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Near Fine in publishers decorated boards. 1st edition, 1st issue. ISBN 9075380356.

Seller Inventory # PJH54237

Near Fine in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 1st edition, 1st issue. Since the 1960's, Robert Adams has used his camera lens to document the changing landscape of the United States. Covering the turbulent period from 1978 to 1983, Robert Adams' photographs of the Los Angeles basin document a disintegration that is at once social and ecological. At the same time, however, they reveal a persistent verdancy and vitality in the landscape that contains a glimmer of hope. This hope that Adams shares with the viewer is much like the hope held out at the end of a classical tragedy--insistent, yet difficult to account for. In California we find a bird in a defoliated orchard, a suddenly clear day on a quiet road, the astonishing silhouette of a eucalyptus in smog--and we are left wondering how to explain these seemingly unreal moments.The images here constitute yet another chapter in the oeuvre of one of the most important landscape photographers of our time, building on and communicating with Adams' continuing contribution to the national dialogue about America's health and future--as well as his monumental contribution to contemporary photography. Printed in stunning tritones, this new monograph features a revelatory introduction by former United States Poet Laureate Robert Hass. ISBN 1881337103.

Seller Inventory # PJH54212

Near Fine in publishers wrappers. 1st edition. ISBN 1870865057.

Seller Inventory # PJH54198

Near Fine in publishers decorated wrappers.1st edition. Illustrated throughout. ISBN 0946329346.

Seller Inventory # PJH54216

Near Fine in publishers decorated wrappers. 1st edition. ISBN 0951746146.

Seller Inventory # PJH54222

Fine in publishers decorated wrappers in repaired plastic slipcase. 290pp. Illustrated throughout. 1st edition, 1st issue. Stefan Sagmeister has created his own monograph with novel and playful design innovations, exploring twenty years of irreverent and award-winning work. ISBN 1861542070.

Seller Inventory # PJH54239

Fine in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 1st edition thus. Nabokov's rapturous masterpiece of erotic obsession entered the common consciousness and inspired two films. It also inspired Nabokov himself to try his hand at screenwriting, and the result was this typically graceful and ingenious screenplay, which he wrote in 1960. Lolita: A Screenplay gleefully demolishes a host of stereotypes - sexual, moral and aesthetic. The notion that cinema and literature are two separate spheres is dismantled as Nabokov marries the structural and narrative felicities of great film and prose to create a work that will delight cineophiles and Nabokovians alike.Nabokov's first major work and his only play, The Tragedy of Mister Morn is a moving study of the elusiveness of happiness, the power of imagination and the eternal battle between truth and fantasy. In this astonishingly precocious work, we see for the first time the major themes of this great writer: intense sexual desire and jealousy, precarious make-believe, glittering happiness and abject despair. ISBN 9780141197210.

