1890 Subject (31 results)

Ray, Man, 1890-1976, (subject). Perpetual motif: the art of Man Ray. Washington, D.C. : New York: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution ; Abbeville Press, 1988, stated First Edition, 348pp., large sewn PAPERBACK, good used copy with some wear from reading, BUT top corner of cover and some pages bumped, creases on spine from opening, glossy paper slightly warped. CONTENTS: Introduction: Perpetual motif: the art of Man Ray / Merry Foresta -- Man Ray, 1908-1921 / Francis Naumann -- Man Ray, Paris / Billy Kluver and Julie Martin -- Transatlantic / Elizabeth Hutton Turner -- Themes and variations: Man Ray's photography in the twenties and thirties / Sandra S. Phillips -- Configurations of freedom / Stephen C. Foster -- Exile in Paradise: Man Ray in Hollywood, 1940-1951 / Merry Foresta -- Candor and perversion in no-man's land / Roger Shattuck. 9780896598713 ISBN 0896598713.…

1st edition. Unpaginated. with color & b/w illustrations. Small 4to. VG (short closed tear at top edge of wrapper & first few leaves). Color printed wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Octavo, 345 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is grey with gold print on red banner. Boards in grey cloth.Light wear to spine caps and corners, spine crease. Text block has shaken binding. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1388818. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Hardcover. Octavo, xviii, 234 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is blue with silver print on black banner. Boards in blue cloth; slight wear to spine caps. Series ISSN: 0084-9219. Inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column V. 1403537. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Octavo, viii, 608 pages. In Good plus condition with a Fair minus dust jacket. Spine is grey with white and black print. Dust jacket has edgewear with tears at spine ends and flap corners, tear to front hinge, toning to spine, shelf wear. Price unclipped: "$20.00". Boards in grey cloth; slight wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has small vendor label on front pastedown. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates (photographs). First volume of 3-volume biography. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column S. 1399481. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Hardcover. Octavo, xvi, 152 pages. In Fair plus condition. Ex-library with library stamp on half-title page and on title page, penciled call number on title page verso. Spine is blue with gold print. Boards in blue cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, lightly cocked spine. Text block front flyleaf is torn away. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece (portrait) and plates. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L. 1385024. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Octavo, Two volumes in slipcase, continuously paged: 763 pages. In Good minus condition in a Fair plus slipcase. Slipcase black, brown, and yellow paper; edge wear, mild smudging/shelf wear. Spines are brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth; light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has spotting to edges, name in ink on front flyleaf. Illustrated: b&w plates. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. 1411278. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; 381 pp. ; illustrated ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0965602702; 9780965602709 LCCN: 96-95336 ; LC: HV6533.G4; Dewey: 364.15/23/09758552 ; OCLC: 37181499 ; SIGNED by author Deloach on front ep ; pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; "Before sunrise on August 6, 1887, a respected gentleman farmer, Captain Richard F. Wollfolk, was savagely murdered along with his wife, their six children, and his wife's 84-year old great aunt. At day break, local authorities, crippled by mass hysteria, made an arrest. The state of Georgia abruptly awakened itself from its simmering post-Civil War stupor and amid rampant yellow journalism, unfounded rumors, prejudice, lies, and blatant confessions, struggled to prove the one survivor of that tragic night, Thomas G. Woolfolk, the Captain's eldest son, to be the lone axe murderer."-- cover ; slight knock, else G. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Softcover. Transferred to digital printing. Octavo, xix, 444 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is black with white and red print. Cover is illustrated, white and red print. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates (photographs). Signed in ink with inscribed note by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. 1413350. FP New Rockville Stock. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; 830 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0025173901; OCLC: 15488509 ; 9780025173903 LCCN: 87-7789 ; LC: D810.S8; Dewey: 940.54/86/410924; B; blue and black cloth in color dustjacket ; bump to front cover upper right corner ; writing on front endpaper ; creases to top of pages ; Contents: Churchill v. Menzies -- Origins -- Jack and Susannah -- George Lindsay Holford -- The failure of Hellfire Jack -- The Royal College of Eton -- Into the Life Guards -- Back to Balmorality -- A strange and scandalous cult -- The Hollo of Bugles -- Into battle -- Death of the second regiment -- At GHQ -- Frief and marriage -- A gigantic campaign against Russia -- Enter Quex -- The private man - Enter a phantom -- The rpince and Mrs. Simpson -- Matters of Deadly secrecy -- Foxes and enigma -- The Venlo incident -- A curious artificial vivarium -- An exercise in nimble wits -- Case yellow -- Theh conquest of enigma -- Sealion -- SOurces -- Trouble with Winston -- C's finest hour C and Canaris -- Pamela's illness -- The appointment of a secret agent -- The Russian riddle -- Rudolf Hess -- C and Q -- Pearl Harbor -- The cousins -- Revolt at Bletchley -- Source K -- The killing of Reinhardt Heydrich -- The torch period -- Kingpin -- The murder of Admiral Darlan -- Safeguard our precious secret -- I have communists in my organization -- SPecial relationships -- We are not a refugee government -- The death of Prosper -- The crossbow maze -- The death of Lady Holford -- THe capture of Bertrand -- The suicidex plan -- The defeat of Soe -- The Vermehren affair -- TO the eve of D-Day -- D-Day -- Dinner at the Chateau -- H-Hour -- Valkyrie -- The new dark age -- Major strategic and political error -- Philby's promotion -- Ultra trouble -- The battle of the Ardennes -- Gotterdammerung -- The reckoning -- The Windsor Letters -- The Borgia technique -- Philby redux -- With Philby in Washington -- Retirement -- The bullfrogs' chorus -- WIlderness of mirrors. ; G/VG. Book. …

