Titles starting with I from Left Coast Books

New York: Crown Publishers, 2000 Pictorial boards, 190 pp., col. illus.; 26 x 29 cm. Text by Dean Kuipers; and photographs by Doug Aitken. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First Edition." OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "I Am A Bullet is about people transformed by an accelerating world. These stunning essays combine on-site research and penetrating images as they investigate unique individuals in raw and open engagement with speed. From the literal velocity of breaking th... more information

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Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996 vii, 209 pp.; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. "In this new collection of thirteen short stories, O. Henry Award-winning author Greg Johnson displays all the wit, irony, and insight into human relationships his readers have come to expect. After a family argument, a teenaged boy takes refuge in a backyard tree--until his drunken father decides it's time to get him down. A close-knit, working-class family experiences new pressures when a troubled uncle co... more information

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New York: Scribner; A Lisa Drew Book, 2004 261 pp., illus., biblio.; 21 cm. Includes: Reading Group Discussion Guide at the back. Tight, clean copy. John Singer Sargent's scandalous painting of Mme X, exhibited in Paris, is the subject of this book. "The life of Virginie Gautreau, the notorious beauty of Madame X, John Singer Sargent's most famous and scandalous portrait, provides inspiration for this absorbing and intriguing novel. Madame X caused an immediate furor when Sargent unveiled it at... more information

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London: International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, 1979 Perfect binding, 48 pp.; 21 cm. Small previous owner's signature/flyleaf.. Reprint, 1984. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Tokyo, Rutland, VT, London: Tuttle Publishing, 2002 xvi, 638 pp.; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. "Written over the course of 1904-6, Soseki's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes the follies of upper-middle-class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him. / Born Natsume Kinnosuke, Soseki was brought up in a middle-class family at t... more information

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Menlo Park, CA: Pacific Coast Publishers; A Farallon Book [nd] unpaged (chiefly illus.); 28 cm. First published, Angel Island Publications, 1961. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. Stoll, a San Francisco photography, was inspired by Edward Steichen's Family of Man. Beat Generation.. Third Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information

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New York: Thread Waxing Space, 1993 88 pp., illus.; 18 cm. Limited edition: 1000 copies. AS NEW. . First Edition. Wraps. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Exhibition Catalogue. ... more information

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San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1997 AS NEW. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. Please note: Volume One only. Marie Bashkirtseff (1858-1884) was a Ukrainian writer, painter & sculptor of aristocratic origin, who studied in Paris at the Académie Julian. An early feminist, she died at the age of 25 in 1884.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible. ... more information

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New York: Anchor Books; Doubleday, 1993 355 pp.; 21 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author, with a personalized inscription. otherwise as new. "Straight's portrayal of a black woman's life is nearly miraculous in its astonishing richness of detail, its emotional honesty and its breadth of human thought and feeling." -- USA Today . SIGNED. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible. ... more information

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New York: Bloomsbury, 2005 256 pp., biblio., index; 21 cm. BRAND NEW. Small remainder mark/top edge. "In 1987, Richard Polsky put aside $100,000 to buy a Warhol painting, a dream that took twelve years to realize. In a book that spans the years from the wild speculation of the late 1980s to the recession of the 1990s, Polsky, himself a private dealer, takes his readers on a funny, fast-paced tour through an industry characterized by humor, hypocrisy, greed, and gossip." - Publisher. Richard Polsky... more information

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Boston: Little, Brown and Company; An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, 1990 Tight, clean copy.. 6th printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York: Grove Press, 1991 xlviii, 621 pp., biblio.; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Spine slightly bowed. Age toning. "Winner of the Nobel Prize for literature and acknowledged as one of the greatest writers of our time, Samuel Beckett has had a profound impact upon the literary landscape of the twentieth century. In this one-volume collection of his fiction, drama, poetry, and critical writings, we get an unsurpassed look at his work. Included, among others, are: the complete plays Waiting for Godot, Krap... more information

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New York: Barnes & Noble, 1995 Cloth, gilt, 816 pp.; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Los Angeles, CA: Power Press, 1994 PRESENTATION COPY. Authorial signature & dedication/inside front cover, otherwise as new. . SIGNED. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Collectible. ... more information

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Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company, 1963 249 pp., illus.; 22 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket lightly nicked at the head and tail of the spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Matulay, Laszlo. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Rome: Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea; Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, De Luca Edizioni d'Arte, 1988 xx, 304 pp., illus. (some col.), biblio.; 30 cm. AS NEW. An exhibition focusing on German artists and their mythological representations of Rome during the 19th century. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement.. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue. ... more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006 322 pp., biblio., index; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Foreedge/text block lightly bumped. Fine DJ. "From one of our most astute contemporary writers, Amy Wilentz, comes an irreverent, inventive portrait of the state of California and its unlikely governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger. The prizewinning author, a lifelong easterner and an outsider in the West, takes the reader on a picaresque journey from exclusive Hollywood soirees to a fantasy city in the Mojav... more information

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New York: William Morrow & Company, 1959 224 pp., illus.; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket price-clipped on front flap & slight fading on spine. An Englishwoman travels to Africa. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press; A Bison Book, 1987 xx, 236 pp., [16] pp. of plates, illus., biblio., index; 21 cm. First published, 1954. Tight, clean copy. "Sergeant Charles Windolph was the last white survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn when he described it nearly seventy years later. A six-year veteran of the Seventh Cavalry, Windolph fought in Benteen's troop on that fatal Sunday and recalls in vivid detail the battle that wiped out Custer's command. Equally vivid is th... more information

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New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2004 Tight, clean copy.. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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