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193347p. Text illustrations by Walter Jack Duncan. Decorative endpapers. Tall thin 8vo. Original cloth backed paper binding. Original spine paper label, slight loss. Hardbound. Nice copy. PRESS/W32 x2
2000ref. 159883Munich, London & New York: Prestel 2000. 255 Seiten. Mit 130 Abbildungen im Text. 4° (25-35 cm). Orig.-Leinenband mit illustriertem Orig.-Schutzumschlag. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1930ref. 131753New York: The Crafton Collection 1930. Second printing. Hardcover. Good. white worn dampstained area to lower cover edge. spine top chipped & frayed; bottom bumped & rubbed. front hinge cracked; sections of binding mull keeping it attached. tanning to pastedowns; back cover pastedown edges rippled from dampstaining; darkened. spine split; pgs intact. plate edges tanned; lower edges lightly rippled; one pg torn at top edge. plates clean. Grey textured paper boards cream with gold ink title labels pasted onto upper cover and spine. 13 pp. plus 12 bw tipped-in plates. All pages with reproductions doubled uncut. Six-page eponymous article by the artist is followed by a listing of his published etchings. The Crafton Collection hardcover books
1999ref. 162701New Brunswick N.J.: Rutgers University Press 1999. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black cloth with bw illustrated greyish dustjacket. xii 215 pp. 100 bw plates. This text examines the past 150 years of the commissioning of outdoor art in the state of New Jersey. It contains essays that profile the state's 100 most significant works and their creators telling the stories behind them. Rutgers University Press hardcover books
1976ref. 10438London: Tate Gallery 1976. 2nd. Softcover. VG. Color wraps. 208 pp. 15 color 390 bw plates. Catalogue of an exhibition from February 18 to February 25 1976. Tate Gallery paperback books
2001ref. 140633London: The Grosvenor Gallery 2001. Softcover. VG- Few marks from previous gallery owner; page edges are beginning to tan. Brown & color illus. wraps French flaps 43 pp. 19 color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 2001 exhibition featuring 19 paintings by Irish artist Mark Shields b. 1963. With running ruminations of text presumably written by the artist. Includes a brief bio and photo. The Grosvenor Gallery paperback books
2013ref. 035170NY: Simon and Schuster. 2013. Second printing. Inscribed by Shields.: "For Robert -- a good friend and wonderful writer -- Always David." One light corner tap else fine in a near fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Near Fine. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1930ref. 7230New York: The Crafton Collection 1930. First printing. Hardbound. Good spine ends worn & chipped. covers edge-worn. rubbing to corners. slight crack to textblock; textblock firm & pgs intact. 2.5inch crack to cover pastedown/hinge. pgs have instances of smudging & ink ghosting; light tanning; one double pg has crease slight tear does not affect plate. Grey textured paper boards cream with gold ink title labels pasted onto upper cover and spine. 10 pp. plus 12 bw tipped-in plates. All pages with reproductions doubled. Five-page appreciation by Arms is followed by a listing of Eby's published plates from 1910 to 1929. A nice copy. The Crafton Collection hardcover books
2002ref. 305074Washington DC: Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation 2002. Paperback. unpaginated 8.5x11 inches missing 40p bound-in section photos biographies of the nominees as well as stills and descriptions of the nominated films and TV shows ads articles very good glossy souvenir program for the event. Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation paperback books
1973ref. 212535Chicago IL: Museum of Contemporary Art 1973. First edition. Softcover. 12 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 3 through March 25 1973. Features a foreword by Stephen S. Prokopoff and an essay by Carter Ratcliff. Includes 6 black and white illustrations and a checklist. A fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon. Museum of Contemporary Art unknown books
1983ref. 196803Memphis TN: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1983. First edition. Oblong softcover. 80 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 13 1983 through January 8 1984 at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and hten traveled to two other locations for additional dates. Features a foreword by Douglas K. S. Hyland and acknowledgements and text by Deborah Emont-Scott. Includes numerous color illustrations checklist list of previous exhibitions bibliographical information and list of selected public collections. A near fine copy in wrappers with some very minor wear. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art unknown books
