ephemera

Hardcover. Paris, L'edition d'Art, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed design on calf covers, gilt lettering on spine, 223 pages, top edge gilt. Marbled end sheets. French text. Edited by the celebrated French Medievalist Joseph Bedier of the L'Academe Francais. Inscribed by previous owner on first blank page with his related ephemera laid in. Otherwise clean. Calf covers worn at edges.

Hardcover. Gottingen GR, Steidl, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Biography mostly comprised of color and B&W photos of the famed blues musician, and ephemera related to him. Introduction by Tom Waits, foreword by Glenn O'Brien, and poems by Tyehimba Gess. 256 pages.

Hardcover. Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 240 pages. Artist Lee Bontecou (b. 1931) became widely known in the 1960s and 1970s for her welded steel sculptures and plastic and epoxy molded assemblages, powerful constructions that evoked natural phenomena and organic biological life as well as machines and instruments of war. This critically acclaimed book re-evaluates the career of this highly influential artist and focuses not only upon the impact of her early work but also on the import she has exerted on a generation of younger artists. Featuring some 50 sculptures and more than 100 drawings from the late 1950s to 2003, the book presents four essays that reposition Bontecou's work within the history of recent art, examine its shifting critical reception, discuss the artistic context in which her work was made, and analyze how science underpinned some of her earliest explorations. Related ephemera laid in. 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. NY, Life Publishing, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 36 pages plus cover. Color cover by Garrett Price: A Quick Pick-Up. Magazine was once folded so a crease throughout. 3 color ads plus b/w cartoons by Al Frueh, Art Young, John Held, others.

Hardcover. US, Damiani, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 144 pages. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Spanning 50 years and three generations, Joe's Junk Yard is a personal narrative that explores the history of the family's scrap metal business. Kereszi's disquieting, tender photographs of the last decade of the junkyard, accompanied by business ephemera and family scrapbook photographs, tell the story of this family and its struggles with a changing economy.

Hardcover. Bologna IT, Damiani, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 144 pages. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Spanning 50 years and three generations, Joe's Junk Yard is a personal narrative that explores the history of the family's scrap metal business. Kereszi's disquieting, tender photographs of the last decade of the junkyard, accompanied by business ephemera and family scrapbook photographs, tell the story of this family and its struggles with a changing economy.

Softcover. Lincoln NE, Tea Table Mills, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover brochure, 80 pages, color illustrations. A cookbook using macaroni as the main ingredients. "The magic of macaroni in its endless combinations with all kinds of food." Discusses soups; meats; fish, seafoods & poultry; sauces; meatless main dishes; vegetable recipes; salads and desserts; cooking for the crowd. Clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Portland ME, Maine Central Railroad, 1891, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 3 X 6" brochure, 16 pages.

NY, New York Central Lines, 1915, Book: Good, Softcover brochure that folds out to approx. 30 X 27" with a color map on one side. Rand McNally did the map as a promotional piece for the New York Central Railroad Lines. The opposite side features a wealth of tourist information: lists of hotels, boarding houses, camps, steamer lines, rates and fares, train schedules, etc. Clean with little to no paper loss or any repairs.

Hardcover. New York , Aperture, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, New copy still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Two hardcover volumes in slipcase. A total of 512 pages with 100 color ills. Introduction to 'Postcards' by Thomas Weski. Introduction to 'Objects' by Martin Parr. "While 'Objects' is the first publication to document Parr's 25 plus years of such collecting, 'Postcards' is the last word on an extraordinary collection of over 20,000 cards. Presented in album format, it is a highly entertaining yet serious study of postcard history.

Hardcover. Taschen, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 392 pages, 684 illustrations, 664 in color. Text in English, German and French. Large volume, pictorial covers, no dust jacket issued. Menu Design is an omnibus showcasing the best examples of this graphic art. With nearly 800 examples, illustrated in vibrant color, this deluxe volume not only showcases this extraordinary collection of paper ephemera but serves as a history of restaurants and dining out in America. An introduction on the history of menu design by graphic design writer Steven Heller and extended captions by culinary historian John Mariani accompany the menus throughout the book.

NBC Television, 1978, Book: Very Good, One glossy b&w photograph showing Belushi in character as Franklin Roosevelt (left) and the Samauri Swordsman.

n/p, 1975, Book: Very Good, One glossy b&w photograph, shoulder portrait, SIGNED BY BENJAMIN. Date unknown but most likely mid-1970s.

