Search Results: Titles starting with I from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. I Cover the Waterfront was turned into a 1933 pre-code American romantic drama film directed by James Cruze and starring Claudette Colbert. Based on this book of the same name by Max Miller, the film is about a reporter who investigates a waterfront smuggling operation, and becomes romantically involved with the daughter of the man he is investigating. Nearly invisible front hinge repair, else bright tight and clean. Dust jacket is included..

NY: Doubleday & Company, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Rube Goldberg inscription tipped in..

New York: Signet Books, 1951. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. Signed Mickey Spillane. I, the Jury is the debut novel of American crime fiction writer Mickey Spillane, the first work to feature private investigator Mike Hammer. Made into film in 1953 and again in 1982. The paperback is housed in a custom made clear Lucite box..

Photographic Image. Very Good. Hardcover. A very well annotated photo journal, in two albums, of a Methodist Church group from Dallas/ Grand Prairie, Texas on a pilgrimage to holy sites of the Middle East/ Levant in 1972.

Book. Very Good. Hardcover. c1920-1960. --A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE ACCORDIAN-STYLE SKETCH BOOK-- Unknown Artist. Beautiful, traditional Japanese ink paintings, calligraphy & watercolors-- of people/ flora & fauna/ birds/ flowers/ rivers & mountain scenes. Japanese accordion-style sketch book, in very nice condition-- measures approx. 7.25"x 11"-- (18) double-paged spread (approx. 11"x14.25") & 30 leaves. Silk covered boards. Boards rubbed, but in very nice shape overall..

Cheshire England: River Women Press Press, 1985. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo.. 1985. 1st Edition paperback. SIGNED. --'In his own youth - in my own words'-- by author-journalist, JULIA BAIRD, John Lennon's younger half-sister. (36) vernacular b&w photos of John Lennon-- as a kid, with his family, his mother and aunt, as a young man and new dad, with the Beatles. Signed on the book cover and front endpaper. In excellent condition-- clean, crisp, tight, 59 pages..

NY: Doubleday, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾. 237 pp. Decorated endpapers. Signed on a tipped in White House carte-de-visite. the story begins with his Kansas boyhood, service in the Army, rise to General in WW II, his presidency and major events, and then home to Gettysburg..

NY: Abrahms, 1985. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). Folio - over 12. The 120 full-page photographs in this book depict people at country fairs, rodeos, mining camps, drilling sites, and even a slaughterhouse - men and women of the American West who work at hard, everyday jobs. Richard Avedon introduces the volume with an essay on his working method and portrait philosophy, and Laura Wilson, who accompanied Avedon and his team, provides a journal of their travels, between 1979 and 1984. 11x17 inches, soft cover in nice condition..

Painting. Good. No Binding. c2000. --Watercolor painting of a Military Man-- brightly colored and overlaid on vintage paper & document. Approx.: 9" x 12.5". Anonymous local artist from Jaipur, India (south of New Delhi), used re-purposed vintage paper & official documents as the canvas on which to juxtapose themes reminiscent of classic Indian art. There is a printed seal visible at top of the document; notations or signatures are scattered about with ink manuscript on the verso. In very nice condition. .

Painting. Very Good. No Binding. Palm Tantra miniature watercolor painting On canvas, approx.4x4 inches. Contemporary hand painted art from the Indo-Pakistan border region..

Kalona, Iowa: Photo-Art Gallery Publications, 1972. Book. Good. Printed Wrapper. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾. 1972. Signed 1st Edition. --'INDIANS'-- Photographs by John M. Zielinski. Staple bound printed wrappers., oblong, 9.5" x 13". (13) full page photographs, including 2 duplicates. Not listed in the World Cat [OCLC]. Some loose leaves, vintage duct tape re-enforced hinge..

Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1979. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾. 1979. 1st Edition --'INDUSTRIAL DESIGN'-- Signed & Inscribed by RAYMOND LOEWY on a First Day of Issue Envelope (Boston, MA May 29,1964) for the Raymond Loewy designed stamp memorializing John F. Kennedy - "To Peter Swanson... Cordially... Raymond Loewy, Dec 12-73" [laid on pg. 23, site of Loewy's images of this stamp in progress]. A brochure for the Loewy designed Avanti automobile is laid onto pg. 193- where this auto is also displayed. Wonderfully illustrated, 256 pp. Raymond Loewy was a huge influence in the arts and industry-- the press referred to Loewy as "The Man Who Shaped America', "The Father of Streamlining' and 'The Father of Industrial Design'. Very nice copy-- some light bowing of the covers; a light red remainder stamp on bottom edge. In a good dustjacket-- tears in several places, once repaired with scotch tape; now protected in archival mylar..

Germany: TASCHEN, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 2010. Signed presentation copy - by photographer Naomi Harris. In excellent condition all around. Photographer Naomi Harris was living in Miami, freelancing for the Miami Herald and New York Times, when she attended her first swingers party. She was brought there by a friend she'd met at the local nude beach ("I don't like tan lines and I don't like bathing suits," she said) and initially found herself horrified by the sight of frumpy attendees loading up on roast beef before heading to the backroom for an orgy. At the same time, she was intrigued. The result is Harris' America Swings, named one of ten best photography books of 2009 by American Photo. The book shows a world to which few photographers have been admitted-an alternate American Heartland where the phrase "good times with good neighbors" has a very particular meaning..

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. It is a Thursday evening. After work Martin Blom drives to the supermarket to buy some groceries. As he walks back to his car a shot rings out... When he wakes up he is blind. His neurosurgeon, Bruno Visser, tells him that his loss of sight is permanent and that he must expect to experience shock, depression, self-pity, even suicidal thoughts before his rehabilitation is complete. But it doesn't work out quite like that. And one spring evening, while Martin is practicing in the clinic gardens with his new white cane, something miraculous happens. .

Sheet music. Fair. No Binding. Oh! Oh! Delphine, a musical comedy, opened on Broadway at the Knickerbocker Theatre 9/30/1912, and continued at the New Amsterdam until 5/2/13 for a run of 258 performances. An original Broadway musical in three acts. Written by C.M.S. McLellan, music by Ivan Caryll. Set at the Hotel Beau Rivage in Brest, France. Score for the duet "Lest We Forget" In fair condition..