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1900réf. List3734New York City: Brown Bros 1900. Press photo measuring 5 ½ x 6 ½ inches. Publisher's stamps and manuscript "Ellis Island" on verso. Excellent contrast. Slight damage to edges with a few chips to image excellent to Near Fine. Starting in the 1890s restrictions on immigration began to include bars on people determined to be of lower intelligence experiencing mental health conditions or likely to require welfare. These restrictions were reinforced and expanded by the Immigration Acts of 1907 and 1917. As a consequence immigrants arriving at processing stations like Ellis Island were administered tests of their literacy and mental hygiene. This photograph shows a young woman apparently being administered such a mental examination by an American officer on Ellis Island. Physical health was tested as well; a stadiometer is also visible in the photo. At the time the concern of those pushing for these tests was the influx of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and from Asia with the aim being to ensure a "better stronger more intelligent race" of Americans rather than a "weak and possibly degenerate mongrel."1 1 Robert De C. Ward "National Eugenics in Relation to Immigration" The North American Review 192 no. 656 July 1910: 56-67. Brown Bros books
1948réf. 80511Chicago ; New York: Wilcoxe Follet Co. Very Good. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth with dark green stamping on the upper cover and spine in a dust jacket with edge-wear and chipping to the corners and spine-ends. The covers show sunning to the edges and spine. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations. . Wilcoxe Follet Co. hardcover books
1965réf. 07681THE BELOVED INVADER Lippincott 1965 first edition slight rubbing to the spine edges else fine in like full color pictorial dust-wrapper. This the authors first novel takes place in St. Simons Island off the coast of Georgia. From the library of philanthropist Stanley Kresge and INSCRIBED to his wife by the author. Lippincott unknown books
1968réf. 337228Boston: Fogg Art Museum 1968. paperback. very good. Degas. 321 black & white illustrations some full page. 4to pictorial wrappers. Boston: Fogg Art Museum/Harvard University 1968. Exhibition catalog. Fogg Art Museum unknown books
1997réf. 147847Santa Fe New Mexico: Arena Editions 1997. First edition. Hardcover. VG- DJ fits loosely on book and one corner is peeling slightly; dj also has light wear to top edge; few marks and labels and pocket as ex-library; otherwise clean and tight. White & color illus. boards brown & illus. dust jacket 132 pp. BW & color illus.; weighs 3 lbs. Considers the life and work of British-born photographer Adam Fuss b. 1961. "Like an eighteenth-century experimenter Fuss utilizes organic and raw materials in an unusual approach revealing spiritual and emotional process. . This book the first major monograph of the artist's work is certain to be an important contribution to current discussions of photography's past and the question of its future." dj This self-titled book is about life death and various cultural and personal views of spirituality. Much like an autobiography in words and pictures the book catalogues Fuss's progression as he explores the world around him while questioning what it means to "exist." The book starts out with a biography of Fuss's life providing the viewer with an outline of his interests in the natural and spiritual worlds dating back to his childhood. As his ideas develop he confronts photography's "problem" -inextricable attachment to realistic representation- by challenging it with his desire to "capture and keep an object's mysterious self-inscription." The results are the 57 plates located in the last section of the book. Using organic and raw materials such as humans and animals flowers and plants water stained glass from churches and light alone Fuss inscribes their living energies onto the light sensitive paper by use of time and a stroboscopic flash. The universe conscious versus the unconscious chaos versus harmony representations of the soul's journey and the awareness of eternal return can all be seen throughout these photograms. From abstract expressionism and surrealism to pure documentation Fuss's unique methodology refers to past masters while revealing his spiritual and emotional process as a journey to discover the essence of natural forms. Adam Fuss has emerged as one of the bold and truly creative artists utilizing photography today. Fuss's photograms clearly break from those of his predecessors Man Ray Moholy-Nagy and Talbot and while striking a chord of homage the images redefine how and what we see in pictures viscerally and intellectually. Arena Editions hardcover books
1933réf. 346710San Francisco: Richard H. Norton 1933. Paperback. 112 pages paperback. Edition of 500. Original self-published poetry by the Fowlers accompanied by various passages and extracts from earlier writers. Richard H. Norton paperback books
