Ansel Adams: Photographs from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Scotese
by ADAMS, Ansel
Charlotte, NC: The Mint Museum, Department of Art, 1984. First edition. Oblong softcover. [36 pages.] Features acknowledgements by William Schinsky, a preface by Jane Kessler, a note by Peter G. Scotese, and an introduction by John Szarkowski. Includes 25 images and a checklist. A very good plus copy in stapled wrappers with some minor wear and two sticker shadows to the rear panel. A nicely printed catalog that includes many of Adams' best known images.
Offered by Jeff Hirsch Books
The Changing South of Gene Patterson: Jounalism and Civil Rights, 1960 - 1968. Edited by Roy Peter Clark and Raymond Arsenault. Foreword by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller. [Southern Dissent, Edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller].
by Clark, Roy Peter and Raymond Arsenault; Editors.
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, (2002). Signed by Gene Petterson, Roy Peter Clark and Raymond Arsenault. Octavo, gold cloth & white boards (hardcover), 305 pp. Near-Fine, with light foxing (age darkening) to endpapers and edges; in a Near-Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The Changing South of Gene Patterson celebrates the work of one of America’s most influential journalists, who wrote in a time and place of dramatic social and political upheaval. The editor... Read More
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The Complete Euripedes: Volume II: Iphigenia in Tauris and Other Plays
by Burian, Peter; Alan Shapiro (editors)
New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Softbound. VG, front cover curls slightly. Black glossy illustrated wraps, [xviii] 393pp, no illustrations. Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can best re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. The tragedies collected here were originally... Read More
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The siege at Peking: the story of the Boxer Rebellion
by Fleming, Peter
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. First American edition, 8vo, pp. 273, [1]; frontispiece portrait, 36 illustrations, 7 maps and diagrams; fine copy in original blue and gray cloth, preserving a near fine, unclipped pictorial dust jacket with slight creasing at the top of the front panel. This book remains one of best introductory accounts of the Boxer Rebellion, that 55-day siege of the foreign legation in Peking.
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Looking at Art With Alex Katz
by Katz, Alex
London: Laurence King Publishing, 2018. Paperback. VG- light wear to edges and corners.. Color-illustrated wraps with yellow and white lettering. 207 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Look at art through the eyes of a painter in this guide to the most significant artists in history. Alex Katz describes his best-loved works by Edvard Munch, Vincent van Gogh, Joan Mirò, Peter Doig, Francis Bacon, and Jackson Pollock, among others, all of which he has encountered during his long career. Ordered... Read More
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Signed Photograph
by NERO, Peter
NERO, Peter. Signed Photograph. An 8- by 10-inch black-and-white publicity photograph of Jazz musician Peter Nero, issued by RCA Records. Inscribed: "To Joe, All the Best, Peter Nero." $35.00.
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Signed Photograph
by NERO, Peter
NERO, Peter. Signed Photograph. An early 8- by 10-inch black-and-white publicity photograph of Jazz musician Peter Nero, issued by RCA Records- a youthful portrait . Inscribed by Nero: "All the best, Peter Nero." $35.00.
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Peter Parley to Penrod: A Bibliographical Description of the Best-Loved American Juvenile Books
by Blanck, Jacob
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Research Classics, 1961. Hardcover. Fine. Third printing. Octavo. vi, 153pp. Spine lightly toned, else fine.
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Tilfeldighetens Host [Random Harvest]
by HILTON, James
(Oslo): Nasjonalforlaget, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. First Norwegian edition. Neat gift inscription front fly, near fine. Basis for the 1942 film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, and featuring Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, and Susan Peters. The film was nominated for seven Oscars including best picture, but won none.
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ADAM'S BALM
by Foreman, Michael; Martin, Bill Jr.
Glendale, California: Bowmar, 1970. First edition. Very good plus.. First printing of this rather surreal anti-war picture book, with Peter Maxian illustrations by award-winning artist Michael Foreman. THE GUARDIAN identifies Michael Foreman as "one of the best-known British writer-illustrators," in part thanks to his remarkable output: since he began his career in 1961, he has published over 300 books for children and adults. He has earned two Kate Greenaway Medals, and has twice been nominated for the Hans... Read More
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THE MIDNIGHT HORSE
by Sis, Peter; Fleischman, Sid
New York: Greenwillow Books, 1990. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this spooky coming of age story, featuring a ghostly magician, enchanted straw, and a daring horse race - with original drawing by Sis. Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winning artist Peter Sis's entrancing, joyful, and detailed illustrations mix technical prowess with a love for the medium. His work boasts man accolades, including seven NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Best Illustrated Book of... Read More
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U.S. Navy War Photographs: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
by Steichen, Edward and Tom Maloney (Editor)
New York: Crown Publishers, 1980. Revised and Augmented Editon. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black boards and blue cloth spine with gilt lettering. BW-photographic and navy blue dust jacket with gold lettering. 128 pp. 115 BW photographs. "Edward Steichen was the foremost photographer of our time. At the age of sixty-three he was called upon by the U.S. Navy to head their Navy Photographic Unit in the Pacific, right after the attack on Pearl Harbor. From then until the Japanese surrender... Read More
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Becket (Original Film Pressbook)
by Peter Glenville (director); Jean Anouilh (play); Edward Anhalt (screenwriter); Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Gino Cervi (starring)
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1964. Original Pressbook for the 1964 film. Unique for a pressbook, with a folding front page and a coloring contest (to have been used as a herald by distributors). Based on Jean Anouilh's 1959 play. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Screenplay, and nominated for 11 more, including Best Picture, Best Director, and twice for Best Actor. It would be the first of two times O'Toole was nominated for portraying Henry II, the... Read More
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Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus.
by SIS, Peter.