2000ref. 214910London: Fourth Estate 2000. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 249 pages. A later collection of short stories from the author of the classic novel "The Stone Diaries" which was a Pulitzer Prize winner Governor's General Award winner and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Shields on the title page. A very fresh copy. Fourth Estate unknown books
1997ref. 363684London: Fourth Estate 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. First English edition. Very good with bowed boards a few dampstains along the page edges in an about fine dustwrapper with slight edge wear. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Fourth Estate hardcover books
1989ref. 2344829Toronto: Random House 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Edges lightly foxed. 1989 Hard Cover. 199 pp. A collection of twelve short stories by the popular Canadian author who won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Stone Diaries. “Milk Bread Beer Ice” is a road trip shared by a husband and wife who no longer communicate through meaningful dialogue. Fifty-year-old “Hazel” is forced to enter an alien workplace after the sudden death of her husband. In “Today Is the Day” the village women gather together for their annual ritual of planting blisterlilies. And “Family Secrets” travels to DeKalb Illinois and the First World War as the narrator searches for a missing year in her mother's life . . . and unearths a surprising connection to Ernest Hemingway. From a group of musicians who discover they share more than classical “Chemistry” to an unhappily married couple who may get a second chance this remarkable collection like the ageless orange fish of the title story is filled with the wonder and magic of everyday life. Random House hardcover books
1992ref. 2348391Toronto: Random House 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x0. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Jacket lightly toned otherwise an excellent copy. 1992 Hard Cover. x 366 pp. 8vo. A novel by the popular Canadian author who won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Stone Diaries. '"The Republic of Love" marries a wide diversity of elements mythical and modern ironic and moving exhilarating and melancholy!a love-surveying story that is enticingly seductive.' Times Literary Supplement '"The Republic of Love" is a hymn to the pleasures and pains the raptures even of an unspectacular life. Fay discovers that happiness is "a kind of by-product of existence and not an end in itself". This piece of knowledge saves her Shields suggests from the watery ambiguous yearning of the mermaid "plaintive coy" wordlessly calling out to no one. A simple message but Shields delivers it with so much grace and so little pretension that it is impossible not to be enchanted by her voice. She sings with the charm of a true siren. In her hands we believe anything can happen.' Guardian 'A novel that's so engrossing it makes you want to retire to a squashy sofa until you reach the end. Vividly fresh - glittering and spangled with fabulous surprises.' Sunday Times Random House hardcover books
1992ref. 301154New York: Viking 1992. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo cloth backed boards d.w. New York: Viking 1992. First Edition. Viking unknown books
1992ref. 912755Toronto: Random House. 1992. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Random House hardcover books
1993ref. 2346790Winnipeg: Blizzard Publishing 1993. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. Signed by author. First edition - a paperback original. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Rear wrapper a bit toned. 1993 Trade Paperback. 61 pp. A play by the popular Canadian author who won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Stone Diaries. Blizzard Publishing paperback books
1994ref. 8165London: Fourth Estate 1994. First UK edition. 243 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. A collection of seventeen short stories. London: Fourth Estate unknown books
1999ref. 540927New York: Penguin Books 1999. Softcover. Near Fine. First Penguin Books edition. Originally published in 1991 by Coteau Books in Canada. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Advance Review Copy with publisher's materials laid in. A novel. Penguin Books unknown books
1991ref. 417166New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine. Inscribed to author Nicholas Delbanco: "For Nick - A superb teacher wonderful writer & extemporizer non-pareil - With admiration David. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1991ref. 535749New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1989ref. 564775New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust lightly toned on the flaps and rear panel. Author's second novel. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1984ref. 914302NY: Simon & Schuster. 1984. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1986ref. 454021Washington D.C.: U.S. Army Center of Military History 1986. Softcover. Fine. Reprint. Octavo. 88pp. A few illustrations. Stapled printed wrappers. About fine. U.S. Army Center of Military History unknown books