Okeanos press (5 risultati)
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Keple's Books and Magazines, 1992
- Prima edizione
Da: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.Clayton Fine Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 4 stelleCondizione: Usato - Ottimo
EUR 22,04
EUR 5,13 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloUnbound. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. Fine. Exceprt from The English Patient issued as a gift for the New Year, 1993. Okeanos Press design (illustratore).
Editore: Black Oak Books, Berkeley, CA, 1993
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Da: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato
EUR 22,04
EUR 5,13 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloNo Binding. Condizione: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fi. Original broadside printed on beige paper in brown and purple ink. Purple and white illustration of the sun, moon, and stars printed at top. Text in brown ink. 9 3/4" x 10 1/2." Broadside is virtually pristine and intact except for slight wrinkling and a few small surface m…arks. A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, fine-press broadside featuring an excerpt from Barbara Kingsolver's novel, Pigs in Heaven (1993). Pigs in Heaven is a sequel to Kingsolver's first book, The Bean Trees (1988). Both novels follow the coming-of-age story of Taylor Greer and her adopted Cherokee daughter, Turtle, as Greer makes her way west from Kentucky to Arizona. Pigs in Heaven has been lauded for its special attention to detail in its depictions of the customs and culture of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. Barbara Kingsolver (b. 1955) is an American author who was born in Kentucky and spent part of her childhood in the Congo (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo). She has written a number of novels, poems, and essays and is perhaps best-known for her book, The Poisonwood Bible, a story about a missionary family in the Congo. Copyright information printed at the bottom: "Copyright 1993 by Barbara Kingsolver. From Pigs in Heaven, published by HarperCollins Publishers. This is a gift from Black Oak Books, Berkeley, on the occasion of a reading by the author. Designed and printed at Okeanos Press, 1993." Black Oak Books was a bookstore in Berkeley, California. It originally opened in 1983 and carried a wide variety of new and used books, some of which were rare and first editions. Sadly, the store closed in 2016 due to the rising cost of rent in the area. Okeanos Press was also based in Berkeley. The first few lines from the broadside: "Cash walks out the back door of his cabin carrying his television set, and with a vigorous wordlessness, sets it on a stump. It sits there not quite level, its short black cord hanging down in a defeated manner. While Cash stomps back inside, the witnesses arrange themselves in a semicircle facing the blank green eye. Nothing in this world, Alice notes, will get people organized and quiet faster than a TV set, even where there is nothing to plug it into but a tree stump.".
Editore: Black Oak Books, Berkeley, CA, 1992
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Da: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Ottimo
EUR 33,06
EUR 5,13 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloNo Binding. Condizione: Collectible-Fine. Original broadside printed on beige paper in black and green ink Green and white illustration of a sea creature printed at top. 6 1/2" x 13 1/2." Signed by Robert Stone at the bottom in black pen. Broadside is virtually pristine and intact except for slight wrinkling in the upper-right c…orner. A Fine copy. A beautiful, fine-press broadside featuring an excerpt from Robert Stone's fifth novel, Outerbridge Reach (1992). Robert Stone (1937-2015) was an American novelist who was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1975 for Dog Soldiers. Outerbridge Reach is about a copywriter who falsifies his account during a single-handed, circumnavigational boat race. Stone reportedly based at least part of the book on the real-life story of Donald Crowhurst (1932-1969), a British businessman and weekend sailor. Crowhurst attempted to circumnavigate the world in the Golden Globe Race, a solo yacht race sponsored by Britain's Sunday Times newspaper. After beginning the voyage on October 31, 1968, Crowhurst eventually ran into a series of problems due in part to his limited experience sailing on the open ocean and repeated damage befalling his faulty trimaran, the Teignmouth Electron. From here, Crowhurst began to keep a false log of his voyage to make it appear that he was moving faster than he was, so as to avoid the scenario of quitting the race which would lead to financial ruin. He also had the intention of not finishing in first to avoid close examination of his falsified account. However, other participants dropped out of the race to the point where Crowhurst was slated to win. Commentators have suggested the resulting pressure and prospect of facing public scrutiny as well as the trying environment of the race had a significant negative impact on his mental health. Sadly, Crowhurst's mental state deteriorated, and he committed suicide sometime in July1969. The Teighmouth Electron was recovered several days later. Copyright information printed at the bottom: "Copyright 1992 by Robert Stone. From Outerbridge Reach, published by Ticknor & Fields. This is a gift from Black Oak Books, Berkeley, on the occasion of a reading by the author. Designed and printed at Okeanos Press, 1992." Black Oak Books was a bookstore in Berkeley, California. It originally opened in 1983 and carried a wide variety of new and used books, some of which were rare and first editions. Sadly, the store closed in 2016 due to the rising cost of rent in the area. Okeanos Press was also based in Berkeley. The first few lines from the broadside: "Carefully, he examined his imagined positions on the chart. All the stories were embroidered, so it was said. Sailors privately ridiculed each other's accounts. No one had ever brought the truth ashore.". Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Black Oak Books, Berkeley, CA, 1990
