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LESBIANS AND BISEXUAL WOMEN IN FILM, THEATER & MUSIC (1901-2004) Archive by Various

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Title: LESBIANS AND BISEXUAL WOMEN IN FILM, THEATER & MUSIC (1901-2004) Archive
Author: Various
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Various. No binding. Near Fine. A collection on lesbian and bisexual women in film, theater, and music. It spans a full century, starting with Maud Adams in 1901 and working its way through a Chantal Akerman film of 2004. The archive has two components: PART ONE deals with 68 women. It includes actresses and singers, and also women whose books were adapted to film. PART TWO documents 39 different plays, films and television shows, in which lesbian and bisexual women are portrayed. The archive contains a total of 1,587 pieces. Please contact us for a detailed inventory.

(African American television) DIFF'RENT STROKES (1978-85) TV photo archive by NBC Television

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Title: (African American television) DIFF'RENT STROKES (1978-85) TV photo archive
Author: NBC Television
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Just About Fine
Description: NBC Television. No binding. Just About Fine. [New York]: NBC-TV, 1978-1985. Set of 43 vintage original 7 x 9" (18 x 23 cm) black-and-white photos. Almost all have promotional text as well as old photo agency stickers affixed on verso. Overall just about fine. Diff'rent Strokes is a sitcom which originally aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. The series starred Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, respectively, who are two boys from Harlem taken in by a wealthy Park Avenue businessman and his daughter. Phillip Drummond (Conrad Bain) is a widower for whom their deceased mother previously worked; his daughter, Kimberly, is played by Dana Plato. During the first season and the first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as Mrs. Edna Garrett, the Drummonds' first housekeeper, who ultimately spun off into her own sitcom, The Facts of Life, as a housemother at the fictional Eastland School. The second housekeeper, Adelaide Brubaker, was played by Nedra Volz. The third housekeeper, Pearl Gallagher, was played by Mary Jo Catlett, first appearing as a recurring character, later becoming a main cast member. The series made stars of Coleman, Bridges, and Plato and became known for the "very special" episodes, in which serious issues such as racism, illegal drug use, alcoholism, hitchhiking, kidnapping, and child sexual abuse were dramatically explored. (Wikipedia) Coleman or Bridges, or the pair of them, are in every single photo in this archive.

NOVUM TESTAMENTUM by [BIBLE]; Benedictus, Joannes [Jean Benoît]

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Title: NOVUM TESTAMENTUM
Author: [BIBLE]; Benedictus, Joannes [Jean Benoît]
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Condition: Very good.
Description: Paris: Simon de Colines and Galliot du Pré, 1543. Very good.. Benedictine" edition of the New Testament in Latin, edited through careful comparison of multiple medieval manuscript sources. An important New Testament edition in the Latin history of the Bible, for which Benoît collated "most of the then known" medieval manuscripts (Schreiber, 149), seeking the most accurate readings and correcting transcription errors. Produced in the midst of the foment about translations spurred partly by the Reformation, this translation did not seek novelty but rather a refinement of the established tradition. First issued as part of the complete Bible (also by Colines) in 1541, this is the first independent printing of the translation. Two years after its publication, the Council of Trent would affirm the doctrinal preference for Latin editions in the Catholic Church. Octavo, 6.5'' x 4.25''. 18th-century full speckled calf, raised bands, red goatskin spine label, gilt-stamped spine compartments. Marbled endpapers, all edges stained red, two silk ribbon markers. Index at rear. 183, [1]; 140; 8 ff. 18th-century ink notes to rear fly leaf, listing the order of Epistles according to Fleury; later ink annotation to front fly leaf "très rare" and noting it was published two years before the Council of Trent. Cracking to front hinge (still firm); light chipping and wear to boards. Faint dampstaining to text block.

JIMMY'S BLUES : Selected Poems by Baldwin, James

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Title: JIMMY'S BLUES : Selected Poems
Author: Baldwin, James
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ISBN: 9780718122379
Condition: Fine in fine jacket.
Description: London: Michael Joseph, 1983. Fine in fine jacket.. First edition of Baldwin's first published poetry collection. Though better known for his prose, Baldwin wrote poetry all his life. In her introduction to a later edition, Nikky Finney writes: "From the beginning of his life to the very end, I believe Baldwin saw himself more poet than anything else: The way he cared about language. The way he believed language should work." His poems document the "wonderings of a curious heart devoted to exposing tyranny, love, and the perpetual historical lies of the Republic" (Finney). 7.75'' x 5''. Original textured black paper boards, silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped (£5.95 net) glossy color photographic dust jacket with portrait of Baldwin by Jean Harvey. Grey endpapers. 64 pages. Slight smudge to top corner of front paper, else clean, tight.

