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1973Best.-Nr. 521748Providence: Burning Deck 1973. Softcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Sewn wrappers. Fine in sunned very god or better dust jacket. One of 400 numbered copies. Burning Deck unknown books
1992Best.-Nr. 522258New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1992. Softcover. Fine. First collected edition. Paperback original. Fine in wrappers. Poetry. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1987Best.-Nr. 524761Wainscott New York: The Pushcart Press 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Introduction by Frank Conroy. Small quarto. xxiii 559pp. Fine in very lightly worn near fine dust jacket with a U.S. distributor sticker on the lower flap. Prints "The Impact of Translation" by Seamus Heaney as well as poems by Donald Hall Opal Palmer Adisa Thom Gunn Mark Strand and many others. The Pushcart Press hardcover books
1959Best.-Nr. 512899New York: Hill and Wang 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Translated from the Spanish by Joseph M. Bernstein. A near fine copy in very good dust jacket moderately dust soiled with a short creased tear and a nick on the rear panel. "The author is a young Cuban now living in New York. He knows both Fidel and Raul Castro and has been in close touch with the anti-Batista movement since its inception" from the dust jacket. Hill and Wang hardcover books
2007Best.-Nr. 562628Santa Fe New Mexico: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum 2007. Unbound. Fine. Exhibition Guide. One sheet folded twice to make eight pages. Measuring 5½" x 10½" closed. Illustrated with eight images by Strand. Fine. The exhibition was held September 22 2006 through January 14 2007. A nicely-produced guide. Georgia O'Keeffe Museum unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. 47517New York: Aperture 1990. Softcover. Near Fine. Near fine in wrappers. Prospectus for the first edition of the work published upon the centenary of his birth containing excerpts from the text and ten photographs. Aperture unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. 1400416New York New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1990. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 62 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is navy with white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut: "$18.95" on front flap. Boards fully bound in publisher's navy cloth with gilt stamping to cover and along spine. Textblock head edge dyed bright pink and has light dust-burning. Inscribed "To Dick" on title page by Mark Strand. 1400416. Special Collections. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1972Best.-Nr. 506269New York: An Aperture Book 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First editions. Two volumes. Large quartos. Heavily illustrated from black and white photographs. Both volumes with foxing on the page edges and on the first and last few pages thus very good in very good dust jackets with a few stains and soil marks several chips and tears along the edges foxing and a couple of flap creases. An important Strand retrospective printed under the supervision of Paul Strand "in order to insure maximum fidelity to the original photographs. An Aperture Book hardcover books
1917Best.-Nr. 32961Chicago 1917. Very Good. Chicago: 1917. Typed letter signed with postally-used envelope from a David J. Evans to "Aunt Ann" dated May 31 1917. Mail folds to letter else Very Good. The letter details the death of a Wallis in the immediate aftermath of the declaration of a strike at the United Verde Mine in Jerome Arizona. Evans reports "Wallis had been working in a tunnel and from accounts received the strikers had set fire to the station building of the rail-road. At the fire the men inside the tunnel Wallis probably in the lead on account of his fleetness of foot rushed out and up a narrow path single file towards the burning building. Four men were shot two of whom were killed Wallis being one of the unfortunate ones." The May strike highlighted a rift between the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers MMSW and the Industrial Workers of the World IWW. This strike was called by the MMSW and was initially supported by the IWW until they were rebuffed and called for a larger general strike later in the summer. A sad but illuminating document of mining and labor history. . unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 334087San Jose CA: Bud Plant 1972. 32p. comic book very good. Bud Plant unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 12232New York: Aperture 1994. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 4to. An Intimate Portrait by Catherine Duncan Critical Essay by Ute Eskildsen. Unpaginated. Grey cloth in original dj. Wonderfully illustrated with double-and full-page b/w photographs. In near fine condition. Aperture hardcover books
1980Best.-Nr. 16001New York: Aperture 1980. First edition Deluxe issue. Hardcover. vg. 1/450. Tan cloth title stamped in gray and white on cover with matching slipcase in original publishers shipping box. Some tearing to tape on box abrasions on part of title on fore-edge of box. Illustrated with 94 reproductions of black and white photographs by Paul Strand. Includes original 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" hand-pulled dust-grain photogravure Iris 1928 mounted on heavy card stock 13 3/4" x 16 3/4". Photo protected by printed tissue guard signed by Hazel Strand all resting in paper- and original shipping sleeve. Blind-stamp of the estate in margin on paper sleeve. Preface by Paul Metcalf. Afterword by Beaumont Newhall. Shipping box and photogravure in very good book and slipcase in near fine condition. Paul Strand 1890-1976 was an American photographer and filmmaker who helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century. Film credits include Manhatta 1921 Redes 1936 and Native Land 1942. Nancy Newhall 1908-1974 was a photography critic and founder of the influential photographic magazine 'Aperture'. Aperture hardcover books