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Da: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Ottimo
EUR 44,07
EUR 5,13 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloNo Binding. Condizione: Collectible-Fine. Original broadside printed on beige paper in green and black ink. Small green and white illustration of a fish at the bottom. 7 1/4" x 11 1/2." Broadside is virtually pristine and intact. A Fine copy. A beautiful, fine-press broadside featuring an excerpt from T. C. Boyle's novel, East t…o East (1990). East to East is a dark comedy that follows the satirical yet tragic story of Hiro Tanaka, a Japanese sailor who jumps ship and lands on the shores of Georgia in the United States. After being shunned for his mixed-race heritage in Japan, Hiro is hopeful that he will be accepted in the U.S. Unfortunately, Hiro's vision of the U.S. is not to be. Through a series of mishaps and foibles predicated upon prejudice, ignorance, and racial discrimination, Hiro finds himself on the run, being chased by police and immigration officials. He then stumbles upon an artist's colony, Thanatopsis House, where he finds some semblance of refuge but not for long. T. Coraghessan Boyle (b. 1948) is an American author. He has published sixteen novels and over 100 short stories. In 1988, he won the PEN/Faulkner Award for his novel, World's End. Copyright information printed at the bottom: "From East Is East, Copyright 1990 by T. Coraghessan Boyle. This is a gift from Black Oak Books, Berkeley on the occasion of a reading by the author. Designed and printed at Okeanos Press, 1990." Black Oak Books was a bookstore in Berkeley, California. It originally opened in 1983 and carried a wide variety of new and used books, some of which were rare and first editions. Sadly, the store closed in 2016 due to the rising cost of rent in the area. Okeanos Press was also based in Berkeley. The first couple lines from the broadside: "He sprang, taking his adversary by surprise. But there was no need for the karate he'd mastered through assiduous study of the diagrams in the back of a martial arts magazine, no need to grapple, kick or gouge--the boifurendo had fallen back in horror, his eyes hard as nuggets, a look of impotence and constipation pressed into his features.".
Editore: Black Oak Books, Berkeley, CA, 1993
- Firmato
- Arte / Stampa / Poster
Da: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Ottimo
EUR 66,11
EUR 5,13 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloNo Binding. Condizione: Collectible-Fine. Original broadside printed on beige paper in green and black ink. Features a full-page green and white illustration of a floral bouquet over which the text is printed. Signed by the author in black ink: "Bobbie Ann Mason." Dated "Oct 14, 1993" in black ink by the author. 6 3/4" x 11 1/2.…" Broadside is virtually pristine and intact. A Fine copy. A beautiful, fine-press broadside featuring an excerpt from Bobbie Ann Mason's novel, Feather Crowns (1993). Feather Crowns is about a woman named Christianna Wheeler, a Kentucky woman who gives birth to five quintuplets. The novel is based on the real-life story of Elizabeth Lyon (1857-1941), the mother of the first recorded quintuplets in the United States who were born alive and lived more than twenty-four hours. On April 29, 1896 in Mayfield, Kentucky, Elizabeth gave birth to five identical baby boys whom she named Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul. The presiding doctor was Dr. S. J. Mathews. Sadly, none of the babies lived past May 14, 1896. Many commentators consider the cause of death to have been starvation because bottle-feeding was looked down upon at the time and a wet nurse had been hired. However, the story of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul did not end there. The quintuplets were preserved and mummified by a Paducah funeral home and placed in glass cases. For the next two years, they were exhibited at county fairs by Dr. Mathews. The cases were then stored in Mathews's office but were stolen. While en route to Louisville, the babies were found and returned to Mayfield where they were brought back to the Lyons after Mathews passed away. Elizabeth had wanted her sons buried with her, but fearing body snatchers, she wrote a letter to President Woodrow Wilson asking if they could be sold to the government for their safety as well as scientific research. Elizabeth's letter was eventually forwarded to the Army Medical Museum. After negotiations, the quintuplets were given to the museum in 1916. Bobbie Ann Mason (b. 1940) is an American author and literary critic from Kentucky. She has written a number of novels, essays, and short stories. Her memoir, Clear Springs, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2000. Copyright information printed at the bottom: "Copyright 1993 by Bobbie Ann Mason. From Feather Crowns, published by HarperCollins. This is a gift from Black Oak Books, Berkeley, on the occasion of a reading by the author. Designed and printed at Okeanos Press, 1993." Black Oak Books was a bookstore in Berkeley, California. It originally opened in 1983 and carried a wide variety of new and used books, some of which were rare and first editions. Sadly, the store closed in 2016 due to the rising cost of rent in the area. Okeanos Press was also based in Berkeley. Excerpt from the broadside: "Christie couldn't explain the queer lightsomeness inside her. When she went out through the newly planted fields with the children and saw the newborn calves frisking after their mothers, she felt a surge of air lifting her. . It wasn't like the frightfulness of having those babies inside her. . It wasn't physical. It was an outlook, something directing her eyes so that they didn't miss anything. She searched out the coming irises and the blackberry lilies and the ubiquitous wild blackberries and gooseberries. She found little brown jugs, jack-in-the-pulpits, lady's slippers, buttercups, five different kinds of violets--some of them yellow and some white, not violet at all. She looked at everything in a new way.". Signed by Author(s).