CRUCIBLE (Summer 1969) by Baldwin, James

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Title: CRUCIBLE (Summer 1969)
Author: Baldwin, James
Seller: Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Fine.
Description: Auckland, New Zealand: Crucible, 1969. First edition. Fine.. Includes "James Baldwin Talking," a "collage of statements made by James Baldwin during his two week tour of Italy in 1965," compiled by Dan Georgakas and previously printed in ARTS IN SOCIETY at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. 10.75'' x 8.5''. Original saddle-stapled wrappers. 60 pages. Light edgewear.

Wanderlust [caption title] by [Western Photographica]: [Travel]: [Railroads]

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Title: Wanderlust [caption title]
Author: [Western Photographica]: [Travel]: [Railroads]
Seller: The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Condition: About very good.
Description: [Various locations in the American Southwest and West, 1923. About very good.. Two oblong folio photograph albums bound in brown pebbled leather, each titled in gilt on front cover, "WANDERLUST," containing a total of 266 full-page vernacular and professional photographs. First albums: [146] leaves, illustrated with 128 full-page landscape photographs, each around 6 x 8 inches or slightly larger, and occasional manuscript or hand-fashioned sectional title pages and maps. Second volume: [148] leaves, illustrated with 138 photographs and occasional manuscript or hand-fashioned sectional title pages. All contents mounted one per page to recto of each leaf. Spines perished, but holding strong, boards worn, scuffed, and soiled. Contents noticeably curled, with minor to moderate dust-soiling throughout. A studio photograph of a young man is laid-in to the first album, likely the compiler of the albums but sadly unidentified. An elaborately-produced pair of vernacular photograph albums documenting an epic cross-country train excursion in 1923 by a well-to-do but anonymous traveler from New York, comprised of over 260 full-page photographs. The photographs are a mixture of silver gelatin images, printing out paper prints, handcolored photographs, and a handful of cyanotypes. Most of the images appear to be taken by the traveler en route, but some images may have been bought along the way. The images largely picture the landscape or architecture seen along the way, with a healthy number of images showing the railroad and the railcars themselves, with many images taken at train depots. The occasional manuscript sectional title pages denote the regions of travel, as the compiler moved west to California and then eventually back east towards home. The first album begins with a manuscript title leaf quoting the text of Gerald Gould's poem "Wanderlust," supplemented by two small drawings and two thumbnail photographs. A map on the second leaf traces the voyage from New York, down through the American South and Southwest to California and back to New York through Arizona, Colorado, and the Midwest. Thereafter, the album is comprised mostly of full-page photographs grouped together by location, with anywhere from a few to several images per section. The first section in the first album shows the first major stop on the trip -- Washington, D.C. and Mount Vernon; this section contains photographs of the Capitol, the Lincoln Monument, other D.C. buildings, and several on the grounds of George Washington's home at Mount Vernon. The album then includes sections featuring New Orleans (six photographs); the route between New Orleans and El Paso (five images, including the train depot at Langtry, Texas); El Paso (five shots featuring the city and street views); Juarez, Mexico (eight shots, mostly either street scenes or a bullfight); "Thru New Mexico and Arizona" (four images); The Apache Trail in Arizona (nineteen shots, mostly desert landscapes but with some buildings along the trail); and onward through the Carriso Gorge (seven photos) to California beginning at Coronado Beach (eight photographs). The remainder of the first album features California locations, namely San Diego (sixteen images, mostly missions); Pasadena (ten photos mostly featuring gardens); Catalina Island (eight shots of the island scenery or the bay); Los Angeles (eight views in Santa Monica, Venice, and Ocean Park); and ending with fourteen images featuring missions and other notable structures in Santa Barbara. The second volume picks up the excursion in Del Monte, California, featuring fifteen scenes in Carmel by the Sea and Monterey. The photographic journey of California then continues to Santa Cruz and the Big Trees (five shots); San Francisco (eleven views around the city and in the Japanese gardens); Mt. Tamalpais (a dozen shots of elevated vistas, big trees, and forests); Yosemite National Park (twenty park views); Mariposa Big Trees (seven shots); and ends with the Glenwood Mission Inn in Riverside (twenty-two images of the hotel grounds and other local scenery and missions around Riverside). The remainder of the album features photographs from the Grand Canyon in Arizona (twenty-six images, mostly landscapes but with a few featuring Native American ceremonies) and Colorado Springs (twenty landscapes and other views of the city, surrounding desert, Pikes Peak, and so forth). Concerned mostly with scenery of the American South, Southwest, and West Coast, the compiler did not see fit to record photographs of the remainder of his trip back home to New York. In addition to the information contained in the photographs here, the elaborate materiality (custom matching albums with matching gilt titles to the front board, handcrafted sectional title pages, the hand-drawn and traced map) and the nature of the organization of the albums (arranged in the order of travel from east to west and back east again) speaks volumes about the importance the compiler placed on the trip. Substantially documented western travel albums are growing rare in the market, and the present example is one of the most carefully-assembled examples we have ever seen.

