melvin ruth bernhard (11 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. A 1957 photo-essay on daily life aboard San Francisco's cable cars, pairing Melvin Van Peebles' first book-length text with Ruth Bernhard's unposed black-and-white photographs of cable car gripmen and riders. Minimal wear, some pencil marks. Stored in a clean, smoke-free institutional environment. Carefully packed to ensure safe arrival. Offered by the Vermont Center for Photography, a nonprofit arts organization based in Brattleboro, Vermont. Proceeds from book sales support exhibitions, education, and public access to the photographic arts.

Condizione sovraccoperta: dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features text by Van Peebles who was then simply a gripman on the San Francisco cable cars but who went on to be an actor and movie director. Includes black and white photographs from Bernhard in a rather sharp departure from her previous works. An ex-library copy with extensive stamps, wear and tape stains, thus a fair copy and in a fair price clipped dust jacket that has been trimmed and with some tape stains and a sticker to the spine. Signed by Ruth Bernhard on the title page. Uncommon signed. Signed.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good(-). First Edition (unstated). Quarto in b&w pictorial jacket; 77 pages: illustrations; 26 cm. Chiefly b&w photos with accompanied by short paragraphs in narrative form, from the point of view of a cable car operator. Melvin Van Peebles' first book. Appears to include a large b&w photo of the author (p. 24). ??"Melvin Van Peebles (1932 ? 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. He worked as an active filmmaker into the 2000s. He also worked as a cable car operator in San Francisco in the 1950s. ??Street-railroads -- California -- San Francisco. Cable cars (Streetcars) -- California -- San Francisco -- Pictorial works. Street-railroads -- California -- San Francisco -- Pictorial works. V?hicules tract?s par c?ble -- Californie Funiculaires. funicular railways. Cable cars (Streetcars) Railroads, Cable Street-railroads Fotografie Geographic: California -- San Francisco San Francisco Illustrated with photographs from the collections of the California Historical Society and the Pioneer Society of California. Good(+) to very good(-) in amply spine-chipped edge-worn original jacket, now in archival mylar.

Condizione: NEAR FINE. First printing. An unusual work for Ruth Bernard (published just a few years after she moved to San Francisco, where she spent the rest of her life): a photo-essay on San Francisco's cable cars and the people who ride them, narrated by young cable car gripman Melvin Van, with unposed black and white photographs by Bernhard on every page. The first book (written when he was just 25) by the independent African American film director and producer, Melvin Van Peebles. SIGNED on the front endpaper by Bernhard with the words "to one who knows" and dated January 24, 1958. A rather uncommon book, and especially so signed by Bernhard. Slightly oversized format, 10 1/4 inches tall by 7 3/16 inches wide. 78 pp. Near fine in a near fine photographic dustjacket.

Condizione sovraccoperta: dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Features text by Van Peebles who was then simply a gripman on the San Francisco cable cars but who went on to be an actor and movie director. Includes black and white photographs from Bernhard in a rather sharp departure from her previous works. A near fine copy in cloth boards with some slight indentations to the front panel and in a very good price clipped dust jacket with some light edge wear and a small faint circular stain to the front panel. Still, a nicer than usual copy of a book that is often found in inferior condition.

Hard Back. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Book has some discolouring to page edges and feps commensurate with age. Signed by the author on fep. Wrapper has heavy general discolouring and heavy rubbing to edges, hinges and corners. There is some splitting to top of hinges with creasing to top of rear cover. If you would like images of the book or the signature please email. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Fearon Publisher, San Francisco, 1957. 77 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Illustrated with b&w photos with accompanied by short paragraphs in narrative form all from the point of view of a cable car operator. The author, Melvin Van, was Melvin Van Peebles, one of the giants of American Independent Cinema and Black Cinema. This is the author's first book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 77 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Plus. Photography by Ruth Bernhard (illustratore). 77 pages. 4to. Illustrated with photos by Ruth Bernhard. Dust jacket protected in a mylar sleeve, not price clipped. Dust jacket has slight edge and corner wear, but bright and attractive. Book is solid, tight, and very clean, no previous owner's names or marks. The author, Melvin Van, was Melvin Van Peebles, one of the giants of American Independent Cinema and Black Cinema. This is the author's first book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 77 pages, 4to. Shelfwear to DJ: light scuffing along edges and covers, a few small tears and small missing pieces along edges and spine, 1.5-inch closed tear along top left corner of front cover, light tanning. DJ in mylar. Light tanning on inside covers and endpapers. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition.

HARD BACK BEIGE. Condizione: GOOD. JACKET: WORN DJ. BERNHARD, RUTH (illustratore). General wear: price-clipped DJ had small tear on spine, previous owner name, foxing B&W photos DATE PUBLISHED: 1957 EDITION: 77.

Photograph. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. First edition. NSCRIBED by noted photographer Ruth Bernhard on dedication page. Close to fine in a good dust jacket. (Small S. F. Bookshop stamp at base of rear paste-down. Tiny hint of off-setting on front end-paper & paste-down. Interior clear tape repairs to jacket. Some fairly shallow chipping at spine ends, and 1 1/2"-inch chipping along upper edge of front cover. Soil spot and rubbing to jacket. ) Melvin Van is the Afro-American film director Melvin Van Peebles, whose first book this is. Most uncommon signed by Ruth Bernhard, who's own copy this may well be as it was acquired in the Monterey region of California where she resided for many years. Photographs of San Francisco cable cars. (LR).