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New York: Leo Castelli Gallery, 1983. unpag. [24 pp.] Catalog of an exhibition of 24 paintings. Thirteen paintings are illustrated in the book, and Sketch for Greene Street Mural, 1983, is shown on the dust jacket, going from flap to flap. Inner wraps stiff glossy-white stock with only the name Lichtenstein in black, dust jacket heavy, matte, textured white. ''Self-quotation is only one manifestation of a basic characteristic of Lichtenstein's work which is now, once again, of importance--it is his practice of adapting and reworking the art of others, irrespective of its artistic quality: bet it a questionable historical painting of the nineteenth century, such as Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware or Albert Bierstadt's The Last of the Buffalo; or works by Western painters like Remington or Russell; or advertisements; or paintings by Picasso and Cezanne.''--from the essay by Ernst Busche. . Stiff wraps, illustrated DJ. Fine/Fine. 9" x 11''.

New York: Landmarks Preservation Commission City of New York, 1974. 54 pp. Some soiling to wraps, not visible from the outside, transferring a bit to inside end pages (coffee?). Historic Districts, with maps, and Individual Historic Landmarks. Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island. Introduction by Abe Beam. In vinyl bag. . Wraps. Good. 3.5" X 8.5".

New York: Tundra Books, Lower East SIde Tenement Museum, 2001. 55 pp. From the back cover: 'The Gumpertz, the Confinos, the Rogarshevskys, the Baldizzis: four of the hundreds of families whose first home in the New Wolrd was a dar, crowded tenement on New York's Lower East Side at 97 Orchard Street. Linda Granfield brings to life conditions that were familiar to millions of immigrants in many of North America's big cities. Her text and archival materials are beautifully complemented by Arlene Alda's sensitive photographs, which evoke the hardship, the dignity, and the hope encompassed on 97 Orchard Street. This book is a valuable resource for those interested in understanding our own histories in North America, and the experiences of new immigrants who came here. Linda Granfield's titles include In Flanders Field: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae, Pier 21: Gateway of Hope, and Amazing Grace: The Story of the Hymn. Arlene Alda is an award-winning photographer whose children's books include Sheep,… Read More

New York: P & Q Press Publishers, 2003. 113 pp. + adv. Poems and illustrations about the subway in New York City. Contributors include: Jeanette Adams, Abdallah akhdi, Jack Anderson, David Baker, Jean Balderston, Lenore Balliro, Stanley H. Barkan, Joe Benevento, Adam Berlin, Linda Bosson, David Breitkopf, Josephine Bridges, W. E. Butts, Charlotte Butzin, Jorge Ignacio Cortinas, S. Robert Crockett, Enid Dame, Kathryn Daniels, Robin Dann, Nina Drooker, Lonnie Hull DuPont, Maureen Tolman Flannery, Adrian Robert Ford, Cynthia Gallaher, Ryn Gargulinski, Peggy Garrison, John Gilgun, Robin M. Glassman, Tony Gloeggler, Eve Goodman, Piotr Gwiazda, Steven Hartman, George Held, Corrie Herman, Jillhoffman, Pud Houston, Walida Imarisha, Jacqueline Jules, Stephen Kaplan, Kit Kennedy, Thomas Krampf, Joyce Kravets, Otis Kriegel, Donna J. Gelagotis Lee, Donald Lev, Lyn Lifshin, Susan Mahan, D. H. Melhem, Jose Luis Mojica, Gertrude Morris, Lillian Morrison, Shin Yu Pai, Brent Pallas, Lance Peterson, David Quintavalle,… Read More