2016réf. Manohar-9781472447531Routledge 2016. Hardcover. New. Routledge hardcover
2013réf. x-0415657792CRC Pr I Llc 2013. Hardcover. New. 300 pages. 9.96x7.01x0.75 inches. CRC Pr I Llc hardcover
2007réf. DADAX0199277788OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2007-11-24. 1. hardcover. New. 1.50x9.30x6.10. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS hardcover
1954réf. 3618London: W. H. Allen 1954. FIRST UK EDITION INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. pp. 541. Original red cloth spine lettered in gilt. White marks to front board. Edges gently tobacco-toned faint liquid stain to top and leading edges plus top corner of front pastedown. Inscribed by Wilson in blue biro to ffep: "To Esther Arthur with the love & admiration of Edmund W. April 24 1954 Paris." Else clean and tight. Very good Very good An affectionately inscribed first UK edition copy of Edmund Wilson's Five Plays presented in Paris in the year of publication to his close friend and key but now little known queer figure of the New York intelligentsia: "To Esther Arthur with the love & admiration of Edmund W."; a copy that speaks to an important mid-century American literary friendship with Wilson "one of the few people who could match her Arthur in both learned wit and alcohol intake" indeed according to the scintillating Terry Castle "one of the odd things about Murphy and Wilson . is how much they looked like each other: the same penetrating separated-at-birth expression tight small mouths and grapey dark eyes" Castle 2012. Alongside Dorothy Parker Edmund Wilson and Esther Arthur formerly Murphy and Strachey 1897-1962 were fixtures of 1950s New York intelligentsia: "A profusely erudite New York intellectual she Arthur talked and talked dazzling her listeners with her vast memory her extravagant verbal style and her inventive renderings of the past" yet her brilliance rather like Dorothy Wilde's was of the moment and mostly failed to materialise in written form: her "particular tragedy was to have an alcohol-saturated writer's block of mammoth proportions and lifelong duration" Castle 2012. Like Wilde Esther Murphy as she was then spent much of the interwar period in France living the high life on the French Riviera alongside her brother and sister-in-law the models and dedicatees of Tender is the Night and the Fitzgeralds as well as frequenting the salons of Natalie Clifford Barney and Gertrude Stein: she featured as Bounding Bess in Djuna Barnes' acerbic satire of Sapphic Parisian circles Ladies Almanack 1928. Arthur followed her first marriage to the British Labour politician John Strachey with a second to Chester Arthur III the "notoriously gay" grandson of the 21st American president who had appeared as Thorne in POOL's Borderline in 1930 and later became an astrologist and gay rights activist with connections to the Beat generation. Wilson observed of the match: "for Esther to have married the grandson of Arthur means almost what it would have meant for Proust to have made an alliance with the Guermantes". Terry Castle 2012 'You better not tell me you forgot' London Review of Books vol. 34: no. 18. W. H. Allen hardcover
réf. Bloomsbury-9781568214757Jason Aronson Inc. Hardback. New. 358 pages Jason Aronson, Inc. hardcover
réf. Bloomsbury-9781568214757Jason Aronson Inc. Hardback. New. 358 pages Jason Aronson, Inc. hardcover
2016réf. 465441Gerlach Press 2016. 1st. hardcover. New. 9x6x1. Gerlach Press hardcover
réf. DADAX0517529343Crown Publishers 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Crown Publishers hardcover
2008réf. SONG0415422612Routledge 2008-05-22. 1. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.25x0.75x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Routledge hardcover
2000réf. __9058231615Harwood Academic Pub 2000. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 320 pages. 9.75x7.00x0.75 inches. Harwood Academic Pub hardcover
2013réf. Manohar-9781849713610Routledge 2013. Hardcover. New. Routledge hardcover
2013réf. Manohar-9781849713610Routledge 2013. Hardcover. New. Routledge hardcover
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2007réf. Q-0199277788Oxford University Press 2007-11-24. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Oxford University Press hardcover
2026réf. __3756011968Nomos Verlags GmbH 2026. Hardcover. New. 1200 pages. 6.69x2.40x9.69 inches. Nomos Verlags GmbH hardcover
1997réf. 1-0140385517Puffin 1997. Paperback. New. reissue edition. 64 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.25 inches. Puffin paperback
