historical essay (37 resultados)

An artistic homage to Mt Katahdin in words and photos. 7 x 9, unnumbered pages, b/w & color photos, orange endpapers. Very Good Plus w stamp of travel author Ed Buryn, else unmarked. Trade Paperback in tan printed wraps.

Condición: Very Good. 142 pages. B&W photography and illustrations throughout. pictorial dust jacket, slightly worn at corners and spine. Price clipped. Black boards with silver gilt title to spine. Frontispiece. Overall, a nice, clean copy. Record # 850279.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition with no other printings noted. Hard cover in near fine condition with light teal boards, black spine cloth, and silver gilt spine lettering. The bottom edge of the boards have color rubbed off. End papers contain repeating phrase "Remember . . . Never forget. There is hope for your future" in English and other languages (see photo.) Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Papers are glossy white and contain, in addition to text, color and black & white photos. Size approx 10 1/4" tall x 10 1/4" wide, 3/4" thick; 174 numbered pages. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. Appears unread. * Long sub-title: MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE: A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST. From the jacket flap, "This deeply moving collection of stories, faces, and objects from the Museum of Jewish Heritage . . . a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit. The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocast opened its doors in lower Manhattan in 1997 and is already recognized as a site of great cultural and historical importance. The stories of courage, family, hope, and faith held within the Museum provide a uniquely moving history of Jewish life in the twentieth century. This is the first book drawn from the Museum's collection. The 36 stories told here - and the photographs and objects that accompany them - were presented to the Museum for exhibition by Holocaust survivors and their families . . . all emblems of the remarkable stories of perseverance and hope that are vividly recounted. . .".

1985 1st Am. ed. hardcover 192pp. illus. hardback 4to: Fine in a near Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. A large format volume featuring 150 unpublished color photographs from the German Archive for Art and History.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated with photographs, maps and historical documents. Ilustrador. 1st Edition. 4to, 111 pp. library binding, hardcover, appears unread, interior clean, no marks whatsoever. Corners square, no wear.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st. one page with corner crease, dust jacket lightly worn at extremities, small tear at top edge of back panel, tiny chip at bottom edge of back panel. Dust jacket in clear protector. Illustrated with vintage photographs. 246pp 2.58lb 11.3x8.8x0.8in.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Light wear to edges of jacket. Light rubbing/bumping to edges of boards. Interior clean and unmarked.

Condición: New. Brand New.

PAPERBACK. Condición: VG. 1ST. small chip to the spine area, clean copy.

MM Paperback in red wraps. Condición: VeryGood unmarked. Reprint. A classic of political literature. Solid clean tight PB copy. 518 + ix pp, index, appendixes.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. (1982) Original glazed pictorial boards, very bright and clean. This volume reprints 4 issues of "Impact" Magazine. Illust. w/ numerous b/w photos. Contents very nice.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Reprint. 12mo. lii, 331pp. Boards bowed, the edges with some abrasions, light foxing on the topedge and the endleaves, very good, in a clipped (price intact), about very good dust jacket, with toning, a short tear, and a bit of light foxing.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good. First edition. 142p, many color ills. Presents a large selection of Fortune's covers from 1930 to 1950, on the occasion of the magazine's 70th anniversary. A wealth of modernist design and illustration celebrating American invention, industry, and wealth. T.M. Cleland, Walter Buehr (a favorite), Diego Rivera, Constantin Alajalov, Bertha Lum, Antonio Petruccelli (another favorite), Roger Duvoisin, A.M. Cassandre, Miguel Covarrubias, Charles Sheeler, Herbert Bayer, Boris Artzybasheff, Fernand Leger, Herbert Matter, Loren MacIver, Ralston Crawford, E. McKnight Kauffer, Jacob Lawrence, Alvin Lustig, Dong Kingman, Ben Shahn, Walter Murch, Herbert Matter, William Zorach, Antonio Frasconi, John Piper, and many more. Large and heavy; shipping/handling may be extra. Please keep this in mind when ordering.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Tall quarto. Color and B&W illustrations. Fine in fine DJ. 78 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First edition. Near fine in very good dustwrapper. Dustwrapper shows shelf rubbing, bumped corners/ends, light browning of flap edges.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Austin, TX: University Press, 1993. 1st edition, F/F. Tall book and dust jacket have very little wear. Nearly 300 illustrations. 167 in color. Includes classification of textiles and textile-related objects by function and type. notes, glossary of weaving terminology, bibliography, figure index, catalogue and subject index. Beautiful book with good research. Nice copy, 295 pp.

