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  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Universe / Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, 1986

    0876638892 / 9780876638897

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    Da: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.Chequamegon Books

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    Paperback. Condizione: Fine. 118 pages. "The authors examine the importance of this group of works as a wholee and their significance in Sargent's career." ; 8 1/2 x 10 7/8".

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Universe/Coe Kerr Gallery and John Murray, 1986

    0876638892 / 9780876638897

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    Da: LBH Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.LBH Books

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    Condizione: Usato - Molto buono

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    Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Sargent at Broadway: The Impressionist Years. Softcover in excellent condition. 118 pages. Lavishly illustrated in color.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: William Morrow & Company, Inc., New York, 1994

    0688133649 / 9780688133641

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    Da: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.gearbooks

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    Condizione: Usato - Buono

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Copyright 1994. 342 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. DJ shows wear in some places. Water stains and water damage to page edges. Richard Adelson (Jacket Design) (illustratore).

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: The Viking Press, New York, 1984

    0670656607 / 9780670656608

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 203 pp. Flawless, fresh, sharp, tight copy and dj with crisp pages and clean text. Previous owner inscribed on first front-end page. Richard Adelson (Cover Design) (illustratore).

  • Editore: North Pomfret, Vermont, 1993

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    Da: Muse Book Shop, DeLand, FL, U.S.A.Muse Book Shop

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    Stapled Cover. Condizione: Very Good. catalog.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: A Smith and Kraus Book/Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, UK, 1987

    0140096493 / 9780140096491

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    Da: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.gearbooks

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    Condizione: Usato - Buono

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    Trade Paperback. Condizione: Good. Copyright © 1987. 355 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Ex-Libris book. Ex-Libris sticker on first front end page. Creased spine. Creasing on cover corners. Richard Adelson (Cover Design) (illustratore).

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, et al., 1992

    0070670064 / 9780070670068

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    Da: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.gearbooks

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    Trade Paperback. Condizione: Like New. 205 pp. Clean, fresh, sharp copy with very light shelfwear. Richard Adelson (Cover Design) (illustratore).

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: McGraw - Hill Book Company, New York, San Francisco, et al., 2000

    0071348484 / 9780071348485

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    Da: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.gearbooks

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    Trade Paperback. Condizione: Like New. Copyright © 2000. 209 pp. Flawless copy. Richard Adelson (Cover Design); Walloop Manyum (Cover Illustration) (illustratore).

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Random House, Inc., New York, 1987

    0394555147 / 9780394555140

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 239 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear. Light blue highlighting and pen markings throughout text. Dj shows moderate wear around places. Richard Adelson (Jacket Design by); Christian Steiner (Jacket Photo); J.K. Lambert (Typography and Binding Design by) (illustratore).…

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: McGraw-Hill / A Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., et al., 2000

    0071360336 / 9780071360333

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    Da: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.gearbooks

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    Trade Paperback. Condizione: Like New. IBD Edition. 173 pp. Flawless copy. Richard Adelson (Cover Design) (illustratore).

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Random House, New York, 1985

    0394510534 / 9780394510538

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 249 pp. Tightly bound copy with clean pages. Book and dj with milar show minimal external wear. An Ex-University-Library The Princeton Library of New York-Book with all the usual signs stamps & stickers present. Richard Adelson (Jacket Design) (illustratore). …

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Random House, Inc., New York, 1984

    0394510534 / 9780394510538

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 249 pp. Stated second printing of the first edition! Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. Dust jacket shows minor wear around edges. An ex-public-library copy (Princeton Public Library, Princeton, NJ) with all or some of the typical, common, usual and/or standard signs (stamps, stickers, envelope, etc.). Richard Adelson (Jacket Design); Neil Leifer (Author Photo) (illustratore).…

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: The Free Press, New York, et al., 1993

    0029037557 / 9780029037553

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Like New. 342 pp. Clean, fresh copy and dj with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. Richard Adelson (Jacket Design) (illustratore).

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: A Dolphin Book/ Doubleday & Co., Inc.,, Garden City, NY, 1986

    0385234104 / 9780385234108

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Like New. 178 pp. Flawless book. Barbra Walz (Jacket Photo); Richard Adelson (Jacket Typography) (illustratore).

