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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine (with minor signs of shelf wear - see photos). Whitney Museum of American Art, 2011. First edition, first printing. Out of print and rare. This copy is signed and dated by American Artist Glenn Ligon. Signed following a lecture at the National Gallery of Art, March, 2013. Very rare signed copy of the first printing. Out of print. Comes with pamphlet from event. Seller will bubble wrap book and ship it with tracking. Please note, this is an oversized book, and as such, shipping costs may be higher than standard rates.
American artist Glenn Ligon (b. 1960) is best known for his landmark body of text-based paintings, made since the late 1980s, which draw on the writings and speech of diverse figures including Jean Genet, Zora Neale Hurston, Jesse Jackson, and Richard Pryor. Throughout his career, Ligon has pursued an incisive exploration of American history, literature, and society across a body of work that builds critically on the legacies of… Leer más

Extremely rare and out of print first edition, first printing hardcover, which is in as new condition. Dust jacket is fine condition. Please see photos. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.
The complete history of the S.S. United States with special focus on her designer, William Francis Gibbs, and her first master, Capt. Harry Manning. More than 100 photographs.

Second edition hardcover, which is in as new condition and signed and inscribed by the author. Please see photos for condition. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.For more than 500 years, Madeira has been made from the slopes of a volcanic island off the coast of Morocco. There was a time, in the late 1700s and early 1800s, when it was the English-speaking world's most revered beverage, but a century of vine calamities, wars and economic disasters nearly ended its production and caused a long descent into oblivion.Yet, Madeira's virtual immortality insured its eventual rediscovery. Today, we can still find bottles of Madeira made in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries whose vivid flavors and powerful aromas argue that this is among the world's greatest wines.Of all the books ever written about Madeira, the most admired is Noel Cossart's Madeira, The Island Vineyard. Noel was the fourth, and final, generation of his family to manage Madeira's most… Leer más

EXTREMELY RARE first edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition and signed by the authors. Please see photos for condition. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking. A much-anticipated harbinger of spring, the cherry blossom is also exemplary of the Japanese artistic aesthetic? A delight in simple, natural beauty and an attentiveness to the changing seasons. This spring will mark the centennial of Japan's gift of three thousand cherry trees to Washington, DC, and this sumptuously illustrated catalogue is the companion to a celebratory exhibition at the National Gallery of Art featuring the work of Ito Jakuchu.Jakuchu (1716–1800), a wealthy wholesaler and talented painter, is, in Japan, the most recognized artist of the premodern era. His thirty-scroll set of bird-and-flower paintings titled Colorful Realm of Living Beings is a renowned cultural treasure, one of the most beautiful and skilled examples of how the natural world is depicted… Leer más

First edition, second printing hardcover, which is in fine condition and signed and inscribed by the author. During the second half of the 18th century, the German workshop of Abraham and David Roentgen was among Europe's most successful cabinetmaking enterprises. The Roentgens' pieces combined innovative designs with intriguing mechanical devices that revolutionized traditional types of European furniture. An important key to their success was the pairing of the skilled craftsman Abraham with his brashly entrepreneurial son David, whose clients included Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette of France as well as Catherine the Great of Russia. This landmark publication is the first comprehensive survey, in nearly four decades, of the firm from its founding in about 1742 to its closing in the late 1790s.The Roentgen workshop perfected the practice of adapting prefabricated elements according to the specifications of the customers.

First edition hardcover, which is signed and inscribed by the author. Book and dust jacket shows slight signs of shelf wear, and there is a remainder mark on the bottom of the book (see photos). Binding is clean and tight other than that.The definitive biography of the internationally adored author of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and A Perfect Spy—arguably one of the most important and influential writers of the post-World War II period—by the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning biographer Adam Sisman.
In this definitive biography—blessed by John le Carré himself—Adam Sisman reveals the man behind the bestselling persona. In John le Carré, Sisman shines a spotlight on David Cornwell, an expert at hiding in plain sight—"born to lying," he wrote in 2002, "bred to it, trained to it by an industry that lies for a living, practiced in it as a novelist."
Of course, the pseudonym "John le Carré" has helped to keep the public at a distance. Sisman probes… Leer más

Extremely rare first edition paperback which is in good- condition and signed and inscribed by the author. Book is creased near spine and indented on cover. Please see photos for condition. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.
Colonel John Singleton Mosby, commander of the 43rd Battalion Virginia Cavalry, known as Mosby's Rangers or Mosby's Raiders, was a partisan ranger unit noted for its lightning-quick raids and its ability to elude Union Army pursuers and disappear, blending in with local farmers and townsmen. The area of northern central Virginia in which Mosby operated with impunity became known as Mosby's Confederacy. After the war, Mosby became a Republican and worked as an attorney, supporting his former enemy's commander, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. He also served as the American consul to Hong Kong and in the U.S. Department of Justice.

