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2012ref. 98095Duke University Press Books. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 168 pp. ; 8 illus. 3 in color. -- with a bonus offer--; Henry Darger 1892–1973 was a hospital janitor and an immensely productive artist and writer. In the first decades of adulthood he wrote a 15145-page fictional epic In the Realms of the Unreal. He spent much of the rest of his long life illustrating it in astonishing drawings and watercolors. In Darger's unfolding saga pastoral utopias are repeatedly savaged by extreme violence directed at children particularly girls. Given his disturbing subject matter and the extreme solitude he maintained throughout his life critics have characterized Darger as eccentric deranged and even dangerous as an outsider artist compelled to create a fantasy universe. Contesting such pathologizing interpretations Michael Moon looks to Darger's resources to the narratives and materials that inspired him and often found their way into his writing drawings and paintings. Moon finds an artist who reveled in the burgeoning popular culture of the early twentieth century in its newspaper comic strips pulp fiction illustrated children's books and mass-produced religious art. Moon contends that Darger's work deserves and rewards comparison with that of contemporaries of his such as the "pulp historians" H. P. Lovecraft and Robert Howard the Oz chronicler L. Frank Baum and the newspaper cartoonist Bud Fisher. . 2012. 0822351420 . Duke University Press Books hardcover
2012ref. 98094Duke University Press Books. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 168 pp. ; 8 illus. 3 in color. -- with a bonus offer--; Henry Darger 1892–1973 was a hospital janitor and an immensely productive artist and writer. In the first decades of adulthood he wrote a 15145-page fictional epic In the Realms of the Unreal. He spent much of the rest of his long life illustrating it in astonishing drawings and watercolors. In Darger's unfolding saga pastoral utopias are repeatedly savaged by extreme violence directed at children particularly girls. Given his disturbing subject matter and the extreme solitude he maintained throughout his life critics have characterized Darger as eccentric deranged and even dangerous as an outsider artist compelled to create a fantasy universe. Contesting such pathologizing interpretations Michael Moon looks to Darger's resources to the narratives and materials that inspired him and often found their way into his writing drawings and paintings. Moon finds an artist who reveled in the burgeoning popular culture of the early twentieth century in its newspaper comic strips pulp fiction illustrated children's books and mass-produced religious art. Moon contends that Darger's work deserves and rewards comparison with that of contemporaries of his such as the "pulp historians" H. P. Lovecraft and Robert Howard the Oz chronicler L. Frank Baum and the newspaper cartoonist Bud Fisher. . 2012. 0822351560 . Duke University Press Books paperback
1981ref. 85662Matrix / Delpire. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Unpaginated; 94 illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1981. 0936554312 . Matrix / Delpire hardcover
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2004ref. 80442Rizzoli International Publications. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 252 pages. Description: "The most highly publicized building renewal process in the world today-and the most significant survey of competing architecture designs since the international design competition for the Chicago Tribune Tower in 1922-is for the reconstruction of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. It has inspired a multitude of designs and has engaged architects on a global scale in the re-imagining of the vacant 16-acre site. Published in conjunction with Architectural Record the most important architecture journal in the United States 'Imagining Ground Zero' documents not only the various competitions sponsored by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation but also the informal proposals sponsored by the New York Times New York Magazine and the exhibition at Max Protetch Gallery as well as a selection from thousands of schemes submitted independently for the World Trade Center site and Memorial. Among the key figures in contemporary architecture whose work is featured here are Coop Himmelblau Peter Eisenman Norman Foster Charles Gwathmey Zaha Hadid Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates Steven Holl Rem Koolhaas Greg Lynn Richard Meier Eric Owen Moss David Rockwell Lindy Roy Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos Rafael Viñoly and many others. With its exhaustive approach to these myriad voices in the discourse surrounding the World Trade Center site 'Imagining Ground Zero' is destined to become the canonical reference for this unprecedented event in world architecture." -- with a bonus offer--; Architectural Record Book . 2004. 0847826570 . Rizzoli International Publications hardcover
