Search Results: Authors starting with N from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

Germany: TASCHEN, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 2010. Signed presentation copy - by photographer Naomi Harris. In excellent condition all around. Photographer Naomi Harris was living in Miami, freelancing for the Miami Herald and New York Times, when she attended her first swingers party. She was brought there by a friend she'd met at the local nude beach ("I don't like tan lines and I don't like bathing suits," she said) and initially found herself horrified by the sight of frumpy attendees loading up on roast beef before heading to the backroom for an orgy. At the same time, she was intrigued. The result is Harris' America Swings, named one of ten best photography books of 2009 by American Photo. The book shows a world to which few photographers have been admitted-an alternate American Heartland where the phrase "good times with good neighbors" has a very particular meaning..

New York: Nacio Herb Brown, 1932. Sheet music. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Pola Negri. '...he takes me to PARADISE' --- sung by Pola Negri. 1932 SHEET MUSIC COVER-- SIGNED by Polish film actress, POLA NEGRI. This was Sheet music for Negri's sexy rendition of 1932 song 'Paradise'-- from pre-code film 'A WOMAN COMMANDS', which starred Pola Negri & Basil Rathbone. 'RKO-RADIO PRESENTATION' sheet music cover-- expressionist & color saturated, shows a 'commanding' Pola Negri. NICELY FRAMED, 17" x 13", in black hardwood. In excellent condition. Unavoidable reflections on glass frame which appear in photos not on the item. Domestic s&h $20..

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed By Benjamin Netanyahu. 8vo - over 7¾. 2nd printing, signed by Benjamin Netanyahu on a Dedication Label in 1986 when he was Israel's Ambassador to the UN. The book is clean, square, sharp, and tights..

Newspaper. Very Good. No Binding. Nov. 5, 2008. NY DAILY NEWS, SPECIAL SECTION --'PRESIDENT OBAMA'-- 'Racing, Final' Brooklyn/Staten Island Section. 32-Page Election Special: 'PRESIDENT OBAMA - Nation changes forever with historic victory'. In excellent, supple condition- very lightly & uniformly toned..

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed By Richard Nixon. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾. Inscribed on a publishers bookplate. Clean, square & sharp. Better than most copies..

Czechoslovakia: Vyskove na Morave: Edice Obzinovych Tisku, 1925. Book. Very Good. Audio Book (Cassette). Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾. 1925. --'VIDIM MILENCE (I See a Lover)'-- #655 of 1000. SIGNED (title page) by novelist & editor MILOSLAV NOHEJL (1896-1974). Art Deco book-cover design by notable Czech illustrator PETR PISTELKA (1887-1963). OCLC locates only one institutional holding in North America of Nohejl's 'Vidim Milence'. Eight stories (written from 1920-1924) by Czech novelist/playwright Miloslav Nohejl. Known for his romance stories, Nohejl worked in Pilsen and Brno where he edited journal 'Host'. Very nice collectible condition-- clean & bright, small loss at top of the back-strip. 144 pp, with 2 unnumbered pages at the end..

Scrapbook. Very Good. Hardcover. ART HISTORY NOTEBOOK, late 19th - early 20th century. Unknown maker. VINTAGE 2-RINGED BINDER [patented Nov. 8,1892 by 'University Covers']-- 10"x 8", 200+pp. Clear and legible, the cursive handwritten notes for survey class on classical art & architecture. Tipped-in photos: Greek art and mosaics/ followers & contemporaries of Giotto/ Sienese, Florentine, Tuscan, Venetian, Lombard, Ferrarese, 'eclectic', Bolognese Schools of Art/ Gothic art/ Early & High Renaissance etc. 1890s NOTEBOOK is nice looking-- paper leaves are clean and bright, the book opens easily, overall good condition. Half-leather boards have been repaired; covers lightly soiled and rubbed. Domestic s&h $15..

Photographic Image. Near Fine. No Binding. Japan, 1960. Reprinted by copperplate sheet-fed gravure process in 2016. 6x8 inches mounted on an 11x14 matte board. .

London: John Camden Hotten, 1870. Book. Illus. by W. R. Snow. Good. Hardcover. signed. 1st Edition. Signed by the author and gifted to his grandson. A dozen short plays in various styles - the operatic, the sensational, the bombastic, the farcical, the burlesque, the pathetic, the domestic, the maritime, the 'shoppy', the fantastic and juvenile, etc.- designed for under-rehearsed and jovial amateur players, complete with music for piano, etc. Original pictorial cloth gilt over bevelled boards; a few spots but a very nice bright copy. Gilt titles on front board and spine, gilt decoration, a.e.g. 16 page publisher's catalog in the rear..