Search Results: Authors starting with R from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Brooklyn, NY: Neweryork Press, 2011. 1 volume (unpaged), illustrations; 17 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 16mo.

Mannheim: Galerie Peter Zimmermann, 2010. Pictorial boards, 239 pages, illustrations; 31 cm Text in English, French and German. Firm binding, clean text. Gift inscription (from the artist?)/half-title page, otherwise unmarked. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 1st.. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to.

Santa Barbara, CA: Simon Raab Gallery, 2009. [36] pages, colour illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. *** Please note: Not to be confused with Simon Raab: Parleau (2010), published by Galerie Peter Zimmermann ***. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Back Stage Books, 2005. 288 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "In this deluxe, lavish hardcover edition, one of the last surviving cast members of The Wizard of Oz reveals his life story and shares his memories of making that beloved Hollywood classic. Features more than 50 specially commissioned illustrations by renowned artists such as Al Hirschfeld, Jack Davis, Mort Drucker, Sergio Aragones, Greg Hildebrandt, Al Jaffee, and many others. Born into a family of German dairy farmers, Meinhardt Raabe grew up in Farmington, Wisconsin. In 1934, before starting college, he heard about a special 'Midget Village' exhibit at the World's Fair in Chicago. Raabe was hired to participate in that event, followed by years of appearing at other fairs and exhibitions. In 1938, he heard a rumor that MGM was… Read More

London and Dallas: John Calder; Riverrun Press, 1980. 423 pages; 22 cm. First published, 1965, under title: Expressionismus. Translated from the German. Firm binding, with one spine crease. Clean inside copy. Age toning.. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

New York: Simon and Schuster; A Touchstone Book, 1979. 344 pages; 24 cm. Map on lining papers. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket toned, with a faint dampstain/back flap. Jonathan Raban describes his travels through Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Yemen, Egypt, and Jordan, where he met both rich and poor, and visited homes, hotels, and markets. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Basic Books; Perseus, 2006. xxiii, 246 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author Theodore K. Rabb on the half-title page, no dedication. A near-fine copy of the first printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "There is little debate that the Renaissance began at the end of the fourteenth century. Its end, though, is much more difficult to pin down. Here, for the first time, renowned classicist Theodore Rabb defines the changes that marked the shift away from the Renaissance to Modernity, and explains why these changes took place. The European Renaissance is usually characterized by the belief that a distinct antique civilization represented the ideal for all human endeavors. But there were other unities that defined the era: a shift in the role of the aristocracy from a warrior class to a cultural elite, a growth in education, a more thoughtful probing into the sciences, and the use of the arts for nonreligious purposes.By the dawn of the seventeenth… Read More

Cambridge and Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2011. Cloth, x, 260 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket with a small corner crease/back flap. "This is a major new study of the very sensitive question of the collaboration of Jews with the Nazi regime. The book uses newly discovered archival material to examine the role of the Judenrat or Jewish Council in Holocaust Vienna." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Prologue; The Vienna Kultusmemeinde before 1938; Persecution; Struggle for survival and escape; The Vienna Jewish community under Nazi control; November pogrom: overture to murder; The Jewish community after the pogrom; Beginning of the end; Deportation and extermination; The administration of extermination; The Kultusgemeinde: authorities without power; Discussion of the Jewish councils and the situation in Vienna.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

San Diego, CA: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1981. 73 pages, illustrations (some colour); 22 cm. Exhibition held at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, October 3 to November 15, 1981. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Penguin Books, 2007. xxii, 344 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Browning. First printing. "The secret histories of the world's most famous masterpieces. Caravaggios, Rembrandts, Monets--the works of immortal artists such as these are indelibly imprinted in the public mind; they are priceless masterpieces whose beauty, artistry, and emotional impact have inspired admiration, awe, and envy through the centuries. Yet behind many of these brilliant paintings and sculptures are fascinating, unique histories. In Scandals, Vandals, and da Vincis, award-winning writer Harvey Rachlin relates in exciting detail how nearly thirty of these works came to be created and how they survived burglary, forgery, revolutions, ransoms, vandals, scandals, religious sects, and shipwrecks to eventually come to their current resting places. / Harvey Rachlin is the award-winning author of thirteen books. He has written for the New York Times and numerous other publications." - Publisher..… Read More

Budapest: Corvina, 1990. Pictorial boards, 93 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. English Edition. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to.

