Bronx New York: The New York Botanical Garden 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good . 116pp. Quarto 34 cm Light brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the backstrip and front board. The top fore-edge corners of the covers are gently bumped. In the illustrated dust jacket with light surface and edge wear. May require extra postage due to weight. With a passion for nature the discerning eye of an art dealer and a childlike sense of wonder and curiosity Ed Merrin creates striking floral arrangements using materials as diverse as lotus and kale seed pods and summer grasses. The New York Botanical Garden hardcover
Référence libraire : 66756 ISBN : 0893279773 9780893279776
Chicago: Cityfiles Press 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 287 pp. Square octavo. 24 cm. Black paper over boards with author's name stamped in silver on front cover and title stamped in silver on spine. Original dust jacket is in fine condition save some creasing to edges. Vivian Maier is the private enigma of the 20th century. Working with medium format film more than 100000 undeveloped negatives were found in 2007 shortly before her death after she was forced to forfeit a storage space due to missed payments. Her street photography exemplifies her prowess in capturing "the decisive moment"-- the faces in her portraiture are painted with the effusive gratitude of being truly seen. A working class woman who was employed as a factory worker and nanny she never revealed her body of work: she shot photos for her own joy. Cityfiles Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 63751 ISBN : 0978545095 9780978545093
New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Rockwell Kent. 436pp. Octavo 21 cm The fore-edge of the front board is prominently dampstained however the book is internally free of moisture damage. There is a contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper. In a dust jacket attractively designed by Rockwell Kent with tape repairs and moisture damage to the reverse not noticeable on the recto of the wrapper. Written by the younger brother of Frank Norris author of "The Octopus."<br /> <br /> From the dust jacket- <br /> <br /> "To Bart and Peggy life was to be different. With youth and love and courage they came to New York. Bart was to write famous novels and Peggy to take care of him. There was no room in their little apartment for babies and no money in the exchequer. But the first baby came and then four others in a disorderly cramped suburban house for Peggy's religion taught her to believe that any means of contraception were wrong. The debts piled up the novel faded farther and farther into the future. What was to become of their fine young love that had started out so bravely.<br /> <br /> "In this drama of the marital lives of an American family clan Charles Norris writes frankly about the most delicate and personal of human relationships and the most absorbing social problem of contemporary life. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover
Doubleday 2004. Book. Illus. by Michael Foreman. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st printing 2004 with full number line. The book is firmly bound and has been very carefully read. However there are some indentations to the hardcover where a child has used the book to rest on whilst writing or drawing also at the rear there is a very small tear at the edge of the spine where a small finger nail has pierced the surface. Inside the book seems almost unread. Illustrated in colour. Doubleday Hardcover
Référence libraire : 032020 ISBN : 0385601492 9780385601498
1973. Frankfurt am Main Verlag Biermann & Boukes 1973. 20 x 24 cm. 180 Seiten. Softcover/ Kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. Dieser Katalog erschien aus Anlass der Ausstellung "Zauber des Papiers" von März bis Mai 1973 im Frankfurter Kunstverein in Frankfurt am Main. paperback