Essays S (187 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ex-library with typical markings/stickers; rear free endpaper with some roughness from card pocket removal; dust jacket in plastic sleeve, glued to pastedowns. "This collection of essays documents the indebtedness and thematic similarities uniting Shakespeare and eight southern authors - William Gilmore Simms, Henry Timrod, Sidney Lanier, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, John Crowe Ransom, Robert Penn Warren, and Walker Percy.".…

Original Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stiff color illus. wraps, booklet, oblong format. As issued. viii,44 pp., illus. in color, b&w. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. A very good copy of the stated second hard cover printing in a like (not price-clipped) dust-jacket. Previous owner's name in ink atop front free endpaper. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding and jacket are bright and fresh in appearance. A lovely copy.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Oblong quarto in dust jacket, b/w frontispiece photo, 152 pp., b/w photos, color reproductions, chronology, exhibitions and collections, selected bibliography, index, photograph credits Foreword by James K. Ballinger. Articles are "Riutal and Transformation: An Introduction to the Art of Beth Ames Swartz," Rubin, "Wounding and Healing: A Story," Raven, "Ruminations: An Interview with Beth Ames Swartz," Eva S. Jungermann.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Stiff color illus. wraps. Minor handling wear, nearly as issued, with square, uncreased binding, clean an unmarked interior. 272 pp., well illus. w/ color plates. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Edge & Shelfworn Dust Jacket. Paper white, pages clean, unmarked. Binding square and solid.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. First edition. A collection of evidentiary photographs including murder victims, remains, mug shots, opium dens, Khemer Rouge pre-execution portraits, etc. Includes work by Weegee and Atget. 132 pages; 94 duo-toned b&w plates plus text illustrations; 9 x 11 inches. Condition: Near Fine with the lightest of shelf wear, no dj, as issued. Ships the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Oversize Softcover. Tight, clean binding. Color and black and white photos throughout.

First Edition. Hardcover, (pictorial cloth), Oblong 4to. 175pp. Tight. No names or other markings. Illustrated throughout in Black & White and in Full-color from the Exhibition. Nice d/j with tiny edgetear toe of spine panal, else Fine in Near Fine D/j.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. ix, 182 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Exhibition held at the David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Islands, March 1 to 30, 1986; and The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, Long Island, New York, May 3 to June 21, 1986. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. *** CONTENTS: The Fifties legacy: toward a new aesthetic, by Michael Plante; Art of the Sixties: soliloquies and conversations, by Christopher Campbell; The new criticism: prescriptive or responsive, by Megan Fox; Criticism as content, form and value, by Mitchell F. Merling; The Sixties: Pop goes the market, by Jennifer Wells; The new visual culture, by Ima Ebong. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 133 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Lower right corners lightly bumped. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. Profusely illustrated. *** "Winslow Homer: Illustrating America reproduces seventy-nine of Homer's best printed illustrations - scenes of children, of the Civil War, coastal resorts, the Adirondacks, and others - and reunites many with the texts that originally accompanied them. Essay authors Gallati and Kushner discuss these works within their art historical and social contexts." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Foreword, by Arnold L. Lehman; Narrative Strategies in Winslow Homer's Art, by Barbara Dayer Gallati; Notes on Homer and Wood Engraving, by Marilyn S. Kushner; Plates: Commentaries by Marilyn S. Kushner, Barbara Dayer Gallati, and Linda S. Ferber. Early Work. Literary Illustration. Civil War Illustration. Children. Women in Modern American Life. Recreation. The Coastal Resort. The Countryside and the Adirondacks. Size: 4to.…

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 136 pages, illustrations (some colour), map, plans; 28 cm. Exhibition catalogue. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. *** CONTENTS: The Iron Age; The Second Temple Period; Epilogue: Early Synagogues and Jewish Symbols. Profusely illustrated with ancient ceramics and other archaeological artifacts from the Ratner collection. Size: 4to. Collectible.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Oversized softcover is unread, with a bit of edgewear and a bump at base of spine. Inscribed by photographer Banerjee to p/o on half-title page and dated May 30, 2003. 11 x 11". 176 pages. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. TEXT UNMARKED, PAGES LIKE NEW.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SOFTCOVER, stiff color pictorial wraps. Very slight sunning along front joint, otherwise as issued. 1st ptg. thus. xxii,266 pp., illus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SOFTCOVER, stiff color pictorial wraps. Very slight surface rub to front cover, otherwise as issued. 1st ptg. thus. xxii,266 pp., illus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second Printing. Gray cloth, lettered in gold foil. xix,375 pp., illus. with color + b&w plates. As issued. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Olive green cloth, lettered in silver foil. As issued. Color pictorial dust jacket as issued, now in archival mylar. xxii,266 pp., 594 illus. including 214 in color. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second Printing. Gray cloth, lettered in gold foil. xix,375 pp., illus. with color + b&w plates. As issued. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Fine and bright blue boards in very close to fine pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Limited to 4000 copies. Binding has soil and wear; corners bumped; tight, interior clean. 247 p., illustrated, some color; bound in sumptuous dark blue cloth, with blind-stamped floral decorations and copper lettering on front cover. Large, heavy volume. [otob: 22r]. 40 Color & 196 B/w Illustrations; Decorative Endpapers (silver/white) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Illustrated. Price NOT clipped, DJ nicely in archival wraps. Nrfine with only minimal shelf wear to the edges; interior clean and fresh. William James Stillman (1828 - 1901) was an American journalist, diplomat, author, historian, and photographer. Educated as an artist, Stillman subsequently converted to the profession of journalism, working primarily as a war correspondent in Crete and the Balkans, where he served as his own photographer. For a time, he also served as United States consul in Rome, and afterward in Crete during the Cretan insurrections. …

1964. South Pacific. Aldine Publishing, 399p., good boards, no jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. The book has some minor surface wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.