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Universe Books / Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, 1986

    0876638892 / 9780876638897

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    Da: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.Mullen Books, ABAA

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    Softcover. Condizione: VG. Black and illus. wraps with white lettering; French flaps. 118 pp. 47 color, 74 bw plates. A collection of three illustrated essays considering the impressionist art of American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925). The essays are followed by 47 full color, full-page plates. Nice.…

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: The Free Press, New York, et al., 1993

    0029037557 / 9780029037553

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Like New. 342 pp. Clean, fresh copy and dj with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. Richard Adelson (Jacket Design) (illustratore).

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Random House, Inc., New York, 1988

    0394560957 / 9780394560953

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 317 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Richard Adelson (jacket Design by), Richard Carson (Photo by) (illustratore).

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Adelson Galleries, Inc., New York, 2003

    0974162108 / 9780974162102

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    Da: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Maria, CA, U.S.A.LEFT COAST BOOKS

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    Paperback. Condizione: Fine. 1st. 151 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Adelson Galleries, New York, November 12 to December 13, 2003. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Sargent's Women reveals a new perspective on the early career of John Singer Sargent by exploring his unique artistic approach and the relationships he developed with the exceptional women in his life. From 1878 to 1890, the artist was strongly attracted to distinctive women and exotic subjects. Inspired by the revelation of a recently solved mystery as to the identity of a woman named Am,lie Gautreau, Warren Adelson, president of Adelson Galleries, decided to mount Sargent's Women as a way of examining the relationships that Sargent cultivated with the many extraordinary women in his life." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Sargent's women, by Warren Adelson; The man who loved women, by Deborah Davis; Sargent's women: models, dancers, exotics, by Elaine Kilmurray; Women of the family circle, by Richard Ormond; Plates. Size: 4to. Collectible.…

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: The Macmillan Company, New York, 1964

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 297 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. DJ shows wear in some places. Richard Adelson (Jacket Design) (illustratore).

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Random House, Inc., New York, 1983

    0394505018 / 9780394505015

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    Da: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.gearbooks

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 344 pp. Stated first edition! Solidly bound copy and dj with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Price cut from inside front flap. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request. Richard Adelson (Jacket Design) (illustratore). …

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1988

    0070313717 / 9780070313712

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    Da: Linden Avenue Books, Salem, OR, U.S.A.Linden Avenue Books

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    Condizione: Usato - Quasi ottimo

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Navy blue cloth with silver lettering on spine over blue paper-covered boards. 242 pages plus 16 pages of photographs. Spine is straight with sharp corners and tight binding. The interior is clean and unmarked. Some age-darkening, else fine. The unclipped dustjacket shows original $16.95 price, crisp and bright with no chips, tears, creases or other defects. Protected in a clear mylar cover and shipped in a sturdy cardboard box. Richard Adelson, jacket design (illustratore).…

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    Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Random House, New York, 1978

    0394414764 / 9780394414768

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    Da: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Random House, 1978. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR (see photos). Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($8.95). NO chips. NO creases. Dust Jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. A square, tight copy. NO remainder mark. Bound in the original boards with a maroon cloth spine. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (98765432) on the copyright page [The "1" is not called for in Random House books of this period; See McBride's GUIDE TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF FIRST EDITIONS]. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Adelson, Richard (jacket design). 8vo. (xiv), 289pp. Adelson, Richard (jacket design) (illustratore).…

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Random House, New York, 1978

    0394410432 / 9780394410432

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    Da: Linden Avenue Books, Salem, OR, U.S.A.Linden Avenue Books

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Random House, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Dark blue cloth spine, light blue boards with gilt and silver lettering on spine. Spine is straight and binding is tight. Light sunning, foxing on top and fore edge. The interior is clean and unmarked. The unclipped dustjacket shows original $10 price, crisp and bright with minimal wear at extremities. Protected in an archival Demco mylar cover. ".a marvelously entertaining portrait of an enigmatic personality who wraps himself in delberate ambiguity, of an avowedly unpolitical figure who is a consummate politician." Carefully packaged and shipped in a sturdy cardboard box. Richard Adelson, jacket design (illustratore).…

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Abbeville Press, 1997

    0789203847 / 9780789203847

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    Da: LBH Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.LBH Books

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Oversized hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition. 2 or 3 pages are creased at the very bottom edge. Light shelf wear to jacket. A very good copy.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Abbeville Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1997

    0789203847 / 9780789203847

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    Da: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.Black Cat Books

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    Condizione: Usato - Quasi ottimo

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Hard bound with dust jacket. A nice copy, bright and clean. [Large and Heavy - Please contact for overseas shipping quote].