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1968ref. 1505401968. Original album of this iconic work boldly signed by legendary musician Pete Townshend on the front panel. In very good condition. Record is included. Magic Bus: The Who on Tour is a 1968 compilation album by the British rock band The Who released exclusively in the United States by Decca Records. Despite the title’s implication of a live performance the album does not feature concert recordings; rather it assembles previously released studio tracks from earlier albums and singles such as “Run Run Run” “Doctor Doctor” and the hit single “Magic Bus.” Issued to capitalize on the commercial momentum generated by the success of that single the compilation served as a marketing strategy to sustain The Who’s growing popularity in the American market. While not considered part of the band’s core discography by the members themselves Magic Bus: The Who on Tour remains an interesting artifact of late-1960s rock culture and the record industry’s efforts to package and promote British Invasion artists to a transatlantic audience. unknown
1708ref. K9SEABNZ7Y5VParis 1708. 12mo. widow of François Muguet Contemporary mottled calf richly gold-tooled spine with red title-label marbled endpapers red edges. 24 485 4 3 blank pp. First edition of the second French translation of a history of the conquest of Spain by the Moors detailing events from 712 to 761 CE a description of Spain during the same period and a biography of Almanzor ca. 938-1002 the Islamic ruler of the Iberian Peninsula at that time. "This was a false chronicle halfway between a history and a novel of chivalry supposedly translated from an Arabic manuscript by a fictitious historian called Tarif Abentarique that Luna had found in El Escorial" García-Arenal & Mediano. In the account first published in 1592 the Iberian Peninsula is saved by the Arab newcomers from a state of evil and corruption under the Visigoth rulers. Luna's account is a defence of Arab culture in Spain independently of the religion of Islam and particularly defending the Arabic language. "His writings attempt to reimagine the origins and history of Christianity in the Peninsula such that its inhabitants of Arab origin may be seen as "natural" or "native" .; therefore they cannot be expelled as alien invaders . but rather and above all may aspire to honors and privileges" García-Arenal & Mediano.Miguel de Luna ca. 1550-1615 was a Spanish physician of Arabic descent who also published a treatise on bathing. Known for his knowledge of Arabic he worked as a translator for King Philip II of Spain and the Spanish Inquisition.With owner's inscriptions on the back of the first fly-leaf and the title-page. Binding lightly worn at the extremities; with a few spots; a good copy.l Brunet I cols. 16-17; García-Arenal & Mediano The orient in Spain pp. 155-164; not in Blackmer. unknown
17712 volumi, 17 cm, rilegatura dell'epoca in cartone ricoperto con carta marmorizzata, tagli spruzzati. p. 246, 1 cb; 280, 1 cb. Doppio rontespizio calcografico all'inizio dei volumi, con vignetta (uomo che con una lente scruta il mappamondo); Rara prima edizione italiana curata dall'autore (prima edizione: Amsterdam 1761). Romanzo utopico che racconta del viaggio fantastico di un uomo partito dalle cascate del Niagara su una strana nave volante diretta a Selenopoli, città ideale sulla luna. Fresco esemplare, mimimo lavoro di tarlo alle copertine che si ferma alle risguardie.
ref. H6404Hardcover. Very Good. All housed in handsome folding blue cloth box. From the estate of Irwin's two first cousins Olive Irwin and Edith Irwin Baum both long-term employees at Gulf Oil. Irwin served as the Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15 1971 4th manned moon landing and was the eighth person to ever walk on the moon -- and the only one from Pittsburgh. After a controversy regarding the sale of First Day Covers hand-canceled during the flight he and two other crew members resigned from NASA after being officially reprimanded. He then became ordained as a Baptist minister and established a faith-based organization called the High Flight Foundation with headquarters in Colorado Springs. Later in life he became convinced that with aerial surveillance he could locate the remains of Noah's Ark on Mt. Ararat and made several trips to Turkey to continue his search. Both Olive and Edith went to Cape Canaveral to witness the July 1971 Apollo 15 takeoff and retained lots of publications and ephemera from their time there. 1 AUTOGRAPHED MATERIAL: Letter to Edith from Irwin dated April 11 1979 on local topics and support for his Uplift program signed "Love from Beyond the Earth Jim." Program from the irish Genealogical Association 1983 hosting of Irwin's talk "Footprints on the Moon" inscribed to Olive. And a typed 1 page Christmas letter from 1978 from Jim Irwin's mother Elsie to Edith and her husband. 2 PHOTOS: Eight original snapshots of the takeoff with the negatives and the original envelope; two small b&w studio shots of Jim Irwin; three original color photos -- Jim with Edith and Olive Jim with his wife; and Jim with his mother Edith and Olive. There is also a photo of Jim Irwin and his family and two 8x10 color photos from NASA of the crew of Apollo 15. 