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Seattle, Washington: Fantagraphics Books, Inc, 2006. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. 10 X 10. This portrait gallery of comedians born before 1930 includes the famous (Milton Berle, Groucho Marx, Jerry Lewis, Mel Brooks, Jack Benny), the not-so-famous (Benny Rubin, Shelly Berman) and the largely unknown (Al Kelly, Menasha Skulnik). Old Jewish Comedians is an illustrated collection of Jewish comedians born before 1930. The Reuben Award-winning Friedman presents 28 full-page portraits of the greatest Borscht-Belt... more information

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Laguna Beach, CA: Walter T. Foster , 1958. near fine paperback, staplebound, no date ca 1958, very minimal corner rubbing, AR505996. Paperback. Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. ... more information

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Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Virginia Adair on FEP. Blue cloth boards have slight edgewear and bumped corners, blue bookmark ribbon sunned in a couple of spots, light edgewear to d.j. which has one corner clipped on front end flap, otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Large book may require extra shipping, inquire before purchase.... more information

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Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good +. ... more information

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Kimbell Art Museum , 2007. HB. Fine in Fine Dustwrapper. Published for the exhibition in Madrid and Fort Worth. Beautifully produced and illustrated throughout in colour. Focusses on European painting and sculpture form the 1890s to the 1980s. Some fabulous examples of superb portraiture, the surprising survivor from the Modern movement. 290x245, 340pages ... more information

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Marg Publications, 2008. hardcover. (NEW TITLE) ,pp. 132 ... more information

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New York: Watson - Guptill, 1977. FINE black hardcover, as new, binding tight. FINE jacket in new plastic sleeve, shiny. Interior pages clean, appears unread.. FIRST PRINTING STATED Beautiful color and black and white plates of portraits and figures, advanced painting techniques and supplies discussed. Oil, pastel, and watercolors. 143 pgs. Art. AR706703. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. ... more information

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New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2005 Signed by Chuck Close on title page. First edition hardcover. 200 Illustrations in Full Color. 339 pages. Near Fine (very minor shelfwear; the corners on front board are the slightest bit bumped; internally clean, crisp and bright) in Near Fine dj. Related promo materials laid-in. . Signed by Chuck Close. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by 200 Illustrations in Full Color. Between 10 and 11 Inches. ... more information

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London SW1P 4RG: Tate Publishing, 2005. Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, February 13 - May 1, 2005. London, Tate Britain, May 26 - September 18, 2005. Edited by Martin Postle. With essays and catalogue entries by Martin Postle and Mark Hallett and essays by Tim Clayton and Stella Tillyard. English text. London, 2005; paperback, pp. 295, b/w and col. ill., cm 23,5x30. This book traces the birth of celebrity culture back to 18th century London, whilst examining the importance of image for both artist and... more information

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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1999. First Paperback Edition First Printing. Trade Paperback. 0300079451 . First paperback edition, 1st printing. In archival protective cover. 412 p., illustrated (partly in color). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall . ... more information

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Paul Mellon / Yale, 2005. HB. Fine in Fine Dustwrapper. (This copy the title page is missing and there is a slight bump to top corners) Sir Thomas Lawrence 1769-1830. Magnificent and sustained study of this sucessful British portrait painter. Beautifully illustrated throughout in colour and well written. Includes works rarely seen. Highly recommended. 285x235, 345pages ... more information

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Sansom / Piano Nobile, 2004. PB. Fine. Over 200 works by British artists. Superb examples by Francis Bacon, Gwen John, John Minton, Walter Sickert, Stanley Spencer, Christopher wood etc etc. Illustrated throughout in colour throughout. 285x245, 309pages ... more information

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Sansom / Piano Nobile, 2004. PB. Fine. Over 200 works by British artists. Superb examples by Francis Bacon, Gwen John, John Minton, Walter Sickert, Stanley Spencer, Christopher wood etc etc. Illustrated throughout in colour throughout. 285x245, 309pages ... more information

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Sansom / Piano Nobile, 2004. PB. Fine. Over 200 works by British artists. Superb examples by Francis Bacon, Gwen John, John Minton, Walter Sickert, Stanley Spencer, Christopher wood etc etc. Illustrated throughout in colour throughout. 285x245, 309pages ... more information

Offered by Bruce Holdsworth Books (United Kingdom) +/-

Sansom / Piano Nobile, 2004. PB. Fine. Over 200 works by British artists. Superb examples by Francis Bacon, Gwen John, John Minton, Walter Sickert, Stanley Spencer, Christopher wood etc etc. Illustrated throughout in colour throughout. 285x245, 309pages ... more information

Offered by Bruce Holdsworth Books (United Kingdom) +/-

Sansom / Piano Nobile, 2004. PB. Fine. Over 200 works by British artists. Superb examples by Francis Bacon, Gwen John, John Minton, Walter Sickert, Stanley Spencer, Christopher wood etc etc. Illustrated throughout in colour throughout. 285x245, 309pages ... more information

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Lexington, KY: Eclipse Press, 2005 165pp, appendix, many colour plates, num col & bw ills. Or brown cloth in pictorial jacket. Slight lean to spine (cocked), tiniest amount of edge wear to jacket. Stunning collection of the art of one of America's greatest equine artists of the 20th century. Includes flatracing, steeplechasing, foxhunting and general subject matter. Appendix lists commissions up to 1922, and Voss's paintings that made the cover of The Chronicle of the Horse magazine from 1947-77... more information

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Madrid, Spain: La Casa Encendida, 2007 silver-colored hardcover - 368 pages - in English - over 200 color, duotone and b/w illustrations - published to coincide with the 2007 showing at the Casa Encendida in Madrid of self-portaits by American artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987) and portraits of Warhol by other artists and photographers - various essays on Warhol's first polaroids, "all the great modern things, being there, Warhol's self portraits, a guided tour of Capsule 21 and more - a conversation betwe... more information

Offered by Librairie Bernard Letu (Switzerland) +/-