Seller Inventory # PJH54234

Bump to base of spine else Near Fine in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 1st edition. A chance discovery provided the author with the key to unlocking the centuries old enigma of Botticelli's Primavera, a masterpiece painted for the private viewing of a Medici. Its pagan figures in a paradisical spring meadow illuminated the cryptic world of the Renaissance pagan revival. Botticelli's allegory emerged to address its personal message to a young Medici. Botticelli's cleverly disguised message for Lorenzo Minore, is to be found on the right side of La Primavera, where Chloris draws Zephyr's attention to it. This book is extremely well researched and beautifully produced with eighty color plates. Lane-Spollen clearly explains the fusion of Christian and pagan imagery which is reflected in La Primavera, placing it in the wider context of Italy's religion and politics. The author employs a readable style which will make this book suitable for those familiar with this period looking for more detail about a beloved painting, and those who are new to the Renaissance and Art History. Lane-Spollen gives a clear overview of why and how Botticelli conveyed his message in disguise. An esteemed circle of scholars around the Medici, disillusioned with a worldly and corrupted medieval Church, searched for a purer, unadulterated Christianity in the pre-Christian foundations of their faith. This was a sensitive occupation in a society where the reach of the Church was present in all matters public and private. In 1460 a manuscript was brought to Cosimo de'Medici. Its author, Hermes, was revered by Augustine and the early Church Fathers. Its revelations on the true nature of Man held the evidence they were seeking and stood in stark contrast to the medieval Church view in which the lowly humble sinner must throw himself on the mercy of the Church for his redemption. The Hermetic corpus which so inspired the Medici circle, saw Man as unique among all species, of unlimited potential and possessing a 'spark of the Divine'. As Burckhardt noted, "it became the breath of life for all the most instructed minds of Europe". For medieval man, it heralded his rebirth, his Renaissance. Expressing this newly discovered 'God-like' being in art stimulated the creative imagination of Renaissance artists like Botticelli, Leonardo, and Raffaello. Lane-Spollen gives a clear overview of why and how Botticelli conveyed his message in code: An esteemed circle of scholars around the Medici, disillusioned with a worldly and corrupted medieval Church, searched for a purer, unadulterated Christianity in the pre-Christian foundations of their faith. This was a dangerous occupation in a society where the reach of the Church was present in all matters public and private. In 1460 a manuscript was brought to Cosimo de'Medici. Its author, Hermes, was revered by Augustine and the early Church Fathers. Its revelations on the true nature of Man held the evidence they were seeking and stood in stark contrast to the teachings of the medieval church and had no place for man as a lowly humble sinner who must throw himself on the mercy of the Church. Neoplatonism and the Hermetic corpus which so inspired the Medici circle, saw Man as unique among all species and possessing a 'spark of the divine'.Though heretical and blasphemous in the extreme, this philosophy had a profound effect and spread rapidly. As Burckhardt noted, 'it became the breath of life for all the most instructed minds of Europe'. Convinced by its impeccable provenance, the Medici circle of philosophers and poets strived to merge the three great but competing religions, Judaism, Islam and Christianity, into a single religion in harmony with their original pre-Christian foundations. Expressing this newly discovered 'God-like' being in art stimulated the creative imagination of the early Renaissance as artists like Botticelli, Leonardo, Michaelangelo and Raphaello strove to express 'divine' Man's dignity, his innate capability and the profound depths of his potential for greatness. ISBN 0856832960.

Seller Inventory # PJH54218

VG bright tight copy in publishers decrateds wrappers. 1st edition. ISBN 0819560995.

Seller Inventory # PJH54205

VG bright tight copy in publishers decorated wrappers. 1st edition. Illustrated throughout. ISBN 0851701183.

Seller Inventory # PJH54225

Near Fine in publishers cloth in like slightly creased and rubbed dustjacket. 1st edition. A compelling addition to the hugely popular subject of Lord Byron A new young historical writer to set alongside Amanda Foreman and Bella Bathurst The extravagant and improbable life of Lord Byron - "mad, bad and dangerous to know" - has always found a large market in biography and literary history. Now, Ashley Hay, a young and superbly talented writer, has written a compellingly readable account of one of the strangest and most mysterious episodes in his life. In January 1815, Lord Byron married Annabella Milbanke. He was London's most famous poet and its most desirably notorious lover, and everyone wanted to be his wife. She was a young lady with handsome prospects and good connections, but painfully shy and retiring. They had met only a couple of times before she had turned down his first proposal: after the unlikely correspondence that then ensued between them she accepted his second, but they saw each other only once more before their wedding day. After only a year of marriage, and just a month after the birth of their first child. Annabella left Byron and went home to her parents, never to see him again. The misdemeanours in her husband's conduct she subsequently hinted at scandalised London - and the lurid speculation as to the sensational secret she never quite revealed has continued ever since. Painstakingly pieced together from their diaries and letters. The Secret is a sensitive and poignant portrait of the celebrity couple of their day, whose strange marriage became a cause celebre of Regency England, and its account of a vulnerable, wronged woman abandoned to her horrifying secret has the compulsiveness of the best fiction. The length of a compact novel, it will appeal to everyone who has enjoyed a recent bestseller like Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. ISBN 1854107836.

Seller Inventory # PJH54209

Near Fine in publishers decorated wrappers. 1st edition. Illustrated throughout. ISBN 0953518000.