3 PUBLICATIONS: Menu from Stouffer's Restaurant from July 11 1969 detailing what the crew of Apollo 11 would be eating while in 21-day quarantine to insure they didn't bring back any harmful organisms from the moon!; The Gulf Oilmanac 10/71 with cover story on the adventures of Edith and Olive in Florida; Apollo 15 -- 6 pp. NASA brochure giving specifics about the flight printed in browntone 2 copies; Florida's Space Coast July 1971 Guide 32 pp. illustrated guide to hotels restaurants etc.; International Moonwalk Festival '71 50 pp. guide of things to do in Florida during the ten days of flight with added bonus of a Moonwalk Festival bumper sticker; Apollo 15 the Celestial Endeavor 15 pp many of the pages fold out published by McDonnell Douglas giving even more specifics and statistics on the flight. With Edith's address sticker on first page; Guideposts March 1972 with cover story by Irwin "Mission to the Heart of Creation." 4 HIGH FLIGHT FOUNDATION: copies of "Apogee" A Program of God Everywhere for Everyone from April 1977 to September 1981 -- just a handful of issues by no means a run -- and newsletters from the foundation from mid-1983 to 1990 that do seem fairly complete. 5 NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS. More than two dozen clippings from various papers 1972 to 1991 his obituary. 6 MISCELLANEOUS other publications related to Irwin's activities ephemera and brochures. PLEASE NOTE THESE CAME FROM THE HOME OF A SMOKER AND AND HAVE A DEEP RESIDUAL ODOR. hardcover
ref. 229666Los Angeles: Bright Dot Publications 1980. First edition. Photographs in color by Susie Tracy daughter of SPENCER TRACY. 1 vols. 8 X 8 inches. Printed pictorial wrappers with color reproduction of Pritt on upper cover. First edition. Photographs in color by Susie Tracy daughter of SPENCER TRACY. 1 vols. 8 X 8 inches. A touching copy rich with Tracy-Hepburn associations featuring the photographs of Spencer Tracy's daughter Susie b. 1934 to illustrate the life of a favorite deaf cat. This copy is inscribed by Hepburn to her agent Freya Manston: "For Freya & her Cats "with affection "Kate" Spencer Tracy's first-born son John was born deaf; Tracy's wife Louise with Spencer's support and encouragement founded the famous John Tracy Clinic in honor of their son. It opened in 1942 the same year that Hepburn and Tracy began their legendary association. Bright Dot Publications unknown
ref. 229666Los Angeles: Bright Dot Publications 1980. First edition. Photographs in color by Susie Tracy daughter of SPENCER TRACY. 1 vols. 8 X 8 inches. Printed pictorial wrappers with color reproduction of Pritt on upper cover. First edition. Photographs in color by Susie Tracy daughter of SPENCER TRACY. 1 vols. 8 X 8 inches. A touching copy rich with Tracy-Hepburn associations featuring the photographs of Spencer Tracy's daughter Susie b. 1934 to illustrate the life of a favorite deaf cat. This copy is inscribed by Hepburn to her agent Freya Manston: "For Freya & her Cats "with affection "Kate" Spencer Tracy's first-born son John was born deaf; Tracy's wife Louise with Spencer's support and encouragement founded the famous John Tracy Clinic in honor of their son. It opened in 1942 the same year that Hepburn and Tracy began their legendary association. Bright Dot Publications unknown books
1929ref. 64057Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1929. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slight crease on the spine else fine in a nice very good plus spine-faded dust jacket with some rubbing at the extremities. The author's first book basis for the George Hill film Min and Bill with a screenplay by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson and featuring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery in their first foray as an unlikely romantic duo. Dressler won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Min over fellow nominees Irene Dunne Marlene Dietrich Norma Shearer and Ann Harding. The Dressler-Beery partnership proved so appealing that they were reunited three years later in both Tugboat Annie and Dinner at Eight. Lorna Moon bore a son out of wedlock to director William DeMille with the child being raised by Cecil B. DeMille. After the child was born Moon was in dire straits and her close friends Frances Marion and Mary Pickford helped to get the book published and successfully pushed to have the film made although Moon died soon afterward. Extremely uncommon. Bobbs-Merrill hardcover
1929ref. 64057Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1929. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slight crease on the spine else fine in a nice very good plus spine-faded dust jacket with some rubbing at the extremities. The author's first book basis for the George Hill film Min and Bill with a screenplay by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson and featuring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery in their first foray as an unlikely romantic duo. Dressler won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Min over fellow nominees Irene Dunne Marlene Dietrich Norma Shearer and Ann Harding. The Dressler-Beery partnership proved so appealing that they were reunited three years later in both Tugboat Annie and Dinner at Eight. Lorna Moon bore a son out of wedlock to director William DeMille with the child being raised by Cecil B. DeMille. After the child was born Moon was in dire straits and her close friends Frances Marion and Mary Pickford helped to get the book published and successfully pushed to have the film made although Moon died soon afterward. Extremely uncommon. Bobbs-Merrill hardcover books
