[Paris in the 1920s] Wiser, WilliamBiblio.com
2000Best.-Nr. 22864New York:: Carroll & Graf 2000. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine unread copy in a Fine dust jacket. Wiser author of The Crazy Years: Paris in the Twenties provides readers with Paris's next historical chapter in a wonderfully detailed unflinching period description. Focusing primarily on the art scene Wiser re-creates the slow slide from the lingering euphoria of the '20s to the doubts of the '30s. The suicide of painter Jules Pascin recounted in Wiser's first chapter serves as an emblem for the era a period in which fascism and economic crisis loomed and Bohemia began to sour. Carroll & Graf, unknown
1987Best.-Nr. 22867San Francisco:: North Point Press 1987. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine dust jacket. Hugh Ford profiles four creative expatriates in Paris who have been overshadowed by a host of more highly visible writers and artists: Composer George Antheil who was nicknamed the Bad Boy of Music Kay Boyle a writer whose early life in Paris was as turbulent as it was productive Harold Stearns traded the life of a social and political critic in New York for a subsistance life in Paris among the Lost Generation and Margaret Anderson left her editorship fo the Little Review in New York in search for a more spiritual life in Paris. Each of these stories shed fresh light on the glory years of Paris in the Twenties. North Point Press, unknown
1963Best.-Nr. 22961Boston:: Atlantic Little Brown 1963. First Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear to the extremities. Man Ray--artist photographer writer--was one of the true legends of the Twenties starting out in New York then moving to Paris and eventually finding his way to Hollywood before returning to Paris after the Second World War. He was an important part of the Dadaist and then the Surrealist movements becoming the ultimate bohemian hob-nobbing with all of the influential creative people wherever he was including Picasso Duchamp Brancusi Tristan Tzara and Dali. This straight forward autobiography also addresses his love affairs with some of the most interesting women in Paris and his relationships with others including model and photographer Lee Miller. Atlantic Little, Brown, unknown
1934Best.-Nr. 22969New York:: Norton 1934. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a faint moisture spot on the rear panel and small hole at the fold of the spine. Reviewer and later hollywood writer Milton Merlin's penciled signature on the flyleaf. Scarce classic. Cowley was an American literary critic and social historian who chronicled the writers of the “Lost Generation” of the 1920s and their successors in "Exile's Return." He graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1920 took advanced study in France at the University of Montpellier 1922 and helped to put out the expatriate little magazines Secession and Broom. In this role he came to know the European and particularly the Parisian avant-garde. Cowley returned to the United States in 1923 and in 1934 published "Exile's Return" which is an important social and literary history of the expatriate American writers in the 1920s. In it he signaled the importance of their rediscovery of America as a source for literature. Norton, unknown
1970Best.-Nr. 22907London: :: Michael Joseph 1970. First Printing of the First English Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. McAlmon was one of the central figures in the expatriate community of artists in Paris in the 1920s and in his memoirs he recount how life there unfolded. Originally published in 1938 in the UK only the true first edition is extremely rare but this revised edition whereby Kay Boyle adds her own perspective of the period alongside McAlmon's original memories that she has corrected. Michael Joseph, unknown
2001Best.-Nr. 23036New York:: Harry N. Abrams 2001. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine unread copy in a Fine dust jacket. This book focuses on the small section of Paris bordered by the boulevard du Montparnasse and the boulevard Raspail on the Left Bank during the fervent 1920s. Seen through the life and loves of noted photographer artist and writer Man Ray the author leads the reader through the streets of Montparnasse into the now vanished world of fellow artists writers and poets who lived and worked in the cafes salons studios and modest homes on the Left Bank. Fully illustrated with 53 black and white photographs by Man Ray. Harry N. Abrams, unknown
1991Best.-Nr. 22690New York:: Marion Boyars 1991. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. In this bilingual edition Julian Green writes of the Paris that he knows like no other writer. He spent most of his life in Paris until he was forced to leave during the Second World War only to return at its end. The pieces in this volume begin in 1945 right through to the time of publication taking in the city's pre- history and visions of the future. He presents the Paris of travelers students of French culture as only a literary stylist like Green could depict. Marion Boyars, unknown
