyone who would understand it.'-- Thomas McGuane. Clean copy. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing.

Softcover. Honolulu, The Drawing Center, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages, color illustrations. Tattooing is not only widely practiced, but in recent years has become quite fashionable. Accordingly, over the course of this century, designs for tattoos have evolved from standardized "flash" to completely customized work that allows for more detail, creativity, and even abstract painterly effects. With its curious collection of imagery, including vintage freak show advertisements, this book explores the development of the iconography of the tattoo and examines the age-old rite and tradition of embellishing the human body with images, words, and designs. Completely absorbing, the book traces the remarkable changes in tattoo styles and practices in the past several decades that have contributed significantly to this medium's ever-growing popularity and diversity. Particularly fascinating is a chapter devoted to tattooed women that includes photographs from the turn of the century to the present. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Prestel, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 176 pages. As opulent as the treasures it celebrates, this lavish volume presents Cartier's timeless designs worn by some of the twentieth century's most legendary figures. It's been one hundred years since the House of Cartier opened its doors on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Since then the luxury jeweler has been creating exquisite brooches, bracelets, tiaras, timepieces, and other items including scent bottles, so-called mystery clocks, and handbags many of them specially commissioned by their illustrious patrons. Readers will see up close Gloria Swanson's bracelets from Sunset Boulevard, Douglas Fairbanks s elegant watch, the Duchess of Windsor s panther brooch, and Grace Kelly's 10.47-carat diamond engagement ring, as well as items owned by Marion Davies, Vivien Leigh, Barbara Hutton, and Elizabeth Taylor. Author Martin Chapman offers an in-depth exploration of how Cartier conquered America, from its European birth in 1847 to its arrival on the other side of the Atlantic, and from its whimsical Art Deco creations to the red carpet prominence that linked the name Cartier with fame, wealth, and exclusivity. In addition to stunning color images of each object, the book features photographs of stars and heiresses wearing their Cartier jewelry. A beautiful volume for fashion aficionados, this trove of jewelry is a tribute to Cartier's ingenuity and unmatched craftsmanship. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Phaidon Press, reprint, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 160 pages. Published to accompany Kentridge's first retrospective exhibition in the United States and South Africa, this fascinating book offers in-depth coverage of the artist's animated films, drawings, and theater productions. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 302 pages. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page.The Zuni Man-Woman focuses on the life of We'wha (1849-96), the Zuni who was perhaps the most famous berdache (an individual who combined the work and traits of both men and women) in American Indian history. Through We'wha's exceptional life, Will Roscoe creates a vivid picture of an alternative gender role whose history has been hidden and almost forgotten. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 224 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the title page. Drawing on a host of firsthand accounts and memoirs, as well as her own family history, Croutier explores life in the world's harems, from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century, focusing on the fabled Seraglio of Topkapi Palace as a paradigm for them all. We enter the slave markets and the lavish boudoirs of the sultanas; we witness the daily routines of the odalisques, and of the eunuchs who guarded the harem. Here, too, we learn of the labyrinthine political scheming among the sultan's wives, his favorites, and the valide sultana-the sultan's mother-whose power could eclipse that of the sultan himself. There were the harems of the sultans and the pashas, but there were also "middle-class" harems, the households in which ordinary men and women lived out ordinary-albeit polygamous-lives. Croutier reveals their marital customs, child-rearing practices, and superstitions. Finally, she shows how this Eastern institution invaded the European imagination in the form of decoration, costume, and art-and how Western ideas, in turn, finally eroded a system that had seemed eternal. Juxtaposing a rich array of illustrations - Western paintings, Turkish and Persian miniatures, family photographs, and even film stills-Croutier demystifies the Western erotic fantasy of "the world behind the veil." This revised and updated 25th anniversary edition of Harem includes a new introduction by the author, revisiting her subject in light of recent events in Turkey, and the world. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 250 pages, color and b&w illustrations. Best-known for evocative box-constructions in which he assembled small objects and ephemera, American surrealist Joseph Cornell was also a devoted fan of the cinema. This book examines for the first time Cornell`s "portrait-homages," created to honor his favorite female movie stars-Hedy Lamarr, Lauren Bacall, Greta Garbo, Jennifer Jones, and others. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a very good dust jacket with mild fading to edges. 198 pages, color illustrations. Although the Inuit have lived in the Arctic since prehistoric times, Inuit art as we know it only came about in the late 1940s. This contemporary art form is appreciated around the world for its power and exquisite beauty, an art that embodies the Inuit's harsh arctic environment, unique way of life, and traditional beliefs. This historical, cultural, and aesthetic exploration of Inuit art features examples of Inuit drawings, prints, textiles, and sculpture through 125 color photos, 35 black-and-white photos, and maps. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , HarperCollins, 1st us, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 224 pages. Hardcover. Color photographs. With only minor wear to price-clipped dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy. This book is Leni Riefenstahl's second opus on Sudan's Nuba People (Die Nuba von Kau, 1976, followed her first book The Last of the Nuba / Die Nuba, first German ed.,1973). It is a classic and landmark in 20th century ethnographic photography. Translated from the German by J. Maxwell Brownjohn. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing.

