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Hardcover. NY, W.W. Norton & Co., 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 144 pages. Lester Beall, who died in 1969, was the first graphic designer to receive a one-man exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (in 1937) and was awarded the 1993 Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Institute of Graphic Artists, a sign of his importance in American graphic design. In full color, this book documents the work of his pioneering 44-year career-advertising, corporate-identity programs, product styling, packaging, exhibits, murals, annual reports, posters, books, and magazines for a wide range of clients, including the U.S. government, the International Paper Company, Martin Marietta Corporation, and many others.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 3rd pr., 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 471 pages, Walker Evans photos up front. In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignment for "Fortune" magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when in 1941. "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" was first published to enormous critical acclaim. This unsparing record of place, of the people who shaped the land, and of the rhythm of their lives today stands as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. The time is the mid-1930s, in the depths of the Great Depression. Tenant farmers down South are struggling with deepening debt, chronic illnesses in their families (NO health care), land suffering from drought and the hopeless, grinding poverty much of America suffered through in that era. Clean copy. Lacks the dust jacket.

Hardcover. Sydney AU, T&G PUBLISHING, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 395 pages, Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Lewis Morley - I to Eye will illuminate and crystallise this body of work in a career retrospective, incorporating literally hundreds of photographs covering all aspects of Morley's work, from England, france and the united States, also the fashion beginnings in the 1950s through the personality portraits of the 60s to his work of the 70's, 80s and 90s. In a career that has spanned some 50 years, Morley has worked with equal ease in theatre, fashion, portraiture, magazine photography and documentary reportage. His body of work, particularly his portraits of key figures of 1960's London, is highly recognised, and with his famous photo of Christine keeler naked upon a chair, Morley produced an image that is probably one of the most memorable (and most copied) of any photographs of any time.

Hardcover. Sydney AU, T&G PUBLISHING, 1st, 2011-11-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 395 pages, Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Lewis Morley - I to Eye will illuminate and crystallize this body of work in a career retrospective, incorporating literally hundreds of photographs covering all aspects of Morley's work, from England, france and the united States, also the fashion beginnings in the 1950s through the personality portraits of the 60s to his work of the 70's, 80s and 90s. In a career that has spanned some 50 years, Morley has worked with equal ease in theatre, fashion, portraiture, magazine photography and documentary reportage. His body of work, particularly his portraits of key figures of 1960's London, is highly recognised, and with his famous photo of Christine keeler naked upon a chair, Morley produced an image that is probably one of the most memorable (and most copied) of any photographs of any time.

Hardcover. London, Reaktion Books, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light wear to bottom of spine. 360 pages, color and b&w illustrations, index. Libertine London investigates the sex lives of women from 1680 to 1830, the period known as the long eighteenth century. It uncovers the various experiences of women, whether mistresses, adulteresses or those involved in the sex trade. From renowned courtesans to downtrodden streetwalkers, Julie Peakman examines the multifaceted lives of these women within brothels, on stage and even behind bars. Based on new research into court transcripts, asylum records, magazines, pamphlets, satires, songs, theatre plays and erotica, we learn of the gruesome treatment of women who were sexually active outside of marriage. Julie Peakman looks at sex from women's points of view, undercutting the traditional image of the bawdy eighteenth century to expose a more sordid side, of women left distressed, ostracised and vilified for their sexual behaviour. Unveils the complex sex lives of libertine women in eighteenth-century London.

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday and Co., reprint, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Photographs and text by Edward Steichen. Includes a biographical outline. Illustrated end pages. 249 black and white plates. Measures 11.5x10 inches. Edward Steichen (1879-1973) was the most frequently featured photographer in Alfred Stieglitz' groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its run from 1903 to 1917. Later he worked for Conde Nast magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair. After World War II he became the Director of the Department of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Note: This book is the First edition, second printing (The book was originally published in 1963 with duotone and color plates, this second printing is in black and white only). In a very good dust jacket.

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. Francestown NH, Golden Quill Press, 1ST, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dark red faux leather cloth spine with red and white cloth over boards; gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Red and white dust jacket in mylar cover. A collection of short humorous poems previously published in various magazines. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper:

