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2022réf. 201422Munich Germany: Hirmer Publishers 2022. Hardcover. VG/VG. Hardcover with orange cloth wrap and color glossy printed dustjacket. 399 pages : illustrations chiefly color color maps This item is still in the original unopened plastic wrap. Around 1700 artists in Udaipur began creating large immersive paintings to convey the mood of the city's palaces lakes and mountains. A Splendid Land explores how painters depicted places mapped terrains celebrated water resources and triggered memories to foster political and personal attachments to land. With dazzling works made over a period of two hundred years that extends from Mughal to colonial India and by drawing upon previously untranslated sources and engaging with the history of the senses this publication opens early modern art history to new interpretative possibilities while revealing the visual logic and beauty of Udaipur paintings. Foreword by the City Palace Museum / Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar -- Foreword by the National Museum of Asian Art / Chase F. Robinson -- Essays. -- A splendid land / Debra Diamond and Dipti Khera -- Mannered Moods: sound and sense in Mewar painting and poetry / Richard David Williams -- Cultural landscapes and the creation of mood / Debra Diamond and Dipti Khera -- Conserving the City Palace Museum Complex at Udaipur / Shikha Jain -- Catalogue entries: From ideal to encountered worlds. -- In the beginning. Udaipur painting in the seventeenth century / Catherine Glynn -- Unscrolling the history of Mewar Kings / Cynthia Talbot -- The architecture of ambience in the eighteenth century / Dipti Khera -- Catalogue entries: Moods of place. -- Lake Pichola and the Aravalli mountains / Dipti Khera -- Lake palaces and pleasure / Dipti Khera -- Inside the City Palace / Dipti Khera -- Celebrations in the Manek Chowk -- Debra Diamond -- Moods of the Kacheri Mahal / Shailka Mishra -- Beyond the palace gates / Dipti Khera -- "The mood of Nahar Magra" / Debra Diamond -- Immersive Terrains: Tikhliya Magra and Ubeshwari / Debra Diamond -- Catalogue entries: Social networks. -- The moods of diplomacy / Dipti Khera -- "The pleasures of Sirdar Singh" / Dipti Khera -- Social terrains: Devali and Sobhagpur / Debra Diamond -- Mapping royal weddings / Debra Diamond -- Catalogue entries: Moods of devotion. -- Heaven on earth / Debra Diamond -- "The mood of Shri Eklingji" / Dipti Khera -- Krishna in Kankroli / Shailka Mishra -- Navratri celebrations outside the city / Shailka Mishra and Emma N. Stein -- Blind poet divine sight / John Stratton Hawley -- The mood of desire / Molly Emma Aitken -- Cosmos and the lake city / Caroline Widmer -- Catalogue entries: Time and mood. -- Monsoon moods / Dipti Khera -- Monsoon imaginaries / Debra Diamond -- Monsoon terrains / Debra Diamond -- Springtime celebrations / Debra Diamond and Dipti Khera -- The duration of ambience / Debra Diamond -- Traveling light: photographs from Udaipur / Robin Owen Joyce -- Back matter. -- Behind the frame: conservation at the City Palace Museum / Anuja Mukherjee Bhasha Shah P.M. Vasundhara Saloni Ghuwalewala and S. Girikumar. Hirmer Publishers hardcover books
1968réf. 106865Madera. Calif: "Published in cooperation with the Madera County Diamond Jubilee Committee and the Madera County Historical Society." 1968. First Edition presumed; no prior editions or printings cited. Hardcover. Fine. Large quartro in red cloth baords; 96 pages: illustrations maps; 28 cm; bibliographical references and index. Local History. Somewhat uncommon in hardcover. Madera County Calif. California -- Madera County. United States California Madera -- History. "Published in cooperation with the Madera County Diamond Jubilee Committee and the Madera County Historical Society." hardcover
1994réf. 74623New York: Warner Books 1994 Cloth. 4to. Very good in like dust jacket. Illustrated in color. SIGNED by Chuck Jones dated 11/9/96. Signed by Authors. Hardcover. Very good /Very Good. Warner Books hardcover
1992réf. 3114039Baltimore: Diamond Comic Distributors Inc. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First edition. Near fine in trade-size pictorial printed wrappers. 318pp. 9 3/4" X 12" Text age toned. Features highlight descriptions of all the lines of comics distributed by this company for 1992. Cover pictures Batman under the heading- "Man-Bat." ; 9 3/4" X 12"; 318 pages . Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. paperback
1964réf. SKU1009930Vantage Press. Very Good. 1964. Hardcover. SIGNED and inscribed by author: "The best of everything always to my good friend Alvin Borchardt. Walker D. Diamond April 26 1966. " First edition. Very good copy in very good dj. . Vantage Press hardcover
