Videofreex: The Art of Guerrilla Television
New Paltz, NY: Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, 2015. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. The catalogue based on the February-July 2015 exhibition at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY, New Paltz (NY). Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Dozens and dozens of crisp color and black-and-white photos complementing the text.
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The WGN Broadcasting Auditorium Competition (With Its Original Shipping Carton)
WGN (The Chicago Tribune), 1934. Pictorial boards. Near Fine. Uncommon 1934 announcement --in book form-- of the upcoming "WGN Broadcasting Auditorium Competition". (The opening paragraph: "WGN, the Chicago Tribune radio station, proposes to erect on the property at Michigan Avenue and Illinois Street, adjoining Tribune Tower, a building which will house its broadcasting studios. The building when completed will contain a large broadcasting studio to which the public will be admitted. This large studio should therefore fulfill the... Read More
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The Bathroom: A New Interior
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company, 1931. Cloth. Very Good +. The uncommon 1931 1st (and almost certainly only) edition of this competition in bathroom design, sponsored by the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. Solid and VG+ in its duotone cloth, with Deco silver title label affixed to the front panel. Mild streaking to the panels, the interior clean as could be, with the 20 lovely color plates along the versos bright and vibrant. Tall quarto, an elegant look at early... Read More
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Original April 1954 Letter of Acceptance from MIT
Cambridge, MA: Office of Admissions, MIT, 1954. Letters. Very Good +. A framed April 29, 1954 1 pg. TLS (typed letter signed), addressed to John Desmond, a Senior at the Hotchkiss School in Lakevile, Ct., informing him that he's been accepted to MIT for enrollment in the Freshman class the upcoming school year. The 8 1/2" x 11" letter is of course on official Office of Admission (MIT) stationary and is clean and bright --with no smudging of... Read More
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Cindy Sherman 2008
New York and Berlin: Metro Pictures / Spruth Magers, 2008. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. The catalogue based on the November-December 2008 exhibition at New York's Metro Pictures. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers.
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Societe Anonyme des Hauts-Fourneaux et Fonderies du VAL D'OSNE (Album #1 -- Batiment et Serrurerie)
Paris: Henri Hanoteau (Arts et Manufactures), 1909. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good. The 1909 1st edition of the first part of "Societe Anonyme des Hauts-Fourneaux et Fonderies du Val D'Osne". Solid and VG- to VG in its fragile beige wrappers, with light wear and spotting at the panels, and small "Santiago Guido --Cite Paradis, Paris" stamps to the top of both the front and rear panels. Light wear as well at the spine ends and the rear tips. Octavo,... Read More
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Building Almanac: The Business of Farming -- 748 Ideas for Building--Remodeling--Decorating
Chicago: United States Gypsum Co, 1946. Spiral bound wraps. Near Fine. Scarce 1946 almanac, published by the United States Gypsum Company, on "building, remodeling, decorating" farms. Colorful and very attractive in its spiral-bound, laminate card wrappers. Light peeling to the laminate at the rear panel, with just a touch of loss to the text, otherwise clean as could be. And internally very sharp as well, with vivid colors and fold-out pland and ideas throughout. Charming and certainly of... Read More
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1861 Confederate Handbill Announcing the Upcoming Election and the Candidacy of Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander Stephens as Vice-President
1861. Handbill. Very Good. A scarce example of a piece of Confederate electoral ephemera from 1861. A fragile, original handbill announcing the November 6th upcoming Presidential election of the Confederacy, with Jefferson Davis running for President and his running mate Alexander Stephens running for Vice-President. Also includes information on the "Electoral Ticket. For the State at Large (Virginia)" and "for the Districts" (the 1st District through the 16th, with all of the candidates' names and their hometowns printed... Read More
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Enrico Baj: Peintures, dessins, collages, gravures et lithographies
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Geneva: Galerie Cour Saint-Pierre, 1973. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A clean, very sharp copy of the catalogue of the March-April 1973 exhibition at Geneva's Galerie Cour Saint-Pierre. Bright and Near Fine in its silver wrappers.
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Antony Gormley--5 Works
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London: Serpentine Gallery, 1987. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine/Fine. The catalogue based on the February-March 1987 exhibition at London's Serpentine Gallery. Bright and Fine in its stapled beige wrappers. And in a crisp, Fine dustjacket.
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Janet Fish: Recent Paintings and Watercolors
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New York: DC Moore Gallery, 1998. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A pristine copy of the catalogue based on the February-March 1998 exhibition at New York's DC Moore Gallery. Bright and Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Essay by Judith E. Stein.
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Lucian Freud: Etchings 1982-1988
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Sydney, Australia: Rex Irwin Art Gallery, 1988. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. An immaculate copy of the catalogue based on the June-July exhibition at Sydney's Rex Irwin Art Gallery. Clean and Fine in its stapled pictorial wrappers.
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Rimoldi: Knit Underwear
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Milan: S.p.A. Virginio Rimoldi & C.. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. Beautiful company catalogue, published out of Milan by the S.p.A. Virginio Rimoldi & C. Employing the finest in Italian design of the late 1950s/early 60s, this highly visual catalogue is filled with wonderful color plates of state-of-the-art sewing machines--and their interiors. This particular issue focuses on the machines designed to make knit underwear and the catalogue is distributed by U.S. Blind Stitch Machine Corp. A clean, Near... Read More
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Montclair Golf Club 1935
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Montclair Golf Club, 1936. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1935 Club Book of the Montclair Golf Club in Montclair, New Jersey. Solid and Near Fine in its maroon cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine. 12mo, 48 pgs.