THE ALBERT MEMORIAL, ILLUSTRATED BY 29 PHOTOGRAPHS by TAYLOR, Andrew and George

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Title: THE ALBERT MEMORIAL, ILLUSTRATED BY 29 PHOTOGRAPHS
Author: TAYLOR, Andrew and George
Seller: The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description: (PHOTOGRAPHY) TAYLOR< Andrew and George. THE ALBERT MEMORIAL, ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHS. London: Marion & Co., (1873). Oblong folio (9 x 15 1/2 inches). Original panelled green morocco. 29 photographs (4 x 6 inches) mounted on card. The photographs illustrate the individual sculptures devoted to Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce, Engineering and the four Continents together with the frieze of notable men poets, musicians, painters, sculptors and architects. women being relegated to emblematic roles. The album came in several sizes, present copy being the largest with full-plate photographs taken from a different angle than the smaller half-plate issue. Upper cover lettered in g rebacked to style.

THE CULTIVATOR by TUCKER, Luther (editor.)

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Title: THE CULTIVATOR
Author: TUCKER, Luther (editor.)
Seller: The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description: THE CULTIVATOR. 94 issues. New York: 1836-1852. 8vo, 4to, and small folio. Wrappers. An incomplete run containing Volumes III-IV, VI-VIII (complete), Volume IX (lacking number 12), as well as Volume VI, Number 2, Volume VIII (complete) a Volume IX Numbers 1-4, 6-12 from the "New Series." Paper browned as usual, s staining and a few ex-library markings. Issues are uncut.

Both Sides of Broadway by De Leeuw, Rudolph M.

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Title: Both Sides of Broadway
Author: De Leeuw, Rudolph M.
Seller: Arthur Fournier Fine & Rare (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: 504 pp. photographically illustrated book showing the structures at every address on both sides of New York City's most famous street from its point of origin to Central Park. Oblong 4to. Very good. Original wrappers preserved in recent linen boards. [439] A fascinating project intended to provide a photographic atlas of Manhattan's premiere commercial strip. De Leeuw's book offered businesses along the route advertising space to accompany the images of their location. Now it remains a marvelous document of a city in flux during the early days of the 20th century. An overlooked and important photobook. Scarce in the marketplace.

Me and My Captain, Chain Gangs, Negro Songs of Protest by Gellert, Lawrence (ed.); Lan Adomian (arr.)

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Title: Me and My Captain, Chain Gangs, Negro Songs of Protest
Author: Gellert, Lawrence (ed.); Lan Adomian (arr.)
Seller: Arthur Fournier Fine & Rare (United States)
Description: First Edition. 32 pp., letterpress on commercial stock in printed gold stiff wrappers. 4to. Good. Cover lightly soiled with a few light creases and minor edegwear. Interiors clean. [2158] An unusual and uncommon pamphlet of African American protest songs, published from the collection of Lawrence Gellert following one earlier, titled "Negro Songs of Protest", and advertising two more forthcoming titles on the inside cover which appear not to have materialized. Gellert, born in Hungary, became an avid collector of African American music after moving to South Carolina to recover from an illness. Songs in the present pamphlet were arranged for voice and piano by Adomian, originally from Russia, a musician and composer who had also fought with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and eventually moved to Mexico. An interesting collection for having an implicit leftist/Marxist political bent, and being from the era immediately preceding the Civil Rights Movement.

