ISBN: 9780684800950 - The Object Stares Back: On the Nature of Seeing (35 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Condition: good. Fast Free Shipping â" Good condition. It may show normal signs of use, such as light writing, highlighting, or library markings, but all pages are intact and the book is fully readable. A solid, complete copy that's ready to enjoy.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

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

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

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

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

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Condition: good. Signs of wear and consistent use.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1. Light general wear. May have light notes/highlighting. shelf wear. bumped edges. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 271 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dogeared a couple of times. Dust jacket with light edgewear. *** "At first it appears that nothing could be easier than seeing. We just focus our eyes and take in whatever is before us. This ability seems detached, efficient, and rational - as if the eyes are competent machines telling us everything about the world without distorting it in any way. But those ideas are just illusions, Elkins argues, and he suggests that seeing is undependable, inconsistent, and caught up in the threads of the unconscious. Blindness is not the opposite of vision, but its constant companion, and even the foundation of seeing itself. Elkins asks about objects that are too violent, too sexually charged, or too beautiful to look at directly. When we see a naked body, we either stare lasciviously or look away in embarrassment: in those moments our eyes are not ours to command. Bodies, Elkins says, are among the fundamental things that the eye seeks in every scene: when we are presented with something new, we first try to find a body, or the echoes of a body, and if we fail, our seeing becomes restless and nomadic. The same is true of things that are dead or inert. The world is full of objects that catch our eye, and that seem to have eyes of their own. The sun is an eye, perhaps the most powerful of all. It sees us as much as we see it, and when we stare at it, the sun stares back. Using drawings, paintings, diagrams, and photographs to illustrate his points, Elkins raises intriguing questions and offers astonishing perceptions about the nature of vision. Ultimately, he concludes, 'Seeing alters the thing that is seen and transforms the seer'--As this remarkable book will transform the viewpoints of all who read it." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket has a small piece missing at the front top right corner. Dust jacket is now protected in mylar. Book pages are clean with no marks. Bookseller Inventory BS/BS 12704 04/2022.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. As new with minimal wear. From private collection of former book reviewer. ; 9.50 X 6.50 X 0.90 inches; 271 pages.

Hardcover. First Edition. NF/NF, remainder mark (red star) on bottom edge, wrinkle to top of dust jacket back panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Publisher: Simon & Schuster, NY, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Almost Like New. First Edition, First Printing. (First Edition, First Printing) Book is a clean tight unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Simon & Schuster, NY., 1996. First Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE hardcover book in NEAR FINE dust-jacket. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good hardcover with dust jacket, slight wear.

Condition: good, very good. First Edition. First Printing. 271, illus., reading list, index, previous owner's stamp on front endpaper, pencil underlining and notations to text. This exploration of how we see blends science, philosophy, psychology, and art history, offering startling observations about how little of the visual world we really notice and understand. The author uses drawings, paintings, diagrams, and photographs to illustrate his points.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First U.S. Edition. 271pp w bibliography and index bw photos, figures in text. Light grey boards, black cloth quarterwrap spine w fine gold lettering. Bumping to corners. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean showing bumping to top corners. Octavo.…

Condition: Very Good.