1980réf. 196273New York: Viking 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good in good dust jacket. Book has light rub of spine and cover edges light yellowing pages dust jacket has two 1" tears on front panel chipping and fading of panels. Viking hardcover books
1969réf. 177369New York: Scribner 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good. Missing endpaper. Pink highlighting throughout. Stamps on back endpaper. Corners slightly rubbed. Slight shelf rubbing. Scribner hardcover books
1961réf. 215295MI: Zondervan 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later. Very good in very good dust jacket. Clean text in clean but worn cloth covers mild soil on front free endpaper dust jacket is worn light soil on back cover. Zondervan hardcover books
1965réf. 156892Phila: Lippincott 1965. Very Good. Seventh edition. 2nd. Very good. Pages: 684 About 1/3 of rear endpaper has been torn out. Lippincott unknown books
1986réf. 180905Paris: Musee des Arts Decoratifs 1986. Hardcover. VG/VG some cover wear. Dj has some curling along edges and some tearing near spine. French language edition. Black cloth boards with silver letering pn spine. SIlver dj with photographs. 191 pages : chiefly illustrations some color. Museum exhibition. Musee des Arts Decoratifs hardcover books
1974réf. 29296Nashville: Thomas Nelson Inc 1974. cloth dust jacket. square 8vo. cloth dust jacket. 156 4 pages. B2-2270. Illustrated history written for young adults. Jacket age darkened with some rubbing of spine. Thomas Nelson Inc unknown books
1984réf. 213306Madison WI: University of Wisconsin Press 1984. Hardcover. VG/G. Jacket has rubbing and scuffing to panels and around edges. Boards slightly bowed interior clean and unmarked. Octavo. Hardcover. Bound in grey cloth with red/white titles and b&w illustrations. xxiii 413 pages 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations some color map ; 24 cm. University of Wisconsin Press hardcover books
2013réf. 210613Athens: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports 2013. Softcover. VG. Matte softcover book with the title in green down a black spine. The book has French flaps. Pages: 3 4-363. Profusely illustrated with color images. "Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at the National Gallery of Art Washington D.C. October 6 2013-March 2 2014 and at the J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles April 9-August 25 2014." Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports paperback books
2013réf. 203214Athens: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports 2013. Softcover. VG: Previous ownership mark on first page. A matte softcover book with the title in black down a gold spine. The book has French flaps. Pages: 3 4-299. Profusely illustrated with color images. Byzantium and Hellas : some lesser known aspects of the Helladi connection 8th-12th centuries -- Rural Greece in the Byzantine period in light of the new archaeological evidence -- Byzantine cities in Greece -- The world of Byzantium in Greek public museums : old and new approaches. Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports paperback books
2013réf. 203215Athens: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports 2013. Softcover. As New. Matte softcover book with the title in green down a black spine. The book has French flaps. Pages: 3 4-363. Profusely illustrated with color images. Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at the National Gallery of Art Washington D.C. October 6 2013-March 2 2014 and at the J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles April 9-August 25 2014."This richly illustrated book tells the first full history of the calotype embedding it in the social context that crucially formed it: Britain's changing fortunes intricate class structure ever-growing industrialization and new spirit under Queen Victoria. Of the 118 early photographs presented here in meticulously printed plates many have never before been published or exhibited. And the histories of 500 calotypists most previously unknown are detailed in the volume's biographical dictionary a valuable work of far-reaching scholarship the further demonstrates the major role played by the paper negative in mid-nineteenth-century Britain."--Jacket. Contents as follows: Photography and an age of paradox -- The formative years : the calotype in the 1840s -- The great exhibition of 1851 -- Battling patents and gaining legitimacy -- The calotype finds its place -- Subjects fit for the camera -- British sensibilities 1855-1857 -- Echoes of the grand tour -- Under an Indian sky -- Commercialism advances the calotype declines. Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports paperback books
