Robert Spero (55 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Condition: Acceptable. A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (However the dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but the notes cannot obscure the text. Book may be a price cutter or have a remainder mark.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. vii+232 pages with figures, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with silver lettering to spine over beige in original pictorial jacket. First edition. This is a no-holds-barred expose of the deceptive ways in which presidential incumbents and aspirants - from Eisenhower, John F Kennedy, and Johnson to Nixon, Ford and Carter - have used unregulated political television advertising to conceal their true intentions and backgrounds from an unsuspecting public. Condition: Jacket rubbed at corners and spine extremities else a better than very good copy in like jacket.

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Condition: Good. 1st. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. THE DUPING OF THE AMERICAN VOTER: DISHONESTY AND DECEPTION IN PRESIDENTIAL TELEVISION ADVERTISING, Robert Spero, hardcover with clipped dust jacket (price tag not affected), stated first edition and first printing, 1980. BOOK CONDITION: near fine. The text block is in fine condition, with no tears, dogears, or marks. There is no bookplate nor signature of prior owner. Not a library book or remainder. The black and gray boards are in very good condition (light spine bumping at top and bottom). The dust jacket is in near fine condition. 9 ½ x 6 ½, 232 pages, 19 ounces. XX [From the dust jacket] The Duping of the American Voter is a no-holds-barred exposé of the deceptive ways in which presidential incumbents and aspirants, from Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Johnson to Nixon, Ford, and Carter, have used unregulated political television advertising to conceal their true intentions and backgrounds from an unsuspecting public. If, as Robert Spero shows, paid political announcements, now the chief presidential campaign weapon, ere subjected to the tough regulatory tests a simple soap commercial must pass, few would have been aired to the American viewer/voter, and the history of the past 28 years might well have been different: Vietnam, Watergate, the Persian Gulf, for example. Spero proves this by analyzing dozens of presidential campaign commercials according to strict truth-in-advertising standards imposed on product commercials. Focusing on the gap between what the public is led to believe and what is actually taking place, the author takes a fresh look at how presidents and presidential candidates have used television to keep or gain power at the expense of the voter and the nation, a dangerous abuse of our democratic system that will continue unchecked until the public demands necessary reforms. Including in-depth research and interviews with network officials, former FCC chairmen, political scientists, and political media specialists who orchestrate presidential campaigns, The Duping of the American Voter is eye-opening, engrossing, and lively, a powerful critique of how we have been sold our presidents in the television age, what to expect as we approach the critical 1980 elections, and how we, as voters, can break the back of the political television commercial and substitute instead a fair, practical, and inexpensive platform from which to judge the candidates who would lead us and our children. XX Robert Spero, a one-time government offlcial (State Department; President Kennedy's National Service Corps Study Group), is currently vice-president of a leading international advertising agency. He was born and raised in the Midwest and attended the University of Wisconsin and Northwestern University.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. FDR's Four Freedoms-Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear-were presented to the American people in his 1941 State of the Union address, and they became the inspiration for a second bill of rights, extending the New Deal and guaranteeing work, housing, medical care, and education. Although the bill never was adopted in a legal sense in this country, its principles pervaded the political landscape for an entire generation, including the War on Poverty and the Great Society reforms of the 1960s. Furthermore, the ideas expressed in the Four Freedoms speech inspired the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But since the late 1970s and early 1980s, these freedoms have been under assault, from administrations of both parties, economic pressures, and finally, the alleged requirements of national security. After 9/11, this process accelerated even more rapidly.The authors address the hard questions of individual freedom versus national security that are on the minds of Americans of all political stripes. They bring together the pivotal events, leaders, policies, and fateful decisions-often pathbreaking, more often ending in folly-that have subverted our constitutional government from its founding."You reach the inescapable conclusion," the authors write, "that the United States is a warrior nation, has been addicted to war from the start, and is able to sustain its warfare habit only by mugging American taxpayers, and believing in its mission as God's chosen." With a foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich, a journalist, activist, and the author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. FDRs Four FreedomsFreedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fearwere presented to the American people in his 1941 State of the Union address, and they became the inspiration for a second bill of rights, extending the New Deal and guaranteeing work, housing, medical care, and education. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover without dustjacket as issued; 48 pages, in English; very good condition; light rubbing to covers; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

