Introduction by john walker (37 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. liv, 471 pages, [61] pages of plates, illustrations; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. *** Depression-era classic on sharecroppers, with stunning photographs by Walker Evans. Born in Tennessee, James Agee (1909-1955) spent the summer of 1936 with photographer Walker Evans among the sharecroppers of Alabama, which resulted in the famous collaborative book, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1941). His autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. He also wrote poetry, screenwriting, and film criticism. Size: 8vo.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Moderate wear to cover. Text clean and bright.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. first edition,3p thus; 109876543pt line. VERY GOOD CONDITION DUST JACKET.CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT . ; Black titles on orange & black paper covers.LARGE COVER ART SHOWS MAN & WOMAN IN ENBRACE on couch, black flwers nearby.; 384 pages; Pulitzer Prize-winning literary essayist, he joys of collecting first editions, rediscovering neglected novels, ghost stories, teaching writing, and the challenges of parenthood and life in general. Dirda is a writer's reader and a reader's writer. He is an impeccable guide to good reading from the lighthe loves P. G. Wodehouseto scholarly esoterica. His columns are always worth a pause, always worth reading, always worth coming back to. Illustrated by VALLOTTON, FELIX cover painting (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Near Fine. 1st. 153 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Organized and circulated by International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1979-1981. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 239 pp. Black boards lettered in silver on the spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Introduction by John Fowles; Woadicea (Boadicea - Boudica) Rides Again by Salman Rushdie; Kinnock by Terry Coleman; Who Would True Valour See by Martyn Halsall; What We Deserve by James Cameron; The Party of the Past? by Peter Jenkins; Where the Slump Is Good for Business by Polly Toynbee; Flexible Friend of Jesus by Martin Wainwright; Nasty Right Turn on the Left Bank by Martin Walker; Hunger in New York by Linda Blandford; A Bigger Bang for the Buck by W. L. Webb; How the President Scares the Commies by Alan Rushbridger; When the Winds Are Perturbed by Stuart Wavell; Dense Pack and Wide Opportunitiesl Greenham Diary by Alan Rushbridger; The Fears of Bruno Kreisky by Terry Coleman; Final Draft by Alan Rushbridger; A Diet Grown Unrelenting; Shreds of State by Nancy Banks-Smith; The Open Sesame Seed by Harold Jackson; A Case of Cut and Run by Nancy Banks-Smioth; Falklands Diary by Alan Rushbridger; Hollow Ring of Steel by John Cunningham; Serving the Distress by Polly Toynbee; The Unthinkable Men Behind Mrs Thatcher by Martin Walker; Court and Personal by Alan Rushbridger; Chase Manhattan at Play by Polly Toynbee; Lost in the Twilight Hotel by Ann Shearer; The Case of the Exploding Cheese by Alan Rushbridger; Red Light Recession by W. J. Weatherby; Panic in the Hamptons by Linda Blandford; Follies as the Fleet Heads South; Smile on the Face of the Tiger by Frank Keating; A Day at the Zoo by Nancy Banks-Smith; The Rubber Chancellor in Moscow by Jonathan Steele; Moscow Revisited by Malcolm Muggeridge; Yuri and Titania by Alan Rushbridger; On Being Russian by Jill Tweedie; Buy GUM? No Fear by Brenda Polan; The House in Znamenka Lane by Waldemar Januszczak; The Devil Has All the Best Goods by Michael Billington; Two Voices Straining to be Heard by Hella Pick; Beirut Stunned by Barbarism by James MacManus; Mistress of the High Ground by Hugh Hebert; Wriggles Feels the Wrath of Willie by Michael White; A Country Diary: Keswick by Enid J. Wilson; Winter Migrants by Linda Blandford; Simla but Different by Michael McNay; From a Village in the Himalayas by Victor Zorza; Trash Trail by Jane McLoughlin; Quarks, Leptons and Beyond; Funny Peculiar by Norman Shrapnel; Worlds Apart by David Hare; Grope and Gore at the Drive-in by Alex Brummer; Structuralist Diary by Alan Rushbridger; One Distant Tuscan Cheer; Brief Chatline by Derek Brown; A Country Diary: The Lake District by A. Harry Griffin; A Leveller by Terry Coleman; Our Bloody Little Scribbler by Martin Walker; Oh Lucky John, He Goes On and On; Force Fed on Pidgin Pie by Tom Baistow; For All You Geeks Out There by Bart Mills; Say It Again Hrusev; A Touch of the High Life; Pinter's Sleeping Beauty by Michael Billington; An Interesting Condition by Brian Jackson; Trouble at T'Workplace by Jill Tweedie; Darcy Goes Mad by Peter Dobereiner; True Grit Willis by Frank Keating; On the Stump by Derek Malcolm; Matchmaking the Minorities by W. J. Weatherby; Testament of an Ibsen Girl by Hugh Hebert; Iron Market, Silver Bullet by Alex Hamilton; How Dangerous is the Duopoly by Michael Billington; Irish Omlette by John Montague; The Way I Told It to Maisie by Eithne Power; The Fortunes of Sutton Place by Michael McNay; A Country Diary: Kent by John T. White; and End Piece by Roy Hattersley; followed by an index. Cartoons by: Hector Breeze; Les Gibbard; Bryan McAllister; and Marc. Size: 8vo. Hector Breeze; Les Gibbard; Bryan McAllister; Marc; (ilustrador). Book.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 2nd. 151 pages, chiefly illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. Foxing/flyleaf, age toning. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condición: Near Fine. 1st. 144 pages, colour illustrations; 33 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean text. Top edge lightly soiled. Another copy available. First paperback edition. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Size: Folio.…

189pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white Introduction by John Szarkowski Light moisture damage: occasional stains on top margins, text lightly rippled, back cover torn in 1 spot and heavily worn/rubbed in several spots: Good.

Paperback. Condición: Fine. Old Master Paintings from the Collection of Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza by Allen Rosenbaum (Catalogue by); John Walker (Introduction by). The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1979. 153pp. Language: English. Condition Notes.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. F. Walker and M<aurice Greiffenhagen (ilustrador).

Paperback. Condición: Near Fine. 1st. 144 pages, colour illustrations; 33 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. First paperback edition. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Size: Folio.…

PB. Condición: good, wraps (softcover). unpaginated. color illustrations (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition , 1st. Printing 1971, Light gray cloth hardcover with the dust jacket, 190 page book with black & white photo illustrations by Walker Evans. Condition : Very Good , with dust jacket edge ware and rubbing. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Walker Evans (ilustrador). Book.…

Paperback. Condición: Near Fine. Color; 8 1/4 x 11"; 153 pages; Soft cover has white spine with black lettering. Covers have slight rubbing. Pages are clean and tight. Laid in is exhibition pamphlet, probably from when the show was at the DIA [Detroit Institute of Arts]. A group of 57 pictures from a private European collection that toured the U. S, at 9 major art museums. The Baron certainly knew how to collect great art! Index.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Book clean and intact. Some bumped corners. Slipcase with some wear and rubbing, and some bumped corners. 318 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First American edition, first printing. A collection of writings by Graham, and one by his wife Gabrielle, written starting in the years just after they were married as they traveled in the Southwestern United States and Mexico from 1879-1881 and with further travels in North America from 1881 through 1932. Fine in green linen with gilt embossed titles to the spine; in a fine dust jacket. Octavo; 145 pages; glossary; bibliography.…

159 pages including Notes on Artists & Catalogue Notes, illustrated. Small light soil spot on front cover otherwise a clean, unmarked near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book).

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 1st. 159 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition being circulated through the United States and Europe 1968-70 under the auspices of the American Federation of Arts. Translation of Peintures naives americaines, xviiie-xixe siecles. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Wraps lightly soiled, age toning. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condición: G/NO DUSTJACKET. New York, NY: Time Inc. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1957. . Hardcover. No Slipcover . 4to., 318 pp., cover rubbed, bumped, pages lightly toned . Color Illustrations (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, 144 pages, colour illustrations; 35 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Bumped corners, top edge lightly soiled, age toning. Dust jacket with a closed tear/back cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Size: Folio.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Over-sized hardbound (folio). No wear to the binding. No slope, no twist from reading or improper shelving. No bumped corners. No broken hinges. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No musty odor, no tobacco odor. No water stains. No soiling. The price-clipped dust jacket shows very light wear, no sun fading.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean, solid hardcover bound in quarter cloth over decorative paper covered boards with mildly worn corners, else fine. The book's interior is clean and text is unmarked. The dust jacket remains unclipped ($1.00) with chipping and rubbing along the panel edges and folds. NOT ex-lib. A clean, solid copy in jacket. 74pp. Illustrated by Barry Bart. Barry Bart (ilustrador). …

