Agression, Subversion, Seduction: Young German Painters
by KUSPIT, Donald B. and Steven S. High
Portland, ME: Baxter Gallery, Portland School of Art, 1986. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 16, 1986 through January 4, 1987. Features essays by Donald B. Kuspit and Steven S. High. Includes information about and illustrations of works by Hans-Peter Adamski, Peter Bommels, Werner Buttner, Peter Chevalier, Walter Dahn, Jiri Georg Dokoupil, Rainer Fetting, Albert Oehlen, and Thomas Schindler. An about very good copy in wrappers with some minor wear and from the library... Read More
Offered by Jeff Hirsch Books
The code of civil procedure of the Republic of China and the organic law of the judiciary
by Kwei Yu, translator
Shanghai: The Commercial Press, Limited, 1939. First edition in English, 8vo, pp. xii, 142, [2]; text toned, rubberstamps of the U.N.R.R.A. in Shanghai (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) on pastedowns and title page, text toned, and several inoffensive marks of readership; all else very good and sound.
Offered by Rulon-Miller Books
Naksan
by KWON, Boomoon and Shino Kuraishi
Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. First printing of only 500 copies. Essay by Shino Kuraishi. Includes 33 black and white photographs. A very fine copy in cloth boards. No dust jacket as issued. An as new copy and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap.
Offered by Jeff Hirsch Books
American Federation of Labor Press Photo Archive Documenting Union Leadership and the Fight for Labor Representation from the Great Depression through World War II
by American Federation of Labor
1924. AFL leadership press photo archive, documenting council meetings, conventions, White House visits, and interunion conferences by the American Federation of Labor, 1924-1943. William Green succeeded Samuel Gompers as AFL president in 1924 and led the federation through the Depression, the New Deal labor laws, and wartime price and wage disputes. The group documents the work of leaders including Green, George Meany, Matthew Woll, Frank Morrison, Anna Rosenberg, Philip Murray, Julius Emspak, and other labor figures inside hotel conference... Read More
Offered by Max Rambod Inc.
Black Women's Labor Across Farm Work, Nursing, Clerical Offices, and Strike Picketing, 1920-1960
by Black Women's Labor
1900. Black women's labor photo archive depicting agricultural work, nursing, hospital training, clerical employment, service labor, and street protest from the turn of the century to 1960. Black women's labor photo archive depicting the long movement of Black women into paid work beyond domestic service and agricultural labor, from cane-processing and uniformed service roles to clerical offices, nursing education, and public union protest. During the first half of the twentieth century, Black women remained heavily concentrated in farm work,... Read More
Offered by Max Rambod Inc.
WWII Era Women's Industrial Factory Labor in Rubber Parts Molding, Large Format Photo Archive, 1940s
by Women's Factory Labor
1940. Women's wartime factory labor photo archive depicting rubber molding, inspection, precision trimming, packing, and bench production in the United States during the World War II era. More than six million women took wartime jobs in American factories, and wartime labor needs moved women into industrial work involving machinery, inspection, aircraft parts, laboratory work, and other production roles previously coded as male labor. The captioned Parker views place women inside a rubber parts operation where quality control, hand finishing,... Read More
Offered by Max Rambod Inc.
An Extraordinary Theory of Objects : A Memoir of an Outsider in Paris
by Lacava, Stephanie
Harper, 2012. Fine. Lacava, Stephanie. An Extraordinary Theory of Objects : A Memoir of an Outsider in Paris. New York: Harper, 2012. 205pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. 12mo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine.
Offered by Weller Book Works
The Panama Canal: The Crisis in Historical Perspective
by LAFEBER, Walter
New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. hardcover. fine/very good(+). xii + 248 pages. Short 8vo, red cloth, d.w. mild wear to areas; price-clipped). New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.
Offered by Argosy Book Store
Unaccustomed Earth
by Lahiri, Jhumpa
Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. Very Good. Lahiri, Jhumpa. Unaccustomed Earth. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. 333pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Both ends of spine lightly bumped and edges lightly rubbed. Gift inscription on front free end sheet. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Edges lightly bumped.
Offered by Weller Book Works
Interpreter of Maladies
by Lahiri, Jhumpa
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press. Fine+. 1999. Hardcover. SIGNED EASTON PRESS Jhumpa Lahiri "Interpreter of Maladies" 1999 Fine+ Autograph - Fine unread condition from a single owner Easton collection, signed and with certificate of authenticity as issued. ; Signed by Author .
Offered by Hoffman Books, ABAA
གར་ཞ་བ་དངོས་གྲུབ་ཀྱིས་བཏུས་པའི་བྱིངས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་གཞག / Brihat sambhota dhatu vyavasthana [Index of Tibetan root words]
by Lahuli, K. Angrup
Varanasi: Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, 1993. First edition limited to 550 copies, 8vo, pp. lviii, [1], 313, [1]; text in Tibetan; full pink cloth; small ink stain to top corner, else clean and sound, near fine in fine dust jacket. An encyclopaedic list of roots according to Tibetan grammar. The Dalai Lama Tibeto-Indological Series XI.
