Abstracted Identities
by AMBROGI, Patti, Willie Middlebrook, and Amy Hufnagel
Syracuse, NY: Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, 1993. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 12 through March 15, 1993. Features a text by Amy Hufnagel. Includes numerous color images by Patti Ambrogi and Willie Middlebrook. Uncommon.
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Nothing Like It In The World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 (Signed First Edition)
by AMBROSE, Stephen E.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 431 pages. Non-fiction work by Ambrose with a section of black and white illustrations. A tight near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Ambrose on the second endpaper. A very nice copy as the recipient was Tom (Thomas) Garver who was a long time museum curator and author who was in part responsible for railroad photographer O. Winston Link becoming... Read More
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Afterglow
by AMER, Ghada, Patrick Blanc, Maja Godlewska, Herve Half, Alfredo Jaar, Ju-Yeon Kim, and Bill Viola
Atlanta, GA: Savannah College of Art and Design, 2007. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a group show that ran July 6 trhoguh August 28, 2007. Text by curator Celina Jeffery in English and French. Includes numerous color illustrations from these artist who were in the show Ghada Amer, Patrick Blanc, Maja Godlewska, Herve Half, Alfredo Jaar, Ju-Yeon Kim, and Bill Viola. A fine copy in wrappers. An attractive production.
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Ghada Amer: Reading Between the Threads
by AMER, Ghada, Selene Wendt, James Rondeau, and Valerie Cassel
Hovikodden, Norway: Henie Onstad Art Centre, 2001. First edition. Softcover. 63 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 20 through December 2, 2001 and then traveled for additional dates. Text in English and Norwegian. Features contributions by Selene Wendt, James Rondeau and the text of a conversation between Valerie Cassel and Amer. Includes numerous color illustrations. A fine copy in French style wrappers.
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Ghada Amer: Intimate Confessions
by AMER, Ghada, Nehama Guralnik, and Olu Oguibe
Tel Aviv, Israel: Textile Museum, 2000. First edition. Softcover. 95 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran June 15 through September 2, 2000. Features text in Arabic, English, and Hebrew with a foreword by Mordechai Omer and essays by Nehama Guralnik, and Olu Oguibe. Includes 14 color illustrations. A fine copy in wrappers in a fine dust jacket.
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Ghada Amer: Pleasure
by AMER, Ghada
Houston, TX: Contemporary Arts Museum, 2001. First edition. Softcover. 20 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran July 27 through August 26, 2001. Features text by Valerie Cassel. Includes black and white illustrations, a checklist, a list of previous exhibitions, and a selected bibliography. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers.
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Ghada Amer
by AMER, Ghada and A.M. Homes
New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 60 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 17 through October 16, 2004. Features A.M. Homes' story "Your Mother Was a Fish." Includes 26 illustrations with 22 in color, lists of previous exhibitions and books and publications. A fine copy in red cloth boards. No dust jacket as issued. A nicely printed catalog that approaches gender and sexuality filtered through the eyes of Egyptian American woman's eyes.
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If You Don't Weaken: The Autobiography of Oscar Ameringer
by AMERINGER, Oscar and Carl Sandburg
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1940. First edition. Softcover. Likely a proof or advance state of the autobiography of this socialist author and editor. Features a foreword by Carl Sandburg. An about good copy in wrappers with wear to the integral dust jacket. Uncommon in this format.
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Arthur Gibbons: New Sculpture
by AMERINGER, Will - Arthur Gibbons
New York: Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1984. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April 19 through May 19, 1984. Essay by Will Ameringer. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations, biographical information, list of previous exhibitions, and a bibliography. A close to near fine copy in wrappers with some light creasing to the top corner.
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Robert Amft: Paintings for Particular People: A Survey 1935-2005
by AMFT, Robert, Jim Lutes, Annie Morse, and John Corbett
Chicago, IL: Hyde Park Art Center, 2005. First edition. Small softcover. 48 pages. Exhibition catalog Features essays by Jim Lutes, Annie Morse, and John Corbett. Includes numerous color illustrations. A fine copy in wrappers.