81 pp.; 20.3 x 22.7 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held December 10, 1983 - January 22, 1984. Preface by Marcia Tucker, and text by Lynn Gumpert. Artists include Rudolf Baranik, Richard Bosman, Roger Brown, Linda Burgess, Bruce Charlesworth, Michael Cook, Robert Fichter, Reverend Howard Finster, Dana Garrett, Frank Gohlke, Louie Grenier, Donald Lipski, Melissa Miller, Robert Morris, Beverly Naidus, Helen Oji, James Poag, Katherine Porter, Craig Schlattman, Michael Smith, Nancy Spero, Alan Herman, Marianne Stikas, and Robert Younger. Includes works in the exhibition, artists' statements, selected exhibitions, and bibliographies. Good. Two adhesive labels on recto cover. Light rubbing of covers. Contents clean and unmarked.

Condition: good, good. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 232, illus., footnotes, front DJ flap price clipped, some wear, soiling, & small edge chips to DJ, pencil erasure to fr endpaper.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Stapled softcover pamphlet. Prospectus for a limited edition boxed set of prints by various artists. Originally issued in 1987, for which ten top Jewish American artists were each invited to choose an Old Testament commandment to interpret in contemporary lithographic form. The "Chosen" artists were, in order of Commandment: Kenny Scharf, Joseph Nechvatal, Gretchen Bender, April Gornik, Robert Kushner, Nancy Spero, Vito Acconci, Jane Dickson, Judy Rifka and Richard Bosman.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Oversized glossy illustrated boards without dust jacket as issued. A clean tight unmarked copy with a couple tiny nicks to edges. Richly illustrated throughout. Introduction by Robert Storr in English and Japanese.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 400 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 400 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

81 pp.; 20.3 x 22.7 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held December 10, 1983 - January 22, 1984. Preface by Marcia Tucker, and text by Lynn Gumpert. Artists include Rudolf Baranik, Richard Bosman, Roger Brown, Linda Burgess, Bruce Charlesworth, Michael Cook, Robert Fichter, Reverend Howard Finster, Dana Garrett, Frank Gohlke, Louie Grenier, Donald Lipski, Melissa Miller, Robert Morris, Beverly Naidus, Helen Oji, James Poag, Katherine Porter, Craig Schlattman, Michael Smith, Nancy Spero, Alan Herman, Marianne Stikas, and Robert Younger. Includes works in the exhibition, artists' statements, selected exhibitions, and bibliographies. Very Good. Light edgewear and bumping of corners. Contents clean and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 12mo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Another excellent issue of this underground literary magazine, featuring a cover by Jess. Unmarked copy with some sunning to spine. Not Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Wraps. Condition: Good. Small, squarish illustrated wraps.140 pp. With cover art and 6 gouches by Nancy Spero. The first issue of this 'little magazine,' featuring poetry by Paul Blackburn, Robert Duncan, Gary Snyder, Diane Wakoski and others. The art by Spero portrays images of war and is perhaps (though not attributed in the magazine) from her War Series. Caterpillar was a noted little magazine devoted to giving voice to underrepresented and experimental poets and writers (see Anderson and Kinzie) as well as work in visual arts, film, etc (Clay and Phillips p. 125). GOOD+ condition. Wrappers browned along the spine, with minor staining to the rear cover. Minor soiling, scuffing and edgewear. Interior clean and solid.

Condition: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 12mo, [ii]+144pp, printed wrappers. First issue of Clayton Eshleman's essential little magazine. Includes Robert Duncan (Bertholf C197ÐC198). Unmarked copy, outer toning at spine and light wear. Not Signed.

