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New York, John S. Taylor, 1st, 1836, Book: Good, Hardcover, 296 pages plus 8 pages of publisher's ads in rear. Original black boards with embossed design, gilt lettering and design with number ! on spine. Folding chart/map tipped in at page 196 with short tears. Illustrated title page. The first of three anti-slavery books published by John Taylor, a staunch abolitionist. A few brief notations on prlim pages, otherwise clean.

Softcover. Bowie MD, Heritage Books , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 398 pages. Colorfully depicts colonial life in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Maryland as reported in the newspapers and journals of the region. 'Feel the pulse of the people by reading the same items and advertisements presented in their weekly newspapers; the same words, the same spellings, the same compositions as they were written by Colonial compositors and publishers.' These pages are 'filled with newspaper abstracts concerning runaway slaves and indentured servants, the near frontier, piracy, ships and mariners, plantations, land and home sales, and many more happenings and items of interest to the highborn as well as the common tradesman.

Hardcover. San Francisco, McSweeney's, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Very good hardback bound in publisher's shaped boards cut in the shape of a house and issued without a jacket. SIGNED in black marker by Barnett and Horowitz on the rear board.

Hardcover. NY, Praeger Publishers, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 156 pages with 10 color and 232 b&w plates. The chapters are: general history before 1850 with factory marks; excavations on the Caughley site: other early Coalport porcelain; Messrs Antice, Horton & Rose's Coalport porcelain; 1815-1850 & the factory pattern-books; porcelain from 1850: Coalport artists; early Coalport porcelain mentioned in 19th century catalogues; the 1841 & 1861 census returns. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Atglen PA, Schiffer Publishing, 1st, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 255 pages. illustrated in color. Explore the rise and fall of pre-Code comics with 500 covers revealing America's cultural shifts, censorship, and controversy. From 1940 to 1955, American society and culture underwent dramatic changes, including the introduction of the Comics Code in October 1954, which heavily impacted comic books. The Code aimed to moderate comic content in response to public opinion, including such topics as juvenile delinquency, wartime sentiment, teenage sex, drugs, violent crime, and more. While compliance was technically voluntary, most publishers followed its strict rules. Those who didn't faced ruin when wholesalers and distributors refused to handle noncompliant comics, returning them unopened to publishers, who soon self-destructed. Comic Book Apocalypse! explores this downfall through 500 examples of pre-Code cover art, highlighting why some deemed the Code necessary. The book also examines who decided what content was acceptable, demonstrating how pre-Code comics reflect the larger story of 1950s America. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, John Grigg, 1st thus, 1831, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Presumed 1st, copyright Feb. 9, 1831, 1831 on title page. Translated from the French by Charles D. Meigs, M.D.; black-&-white plates The title page is preceded by four pages of publisher's ads for medical books. xix, 17-584. Full calf binding has scuffs and wear, but still very sound and attractive. Gilt rules & title on spine. Previous owner's name, date and price on front end paper (1837) Another previous owner's bookplate date 1895 on front pastedown. Contents slightly age-toned, some foxing and text-block offsetting throughout otherwise very good. James Kay, Jun & Co. - printer.

Hardcover. New York, Powerhouse Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages, b&w photographs of rodeo performers. In publisher's shrinkwrap. After reading a front-page article in The New York Times about the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo, Arthur Frank took a week off from work to travel around Wyoming, photographing whatever rodeos he could find. Once there, he found the culture of the American cowboy very much alive and kicking. Although their practical skills remain essential to modern ranching, it is the rodeo where their trade is praised, perpetuating the myth and mystique of America?s rough and rugged icon?the cowboy. Cowboy Up, Frank?s first monograph, presents photographs taken at more than fifty rodeos?including high school, college, and women?s competitions in addition to professional rodeos?in Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Nevada,Arizona, Calgary, Alberta, even Binghamton, New York. As a former football and rugby player from New York City, Frank approached the roundup with an athlete?s understanding, while his profession provided distance from the cliches associated with the sport. With photographs that capture the vigorous physicality of one of the world?s most erratic and dangerous sports, Cowboy Up delves deeply into the modern cowboy?s life, capturing riders during the jittery wait before the roundup, and back at the ranch, engaging in work that tamed the Wild West. Frank?s outsider perspective and insider access combine to provide a humanistic yet dynamic and inspiring view into a lifestyle that has become an American legend.