London and New York: KPI in association with the International African Institute, 1987. 398 pages, [10] leaves of plates (1 folded), illustrations; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. "First published in 1950, this book provides a survey of aspects of kinship and marriage as found in African social life. Features include detailed studies of particular social systems, and identification of the essential characteristics of one or more varieties of African patterns of kinship." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Kinship among the Swazi, by Hilda Kuper; Nyakyusa kinship, by Monica Wilson; Kinship and marriage among the Lozi of northern Rhodesia and the Zulu of Natal, by Max Gluckman; Kinship and marriage among the Tswana, by I. Schapera; Some types of family structure amongst the central Bantu, by A. I. Richards; Kinship and marriage among the Ashanti, by M. Fortes; Double descent among the Yako, by Daryll Forde; Dual descent in the Nuba hills, by S. F. Nadel; Kinship and the local community among the Nuer, by E. E.… Read More

Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1978. ix, 335 pages; 24 cm. Translated from the German. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges moderately soiled. Dust jacket with moderate shelfwear.. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo.

Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2007. 77, [7] pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 30 x 35 cm. Edition of 1000 copies. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Oblong. Collectible.

London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1997. 351 pages, illustrations (some colour), map; 22 cm. Reprint, 1998. New/Slightly shopworn, with remainder mark on flyleaf. "One of the best-known and most visually influential artists of the twentieth century, Salvador Dali (1904-89) redefined the boundaries of art, fashion, and popular culture. His melting watches, space elephants and Mae West's lips sofa have become firmly established both in the popular imagination and the world of advertising. In this fascinating account, Dali the painter, writer, film-maker, illustrator, object-maker, jewellery designer, myth-maker and performance artist are all given proper recognition." - Publisher.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Andover, Hampshire: Pitkin Pictorials, 1988. [24] pages, colour illustrations; 23 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Age toning, light soiling.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

London: Little, Brown and Company, 2002. Cloth, 376 pages, [16] pages of plates, portraits; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "This comparative biography of Roy Jenkins, Denis Healey and Tony Crosland is an analysis of how the combined overall achievement of the three amounts to less than it might have been - how friendship and mutual rivalry, despite individual eminence and brilliance, are corrosive and damaging." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. Cloth, xvii, 340 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First printing. Dust jacket with a slightly faded spine. "Details the workings of the Confederate States Army Provost Guard, which was established to discipline the vast numbers of untrained soldiers in the Rebel forces and which became one of the most highly praised and controversial components of the Confederate Army." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2008. viii, 259 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication. A near-fine copy with light shelfwear. "This vividly written memoir describes the author's experiences as a young girl growing up in an atmosphere of uncertainty and fear during and after World War II, when her family's hometown was seized and occupied during the Nazi invasion of Poland." - Publisher.. SIGNED. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Harper; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2009. xiii, 428 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations, map; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket with light shelfwear. "On May 14, 1948, under the stewardship of President Harry S. Truman, the United States became the first nation to recognize the State of Israel-just moments after sovereignty had been declared in Jerusalem. But it was hardly a foregone conclusion that America would welcome the creation of this new country. While acknowledging this as one of his proudest moments, Truman also admitted that no issue was 'more controversial or more complex than the problem of Israel.' As the president told his closest advisers, these attempts to resolve the issue of a Jewish homeland had left him in a condition of 'political battle fatigue.' Based on never-before-used archival material, A Safe Haven is the most complete account to date of the events that led to this historic occasion. Allis and Ronald… Read More