Offered by Rulon-Miller Books
Debate Feminista, Ano I, Vol 2, Septiembre 1990
by Lamas, Marta; Luteroth, Salvador; Uribe, Jesus Sanchez
El Feminismo en Italia, 1990. Good. Lamas, Marta. Debate Feminista, Ano I, Vol 2, Septiembre 1990. Luteroth, Salvador; Uribe, Jesus Sanchez. CDMX: El Feminismo en Italia, 1990. 409pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with rubbing and bumping. Toned pages..
Offered by Weller Book Works
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: A Memoir
by Lamond, John; [Doyle, Arthur Conan]
Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1972. Fine.. Kennikat Press reissue of this early, authorized biography of Doyle, written by an acquaintance sympathetic to his later Spiritualist convictions. 8.5'' x 5.25''. Original gilt-lettered green cloth. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Arthur Conan Doyle. 310 pages. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of noted Sherlockian, BSI member since 1973, and retired US magistrate judge Andrew Peck. Minimal edgewear.
Offered by Type Punch Matrix
Blue Shoe
by Lamott, Anne
Riverhead Books, 2002. Fine. Lamott, Anne. Blue Shoe. New York: Riverhead Books, 2002. 291pp. 8vo. 1/4 Cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine.
Offered by Weller Book Works
A Patristic Greek Lexicon, Fascicle 2
by G.W.H. Lampe
Clarendon Press, 1962. paperback. Good. 0x0x0. This is the paperback edition which has been rebound in blue library buckram. De- acquisitioned from the Ambassador College Library with the usual library markings etc. Internally Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. A difficult item to obtain. Professional packaging and prompt shipping. (RBR)
Offered by Ed's Editions Bookstore
Wifredo Lam
by LAM, Wifredo and Nelson Herrera
Bogota: Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogota, 1986. First edition. Softcover. [16 pages.] Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 1986. Text in Spanish. Features a contribution by Nelson Herrera. Includes 3 color and 6 black and white illustrations, a chronology and checklist. A very good copy in stapled wrappers with some minor wear and from the library of the Marlborough Gallery with their marks. Uncommon.
Offered by Jeff Hirsch Books
Couleurs-Paris. Couleurs pour la Peinture et toutes Industries
by RUMEAU & LANGLOIS
RUMEAU & LANGLOIS. Couleurs-Paris. Couleurs pour la Peinture et toutes Industries. 20pp. Oblong 4to, 180 x 217 mm, publisher's wrappers Le Pre Saint Gervais: Rumeau & Langlois, n.d. A charming trade catalogue promoting paints with each page printed in a dfferent colour. It would appear to be unrecorded.
Offered by Ursus Rare Books
The Road to Woodstock (Still in Its Original Shrinkwrap)
by Michael Lang
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2009. Full leather. Fine. The 2009 1st edition and signed/limited, published in a lovely deep-red, full-leather, with bright gilt-tooling and titling. Signed by Michael Lang (the legendary Woodstock promoter). Tight, Fine and pristine. The true 1st edition, a collector's copy.
Offered by Appledore Books
The Bottoms
by Lansdale, Joe R.
NY: Mysterious Press, 2000. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Pages slightly tanned, else a very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Lansdale on the title page.
Offered by Kenneth Mallory
A Circle of Wives
by Laplante, Alice
Atlantic Monthly Press, 2014. Fine. Laplante, Alice. A Circle of Wives. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2014. 311pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Signed by author. Book condition: Near fine. Inscribed by LaPlante on title page. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine.
Offered by Weller Book Works
French World War I Photograph Collection
by La Section Photographique De L'Armée
n.p.: n.p., 1917. Very good.. Engaging group of original WWI French propaganda photographs of soldiers, scenery, refugees, and damage from the front. Established in 1915 to counter the German photographic propaganda machine, la Section Photographique De L'Armée (or SPA) was the official photography corps of the French army. Their archives are now part of la Bibliothèque de Documentation Internationale Contemporaine (the Library for Contemporary International Documentation). Some these images were included as part of the collections LA GUERRE:... Read More
Offered by Type Punch Matrix
Mice are Nice (Inscribed By Author)
by Larrick, Nancy
New York: Philomel Books, 1990 Glossy hard cover in illustrated dust jacket. A compilation of poetry about mice with delicate color artwork by Young. This copy is inscribed by the author.. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Ed Young. 4to.
Offered by E.M. Maurice Books
THE DEMON OF UNREST
by Larson, Erik
First edition, first prnt. One of an unspecified number of copies issued by the publisher with a tipped-in page signed by Larson for promotional purposes. "Signed Copy" sticker on the dustjacket front panel as issued. Black and white frontis photograph. Map. Bibliography. Notes. Index. Small crease on the spine topedge, otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Larson's ninth non-fiction book.
Offered by Revere Books Modern First Editions
Carl Larsson's Home
by Larsson, Carl; Granath, Karl-Erik
Addison-Wesley, 1975. Very Good. Larsson, Carl. Carl Larsson's Home. Granath, Karl-Erik. Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley, 1975. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with rubbed and lightly bumped edges.
Offered by Weller Book Works
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NOMADS AND COMMISSARS: MONGOLIA REVISITED [INSCRIBED]
by Lattimore, Owen
New York: Oxford University Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xxiii, 238 pages. In Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine dark green with off-white and green lettering. Exterior has slight plus wear including slight age toning and few small chips to the head/tail edges with slight age toning to the interior. Boards have very light wear. Text block has slight plus wear including slight age toning/foxing to the edges. Illustrated.... Read More
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