Bird-Dieties in China by Waterbury, Florance

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Title: Bird-Dieties in China
Author: Waterbury, Florance
Seller: Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Orig. brick cloth lettered in gilt. Very good
Description: Ascona: Artibus Asiae, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brick cloth lettered in gilt. Very good. 191 pages in text. Folio, 32 x 24 cm. Limited edition, copy 18 of 350. Sixty-one full page plates. extensive List of References, Index of Subjects and Places. In myths from China and Japan, the phoenix does not emerge from a fire but instead causes itself to be reborn during times of good fortune. Cultures in northern Europe and Asia credited birds with establishing their social orders, especially kingships. The Japanese believed that sacred birds guided their second emperor in conquering his enemies before the founding of his dynasty.

Jorge Talca New Work by Cameron, Don (Foreword)

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Title: Jorge Talca New Work
Author: Cameron, Don (Foreword)
Seller: Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine
Description: NY: Nohra Haime Gallery, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. Approx. 32 pages. 11 x 9". 7 color plates with media and size.

OBSERVATIONS PHYSIQUES ET MORALES SUR L'INSTINCT DES ANIMAUX, LEUR INDUSTRIE & LEURS MOEURS by (ZOOLOGY - ANIMAL BEHAVIOR). REIMAR, HERMANN SAMUEL

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Title: OBSERVATIONS PHYSIQUES ET MORALES SUR L'INSTINCT DES ANIMAUX, LEUR INDUSTRIE & LEURS MOEURS
Author: (ZOOLOGY - ANIMAL BEHAVIOR). REIMAR, HERMANN SAMUEL
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Amsterdam: Chez D. J. Changuion, 1770. 169 x 104 mm. (6 3/4 x 4"). Two volumes. Translated from the German by Réneume de Latache. Inexpensive contemporary half sheepskin over sprinkled paper boards, smooth spine divided into panels by gilt rules, one tan and one black morocco label. Engraved printer's device on title pages. Verso of half titles with bookplate of M. Le Syndic [Jean-Louis] Masbou, dated 1827. Leather with minor stains and losses, isolated spots of foxing, but in most ways a beautiful copy--the spine ends and joints unworn, and the text extraordinarily fresh and with virtually no signs of use. This is a really excellent contemporary copy of an early edition of a French translation of the first attempt at a rigorous analysis of animal behavior. Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694-1768) is largely remembered for his contributions to Deist philosophy, but his wide-ranging research interests included mathematics, philology, and economics, as well as natural history, as evidenced in the present work, initially published in German in 1760. Reimar argues in the text here for instinct as a driving factor in animals' actions, rather than a response to bodily necessities or taught behavior. Our French translation, by journalist and natural historian Jacques Réneaume de Latache (1725-96), features additional notes and commentary, concerning Latache's own observations of animals. These include such charming details as the romance of butterflies and the work ethic of beavers. Our copy is from the library of Jean-Louis Masbou (1770-1836), an important player in Geneva politics in the early 19th century. Masbou held several government posts between 1814 and 1832, including serving as one of the four mayors, or syndics, six times during the period between 1821-32. This bookplate was evidently produced during one of these mayorships, as it refers to the syndic office. Our 1770 Amsterdam printing seems to be the only collectible edition that appears on the market..

Box of Ninety Place Cards, with four different complete sets of twenty, each set with a small reproduction of a Hiroshiga woodblock scene on one side, the other side, blank for a name to be written, plus a bonus of ten additional cards of that represent an intermediate state of the woodblock printing process for four designs all different than the designs of the complete sets by Takemura, H. [Hideo]

