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1972ref. 174316New York: Doubleday & Co 1972. Hardcover. VG--personal inscription on interior half title page. light grey boards. red and black spine printing. 216 pages illustrations. content as follows: "Adhocism is the art of living and doing things 'ad hoc'--tackling problems at once using the materials at hand rather than waiting for the perfect movement or 'proper' approach." From The Publisher. Doubleday & Co hardcover books
2010ref. 165188New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Foundation 2010. Softcover. G Some staining and wear to cover particularly at corners. Some pencil notes. Previous owner's label. Some waving to top of last quarter of text block. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Excellent reading copy. Cream wraps with color illus and black lettering. 189 pp. 68 color plates 51 BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with several 2010-2011 exhibitions on the subject. With four essays: A More Durable Self / Kenneth E. Silver -- New Wine in Old Bottles: French Art Following World War I / James D. Herbert -- Bodies from the Crypt and Other Tales of Italian Sculpture between the World Wars / Emily Braun -- Germany's Classical Turn from the Great Disorder to a Kingdom of the Dead / Jeanne Anne Nugent. Very visual. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Foundation paperback books
1987ref. 156104Wilmington DE: Wilmington Arts Commission 1987. Softcover. VG Only lightly aged overall with a bit of tanning to white covers and page edges otherwise crisp and clean. White & illus. wraps 70 pp. many BW illus. A narrative inventory of both the historical and artistic public sculptures found in the city of Wilmington Delaware. Could also be used as a guidebook. Uncommon. Wilmington Arts Commission paperback books
1987ref. 156105Wilmington DE: Wilmington Arts Commission 1987. Softcover. VG- Has slight tanning and a bit of soiling to white covers; page edges are beginning to tan; SIGNED BY AUTHOR on first page. White & illus. wraps 70 pp. many BW illus. A narrative inventory of both the historical and artistic public sculptures found in the city of Wilmington Delaware. Could also be used as a guidebook. Uncommon. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the first page. Wilmington Arts Commission paperback books
1990ref. 23485Aspen CO: Aspen Art Museum 1990. Softcover. VG-. Color wraps. 30 pp. 15 color plates. "Aspen Art Museum July 19 - September 5 1990" title page. Includes bibliographical references p. 27-30. Essay by Kenneth E. Silver. Aspen Art Museum paperback books
2002ref. 109263New York: Bruce Silverstein Gallery 2002. Softcover. VG. Grey and BW-illustrated wraps with black lettering; 59 pages with all BW photographs. Includes biographical material and an essay by Silver. Bruce Silverstein Gallery paperback books
2012ref. 153394Mexico: Museu del Palacio de Bellas Artes 2012. Slipcased. All Fine. Bw illustrated card wraps with gold lettering. Deep French flaps illustrated. 275 pp. with illus. throughout in color and bw. Also a booklet of white stapled paper wraps with bw drawings and color photos; 71 pp. with 5 folding plates and one gatefold. Both housed in a board slipcase matching the main bw volume. Texts in Spanish Mexican and English. A documentation of the entire exhibition history of the MPBA from its opening in 1934 to 2012; 78 shows in all. Includes a section on the history of the museum itself a complete chronological list of the exhibtions. Full of essays images in color and bw and all sorts of fascinating artistic information on/by art artists museum directors etc. The white booklet is essays by the current generation of artists on their interpretations of the murals in the Palacio. Authors include Jorge Satorre Edgardo Aragon Omar Barquet Marcela Armas with Santiago Itzcoatl Julieta Aranda and Pablo Lopez Luz. Museu del Palacio de Bellas Artes unknown books
1923ref. 145136Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company 1923. Hardcover. G- Binding shows some soiling and age; pag surfaces are clean. Brown cloth gilt letters on spine gilt letters and decoration on front cover; 200 pp. BW illus. "From cover to cover this is a practical book. This Company for a generation has set itself to the task of educating the American public to the countless uses and the supreme usefulness of fine glass. That same work of education as to both glass and paints this book continues in form for preservation and reference. Without detracting in the slightest from its commercial catalogue value which is reinforced by copious indexes and in the Paint Section by ready-to-use Specifications the volume is intended to be a distinct contribution to the literature of three great industries." intro. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company hardcover books
1986ref. 133733New York New York: Barbara Mathes Gallery 1986. Softcover. VG with some light pressure marks on covers lower front corner has crease and curl. White wraps with blue and black illustration. 24 pp. 17 plates in color and black and white. Introductory essay by Kenneth E. Silver. Artists include: Gustave Buchet Le Corbusier Fernand Leger Amedee Ozenfant Joseph-Mellor Hanson and Florence Henri. Barbara Mathes Gallery paperback books
1991ref. 126165Philadelphia Pennsylvania: The Wood Turning Center Inc 1991. Softbound. VG crisp minor fold of text block on fore-edge. Warm brown wraps with embossed design and black lettering 68 pp full of BW images. Catalog for the exhibit International Lathe-Turned Objects: Challenge IV in Philadephia's Port of History Museum May 17-August 4 1991. The Wood Turning Center, Inc paperback books