1925Best.-Nr. 22443Paris:: Le Livre de Demain/Artheme Fayard & Cie 1925. First Edition Thus. . A Very Good copy in original orange wrappers printed in black and red price label afixed to front cover in a later board slipcase. 175 pp. 28 illustrations after woodcuts by Foujita. Wrappers are rubbed and partially separated though intact with loss to one corner. Many titles were published in this series of "Le Livre de Demain" but this volume is partically collectible because of the witty woodcuts by the young expatriate Japanese artist primarily known for his cat paintings and illustrations. There is not a cat to be found in any of these woodcuts which makes this production even more special. Le Livre de Demain/Artheme Fayard & Cie, unknown
1989Best.-Nr. 22436Santa Barbara:: Capra Press 1989. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. Caresse Crosby with her flamboyant husband Harry Crosby were a fiery couple in Paris in the Twenties--important members of the avant-garde community of expatriates. The couple launched the Black Sun Press while in Paris and published early works by Hemingway Fitzgerald D.H. Lawrence Ezra Pound and James Joyce. Among her many accomplishments she is remembered for inventing the brassiere in an attempt to liberate women from the constrictions of whalebone corsets. Her life in Paris ended when her troubled husband shot a lover in a New York hotel room then killed himself. Caresse went on to involve herself in peace and pacifist issues until she died at her Italian castle in 1970. Capra Press, unknown
1932Best.-Nr. 22586New York:: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith Inc. 1932. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Very Good copy lacking the paper dust jacket. Artist and writer Nina Hamnett was a prominent figure in Paris in the Twenties who was known affectionately as the Queen of Bohemia. She knew all the major artists in Paris and often modeled for them. She also made and decorated fabrics clothes mural furniture and rugs at the Omega Workshops directed by Roger Fry Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. "Laughing torso" was a bestseller in both England and the United States. Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc., hardcover
1999Best.-Nr. 22087Woodstock:: Overlook Press 1999. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. In this volume the author recounts the friendship and rivalry of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway that began in Paris in the 1920s and lasted long after their deaths. Prize-winning biographer Scott Donaldson goes beyond the mythologyzing to create a true multi-faceted narrative of a great friendship fueled by admiration jealousy and liquor-a heady mixture of literary scholarship history and gossip. The friendship started in Paris and the French Riviera where the more famous Fitzgerald introduced novice writer Hemingway to Gertrude Stein and socialites Gerald and Sara Murphy. As the years progressed the friendship became as mercurial and complex as the writers themselves. With a dazzling cast of characters that includes legendary Scribner's editor Maxwell Perkins Zelda Fitzgerald and Hadley Hemingway and writers Morley Callaghan and Edmund Wilson Scott Donaldson recounts the glory and pain the great literary friendship of our time. Overlook Press, unknown
1984Best.-Nr. 22158Sutton West: :: The Paget Press 1984. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine mylar dust jacket. Harold Stearns was a prolific journalist and editor during the 20s and 30s and traveled to Paris in 1921 to become part of the expatriate community there. It was Stearns who encouraged New York publisher Horace Liveright to publish Hemingway's "In Our Time." While living in Paris Stearns wrote for the Paris Tribune eventually penning a column in the paper on horse racing called "Peter Pickem." Stearns was known for his lack of funds while living in Paris and was always hitting up friends for money so much so that Hemingway used him as a model for the indigant Harvey Stone in his novel "The Sun Also Rises." The Paget Press, unknown
1972Best.-Nr. 22195University Park:: Pennsylvania State University Press 1972. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in Fine bright price-clipped dust jacket . This volume presents some of the best and most representative social and literary pieces from the Chicago Tribune European Edition. These dispatches provide first-hand documentation of the expatriate life in Paris in the Twenties and Thirties. During the seventeen years the Paris Tribune flourished the newspaper employed many famous and soon-to-be-famous writers and intellectuals like Ford Madox Ford Eugene Jolas Eliot Paul William Shirer George Seldes James Thurber Henry Miller Bravig Imbs and Harold Stearns. Pennsylvania State University Press, unknown
1993Best.-Nr. 21728Silver Spring: :: Enigma Books 1993. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. When he wrote this memoir over sixty years ago the author planned a privately printed edition as gifts for his friends. He chose a pseudonym W.W. Windstaff to avoid embarrassing his socially prominent family. His true identity remains a secret. In a unique style Lower than Angels captures the essence of war with wonderfully descriptive passages of air combat and life in Paris and Rome during the 1920s. Later Windstaff vividly memorializes the expatriate experience. More than simply a memoir of fascinating times Lower than Angels is a raw and powerful portrayal of a man who could not overcome the trauma of war and survived with a veneer of cynicism aided by the bottle. Lower than Angles will certainly be appreciated for its value as an historical record. It will also captivate readers with its charm and delight a wide audience. Enigma Books, unknown
2009Best.-Nr. 142917Mar del Plata Buenos Aires: Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata: Facultad de Arquitectura Urbanismo y Diseño/CEDODAL Mar del Plata: 2009. First edition. Paperback. Used; Like New. Tall 4to wrps 288 pp. maps color photos illus. tables plans facsimiles tables. Exploration into the works of acclaimed Argentine pioneer picturesque architect Alula Baldessarini. With numerous black-and-white as well as color photos of works throughout. Includes numerous plans and maps. Features the following historical/analytical commentaries: "El Pintoresquismo como Pensamiento Sensibilidad y Arquitectura" "Los Lugares de Alula Baldessarini" "Piedra Mar del Plata y Voluntad Creativa" "Planos de Ubicación de la Obra en Mar del Plata" "Documentación de los Sub-Sistemas Constructivos" and "Estructura y Análisis de los Jardines". Printed on semi-glossy coated stock. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata: Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño/CEDODAL Mar del Plata: paperback
1928Best.-Nr. 59761Paris: Librairie Plon 1928. 1st ed. Paperback. Used; Good. 8vo wrps 169 pp. plates index wrps wrps repaired. With 32 black-and-white plates. Librairie Plon paperback
Best.-Nr. 461802Michael's Co. Inc. Paperback. Good. Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780995 in 2024 it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the county seat of King County the most populous county in Washington. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million making it the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 made it one of the country's fastest-growing large cities. Paper back in good condition. Cover has some small indents. Pages are clear bright and glossy. Inscription of previous owner on inside page. Copyright © Michael's Co. Inc. Michael's Co., Inc. paperback
2004Best.-Nr. 20250216009Christian Dior Paris 2004-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Christian Dior Paris Published Date: 2004. Hardcover unpaginated. In very good condition. Original silver cloth with gold lettering on front. Light scuffing to edges. Binding tight. Small scratch on the center fold out section. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. Iconic Dior catalogue showcasing the fine jewelry collections of Dior Joaillerie featuring high-quality photographs. The book highlights Victoire de Castellane's jewelry designs and includes a center fold-out section featuring "La Bestiaire Fantastique". Includes a list of Dior boutiques worldwide as of 2004 and notes on jewelry composition. Christian Dior, Paris hardcover
Best.-Nr. A9781462545063Paperback / softback. New. This book addresses a key need for child therapists--how to actively involve parents in treatment and give them tools to support their child's healthy development. Known for her innovative creative therapeutic approach Paris Goodyear-Brown weaves together knowledge about play therapy trauma attachment theory and neurobiology. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1593858345.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 36043701Hong Kong ca. 1920's Paris Silk Store. Brown paper bag 14.2 x 20.6 cm. top edge worn small piece torn away part of the telephone number else solid name and address in Chinese characters printed in blue ink pictorial covers. This is an unusual item. It shows a photograph of a beautiful foreign woman wearing a silk gown showing lots of leg in high heels. . The full text of the bag from the top is: . . "PATRONIZE . . THE MOST RELIABLE STORE . . IN THE COLONY . . Specialists in High Class . . BRITISH AND FRENCH FABRICS . . BUY WEMCO FABRICS . . BUY FERGUSON FABRICS" . . The cover photo shows the woman with "Silk Stockings . Weldrest" in the background. . . "SOLE AGENT . . PARIS SILK STORE . . 45 Nathan Road Kowloon" . . Followed by the Chinese character address. . UNUSUAL EPHEMERA: Illustrated paper bags from Hong Kong f the 1920's are seldom found. As was the custom such paper bags were made from low quality paper. . CONDITION: The work is old and the paper is browned as usual. It was mildly centre folder now it is flat. There is a minor bit of stain at the top down the center fold ca. 3.5 cm. else front cover is clean. . The back cover has a mend at the top center fold ca. 3.5 cm. downard a few old pencil numbers paper toned a bit of old darkening as usual. Delicate now in a protector. . This is an excellent piece of illustrated ephemera showing the kind of imported fabrics brought to Hong Kong from abroad during the 1920's. During that era 'imported' from western countries meant a higher quality than something from China. European products at that time had more appeal to foreigners living or visiting Hong Kong. Commonly foreigners had clothes 'made-to-order' in the colony. . Color scans of this and most items are posted to our website. unknown
Best.-Nr. 1462541933.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2022Best.-Nr. G0367741385I3N00Routledge 2022. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Routledge hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. 132018Paris France: Ader; M. Hector Brame; Et Al. Very Good. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - -- with a bonus offer-- . 1933. Ader; M. Hector Brame; Et Al paperback