1955Best.-Nr. 67069Milano: Giulio Einaudi editore S.p.A. 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 104pp. Slim quarto 30 cm Tan cloth over boards. The boards are darkened at the edges the bottom edge of the front board a bit more so. The front endpaper is cracked along the hinge and has a previous owner's bookplate and a name in pen. In a worn dust jacket with a 7 inch taped tear to the front panel and a loss that is 1/4 inch deep that extends across the length of the front panel. The rear panel is for the most part free of flaws. Italian text. A portrait of the rustic Italian village of Luzzaro featuring illustrations from black-and-white photographs by Paul Strand and text by Italian screenwriter Cesare Zavattini "The Bicycle Thief". American photographer and filmmaker Paul Strand 1890-1976 known for his street portraits strove to express the feeling of a land and its inhabitants in an honest and gracious manner and his approach greatly influenced American photography. Considered to be one of the first significant photo-books published in Italy. The image on the front of the dust jacket has become iconic. Giulio Einaudi editore S.p.A. hardcover books
2000Best.-Nr. 66002New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. SIGNED. 141pp. Duodecimo 19.5 cm Cream-colored paper over boards. Light soiling to the edges of the boards. In the dust jacket with minor shelf wear. Mark Strand won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for his book of poems "Blizzard of One." This copy is signed by Mark Strand on the title page. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1978Best.-Nr. 64692New York: The Ecco Press 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near fine. SIGNED. 52pp. Octavo 21.5cm. Tan cloth over boards. Title stamped in black on spine. Bit of toning to edge of each pastedown. Black ink inscription has partially transferred to verso of half-title. In a dust jacket with mild rubbing and soiling. Inscribed by the author to historian curator and professor John Sillito. "The Monument" was Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Strand's first book of prose. The Ecco Press hardcover books
1998Best.-Nr. 46955New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. SIGNED. 55pp. Octavo 22 cm 1/4 blue cloth with light grayish green paper covered boards and gilt stamped titles. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1979Best.-Nr. 40036New York: Robert Schoelkopf Gallery 1979. Catalogue of the Exhibition. Paperback. Very slim oblong octavo 18 cm Stapled pictorial wraps. Near fine condition. "There is a kind of still life painting that incorporates for its peculiar influence on the viewer characteristics more commonly associated with landscape. William Bailey's still lifes are of this sort. Their domesticity is an illusion. The eggs bowls and cups are disposed on a plane that usually has no visible horizontal terminus and the projection of an enclosing space is rarely if ever suggested." - Mark Strand. Robert Schoelkopf Gallery paperback books
1987Best.-Nr. 193550New York: NY Academy of Sciences 1987. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Fine. NY Academy of Sciences hardcover books
1987Best.-Nr. 193551New York: NY Academy of Sciences 1987. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Fine. NY Academy of Sciences hardcover books
1991Best.-Nr. 106111NY:: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0394588177 . Stated first edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Very good in a very good age darkened flaps dust jacket. . Knopf, hardcover books
1994Best.-Nr. 036304NY: Ecco Press. 1994. The uncorrected proof copy. Edited by Mark Strand. Near fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Ecco Press paperback books
2014Best.-Nr. 1395653New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2014. Uncorrrected proof First edition. Softcover. Octavo xviii 506 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is green with black print. Price unclipped: “$30.00”. Green cover has light wear to corners. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column R. 1395653. FP New Rockville Stock. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
2012Best.-Nr. 1395361New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2012. First Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 53 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Multicolored spine with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering price uncut: "$26.00". Minor shelf wear. Text block clean. Inscribed by Strand on title page. Shelved Case 0. 1395361. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1976Best.-Nr. 1315061976. Softcover. Very Good. Very good in wrappers. Book has reader's crease along spine. Cover rubbed. Spinal lean. unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. 1393423Hopewell: The Ecco Press 1994. First Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xi xiv 65 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine green with light grayish blue lettering. Exterior has extremely light wear including sunning to the spine and minimal soiling. Boards have mild wear including few white spots to the front. Text block has extremely mild wear. Illustrated. First edition second printing. Inscribed by the author to Ronald Paulson. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Q ND-Q. 1393423. FP New Rockville Stock. The Ecco Press hardcover books