Seller Inventory # PJH54217

'Proof Copy' written on front panel, Near Fine in publishers decorated wrappers. 1st edition, Illustrated throughout.

Seller Inventory # PJH54201

Mint in publishers cloth in like dustjacket (still shrink wrapped). ISBN 9783865215932.

Seller Inventory # PJH54231

Inked Numbers on endpaper else Fine in publishers decorated wrappers.1st edition.Illustrated throughout.British artist Monica Ross (1950-2013) left behind forty years of socially engaged, feminist, and performative artwork, which has had a deep effect on contemporary art and society. This fully illustrated publication documents Ross's works from 1970 to 2013, including early feminist collaborative works, drawings made at the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the 1980s, poster designs for the antinuclear movement, works relating to the writings of Walter Benjamin, and documentation from the sixty performances of Anniversary-an act of memory (2008 13), solo, collective, and multilingual recitations from memory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which concluded with a final collaborative performance at the UN in Geneva on the day of Ross's death. With essays by Esther Leslie, Eric Levi Jacobson, Alexandra M. Kokoli, Denise Robinson, and Yve Lomax, this book is a valuable art-historical document. ISBN 9783956792021.

Seller Inventory # PJH54202

Fine in publishers decorated boards (still shrink wrapped). The importance of Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Walker Evans appears so clear today, so indisputable, that one hesitates to draw attention to it for fear of stating the obvious. Yet in 1935, when the New Yorker Julien Levy, one of the most influential collectors of the 20th century, conceived the exhibition Documentary and Anti-Graphic Photographs by Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans & Alvarez Bravo, no one could imagine the eminent place the trio would occupy in the avant-garde of their time, nor the immense influence the photographers would have on future generations. Gathered together here again for the first time since 1935, these period prints represent an exceptional set of essential and sometimes unknown images. This selection of early works of three masters of photography places us face to face with the history of the medium in the making. ISBN 3865210724.

Seller Inventory # PJH54233

Internally Near Fine in slightly rubbed publishers decorated wrappers. 32pp. Illustrated throughout. 1st edition.

Seller Inventory # PJH54219

Near Fine in publishers decorated boards. Illustrated throughout. 1st edition.Text in German and English. ISBN 9783777426662.

Seller Inventory # PJH54230

Near Fine in publishers decorated wqrappers. Providing step-by-step instructions with detailed illustrations to show the practical elements of working with lime and clay-based finishes, the authors demonstrate how these natural breathable plasters and paints can be used on a wide variety of wall surfaces, including traditional and eco-build materials like cob, strawbale and stone, as well as modern plasterboard and concrete surfaces, with stunning results.Easy to follow DIY projects guide the reader through all aspects of using these natural finishes, with beautiful photographs of techniques and examples from the UK and abroad. ISBN 1900322161.

Seller Inventory # PJH54232

VG bright tight copy in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 1st edition. ISBN 0691174377.

Seller Inventory # PJH54208

VG bright tight copy in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 1st edition. A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists, and philosophical materialists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, Scruton argues that human beings cannot be understood simply as biological objects. We are not only human animals; we are also persons, in essential relation with other persons, and bound to them by obligations and rights. Our world is a shared world, exhibiting freedom, value, and accountability, and to understand it we must address other people face to face and I to I. Scruton develops and defends his account of human nature by ranging widely across intellectual history, from Plato and Averroes to Darwin and Wittgenstein. The book begins with Kant's suggestion that we are distinguished by our ability to say "I"--by our sense of ourselves as the centers of self-conscious reflection. This fact is manifested in our emotions, interests, and relations. It is the foundation of the moral sense, as well as of the aesthetic and religious conceptions through which we shape the human world and endow it with meaning. And it lies outside the scope of modern materialist philosophy, even though it is a natural and not a supernatural fact. Ultimately, Scruton offers a new way of understanding how self-consciousness affects the question of how we should live. The result is a rich view of human nature that challenges some of today's most fashionable ideas about our species. ISBN 069116875X.

Seller Inventory # PJH54204

VG bright copy in publishers cloth in like slightly dusty dustjacket. 1st edition, 1st issue.

Seller Inventory # PJH54206

VG in slightly rubbed publishers decorated wrappers. Reprint.

