Hardcover. New York, Seaver Books/Henry Holt, 1st US revised , 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 183 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Collection of over 200 pictures taken by Zola throughout his life, compiled and Zola and Massin. Translated from the French by Liliane Emery Tuck. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Water stain to lower edge of front dust jacket flap. Hundreds of black-and-white photographs throughout. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Flame Tree, reprint, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 191 pages, hardcover. Covers and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Full color artwork throughout. This beautifully adorned reference book charts the life and work of an artist who epitomized Parisian life during the fin de siecle, showcasing his Art Nouveau masterpieces. Explore Mucha's many decorative panels and commercial posters, as well as his illustrations for books and magazines. The book takes an in-depth look at his changing artistic style and reveals his sources of inspiration. Features over 150 of Mucha's most important graphic works, from his 'Gismonda' poster of 1894, to his series of decorative panels from 1902, 'The Moon and the Stars.' Clean copy. Record # 33810
Softcover. New York, The American Film Institute, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 pages, photographs throughout. Charlie Chaplin cover article, as well as pieces on Francesco Rosi, Richard Pearce, article by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Record # 854106
Hardcover. France, Hachette, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 212 pages. Very good blue pictorial cloth with minor spotting. Color illustrations throughout. French text. Record # 804455
Softcover. Dalton, MA, Sandra G. Ludig, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with glossy white covers with color plate. Previous price sticker and slight warping on cover. Staple binding is tight, pages unmarked. 10 b/w plates of various artists' works, mainly French, on the theme of the letter in visual art. 38 item exhibition listing and a paragraph explication of each work. Introduction to the theme of the works. 39 pages. Record # 807435
Hardcover. NY, Artisan, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 431 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some minor edge wear, but is still in good condition. Red cover boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. When Thomas Keller, owner of the Napa Valley's French Laundry, decided to open a second eatery, he wanted it to be a place that was more casual, serving less complicated food. Thus, Bouchon was born. This cookbook contains recipes for the emblematic bistro dishes served at Bouchon, interpreted and executed as they've never been before. This is a large, heavy volume available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34065
Softcover. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, rep., 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Reprinted from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Summer 1983. 56 pages. Numerous b&w photographic reproductions. In very good condition, with some rubbing/scratching to the covers and small creases along top of spine. Old price sticker on inside of front cover. Record # 807033
Softcover. New York, NY, Jill Newhouse and Eric Carlson, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A selection of nineteenth-century French and American drawings and watercolors. 34 b&w plates, illustrated stapled covers. Light wear to cover edges, slight discoloration to spine and bottom front cover edge; otherwise, a very tight, clean copy. Record # 805762
Hardcover. NY, Hastings House, Publishers, 1st, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages, hardcover. Cover boards have some staining and discoloration. Interior pages are clean and bright. The spine is blue cloth-backed with a coil binding, and is solid. Contains B&W and full-color illustrations throughout. This book is for all those who love the directness and honesty of peasant art. Previous owner's signature is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34311
Softcover. New York , Museum of Modern Art , 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 173 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Maroon oblong paper wrappers with die-cuts, very good. Clean. Record # 407358
Softcover. Amherst, MA, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with black covers, minor rubbing and scratching. Both the covers and pages are warped. Staple wrappers. 25 b/w plates of Lalique's glass work in the Art Deco design. 70 items listed. Short introduction on the artist and his style. Clean copy. Record # 808536
Softcover. Paris, Henri Laurens, Editeur, 1st (?), 1925, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: Poor, Guidebook about "L'Eglise de Brou" a famous church in France. 40 gravures, 1 plan of the church and artwork within. Cover nearly detached. Internally Very Good. Previous owner's note (neatly 1 1/2 lines) on half title. 2 contemporary sepia postcards of paintings of historical figures associated with De Brou (the duke and duchess of Savoie, Philibert Le Beau and Marguerite d'Autriche laid-in. Frontis is a floorplan of the chruch. Part of series, "Petites Monographies des Grands Edifices de la France. French language. Record # 125619
Softcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st thus, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages, though some light foxing is present along the top edge. Binding is solid. Contains full-color and B&W photography throughout. This book was the catalogue for an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from September 18th through December 31st, 2000. The legendary Countess de Castiglione, embodiment of the Second Empire in France, dedicated her life to a cult of personal beauty. At her death she left more than 400 extraordinary photographs of herself, commemorating the significant moments of her life as she re-created them for the camera. This volume presents a selection of the portraits gathered from public and private collections and places them in context. Clean copy. Record # 34331
Softcover. Richmond, VA, Sydney and Lewis Foundation, 1st, 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibiton catalog. 79 pages. 69 color photographs, sculptures, and art. Spotting to both covers and some soiling. Cracked binding at front cover. Overall, a nice, tight copy. Record # 850239
Hardcover. Paris, France, Editions du Chene, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 183 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography throughout. In this volume, after telling the story of each product, Joel Robuchon shares his cooking secrets from each season to extract the maximum flavor profile from each ingredient. He teaches the art of simmering, browning, and roasting to perfection, and offers simple yet refined recipes. This is a large format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34067
Softcover. Williamstown MA, Sterling and Frances Clark Art Institute, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages, b&w illustrations. A listing of 901 paintings in the collection. Color wrappers. Record # 805551
Hardcover. New York, Thames and Hudson, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 264 pages. Blue cloth cover with small gilt illustration on cover and lettering to spine, color illustrated dust jacket, 119 illustrations, with 8 in color. Light wear to dust jacket; overall a clean, tight copy. Record # 804519
Hardcover. NY, Newsweek, Inc., 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 172 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some very minor discoloration on the rear. Covers and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography and illustrations throughout. This book is an illustrated history of the famous Gothic cathedral in Paris, which has been a center for important events and a masterpiece of architecture for more than eight hundred years. One of the "Wonders of Man" series, published by Newsweek. This is a large-form book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 33964
Hardcover. New York, NY, HarperCollins, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 329 pages. Hardcover. Color photographs throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 469399
Softcover. New York, Fanning Publishing Co., 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 format. Articles on: Carl Van Vechten, An Interview with Bruce Conner, Giulia Napoleone, Francesco Salviati, others. 67 pages plus ads. Record # 402215
Hardcover. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Universiy Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 308 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket flaps both were folded inwards, but are still in good condition. Cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Light foxing present on the top edge of the pages. Binding is solid. In "Screening the Text" T. Jefferson Kline argues that the French new wave's rebel stance is far more complex and problematic than critics usually acknowledge. Challenging conventional views of film and literature in postwar France, Kline explores the new wave's unconscious--even oedipal--obsession with the tradition it claimed to reject. Clean copy. Record # 33800
Hardcover. NY, Scribner, 23rd Pr., 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 1172 pages, hardcover. Green dust jacket has a 3" crease on the front, but is still in very good condition overall. Burgundy cloth covers with gilt decorations and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. Also contains three-color black, white, & red maps throughout. In this engrossing, vivid, and intensively researched volume, esteemed Napoleon scholar David Chandler outlines the military strategy that led the famous French emperor to his greatest victories and to his ultimate downfall. The Campaigns of Napoleon is a masterful analysis and insightful critique of Napoleon's art of war as he himself developed and perfected it in the major military campaigns of his career. This is a large heavy volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34294
Hardcover. New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 1st thus, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 227 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in poor condition due to significant edge wear at the top and bottom of the spine. Tan cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a landmark in the sociological study of the arts, with detailed, extensive, and precise data. Clean copy. Record # 34280
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