LIMITED Edition, 1/ 300 copies. 1 - 8, [4], 9 - 15, [1] pp. B/w reproduction of Elouis' portrait, b/w intratextual illustration. 7-1/2" x 5-3/8" Includes the portrait and description, and "a historical essay on General Anthony Wayne at Detroit." Bulletin LII of the Clements Library. Slight creasing/ wear to wrappers, else fine. Clean, pages crisp. VG+. Stapled green wrappers with black lettering. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.

Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition Stated. 1st prtg indicated by number series on copyright pg. Black boards w/ black quarter-cloth spine, title in copper, all as new; superb full pg color photos detailing present day life and culture of Mentawei islanders, 12 pp historical chapter w/ b/w archivephotos,120 pp.

First edition Fine and bright tall elegant stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. This was the first catalog of the entire collection of the Eisen textiles, over 200 textiles from 30 towns. Many illustrated with brilliant color photographs. Colorful and technically intricate from serapes et al. Along with several essays that explore the methods of manufacturing. A glorious edition throughout.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First edition. Very good, owners name on second front free end paper, covers and spine stained, spine faded, a few smudge marks on end papers.

38 pp, b&w plates, fine copy in limp wrappers. Number 33 in the "Mackaness Monograph" reprint series.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 2nd Revised Ed. Dark green cloth with gilt spine lettering. F/piece, English t.p. + facs. 1852 German t.p. + xxvii (inc. all prelims) + 435, numerous ills. of various kinds throughout inc plates ex-pagination. No obvious internal faults being clean, tight and unmarked. Jacket price-clipped to top front wraparound otherwise clean with slight edge-rubbing in places but no chips or nicks, will add protective sleeve when ordered. 16 cm x 23 cm.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Bilingual edition. 142 pp, b/w photos. Creased corners. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and uncreased.

40 pp, small quarto, b&w plates, very fine copy in limp wrappers. Limited to 135 copies signed by George Mackaness. No 23 in the "Mackaness Monograph" series.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Dustjacket Good ++. 39 pages including indices & 66 pages plates printed both sides of page, some part page, some full page, the first 18 plates are COLOUR to remainder are b/w. Softback with dustjacket. Dustjacket has wear with chipping to upper edges & spine-ends, wear to corners, foxing to surfaces notably to rear, rubbing to hinges with 6cm split taped, some colour fading. Book has light foxing/light yellowing to surfaces/page-edges, light wear with slight browning to spine-ends & corners, slight browning to edges, slight blotching to flyleaf. Plate pages are spotless, text pages are very celan. Nice sound condition.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. A4 Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 84pp. Colour art throughout. (1/3).

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. "First published in Canada by McClelland and Stewart Ltd." and "First published in 1975 in the United States by the New York Graphic Society". Fine hardback in fine dust jacket ($45.00 until12/31/75 $55.00 thereafter). Dust jacket has a 1 inch closed tear to rear fore-edge fold. Only trivial, if any additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.

Hardcover Canvas. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Copyright 1952. 765 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dj. Over-Sized/Over Weight Book. Please note that large or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge.

Vintage program for two May 20, 1964 screenings of the 1954 documentary at the Crystal Ballroom at the Delmonico Hotel, New York, preceded by an essay presented by historian, author, screenwriter, and president of Embassy Films, Inc., Alexandre Tarsaidze, included in the second half of the brochure. The screenings were presented as a benefit for the Association of Russian War Invalids of the First World War. A chronological compilation of historical newsreel footage of Nicholas II and his family taken between 1896 and 1914. 7 x 10 inches Bi-fold. Very Good plus with two faint horizontal creases and two pinholes at the top left.

In-4°, legatura in mezzatela e cartonato, pp.144, con molte fotografie in bianco e nero riprodotte fuori testo.