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2022réf. 212938New York: Miles McEnery Gallery 2022. First edition. Oblong hardcover. 35 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that June 9 through July 23 2022. Features an essay by Adam Milner. Includes numerous color illustrations list of previous exhibitions awards and residencies and select collections. A very near fine copy in illustrated boards and with laid in reception card. No dust jacket as issued. A nicely printed catalog. Miles McEnery Gallery unknown books
1983réf. 213338West Branch IA: The Toothpaste Press 1983. First edition. Small broadside that measures 7" x 5.5" and is printed in 2 colors. Done as a promotion for the then forthcoming book "The Bells of Dis" and given away at the A.B.A. in Dallas of 1983. A fine copy. The Toothpaste Press unknown books
1994réf. 207582New York: Random House 1994. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 183 pages. Edited by Mary Shanahan. A monograph published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Whitney Museum that traveled to Minneapolis. A fifty-year retrospective look at Avedon's long career. Features essays by Jane Livingston and Adam Gopnik. Includes many of Avedon's most iconic images along with many lesser seen ones as well. A clean and tight very near fine copy in photo-illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. Random House unknown books
2001réf. 208907New York: Hard Press Editions in association with Lori Bookstein Fine Art 2001. First edition. Softcover. 42 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 8 through March 24 2001. Features texts by Adam Gopnik Eli Gottlieb Louis Menard Mark Strand and Charles Wright. Includes 13 color plates a checklist and brief biographical information. A fine copy in wrappers and in a very near fine translucent printed dust jacket. An attractive production. Hard Press Editions in association with Lori Bookstein Fine Art unknown books
2016réf. 205704Jersey City NJ: Conveyor Editions 2016. First edition. Softcover. 92 pages. Artist book published in an edition of 500 copies. The conceit of the book is the documentation of an imagined "archeological expedition authored by a colonial entity operating in the Southern Levant in the early twentieth century." Features an essay by Benjamin Anderson as well as numerous black and white images with two gatefolds and a fold out map. A fine copy in spiral bound wrappers. Uncommon. Conveyor Editions unknown books
2002réf. 165641New York: Ruth Horowitz 2002. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Includes texts by Evan Hause Richard Howard Adam Klein Lynne Tillman and Martin Wilner. Fine in spiral-bound wrappers in a lightly toned else Near Fine example of the publisher's slipcase. Ruth Horowitz unknown books
réf. 165739Various cities: RAM / Whitney Museum / Steidl / Nash Editions 2005. Hardcover. Limited Edition complete in three volumes one of a numbered edition of 55 this being No. 42 with an original print SIGNED by the artist. Each volume additionally SIGNED by the artist on the half-title page. Text in English and German. Each volume Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with light toning along the jacket spines. Print Fine in publisher's paper folio. Print and volumes housed together in publisher's white hard plastic slipcase. Oversize volume shipping billed at cost. RAM / Whitney Museum / Steidl / Nash Editions unknown books
2025réf. 2348995New York: Pantheon 2025. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2025 Hard Cover. x 293 1 pp. An enlightening and entertaining interrogation of the myth of American self-reliance and the idea of hard work as destiny. "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." This phrase arguably Thomas Edison's most famous quote has been drilled into the minds of generations of Americans. A fairly straightforward iteration of the idea that innovation discovery and ingenuity are the result of drive and grit above all it has also come to represent much darker myths: that hard work always leads to success and that achievement is the product of individuals and not communities. In this model those who come out on top are there because they earned it and everyone else needs to buckle down glove up and maybe one day they'll get there too. As the wealth gap widens communities crumble and Americans work more for less Adam Chandler raises the question: What happens when perspiration isn't enough To answer it he crisscrosses the country interviewing mayors teachers generals pastors construction workers and entrepreneurs to reveal just how untenable relying on "perspiration" as a strategy has truly become. He also delves into America's past to reveal how our government education system and culture at large have woven the idea of meritocracy deep into the fabric of American society and how some of history's most famous so-called bootstrappers really built their wealth. From George Washington to SeattleWashington Jay Gatsby to Bill Gates 99% Perspiration unpacks the misguided obsession with hard work that has come to define both the American dream and nightmare offering insight into how we got here and hope for where we may go. Pantheon hardcover books
2011réf. 203821Denver CO: Museum of Contemporary Art 2011. First edition. Softcover. 47 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 9 through October 23 2011. Features a foreword by David Adjaye and an essay by Adam Lerner along with text by Sandback. Includes color illustrtions a checklist list of previous exhibitions and a selected bibliography. A fine copy in wrappers. Museum of Contemporary Art unknown books
2001réf. 204217Germany & NY: Steidl & Pace/MacGill Gallery 2001. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. A slim book of color photographs of an abandoned train line in New York City before it was revitalized into one of the more attractive urban redevelopments in recent times. Features essays by Adam Gopnik and John Stilgoe. A very near fine copy in green cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. Steidl & Pace/MacGill Gallery unknown books
1986réf. 199515Minneapolis MN: Walker Art Center 1986. First edition. Softcover. 79 pages. Published in conjunction an exhibition that ran March 22 through June 1 1986 at the Walker Art Center and then went on to six other locations for additional dates. Features a foreword by Gloria Emerson. Text by Adam D. Weinberg that looks at the photographs of David Burnett Jeff Jacobson Mary Ellen Mark Susan Meiselas Jean-Marie Simon Alex Webb Michel Folco Yan Morvan Gilles Peress Rio Branco Harry Gruyaert and Alfred Yaghobzadeh. Incluces color images a checklist of the exhibition and biographies of the photographers. A very good plus copy in wrappers. Walker Art Center unknown books
2021réf. 199554New York: Acquavella and Rizzoli 2021. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 120 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 5 through June 18 2021. Features a foreword by Eleanor Acquavella and an essay by Adam Kirsch. Includes numerous illustrations a checklist list of previous exhibitions and a list of selected collections. A fine copy in blue cloth boards. No dust jacket as issued. Acquavella and Rizzoli unknown books
1924réf. 803911924. Adam J. Collyer. Criminal Investigation: A Practical Textbook for Magistrates Police Officers and Lawyers Adapted from the System der Kriminalistik of Dr. Hans Gross. London Sweet & Maxwell limited 1924. xvii 606 pp. illustrations. Publisher's red cloth with gilt stamped spine small stain to rear board. Light shelfwear good. Internally clean. $75. unknown books
2004réf. 201439London: Trolley 2004. First edition. Softcover. A collection of color photographs by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin taken in South Africa ten years after the end of apartheid. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Trolley unknown books
2015réf. 201741New York: W.W. Norton & Company 2015. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A slim collection of poems that was a paperback original. A fine copy in wrappers. Uncommon in this format. W.W. Norton & Company unknown books
2004réf. 202623New York: Blind Spot 2004. First edition. Softcover. Features a poem by Joyce Carol Oates in memory of Kim Zorn Caputo and a text contribution by Samantha Hunt. Includes images by Robert Adams Darren Almond Adam Bartos Katy Greannan Richard Misrach and others. A fine copy in wrappers. Blind Spot unknown books
2002réf. 202621New York: Blind Spot 2002. First edition. Softcover. Features a text contribution by Lynne Tillman. Includes images Roger Ballen Uta Barth Petah Coyne Adam Fuss Martin Parr Hiroshi Sugimoto and Jeff Wall. A fine copy in wrappers. Blind Spot unknown books
2013réf. 196136Syracuse NY: Lightwork 2013. First edition. Softcover. 48 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 14 through March 22 2013 and then traveled for additional dates. Features text by Hannah Frieser and with a brief artist statement by Magyar. Includes some color and numerous black and white images with some fold out plates. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Lightwork unknown books
1987réf. 196344New York: The Pace Gallery 1987. First edition. Oblong softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 31 through November 28 1987. Features an essay by Adam Gopnik. Includes numerous color illustrations. A very good plus fine copy in French style wrappers with some light soiling to the rear panel. The Pace Gallery unknown books
1811réf. 021345London: J. Maynard and F. Zinke 1811. Early Edition. Hardcover. Light pencil underlining and a few notes text rather clean; owner ink stamp on title page of first volume. Near Fine. Three volumes 5-1/4" x 8-8/8" in contemporary marbled boards rebacked in attractive green blindstamped morocco leather with matching corners all edges marbled lxxi 360; vi 514; v 448 50 pages. First published in 1776 this is a reprint of the Fifth Edition of 1786 the final edition to be published in Smith's lifetime. Adam Smith 1723-1790 spent ten years in the writing and perfecting of THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. The book succeeded at once and the first edition was exhausted in six months. GOLDSMITH 11663; GROLIER 100 ENGLISH 57; KRESS B.154; PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 221: "The certainty of its criticism and its grasp of human nature have made it the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought." J. Maynard and F. Zinke hardcover books
2015réf. 197649New York: Random House 2015. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 301 pages. A collection of short stories from the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Orphan Master's Son." A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Johnson on the title page. A very fresh copy. Random House unknown books
2011réf. 197936Madrid Spain: Fundacion Mapfre and Tf. Editores 2011. First edition. Hardcover. 193 pages. Retrospective monograph for a show that ran January 27 through April 17 2011. Features essays by Cheryl Brutvan and Christopher Bucklow. Includes numerous color and black and white images. a chronology list of previous exhibitions bibliography glossary of techniques and a checklist. A very good plus copy in photo-illustrated front boards with a cloth rear board and spine with some bumping to the corners. No dust jacket as issued. Fundacion Mapfre and Tf. Editores unknown books
1977réf. 193149New York: Kulchur Foundation 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 120 pages. Includes numerous poems and illustrations by Adam. An about very good copy in pictorial paper covered boards with some darkening to the top of the rear board some light wear and some tape marks to the endpapers where the fair only acetate dust jacket was affixed and with some large chips and wear. Uncommon. Kulchur Foundation unknown books
2005réf. 193820Los Angeles CA and Santa Fe NM: Michael Dawson Gallery and Andrew Smith Gallery Inc 2005. First edition. Softcover. 79 pages. Features essays by Jennifer A. Watts and Andrew Smith along with the travel diaries of Vroman. Includes numerous illustrations a checklist and a bibliography. A near fine copy in wrappers with some sunning to the spine and edges. Internally a clean copy. Michael Dawson Gallery and Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc unknown books
2021réf. 194155New York: The Frick Collection in association with DelMonico Books 2021. Hardcover. 168 pages. Features a foreword by Adam Gopnick. Includes numerous illustrations and text contributions about them. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. The Frick Collection in association with DelMonico Books unknown books
