Search Results: Authors starting with N from Dividing Line Books

Tokyo: life goes on & TAXi / Heibonsha, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A collection of high-quality reproductions of street and documentary photographs by Shigeichi Nagano (1925-2019), originally published in Japanese photography magazines from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, and demonstrative of the "conflict of people in regards to the society that had dramatically changed amidst the backdrop of rapid economic growth," according to the introductory text (in both Japanese and English) by Manabu Torihara. With also an "interview" text, also in Japanese and English, in which Nagano recounts details about specific photos. Tokyo: life goes on & TAXi / Heibonsha, 2009. First edition. Quarto; gray paper stamped in silver to front board & spine; dust jacket. 88pp.; photo-illustrated in b&w & color. Fine in a near fine jacket, white portions a trifle toned & with crumpling along top edge.

Tokyo: Yoji Harada, 2001. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Tokyo: Yoji Harada, 2001. First edition. Oblong 8vo. Perfect-bound in plain wraps; photo-illustrated dust jacket. 91pp.; color plates. A few spots of soiling to textblock edges, else fine. Signed by the Nakata in Japanese and English on ffep. Photographs in color and black-and-white of the Kamioka Mine, the largest zinc mine in Japan; though active mining ended in 2001, the site remains used for metal processing, and also houses an underground neutrino observatory. Text in Japanese and English. Uncommon.

Tokyo: Media Factory, 2000. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Japanese photobook featuring color images of hand-built sheds in mostly rural locations around Japan; echoes of Ruscha and the Bechers. Tokyo: Media Factory, 2000. [96]pp.; color illus. Tall 4to. Signature-bound in photo illustrated wraps; matching dust jacket; belly band. Spotting to belly band, bookseller's stamp on first page; else fine. Introduction and postscript by the photographer. All text in Japanese and English. Designed by Hayao Izuhara.

NY: Random House, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition of a book generally acknowledged as the first to seriously consider the effectiveness of MDMA and related drugs as facilitators in the psychotherapeutic process. MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, E, or molly, is a psychoactive drug first synthesized in Germany in 1912. During the 1970s, it gained significant traction as a therapeutic aid, with Naranjo, a Chilean psychiatrist and early LSD experimenter, positioning himself at the forefront of the drug's proponents. MDMA remained legal until 1985, when its rising use as a party drug brought it under the scrutiny of Reagan- era DEA regulators. In addition to MDMA, Naranjo also here evaluates the clinical potential of MDA, harmaline, and ibogaine.An important if somewhat overlooked work, one that feels particularly timely given the renewal of interest in recent years in MDMA and other psychoactive substances as treatment modalities for depression, PTSD, and other… Read More

Dallas/London: Riverrun Press/John Calder, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Presentation copy of this early novel by a prolific French writer and Prix Goncourt winner noted for his sensitive explorations of the gay experience. Sweet Tooth concerns a young French man who flies to New York to visit a dying ex-lover, and is exposed to the various pleasures and depravities of the city's 1970s subculture. Inscribed by Navarre (in French) to New York-based French photographer Bernard Pierre Wolff, thanking him for his hospitality, his ear, and his heart. Wolff, who died as a result of AIDS in 1985, is perhaps best remembered for his photograph of the Appiani family tomb in Genoa, Italy, which was used on the cover of the 1980 Joy Division record Closer. Despite Navarre's large body of work, examples of his signature are quite scarce; we find no others in the trade at time of cataloging, let alone one with such an intimate association. First American edition. Translated from the… Read More

NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An immaculate, signed copy of the noted Hungarian writer's first novel, originally published in 1977 and here translated for the first time into English by Imre Goldstein. First edition. Signed by Nádas on the title page. Octavo (8.5 x 5.75 in.); 245pp.; yellow-brown papered boards, black quarter cloth, in dust jacket. Fine in a fine, unclipped jacket. Nádas' signature quite uncommon in English-language versions of his books.

NY: ISCA, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Edited by Louise Neaderland. A complete set of 53 items plus catalogue and membership application, housed in a cardboard box that also doubled as the shipping container. Issued in a limited edition of 200 copies, with many of the individual items being hand-numbered and signed. The International Society of Copier Artists (ISCA) was founded in 1981 by Neaderland as a way to promote the work of copier artists, and to help legitimize that process as a serious artistic methodology. The ISCA Quarterly ran from 1982 to 2003; beginning in 1986, ISCA issued an Annual Bookworks Edition, comprised of artists' books produced by organization members. The Third Annual Bookworks Edition offered here consists of 53 artists' books and a corresponding catalogue. Neaderland's own contribution includes two different versions of her zine OPEN ROADS--EMPTY NESTS, along with a photocopied letter discussing some of the conceptual and technical problems she… Read More

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 175pp. First edition. Black cloth boards with gilt spine titles and orange stain to textblock edges. Fine in fine jacket. The first full-length chronological study of the Irish poet, playwright, and academic executed by the British during the 1916 Easter Riot.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1999. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. First printing. Perfect-bound in printed wraps featuring cover painting by Trevor Winkfield, 7-1/2 x 5 in. 205pp. Very near fine, with minor corner wear.