NY, Quantuck Press/Norton, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Foreward by Mark Strand 224 pages. Over 100 Black & white duotone portraits of famous writers by Crampton.
Softcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages, soft cover. Covers are in generally good shape, though there are some minor marks. Interior pages are clean and bright, binding is solid. This stunning collection of historic portraits--some famous, others rarely seen--marks the 150th anniversary of the invention of photography, providing not only an engaging survey of its development from the earliest daguerreotypes onward, but also a fascinating pictorial "Who's Who" of British culture. Clean copy. Record # 33692
Hardcover. NY, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1st thus, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 432 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has several open tears. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. Richard Aldington was a very close friend and associate of Lawrence. This book is written in a professional tone, respectful of the artist, but mindful that the truth must be told even if it's not always celebratory. There can be no doubt that Aldington recognized both the genius and complexity of D.H. Lawrence. Clean copy. Record # 33741
Softcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 282 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This is the first biography to explore Margaret Chung's remarkable and complex life as the first known American-born Chinese female physician. It offers an intimate portrait of a woman who invented and reinvented herself in a quest for influence and social acceptance. Clean copy. Record # 34251
Softcover. San Francisco , Pomegranate Artbooks, 1st, 1994, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages, soft cover. Front cover is mildly bumped, especially along the top edge. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is a compelling reminder of migrant farm work and of the men, women, and children whose daily hardships put the food on our tables. Nancy Buirski traversed the country for 4 years to create this book, a sensitive portrait of a forgotten part of society. Her primary subject is the unique lives of migrant farm worker children. Full color photography throughout. Previous owner wrote a short gift note on the front dedication page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33732
Softcover. Jupiter Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages, black & white photographs throughout. Minor edge wear and fade, otherwise, clean and tight. Record # 457408
Hardcover. Boston, Solio Foundation, 1st, 1986, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 107 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth covers are in good condition, despite a few white spots on the back cover and bumped corners. Minor spots of discoloration are present on the rear end pages. Interior pages are otherwise clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full color photography throughout. This book follows the parallel paths of two talented amateur photographers whose lives and work occupied a unique position in turn-of-the-century New England. This is a large-form book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 33958
Softcover. San Francisco, CA, Pomegranate Artbooks, Inc., 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, soft cover. Covers and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This is a small-form book, only about 5 inches tall. Contains 30 stunning B&W photographic portraits of Hollywood stars from the 1920s through the 1940s. Clean copy. Record # 33813
Hardcover. New York, ReganBooks/HarperCollins, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Boards. Illustrated with color and black & white Photographs chosen by the editors of Rolling Stone magazine. Light wear. Record # 511524
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
Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st thus, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 414 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains bind-in with B&W photography. This book details how, in 1922, Lenin personally drew up a list of some 160 'undesirable' intellectuals - mostly philosophers, academics, scientists, and journalists - to be deported from the new Soviet State. 'We're going to cleanse Russia once and for all' he wrote to Stalin, whose job it was to oversee the deportation. Two ships sailed from Petrograd that autumn, taking Old Russia's eminent men and their families away to what would become permanent exile in Berlin, Prague and Paris. Lesley Chamberlain creates a rich portrait of this chilling historical moment, evoked with immediacy through the journals, letters, and memoirs of the exiles. Clean copy. Record # 33984
Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 3rd print, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 297 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in rough condition, with multiple open tears particularly along the top and bottom. Cloth covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. Deckled edge. This book will put the great D.H. Lawrence in perspective; it is one of the most vivid portraits of the writer, as written by his wife. Clean copy. Record # 33747
Hardcover. Dusseldorf, Germany, Fountain Press, reprint, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 236 photographs by various artists. Green cloth cover, gilt lettering, very little wear. Text is written in German and English. Inside is bright and clean. A nice collection of photographs, some in color, most in b&w. Record # 852933
Softcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 284 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains more than 100 B&W and full-color photographs and illustrations throughout. This wide-ranging book is the first to explore the visual culture of Russia over the entire span of Russian history, from ancient Kiev to contemporary, post-Soviet society. The book examines the ways that Russians have represented themselves visually and used visual images in social and political contexts. Expert contributors discuss images and objects from all over the Russian/Soviet empire, including consumer goods, architectural monuments, religious icons, portraits, news and art photography, popular prints, films, folk art, and more. Clean copy. Record # 33975
Softcover. Middlebury, VT, Vermont Folklife Center, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 299 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. This copy is inscribed by the author on the title page. Through day-in-the-life photography and wide-ranging interviews, this book helps us to understand the people and policies that determine if we meet our responsibilities to our local forested environments. Clean copy. Record # 33761
Softcover. San Francisco CA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 48 pages, b&w photographs of artists and ordinary people. Old price sticker on rear cover. Stapled color wrappers. Record # 900309
Hardcover. Santa Fe, NM, Arena Editions, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 447 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This photography book presents portraits of artists, authors, musicians and more. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34446
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