Search Results: Titles starting with I from Browsing Is Arousing

NY: William Morrow and Co., 1939. 1st. Hardcover. Good. Allan Houser. Hardcover, oblong salmon cloth-covered boards, illustrated paper label on front cover, wear to corners. Prose and poetry on eleven aspects of Pueblo Indian life, each passage accompanied by a beautiful color illustration after watercolors by Native American artists, including Allan Houser, an Apache who was the great-grandson of Geronimo and Gerald Nailor, a Navajo; both of whom studied at the Santa Fe School. Mild soil, shelfwear. No markings. Record # 383268

NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1980. 1st. Very Good/Very Good. Charles Mikolaycak. Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Charles Mikolaycak. Tight copy. Record # 65218

New York: Harper & Row, 1971. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Tomi Ungerer. Non-paginated. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Tomi Ungerer. Dust jacket with tape repaired tear on top edge rear, light chipping along edges. Clean, tight copy. Record # 354243

NY: Ten Speed Graphic, 2023. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Tom Scioli. Softcover, 201 pages. Everyone knows Stan Lee: His work at the creative helm of Marvel Comics resulted in the creation of many of the superheroes we know and love today, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, and more. During his decades-long career at Marvel, Lee turned the comic book publisher into a cultural juggernaut that shaped and defined the burgeoning industry. In I Am Stan, critically acclaimed artist Tom Scioli reveals the man behind the comics and cameos using the same medium Stan Lee revolutionized. This stunning graphic novel takes readers from his early days in the comics industry through his rise at Marvel (then Timely Comics), where his career was touched by other iconic creatives including Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. Their collaboration would lead to the creation of the most iconic superheroes of today, and bring about the Marvel Age of the 60’s and 70’s that introduced new industry… Read More

NY: Spiegel & Grau, 2009-10-20. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 198 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Photos in color and b&w. SIGNED BY MORGAN on title page. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 463535

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2003. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 256 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Remainder mark on bottom edge, light shelf-wear, else a clean, tight copy. A lively non-fiction account of an art dealer’s long quest to own an original painting by Andy Warhol. An illuminating view of the inner workings of the art world and the interplay of artists, collectors, galleries, auction houses, etc. Record # 456426

NY: Dodd Mead, 1969. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, bright orange cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket. A Red Badge Mystery. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY JOHNSTON on front fly leaf. Record # 378890

New York: Viking Press, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Malcolm Carrick. Blue cloth covers, white dust jacket with b&w illustration, lovely full page b&w illustrations by Malcolm Carrick. Light rubbing to dust jacket, small half-inch tear to upper dust jacket edge of rear panel at spine; clean boards, pages crisp and unmarked; a very neat, tight copy. Record # 807472

Guilford CT: Applause, 2021. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 200 pages, b&w illustrations. Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and . . . Dorothy Fields. These are the giants of the golden age of musical theater. Although she may not be as well known as her male counterparts, Dorothy Fields was America's most brilliant and successful female lyricist, who for five decades kept up with the greats. As the only woman among the boys' club of popular song, Fields was welcomed by her fellow male artists, who considered her as both an equal and a beloved colleague. Working with thirteen different composers, Fields wrote the lyrics and/or librettos for unforgettable masterpieces, such as Annie Get Your Gun, Redhead, and Sweet Charity. Her more than four hundred songs include the standards "On the Sunny Side of the Street," "Pick Yourself Up," and "The Way You Look Tonight," among other classic tunes. Record # 381679

London: Faber & Faber, 1987. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Teenager Patrick Gates considers himself a future millionaire and irresistible to girls. When suddenly Mum moves out, things change. Paper tanning, otherwise a clean, bright copy. Record # 382269

New York: Michael Di Capua Books/Harper Collins Publishers, 1999. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fred Marcellino. SIGNED BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR TO TITLE PAGE. Dust jacket and covers completely illustrated, acetate-protected dust jacket, color decorated endpapers, gorgeous full page color illustrations. No sign of wear, dust jacket, covers and pages crisp, clean and unmarked; a beautiful book in excellent condition. Record # 806735

NY: Philomel, 2004. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Young. Doko is only a simple basket. It is not only grain from the field that he carries--he has also carried his master's child, and wood for the fire. He was there when the child became a man and married. And he very nearly had to carry the grandfather away forever. Luckily, someone wise beyond their years spoke up and made it possible for Doko to carry the grandfather home again instead. As ever, Ed Young has taken a simple fable and made it into a masterpiece of stunning illustration and expert storytelling. This beautiful and unique book celebrates the generations with great originality. Record # 371382

New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1977. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Lillian Hoban. Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrations by Lillian Hoban. Clean, tight copy. Record # 368899

NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, light green cloth with gilt title on spine, 249 pages., b&w plates. Written in his mid-forties, after four broken marriages and several fortunes spent, Rooney frankly discusses his own personal triumphs, tribulations and out and out disasters. Clean, bright copy. No dust jacket. No printing stated. Record # 359193

New York: Popular Library, 1956. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. 126 pages. Paperback. Popular Library Mystery #763. Mild soil. Ink notation on front page. Light creasing to paper wrappers. Record # 368742

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1986. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Diane Goode. Non-paginated. Hardcover. Full color illustrations by Diane Goode. Dust jacket with light wear, tape repaired closed tear at top edge rear. Clean, tight copy. Record # 612767

NY: Doubleday, 1978. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Dust jacket with light edgewear, clean. Record # 107337

New York : Four Winds Press, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Chas B. Slackman. Hardcover. Illustrated in color by Chas B. Slackman. Small oblong volume. Light wear, rubbing to dust jacket with small closed tear to upper edge of front cover. Clean, tight copy. Record # 855185

New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1938. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Reginald Birch. Hardbound, 132 pages. Black & white illustrations by Reginald Birch. Light soiling to covers, endpapers. Soiling & chipping to dust jacket. Brodart cover. Record # 500875

NY: Delacorte Books , 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Presents the author's reflections on small-town America, current affairs, and insights and anecdotes from his personal life. Clean copy. Record # 380722