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1914réf. 16933Berlin Germany: Bruno Cassirer 1914. Hardcover. VG some mild edge wear and soiling to covers; few exlibrary marks interior is clean. Half oatmeal cloth with grey paper boards. 82 pp. 8 bw plates. Text is in German. On cover: Adam von Fulda. A 1914 reproduction of an old German text first printed in Wittenberg in 1512. Translated it's "A very pious and Christian booklet from the Holy writings and studies" a tale of Christ presented in five parts first written in Old German by German music author Adam von Fulda 1445-1505. Reproduced here are the original calligraphic Fraktur pages enhanced with eight woodcut illustrations rendered by Lukas Cranach 1472-1553. With a new introduction by Eduard Flechsig. Beautiful and unique! Bruno Cassirer hardcover books
2013réf. 148194Lakeland Florida: Polk Museum of Art 2013. Softcover. As New. Red card wraps with cross cut-out and black lettering. Duotone image visible underneath the cross. 64 pp. with color and duotone photos throughout. Catalogue from the exhibition of works by Jeff Louviere and Vanessa Brown held at the Polk Museum of Art January to April 2013. All sorts of static images and with various texts but there's a mini movie by flipping through the pages quickly back-front. Polk Museum of Art paperback books
2001réf. 146232New York: Viking Studio 2001. Hardcover. VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Sticker on dust jacket at the base of the spine. Stamp on the front pasted end page. Sticker on the front free end page. Stamp on the back free end page. Sticker and due date card on the back pasted end page. White cloth gilt letters on spine white & illus. dust jacket decorated flyleaves 262 pp. BW & color illus. "Van Day Truex is widely regarded as the father of twentieth-century American design. Under his leadership Parsons School of Design became the foremost school for interior design and fashion in the United States and he influenced generations of students entering these fields. But his greatest legacy . is his long reign as design director at Tiffany & Co. which he transformed into a model for unprecedented style and grace." dj. Viking Studio hardcover books
1996réf. 144003New York New York: Whitney Museum of American Art 1996. Softcover. VG. Orange/blue color-illustrated wraps. 175 pp. Numerous bw and color illustrations. Parallel text English and German. Accompanied an exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum fur Moderne Kunst Frankfurt. Whitney Museum of American Art paperback books
2013réf. 140813Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago 2013. Hardcover. New but with compliment card stuck to fep see annotation. Black boards with black lettering; black dj with b/w image and white lettering; 112 pp. with 106 color and 9 bw illustrations. This was the catalogue to accompany the exhibition of February 20 to May 12 2013 and includes a title essay by D'Alessandro and one additional essay by Gopnik. Includes the full catalogue of 100 of Picasso's finest works which survey his extensive material experimentations and wide-ranging subject matter from his intimate Blue and Rose Period scenes to his studies for his first public monumental sculpture. An illustrated chronology documents events in the life of the artist and in the cultural life of Chicago and outlines Picasso's varied contributions to a city that has enthusiastically collected his art for the past century. Rather permanently attached to the FEP is a note on an AIC compliment card from D'Alessandro to the Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Art Institute of Chicago hardcover books
2009réf. 141210New York: Madison Square Park Conservancy 2009. Softcover. VG. Spring green stapled wraps 24 pp. many color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2009 installation in Madison Square Park of "Flooded Chambers Maid" created by American artist Jessica Stockholder b. 1959. Includes an essay by Adam Weinberg and many color illustrations. Madison Square Park Conservancy paperback books
2012réf. 141214New York: Madison Square Park Conservancy 2012. Softcover. VG. Pink stapled wraps 28 pp. many color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2012 installation in Madison Square Park called "Pet Sounds" created by California-based artist Charles Long b. 1958. Includes an essay by Adam D. Glick an artist statement and many color illustrations. Madison Square Park Conservancy paperback books
1974réf. 141871Chicago: Allan Frumkin Gallery 1974. Softcover. VG- with very tiny sticker on upper front cover and ex-lib. stamp and sticker to back cover. Color-illustrated stapled wraps with no writing. 16 pp. with 20 bw illustrations. Price list set in. Includes a brief introduction by Adam and the complete list of 38 works described. Catalogue from the gallery exhibition of December 1974. Allan Frumkin Gallery paperback books
1973réf. 142527Chicago: Allan Frumkin Gallery 1973. Softbound. VG tiny label on top of front cover small label on rear cover. BW willustrated wraps. 22 pp. 83 small bw plates mostly 6-to-a-page. Catalogue listing indicates 135 works in this exhibition. Alice Adam indicates in the Foreword that this is the first photographic exhibition at the gallery. Allan Frumkin Gallery paperback books