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The Tables--Tom Otterness
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Valencia, Spain: Ivam Centre Del Carme, 1991. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A pristine copy of the catalogue of the September-October 1991 exhibition at Valencia's Ivam Centre del Carme. Bright and Fine in its pictorial wrappers.
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Imagination VII
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Hamilton, Ohio: Champion Papers, Inc, 1965. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. The 1965 issue #7 of this wonderful catalogue produced by Champion Papers, Inc. of Ohio. Lavish, startlingly high-quality graphic design thruout. Clean and Near Fine in its spiral-bound card wrappers. Oblong quarto, 32 pgs., fold-outs and pop-ups thruout.
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Harvard's Student Strike: The Politics of Mass Mobilization
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Chicago: Urban Research Corporation, 1970. Original wraps. Near Fine. Uncommon 1970 mimeographed paper detailing Harvard's legendary Spring 1969 student strike. Clean and Near Fine in its plastic-comb binding. 57 pgs., taut, gripping narrative.
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The War Is Not Over: Press Clippings on U.S. Covert War in Indochina
Washington, D.C.: The Indochina Resource Center, 1973. Original wraps. Very Good. Uncommon 1973 collection of American press clippings citing the ongoing American covert war in Indochina. Solid and VG to VG+ in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with light foxing along the spine edges. Internally very clean, with no writing or markings to speak of. Quarto, 59 pgs., including several grainy photos and maps.
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The Book of Job: From the Translation Prepared at Cambridge in 1611 for King James I (In Slipcase)
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1946. 1/4 leather. Very Good +. Arthur Szyk. The 1946 Limited Editions Club, #1,558 of 1,950 copies signed (at the limitation) and illustrated by the great Arthur Szyk. Tight and VG+ in its 1/4 leather over off-white, wonderfully gilt-decorated boards. Mild darkening along the spine, very light wear at the spine ends. Still though, an appealing, well-preserved copy. Including a lightly-scuffed and soiled example of the publisher's gold cardboard slipcase. Lavishly printed... Read More
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An Encyclopedia of Iron Work (in Dustjacket)
London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1927. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. The 1927 1st English language editon, including its uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Over 300 crisp black-and-white plates, demonstrating the incredible complexity of the highest levels of decorative iron work. Solid and VG (light spotting at the panels and edges) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light fraying and rubbing along the spine and its ends, very light creasing and chipping to the panel edges and mild soiling at the... Read More
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Cahiers de L'Association Internationale pour L'Etude de DADA (#1)
Paris: Revue de L'Association Pour L'Etude du Mouevement Dada, 1966. Original wraps. Very Good +. An impressive Association copy: INSCRIBED BY MICHEL SANOUILLER (A KEY CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS JOURNAL AND ONE OF THE LEADING SPECIALISTS OF THE DADA MOVEMENT) TO PRE-EMINENT LITERARY SCHOLAR AND YALE PROFESSOR HENRI PEYRE on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1966 1st edition of this first installment (of 4 all told). Tight and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with... Read More
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Saludos Amigos
Walt Disney Productions, 1962. Spiral bound wraps. Very Good +. A very sharp copy of this 1962 Disney pop-up book, with text (apart from the title) exclusively in French. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its spiralbound card wrappers. 8 separate colorful, Disney-related pop-ups, all in very sharp condition and all working superbly. Oblong quarto, published as well by Les Editions Leho S.A.
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May Day New Haven
New Haven: View from the Bottom/Yale Strike News/Committee to Defend the Panthers, 1970. Newspaper. Near Fine. A clean, very well-preserved copy of this uncommon single-issue newspaper --"an information newspaper"-- published in advance of the May Day rally (May 1-3, 1970), held at the New Haven Green. Published jointly by "View from the Bottom", "Yale Strike News" and "Committee to Defend the Panthers", "May Day New Haven" was designed to offer medical, legal and housing information (as well as... Read More
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Garden City Houses and Domestic Interior Details
London: Techniucal Journals, Ltd./Caxton House, Westminster, 1913. Boards. Very Good. The uncommon 1913 1st edition. Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth over light-green boards. Neat former owner name and address at the front free endpaper, very light soiling to the preliminaries, 1 pg. ("House in Parkway/Gidea Park") loose. A touch of mild bowing as well to the front panel. Still though, solid and very presentable. Tall quarto, hundreds of black-and-white photos and floor plans throughout. Section I:... Read More
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Screenland--June 1934 (Lovely Greta Garbo Cover)
New York: Screenland Magazine Inc, 1934. Magazines. Near Fine. The June 1934 issue of "Screenland", with an especially alluring Greta Garbo portrait (by Charles Sheldon) gracing the cover. Bright and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of wear at the spine ends and light soiling to the title page. Articles include "Gable-Crazy", "Novarro Is News Again", "Garbo vs. (Anna) Sten--The Battle Is On", "Has Hollywood Tamed Its Tarzans?", etc.
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