biography

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1858, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, now faded. Livingstone describes his missionary activities and travels in South Africa from 1841 to 1853 and his first major expedition, the Trans-Africa journey of 1853-56. Livingstone also gives an accurate account of the tsetse fly and of the disease produced in cattle following its bite. Frontispiece portrait, 732 pages, [4]pp ads, 2 folding maps by Arrowsmith at the rear, 1 double page wood engraving, 1 folding diagram, many wood engraved text illustrations. Fair condition only with worn, rubbed covers, cloth split along spine edges. Interior pages clean with tight binding.

Hardcover. NY/Cambridge MA, The Architectural History Foundation/The MIT Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. This is the first complete biography of the inimitable society architect Addison Mizner, whose Spanish Revival buildings created a new style of resort architecture for Palm Beach and south Florida during the boom years of the 1920s. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, 529 pages. Material for this novel based on the life of Amedeo Modigliani is based on letters, family papers and interviews with the Modigliani family by the author. Clean copy.

Softcover. Secaucus NJ, Citadel Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 208 pages, many b&w illustrations. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Gibbs Smith, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 256 pages. Thomas Molesworth, were he alive today, would be both proud and amazed at the influence his Shoshone Furniture Company and the Cody artists' colony he inspired would have on his old hometown and the Western Design movement seventy-two years after he started producing furniture. Based on nearly two decades of buying, selling, pursuing, and researching Molesworth furniture, Terry Winchell has created a definitive book that covers all spectrums of Molesworth's work, including the influence of the other artists who made his style unique, as well as stylistically and financially successful. The fact that Molesworth's furniture career spanned thirty-plus years speaks for itself. An excellent guide for collectors of Molesworth's work, this book is also an invaluable resource for fans of the Western Design movement.

Hardcover. NY, Brewer & Warren, 1st US, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, marbled boards with green cloth spine, 494 pages. A scholarly biography of the great French dramatist, b&w illustrations. Light shelf wear. Top of spine has some fading/sunning, no markings.

Softcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 112 pages. A quarterly anthology of literary comics. Contributions by David B. returns with his second long story for Mome, the 30-page "Veiled Prophet"; R. Kikuo Johnson delivers a four-page biography of pioneering wildlife artist John James Audubon; Jeffrey Brown asks, "What Were They Thinking?"; Martin Cendreda traces a lifetime of regret in "La Brea Woman"; Sophie Crumb tells a true story of young love and heroin addiction in "Melanie & Billy"; Jonathan Bennett, the subject of this issue's feature interview, explores the concept of memory in "I Remember Crowning"; Paul Hornschemeier (Mother, Come Home) returns with "Life With Mr. Dangerous"; plus more all-new stories from Gabrielle Bell, Anders Nilsen, David Heatley, John Pham, and Kurt Wolfgang.

Softcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 112 pages. A quarterly anthology of literary comics. Contributions by David B. returns with his second long story for Mome, the 30-page "Veiled Prophet"; R. Kikuo Johnson delivers a four-page biography of pioneering wildlife artist John James Audubon; Jeffrey Brown asks, "What Were They Thinking?"; Martin Cendreda traces a lifetime of regret in "La Brea Woman"; Sophie Crumb tells a true story of young love and heroin addiction in "Melanie & Billy"; Jonathan Bennett, the subject of this issue's feature interview, explores the concept of memory in "I Remember Crowning"; Paul Hornschemeier (Mother, Come Home) returns with "Life With Mr. Dangerous"; plus more all-new stories from Gabrielle Bell, Anders Nilsen, David Heatley, John Pham, and Kurt Wolfgang.

Softcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 112 pages. A quarterly anthology of literary comics. This first volume of Mome features the following: John Pham's (Epoxy) 221 Sycamore Ave., Paul Hornschemeier (Mother Come Home and Forlorn Funnies) contributes a six-part graphic novella titled Life with Mr. Dangerous, Anders Nilsen's The Beast is a full-color, 12-page absurdist monologue by a single character on the push-and-pull of art and politics, Jeffrey Brown contributes an autobiographical piece, David Heatley contributes the first of a series of fictional stories revolving around a cast of characters in a town called a Overpeck (also the name of the strip) that follows a bizarre dream logic, Andrice Arp adapts a Japanese fairy tale called Jewels of the Sea, Kurt Wolfgang examines death, Gabrielle Bell examines the existentialism of the dot-com boom, Jonathan Bennett dances with the Ventures, and Sophie Crumb (Belly Button Comix) delivers a piece of comics biography. With cartoons by Martin Cendreda.

Softcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 112 pages. A quarterly anthology of literary comics. This first volume of Mome features the following: John Pham's (Epoxy) 221 Sycamore Ave., Paul Hornschemeier (Mother Come Home and Forlorn Funnies) contributes a six-part graphic novella titled Life with Mr. Dangerous, Anders Nilsen's The Beast is a full-color, 12-page absurdist monologue by a single character on the push-and-pull of art and politics, Jeffrey Brown contributes an autobiographical piece, David Heatley contributes the first of a series of fictional stories revolving around a cast of characters in a town called a Overpeck (also the name of the strip) that follows a bizarre dream logic, Andrice Arp adapts a Japanese fairy tale called Jewels of the Sea, Kurt Wolfgang examines death, Gabrielle Bell examines the existentialism of the dot-com boom, Jonathan Bennett dances with the Ventures, and Sophie Crumb (Belly Button Comix) delivers a piece of comics biography. With cartoons by Martin Cendreda.

Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Praeger, 1st US, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket. 208 indexed illustrations. Several full color reproductions. Translated from the French by Thomas Walton. 255 pages. "Elgar has made use of valuable information from Mondrian's contemporaries in his account of this dedicated artist.The plates show all the phases through which Mondrian's art passed, from the traditional landscapes and still lifes of his early years, through the more personal and more abstract works conceived in series, to the eventual emergence of his fully mature style." Three color plates/postcards of his art laid / paster on inside covers. Small name on front fy leaf. Otherwise clean.

Softcover. Chicago, Terra Museum of American Art, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 159 pages, with 72 illustrations, 52 in color. Light edge wear to wrappers, else a very clean, tight copy. These monotypes are presented by Cecily Langdale in this book which was published in 1984. It contains a brief Biography of the artist that describes his influences, travels and contacts, and a general discussion about Monotypes which summarises their chronology, style and technique. These two essays are illustrated by 28 b/w figures. The monotypes are then presented, in colour, with commentaries on each by Langdale that integrate factual information and artistic significance. Addenda include a further 3 monotypes by the artist and there is a Bibliography of relevant publications. Prendergast executed his last monotypes in 1901-02, probably because of his increased interest on the complexities of oil painting techniques that he continued to explore for the remainder of his life. For anyone unfamiliar with monotypes, the information provided by Langdale is extremely useful to enable a full appreciation of the works presented in this book. The artist used oil paint in the preparation of his monotypes and may have used a spoon to transfer the images onto the Japanese tissue support.

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. NY, Stein & Day, Book Club Ed., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, chipped dust jacket. Frontispiece, photographs, maps, appendix, bibliography, index. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1st, 1857, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 286 pages. Hardcover with marbled covers and page block decoration, gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper. Previous owner's name on title page. Ex-Library with usual stamping and embossed seal on preliminary pages.

Hardcover. North Carolina, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 289 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, very good.

Softcover. Greensburg PA, privately printed, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, octavo, 25 pages, sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with mild general shelfwear to wrap, stapled binding tight, text clean and unmarked. Includes a b/w sketch by John Trumbull.

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.

Hardcover. New Rochelle, Arlington House, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 554 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Moderate foxing to edges. An important reference book on this legend of the big band era. Clean, tight copy.

NY, St. Martins, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, black & white illustrations. 442 pages. The story of the popular Rocky and Bullwinkle show. The legendary Jay Ward and Bill Scott produced the gleeful wonder and cumulative joy that transcended the crude drawings and occasionally muddy sound. Jay Ward was the magnificent visionary, the outrageous showman, while Bill Scott was the genial, brilliant head writer, coproducer, and all-purpose creative whirlwind. With exclusive interviews, original scripts, artwork, story notes, letters and memos, Keith Scott has written the definitive history of Jay Ward Productions.

Softcover. New York, George Braziller, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Softcover, 174 pages. This catalog, featuring 130 b&w illustrations and 40 color plates cover almost all of Graves major paintings. This is a very nice and clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Assouline, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 80 pages. Morris Lapidus, the famous mid-century architect, outraged the architectural profession and riled critics with an architecture that was popularly embraced. His Miami Beach resort hotels - the Fontainebleau, the Eden Roc, and the Bal Harbour Sheraton - are synonymous with the glamour of Miami Beach in the 50s. Lapidus hotels are infamous as the stomping grounds of the Rat Pack and their fellow movie stars. Yet, during his life he was never published in architectural magazines and was discredited by the architectural profession - before undergoing a renaissance as a prophet of postmodernism. This book establishes the importance of his work and offers private insights into a man who once said why be exotic in private?

Hardcover. NY, Ticknor & Fields, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 501 pages, b&w illustrations. The Morgenthaus were one of those German-Jewish families who broke through the snobbish anti-Semitism of the wasp mainstream in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to be a force in American public life. This is a charming, intimate portrayal of three fascinating generations in American history. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. London, Verso, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, bright dust jacket. Seven pages with ink underlining in the text; Includes contemporary photographs. In January 1952, two young men from Buenos Aires set out to explore South America on an ancient Norton motorbike. The journey lasted six months and took them thousands of miles, all the way from Argentina to Venezuela. En route, there were disasters and discoveries, high drama, low comedy, fights, parties and a lot of serious drinking.