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Title: Box of Ninety Place Cards, with four different complete sets of twenty, each set with a small reproduction of a Hiroshiga woodblock scene on one side, the other side, blank for a name to be written, plus a bonus of ten additional cards of that represent an intermediate state of the woodblock printing process for four designs all different than the designs of the complete sets
Author: Takemura, H. [Hideo]
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Yokohama: H. Takemura & Co. [Hideo Takemura], 1930. Decorative Box. Each group of cards held together by paper band. Fine. Hiroshiga. Stunning group of place cards that transcend the genre -- these place cards are exquisite miniature woodblocks based on Hiroshiga's immortal artwork. Plus there is the added interest of the extra ten cards (two of two designs, three, of the other two designs) that obviously aren't quite yet the finished version of their artwork, yet are lovely just the same. These extras have some similarities to the artwork in the four complete sets, but they are unequivocally different -- the placement and size of a tori, for instance, is distinguishable, etc. N.d., probably from the 1930s when this printer and publisher, Hideo Takemura, was active and such place cards would have had an enthusiastic pool of buyers among Western tourists. H. Takemura was known for his printing of woodblock prints, generally, of course, in a larger format. Place cards would have been a novelty offshoot of that, but in our view, they are more than just throwaway variant reproductions. Besides the charm of the small to some collectors, these cards have an intensity of color that is breathtaking; that intensity is undimmed even after a century. These cards -- and the card is thick and near unbendable -- are almost too nice to use for a party just to have tossed after. Even though Takemura printed his own artwork, one can understand the incentive to use Hiroshiga imagery for place cards because of their irresistible appeal to tourists wanting to take home a piece of quintessential Japan as they imagined it, and the traditional virtually always shapes their view of a foreign culture. Not to be slighted is the packaging of these cards. The box paper pastedown is itself a work of decorative art, with its faux wood grain design, a trompe d'oeil one could say, and a pattern that captures something of the evanescent notion that informs much Eastern art -- there is a sense of movement in the irregular rippling pattern. The paper label on top of the lid is has a silhouette design and some calligraphic characters. Condition: All the cards, including the bonus cards, are pristine. Whoever bought the cards when visiting Japan clearly never dipped into the box once home, as it is complete and virtually untouched. The box has minor wear and soiling, as boxes not kept in a vacuum inevitably undergo.

The Blind Men and the Elephant by Carol Schwartzott, book artist

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Title: The Blind Men and the Elephant
Author: Carol Schwartzott, book artist
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Freeville, NY: Carol Schwartzott, 2025. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 1 of 10 deluxe copies signed and dated by the book artist. This is her third edition of this delightful work. Carol Schwartzott is an American book artist renowned for her limited-edition artist's books and miniatures, which blend typography, handcrafting, and thematic explorations of history, nature, and literature. She has been creating artists' books for over twenty-five years. Her work appears in many museums, libraries, and private collections including the Smithsonian, the National Gallery of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Operating Lilliput Press from her base in Freeville, New York-where she splits time with Florida-Schwartzott creates intricate assemblages using techniques such as letterpress printing, collage, stencil work, dyeing, and binding with materials like Japanese papers and custom boxes. Her works often function as journeys, layering facts, memories, and objects to evoke curiosity and intuition, with color serving as a dominant element. This is the deluxe miniature version of a charming miniature book that Carol released earlier twice eariler in multiple copies. The most recent before this was one of 255 copies. The first edition of the book was issed in 1994.This copy has ten color illustrations of an elephant with a letter from "elephants" appearing on each page and the book's text on the other side of the illustration. The The book describes how six blind men from Indostan explored the elephant's structure and nature despite their blindness. Bound is gray cloth with a color decorated image of an elephant on the front cover. Housed in an opulently decorated box with a colorful stiched decorated top cover and various decorated papers covering the outer sides and the inside. A button is attached to the front side for an accompanying thread with an elephant charm to wrap around to hold the box closed. The book for this lovely production from Carol measures 2 x 2 inches square. The box measures 2.25 x 2.25 x 1inches. Unpaginated. MINI/061026.

A Very Early Mention Of American Railroads In This 1831 Letter Concerning The Albany To Schenectady Line, Which Opened That Same Year by (RAILROADS)

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Title: A Very Early Mention Of American Railroads In This 1831 Letter Concerning The Albany To Schenectady Line, Which Opened That Same Year
Author: (RAILROADS)
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad was one of the first railroads in America and the very first in the state of New York. It was began in 1826 and opened in 1831. ALS. 1pg. 8 x 10. 1831. New York. An autograph letter signed H. Beeckman to Barrent Beeckman, the Treasurer of the Albany and Schenectady Turnpike. Beeckman wrote to an Albany man about investing in an early railroad. Originally known as the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, it was one of Americas first railroads, established only a few years after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Beeckman also mentions the Albany and Schenectady Turnpike Company, which had managed the road between those two towns since 1797. Yesterday I recd a written notice from T. Van Vechten Esq. President of the Albany and Schenectady Turnpike d 20th ulto In conformity to said notice, I agree to become entrusted in the Rail Road contemplated to be made in the same numbers & shares I now hold in the Turnpike & Eighteen shares. I remain Yours respectfully H Beeckman. Teunis Van Vechten was later Mayor of Albany. This is a very early mention of public railroads anywhere. It is in very good condition with mailing folds.