2013réf. 203383Athens: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports 2013. Softcover. VG: Exlibrary book. Stamp on title page. Stamp on last page. Sticker and due date card on back inside cover flap. A matte softcover book with the title in black down a green spine. The book has French flaps. Pages: 3 4-299. Profusely illustrated with color images. Byzantium and Hellas : some lesser known aspects of the Helladi connection 8th-12th centuries -- Rural Greece in the Byzantine period in light of the new archaeological evidence -- Byzantine cities in Greece -- The world of Byzantium in Greek public museums : old and new approaches. Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports paperback books
1987réf. 193627Los Angeles California: J. Paul Getty Museum 1987. Paperback. VG Wraps have shelf/edgwear; interior is clean; binding is solid. Off-white pictorial quad-fold; 8 panels 5 bw plates. From the exhibition held April 28 - June 28 1987; Includes an essay by Eugenia Parry Janis and photos by Nadar Charles Marville Gustave le Gray Adolph Brown and Eugene Durieu. J. Paul Getty Museum paperback books
1989réf. 193608Cambridge Mass: Harvard University Library 1989. Paperback. VG- Wraps have light shelf/edgewear; interior is clean; binding is solid. Grey wraps with color photo-illustration; xxi 93 pp.; richly illustrated. Exhibition catalog laid-in. Contributions include: Seeing having knowing / Eugenia Parry Janis -- Photography at Harvard / Beaumont Newhall -- History's allusive relics / Melissa Banta -- Photography and the social sciences / Carney Gavin -- The visual arts collections / James S. Ackerman -- On seeing medicine's science and art / John D. Stoeckle and Guillermo C. Sanchez -- Littoral images / John R. Stilgoe. Harvard University Library paperback books
1984réf. 184643Brooklyn N.Y.: T. Gaus : Distributed by D.A. Reid Enterprises 1984. Softcover. VG ex-library. Label on spine bookplate. Authors inscription on title page. Pages clean and tight. Covers have slight toning. Illustrated wraps. x 54 pages. Nice little title for collector's. T. Gaus : Distributed by D.A. Reid Enterprises paperback books
1991réf. 180271Paris France: Centre national de la photographie avec le concours du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication 1991. Softcover. VG. Black glossy covers. 17 pages 63 pages of plates : illustrations. text in French. Includes bibliographical references. Centre national de la photographie, avec le concours du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication paperback books
1968réf. 173824Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 1968. Paperback. VG- light interior foxing and discoloration. Gray wraps with white lettering. 28 unnumbered pages. BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from October 9 through November 24 1968. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts paperback books
2012réf. 171320Wellesley MA: Davis Museum and Cultural Center 2012. Hardcover. VG. Red cloth boards with black stamped lettering. White and color-illustrated paper band with black lettering. 300 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College from September 12 to December 16 2012. Davis Museum and Cultural Center hardcover books
2013réf. 171990Athens: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports 2013. Hardcover. VG/VG: Never read as new. HARDCOVER edition. Black embossed cloth with color pictorial dustjacket. 363 pp. Mainly color illustrations maps plans. Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at the National Gallery of Art Washington D.C. October 6 2013-March 2 2014 and at the J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles April 9-August 25 2014."This richly illustrated book tells the first full history of the calotype embedding it in the social context that crucially formed it: Britain's changing fortunes intricate class structure ever-growing industrialization and new spirit under Queen Victoria. Of the 118 early photographs presented here in meticulously printed plates many have never before been published or exhibited. And the histories of 500 calotypists most previously unknown are detailed in the volume's biographical dictionary a valuable work of far-reaching scholarship the further demonstrates the major role played by the paper negative in mid-nineteenth-century Britain."--Jacket. Contents as follows: Photography and an age of paradox -- The formative years : the calotype in the 1840s -- The great exhibition of 1851 -- Battling patents and gaining legitimacy -- The calotype finds its place -- Subjects fit for the camera -- British sensibilities 1855-1857 -- Echoes of the grand tour -- Under an Indian sky -- Commercialism advances the calotype declines. Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports hardcover books
2015réf. 163323Mexico D.F.: Pablo Goebel Fine Arts 2015. Paperback. NF. Red color-pictorial wraps with white lettering. 67 pp. full of color images. Catalogue from the gallery exhibition held at Pablo Goebel Fine Arts in 2015 and previously in Medellin at Galería Duque Arango. With essays in both Spanish and English by Pablo Goebel Luis-Martin Lozano and Miguel Angel Munoz. Pablo Goebel Fine Arts paperback books