1975réf. 322566Cambridge: MIT Press 1975. hardcover. fine/very good. Illustrated. xv 269 pages small 8vo green cloth d.w.; dust wrapper spine sunned and chipped along top edges. Cambridge: The MIT Press 1975. A fine copy in a worn but still very good dust wrapper. Long signed inscription by the author to Osborne Elliott long time publisher of Newsweek. MIT Press unknown
1975réf. 322566Cambridge: MIT Press 1975. hardcover. fine/very good. Illustrated. xv 269 pages small 8vo green cloth d.w.; dust wrapper spine sunned and chipped along top edges. Cambridge: The MIT Press 1975. A fine copy in a worn but still very good dust wrapper. Long signed inscription by the author to Osborne Elliott long time publisher of Newsweek. MIT Press unknown books
réf. 12772421-6Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
1972réf. blb04008Cambridge: Nuttall Ornithological Club 1972. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine. Dark green cloth with copper colored titling on front and spine. Book is tight square particularly sharp-cornered and free of markings and flaws inside and out other than small name of prior owner on FFEP. Beautiful copy of this important work on the birds of New Guinea. This is where the author Jared Diamond of ""Collapse"" ""Guns Germs & Steel"" fame got his start - with the birds of New Guinea. Nuttall Ornithological Club hardcover
2025réf. Signed-Fiction-DiamondFlatiron Books New York 2025 New York Flatiron 2025. First edition. First printing with full number line including 1. Hardbound. Very Fine in a very fine jacket. A pristine unread copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap $29.99. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page name with place of signing noted no personalized inscriptions. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. A novel his first book. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Flatiron Books, New York hardcover
1997réf. 2720Corvallis Oregon: Calyx Books 1997. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 228 pages. This is the true First Edition. It was published simultaneously with the softcover by Calyx Books in Oregon in 1997. Two years later it was published in a slightly different form by Cliff Street Books. No dustjacket but has a pictorial pastedown to the front board and the rear has blurbs from Wally Lamb and Molly Gloss. Still sealed in original celophane. A haunting first novel of one family's web of violence and a woman's will to survive. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box. Calyx Books Hardcover
1992réf. 28533New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. nice clean copy with no significant wear apart from some extremely minor bumping to a couple of corners; the jacket shows a teensy bit of surface wear. "It is often said that in the 1950s American universities were free of the McCarthyism that pervaded the rest of the nation. Not so says the author. Using previously secret materials newly made available under the Freedom of Information Act and an impressive amount of information gained from years of research in university and foundation archives he reveals that despite academia's official story of autonomy from the federal government in fact university administrators faculty and students secretly and actively sought close ties with intelligence agencies." Two of the characters in this "eye-opening" book are the late un-lamented Henry Kissinger who as "a young Harvard professor.approached the FBI in 1950 with alleged evidence of communist subversion among the foreign students of his summer seminar" while over at Yale another budding young conservative William F. Buckley Jr. was swooning under the spell of the charming J. Edgar Hoover. NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this slightly heavy book; if this concerns you please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. . Oxford University Press hardcover
1960réf. 228029Published for Brandeis University by Columbia University Press 1960. Hardcover. Very good condition with text clean and binding sound without a dust jacket. 1014pp. Published for Brandeis University by Columbia University Press hardcover
2000réf. 215347London : Orion 2000. First Edition. Hardback. Provenance: Dutch translator's copy with pen and pencil annotations. Near fine cloth copy slight lean to spine with some light dust-dulling the panel edges in a near-fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw now mylar-sleeved. Very light tanning around the page margins. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 228 pages; Description: 228 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Teenage girls -- England -- Dorset -- Fiction. Female friendship -- Fiction. London : Orion hardcover