First edition, second printing hardcover, which is in fine condition and signed and inscribed by the author. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.Drawings by the great Italian Mannerist painter and poet Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572) are extremely rare. This important and beautiful publication brings together for the first time nearly all of the sixty drawings attributed to this leading draftsman of the 16th century.
Each drawing is illustrated in color, discussed in detail, and shown with many comparative photographs. Bronzino's technical virtuosity as a draftsman and his mastery of anatomy and perspective are vividly apparent in each stroke of the chalk, pen, or brush. The younger generations of Florentine artists particularly admired Bronzino for his technical virtuosity as a painter, and Giorgio Vasari praised him for his powers as a disegnatore (designer and draftsman).

First edition, first printing in fine condition. Book is signed and inscribed by the author. Inscription reads, "From Richard to Richard." Five hundred seventy-six pages filled with black and white photographic images throughout. Essay by Giorgio Agamben. Signed at a moment when the world is facing the world's largest refugee and migration crisis since the Second World War, Incoming by Irish artist and Deutsche Börse Photography Prize winner Richard Mosse deals with the major humanitarian and political plight of our time, the displacement of millions due to war, persecution, and climate change. With illuminating texts by Mosse and the philosopher Giorgio Agamben, combines film stills from the artist's latest video work made in collaboration with electronic composer Ben Frost and cinematographer Trevor Tweeten - a haunting and searing multi-channel film installation, accompanied by a visceral soundtrack. Journeys made by refugees and migrants across the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe are… Leer más

First edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition and signed and inscribed by the author. Please see photos for condition. Dustcover has a crease on the front. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.
Lincoln's incredible ascent to power in a world of chaos is newly revealed in this "compelling, original, and elegantly written" (Michael Beschloss, New York Times bestselling author) third volume of the "magisterial" (The New York Times Book Review) Political Life of Abraham Lincoln series, following A Self-Made Man and Wrestling with His Angel.After a period of depression that he would ever find his way to greatness, Lincoln takes on the most powerful demagogue in the country, Stephen Douglas, in the debates for a senate seat. He sidelines the frontrunner William Seward, a former governor and senator for New York, to cinch the new Republican Party's nomination.All the Powers of Earth is the political story of all time. Lincoln achieves the… Leer más

First edition, first printing, hardcover, which is inscribed and signed by the author. There is one small crease on the top right corner of the book from shelf wear (see photos), but binding is tight and clean. Seller will wrap book in bubble wrap prior to shipping.The first in a sweeping, multi-volume history of Abraham Lincoln—from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, death, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War plan of reconciliation—"engaging and informative and…thought-provoking" (The Christian Science Monitor).From his youth as a voracious newspaper reader, Abraham Lincoln became a free thinker, reading Tom Paine, as well as Shakespeare and the Bible. In the "fascinating" (Booklist, starred review) A Self-Made Man, Sidney Blumenthal reveals how Lincoln's antislavery thinking began in his childhood in backwoods Kentucky and Indiana. Intensely ambitious, he held political aspirations from his earliest years. Yet he was a socially awkward suitor who had a nervous breakdown over his… Leer más

First edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition and signed and inscribed by the author. Please see photos for condition. There is a linear indentation on back cover. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.
Photographic manipulation is a familiar phenomenon in the digital era. What will come as a revelation to readers of this captivating, wide-ranging book is that nearly every type of manipulation we associate with Adobe's now-ubiquitous Photoshop software was also part of photography's predigital repertoire, from slimming waistlines and smoothing away wrinkles to adding people to (or removing them from) pictures, not to mention fabricating events that never took place. Indeed, the desire and determination to modify the camera image are as old as photography itself—only the methods have changed.
By tracing the history of manipulated photography from the earliest days of the medium to the release of Photoshop 1.0 in 1990, Mia Fineman… Leer más

Three volumes. First edition. 8vo., Volume I: 1765-1788, 585 pp.; Volume II: 1788-1791, 702 pp.; Volume III: 1792-1816, 623 pp.,Illustrated. Mazzei was an Italian surgeon, merchant, horticulturist, philosopher, diplomat, author and close friend of Thomas Jefferson. He was Viriginia's agent in Europe during the American revolution. Very good copies in good dust jackets and in the publishers original slipcase. These were previously reference books at the National Endowment of the Arts, so they do have marks inside indicating this. Please see photos for condition. Seller will ship these books via economy shipping with tracking.

First edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition and signed by the author (see photos). Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.Alonso Berruguete (c. 1488–1561) revolutionized the arts of Renaissance Spain with a dramatic style of sculpture that reflected the decade or more he had spent in Italy while young. Trained as a painter, he traveled to Italy around 1506, where he interacted with Michelangelo and other leading artists. In 1518, he returned to Spain and was appointed court painter to the new king, Charles I. Eventually, he made his way to Valladolid, where he shifted his focus to sculpture, opening a large workshop that produced breathtaking multistory altarpieces (retablos) decorated with sculptures in painted wood.This handsomely illustrated catalogue is the first in English to treat Berruguete's art and career comprehensively. It follows his career from his beginnings in Castile to his final years in Toledo, where he produced his… Leer más

First edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition and signed and inscribed by the author. Seller will include pamphlet from the lecture on Italian Art at the National Gallery of Art during which the author signed the book. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.A richly illustrated reevaluation of Caravaggio from one of today's leading art historiansThis is a groundbreaking examination of one of the most important artists in the Western tradition by one of the leading art historians and critics of the past half-century. In his first extended consideration of the Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573-1610), Michael Fried offers a transformative account of the artist's revolutionary achievement. Based on the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts delivered at the National Gallery of Art, The Moment of Caravaggio displays Fried's unique combination of interpretive brilliance, historical seriousness, and theoretical… Leer más

First edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition and signed and inscribed by the author. Please see photos for condition. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.The "magisterial" (The New York Times Book Review) second volume of Sidney Blumenthal's acclaimed, landmark biography, The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, reveals the future president's genius during the most decisive period of his political life when he seizes the moment, finds his voice, and helps create a new political party.In 1849, Abraham Lincoln seems condemned to political isolation and defeat. His Whig Party is broken in the 1852 election, and disintegrates. His perennial rival, Stephen Douglas, forges an alliance with the Southern senators and Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. Violent struggle breaks out on the plains of Kansas, a prelude to the Civil War.Lincoln rises to the occasion. Only he can take on Douglas in Illinois. He finally delivers the dramatic speech that… Leer más

First edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition and signed and inscribed by all of four authors. There is an indentation on the front of the book, and the dust jacket has a tear along the edge. Please see photos . Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.A celebrity for his heroics in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812, Commodore Stephen Decatur built his home in 1818 within sight of the President's House with prize money awarded to him by Congress for his military victories. He commissioned Benjamin Henry Latrobe, America's first professional architect, to create a home "fit for fine entertaining" and the resulting three-story square townhouse constructed with red brick in the Federal fashion is known as Decatur House today. Stephen Decatur's time in the fine house was cut short in 1820 when he was mortally wounded in a famous duel in nearby Bladensburg. After his death, his widow Susan Decatur rented the house to such prominent figures… Leer más

First edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition and signed by the editors. Book and dust cover are in fine condition, but show very minor signs of shelf wear (see photos). Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking. Item may require extra postage due to its size.Few countries have devoted as much artistic energy to the depiction of animal life as Japan. Drawing upon the country's unique spiritual heritage, rich literary traditions, and currents in popular culture, Japanese artists have long expressed admiration for animals in sculpture, painting, lacquer work, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, and woodblock prints. Real and fantastic creatures are meticulously and beautifully rendered, often with humor and whimsy. This beautiful book celebrates this diverse range of work, from ancient fifth-century clay sculpture to contemporary pieces.The catalog is organized into themes, including the twelve animals of the Japanese zodiac; animals in Shinto… Leer más

First edition hardcover, which is in fine condition and signed and inscribed by the editor. While the book is in fine condition, the dustcover is damaged. Please see photos for condition. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.
A superbly illustrated, retrospective survey that focuses on Miró's politically engaged art, published to accompany a major touring exhibition.
Joan Miró's paintings are among the most widely recognized of any modern artist,reproduced everywhere from books to T-shirts to posters. While he is most often seen as a surrealist or a postwar abstract painter, terms he rejected, this book brings new insights into Miró's work by framing it in the context of the turbulent times in which he lived.
Miró's contemporary Picasso left Spain, promising never to return under a Fascist government. In contrast, Miró chose internal exile, removing himself to the island of Mallorca, a decision that has led to him being viewed as a less political… Leer más

First edition soft cover, which is in fine condition (except for minor signs of shelf wear - see photos) and signed and inscribed by the author. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.From Roman times to the present, knowledge of plants and their cultivation have exerted a deep impact on cultural changes. This book highlights the religious, artistic, political, and economic consequences of horticultural pursuits. Far from a mere trade, horticulture profoundly affected Jewish and Persian mystical poetry and caused deep changes in Ottoman arts. It contributed to economic and political changes in Judea, Al Andalus, Japan, Yuan China, early modern Mexico, Europe, and the United States. This book explores the roles of peasants, botanists, horticulturists, nurserymen and gentlemen collectors in these developments, and concludes with a reflection on the future of horticulture in the present context of widespread environmental devastation and ecological uncertainty.