Hardcover. London, Little, Brown, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 192 pages. Color and b&w portraits. A glorious study of the decadence, seriousness, beauty and ugliness of 'celebrity', this book showcases the work of one of Britain's most distinguished photographers, always providing a shrewd insight into his many different subjects. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 208 pages, color illustrations. With his phenomenal photographs of the five great predators of the African bush lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, and crocodiles, Mark Ross takes the reader on a wild safari. He shares his unparalleled knowledge and in-depth insight into the morphology, behaviors, daily activities, and livelihoods of the large carnivores that prowl the plains, woodlands, and rivers of Africa. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 296 pages. In this first fully illustrated biography of American writer Edith Wharton, the author combines insightful personal history with comparisons of how elements of Wharton's life and milieu were reflected in her writing. The more than 300 illustrations include numerous personal photos--some taken by Wharton herself. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Potrero Meadow Publishing, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, putty cloth stamped in red and black, 310 pages, endpaper maps. A local history with many vintage photos. Like-new condition.

Softcover. Carmel CA, Ocean View Publishing, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 451 pages, profusely illustrated in b&w. INSCRIBED BY ESSLINGER on the title page. Alcatraz - A History of the Penitentiary Years has sustained as a staple reference for staff members on Alcatraz and remains one of the most comprehensive references chronicling the history. This mammoth reference navigates the island's history through rarely seen documents, interviews and hundreds of pages of historic photographs. Author interviews range from men such as legendary FBI fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger; Dale Stamphill, a principal in the 1938 escape with Doc Barker and Henry Young; to Atom Spy Morton Sobell, the codefendant of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Michael Esslinger thoroughly details the prominent events, inmates, and life inside the most infamous prison in American History. His research included hundreds of hours examining actual Alcatraz inmate case files (including rare original documents from Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and over a hundred others) exploring the prison grounds from the rooftop to the waterfront to help retrace events, escape routes, in addition to conducting various interviews with former inmates & guards. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Buffalo NY, Firefly Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 144 pages illustrated in color. Stately Angel's Trumpets -- Brugmansia -- are spectacular plants, growing like small trees and living for several years. Datura, sometimes called Thorn Apples, are mostly annuals and are cultivated like summer flowers. The impressive bell flowers of both varieties -- in white, yellow, pink and red -- are extraordinarily decorative. It's no surprise that Brugmansia and Datura are prized by enthusiasts around the world. this is a comprehensive guide for North American gardeners. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Tucson AZ, University of Arizona Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 257 pages. William Randolph Hearst's collection of Navajo textiles is one of the most complete gatherings of nineteenth-century Navajo weaving in the world. Comprising dozens of Classic Period serapes, chief blankets, Germantown eye-dazzlers, and turn-of-the-century rugs, the 185-piece collection was donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History in 1942 but for the next forty years was known only to a handful of scholars. Hearst began acquiring textiles from the Fred Harvey Company after viewing an exhibit of Indian artifacts. Over four decades he amassed a collection spanning more than a century of Navajo weaving and including nearly every major type. Beautifully illustrated with nearly 200 color illustrations, each piece fully described. Red cloth with pictorial dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 154 pages. An incredible photo collection of country music stars in casual scenarios, in black and white, with charming accompanying texts. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Chelsea House, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong pictorial boards, no dust jacket. When explicit images of sex were taboo, stag films secretly shows generations of men everything they wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask. Here is a richly illustrated nostalgic history of dirty movies, how, when and why they were made. Rather scolarly text with extensive Bibliography and Filmography. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Facts on File , 1st, 1989, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 262 pages, b&w illustrations. Both judicious and insightful, Wolf's critique of 400 examples of horror--from novels and short stories to movies to a handful of poems--captures his respect for and pleasure in the genre in which he is so well versed. The book is not the definitive text on horror, but it is a worthwhile asset to the study of horror stories, for it analyzes a cross-section in a way that piques the reader's curiosity about the successes and flops in the field. Wolf often critiques the novel and movie version of the same story, as well as original and updated versions of the same film. For those wanting even more guidance in seeking out tales of horror, an extensive bibliography is provided. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 128 pages. 1st edition (stated). Large format. Photographic portraits of Georgia O Keeffe by Stieglitz from 1918 through the 1930s. Faint water stain on spine, not affecting book. Housed in a slipcase with light soiling, mild water stain.

Hardcover. NY / Boston, Bulfinch Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 144 pages. Introduction by Gore Vidal. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' monograph features a who's who of adult performers. With porn stars, past and present, serving as his subjects, Greenfield-Sanders objectifies each individual in a manner to which viewers may be unaccustomed: that of High Art. Presenting the sex stars in an interesting dichotomy, Greenfield-Sanders captures each individual in full-page splendor: one page featuring the actor dressed in ordinary street clothes, standing against an empty, white background. The second, offers us the actors, au naturel, holding the same pose as in the first image, a composition in a diptych-like manner, the everyday joe and jane versus the extraordinary Adonis and Aphrodite, for which their notoriety resides. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Milan/NY, Skira/Abbeville, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 189 pages illustrated in color. A whimsical flight of fancy through the world of shoes, wanderings through all manner of spheres, including history and the art of shoemaking, fashion shows and the most hidden desires of foot fetishists, theatre to workshop.This notebook, part-fashion book, part-history book, achieves the synthesis of a period of the author's professional and private life, stirred by the impulse to communicate to others the feeling that continues to inspire her research, and which connects all the parts of the book by a common theme: passion. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Penguin Studio, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, unpaginated. A collection of photographs from the burial grounds of Europe explores the beauty of cemeteries and the emotions the survivors of the dead placed into the making of the tombs. Clean copy.