Hardcover. Mankato MN, Creative Editions, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. In 1949, SPORT magazine published Lineup for Yesterday, a collection of poems by Ogden Nash celebrating the greatest big-league baseball players of the 1800s and early 1900s. Using an alphabetical approach, the famous wordsmith paid entertaining tribute to 24 legends of the diamond, encapsulating each in just 4 clever lines. Creative Editions is proud to present this masterpiece to a new generation of fans, reintroducing icons from the formative years of professional baseball. The masterful mixed-media illustrations of C. F. Payne portray these heroes of summer in their athletic primes in this, the first-ever picture book publication of Nash s classic. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards. Featuring beloved New Yorker covers, iconic animated characters, and more, Local Fauna is the definitive monograph by award-winning illustrator and character designer Peter de Seve. His work spans four decades and various media, from magazines, books, and television commercials, to Broadway posters and character designs for animated feature films. He is perhaps best recognized for his many covers for The New Yorker magazine and his character designs for the blockbuster Ice Age franchise (Scrat is a veritable international celebrity). De Seve has also contributed to such films as Finding Nemo, Robots, The Little Prince, and The Grinch, to name only a few. Local Fauna showcases de Seve's most iconic illustrations and designs alongside a plentiful selection of sketches and personal work that have become fan favorites across social media. This monograph opens a doorway into his visual universe, and it includes behind-the-scenes insight into his process, from a character or cover's first conception to the final product. Local Fauna also includes an introduction by writer, illustrator, and character designer Carter Goodrich and an in-depth interview with Bill Watterson, the legendary creator of Calvin & Hobbes, as well as essays by The New Yorker art director Francoise Mouly; Academy Award winning director and animator Glen Keane; comic artist and creator of Hellboy, Mike Mignola; and New York Times bestselling picture book author Randall de Seve.

Hardcover. London, Omnibus Press, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 176 pages. While many books, films and documentaries claim to have captured the phenomenon that was Swinging London, just one magazine was present in the capital during the 1960s to illustrate this extraordinary moment as it unraveled. London Life emerged in October 1965 and, over the next fifteen months, would document the capital's action at its absolute zenith. With imagery from the likes of David Bailey, Duffy and Terence Donovan, designs from Peter Blake, David Hockney, Gerald Scarfe and fledgling artist Ian Dury plus words and opinions from those riding high on the city`s cutting-edge, London Life remains the coolest document from the capital's most exciting period. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1971, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 378 pages. From dust jacket notes: "For most Americans, the Second World War started on December 7, 1941, and much of the fighting took place in strange, faraway places. For the British, the war started on September 3, 1939, and much of the action took place in the skies over England. In the spring of 1940, after months of uneasy calm, Germany invaded the Lowlands and conquered France within a few days, leaving England without her only meaningful ally on the Continent. A year would pass before the Soviet Union was drawn into the war, and eighteen months before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The United Kingdom, with a land area about the size of Wyoming, was alone, all alone, with only the Straits of Dover separating the island from Hitler's war machine. For six years Mollie Panter-Downes covered the war for The New Yorker magazine from her native England. Even at the height of the air war over London, when 'all that is best in the good life of civilized effort appears to be slowly and painfully keeling over,' she continued to file her fortnightly reports in an understated but dramatic fashion that reflected the fortitude of her fellow countrymen: 'The announcements of the first air-raid deaths are beginning to appear in the obituary columns of the morning papers. No mention is made of the cause of death, but the conventional phrase "very suddenly" is always used.' William Shawn, editor of The New Yorker, has assembled Miss Panter-Downes' 'Letter from London' columns into a consecutive, on-the-spot chronicle of the war in England."

Softcover. Paris, Dragon's Dream, 1st English transl., 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, brilliant color illustrations throughout. Superb very fine detailed art, in this Science Fiction & Dark Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, graphic novel masterpiece, with incredible color pictures. Measures 8.5" x 11". One of the great French Comic Artists, with some of his strips appearing in Pilotte magazine; He became best know in North America for his work in the pages of Heavy Metal magazine. Clean, sharp copy.

Softcover. Berlin, Gestalten Verlag, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 208 pages. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. This monograph features Jaybo's font designs, logos, record covers and examples of his work as the Art Director of the lifestyle magazine Style and the Family Tunes.

Softcover. Berlin, Gestalten Verlag, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 208 pages. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. This monograph features Jaybo's font designs, logos, record covers and examples of his work as the Art Director of the lifestyle magazine Style and the Family Tunes.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Da Capo Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 276 pages, b&w illustrations. In 1971, as US forces hastened their withdrawal from Vietnam, a helicopter was hit by enemy fire over Laos & exploded in a fireball, killing four top combat photographers: Larry Burrows of Life magazine, Henri Huet of AP, Kent Potter of UPInternational, and Keisaburo Shimamoto of Newsweek. The remoteness of the crash site made a recovery attempt impossible. A story of four combat photographers who died in indochina--and the two journalists who kept their memory alive. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Rizzoli International Publications, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color photographs throughout. Silver gilt titles on spine. Reminder mark to bottom edge, otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. This exceptional album features over two hundred images by the most important modern and contemporary photographers, including David Bailey, Henry Clarke, Patrick Demarchelier, Karl Lagerfeld, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, David Sims, Bert Stern, Juergen Teller, Mario Testino, and Bruce Weber. This book features images from iconic Vuitton advertising campaigns from the 20s through to the present, with magazine editorials from publications including Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Interview, and others.