Hardcover. NY, Guggenheim Museum, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 228 pages. During the late 1960s and 70s, a paradigm shift occurred within visual culture: photography and the moving image were absorbed into critical art practices. In particular, these mediums were used to record ephemeral or performative events and to render visible conceptual systems or to question the supposed objectivity of representation itself. This volume focuses primarily on artworks from the last decade and proposes that the extensive use of reproducible mediums in today's art has its roots in an earlier formative period. By the end of the 70s, many artists turned to photography as a vehicle through which to critique photographic representation and to subvert an art system premised on the notion of the original. While this practice came to define much of the 80s postmodern art, its legacy for the 90s was essentially the license to indulge in photographic fantasy, image construction, and cinematic narrative. Artists working today freely manipulate their representations of the empirical world or invent entirely new cosmologies. They process their subject matter through conceptual systems or use digital processes to alter their images. Some directly intervene in the environment, subtly shifting components of the found world and establishing their quiet presence in it; others fabricate entire architectural environments for the camera lens. This current state of the arts and its recent history are represented via more than 150 works by 55 artists, including Nam June Paik, Kara Walker, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, Ana Mendieta, Bruce Nauman, Robert Smithson, Christian Boltanski, Sophie Calle, Fischli & Weiss, Ann Hamilton, Robert Mapplethorpe, Annette Messager, Cindy Sherman, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Elger Esser, others.

Softcover. Johnstown NY, Charles B. Knox Gelatine Company, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Color wrapper with an illustration on the front cover that shows a woman with a concerned look on her face as she looks at her reading on a scale while a Scottish terrier looks up at her with its forepaws also the scale. Back cover has an illustration of a Knox Sparkling Gelatine box with a cow on it. 4 1/2" x 6." Twenty-two pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Some of the recipes come with illustrations. Inside of front cover has a table showing the "proper" weight for men and women based on age and height. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. This is a recipe book for desserts that use Knox Gelatine. Clean copy.

Softcover. Johnstown NY, Charles B. Knox Gelatine Company, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover brochure, 32 pages. Illustrations, many color, gelatin dishes, laboratory, packages. 7 x 9.5", stapled, folding to 7 x 4.75". Clean copy.

Softcover. Beverly Hills CA, MGM/Brooksfilms, N/A, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Orange title wrappers, rubber-stamped copy No. 199, dated August 3, 1981, with credits for screenwriter Steinberg and director Benjamin, and producer Michael Gruskoff. Title page present, dated August 3, 1981, noted as FINAL DRAFT, with a credit for screenwriter Steinberg. 119 leaves, photographically reproduced, with the last leaf of text numbered 117. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Shot on location in New York City. O'Toole received an Oscar nomination for his role.

Softcover. Beverly Hills CA, MGM/Brooksfilms, N/A, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Orange title wrappers, rubber-stamped copy No. 99, dated September 4, 1981, with credits for screenwriter Steinberg and director Benjamin, and producer Michael Gruskoff. Title page present, dated September 4, 1981, noted as REV. FINAL DRAFT, with a credit for screenwriter Steinberg. 110 leaves, photographically reproduced, with the last leaf of text numbered 110. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads. Shot on location in New York City. O'Toole received an Oscar nomination for his role.

Softcover. Culver City CA, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Brooksfilms, , N/A, 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pale blue wrappers, 120 pages, three-hole punched pages held by 2 brads. Stamped copy # 137. Title page dated April 9. 1981 indicating an early version. The 1982 film, directed by Richard Benjamin, earned Peter O'Toole an Oscar nomination for his lead role as Alan Swann. Title lettered on bottom edge, light spotting to rear cover, otherwise clean copy.

Softcover. Culver City CA, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Brooksfilms, , N/A, 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pale blue wrappers with die-cut window for title, 120 pages, three-hole punched pages held by 2 brads. Title page dated April 9. 1981 indicating an early version. The 1982 film, directed by Richard Benjamin, earned Peter O'Toole an Oscar nomination for his lead role as Alan Swann. Title lettered on bottom edge, otherwise clean copy.

Softcover. New York, National Arts Club, 1st wraps, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, tan paper wraps with brown decoration. 72 pages. 7 tipped-in B&W plates. The past year, rules and membership list of the private New York artist's club. Members included famous artists like George Bellow. Scarce. Paperback.

Softcover. Camden,NJ, Victor Talking Machine Company, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 28 pages, illustrated, small stapled booklet. Wrappers with light wear, minor soil.

Softcover. Cleveland OH, New York Central Lines, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, multi-panel brochure which opens up to a 34 X 20" map on one side. A promotional piece from a consortium of railroads that shows how their routes tie together the industrial heartland. Hundreds of stops listed in a detailed map. Very good condition. In a brown card folder, clean. No date but assumed 1920s.

Hardcover. NY, Scheidegger and Spiess, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 560 pages. New York is a global icon--the quintessential metropolis. Over three centuries it has morphed from the colonial fur trading hub of New Amsterdam into one of the most vibrant and exciting cities on earth. The history of the Big Apple has been documented many times over in many diverse ways, including books, photographs, and songs. But in this lavish, beautiful volume, Thomas Kramer offers a new perspective, telling the story of New York through Andreas Adam's vast collection of rare picture postcards that recount the city's changing identity and culture over the last century.