Hardcover. Octavo, xv, 302 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is tan with faded gold print. Boards in blue cloth; fraying to spine caps and corners; toning to spine, peripheral toning, cocked spine, mild shelf wear/blemishes. Text block has blue tinted top edge; cracked front hinge, spine crack page 208, light age-toning to paper. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column R. 1397944. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Octavo, 192 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair minus dust jacket. Spine is black and grey with white print. Dust jacket has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, long tears at bottom of front hinge and bottom of front flap, creasing, shelf wear. Price unclipped: "$3.95". Boards quarter bound with white cloth to spine and grey cloth to boards. Light wear to spine caps and corners, light soiling to white cloth. Text block has pink tinted top edge. Slight amount of penciled marginal notation. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1393215. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, 139 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is blue with black print. Boards in blue cloth with black print. Wear to spine caps and corners, peripheral toning. Text block has illustrated endpapers. Illustrated: b&w drawings, b&w plates (photographs). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1389211. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Early printing. 16 pp. 7-3/16" x 4-13/16" Moderate wear to wrappers, sunning, chipping and soiling to front wrapper edge. An About VG copy. Printed purple paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.

Condition: A Fine copy in a Fine jacket. 1st Edition. [10], 109, [1 (blank)] pp. A few b/w photographic images and maps. 10-1/4" x 7-1/4" Green cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm ; ISBN 9780961875220, 0961875224 ; OCLC 30800456 ; LCCN 93074930 ; LC HV9468.S76 B33 1994 Dewey 364.1/523/092 ; photographic stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Grand illusion -- The prevailing winds --Meet "John Pain" -- Cage bird -- Cell house suite -- The Birdman of Alcatraz -- Broken promises -- Marketing the Birdman -- Epilogue -- Source notes ; SIGNED by author Babyak on title page while at Alcatraz[!] ; A genius? A scientist? A sociopath? Known to millions as the "Birdman" of Alcatraz, was he the earnest, warm-hearted "bird doctor" and writer of two books, as portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the 1962 film? Or was he a far more flamboyant and diabolical double-murderer, whose event-filled, tragicomic life converted a 12-year conviction into a 54-year death sentence? Meticulously researched, with never-before-published prison reports and Stroud's own writings, with quotes from prisoners, officers, psychologists and avian pathologists, Birdman explodes the myths surrounding Robert Stroud.--From publisher description ; FINE. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Softcover. Quarto, 80 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is tan with black print. Cover is cream with black and red print and illustration; spotting overall. Illustrated: b&w. "An exhibition organized by the Fine Art Department, University of Nottingham and the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1974/75" title page. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in column ND-QC. 1402263. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Hardcover. Octavo, xi, 399 pages. In Good condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth. Wear to spine caps and corners, light shelf wear. Text block has tanning to endpapers, inscription in ink on front flyleaf. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1394818. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Octavo, Two volumes. In Good condition. Spines are brown with gold print on black banner. Boards in brown cloth with small gilt image on front. Wear to spine caps and corners, light wear to title banners, mild shelf wear. Text blocks have bookplate on front paste-down. Illustrated with frontispiece in each volume, b&w plates, and folded color map at rear of volume two. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Chapters I-XLV (xix, 445 pages) - Vol. 2. Chapters XLVI-LXXVIII (xi, 560 pages). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. 1369372. