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London, England: Cassell & Company Ltd, 1899. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Still good-looking, structurally sound copy of the stated Seventh Impression, rewritten, and with many additional illustrations. Published by Cassell & Company, bound in hunter green pebbly cloth, still sharp and distinct gilt illustrations and lettering to cover and spine. Bruising to tips, scuffing to, bumping of spine head and foot, half-inch split to former. Heavy toning to endpapers, previous owner's inscription inside front flap. xvi, 1-768 pp. plus an additional dozen pages of publisher's advertisements.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Phaidon, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound in a bright-orange cloth cover and with bright and sharp gilt lettering to spine and illustration to cover. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. 117 illustrations, all quite gorgeous. Foreword by Arnold Toynbee, with eight chapters including a final that has four Appendixes, followed by notes, bibliography, and a list of illustrations. [6], 7-145 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, very lightly bumped spine head and foot, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in gray cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. 71 illustrations, 40 being in full color. [5], 6-128 pp. Double-column text. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 211 illustrations in full, bright colors. Stated First Printing of the First Edition. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. This concise and accessible survey, the latest title in Thames & Hudson's renowned World of Art series, "is set to become the definitive popular guide to graffiti and street art. The traditional letter-based graffiti that appeared on the streets of Philadelphia and New York over forty years ago launched a global art movement that has evolved into two distinct disciplines. While both thrive illegally and challenge the concept of public space, the new wave of street art puts greater emphasis on figures, abstraction, symbols and formal techniques." [6], 7-208 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be… Read More

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 1988. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Barbara Firth. Lovely illustratiosn by Barbara Firth augment this fine children's book for young readers. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean but for a Sharpied-out inscription inside front flap, else clean and unmarked, with minimal rubbing to extremities; fine, full-colored pictorial boards. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Unpaginated, but roughly 24 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Berkeley, California: Heyday Books, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The title continues: A True StoryWherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the pictorial boards not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. 129 pp. and with illustrated endpapers front and rear. Foreword by Heather Dundas. From the publisher's blurb, the book tells of the iconic French philosopher as speaking "nostalgically of 'an unforgettable evening on LSD, in carefully prepared doses, in the desert night, with delicious music, [and] nice people,'" when in 1975 Foucault spent Memorial Day weekend in Southern California at the invitation of Simeon Wade ostensibly in preparation for a lecture to be delivered at the Claremont Graduate School. "Part search for higher… Read More

Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1997. Second Cloth Printing. Like New. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. The publisher's blurb says, "This original and sharply observant book gives new significance to three important figures in the history of twentieth-century art: Eva Hesse, Lee Krasner, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Anne Wagner looks at their imagery and careers, relating their work to three decisive moments in the history of American modernism: the avant-garde of the 1920s, the New… Read More

Chicago: University of Chicago, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. One of the preeminent ethnographies of early-mid Golden Era of Papua New Guinea studies by a real, certified genius. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, minimal rubbing to extremities. Silver lettering and designs to spine. Previous owner's inscription at first free endpaper, light highlighting and marginal notation here and there, having been from the personal library of the noted anthropologist, Dan Jorgenson. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxviii, [1], 1-279 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Hartford, Connecticut: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy, pictorial covers, and featuring the sculptural work of Alexander Calder, Naum Gabo, Peter Grippe, David Hayes, William Kent, Conrad Malicoat, Thomas Morin, Mike Nevelson, David Von Schlegell, Hugh Townley, and H.C. Westermann. Unpaginated, but roughly 22 pp. Foreword by C.C. Cunningham, the Director of the Wadsworth Atheneum Gallery, then a lengthy essay by Samuel J. Wagstaff, Jr., the Curator of the Museum.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Macmillan and Company, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine collection of then new poems by John Wain, a former Poet Laureate. Decorative paper over boards, clean and unmarked of interior. Lightly toned endpapers, else clean and bright. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 45 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London, England: Macmillan and Company, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine collection of then new poems by John Wain, a former Poet Laureate. Decorative paper over boards, clean and unmarked of interior. Lightly toned endpapers, else clean and bright. 45 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Faber and Faber, Ltd, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond some edge-wear and especially at spine top, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. Bound in medium blue cloth, a bit of discoloration to and sunning of bottom edge and spine foot, with gilt lettering to spine, and over black title label. [6], 7-64 pp. including index, and then presented are several score black-and-white photographs printed on glossy paper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Bruxelles, Belgium : Andre de Rache, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Dorothea Tanning. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Exhibition Catalogue and with texts in Dutch and French. Unpaginated, but roughly 50 pp. and stuffed with black-and-white, duotone and full color reproductions of Dorothea Tanning's finest paintings. Fine long essay by Patrick Walberg, "Dorothea Tanning: les enfants de le nuit."Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Berlin, Germany: Verlag Der Sturm, 1924. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. A still quite sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy of an important and scarce item, illustrated beautifully at front cover with a lovely cubist painting by Franz Marc. Unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Published in stated Third Edition in Berlin by Verlag Der Sturm, 1924, Beautiful black and white illustrations in the text. Contributions by a number of heavy hitters, from Arp and Archipenko to Tour Donas and Umberto Boccioni, Carlo D. Carra, Delaunay, Chagall, Feininger, Kandinsky, Klee, Kokoschka, Leger, Macke, Moholy-Nagy, Picasso, Schlemmer, Schwitters, Severini, Uhden, Walden and Wauer. Additional paintings and engravings, too. 175 pp., and illustrations printed on coated paper. Still a tank-like volume, and protected by a stiff Mylar jacket.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the… Read More

Suffolk, England: The Antique Collectors' Club, 1982. Second Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Another fine contribution to the Price Guide Series, this being a Second Edition exemplar of the to-that-point definitive price guide to antique silver. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound in gray buckram cloth, with gilt lettering to cover and to spine. Illustrated endpapers front and rear. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 1,100 photographs in black-and-white. Complete with laid-in price guide from 1983 in Fine condition. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.[4], 5-365 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards.… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1991. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Catherine Deeter. Stated First U.K. Edition, published first in New York in the same year, and illustrated beautifully by Catherine Deeter in half-page, full-page and even page-and-a-half format. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound in two-tone, purple paper over boards, green linen weave cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat that is a bit scratched and word but that has done its job, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Unpaginated, but roughly 24 pp. and with sumptuous illustrations.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. This novel presents, as the celebrated author puts it, "a celebration of sexuality, its absolute usefulness in the accessing of one's mature spirituality, and the father's role in assuring joy or sorrow in this arena for his female children." Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line present. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. 222 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

San Diego, California: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked but for a remainder mark along bottom edge. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 3-416 pp. .Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, 1995. Second Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Catherine Deeter. Stated First Printing, with "A" in the "number" line, being a First Edition reprint of the 1967 original. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound in burgundy paper over boards, gilt-stamped title at front cover, burgundy cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

San Diego, California: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "a" in "number" line present. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Alice Malsenior Walker (February 9, 1944) is an American author, poet, feminist, and activist who has penned many, many justifiable classic novels and essays, mostly about race, class and gender not least The Color Purple (1982), which won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for that year. She also worked as a Senior Editor for Ms. Magazine and written for many leading journals and magazines. Her 1975 article "In Search of Zora Neale Hurston" revived interest therein, and she co-bought a fine gravestone for her. 416 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and… Read More