Hardcover. New York, PowerHouse Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap.

Hardcover. NY, DK Publishing, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, glossy pictorial boards, 72 pages. Embark on an amazing, visually dazzling adventure across the Golden Age of DC Comics history! The Golden Age heralded the birth of the Super Hero, and DC Comics paved the way. From the big bang debut of Superman in 1938 to the sensational arrival of the Amazon Princess, Wonder Woman in 1942, the face of comics books was to change forever. Profusely illustrated in color. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Humanoids, Inc., 1st Ltd Ed., 2021, Book: Very Good, Visionary author, filmmaker, and philosopher Alejandro Jodorowsky has created -- along with some of the world's most singular and talented sequential artists -- an incredible Sci-Fi universe, full of love, revenge, intrigue, betrayal, and redemption: THE JODOVERSE. The Jodoverse's two cornerstone series are The Incal and The Metabarons, which together have sold over 5 million copies worldwide. This deluxe box set (two oversized books in one deluxe slipcase box) is limited at 1500 numbered copies.Book 1 contains the reference guide on The Incal, Deconstructing the Incal, which lifts the veil on many of the mysteries and secrets surrounding the seminal science-fiction graphic novel. This encyclopedic reference book is packed with fascinating insights from the creators, Jodorowsky and Moebius, alongside revealing text and rare and unseen preliminary illustrations. The book also contains the original 56 pages drawn by Moebius of the unfinished first version of the sequel story (After The Incal).Book 2 features the second reference guide to the Jodoverse, Deconstructing the Metabarons, focused on unveiling the secrets of the universe's fiercest warrior clan: the Metabarons. Book 2 also includes Weapons of the Metabaron, the seminal series' spin-off story recounting how the mightiest warrior in the universe built his arsenal of war and featuring A-list comics star Travis Charest's (Wildcats, WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Golden Age, and Star Wars comics covers) interpretation of The Metabarons' mythology. 376 total pages. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. NY, Crown Publishers, 2nd pr., 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 190 pages. A mystery novel about the adventurous librarian lifestyle. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the front fly leaf.

Hardcover. San Diego, CA, IDW Publishing, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 108 pages. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Color illustrations. Stamped decorative covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Ditko's Shorts is a fun and incredibly fascinating compilation of short comics one, two and three pages in length. Only a brilliant master could tell a dramatic, compelling tale in such compact form. You'll thrill as Ditko walks this exciting high-wire act without a net! The many stories contained in this hardcover are fast-paced and sport terrific, compelling artwork as only Steve Ditko can draw it! The genres show the artist's great range. There's horror, fantasy, science fiction, western, and even humorous stories. Taken from rare comic books from a who's who of publishers, all the comics are meticulously restored and printed in a beautiful, large-format book.

Hardcover. New York, Michael di Capua Books/HarperCollins Publishers, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Olive green cloth covers with gilt titles to spine, color illustrated dust jacket, lovely full-page color illustrations by William Steig. Mild edgewear, soil to dust jacket.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. remainder dot to top edge. 192 pages, b/w plates., index, Her lifetime in photography .

Hardcover. NY/Chicago, Revell, 1st, 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light green cloth stamped in white and black, 229 pages plus publisher's ads in rear. 12 b&w plates. Frontis photo portrait of Grenfell on his ship with tissue guard. Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1865 -1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador. Beginning with Vikings of To-day (1895), he published between 1905 and 1938 a succession of books about Labrador, which was at the time a British colony. Owner's name and date on front fly leaf, mild soil to cover.