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Octavo, xii, 347 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is green with orange print. Dust jacket has light edge wear, light shelf wear. Boards in tan cloth; light wear to spine caps. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates (photographs). Inscribed in ink by Horace Albright on the half-title page. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. 1403769. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Octavo, 507 pages. In Good condition. Spine is illustrated without print. Boards in illustrated cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, light rubbing to spine. Text block has red tinted edges. Illustrated: "illustrated with one hundred and fifty reproductions of Vincent van Gogh's pictures, arranged by J.B. Neumann" title page; color frontispiece, b&w text illustrations, some color plates. Inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Office, Case #2. 1388266. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Ca 1969. Single sheet printed recto only. Large b/w photographic image of President Ho Chi Minh, and small soldier illustration. 14" x 8-1/2" Ho Chi Minh "was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman who founded the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, commonly known as North Vietnam, in 1945. He served as its first president from 1945 until his death in 1969 and as its first prime minister from 1945 to 1955. A committed Marxist-Leninist, H also played a central role in establishing the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930 and later led its successor, the Workers' Party of Vietnam (later the Communist Party of Vietnam), as chairman until his death." [Wiki] A Broadside advertising a Friday Nite [sic] Torchlight Parade to honor the death of Ho Chi Minh. To "Assemble 7:00 Sproul Plaza, March South on Ho Chi Minh Trail (formerly Telegraph Ave.) to Trinity Church" (in Berkeley). Moderate wear to paper (age-toning visible to top half), horizontal and vertical creases from folding, ink slightly fading. A Good+ example. Black ink printed to white paper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve.…

Hardcover. Octavo, 320 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is tan with gold print. In mylar sleeve. Boards in green cloth; light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, cocked spine. Text block has penciled remark and name on front endpapers, two folded maps have tattered edges, spine crack at page 160. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait; "with plates from engravings and six sketch maps"- title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. 1415149. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing] ; xvii, [15], 3-911, [1] p. front., illus. (incl. ports., facsims.) 23 cm. ; LCCN 46003000 LC D811 .B86 Dewey 940.542 ; blue cloth in chipped dustjacket ; Harry Cecil Butcher (1901-1985) was an American radio broadcaster and CBS executive who served as the naval aide to General Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II from 1942 to 1945 ; G/FAIR. Book.…

No Binding. Condition: VG. No date, circa 1900, sized about 9 x 12 inches, very sharp, clean, and bright, suitable for framing.

No Binding. Condition: VG. No date, circa 1900, sized about 9 x 12 inches, very sharp, clean, and bright, suitable for framing.

No Binding. Condition: VG. No date, circa 1900, sized about 9 x 12 inches, very sharp, clean, and bright, suitable for framing. Includes 2 pages of biographical info.

No Binding. Condition: VG. No date, circa 1900, sized about 9 x 12 inches, very sharp, clean, and bright, suitable for framing. Includes 2 pages of biographical info. The noted horticulturalist, and author of several books on the subject.

Hardcover. Octavo, vi, 376 pages + 65 pages of plates. In Good plus condition. Spine is blue with gold print. Boards in blue cloth with gold print. Slight wear to spine caps and corners, slight nick to fore edge. Text block has bookplate on front pastedown. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. 1388964. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Octavo, vi, 376 pages + 65 pages of plates. In Good plus condition. Spine is blue with gold print. Boards in blue cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, light shelf wear. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece (portrait) and plates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. 1384319. FP New Rockville Stock. …