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1993Best.-Nr. 213319New York and Washington DC: Thames and Hudson and National Museum of American Art and Smithsonian Institution 1993. First edition. Softcover. 179 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 10 1993 through January 2 1994 at the National Museum of Art and then traveled to two other locations for additional dates. Features a foreword by Elizabeth Broun and essays by Avis Berman and William C. Agee. Includes 132 illustrations with 100 in color a checklist chronology list of previous exhibitions list of works in public collections a bibliography and an index. A clean near fine copy in wrappers. Thames and Hudson and National Museum of American Art and Smithsonian Institution unknown books
2004Best.-Nr. 213410Copenhagen: Politiken 2004. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. Printed in an edition of only 200 copies. Text in Greenlandic. Features a contribution by Finn Thrane. A collection of black and white photographs by Jacob Aue Sobol who lived in Greenland and took images of his girlfriend - Sabine. An about very good copy in photo-illustrated boards with a cloth spine with some splitting along the spine and with some laid in press material and a cd in a pocket affixed to the rear pastedown. No dust jacket as issued. A solid copy of an uncommon book. Parr & Badger v3 234-35. Politiken unknown books
2016Best.-Nr. RARKGRA00fpCambridge University Press 2016. Fine. Arkani-Hamed Nima. Grassmannian Geometry of Scattering Amplitudes. Bourjaily Jacob; Cachazo Freddy; Goncharov Alexander; Postnikov Alexander; Trnka Jaroslav. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press 2016. ix 194pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Pictorial hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1898Best.-Nr. 4428New York: Francis P. Harper 1898. First Edition. Very good. 8vo. xxiv 183 1 pp. folding facsimile of a page of Jacob Fowler's original manuscript as frontispiece. Original royal blue publisher's cloth lacking rare dust-jacket otherwise a fine copy most gatherings unopened. FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO 950 NUMBERED COPIES OF THIS "IMPORTANT AND EARLY JOURNAL" OF THE FIRST AMERICAN TO TRAVEL OVER MUCH OF THE ROUTE. THIS PARTICULAR COPY IS PRESERVED IN FINE CONDITION AND IS LARGELY UNOPENED. "Includes eyewitness information on encounters with Comanches and Kiowas in Western Oklahoma and surrounding areas during the 1820s." Tate Indians of Texas 2217. "Fowler was 57 years old and had already survived a long career dating back to 1782 as a scout hunter frontier trader and surveyor when in 1821 he embarked on this trading and trapping expedition to the headwaters of the Arkansas River. His journal of that trip published here for the first time describes a trek from Fort Smith Arkansas to the present site of Pueblo Colorado a season of trapping in and around New Mexico and a return to St. Louis in 1822. Fowler and his party were the first Americans after Zebulon Pike to see much of the country they crossed." Dorothy Sloan Auction 9 quoting Pingenot. "Hardly another chronicle of the West is so Defoe-like in homemade realism whether on Indians and Indian horses or Negro Paul's experience with the Mexican 'Lady' at San Fernando de Taos." Dobie p. 86. FURTHER REFERENCES: Wynar 2036. Eberstadt Modern Narratives of the Plains and the Rockies 168. Campbell p. 137. Howes F298. Rittenhouse 224. Saunders 2843. PROVENANCE: From the Dorothy Sloan Collection of Western Americana. Francis P. Harper unknown books
1948Best.-Nr. 011083Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1948 Pictorial boards with light shelf wear and occasional soil to pages lacks dust jacket. The story of a sailor who steals a rainbow and the little boy who fights to get it back with the help of fairy-like creatures. An uncommon Slobodkin title. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Louis Slobodkin. Square 4to. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 53394New York: Random House 1965. First printing. Very good plus in very good jacket. Inscribed first edition of this first book by the National Director of CORE association copy to activist and political scientist Charles V. Hamilton with his notes and marginalia throughout. As co-founder 1942 and eventual director 1961 of the Congress Of Racial Equity - and through its ethos of nonviolence later championed by Martin Luther King jr. - Farmer was instrumental in pioneering what would become some of the Civil Rights movement's most high-profile actions including sit-ins jail-ins and Freedom Rides. Farmer was Program Director for the NAACP before ascending to CORE director would eventually serve as assistant secretary of health education and welfare under Nixon and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton. Charles V. Hamilton co-authored the best-selling and enormously influential BLACK POWER: THE POLITICS OF LIBERATION IN AMERICA 1967 with Kwame Ture formerly: Stokely Carmichael a manifesto which would heavily inform the movement of the same name and functionally introduce the concept of "institutional racism." Hamilton's influence in the field of political science would continue through his long tenure as a professor at Columbia University. This copy benefits from his scholarly eye as it contains considerable notes by Hamilton on the rear endpaper with numbered references to specific pages and passages. An incredible association between two pivotal figures of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. 8.5'' x 5.75''. Original quarter dark blue cloth light blue paper boards stamped in blue and silver to front board silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped $4.95 typographic jacket designed by S. Neil Fujita. Fore-edge machine deckle. Red topstain. xxiv 200 pages. Inscribed by Farmer in blue ink on front fly leaf: "To Chuck / a fine scholar / and one of the few / guys around who / understands what's happening! / Jim Farmer." Hamilton's owner signature in blue ink to front fly leaf with underlining and marginalia on a few leaves and substantial notes on rear paste down. Price struck through and re-priced in ink. Jacket moderately toned at margins and spine couple small chips to spine minor soil and rubbing. Book with light soil and rubbing minor toning at edges. Overall sound. Random House unknown books
