Search Results: Titles starting with S from Exchange Value Books

Softcover. 714 pages. Pencil marginalia. Wear on covers. Mostly blank. Useable. Published in 2018 but not geared toward any specific year.

Softcover. Sticker on back cover. Crease on front cover. Text clean. Museum pamphlet included.

Softcover. Wear on covers. Text clean. Creases in front cover. 160 pages. 2004.

Stapled full-color zine with card stock covers. Edition of 50. 36 pages. 6" x 9". Price sticker on front cover. Signed, numbered, and dedicated by photographer in ink on title page. Interior clean. No issues.

Gambier, OH: Sunset Press, 2022. First edition, stated. Softcover. Very Good Plus. 0x0x0. [POETRY]. Chang, Stephanie. "Saintless." Gambier, OH: Sunset Press, 2022. First edition, stated. English language. Softcover. 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.15 in. 22 x 14 x 0.25 cm. 3 oz. pp. [10], 27. Front cover slightly bows. Smudge on dedication page. Text clean. Wear on back corner. Very Good Plus. ISBN: 9781667845739."Stephanie Chang (she/they) is a Chinese-Taiwanese Canadian writer from Vancouver, BC. Her work appears in The Rumpus, Adroit Journal, Kenyon Review, Waxwing, Berkeley Poetry Review, and others. Stephanie is the winner of the 2021 Adroit Prize for Poetry, selected by Carl Phillips. She edits for Sine Theta Magazine and OROTONE Journal. When not writing, she enjoys iced matcha lattes and listening to Mitski. She intends to major in Art History and English.

GROULT, Benoîte; Translator: Mo Teitelbaum. "Salt on Our Skin (Le Vaisseaux du Coeur)." Hamish Hamilton LTD; London, UK, 1992. English language. Softcover. 240 pages. Wear and use evident on covers. Rubbing on edges, crease on spine, wear on spine. Crease in back cover. Yellowing. Ink marginalia. Good Minus. ISBN: 0241133076.

Filigranes Editions; Paris, FR; Editions Hors'champs; Rabat, MA, 2004. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. [PHOTOGRAPHY]. Poncin, Catherine, and Michele Cohen Hadria, Rajae Benchemsi, Abdellah Karroum. "Sans conte, ni legende." Filigranes Editions; Paris, FR; Editions Hors'champs; Rabat, MA, 2004. French and Arabic languages. Softcover. Text and full-color and black and white photographs. 72 pages. Text clean. Some soiling of covers. Wear evident on covers. Very Good. ISBN: 9782914381970."The mazaag has accompanied me since I traveled through Morocco to carry out this work. From a family photograph, "of my adopted family," I wanted to explore Moroccan family albums. These families from all social classes have entrusted me with their memories, their secrets; their pictures. I listened to stories for hours. Over the course of pages heavy with images; I photographed. The diptychs include, attached to the black and white image, a fragment of a color photograph. It represents… Read More

Berlin, DE: Nationalgalerie im Hambuirger Bahnhof, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. 9x0x10. [ART]. Sarah Morris, Ronald Jones, Catherine Schelbert, Stefan Barmann. "Sarah Morris: Capital." Berlin, DE: Nationalgalerie im Hambuirger Bahnhof, 2001. English and German languages. Hardcover in jacket. Sky blue boards with white dye-stamped lettering. 10 x 9.5 x 0.5 in. 26 x 24 x 1.5 cm. 29 oz. Unpaginated, but 96 pp. Significant tear to dust jacket. Ink fading on front board on one letter. Ex libris embossment on free front endpaper: [Lloyd & CO.]. Text clean. Very Good in Acceptable jacket. ISBN: 3896110985."Sarah Morris is interested in archetypes, in using the iconographic language of images and materials already fraught with significance. Known for her perspectival color-field images of apartment buildings, Capital, her first work in book form, pulls sped-up images and stills from her video project of the same name.

Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2021. Softcover. Near Fine. 6x0x9. [MEDIA]. Eds. Melody Jue, Rafico Ruiz. "Saturation: An Elemental Politics." Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2021. English language. Softcover. xii, 332 pp. 9 x 6 inches. 17 oz. Price in pencil on half-title. Text clean. Near Fine. ISBN: 9781478011460."Bringing together media studies and environmental humanities, the contributors to Saturation develop saturation as a heuristic to analyze phenomena in which the elements involved are difficult or impossible to separate. In ordinary language, saturation describes the condition of being thoroughly soaked, while in chemistry it is the threshold at which something can be maximally dissolved or absorbed in a solution. Contributors to this collection expand notions of saturation beyond water to consider saturation in sound, infrastructure, media, Big Data, capitalism, and visual culture. Essays include analyses of the thresholds of HIV detectability in… Read More

New York: Peter Lang, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 6x0x8. [SPORTS]. Dagavarian, Debra A. "Saying It Ain't So: American Values as Revealed in Children's Baseball Stories, 1880-1950 (Series XI Anthropology and Sociology)." New York: Peter Lang, 1987. English language. Hardcover. 9 x 6 x 0.5 in. 23 x 16 x 2 cm. 14 oz. viii, 223 pp. Small stain on top of page block. Abrasion on free front endpaper. Text clean. Very Good Plus. ISBN: 0820405833."Saying It Ain't So explores the themes which emerge from popularly-read children's stories about baseball. This book examines the first piece of baseball fiction, which appeared in 1882, and was written for children. Why does baseball – more than other sports – teach values of supportiveness, responsibility, and fairness? How do children's stories bring out these values? This work reveals the unique qualities of baseball which… Read More

Hamburg, DE: Europa Verlag, 2002. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. [FOOD]. Ronald Gutberlet, Cornelia Wend, Isabel Kreitz. "Schwammerl, Spargel, Grunkern, Kraut: Gemuse-und Eintopfgerichte aus Suddeutschland." Hamburg, DE: Europa Verlag, 2002. German language. Softcover. Text with black and white illustrations. 6.5 x 4 x 0.25 in. 17 x 10 x 0.5 cm. 3 cm. pp. 63. Sticker residue on back cover. Front cover bows. Price in pencil on title page. Small crease on back cover. Text clean. Very Good. ISBN: 9783203850450."German cookbook.

Kaplan Schweser: USA, 2019. 2020. Softcover. Good. 0x0x0. [FINANCE]. Kaplan Schweser. "Schweser 2020 CFA Program Exam Prep Schweser Notes for the CFA Exam (Corporate Finance, Equity Investments, and Fixed Income), Level 1, Book 4." USA: Kaplan Schweser, 2019. English language. Softcover. xiv, 394 pp. 11 x 8.5 x 1 in. 28 x 20 x 2 cm. 34 oz. No online code or key. Text clean. Creasin on spine. Book wavy from some water damager. Slight tide lines seen on title page and at bottom of book. Reading copy fine for study. Good. ISBN: 9781475495096.

Valencia, ES: IVAM: Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 0x0x0. [ART]. Kosme de Baranano, Ana Maria Torres, Robert Rosenblum, Eduardo Costa, John Perreault. "Scott Burton." Valencia, ES: IVAM: Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, 2004. English and Spanish languages. Hardcover without jacket. Publishers black cloth stamped black. Former library copy with sticker on back board, label on spine, stamps on colophon and edges, and a card pocket at rear. Profuse full-color illustrations with text. 12 x 14 1/3 inches. 126 oz. 334 pp. Text clean. Very Good Plus. ISBN: 8448237536. "A massive book that is arguably the best on BurtonÂ’s sculpture, furniture, and early performance work. Whereas many artists apply principles of mass production to their work, Burton endows ordinary objects with the qualities of an artwork. The exhibition at the IVAM affords a retrospective view of all his work, presenting over twenty-five pieces belonging to… Read More

Hardcover. No dust jacket. Price sticker on back cover. Text clean. Great condition.

