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Dust jacket shows minor wear, it has a protective sleeve, not ex-library. This is a tight copy; its pages are clean are intact, text and pictures and unmarred. Spine ends are mildly rubbed, boards show minimal edgewear, corners are sharp.
Singapore, prominent among Asian countries, has an undeniably awe-inspiring aura. This magnificent volume of rare depth and precision provides the reader with Singapore's history as seen through the eye of most famous landmark, Raffles Hotel. The book's 374 pages are profusely illustrated with vintage B&W, sepia tone and full-color historic photographs, drawings and paintings (many full or double-page) with accompanying descriptive captions. It is a splendid glimpse into and panoramic view of the fascinating island emerging from a past of poverty and to "a glittering city-state" handling half of the world's rubber and tin supplies.

Volume one of three. No DJ, the cloth-covered boards are suntanned with surface wear and soiling; the corners and the spine have been repaired. The text block edges are discolored with age, there is a very small wet stain on the top edge; the book has been shaken, some signature threads have been loosened. The pages are tanned with age but clear of marks, a few pages are celo tape-replaced, and three chipped page edges are tissue tape-repaired. Includes B&W illustrations throughout.
The text of this large volume book is in German but there are English translations with the reproductions of hand drawings by the artist of the "Dutch Golden Age" who is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history.
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No DJ, soft leather bound boards show light edge and spine wear. Binding is tight, textblock edges are gold-leafed, with a ribbon place saver; pages are clear of marks, but many are creased. Includes "Unity of Good" and "Christian Healing".
According to the publisher: the author "...writes briefly about her early life and events that led to her discovery of Christian Science. She illumines what it means to earnestly follow and practice Jesus' teachings, and offers counsel that students of Christian Science find applicable and instructive today. She also shares spiritual insights about the writing of her principal work, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and the founding of The First Church of Christ, Scientist."

The DJ has some surface wear and a slight tear at the top front spine; the cloth-covered boards are in excellent condition. The binding is tight and the text block pages are clean of marks. Includes B&W photographs throughout, many full-paged, with a few color intro page photos, also a Chronology, List of Exhibitions, List of Films, and Bibliography.
Published on the occasion of the major exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC and at five other museums 1994-96. From "About the book": This comprehensive volume presents the works of the Swedish photographer, and includes five essays which analyze different aspects of Frank's photographs, films and videos." From the 1994 DJ: "For more than fifty years (the Photographer) scrutinized his relationship to the social, political, and cultural landscape of our time with uncompromising clarity and honesty."
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Cover appears to be sunned, slightly worn at corners; edge of pageblock is a little stained
A collection of uncommon concrete and visual poetry. This selection reflects–through meditative sequences in striking vertical columns–Lax's rigorous attention to the world around him, and his relentless aspiration to new ways of writing.

Photo-illustrated wraps are tanned with age, show light spine and surface wear, have corner creases and small chips bottom corner front and back, and small chip back top edge. The binding is tight, textblock pages are tanned with age but clean of marks. Includes B&W photographs throughout, and floor/artist space maps. Statements by Alanna Heiss, executive director/curator and Linda Blumberg, program director, text by some of the seventy-eight artists, and an artist index.
This is a rare catalog of the important June 1976 inaugural exhibition at the abandoned Long Island City public school turned contemporary art space. Documented are site-specific works--the group exhibition by many influential artists of the time.

DJ shows a little wear at top edge; paper covered boards show very little wear on spine, surface, and edges. The binding is tight, text block pages are clear if marks. Includes sixty beautiful full-color plates reproduced on heavy stock, they do not include titles, sizes, or dates. And Introduction by art critic, professor of aesthetics and freelance curator Jose Luis Brea.
Paraphrased from the DJ: These relatively unknown watercolors are symbolic of transformation and transcendence; they possess a photographic quality and their bright, luminescent and shimmering surfaces attest to this artists mastery and technique. The artist was one of the first to exhibit at the Mary Boone Gallery in 1978; since then he has exhibited throughout the world, and had a 1995 retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum.

Moderately worn dust jacket with protective sleeve; brown cloth covered boards with black titles has slight fray on top spine; the binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, profusely illustrated with comic art.
Rube Goldberg's name is by now a dictionary definition: "(1) a fantastically complicated, improvised appearance; (2) deviously complex and impractical". Goldberg has been a dramatic illustrator, caricaturist, editorial cartoonist, humorous essayist, sculptor and "phrase-maker"; his graphic humor is a comment on pretentious research, inventiveness and industrial design. Wry commentary and memoir add to the enjoying of this autobiography.

The DJ shows light surface wear but has a ½" tear on back near spine, the cloth-covered boards are in very good condition with slight age-tanning. The binding is tight, and the text block pages are clear of marks. Includes B&W and full-color reproductions of more than 100 drawings.
An exhibition book of the Flemish artist's renderings of children, portraits of noblemen and women, animal studies, and beautiful landscapes that are renowned for their superb quality and variety. Essays provide overviews of the artist's early studies and his use of drawing as preparatory studies in his career as painter, sculptor, architect, printer, and book illustrator. The dispersal of his drawings after his death as well as the fortunes made among collectors around the world are also addressed.
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