Search Results: Titles starting with C from Books Northwest

First appearance of Mark Twain's "The Canvasser's Tale." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume XXXVIII.--Number 20. December 1876 Back cover missing; fraying to spine and edges light foxed area on lower right of pages but otherwise pages are very clean, some pages uncut (see three photos). Twain began writing for The Atlantic Monthly in 1874. Quite rare as such individual issues were often bound in hardcover collections. Issue also includes an installment of Henry James's "The American" and "Daniel Deronda: A Conversation." A true first printing of a Twain story.

48pp. "this publication accompanies the exhibition 'Catherine Opie' organized by Elizabeth A.T. Smith and Colette Dartnall and presented at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, October 5, 1997-February 8, 1998. Includes 36 Freeway photos 2 1/8" x 6 1/5", 4 Mini-malls on double pages 6 1/2" x 16 1/2". Includes interview of Opie by Colette Dartnall and essay by Elizabeth A.T. Smith. Her first publication. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Opie

143pp, endpapers w/map illustration. Fine in As New dustjacket, protected with clear mylar. A book about Chavez Ravine, an area eventually razed to build Dodger Stadium. SIGNED and inscribed by author on ffep:Nancy, you liked my words and admired my pictures. Thank you. It helped a lot. Love, Don Seattle, Sept, 1999 (see photo). In 1949, photographer Normark walked up into the hills of Los Angeles looking for a view and discovered this area of three neighborhoods collectively known as Chavez Ravine. He was accepted by the residents and took photographs for a year. Pristine copy of a rare classic, beautifully inscribed by the author.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1970. Seconf Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine/good. 630pp, hardcover with copper-colored boards and gilt lettering on spine, mylar-covered dj with repaired 2" tear on upper right of back also showing at top of spine (see photo), quarto 10.25" x 12.5", heavily illustrated in b&w and color. Book is in fine condition, dj in good condition A beautiful copy of this rare and massive volume covering the works of this influential Dadaist and conceptual artist. Included with book is a Phillips art auction catalog from 5.13.2002 listing 14 authorized Duchamp Ready-Made duplicates from 1964 of his original works, including iconic works such as Fountain (urinal), Bicycle Wheel and Bottle Rack,  many of which were lost in original form.

This freshly-written biography (December 2020) of the humanistic psychologist Sidney Marshall Jourard weaves his personal and academic lives together in an intimate portrait of the man and his ideas. Includes a complete bibliography of his academic publications. Researched through the author's access to Sidney's personal files as well as the Sidney Jourard Collection at the University of West Georgia Special Collections, this is the definitive biography of Sidney Jourard's life and legacy.