james d adams editor (9 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Frank Salcido (illustratore). First Edition. Text and images unmarked. Light dampstaining on the top edge of the text block. The wrapper shows some very light handling. 8vo. 202pp.

200 pages. Large paperback: H 27.75cm x L 22.75cm. Red and black glossy paper covers, slender light crease near center fore-edge margin of front cover. Some foxing to top edge; past owner's ink signature and phone number at top of front free endpaper; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. With color plates, Foreword by Genrikh P. Popov, Preface by Robert McC. Adams, Acknowledgements by James T. Demetrion, Introduction by E.V. Basner and A.P. Gusarova, essay "Between East and West: Russian Art of the Early Twentieth Century" by John E. Bowlt, and Select Bibliography. Pages 43-194 comprised of "Catalog of the Exhibition" by E.V. Basner, A.P. Gusarova, S.M. Ivanitskii, V.P. Kniazeva, G.K. Krechina, V.F. Kruglov, and O.N. Shikhireva. Published as the accompanying catalog for an exhibition held at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., from July 12 to September 25, 1988; exhibition organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden with the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, and the State Russian Museum, Leningrad. Please note that the ISBN for the hardcover and this paperback edition is the same. ISBN 0874744954.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The Marin County American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1976. Soft cover, 259, xiii. A collection of historical essays contributed by their authors to commemorate the American Revolution Bicentennial. In very good condition. Yellow and black illustrated paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing, fading and soiling. Binding tight. Previous owner's gift inscription in ink on half title page. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. Black and white illustrations, bibliography, index. Contents include: Prologue: The Manila Galleon by Gloria Melbostad. Two Centuries 1775-1975. The Spanish Period: Bay's Discovery: An End and a Beginning by Dorothy Gardiner; The Mission and the Fort - Detente in the 19th Century by Bonnie J. Garety. The Mexican Period: Sausalito Cove: El Puerto de Los Balleneros - Deep Water Haven for Whalers and Naval Ships by John D. Yates; Captain William Anthony Richardson by Clyde F. Trudell; The Seldom Told Tale of Novato's Lost Iroquois by Richard H. Dillon; The Miller-Murphy Immigrant Party by William J. Miller. Bear Flag and American Occupation: In Defence of Fremont by Clyde F. Trudell; Black Pioneers in Early Marin by Mary A. Wells; Christmas 1847 by Catharine P. Robson. The American Revolution: How the Revolution Came to Marin by James D. Adams; Time-Lines East and West by Barbara Hughes and Virginia Borland; I Do Not See How the Rebellion Can Possibly Exist Much Longer by Joseph Franaszek. The American Period 1850-1875: Amelia Pixley - Corte Madera Pioneer and Benefactress by Catharine P. Robson; When Alcatraz Guns Guarded the Bay by William F. Strobridge; Al Barney's Trip to the Country by Ai Barney, edited by William A. Henderson; The Mansion Doctor Lyford Built, and the Land Mrs. Verrall Gave by Lucretia Hanson Little. The American Period 1850 and Continuing: The Military in Marin by Teresa M. Fenn; The History and Mystery of Marin Post Offices by Louise Teather; Transportation Played a Colorful Role in Marin History by Stanley T. Moore; Lighthouses of Marin: The Second Chain by Ralph C. Shanks Jr.; Novato's Pioneer Memorial Cemetery by Margaret A. Coady. The Second Century: 1875-1975: The Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia 1876 and What It Meant to Marin County by Helen Van Cleave Park. Other Historical Topics: Old Courthouse History by Helen Van Cleave Park and Clyde F. Trudell; Early Marin Also Had Its Educational Concerns by Ferald J. Foley; The San Francisco Theological Seminary by Clifford M. Drury; A Proud But Dying Fleet Off Sausalito's Shores by Emmett A. Hoskins; Marin Ferry Boats Brought Excitement by George H. Harlan; The Crookedest Railroad in the World by Ted Wurm and Al Graves; When Marin County Rode the Trains by Fred A. Stindt; Ferries Start Catering to Automobiles by George H. Harlan; Memories of Early San Rafael by Genevieve McNeil and Emma Martinelli; Dolly Jenkins - A Full, Rich Life by Jack Mason; The Birth of an Air Base by Margaret A. Coady. Epilogue: Olompali - Ancient Indian Village and Oldest Adobe North of San Francisco by Lucretia Hanson Little.

paperback. Condizione: Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+ to Very Good-. Second Edition. (1951) 440 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding a bit rubbed; spine ends slightly bumped. Previous owner's blind stamp on front blank endpaper. DJ has few small chips and short tears to top edges; spine sunned. Price clipped. Contents nice.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 256 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Cedric Wright; David R. Brower; Weldon F. Heald; Henry E. Timby; David Burd; Raffi Bedayan; Spencer Austin; Richard M. Leonard; Thomas Morley; W.E. James (illustratore). 1st Edition. Near Fine - very. See scans and description. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1941. The February, 1941 issue of the Sierra Club Bulletin, that being Volume XXVI, Number 1. Tall octavo (9 1/4"), printed perfect-bound wraps, 193 pp. (158 pp. numbered, 34 plates, one onionskin). Quite Near Fine, with in fact no salient flaws to point to; this example is, in all likelihood, in the same condition in which it was originally received in 1941. See all scans. This issue feature a 16-plate section of majestic photos of the King's Canyon National Park by Cedric Wright (as well as two other Wright plates elsewhere); a fold-out reproduced map of the San Joaquin Valley, originally created by Lieutenant Jose Maria Estudillo in 1819; and onionskin foldout map of the Mt. Whitney Region, executed by the Sierra Club itself, new for this issue; an 1875 article on the King's River Valley by John Muir, originally published in The Daily Evening Bulletin; two 1875 photos by W.E. James which may be the first photographs ever taken in the King's Canyon National Park; sketch-illustrated pieces on climbing and camping; and a lot more. See scan of contents page. Photographers: Cedric Wright; David R. Brower; Weldon F. Heald; Henry E. Timby; David Burd; Raffi Bedayan; Spencer Austin; Richard M. Leonard; Thomas Morley; W.E. James. Writers of the above-mentioned pieces and others on Mountain Wind, King's River Sierra, Mount Avon, End of the Rope, High and Dry, Little Gem Company, Snowpatch, the legislative history of Sequoia and King's Canyon National Park, Botany, Mountain Photography, and Mountaineering Notes include: Francis P. Farquhar; John Muir; Ansel Adams; Joseph N. LeConte; Norman Livermore; Charlotte E. Mauk; Weldon F. Heald; Blanche Stallings; Fritz Lippmann; John Thomas Howell; May Pridham; Cedric Wright; Bestor Robinson; Leland Curtis; John D. and Ruth Mendenhall; Arthur B. Johnson; Braeme Gigas; Howard Koster. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LSC2.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 318 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 318 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.