1988ref. 112173Lincoln Massachusetts: DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park 1988. Softcover. VG Good clean and tight with only slight scuff marks to front cover; may be ex-library with label. Purple spiral-bound card wraps with black decoration and yellow white and turquoise lettering; 128 pp. with numerous bw and a few color illustrations. The exhibition was a collaboration of the museum the folk artists and folklorists; the catalogue includes essays about New England and about folk art the artists' entries and a checklist of artists; chock full of information about each artist; an excellent catalogue. DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park paperback books
2008ref. 107505Greenwich Connecticut: Bruce Museum 2008. Hardbound. VG/VG - as new. Apple-green cloth with matching illus. dj and white lettering; 144 pp. with 47 catalogue plates in color and bw; 21 photos of personalities and numerous other plates as well. Each plate or set of plates with extensive text material; from the exhibition held Sept. 27 2008 - Jan. 4 2009. Bruce Museum hardcover books
1981ref. 103229University Microfilms International 1981. Hardbound. VG ex archival art library never used. Two volumes in blue buckram cloth. Vol. 1: xxiv pp. 1 - 520. Vol. 2: 314 poor quality reproductions. A reprint of the author's 1982 Doctoral Dissertation from Yale University. PLEASE NOTE that Vol. 2 containing the poor quality reproductions is NOT PRESENT and may never have been reporoduced due to copyright issues. This is for the text portion ONLY. University Microfilms International hardcover books
2010ref. 016228Bird & Bull Press 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Green Cloth And Black Leather Spine. Limited Edition 1/140 Copies#118. Gorgeous Fresh Copy. Very Scarce. The Meeting Of This Great Book Dealer And The Great Collector. Bird & Bull Press Hardcover books
1920ref. 014572Ross Publishing Co. 1920. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy First Edition Blue Cloth Early Copy of Screen Stars of 1920. Beautiful Fresh Copy Ink Stamp Name. Ross Publishing Co. Hardcover books
2006ref. 006922Bonaventure 2006. Book. Fine. Cloth. Presentation By Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in like jacket.#67/1000 copies.Presentation Copy."For Stephen Thank you for your interest in my work.Murray Silver 06 May 06. " Beautiful Rare Copy. Bonaventure Hardcover books
2008ref. 1409906New York: W.W. Norton & Company 2008. Hardcover. Octavo 300 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is blue with blue and black print. Dust jacket has vendor labels on front panel. Price unclipped: “$24.95”. Boards quarter bound with blue paper to spine and blue paper to boards. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1409906. FP New Rockville Stock. W.W. Norton & Company hardcover books
2001ref. 108518Cambridge:: MIT Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0262194589 . Color and duotone illustrations throughout. First edition. Fine in a near fine age toning along the spine and spine edge of the rear panel dust jacket. . MIT Press, hardcover books
2001ref. 105025Cambridge:: MIT Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0262194589 . Color and duotone illustrations throughout. First edition. Fine in a near fine light crease on rear panel dust jacket. . MIT Press, hardcover books
1990ref. 620185New York: Ballantine 1990. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Margins slightly toned else fine. Ballantine unknown books
1998ref. 319741Munich: Prestel 1998. First. paperback. fine. Soutine Chaim. 32 color illustrations 84 in black-and-white plus a photo essay. 207 pages. glossy pictorial wrappers. New York: Prestel Jewish Museum 1998. First softcover edition. A fine copy. With contributions by Romy Golan Donald Kuspit Colette Giraudon et al. Prestel unknown books
2010ref. 331343New York: Guggenheim Museum 2010. hardcover. fine/near fine. Illustrated in b/w and color. 189 pages. Square 4to ecru cloth with black lettering pictorial d.w. New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications 2010. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Guggenheim Museum unknown books
2006ref. 319771Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum 2006. paperback. Guercino. Illustrated abundantly in color and in black and white. vii 103 pages. 4to matte pictorial wrappers with white lettering tiny tear at head else fine. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum 2006. Very good. J. Paul Getty Museum unknown books
2012ref. 311082New Jersey: Addison-Wesley 2012. paperback. near fine. 1420 pages. Thick 8vo stiff paper wrappers. New Jersey: Addison-Wesley 2012. A near fine copy. C Primer Plus is a carefully crafted complete tutorial on one of the most significant and widely used programming languages today. An accessible and easy-to-use self-study guide this book is appropriate for both serious students of programming as well as developers already proficient in other languages. The sixth edition of C Primer Plus has been updated and expanded to cover the latest developments in C including a detailed look at the new C11 standard. Addison-Wesley unknown books
2001ref. 308043Cambridge: MIT Press 2001. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Frontis illustration and illustrations in color and black & white throughout. 191 pages. Oblong 4to blue cloth dust wrapper. Cambridge MA: MIT Press 2001. Cloth a touch faded at foot of spine else a fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. MIT Press unknown books