Seller Inventory # PJH54207

Near Fine in publishers decorated wrappers. 1st edition. Illustrated throughout. ISBN 1870865405.

Seller Inventory # PJH54200

Mint in publishers decorated cloth in like Slipcase. One of the Four Great Chinese novels, and a worldwide cultural phenomenon, Monkey is reimagined as a Folio edition with exquisite artwork by Mu Pan, including a foldout map, and a new introduction by Frances Wood. 1st edition thus.

Seller Inventory # PJH54196

Mint in publishers cloth in like dustjacket (still shrink wrapped). At once both controversial and classical, Rafal Olbinski has built a career around examining the mystery of women. His paintings depict a woman who is both distant and effortlessly available. In this first publication of his paintings, Olbinski creates a world that seeks to celebrate the secrets of women without destroying their mystery. Born in post-war Poland, Olbinski built a successful career as a poster artist and graphic designer in Europe before immigrating to the United States in the early 1980's. Best known for his depictions of women, this book explores Olbinski's unique perspective on such classical figures as Salome and Da Vinci's Mona Lisa , to contemporary women and their place in today's world. ISBN 1555952666.

Seller Inventory # PJH54238

Mint in publishers cloth in like dustjacket (still shrink wrapped). This beautiful collection of fabulous photographs and incisive pen portraits captures the world of Cecil Beaton, one of the most celebrated portrait photographers of the twentieth century.Cecil Beaton: Portraits and Profiles� combines Beaton� s photographic and pen portraits. Beaton� s portraits offer insight, beauty, witty observations and a fascinating glimpse into his world. His images often flattered but his diaries and journals didn� t necessarily follow suit and he was described by Jean Cocteau as � Malice in Wonderland� . �Included are stars of music, fashion, society, stage and screen. From Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol, Coco Chanel and Princess Grace through to Greta Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor and Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali.Of Audrey Hepburn, Beaton said � she is like a portrait by Modigliani where the various distortions are not only interesting in themselves but make a completely satisfying composite� .Marilyn Monroe � romps, she squeals with delight, she leaps on the sofa. It is an artless, impromptu, high-spirited, infectiously gay performance. It will probably end in tears� .Marlon Brando was � pallid as a mushroom, smooth-skinned and scarred, with curved feminine lips and silky hair, he seems as unhealthy as a lame duck. Yet his ram-like profile has the harsh strength of the gutter�Cecil Beaton� s life spanned many worlds and these are captured here through his fabulous photographs and incisive observations.� ISBN 0711235503.

Seller Inventory # PJH54235

VG bright tight copy in very slightly creased publishers decorated wrappers. Illustrated throughout. 1st edition.

Seller Inventory # PJH54195

VG bright tight copy in publishers decorated wrappers. 1st edition. ISBN 0935640215.

Seller Inventory # PJH54223

Near Fine in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 1st edition.Alexander Herzen philosopher, novelist, essayist, political agitator, and one of the leading Russian intellectuals of the nineteenth century was as famous in his day as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. While he is remembered for his masterpiece My Past and Thoughts and as the father of Russian socialism, his contributions to the history of ideas defy easy categorisation because they are so numerous. Aileen Kelly presents the first fully rounded study of the farsighted genius whom Isaiah Berlin called the forerunner of much twentieth-century thought. In an era dominated by ideologies of human progress, Herzen resisted them because they conflicted with his sense of reality, a sense honed by his unusually comprehensive understanding of history, philosophy, and the natural sciences. Following his unconventional decision to study science at university, he came to recognise the implications of early evolutionary theory, not just for the natural world but for human history. In this respect, he was a Darwinian even before Darwin. Socialism for Russia, as Herzen conceived it, was not an ideology least of all Marxian scientific socialism but a concrete means of grappling with unique historical circumstances, a way for Russians to combine the best of Western achievements with the possibilities of their own cultural milieu in order to move forward. In the same year that Marx declared communism to be the solution to the riddle of history, Herzen denied that any such solution could exist. History, like nature, was contingent an improvisation both constrained and encouraged by chance. ISBN 9780674737112.

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