Hard Cover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition Thus. 1. Minor staining on cover. . Great Museums of the World Series. Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 172 pp.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Price NOT clipped, DJ nicely in wraps with minor chips and scuffs. Lightly soiled. 250 color illustrations. Comprehensive and expertly written reference guide.

New York, NY: Time Inc. Very good condition-slipcase worn/No Dustjacket. 1957. . 4to., 318 pp. . Very good condition-slipcase worn/No Dustjacket. Color Illustrations (ilustrador).

Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. Paperback rebound in Hardcovers. (art, paintings, art history, sculptures).

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 208 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 0930289412; 9780930289416 ; LC: PN6727.S56 ; OCLC: 20534167 ; A collection of individually introduced comic-book stories originally presented in various publications from 1973 through 1981, plus a 9-page "portfolio" of Simonson's work. ; color pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; no dustjacket ; store stamp on inside front cover ; endpage edge-clipped ; Contents: Batman : The cape and cowl deathtrap, Detective Comics August 1975 -- Doctor Fate, First Issue Special #9, December 1975 -- Captain Fear, Unknown Soldier #254-256, August-October 1981 -- U. F. M., Star-Spangled War Stories #170, June 1973 -- The Return, Start-Spangled War Stories #180, May-June 1974 -- Dark Side of the Gods, Hercules Unbound #11, June-July 1977 -- Chaos among the Gods, Hercules Unbound #12, August-September 1977 -- Evil is in the Eye of the Beholder, Metal Men #45, April-May 1976 -- The Chemo Conspiracy, Metal Men #46, June-July 1976 -- The X Effect, Metal men #47, August-September 1976 -- Who is Bruce Gordon, Metal Men #48, October-November 1976 -- The Dark God Cometh, Metal men #49, December 1976-January 1977 -- Portfolio by Walt Simonson ; glue gutters aged at back ; slight scratches to cover ; VG. Book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Like New. 756 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy and dust jacket with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. Honi Werner (Jacket Design); G.J. Pinwell, F. Walker, "W.M." (Illustrations) (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. National Gallery Washington. New York: Newsweek, Inc. in association with Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (CEAM-Milan), 1968. Quarto. 224 pp. Profusely illustrated with 113 full-color plates and numerous monochrome images. Printed and bound in Italy. This volume forms part of the celebrated Great Museums of the World series, presenting the collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., through a curated, chronological survey from Cimabue to Picasso. Texts by Giampaolo Gandolfo, Gian Lorenzo Mellini, Raffaele Monti, Anna Pallucchini, Licia Ragghianti Collobi, and Pier Carlo Santini, with an introduction by John Walker, then Director of the National Gallery of Art. The book is lavishly produced, with high-quality color reproduction executed by European presses and thoughtful design by Fiorenzo Giorgi. Essays situate the Gallery's holdings within broader art-historical movements, while detailed captions and layouts guide the reader through painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and architectural context. Particularly notable are the extended discussions of Renaissance portraiture, French classicism and Rococo, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century modernism, supported by floor plans and installation views. The introduction is printed on textured stock, distinguishing it materially and visually from the main text block. Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Book is clean and tight, with sharp corners, firm spine, and no writing or markings; pages fresh and bright. Introduction printed on textured stock, as issued. Dust jacket shows only the slightest edge wear and gentle surface rubbing; no chips or tears. An exceptionally well-preserved example of this title. Edition/Printing: First edition, first printing, with no subsequent printings noted; Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-20027. ISBN not issued for this volume. Original cloth binding with gilt spine and cover lettering; original pictorial dust jacket present.…