Hardcover. Insight Editions, 1st, 2008, Book: N, Hardcover, 14 pages. From the demented pages of MAD Magazine comes a depraved and uproarious look at contemporary politics' juiciest scandals. Revel in the salacious animation of our fearless leaders' most embarrassing moments. Hunt with Dick Cheney, learn how to spell with Dan Quayle, take speech lessons with George W. Bush, and find out why Alfred E. Neuman is running for President...again and again and again. Mad About Politics: A Pop-Up Book spares nothing at the expense of our elected officials, highlighting the unbearable truth about who's in charge. With precise pop-up ingenuity American power players have never looked so enjoyably foolish. If you're wondering who to vote for on Election Day let MAD About Politics give you some pointers. Suitable for the sardonic this tome of asinine political parody will have anyone with a sense of humor rolling in the aisles.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Running Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Don Martin is of MAD Magazine's most recognized, most irreverent, and most influential artists. During his 32 years at MAD, he influenced a generation of writers and illustrators, and became known as "MAD's Maddest Artist." Don's ability to translate animated slapstick comedy to the printed page brought readers from around the world into his world, a world where hinged feet, enormous noses and low IQs ruled. Inside are over 200 of Martin's funniest and zaniest works from his lengthy career, along with every "GOOSH," " SPROING" and "POIT" that made his cartoons great. Also included in this one-of-a-kind collection is a generation of his color work, as well as his best portraits, posters and stickers created as bonuses for MAD Specials, and a foreword by longtime MAD editor Nick Meglin.

Hardcover. Running Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages. MAD Magazine was an indispensable part of 'growing up' for 1950s/60s kids. The humor was witty, leg-pulling and hilarious. The art work, to this day, was of the highest order. Top cartoonists such as Jack Davis, Don Martin, Bob Clarke etc. graced it's pages for many years. Top of the rank must be Mort Drucker, whose caricatures of film and TV stars are second-to-none. Some of his very best work, dating from 1957 to 2009, is included in this hefty volume. The reproductions are slightly larger than the magazine format and excellent for studying the line-work of this remarkable artist. Included is a fascinating discussion between Mort and former MAD editor Nick Meglin.

Hardcover. Running Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages. MAD Magazine was an indispensable part of 'growing up' for 1950s/60s kids. The humor was witty, leg-pulling and hilarious. The art work, to this day, was of the highest order. Top cartoonists such as Jack Davis, Don Martin, Bob Clarke etc. graced it's pages for many years. Top of the rank must be Mort Drucker, whose caricatures of film and TV stars are second-to-none. Some of his very best work, dating from 1957 to 2009, is included in this hefty volume. The reproductions are slightly larger than the magazine format and excellent for studying the line-work of this remarkable artist. Included is a fascinating discussion between Mort and former MAD editor Nick Meglin.

Hardcover. NY, Beehive Press, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Large. oversize hardcover. 176 pages illustrated in color and b&w, with a sticker and postcard laid in. The first-ever comprehensive examination of this great artist, while collecting an amazing array of 300 generally scarce images. Harrison Cady (1877-1970) was one of the definitive magazine illustrators and cartoon artists of the first half of the 20th century. He created countless overflowing worlds of anthropomorphic lives: the Peter Rabbit Sunday page, the Happy Chaps for the magazine St. Nicholas, and illustrations that brought to life dozens of the Thornton Burgess books.

Hardcover. NY, Hastings House, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 316 pages, b&w illustrations. Written by his ex-lover, business associate, and close friend, an explicit memoir offers a new perspective on the renowned celebrity photographer with a taste for kinky sex and drugs who died of AIDS in 1989. Fritscher's brutally frank memoir of his ex-lover, confidant, and colleague, drawn from the author's personal documents, seeks to strip away the notoriety surrounding the defiant photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. As editor and writer for the gay magazine Drummer, Fritscher was the first to publish Mapplethorpe's highly charged camera shots depicting a seamy world of "leathersex," sadomasochism, taboos, and fetishes. Here, Fritscher graphically portrays the masculine subculture of the homosexual community that Mapplethorpe inhabited until his death from AIDS in 1989, at age 42. He also discusses the censorship of Mapplethorpe's work within the mainstream gay community. Clean copy.