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    Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1997

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    Da: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.Shelley and Son Books (IOBA)

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Most renowned for his society portraits, John Singer Sargent took pleasure painting out of doors. The figures and landscapes presented in this volume were produced in the Alps, around the Mediterranean, and in Venice; each locale inspired a distinctive response from the artist. Beautiful full color paintings, black and white photographs of his journeys. Index, 255 pp. CONDITION: Hardbound cream publishers cloth, gold text title on spine, blind embossed title on cover. One and one-half inch square stain upper edges front and rear, slight staining upper spine. Interior leaves are unmarked. Sargent's artwork on front and rear of dust jacket with title. Full refund if not satisfied.…

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Abbeville Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1997

    0789203847 / 9780789203847

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    Da: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Hardcover in jacket.

  • Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Crown Publishers, New York, 1985

    0517557312 / 9780517557310

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    Da: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, CanadaWF Sandercombe

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    Condizione: Usato - Molto buono

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 389 pp. Quarter-bound in red on black boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. Size: 8vo. Richard Adelson; (illustratore). Book. …

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    Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Abbeville Press, 1997

    0789203847 / 9780789203847

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    Da: Nightshade Booksellers, IOBA member, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.Nightshade Booksellers, IOBA member

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition stated but with the number line ending in 2. A fine copy that I bought new and protected in mylar on day one. The DJ and book are sharp and as new with no flaws. See my photos, more available upon request. This book is in my possession and will ship well packed in a cardboard box. Heavy books will require additional posta for international postage. #AD4.…

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    Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: Random House, New York, 1982

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    Da: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.Vero Beach Books

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Fine condition black cloth boards with gold front cover and spine lettering contained in a very good condition color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by James A. Michener; Author Acknowledgments; and a rear endpaper consisting of The Four Families, The Solid Six Astronauts, and The Others. Illustrated with map illustrated color front and rear endpapers. The jacket front has a few 1/8th inch edgewear chips and some light lower jacket spine rubbing (see photographs). All pages are in fine unmarked condition and the spine/binding is exceedingly tight and square (see photographs). "The countless readers who are familiar with such great Michener works as Hawaii, The Source, Centennial, Chesapeake and The Covenant will recall that they are all set in vast time frames, ranging from hundreds to millions of years, and that their actions take place in settings all around the world. The action in Space is confined to a tight frame of only forty years, but in a scene that extends for billions of miles beyond the surface of Earth. The American explorations and discoveries in space provide the principal subject matter of this engrossing and informative novel based on the activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the fascinating people and intricate machines connected with it. The story bewgins in October 1944 and introduces four men: Stanley Mott, U.S. engineer in England on a secret mission; Norman Grant, naval hero in the Battle of Leyte Gulf; John Pope, high-school football star and student of astronomy; Dieter Kolff, rocket engineer associated with Wernher von Braun. These four, who will be crucial to the space program, and their wives are principals in the enormous cast of characters, which also includes Randolph Claggett, Texas, Marine, astronaut, and his wife, Debbie Dee; Cynthia Rhee, glamorous Korean reporter and writer; Tucker Thompson, ebullient editor of Folks magazine; Leopold Strabismus, self-named confidence man who operates on the fringe. The incredible successes of the Gemini and Apollo manned flights, the Viking landings on Mars, the breathtaking performance of the Columbia, the encounters with Jupiter and Saturn by Voyagers 1 and 2 -- these awesome achievements did not sprint full-blown from a presidential edict. The story of what was behind them is vividly, dramatically and clearly told here: the complicated experimentation, invention and planning by scientists and engineers, and their debates about means and ends, their speculations about future accomplishments in space and the possibility of life in other galaxies; the personal rivalries; the political maneuverings in Washington; the selection and training of the astronauts; the excitements and anxieties of the flights and landings; the public relations and media confrontations. Space is a compelling narrative, fiction for the most part, but solidly built on the factual and the possible." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. U.S. Naval Observatory (jacket photograph); Adelson, Richard (jacket design) (illustratore).…