Hardcover. NY, powerHouse Books, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, 240 pages. During the 1950s and 60s, Tom Palumbo was part of an influential group of young photographers working for the best fashion magazines in America -Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. Tom perfected his craft under the guidance of legends like Alexey Brodovitch, Carmel Snow, Diana Vreeland, and Alex Liberman. Tom's serene style contrasted with Richard Avedon's jazzed-up images and Lillian Bassman's soft blurred effects. Often Tom's particular layouts provided the balance in an issue. His pictures invariably enhanced the fashions of the 50s, where women were thought of as objects of worship, and beauty was thought of as an ideal. Tom photographed every day, producing unique images like jazz legend Miles Davis laughing. He loved taking pictures of artists like next-door neighbors Comden and Green; the young Mia Farrow and Jane Fonda; novelist Jack Kerouac. Late in life, Tom worked in theatre. But to him there was never much difference in the photographs he took or the plays he directed since both contained drama. Paradox and revelation-these two elements energized Tom Palumbo's life. These rediscovered photographs, celebrated in their time but not seen in decades, are presented here in book form for the first time ever, by award-winning author and Palumbo's widow, Patricia Bosworth. Clean, still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. London, Farrand Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 374 pages. Black & white illustrations. Minor fading to cover cloth. Clean, tight copy. B&w frontispiece & 282 illustrations. An important study of the wide range of uses to which lithography was put through the 19th century, with chapters on military manuals, music printing, shorthand, facsimiles including the publications of Sir Thomas Phillipps; with a catalogue of 423 examples traced by Professor Twyman. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Playmore Publishers, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glossy boards with 4 pop-up spreads. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. All pop-outs work fine. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Library, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 144 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. With 2014 marking the one-hundredth anniversary of the commencement of World War I, En Guerre offers a fresh, thought-provoking exploration of the impact of the Great War as viewed through the lens of French graphic illustration of the period. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of these illustrations at the University of Chicago Library's Special Collections Research Center, this catalog draws from illustrated books, magazines, and prints to present a wide range of perspectives on themes essential to a deeper understanding of the war in France: patriotism, nationalism, propaganda, and the soldier's experience, as well as the mobilization of the French national home front as seen through fashion, music, humor, and children's literature. With a text by noted historians Neil Harris and Teri J. Edelstein and featuring more than one hundred reproductions of the vivid and colorful work of French illustrators, En Guerre reaffirms the persuasive role that art can play in the service of political and military power.

Softcover. Germany, Hatje Cantz, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Softcover. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. For the last 50 years, Erro has been creating paintings that make equal use of art history, cartoons, comic books, politics, popular culture and social tableaux. This publication features Erro's series Scapes, and for the first time, presents the entire 1968 Monster cycle--double portraits that contrast the official likenesses of celebrities with monstrously distorted visages.

Hardcover. Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 199 pages. The artists' books made in Russia between 1910 and 1915 are like no others. Unique in their fusion of the verbal, visual, and sonic, these books are meant to be read, looked at, and listened to. Painters and poets--including Natalia Goncharova, Velimir Khlebnikov, Mikhail Larionov, Kazimir Malevich, and Vladimir Mayakovsky--collaborated to fabricate hand-lithographed books, for which they invented a new language called zaum (a neologism meaning 'beyond the mind') that was distinctive in its emphasis on 'sound as such' and its rejection of definite logical meaning. At the heart of this volume are close analyses of two of the most significant and experimental futurist books: Mirskontsa (Worldbackwards) and Vzorval' (Explodity). In addition, Nancy Perloff examines the profound difference between the Russian avant-garde and Western art movements, including futurism. Still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. New York, PowerHouse Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy still in publishers shrink-wrap. With sumptuous black-and-white photographs that recall the religious fervor of El Greco and the anguish of Francis Bacon, The Face of Forgiveness: Salvation and Redemption takes us inside evangelical meetings across the world and bears witness to the driving emotional faith of Christian revival, where emotion and love pours from the eyes and mouths of the faithful, praying and thanking the Lord.

Hardcover. New Haven , Yale University Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 256 pages. Examines concepts of female beauty in terms of the ideal and the real, investigating paradigms of beauty as represented in art and literature and how beauty has been enhanced by cosmetics and hairstyles. Images of some of the most beautiful women in history, both real and ideal, accompanied by illustrations from costume books, fashion plates, advertisements, caricatures, etc. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 256 pages. Examines concepts of female beauty in terms of the ideal and the real, investigating paradigms of beauty as represented in art and literature and how beauty has been enhanced by cosmetics and hairstyles. Images of some of the most beautiful women in history, both real and ideal, accompanied by illustrations from costume books, fashion plates, advertisements, caricatures, etc. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap.