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2002réf. 27569Brasil: Fundacao Pierre Verger 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tall hardbound quarto. Issued without dustwrapper. Text in English and Spanish by Jean Loup Pivin and Pascal Martin Saint Leon. 235 pp. Illustrated in vivid black and white. Intriguing monograph on this mid 20th century photographer. Slight bumbing to board edges. A handsome very good copy. Fundacao Pierre Verger hardcover books
2002réf. 78657Salvador Brazil : Fundação Pierre Verger 2002. 33 cm. 236 p b/w plates cat. bio/chron. bibl. b/w pict. boards. OCLC: 52376845 The book presents 200 extraordinary selected shots of a larger collection; amassed over fifty years by master photographer Verger 1902-1996 considered one of the pioneers of ethnological photography. Superb black and white photographs shot during his trips to Africa Asia and the Americas portraying the dignified faces and ethnic traditions of different races native and those transported during the period of the slave trade from Africa. Includes portraits of famous people met including: Leon Trosky Diego Rivera Chang Kay-Chek Ernest Hemingway Pere Yacouba. The original edition was published in Paris in 1993 10 years before the publishing of this bilingual ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE language version. Fundação Pierre Verger hardcover books
2006réf. 81160Rio de Janeiro: Fundaçâo Pierre Verger Museo de Arte Moderna 2006. 29 x28.5 cm. Concepção e organização. textos de Antonio Nobrega tradução Lisa Earl Castillo 251 p b/w plates. ports. The book presents the 1940's and 1950's Brazilian popular culture as celebrated by the photographer and ethnologist Verger b. France 1902-1995 and especial selected to reflect the Brazilian reality of the post-war period while making evident the profound contrast between rural and urban life. The earliest pictures are dated 1946 and revel the cultural diversity and the social contrasts of Brazil through black images of everyday life traditions and specially the poverty and social differences reflected in images that include the festivities of Bahia Todos os Santos in northeastern Brazil the carnival of travesties folklore the architecture of the city of São Paulo in the 1950's the various Afro-Brazilian ceremonies and rituals the cordel popular pamphlets tradition along with others selected from the collection of the archives of the Fundação Pierre Verger. The book accompanies an exhibition. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT Fundaçâo Pierre Verger, Museo de Arte Moderna unknown books
2002réf. 66318Salvador Brazil: Fundação Pierre Verger 2002. 33cm. Editores Raul Lody e Alex Baradel et al. 228p b/w plates bio. b/w pict. d.j. Retrospective exhibition on the photography of Pierre Fatumbi Verger b. Paris 1902-1996. The photographer who often made is base in Salvador in Brazil traveled the world taking photographs most of his work was done 1933-1958. Most of the photographs b/w of people and landscape in the present volume are of Brazil. Large b/w plates. A basic reference for Brazilian 20th century photography. ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT. Fundação Pierre Verger unknown books
1945réf. 15064Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana 1945. Former owner's signature slightly discolored at the spine heel; a very good copy in a very good jacket chipped at the spine heel lightly edgeworn. Uncommon in jacket. First Edition. Quarto. Prologue by Luis E. Valcáral translated to English in the rear. 148 images of Andean rituals captioned in Spanish and English. Printed in a washed-out but alluring gravure. The Latin American Photobook p. 8. Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana unknown books
1921réf. 59511Los Angeles: California Orchard Company 1921. Very good. Mimeographed on nine sheets of 8 ½" x 11" paper with the company letterhead at the top of the first leaf. Annual report to the stockholders of the California Orchard Company of Los Angeles at the time owner of "1900 acres of California's finest fruit lands." Begins with a two-page summary by C. Thorpe Manager in which he notes "While the past year has been a season of light rainfall it has given us an opportunity of thoroughly testing out our pumping plants and irrigation systems. Ample water for irrigation is an invaluable asset to any California orchard property." Thorpe's overview is followed by a profit and loss statement. The remaining pages feature a total of six tipped-in photographs of the company's apricot almond pear apple and walnut orchards accompanied by brief comments about plantings and yields. The first of the mimeographed leaves is printed on California Orchard Company letterhead. Bound together with a paperclip at the top left corner. Housed in the original mailing envelope which is addressed to J.M. Quint of Los Angeles. Mild toning and creasing with a bit of edgewear to the envelope; otherwise very good. Scarce no copies in OCLC. California Orchard Company unknown books
1887réf. JHP001Brighton: Printed By John George Bishop 1887 First edition first printing. A good copy with the original front cover in the publisher's paper cloth with some smudging along the edges slight chipping on the hinge lacking the rear cover panel with a loss to the bottom corners of the first pages of text pages starting to break from the binding although the signature is still intact otherwise clean and uncut pages. A nineteenth century pamphlet containing reproduced letters between James Orchard Halliwell-Phillips a noted 19th century British Shakespearean scholar and founder of the Percy Society and members of the executive committee of Shakespeare's birthplace at Stratford-upon-Avon specifically the librarian Richard Savage. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Brighton: Printed By John George Bishop paperback books
1997réf. 187658Sutton Publishing Ltd 1997-09-17. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dust jacket and book are clean has a very good binding no marks or notations. Sutton Publishing Ltd hardcover books
1916réf. 83008New York: The Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation 1916. 1st ed. Paperback. Very Good. photo map 53p. Wrapper. 26cm. Cover edges chipped. Contributions from The Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation Vol. IV No. 1. The Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation paperback books
1996réf. 232068Paris: Revue Noire 1996. Second. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Verger Pierre. Edited by Jean Loup & Pascal Martin Saint Leon. Illustrated throughout with large duotone photographs. 240pp with text in French & English. Thick 4to pictorial boards d.w. Paris: Revue Noire & New York: D.A.P. 1996. Second printing first American edition. Rear corner slightly bumped still a very near fine copy in dust wrapper. Revue Noire unknown books
1945réf. 1340685Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana 1945. Hardcover. Octavo; G/fair; tanned beige spine without text; dust jacket missing rear; detached front at flap; mylar wrap; cloth shows modestly sunned spine; mild wear to front and rear; strong boards; slight rubbing to edges; text block exterior edges painted red; tight binding; patterned endpapers; profusely illustrated; interior has mild toning toward edges; intact binding; pp 199; text in Spanish. 1340685. FP New Rockville Stock. Editorial Sudamericana hardcover books
1992réf. 1338999Desktop Publishing 1992. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine purple with white print; DJ has light edgewear but is clean and bright; Boards in green cloth with gold print clean and strong; Text block has slight spotting to top edge else clean and tight; 214 pages illustrated b&w. 1338999. FP New Rockville Stock. Desktop Publishing hardcover books
1976réf. 1246548Austria: IIASA / International Instiute for Applied Systems Analysis May 1976. RR-76-3. 8vo. VG/ - no DJ. very thin wraps softcover. solid navy spine delicate but smooth with just ivory code at tail end. bright blue and white partially illustrated softcover front. prior owner's name stamp on title page. barely skimmed neatly cornered and minimal wear overall. 76 pp. Shelved in Netdesk office Ephemera box H. 1246548. Shelved Rockville Bookstore. IIASA / International Instiute for Applied Systems Analysis unknown books
1937réf. 17636London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd. 1937. Near fine in a solid very good jacket with a few small nicks and tears but bright and complete. First Edition. Small quarto. Foreword by Robert Burnett. 48 black and white plates of Polynesian people and rituals. London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. unknown books
1848réf. 21686London: Henry Colburn 1848. Hardcover. Late 19th century three quarter calf and marbled boards matching marbled endpapers and edges. Near fine. 2 vols. 403 477 pages. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Engraved frontispieces. Letters starts 1190 Richard I the Lion Hearted ends 1649 during the Civil Wars. Raised bands spine panels richly gilt with arabesques leather spine labels in brown and black lettered in gilt. Modest surface war. Henry Colburn hardcover books
1926réf. 001512New York: The Museum of the American Indian / Heye Foundation 1926. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 15pp. Frontispiece of hand-mounted color plate. Essay by William C Orchhard. In black lettered tan wraps. Many figure illustrate the weaving design attributed to this rare blanket. a nice copy in protective mylar. The Museum of the American Indian / Heye Foundation unknown books
1995réf. 255941Houston: OutSmart Magazine 1995. Magazine. 76p. includes covers 8.25x11 inches newsprint guts glossy covers news reviews interviews events services and resources photos very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps mild sunning to top of spine fold. Part two of the Harvey Milk Opera story. Bacon on the riots in San Francisco. Also Carolyn Jones' AIDS photo exhibit. OutSmart Magazine unknown books
1995réf. 002778Acton MA: Designs for Discovery Press 1995. Book. Near fine condition. Paperback. First Edition. Oblong 32mo. 32 photographic color plates when flipped through show the movement of waves. Number 7 in a series. Several copies are available. Designs for Discovery Press Paperback books
1848réf. 012807John Russell Smith 1848. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gorgeous Fine Copy In Original Brown Boards With Beautiful Spine Gilt.First Edition 1848 Very Rare in This Condition.Amazing Copy. John Russell Smith Hardcover books
2000réf. 174676Ostfildern-Ruit/ New York: Hatje Cantz/Distributed Art Publishers 2000. Hardcover. VG/VG slight shelf wear to corners. Bright red cloth boards with black stamped lettering on front cover and spine gray dust jacket with color illustration 634 pp 997 illustrations 104 in color. Text in German and English. Volume I 1905-1922. "The first volume includes early and little known workds from the period prior to World War I as well as the Merz works up until 1922 and a detailed illustrated biography of the artist." -dust jacket. Hatje Cantz/Distributed Art Publishers hardcover books
1851réf. 29370London: For Private Circulation Only 1851. 1st thus. Limited to 75 cc. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Pale yellow eps. Professionally rebacked with 60% of the original spine laid-down. Occasional spot of foxing. A VG copy. 8 236 pp. T.p. printed in Red & black. Facsimile t.p. for 2 editions of "Riddles". 4to. For Private Circulation Only hardcover books
1936réf. 167142Denver CO: John Vanmale 1936. First Edition. Paperback. VG-. Minor soiling creasing wear to covers. Clean and tight interior. Grayish-beige stapled wraps with blue lettering. 43 pp. 5 BW plates. Part of The Old West Series of Pamphlets Number Eight. Introduction by Orchard. First edition with only 500 copies printed. John Vanmale paperback books
1975réf. 162257New York: Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation 1975. Second edition. Softcover. VG Former owner embossment on first flyleaf; otherwise crisp and clean. Cream and color illus. paper wraps 168 pp. 16 color plates many BW illus. and figure. A highly illustrated update to the original 1929 reference on Native American beadwork. Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation paperback books
2009réf. 131150Köln Cologne Germany: Snoeck 2009. Hardbound. VG. Black illustrated cover. No DJ. 128 pp. Many nice color plates. In German. Exhibition at Sprengel Museum Hannover focusing on nature in modern art. 23 August to 8 November 2009. Catalogue lists 84 works. Exhibition featuring works from Max Ernst Paul Klee and Rene Magritte as well as additional modern and a few contemporary artists. Snoeck hardcover books
2006réf. 115211Cologne Germany: Dumont 2006. Hardcover. VG As new. Color illus. paper-covered boards; 247 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color and bw figures and photos. Text in German; Accompanied the exhibition of the same name which appeared at the Sprengel Museum Hannover and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam in 2006 and 2007; Includes ten essays by various authors; Besides works by Schwitters also featured are pieces by Hannah Hoch Thijs Rinsema Theo van Doesburg El Lissitzky Paul Klee and more. Dumont hardcover books