NY:: Knopf,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0679806288 . Illustrated by the author. Third printing. INSCRIBED by the author, with a small drawing, to a previous owner. Fine in a fine dust jacket with The New York Times Best tIllustrated Children's Book Award emblem on the front panel. .
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All That Remains
by CORNWELL, Patricia D
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992.. First edition. 8vo. Dust jacket designed by Wendy Bass (unclipped). Fine. 373 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed by Cornwell on the title page: "To Peter & Linda, Patricia Cornwell, Best Wishes! 9-19-92.". Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.
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Tiffany Silver
by Carpenter, Charles and Mary Grace Carpenter
New York: Peter Owen Limited, 1978. Hardcover. VG-/G (book shows very slight foxing on top third of textblock, minimal shelf wear, all pages clear and intact - dust jacket is price clipped on front inside flap, shows rubbing and shelf wear and top, corners and spine, a few small tears at spine mended with scotch tape, still protective). Blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering on spine, blue and orange pictorial dust jacket with white lettering, xix, 296... Read More
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American Art since 1960 : An exhibition prepared by the Graduate Students of the Department of Art and Archeaology May 6 through May 27, 1970
by Hunter, Sam ; Hand, John ; Levin, Michael D. ; Morrin, Peter P.
[ Princeton, NJ ]: Princeton University, 1970. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. First Edition. 22 pages + 21 pages of images and 1 page of index (44 pages total). 8 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches. Front cover is a silkscreened image. Small scratch to front cover at top, otherwise bright and clean. INSCRIBED by author Hand "For Dick and Sabine with all best wishes" in the following year. Wraps. Dick and Sabine Yanul owned the Franz Bader bookstore... Read More
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The Unsettling (First Edition, inscribed to author Chris Offutt)
by Peter Rock
San Francisco: MacAdam / Cage, 2006. First Edition. First Edition. Association copy, INSCRIBED in the year of publication on the title page to author Chris Offutt: "4/06 / To Chris / Not as entertaining as many comic books; I did try my best / Your friend / Peter Rock." Offutt is the author of "Kentucky Straight" and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs. In 1996, he was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists... Read More
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ADDICT'S DAMN: AN INTERLEAVING OF ARCHITECTURE and THE HOMELESS AND WORK HARD PLAY DEAD: 101 BEST-LOVED SHORT VERSES
by CHASSLER, Joseph and BELLAMY, Peter
New York & Texas: In Publishing, (1995). First Edition. Paperback. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Peter Bellamy. Small (4" x 4-1/2") book in opaque printed dustwrapper. Prose by Chassler and photographs by Bellamy. SIGNED by the photographer on the half-title page.
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Praying Wrong: New and Selected Poems 1957-1984
by DAVISON, Peter
New York: Atheneum, 1984. Softcover. Fine. First edition, wrappered issue. About fine. Inscribed by Peter Davison on title page: "For the old friend on p. 58 from Peter with best wishes for 1985." The poem on p.58 Darkheart, makes references to Alfred Kazin (although not directly by name).
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MONIQUE LALLIER: A RETROSPECTIVE
by Lallier, Monique'
New Castle, DE and Greensboro, NC: Oak Knoll Press and Guilford College Art Gallery, 2018. paperback. 8.5 x 11 inches. paperback. 120 pages. "Leafing through the preliminary pages of this new catalogue documenting the career of Monique Lallier, we are greeted with several photographs of the artist at work... which serves to introduce our subject and sets the tone for the rest of the catalogue -- a tone that is intimate and collegial, as if we were seated there... Read More
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Specimen Song
by Bowen, Peter
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed with "Best wishes" by the author. This is the author's fifth book and the second in the Gabriel Du Pre series. The first in that series was also the author's first book, Coyote Wind.
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Tess (Eight original photographs from the 1979 film)
by Roman Polanski (director, screenwriter); Thomas Hardy (novel); Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn (screenwriters); Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, Leigh Lawson (starring)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1981. Eight vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1979 British and French production. Based upon the the 1891 Thomas Hardy novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles," and one of director Roman Polanski's most acclaimed works, wherein Nastassja Kinski stars as the titular character; a young, innocent, and shy peasant girl, sent by her impoverished family to visit wealthy relatives seeking employment, only to be seduced and left pregnant by her... Read More
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A Story-teller's Pack [Margaret Armstrong Binding] FIRST EDITION
by Stockton, Frank R.; Armstrong, Margaret (Binding); Newell, Peter (Illust.); Smedley, W. T. (Illust.); Small, Frank O. (Illust.); Stephens, Alice Barber (Illust.); Kemble, E. W. (Illust.)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Hardcover. This 1897 first edition, in a brightly decorated binding designed by the great Margaret Armstrong, celebrates the work of Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902), subversive humorist and writer of both fairy-tales and science fiction, best known for his classroom staple, the fable "The Lady, or the Tiger?" Illustrated throughout in 16 plates by Peter Newell, W. T. Smedley, Frank O. Small, Alice Barber Stephens, and... Read More
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THE TREE OF LIFE
by Sis, Peter
New York: Frances Foster Books, 2003. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing of this picture book about the life, works, and impact of Charles Darwin, illustrated in Peter Sis's classic whimsy. Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winning artist Peter Sis's entrancing, joyful, and detailed illustrations mix technical prowess with a love for the medium. His work boasts man accolades, including seven NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Best Illustrated Book of the Year awards, Society of Illustrators gold... Read More
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