2013réf. 138579Washington DC: National Gallery of Art 2013. Hardcover. As New in shrinkwrap. Tan cloth white & tan dust jacket 239 pp. 152 BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with several 2013-2015 exhibitions. "Goes beyond celebrating the flash of inspiration and the role of the imagination to examine the artistic process as a sequence of decisions. Among the twenty-five artists represented are those with long ties to Crown Point Press -- Richard Diebenjorn John Cage Chuck Close and Sol LeWitt -- as well as those whose association is more recent such as Mamma Andersson Julie Mehretu and Jackum Nordstrom." dj. National Gallery of Art hardcover books
1997réf. 132350NY: Harry N. Abrams 1997. Softcover. New in plastic. Color illustrated wraps. 128 pp. Harry N. Abrams paperback books
1995réf. 131236London: A. Deutsch 1995. SIGNED by author. Hardcover. NF NF. Burgundy cloth boards gray dj with BW illustration. 534 pp. Bound-in ribbon bookmark. Includes dedication to Nina Abrams wife of publisher Harry N. Abrams and signature dated 1995. A. Deutsch hardcover books
2011réf. 130588Middleburg Virginia: The National Sporting Library and Museum 2011. Softcover. New. Deep red wraps with color illus. xl 208 pp. 148 color plates. Catalogue to accompany the inaugural exhibition at the National Sporting Library and Museum in Middleburg Virginia October 11 2011 - January 14 2012 designed to raise awareness of the importance of animal and sporting art as a reflection of American history and cultural life. Over 100 outstanding works of fine art representing every category of the genre have been selected. American artists include Albert Bierstadt Thomas Eakins Alfred Jacob Miller and Frederic Remington as well as John James Audubon Paul Manship Edward Troye Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait and William Tylee Ranney. The National Sporting Library and Museum paperback books
1999réf. 123486New York New York: Whitney Museum of American Art 1999. Softcover. VG. May have sticker remnants on front cover and minimal edge wear to covers. Grey illus. wraps. 223 pp. Profusely illustrated in bw and color. An overview of works in the Whitney's collection from the years 1900-1950. Includes pieces by Georgia O'Keeffe Stuart Davis Burgoyne Diller John Sloan Edward Hopper Andrew Wyeth Thomas Hart Benton and many others. Extensive annotations. Whitney Museum of American Art paperback books
1959réf. 123037Paris: Musee Galliera 1959. Hardcover. Good Ex-lib. usual markings; Cloth worn at extremities. Grey cloth over boards; Color plate affixed to front cover; 307 pp. plus advertisements approx. 100 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw. Text in French; Number VIII in the "Les Peintres Temoins de Leur Temps" series; Includes works by Jean Cocteau Isis Kischka Bernard Buffet Alexander Calder Emile Gilioli Pablo Picasso Jacques Villon and many others. Musee Galliera hardcover books
2008réf. 118882Krakow: Tomami 2008. Hardcover. VG clean and tight. White boards with black fish symbol and lettering; 173 pp. with color and bw illustrations throughout. Text in Polish English and Italian. Works by 55 artists including the author most who appear to be Polish. Several essays and each work briefly described. With artist biographies. Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Palac Galeria Sztuki in Krakow. A heavy book which will require extra postage. Tomami hardcover books
1995réf. 119071Chicago Illinois: Alice Adam Ltd 1995. Softcover. VG. Dark blue wraps; Unpaginated approx. 30 pp.; 21 color and duotone plates. Features 21 new acquisitions by the gallery including works by Max Beckmann James Ensor Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Emil Nolde Kurt Schwitters and more; Price list included. Alice Adam, Ltd paperback books
1995réf. 111692New York: Whitney Museum of American Art 1995. Softcover. VG. Color glossy pictorial wraps. 252 4 pp. 59 full-page color plates a few smaller bw photographs. Includes essays and contributions by many individuals. A most useful collection of essays and color images. Whitney Museum of American Art paperback books
2007réf. 109885Montreal: Galerie de Bellefeuille 2007. Softcover. VG As new. Color illus. wraps; 31 pp.; 36 color figures 18 color plates. Parallel text French and English; Accompanied the exhibition held 26 April - 7 May 2007; Includes essay by artist's son Adam Chaki. Galerie de Bellefeuille paperback books
1990réf. 104130New York: Museum of Modern Art 1990. Softbound. VG but for curator's signature inside front cover;. Color illustrated glossy wraps. 460 pp. countless bw and color plates. Covers caricature graffiti advertising and comics as well as painting and traditional mediums. The bibliography is 22 pages long!! A whale of a catalogue. Museum of Modern Art paperback books
1960réf. 1200Cincinnati Art Museum 1960. Hardcover. VG Ex-gallery owned with spine label and few interior marks; this copy INCLUDES A LETTER FROM BRENDA KUHN. Terracotta paper boards. appx. 92 pp. 12 color 50 bw repros. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of artwork rendered by American painter Walt Kuhn. With an essay signed by Philip Rhys Adams. Includes an artist chronology. The catalogue cites 155 works and more than 50 are pictured here in very nice repros. This copy includes a signed letter from Brenda Kuhn the artist's daughter. Cincinnati Art Museum hardcover books