Kolkata, IN: Seagull Books, 2013. Hardcover. New/New. 5x1x8. [FICTION]. MDA, Zakes. "The Sculptors of Mapungubwe." Kolkata, IN: Seagull Books, 2013. English language. Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.25 x 1 in. 21 x 13 x 3 cm. 15 oz. 304 pp. Still in shrink-wrap. Text clean. New in New jacket. ISBN: 9780857420954."In the timeless kingdom of Mapungubwe, the royal sculptor had two sons, Chata and Rendani. As they grew, so grew their rivalry—and their extraordinary talents. But while Rendani became a master carver of the animals that run in the wild hills and lush valleys of the land, Chata learned to carve fantastic beings from his dreams, creatures never before seen on the Earth. From this natural rivalry between brothers, Zakes Mda crafts an irresistibly rich fable of love and family. What makes the better art, perfect mimicry or inspiration? Who makes the better wife, a princess or a mysterious dancer? Ageless and contemporary, deceptive in its simplicity and… Read More

A Flare Book, Avon Books; New York, 1976. First Flare Printing. Softcover. Acceptable. 8x5x0. [MOOMIN]. Tove Jansson. Translator: Kingsley Hart. "Sculptor's Daughter." New York: A Flare Book, Avon Books, 1976. English language. Softcover. Text with black and white photos. 9 x 6 x 0.75 inches. 12 oz. 192 pp. Wear on covers. Abrasion on front cover. Book a bit wavy. Remainder mark on top of page block. Tideline visible on back cover. Tidelines visible in the interior pages near gutters. Evidence of some water damage. Text clean. Reading copy. Fair. ISBN: 9780380007516. "Tove Jansson's memoirs of her early years, filled with joy, exuberance, and the satisfaction of beingwith an abundance of photographic illustrations.The excitement of being alive and savoring the good things that are life pervades all the writing of Tove Jansson. The beloved nine volumes of her Moomintroll chronicles for younger readers, her two adult novels, The Summer Book and Sun City; and her… Read More

Brooklyn, NY: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc, 1975. Softcover. Very Good Plus. [RELIGION]. Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. "A Secure Future: How You Can Find It." Brooklyn, NY: Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., 1975. English language. Stapled paper pamphlet. Text with black, white, and green illustrations. 7 x 4.5 in. 18 x 12 cm. 1 oz. pp. 32. Browning throughout. Text clean. Very Good Plus. No ISBN. No ASIN."An illustrated 1970s pamphlet of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

AM'I: Autonomy Manifested Inc; Chelsea, NY, 2015. Softcover. Good. 8x5x1. [FICTION]. L. Joevon. "Seeds in the Concrete: Change Your Perception to Change Your Reality: A Novel." Chelsea, NY: AM'I Autonomy Manifested Inc., 2015. English language. Softcover. viii, 371 pp., [4]. Signed and inscribed in marker by author on inside front cover. A paper emendment made on pages vii and viii. Text clean. Bottom of pages wavy toward back of book. Slight stain to bottom of page block. Slight rippling on spine. Good. ISBN: 9781513614731. "Before you believe in God, you should believe in yourself. Only you can choose Heaven, God will only help you along the way. Here is the ambitious story of Lance, a half-black, half-Italian, who resides in Marcus Garvey Projects in Brooklyn. He is an emotional and passionate young man, with an unlimited ambition to be a successful writer in all facets. He is a representation of the average American who may face many obstacles, while chasing a bright… Read More

STARK, David, with Daniel Beunza, Monique Girard, and János Lukács. "The Sense of Dissonance: Accounts of Worth in Economic Life." Princeton University Press; Princeton, NJ, 2011. English language. Second printing. Softcover. 246 pages. Ink marginalia and underlining. Very Good Minus. ISBN: 9780691152486.

Red Dust, Inc.: New York, 2009. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. [PROUST]. Rosasco, Joan T. "The Septet: Proust's Wager." New York: Red Dust, Inc., 2009. English language. Softcover with spine. [4], 26 pp. The text of a lecture given by Rosasco before the Proust Society at the Mercantile Library in New York on April 13, 2006 with footnotes. Front cover slightly bows out. Dog-earring. Text clean. Very Good. ISBN: 9780873760980."Rosasco, author of "Voies de l'imagination proustienne" gave this essay before the Proust Society in 2006. Some of the very best Proust studies come in small packages, such as this essay.