Hardcover. New York, Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, reprint, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 202 pages, previous owner's inscription, colored illustration on front cover, name of book worn off cover, clean, tight copy, minor edgewear. Record # 801100
Hardcover. NY, The Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 64 pages, hardcover. Cream dust jacket is in poor condition, with age-related staining, a few closed tears, sticker residue, and one significant cut to the front center. Cloth covers are in generally good condition, with minor discoloration and one small area in the front where the cut went cleanly through the dust jacket. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color illustrations throughout. The Tamarind Lithography Workshop almost single-handedly revived the medium of lithography in the 1960s. It provided not only the materials but also the environment that fostered the delicate collaboration between artist and printer, almost nonexistent in the US before Tamarind opened its doors in 1960. This volume contains a description of the workshop, a brief history of lithography in Europe and the US, and a list that catalogs some of the Tamarind impressions gifted to MoMA. Clean copy. Record # 34085
Hardcover. NY, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 221 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth covers are significantly bumped. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. This is the "warm and real and very human" story of Douglas Corrigan's life, leading up to and including his famous "wrong-way" flight in which he spent 28 hours alone crossing 3,000 miles of ocean, flying in a single-motor secondhand plane. Previous owner's inscription and signature present on front end pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33903
Hardcover. Singapore, Editions Didier Millet, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some minor edge wear, but is still in very good condition overall. Red cloth covers with gilt text are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography throughout. This book documents the development of Malaysian crafts from the past to the present, principally the traditions of pottery, fibrecraft, wood carving, textile weaving and metalwork. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34454
Softcover. Evanston, IL, Northwestern University Press, Reprint, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. Must poetic form be, as Yeats demanded, "full, sphere-like, single," or can it accommodate the impurities Yeats and his Modernist generation found so problematic? Sixty years later, these are still open questions, which Marjorie Perloff addresses in these essays. Clean copy. Record # 34249
Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1st thus, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 664 pages, hardcover. Brown cloth covers stamped with black text show significant edge wear and rubbing, with bumped corners. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid, but the hinges are tender. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout, with notes on the illustrations by Russell Sturgis. This book is a comprehensive, historically significant work documenting the evolution of American furniture styles, craftsmanship, and domestic interiors from the earliest 17th century settlements through the 19th century. It tracks how European styles transformed upon reaching early American homes. Clean copy. Record # 34614
Softcover. NY, Zebra Publications, Inc., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 280 pages, soft cover. Paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is an intimate autobiography of the exploits of Virginia Graham, the prominent American play-for-pay girl, as well as television and radio talk show host known for her quick wit, sharp tongue, and "tart-edged candor". She later became even more well-known as the star witness who broke the Manson case. Clean copy. Record # 34610
Softcover. NY, Basil Blackwell, 1st thus, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 196 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. In this original argument, Michael Stanford proposes a single structure to incorporate all aspects of history--events, evidence, interpretations, books and lectures, popular ideas and social effects--into one comprehensive whole. The author clarifies the problems of studying history, both philosophical and practical. Clean copy. Record # 34168
Softcover. NY, Andrew Byrne Studio Inc., 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 239 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright despite minor bumping to the corners, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book presents a view on vocal training through the lens of the physical body. Harness the power of the nervous system to make yourself the singer you've always wanted to be. Clean copy. Record # 34423
Hardcover. Norwalk, CT, Easton Press, Collector's Edition, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 335 pages, hardcover. Leather covers with gilt engravings are clean and bright, as are interior pages. All edges gilt. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. At Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau reflected on simpler living in the natural world. By removing himself from the distractions of materialism, Thoreau hoped to not only improve his spiritual life but also gain a better understanding of society through solitary introspection. In Walden, Thoreau condenses his two-year, two-month, two-day stay into a single year, using the four seasons to symbolize human development--a cycle of life shared by both nature and man. Previous owner's paste-in bookplate is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34229
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Bantam, 1st, 1987-09-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 216 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462024
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Basic Books, 1st, 2005-04-12, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 258 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462393
Softcover. Berkeley, CA, North Atlantic Books, 6th Pr., 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 161 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains full-color illustrations throughout. This book presents the basic underlying design principles of the human voice, addresses harmful patterns of speaking and singing, and offers techniques designed to restore the voice to its full potential. Clean copy. Record # 34429