1998Best.-Nr. 205584Seattle WA and London: University of Washington Press 1998. First edition. Softcover. 79 pages. Features a foreword by Jacob Lawrence and an introduction by Vicki Halper. Includes numerous illustrations biographical information list of previous exhibitions list of public and corporate collections and a bibliography. A fine copy in French style wrappers. University of Washington Press unknown books
2010Best.-Nr. 206605Chicago IL: The University of Chicago Press 2010. Later printing. Softcover. 376 pages. Features a foreword by Lisa Wainwright a preface by Mary Jane Jacob and an introduction by Michelle Grabner. Includes contributions by Buzz Spector Rochelle Feinstein Shane Lutker John Baldessari Bruce Nauman Thomas Lawson Daniel Buren and numerous others. A very near fine copy in wrappers. The University of Chicago Press unknown books
1949Best.-Nr. 34097New York: Schocken Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine but for a small stain on front board in very good only dust jacket with tears and chips. Her first biography. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222 pp . Schocken Books hardcover books
1940Best.-Nr. 162271N.p.: N.p. 1940. Vintage photograph of heavyweight boxing champion Buddy Baer circa 1940s. From the collection of artist and author Duncan Hannah. Duncan Hannah was a key figure in the burgeoning New York underground arts scene befriending Andy Warhol and his superstars Lou Reed Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Salvador Dali and many others. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design his paintings were exhibited in the influential 1980 Times Square Show alongside work by Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and several of his paintings are held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In addition to a fruitful boxing career Buddy Baer appeared in seventeen films largely in the 1950s and 1960s as well as several television episodes. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned with a nick at the bottom edge. N.p. unknown books
1993Best.-Nr. 204410New York: Apeture 1993. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 220 pages. Features a preface by Ansel Adams and text by Alexander Alland Sr. A collection of black and white images from this important American photographer who often worked to document the ills of society. A tight near fine copy in black cloth boards with some offsetting to the front and rear endpapers from the flaps of the near fine price clipped dust jacket with some sunning to and along the spine and edges. Still a pleasing copy of this terrific book. Apeture unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. UNEELOS00tpmElement 1990. Very Good. Needleman Jacob. Lost Christianity: A Journey of Rediscovery to the Centre of Christian Experience. Longmead: Element 1990. 228pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumping and creased spine. A few pages have underlining and the inside front cover has black marker over writing. Element paperback books
1965Best.-Nr. 29701New York: Random House 1965. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House 1965. First Edition stated First Printing. Signed by Farmer on title page dated 1966. Additional gift inscription from Lorna D. Smith to a W.T. Keys at title page. Octavo. 197 pp. Printed dust jacket with $6.95 price intact. Light and dark blue boards stamped in silver and blue. Red topstain. Newspaper clippings concerning Farmer from the early 1970s glued down to front and rear endpapers. Jacket rubbed with a few shallow closed tears along edges. Boards rubbed with a touch of fading to edges. A couple brief instances of underlining else interior unmarked. binding is sound. As the initiator of the first Freedom Ride and co-founder of CORE Farmer was one of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. Random House unknown books
1999Best.-Nr. UNEUAPH00wbScholars Press 1999. Very Good. Neusner Jacob. Aphrahat And Judaism. The Christian-Jewish Argument In Fourth-Century Iran. Atlanta: Scholars Press 1999. 265pp. Indexed. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with bleaching slightly bent upper left rear corner and former retailer's sticker on rear cover. Scholars Press paperback books
1860Best.-Nr. 369131New York: D. Appleton and Company 1860. Illustrations. 473pp. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth minor chip at top of spine. Provenance: L. M. Sargent Jr. signature on title. Illustrations. 473pp. 8vo. The stunning achievements of Paul Morphy in Europe in 1858 established him as the reigning world champion and one of the greatest chess players of all time. Those games were first published in America in 1859. The following year the grand master Johann Jacob Löwenthal seized upon his friend's popularity to publish the present work. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