A Period of Exploration, San Francisco 1945-1950 by McChesney, Mary Fuller

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Title: A Period of Exploration, San Francisco 1945-1950
Author: McChesney, Mary Fuller
Seller: Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: [Oakland, California]: The Oakland Museum Art Department, 1973. Soft cover. Near Fine. Oblong octavo, 105 pp. A documentation, through interviews taken with leading Bay Area artists, of the pioneering era of San Francisco Abstract Expressionism. Artists interviewed for the book include Adolph ("Ad") Reinhardt (1913-1967), abstract painter active in New York beginning in the 1930s and continuing through the 1960s; he lived in the Bay Area while teaching at the California School of Fine Arts during the summer of 1950. Other artists included in the book are Jeremy Anderson, Dorr Bothwell, Ernest Briggs, Joan Brown, Lawrence Calcagno, Edward Corbett, James Budd Dixon, Edward Dugmore, Alfred Frankenstein, Jorge Goya, Dimitri Grachis, John Grillo, John Hultberg, Jack Jefferson, James Kelly, Walter Kuhlman, Seymour Locks, Douglas MacAgy, Madeline Diamond Martin, Robert McChesney, William Morehouse, Raymond Parker, Deborah Remington, Philip Roeber, John Saccaro, Jon Schueler, Peter Shoemaker, Hassel Smith, Clay Spohn, Jean Varda, and James Weeks. ___DESCRIPTION: String-bound with a wrap of tan canvas, black lettering on the front, volume is replete with black and white photographs of the artists interviewed and some samples of their work; oblong octavo size (8" by 12.5"), pagination: [i-xii] 1-87 [88-90], Biographies (91-99 [printed on the recto only]), [100], Appendices (101-105 [printed on the recto only]) . ___CONDITION: Near fine overall, the sewn binding is sturdy, the text block is strong, the interior pages are clean, and the volume is free of prior owner markings; there is some wear to the corners and light toning to the pages throughout. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

Casein Colors by Luminall for Painting, Tinting, Artwork by Luminall Paints

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Title: Casein Colors by Luminall for Painting, Tinting, Artwork
Author: Luminall Paints
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Chicago / Newark / Los Angeles: Luminall Paints, 1950. Very good. Advertising brochure, n. d. (1950s); 8 1/2 x 7; pp. [4]; pictorial wraps with a silhouette of the Eiffel Tower in white, purple, and green; 15 square sample chips in bright, brilliant colors; generally very mild wear - a faint spot from a removed bookshop label to back wrap; one of th echips with a tiny scratch; in very good or better condition.A lovely advertising and sample catalog, it showcased some of the casein colors offered by Luminall Paints in the 1950s. Casein paint, derived from milk casein (protein) is known for drying to an even consistency, with a matte finish, which visually resembles oil painting. The pamphlet reads: "Just as the Eiffel Tower is known to the four corners of the world as a symbol of Paris, so are Luminall Casein Colors known world-wide for their richness and purity of color, for true color value, for smoothness and ease of painting."

There is a Season. by Baldwin, Fath.

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Title: There is a Season.
Author: Baldwin, Fath.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Stated First Edition. Signed by the Author. Octavo, white cloth (hardcover), 191 pp. Very Good+, with light foxing (age darkened spotting), in a Very Good dust jacket with slightly age darkened spine and light edgewear. From jacket: Seven decisive days in the life of a young clergyman are powerfully and dramatically chronicled in Faith Baldwin’s story of an intelligent young man torn between the ministry and medicine. Assistant Pastor in a Protestant church, Ira Stevens doubts his calling to the ministry...he is plagued by the loneliness of indecision and by an increasing sense of isolation -- from his work and fraom his own desires. He wonders if he should return to the medical training he once found so rewarding...As Ira touches extremes of joy, misery, tenderness, and even violence in [his parishoners’ lives], he also confronts -- and accepts -- surprising elements in his own nature.

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Title: THE BEST DEFENSE
Author: Wilhelm, Kate
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description: THE BEST DEFENSE, St. Martins, 1994, first edition, fine in wraps. Uncorrected proof. Barbara Holloway. The sequel to DEATH QUALIFIED.

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