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The Great Tranquility: Questions and Answers
by AMICHAI, Yehuda
Riverdale-on-Hudson, NY: The Sheep Meadow Press, 1997. Softcover. 79 pages. Translated from the Hebrew by Glend Abramson and Tudor Parfitt. A clean very near fine in wrappers.
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David Amico: Artificial Horizons. New Paintings
by AMICO, David
Newport Harbor, CA: Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1984. First edition. Exhibition brochure for a show that ran October 4 through November 25, 1984. Single sheet folded twice. Includes brief essay by Hunter Drohojowska along with a biography, selected bibliography and two illustrations with one in color. A fine copy.
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Dawn Summer 1952, Vol. XXVII No. 2
by AMIS, Kingsley et al.
Swansea: Students' Union Council, University College of Swansea, 1952. First edition. Softcover. 47 pages. Literary journal that includes two of Kingsley Amis poems - "On Staying Still," and "Swansea Bay." An about good copy in stapled wrappers that are soiled. Scarce.
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The Green Man
by AMIS, Kingsley
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1970. First U.S. edition and first printing. The eighth novel from the author of the classic "Lucky Jim" and the Booker Prize "The Old Devils." A clean very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear.
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That Uncertain Feeling
by AMIS, Kingsley
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1956. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 247 pages. The second novel from the author of "Lucky Jim." A clean near fine copy in cloth boards and in a very good dust jacket with numerous small edge chips and other light wear. Despite the chipping a pleasing copy with none of the usual sunning to the spine.
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Stanley and The Women
by AMIS, Kingsley
New York: Summit Books, 1984. First edition. Sofcover. Advanced reading copy of this comic novel. A clean close to near fine copy in printed wrappers.
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Lucky Jim
by AMIS, Kingsley
Garden, City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 256 pages. Amis' wildly popular and biting first novel. A well received book that was a Burgess 99 novel. The basis for the John Boulting directed movie as well as several other adaptations. A tight near fine copy in cloth boards with some toning to the endpapers and in a very good plus dust jacket with a couple of small edge chips, some light... Read More
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One Fat Englishman
by AMIS, Kingsley
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. The fifth novel from the author "Lucky Jim." A very near fine copy in a very good plus price clipped dust jacket with a few small edge tears and one tiny tape repair to the verso.
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Stanley and the Women
by AMIS, Kingsley
London: Hutchinson, 1984. First British edition. Hardcover. First printing. A comic novel from the author of "Lucky Jim and the Booker Prize winning "The Old Devils." A near fine copy with a slight tap to the top corner of the rear board in a close to near fine dust jacket with some slight rumpling to the top corner of the rear panel and to the front panel.
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Collected Poems 1944 - 1979
by AMIS, Kingsley
New York: The Viking Press, 1980. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. While primarily known as a novelist, Amis was an accomplished poet as well. A near fine copy with some slight toning to the endpapers in a very good dust jacket that is lightly soiled and with some toning to and along the spine.
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Stanley and The Women
by AMIS, Kingsley
New York: Summit Books, 1984. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. Review copy with laid in slip, author photograph and publisher information sheets. A comic novel from the author of "Lucky Jim and the Booker Prize winning "The Old Devils." A near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a near fine dust jacket with some light wear.
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Jake's Thing
by AMIS, Kingsley
New York: Hutchinson & Co, 1978. First British edition. Hardcover. A novel that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. A near fine copy with a tiny spot to the foredge in a close to near fine dust jacket with some darkening to the edges and a tear to the bottom rear corner.
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Dear Illusion
by AMIS, Kingsley
London: Covent Garden Press, 1972. First edition. Softcover. 35 pages. One of 600 copies. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers.
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Ending Up
by AMIS, Kingsley
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. A novel from the author of "Lucky Jim." Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. A close to near fine copy with a small spot to the foredge of the front free endpaper in a close to near fine dust jacket with a small edge tear at the base of the front panel and some creasing to the front flap and some other miniscule wear. Still, a very nice copy. ... Read More
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Jake's Thing
by AMIS, Kingsley
New York: The Viking Press, 1978. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 276 pages. A novel that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize from the author of the classic "Lucky Jim." Amis would go on to win the Booker Prize for "The Old Devils." A very good plus copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some faint foxing to the page edges and in a near fine dust jacket with some very minute wear. ... Read More
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