2008Best.-Nr. UBIRELE05lhSociety for Mormon Philosophy and Theology 2008. Very Good. Birch Brian D. Element: The Journal of the Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology: Volume 4 Issue 1 Spring 2008. Green Deidre; Baker Jacob T.; Ing Michael; Miles Andrew; Wendt Dennis C. Orem UT: Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology 2008. 96pp. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good light creasing and rubbing on front and back covers. Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology paperback books
1915Best.-Nr. 586478London: John Murray 1915. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 52pp. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Gift inscription to a noted American photographer who was close to Rupert Brooke: "Sherril Schell from his friend R.G.W.S. April 25 1916" and a slightly later owner name: "M. Audrey Anderson 1917" spine a bit toned corners a little worn a sound about very good copy. Poetry. John Murray hardcover books
2000Best.-Nr. 202056Seattle WA: University of Washington Press in association with Jacob Lawrence Catalogue Raisonne Project 2000. First edition. Hardcovers. 283 and 343 pages. A two volume set that looks at African American artist Jacob Lawrence. "Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence" was edited and with an introduction by Peter T. Nesbett and Michelle DuBois. Includes essays by Patricia Hills Paul J. Karlstrom Leslie King-Hammond Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins Richard J. Powell Lowery Stokes Sims Elizabeth Steele and Elizabeth Hutton Turner. Includes numerous color illustrations along with a bibliography and an index. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket "Jacob Lawrence: Paintings Drawings and Murals 1935-19599 A Catalogue Raisonne" is by Peter T. Nesbett and Michelle DuBois with the assistance of Stephanie Ellis-Smith. Includes numerous color illustrations extensive extensive exhibition history and bibliography. A fine copy in a fine dust jackets and with both volumes housed in a fine plastic slipcase. An as new copy and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap of this invaluable reference. This is a heavy and oversized set and will require extra shipping. University of Washington Press in association with Jacob Lawrence Catalogue Raisonne Project unknown books
1937Best.-Nr. 593192New York: Vanguard Press 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 266pp. Toning and spotting on endpapers binding cocked spine darkened with tears and fraying at the ends very good lacking the dust jacket Inscribed by the author on the front fly: "For Tex Wickie with sincerest affection - May 27 - 4th yr. Jake." Baker was chairman of the President's commission of inquiry on cooperative enterprise in Europe and attempts to answer in this book what the place of cooperative enterprise in the modern world is and what its place will be in the future. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1969Best.-Nr. 163106N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage borderless press photograph of writer Norman Mailer circa 1969. PIX agency stamp on the verso crediting photographer Jacob Lofman. In 1969 Mailer unsuccessfully ran for mayor of New York City proposing New York City secession and the creation of a 51st state. From the archive of the PIX Agency an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers as well as those still living in Europe and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 9.75 x 6.75 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1994Best.-Nr. UAPPTEL00acmfW. W. Norton 1994. Very Good. Appleby Joyce. Telling the Truth About History. Hunt Lynn; Jacob Margaret. NY: W. W. Norton 1994. 322pp. Indexed. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with bumped spine ends. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gently rubbed and bumped edges. Slight chipping on top edge. W. W. Norton hardcover books
2000Best.-Nr. UJACLAS01fpUniversity of Alabama Press 2000. Very Good. Jacob Keith P. Last Rites for the Tipu Maya: Genetic Structuring in a Colonial Cementary. Tuscaloosa Alabama: University of Alabama Press 2000. xii 383pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Former owners' names on first page. University of Alabama Press paperback books
1866Best.-Nr. 367760Cincinnati Ohioo 1866. Reprinted from the Cumberland Edition of 1826 with Notes and Appendix for William Dodge by Jno. F. Uhlhorn Steam Job Printer 58 West 3d St. 158pp. 4to. Publisher's cloth spine repalcerd. Very Good. Reprinted from the Cumberland Edition of 1826 with Notes and Appendix for William Dodge by Jno. F. Uhlhorn Steam Job Printer 58 West 3d St. 158pp. 4to. A defense of colonial frontiersman Captain Cresap 1742-1775 whom Jefferson echoing others blamed for the murder of the family of the Mingo war chief James Logan during Lord Dunmore's War. Cresap has since been exonerated and the Virginian Daniel Greathouse is now blamed for the massacre of Logan's family. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in NOTES ON VIRGINIA. Howes J32 unknown books
2017Best.-Nr. 199169New York: Acquavella Galleries 2017. First edition. Softcover. 100 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 2 through November 17 2017. Features texts by Eleanor Acquavella and Raphael Rubinstein. Includes numerous illustrations list of previous exhibitions and a list of selected museum collections. A fine copy in French style wrappers. Acquavella Galleries unknown books
2014Best.-Nr. UJACSLE00fpRandom House 2014. Very Good. Jacob Mira. The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing. New York NY: Random House 2014. 1st edition. 502pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Both ends of spine lightly bumped. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Edges lightly bumped. Random House hardcover books