1992réf. 28533New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. nice clean copy with no significant wear apart from some extremely minor bumping to a couple of corners; the jacket shows a teensy bit of surface wear. "It is often said that in the 1950s American universities were free of the McCarthyism that pervaded the rest of the nation. Not so says the author. Using previously secret materials newly made available under the Freedom of Information Act and an impressive amount of information gained from years of research in university and foundation archives he reveals that despite academia's official story of autonomy from the federal government in fact university administrators faculty and students secretly and actively sought close ties with intelligence agencies." Two of the characters in this "eye-opening" book are the late un-lamented Henry Kissinger who as "a young Harvard professor.approached the FBI in 1950 with alleged evidence of communist subversion among the foreign students of his summer seminar" while over at Yale another budding young conservative William F. Buckley Jr. was swooning under the spell of the charming J. Edgar Hoover. NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this slightly heavy book; if this concerns you please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
1956réf. 159115N.p.: N.p. 1956. Two vintage double weight reference photographs from the 1956 film showing actress Eva Marie Saint and several extras relaxing on the set between takes. Based on the 1954 Broadway play "King of Hearts" by Jean Kerr and Eleanor Brooke. A divorced comic strip cartoonist is hired as a ghostwriter for the pompous fiancé of his ex-wife. Set in Port Huron Michigan and New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1956réf. 159115N.p.: N.p. 1956. Two vintage double weight reference photographs from the 1956 film showing actress Eva Marie Saint and several extras relaxing on the set between takes. Based on the 1954 Broadway play "King of Hearts" by Jean Kerr and Eleanor Brooke. A divorced comic strip cartoonist is hired as a ghostwriter for the pompous fiancé of his ex-wife. Set in Port Huron Michigan and New York City. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1959réf. 24096Springfield IL: Charles Thomas 1959. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp very sharp copy of the 1959 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo part of Charles Thomas's wonderful "American Lecture" series. Charles Thomas unknown
1959réf. 24096Springfield IL: Charles Thomas 1959. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp very sharp copy of the 1959 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo part of Charles Thomas's wonderful "American Lecture" series. Charles Thomas unknown books
1991réf. 110611Artspace 1991. Very good/No jacket. 12 loose cards of Diamond's works with a folded introduction by curator Dan Cameron all in a cheese burger bag. Artspace unknown
1979réf. 400154HarperCollins 1979. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition First Printing. Published by HarperCollins 1979. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new with price whited out on left flap. Great copy of this engaging science and nature title. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. HarperCollins hardcover
1963réf. 161851New York: Ikay Beautiful Films 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. An early sexploitation film "exposing what actually goes on in artists' studios." Shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light edgewear and several pinholes. Ikay Beautiful Films unknown
1963réf. 161851New York: Ikay Beautiful Films 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1963 film. Provenance stamp on the verso. An early sexploitation film "exposing what actually goes on in artists' studios." Shot on location in Florida. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus light edgewear and several pinholes. Ikay Beautiful Films unknown books
réf. 63-6034Ossining NY: Pondside Press 1977. 12mo. Folded Sheet 4 pp. Letterpress on Wove Paper. Decorative Border. Facsimile of Marked-Up Text for Printing Job inside. Very Good. Scarce First Edition. Ossining, NY: Pondside Press, 1977. unknown
1973réf. 568889Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania: Elkan - Vogel 1973. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Quarto. Single bifolium making four pages. Fine with publisher's stamp cancelation of the word "lips" corrected underneath to "eyes." For voice and piano. Plate number 161-00063. Elkan - Vogel unknown
