Search Results: Titles starting with P from UPRIGHTS

Abbeville Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0789202689 . Now in a removable archival protective mylar clear cover. Book has a slight lean. From an Amazon review..." a must have coffee table book for anyone even remotely interested in body painting. The book itself is huge and packed with spectacular photographs on glossy paper. There is a 4-page layout in the middle. Each of the 45 artists has done one body painting, then posed the model in several positions. Both nude females & males, as well as all races are used. Biographies of all the artists are in the back. It is truly amazing how imaginative and talented the artists are. One woman in painted white on the front & black on her back. Asian style characters are written on both sides in the opposite color." May require extra shipping to outside U. S. A. ; Color Photographs; 14 X 11.10 X 1 inches; 335 pages .

Metropolitan Museum of Art. Very Good. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. 2,000 copies printed. Previous owner name Inside, booklet on printed toile glued in. Label a little rubbed, Wear to spine. Now in protective mylar covers. ; Color and black and whiteIllustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 108 pages .

Phoenix Art Museum. Fine+. 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Now in a removable archival protective clear mylar cover. A lovely unused copy. Exhibition catalog filled with beautiful color illustrations. Book Description - "Great exhibition catalog featuring artists painting in New Mexico at the beginning of the 20th century. 45 color illustrations of works of art - landscapes, Native American Indian, Pueblo architecture, animals, cowboys, portraits, and other subjects. Artists include: Marsden Hartley, Georgia O'Keeffe, Blumenschein, Laverne Black, Dunton, John Marin, William Higgins, Robert Henri, Eanger Couse, Berninghaus and other artist. Exhibit checklist. Bibliography. Softcover. Unpaginated - 60 pages. Measures 8 1/2 by 10 inches. Interesting exhibition catalog, nicely illustrated." ; Color Illustrations; 0.3 x 8.6 x 10.3 inches; 60 pages .

Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Very Good. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good hardcover has interior foxing. No dust jacket. A clear mylar cover has been added to protect the covers.; black and white photographs ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 118 pages .

Rheinhold Publishing Corporation. Fine+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 1135612676 . Fine hardcover in a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has several smalish chips and tears. ; B&W and color ; 7.8 X 6.9 X 0.7 inches; 120 pages .

Tabacalera. Fine+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Paperback. 9788479520779 . In slipcase. NEW BOOK, slight wear to slipcase. Text in Spanish. A gorgeous book in the original hard to find slipcase. Overseas shipping will require extra cost. ; Spanish Edition; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 117 pages .

Arizona: The Society. Very Good+. 1904. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ORIGINAL hardcover first edition 1904 in very good condition. Covers have light edge wear and wear to the label on the spine. Contents are clean, bright and tight. This is not a reprint. ; Black and white illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 309 pages .

Worthington Historical Society. Near Fine. 2007. Second Edition. Paperback. 2007 edition. One page tribute to Lois Ashe Brown laid in. Slight shelf wear. Map laid in in back. Now in a protective mylar cover. ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 286 pages .

350th Anniversary Committee of the City of Northampton, MA. Very Good+. 2004. First Edition. Paperback. 0960082859 . Softcover has sunned spine and one smudge to cover. Eminently readable, fascinating, the emergence of Northampton as a premier town for the book lover. Illustrations by Leonard Baskin, Barry Moser and other notables. One of 300 copies printed. It's a loving tribute to the many bookstore proprietors, bookbinders, artists, calligraphers, paper designers, printers, engravers, wood engravers, etc. Includes a history of the Gehenna Press and an early history of the Hampshire Bookshop. ; Black and white illustrations; 9.5 X 8.5 X 0.5 inches; 133 pages .

The Ceramic Book Company. Very Good. 1956. Limited Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Now in a removable archival protective clear mylar cover. #205 of an edition limited to 1,000 copies. A good vintage copy. Issued without a dust jacket. Edges of spine are slightly bumped. Spine is faded and back cover is lightly scuffed. Aged toning. Some slight interior foxing. May require extra shipping cost due to size of book. ; Black and white illustrations; Oversized; 160 pages .