830 pp.; 28.5 x 24 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held in 1997. Artists include Vito Acconci, Marcel Broodthaers, Lygia Clark, Ed van der Elsken, Walker Evans, Öyvind Fahlström, Armand Gatti, Jean-Luc Godard, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Raymond Hains, Richard Hamilton, Maria Lassnig, Hélio Oiticica, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Gerhard Richter, Nancy Spero, Garry Winogrand, Robert Adams, Art & Language, Lothar Baumgarten, James Coleman, Toni Grand, Mike Kelley, Helen Levitt, Gordon Matta-Clark, Thomas Schütte, Jeff Wall, Martin Kippenberger, Ecke Bonk, Tony Oursler, Reinhard Mucha, Erik Steinbrecher, Rem Koolhaas, Bruce Mau, Johan Grimonprez, Gabriel Orozco, Carsten Höller, Rosemarie Trockel, Olaf Nicolai, Tunga, Peter Kogler, Philip Pocock, Florian Wenz, Udo Noll, Felix Stephan Huber, Yana Milev, Suzanne Lafont, Peter Friedl, Stephen Craig, Catherine Beaugrand, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Emilio Prini, Martin Walde, Collective La ciutat de la gent, Lois Weinberger, Matthew Ngui, Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler, Aya & Gal Middle East, and Marko Peljhan. Original texts by Sandra Alvarez de Toledo, Etienne Balibar, Andrea Branzi, Benjamin Buchloh, Peter Bürger, Jean-Marie Chauvier, Daniel Defert, Werner Durth, Fabrizio Gallanti, Serge Gruzinski, David Harvey, Andreas Huyssen, Benjamin Joly, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Dominique Lecourt, Alain Lipietz, Masao Miyoshi, Peter Noller, Jacques Rancière, Klaus Ronneburger, Hans-Joachim Ruckhaeberle, Saskia Sassen, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Francis Strauven, Paul Sztulman, Max Welch Guerra. Includes author biographies. "For the first time in the history of documenta, the companion publication attempts to go beyond a survey and interpretation of the exhibited works of art to document and analyze the cultural development of the western world from 1945 to 1997 in a rich selection of paintings, photos, plans, sketches, maps, essays, quotations, discussions, poems, philosophical essays and manifestos. The book unites the diverse forms of expression in an impressive collage. The artists of documenta X are introduced in a number of artist's inserts. A provocative, enlivening and thoroughly current reader and reference work for anyone interested in the art and culture of our times." -- publisher's statement. Fine. Covers, dust-jacket and contents clean and unmarked. Due to large size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.

211 pp.; 30 x 21 cm.; sewn bound; color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, July 6 - August 18, 1991. Traveled to The National Museum of Art, Osaka, August 29 - September 29, 1991 and Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, November 15 - December 15, 1991. Essays by Lynn Gumpert and Brian Wallis. Artists include Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, Gretchen Bender, Sarah Charlesworth, Nancy Dwyer, Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler, Suzan Etkin, Jenny Holzer, Jasper Johns, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Roy Lichtenstein, Gordon Matta-Clark, Allan McCollum, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Stephen Prina, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, David Salle, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, Robert Smithson, Nancy Spero, Haim Steinbach, Andy Warhol and Lawrence Weiner. Includes exhibition checklist and selected bibliographies. Texts in Japanese and English. Very Good. Yellowing and light rubbing of covers with light edge wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to large size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Nancy Spero (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Illustrated laminated boards. Fine. Issued without dust jacket, a clear archival jacket is supplied. Text in English and Japanese.

Illustrated Laminated Boards. Condition: Fine. First Edition. np (46pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. The twentieth installment (of one hundred) in Kyoto Shoin's "ArT RANDOM" series supervised by Edit DeAk, "Re_Birth of Venus" is a comprehensive monograph devoted to Nancy Spero's feminist-minded artworks from the eighties. A brand new, pristine example. Artist Monograph.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. xxvi, 344p.

Condition: New. pp. xxvi + 344.