2000réf. 70592Eugene OR: Daily Planet Publishing Earth First! Journal 2000. Magazine. Near Fine. 112pp. Quarto 27.5cm; perfect-bound in color printed cardstock wraps. Internal contents printed mostly in black and white with the occasional color page. Richly illustrated with photographs and artwork. Just a bit of shelf- and edge-wear. "No Compromise in Defense of Mother Earth!" - Earth First! Earth First! is a group of radical environmentalists that formed in the American Southwest in the spring of 1980 founded by Dave Foreman Mike Roselle Howie Wolke Bart Koehler and Ron Kezar among others. Earth First! quickly came to national attention with their "cracking" of Glen Canyon Dam activist stunt which was performed and filmed in the spring of 1981. Edward Abbey is considered to be the "literary father" of the group and the monkey wrench is their ever-present emblem and tool. "Earth First! is the beginning of the new bold environmental movement. And 'Earth First! The Radical Environmental Journal' is its voice" Dave Foreman 1980s. The late-1980s and early-1990s were a tumultuous time for Earth First! Law enforcement cracked down on its members and various internal issues and factions began to form within the group. Earth First! embraced non-hierarchical structures and organic methods of organization and growth while continuing to focus on direct action in defense of wilderness as its primary focus. Through the 1990's 2000's and 2010's the journal continued to be published in various forms under the direction of a diverse and rotating collective of voices from within the broad Earth First! movement. Regular print publication of the Earth First! Journal under this title seems to have ceased sometime in the early 2020s though the movement still survives and maintains a presence online and on social media. This is the twentieth anniversary edition/issue of this publication. The front cover artwork by Peggy Sue McRae is a collage of images and portraits from the history of the Earth First! movement. This issue contains a lengthy article on the history of the publication of this journal entitled "Twenty Years of The Radical Environmental Journal: The Life and Times of Our Beloved Journal—A Not-So-Brief History" by Kris Maenz beginning on page 12. A facsimile of the first page of the first issue Samhain Nov 1 1980 Volume 1 Number 1 is reproduced on page 1 "How it all began—The first page of the premier edition of Earth First!". The "Armed with Visions" poetry page appears on pages 59-60 and features a poem entitled "The Earth's Wild Places" by Gary Snyder. Front inner cover artwork in full color entitled "Keeping It Wild for 20yrs" by Slugthang. Rear inner cover artwork in full color is a comic art portrait entitled "John Muir" by John Dolley "No John Uncle Sam won't save the Forests!!". Rear cover color photograph of a forest of aspen trees is by Whirlwind. A rich collection of reflections on the history of the Earth First! movement reprinted articles and essays from the past and other articles on contemporary issues and happenings within the movement flesh out the rest of this anniversary issue. Daily Planet Publishing, [Earth First! Journal] unknown books
2000réf. 71085Eugene OR: Daily Planet Publishing / Earth First! Journal 2000. Magazine. Near Fine. 36pp. Newsprint tabloid-size: 41cm x 30cm / 16" x 12". Nine bifolia sheets folded vertically once to form thirty-six pages. Horizontal crease throughout as issued folded for distribution. Color and b&w pages. Some very light toning at edges. Soft bumps creases. A clean and bright copy. "No Compromise in Defense of Mother Earth!" - Earth First! Earth First! is a group of radical environmentalists that formed in the American Southwest in the spring of 1980 founded by Dave Foreman Mike Roselle Howie Wolke Bart Koehler and Ron Kezar among others. Earth First! quickly came to national attention with their "cracking" of Glen Canyon Dam activist stunt which was performed and filmed in the spring of 1981. Edward Abbey is considered to be the "literary father" of the group and the monkey wrench is their ever-present emblem and tool. "Earth First! is the beginning of the new bold environmental movement. And 'Earth First! The Radical Environmental Journal' is its voice" Dave Foreman 1980s. The late-1980s and early-1990s were a tumultuous time for Earth First! Law enforcement cracked down on its members and various internal issues and factions began to form within the group. Earth First! embraced non-hierarchical structures and organic methods of organization and growth while continuing to focus on direct action in defense of wilderness as its primary focus. Through the 1990's 2000's and 2010's the journal continued to be published in various forms under the direction of a diverse and rotating collective of voices from within the broad Earth First! movement. Regular print publication of the Earth First! Journal under this title seems to have ceased sometime in the early 2020s though the movement still survives and maintains a presence online and on social media. Cover photograph for this issue is by Kurt Jensen "Fall Creek Treesit". Top/cover story is "Climbing Proud—The New Canopy Action Network Born" by Sprig. Back cover artwork is by Kebhen Grifter. Daily Planet Publishing / Earth First! Journal unknown books
2001réf. 344881Torrance: Lesbian News 2001. Magazine. 60p. 10.25x14.25 inches articles news opinion reviews events ads photos lightly worn lesbian entertainment and news magazine in stapled glossy color wraps. Lesbian News unknown books
1993réf. 335109Los Angeles: Natural History Museum 1993. paperback. near fine. More than 100 illustrations most in color some full page. 175 pages 4to glossy pictorial wrappers. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 1993. Ownership signature else a near fine copy. With contributions by several authors. Natural History Museum unknown books