Antique Collectors Club Dist. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 1851491902 . New. Now in a removable archival protective mylar clear cover." A complete visual catalogue record of the decorative arts of the Paris Salons. Included are reproductions of the catalogue illustrations of furniture at the Exposition Universelle of 1900, the annual Salons du Mobilier, and the celebrated 1903 and 1904 expositions of the Ecole de Nancy in the French capital. This chronological record clearly shows the revolution in furniture design that transpired in France at the turn of the 20th century. Illustrations show precisely the emergence of the art nouveau style in the 1890s, its high point between the 1900 Exposition Universelle and the 1903 Salons, its demise between 1905-1909, the return to period revivalism and the transitional art nouveau - art deco style of 1910-1912 with the proto - art deco style of the immediate pre-war years (1911-1914). Many examples of non-art… Read More

Centre regional de la photographie Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Very Good. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 2904538143 . Now in a removable archival protective mylar clear cover. Good condition inside, slight marginal yellowing of paper at edges, one small spot on front cover. Unpaged. Travels the route from Paris to London that existed before the Channel tunnel between England and France was completed. The text by Butor is interspersed with photographs by Plossu. In a very cool way it is printed in contact strips that mimic the train tracks that are documented. ; Mission photographique transmanche; Black and white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Mary Whitney Inc.. Good. First Edition. Paperback. Now in a removable archival protective clear mylar cover. Limited edition: Number 3 of Pascals Across America. "As is" condition. Cover has scuffing and creasing along edges, corners and spine. Foxing and rubbing to cover; other tiny markings on cover. Slight foxing on top fore-edge and first few and last few pages. ; Black and white illustrations ; 1.6 x 10.7 x 8.3 Inches .

Self Published. Very Good+. 2008. Second Edition. Spiral-bound, softcover. Large spiral bound self published copy. Like new except says Vol. 1 in pen on cover. History of ice reducers through patents and photos. Includes information about the hand-held ice reducing tools used by icemen, merchants, housewifes etc. Included are Dickson's 1871 patent, Shelley's 1879 patent, the Wenham Ice Hammer, Wyler's 1948 key patent, Jensen's Kactus pattern set, Watrous Royal Danish pattern, the Men in Fez and similar bar sets, the Bar Bum, Chip Chop, Wood's 1890 patent, Old Snifter, etc. Also ice tools offered by the Williamson Company of Newark, New Jersey. See also Vol 2. ; Vol. 1; B&W photographs; Oversize; 188 pages .

Self Published. Very Good+. 2008. Second Edition. Spiral-bound, softcover. Continuation from Volume 1. Large spiral bound self published copy. Like new Vol. 2 in pen on cover. History of ice reducers through patents and photos. Includes information about the hand-held ice reducing tools used by icemen, merchants, housewifes etc. See also Vol 1. ; Vol. 2; B&W photographs; Oversize; 1742 pages .

La Nueva Provincia. Near Fine. 1990. first limited numbered edition. Paperback. Now in a removable archival protective mylar clear cover. Text in Spanish. #508 of 600 copies. From the private library of journalist and publisher James Strohn Copley with his decorative book-plate on the front paste-down. Mr. Copley was the owner of the San Diego Union Tribune. He had the interest and passion of an inspired collector/newspaper publisher who wanted the finest work available. He wanted every book "to represent dramatic, humorous, romantic, passionate, or tragic events in the lives of real people unconsciously caught in the weave of American history." ; Black and white photo; Oversize; 262 pages .

Sterling Pub Co Inc. New in New dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0806948744 . New hardcover in a new dust jacket. Patternmaking to remake old clothing becomes a breeze! Please see our other books on textiles. ; B&W illustrations; 10.1 X 8.6 X 0.6 inches; 127 pages .

Nicholas D. Gent. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0952769301 . Now in a removable archival protective mylar clear cover. Dust jacket light wear at edges of spine and rubbed. Book has a very mild bump along top edge. 180 full colour pages of the product. The most important reference book used by major and minor auction houses, museums and collectors. This book helps to identify the products of this usually unmarked rare English porcelain factory. A must for any reference library; Color Photographs; oversize; 180 pages .

Prestel Pub. Fine+ in New dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 3791324950 . Like new hardcover with light foxing to top foreedge. New dust jacket ; Color ; 240 X 0 X 300 millimeters; 224 pages .

Hatje Cantz Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 3775710027 . Like new hardcover in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has a sunned spine. A clear mylar cover has been added to protect the covers. Additional charges for extra shipping cost may apply. ; Color ; Oversize; 356 pages .