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Araki By Araki: The Photographer's Personal Selection. 1963-2002 [SIGNED] by Araki, Nubuyoshi (荒木経惟)

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Title: Araki By Araki: The Photographer's Personal Selection. 1963-2002 [SIGNED]
Author: Araki, Nubuyoshi (荒木経惟)
Seller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
ISBN: 9784770029386
Condition: near fine
Description: Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2003. First edition. Softcover. near fine. Large quarto. 407pp. [1]. Multicolored glossy photo-illustrated dust jacket, text in on the spine in red and black. Glossy b/w photo-illstrated wrappers, with white text on the spine. Illustrated endpapers in blue and silver. Photo-illustrated title page. Signed by Araki, "Arakiss" in black sharpie with an illustration, opposite the title page. "Araki by Araki is a record of the career of Nobuyoshi Araki, self-styled "photomaniac" and permanent enfant terrible of the Japanese art world. Published to mark the artist's sixty-third birthday on May 25, 2003, this volume features 2002 photographs covering his entire career from 1963 to 2002. Sex-trade voyeur, recorder of Tokyo cityscapes, chronicler of married life, or experimental photo artist - no matter what your image of Araki, this collection will reveal new aspects of his talent, as it traces his unique vision over forty prolific years. All the pictures were selected by Araki himself (who also provides an original commentary), making Araki by Araki not only a comprehensive but highly personal overview of the artist's work to date. High quality color and duotone black and white printing ensure the highest standard of reproduction throughout." - Publisher Text in English and Japanese. Dust jacket, wrappers and interior all in near fine condition.

Ida Lupino, Forgotten Auteur by Seros, Alexandra

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Title: Ida Lupino, Forgotten Auteur
Author: Seros, Alexandra
Seller: Biblioctopus (United States)
Description: Austin: University of Texas Press, 2024. First Edition. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Seros on the title page. The book features over 150 photographs and archival documents providing vital historical context. As Seros notes, "Seeing the documents is as important as reading about them... through them, Lupino's voice will become clearer." In screenwriter Alexandra Seros' meticulous analysis of Ida Lupino's career, we see a compelling portrait of a filmmaker who transcended the gendered constraints of post-World War II Hollywood through strategic self-fashioning and sheer professional determination. Seros, whose PhD in cinema and media studies informs her scholarly approach, reveals how Lupino's multifaceted identity—as actress, director, producer, writer, mother, and wife—created what she aptly terms a "pixelated legacy," but one that deserves recognition for its groundbreaking achievements in both film and television. Through exhaustive archival research and close textual analysis, Seros demonstrates how Lupino's directorial approach, characterized by restraint, empathy, and ambiguous endings, challenged conventional representations of women during a period of significant social transition. Lupino's remarkable career trajectory, as Seros convincingly argues, positions her as a collaborative auteur whose working method anticipated contemporary understandings of authorship in film and television. Moving seamlessly between directing independent films and television episodes, Lupino maintained creative control while nurturing collaborative relationships with her artistic partners. As Seros notes, Lupino was "mother to the guerrilla alliance of directors, writers, cameramen, editors, and musicians who worked in film and television," embracing a collaborative approach that allowed her to tackle controversial subjects through her distinctive documentary-influenced aesthetic. Seros' scholarship makes a significant contribution to film history by recovering Lupino's voice from the "silences that affected the reception of her work." By examining both Lupino's independent films and her extensive television output, Seros illuminates how Lupino balanced motherhood and a demanding career during a period when women were expected to remain in the domestic sphere. Lupino's pragmatic approach represents what Seros frames as an early feminist strategy for professional survival. As Seros concludes, although Lupino "would not have recognized her career as unparalleled or revolutionary, it was," presenting "a woman's point of view to millions of film and television viewers during a period when women's issues were usually defined by the men in power," making her "the face of a new, collaborative auteurism.

Maine in the Making of a Nation 1783-1870 by RING, Elizabeth

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Title: Maine in the Making of a Nation 1783-1870
Author: RING, Elizabeth
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9780897252461
Condition: Near fine
Description: Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1996. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition. 8vo; xix [i], 485pp; gilt-stamped dark green cloth; map illustrated endpapers in green; b&w illustrations; light scattered foxing to upper and fore-edge not affecting the pages face; unclipped glazed green pictorial dust jacket; near fine in near fine dj. ISBN: 0-89725-246-2. From the front flap: " This book presents local and state history in the framework of national history with particular reference to the part of Maine natives had in the building of the West and South. It was inspired by an extraordinary collection of family letters found in the McArthur attic in Limington, Maine in the summer of 1942, now in the Bowdoin College Library.".

Soldiers in Hiding: A Novel by Wiley, Richard

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Title: Soldiers in Hiding: A Novel
Author: Wiley, Richard
Seller: Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780871130464
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x1. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on half-title page without inscription. 1986 Hard Cover. 199 pp. Author's first novel. "Thirty years after World War II, Japanese-American jazz musician Teddy Maki is still haunted by his friend Jimmy Yamamoto's wartime death and his own failure to disobey a commanding officer's order to shoot an American prisoner.

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