1948réf. 53190Clifton NJ: Tobin-Howe Paper Box Co. 211 Mt. Prospect Ave. ca. 1948. 4to. 9.5 x 9.75 in. 2 56 colour-printed paper box top label samples 2 pp. Printed tan softcovers black lettering on front cover minor chipping to lower fore-edge front cover repaired minor tears back cover minor creasing to covers still a VG copy. First edition thus of this very scarce post-World War II handkerchief box top label catalogue with multiple designs available in a variety of tinted papers and coloured inks including some metallic inks as well. The artwork motifs encompass such possibilities as a kitten on a ball of yarn; a polk-dot donkey pulling a cart; a drum majorette with stars & strips designs; Greenaway inspired girls in bonnets with umbrellas silhouettes; several bird & birdhouse designs roses and a leaping stag. Tobin 1894-1974 was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who began working in his parents wholesale grocery following his stint in the Army during World War I and by 1925 was operating the Paper Box Co. with his wife Esther. The company specialized in boxes and box tops and operated according to street directories in Clifton NJ until the late 1950s. Tobin-Howe Paper Box Co., 211 Mt. Prospect Ave., paperback
1934réf. 265760Paris: Domino Press 1934. Limited. paperback. fine. Rojankovsky Fedor. Illustrated with colored lithographs by Fedor Rojankovsky beautifully printed by Mourlot Freres. Tall slim 8vo colored pictorial wrappers and glassine covering. Paris: Domino Press 1934. First Edition. A fine copy with un-opened pages. Scarce. Number 126 of a small issue numbered and signed by the artist. Domino Press unknown
1934réf. 265760Paris: Domino Press 1934. Limited. paperback. fine. Rojankovsky Fedor. Illustrated with colored lithographs by Fedor Rojankovsky beautifully printed by Mourlot Freres. Tall slim 8vo colored pictorial wrappers and glassine covering. Paris: Domino Press 1934. First Edition. A fine copy with un-opened pages. Scarce. Number 126 of a small issue numbered and signed by the artist. Domino Press unknown books
1900réf. 537006Buffalo N.Y.: The Matthews-Northrup Co 1900. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. 12mo. 163pp. Green cloth decorated in red. A fine copy. Memoir of a female traveler from Buffalo New York in Europe. The Matthews-Northrup Co hardcover
1900réf. 537006Buffalo N.Y.: The Matthews-Northrup Co 1900. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. 12mo. 163pp. Green cloth decorated in red. A fine copy. Memoir of a female traveler from Buffalo New York in Europe. The Matthews-Northrup Co hardcover books
1953réf. 071526-QNew York NY: National Committee to Defend Negro Leadership 1953. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Special Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1953 Only Printing Soft cover in illustrated wraps 36 page booklet. A extremely rare booklet by this Civil Rights icon. Orange cover with images of Esther Victoria Cooper Jackson 1917 - 2022 with her two children at her side. An amazing story of her husband James E. Jackson 1907 - 2007 Civil Rights Leader Social Worker and Communist Activist. Ms. Jackson worked with Shirley Graham Du Bois W.E.B. DuBois Edward Strong and Louis Burnham and was one of the fiunding editors of the magazine FREEDOMWAYS a theoretical political and literary journal published from 1961 to 1985. She also served as organizational and executive secretary at the Southern Negro Youth Congress.Copies for this original booklet are know only in museums. Condition : Very Good with aging rubs and a water stain but not taking away from ant text. . National Committee to Defend Negro Leadership Paperback
1972réf. 1031548Farrar Straus and Giroux 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good - Cash/Good. Stated first American edition. General surface and edge wear to the cover. The corners have been bumped. Some soiling along the spine discoloration in the corners. Water staining to both sides of the back cover as well as to the back of the dust jacket and the back dust jacket flap. Treated mold on the inside of the dust jacket and to the back cover of the book. Pages show reader wear and appear to be unmarked. Previous owner's name inside on a gold gilt book plate. The binding is tight and pages are secure. General shelf and use wear to the dust jacket. The corners have been bumped small edge tears. Some soiling to the outside of the dust jacket as well. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover
1979réf. 86197Santa Monica CA: Arts Architecture Press 1979. Presumed First Edition First printing. Trade paperback. Very good. The format is approximately 9.15 inches by 9.25 inches. 155 5 pages. Illustrated front cover. Illustrations. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Front cover has slight weakness and has been restrengthened with glue. Foreword by Harwell Hamilton Harris. Collects and analyzes letters between Louis Sullivan and R. M. Schindler and then Schindler and Richard Neutra. Esther McCoy November 18 1904 in Horatio Arkansas – December 30 1989 was an American author and architectural historian who was instrumental in bringing the modern architecture of California to the attention of the world. During World War II McCoy worked as a draftsman for R.M. Schindler. From 1950 until her death in 1989 McCoy was a frequent contributor to John Entenza's Los Angeles-based magazine Arts & Architecture to Architectural Forum Architectural Record and Progressive Architecture as well as to European magazines such as L'Architectura and Lotus. She also wrote pieces on architecture for the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. Her first major book published in 1960 was Five California Architects the first work to bring to the attention of a wide audience the works of pioneer California modernists Charles and Henry Greene Irving Gill Bernard Maybeck and the Los Angeles-based Austrian emigre Rudolf Schindler. This book was followed by others devoted to the Case Study Houses sponsored by Arts & Architecture Schindler's fellow emigre Richard Neutra and architects Craig Ellwood Calvin C. Straub among others. "Vienna to Los Angeles: Two Journeys" is noted California architectural historian Esther McCoy's detailed study of the confluence between R.M Schindler and Richard Neutra. It explores the great modernist architects' Viennese roots and publishes for the first time scores of photographs drawings and typographically transcribed correspondence between Schindler and Neutra as well as Schindler and the renowned Louis Sullivan. Harwell Hamilton Harris FAIA July 2 1903 – November 18 1990 was a modernist American architect noted for his work in Southern California that assimilated European and American influences. He lived and worked in North Carolina from 1962 until his death in 1990. Richard Neutra 1892-1970 was an Austrian-American architect whose building career in Southern California established him as one of the preeminent Modern Architects of the 20th century. Hailing from Vienna Rudolph Michael Schindler 1887 – 1953 like his colleague Richard Neutra emigrated to the US and applied his International Style techniques to the movement that would come to be known as California Modernism. Influenced by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and taking cues from spatial notions found in cubism he developed a singular style characterized by geometrical shapes bold lines and association of materials such as wood and concrete as seen in his own Hollywood home built in 1921-22 and the house he designed for P.M. Lovell in Newport Beach 1923-24. Louis Henry Sullivan September 3 1856 – April 14 1924 was an American architect and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism." He was an influential architect of the Chicago School a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School. Along with Wright and Henry Hobson Richardson Sullivan is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture." The phrase "form follows function" is attributed to him although the idea was theorized by Viollet le Duc who considered that structure and function in architecture should be the sole determinants of form. In 1944 Sullivan was the second architect to posthumously receive the AIA Gold Medal. Arts + Architecture Press paperback
1931réf. 542289Philadephia: The Franklin Press 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 51 English 108 Hebrew pp. Frontispiece portrait photograph of author; and a portrait of the author's late son killed at age seven run over by a truck on his way to the movie theater in Philadelphia. Apparently all or most of the book is written about the loss of the author's son. Red cloth gilt. Gilt dull but readable boards a bit soiled strip torn away at bottom of p.31-32 affecting no text except a page number very good. Poems in both Hebrew and English. Scarce. Rare. OCLC locates a single copy at the Hebrew Union College in Ohio under the Hebrew title. The Franklin Press hardcover
