ANSEL ADAMS IMAGES 1923-1974. Large, Lovely Photography Monograph. Foreword by Wallace Stegner.

SIGNED by ANSEL ADAMS on the half title page. (This is NOT one of the common Time/Life editions with a tipped-in signed sheet, but an actual HAND SIGNED COPY.)

Large Format Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 14x17" oblong, 127 pages.

Filled with beautifully reproduced photographs by Ansel Adams.

Published by New York Graphic Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981, second printing as stated on the copyright page.

Condition: VERY GOOD book, just lightly used, tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in a GOOD MINUS dustjacket that is shelf rubbed, has a lot of superficial scratches, and is creased along its edges, but remains bright and is doing its job well. A solid, presentable copy.

A hard-to-find HAND SIGNED copy.

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ANSEL ADAMS: YOSEMITE AND THE RANGE OF LIGHT.

SIGNED by ANSEL ADAMS directly on the half-title page: "Ansel Adams / Carmel / '83".

(This is NOT one of the common Time/Life editions with a signed bookplate, but an actual HAND SIGNED COPY.)

Published by the New York Graphic Society, 1979. First edition, first printing, as indicated by the lack of any statement of additional printings.

Large Format Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 12" x 15.5", 116 GORGEOUS B&W PHOTOGRAPHS by Ansel Adams, each printed on its own page, plus 28 pages of Introductory Text.

Condition: GOOD book, sunning to the covers' margins and offsetting to the front cover; internally tight, bright, clean and unmarked, all photographs are gorgeous; in a FAIR dustjacket that is shelf rubbed, has scratches and scrapes, is creased along its edges, and has other signs of use, but remains bright and is doing its job well.

A hard-to-find HAND SIGNED first edition of Adams' Yosemite and the Range of Light.

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BENHAM'S NEW HAVEN DIRECTORY and ANNUAL ADVERTISER for 1859-60.

A directory of every resident in NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, in 1859. Includes its Fold Open MAP, often lacking.

Published by J. H. BENHAM, New Haven, Connecticut, 1859. An Original, Vintage Directory.

From the Publisher's introductory remarks: "The number of names and addresses in this issue is 10,413, which is 1,197 more than that of last year..."

Hardcovers, rebacked spine in cloth with paper title label, and original paper covered boards; 4.5x7 inches, 415 pages. The map is bound in at the front and folds open to 13x13 inches.

FAIR CONDITION: The spine is neatly rebacked in cloth, as noted above, the original boards have some scrapes and rubs; the front and rear inner hinges are reinforced / repaired with white cloth tape; some of the inner hinges have cracked but are holding with the sewn binding; some of the pages have edgewear including small edge chips; otherwise the pages are bright, clean and clear. The fold open map has a bit of foxing but is overall quite nice, solid, bright, sharp and clear.

1859 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT DIRECTORY, with its MAP.

1896 PORTLAND CITY DIRECTORY. Embracing a Complete Alphabetical and Classified Directory, Miscellaneous Information, and Street Guide. Also Complete City Directories of OREGON CITY and VANCOUVER.

Published by R. L. Polk & Co., PORTLAND, OREGON, 1896.

Copy of H. R. Kincaid (Harrison Rittenhouse Kincaid), b.1836 d.1920, with his signature and his "Secretary of State" ink stamp on the title page. H. R. Kinkaid was Oregon's Secretary of State from 1895 to 1899.

Hardcovers, solid library rebinding in red cloth covered boards, white titling and shelving numbers to the spine, 6x9 inches, thick volume, 830 pages.

Contains numerous advertisements of the day.

This volume was part of the amazing SUTRO GENEALOGICAL LIBRARY of SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. There is a Sutro Library bookplate on the front pastedown, a Sutro shelving number on the spine, and Sutro and related Library ink stamps and marks here and there. The Sutro Library was (and to a large part still is) a treasure trove of genealogical books collected by Adolph Sutro and donated to the City of San Francisco. The collection was pretty much neglected by the City until, in 2012 the City gave the collection to the library of San Francisco State University. Before and after the move to SFSU many volumes from the Sutro genealogical library were, sadly, deaccessioned, so that the collection would fit into its new space. In its new home the Sutro Library is still considered to have the best genealogical collection west of Salt Lake City, and is now much better cared for, it is just not nearly as large as it was. Once these wonderful deaccessioned Sutro genealogy books find new homes they will likely not be seen again for some time.

Condition: Ex-lib Sutro library with its labels, stamps and marks, as noted above. Ex-lib aside, the rebound covers are in very good condition; the inner pages are toned as normal, have closed edge tears here and there from handling the fragile paper; otherwise tight, bright, clean and clear. A nice, solid, presentable copy.

A complete 1896 PORTLAND, OREGON Directory. A treasure trove of early Oregon genealogy.

About the SUTRO LIBRARY (from where this book was deaccessioned):

******The Sutro Library holds the original collection of Adolph Sutro (1830-1899), California businessman and San Francisco mayor. The library has a large collection of publications and items dating from the 13th to the 21st centuries. It also has one of the largest genealogy collections in the U.S.

Adolph Sutro's heirs donated his collection to the California State Library in 1913 with the requirement that the collection stay within the city of San Francisco. After operating in various locations in the city for almost 100 years, the Sutro Library moved to a permanent home at San Francisco State University in 2012.******

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1970 HILLSBORO OREGON CITY DIRECTORY. Includes an Alphabetical List of Private Citizens and Business Concerns, a Street and Avenue Guide, a Classified Business Directory, a Reverse Telephone Directory, and information about the city and county.

Published by Johnson Publishing Co., Loveland, Colorado, 1970. An Original, Vintage, Hillsboro Oregon City Directory.

Hardcovers, printed cloth covered boards and spine, 6x9 inches, approximately 300 unnumbered pages.

These directories were published as advertising vehicles so ads abound, including on the covers.

VERY GOOD Condition: The covers have some soiling and signs of handling; internally the inner hinge is cracked at a few places between sections but are holding, otherwise bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A nice, solid, presentable copy.

A Complete HILLSBORO, OREGON, City Directory from 1970. A treasure trove of Oregon regional genealogy.

WHAT I BELIEVE / TRANSPIRATION TRANSPIRING / MINNESOTA, by ROBERT GRENIER. Introduction by Leslie Scalapino.

Boxed collection of 66 8.5x11 inch loose photocopied sheets, photocopied on one side only. The 66 sheets include 1 sheet that was intentionally left blank and 4 blank green sheets that separate the sections. The introduction by Leslie Scalapino is printed on sheets that are pasted onto the inside of the box's front and rear covers. The loose sheets are held in the publisher's black paper covered cardboard box that is titled in white on the top and spine.

Published by O BOOKS, Oakland, California, 1991.

[There are sheets in this collection of poems with copyright dates of 1988 and 1989, but it is known that this collection of photocopied poems was published by O Books in 1991.]

The work is in three parts: WHAT I BELIEVE (originally published by Potes & Poets Press, 1988); TRANSPIRATION TRANSPIRING (not previously published but originally copyrighted 1989); and MINNESOTA.

Grenier is a "Language School" poet. His poems in this collection consist mainly of scrawls that were photocopied from his notebooks and handwritten sheets.

Condition: The 66 sheets are in NEAR FINE condition, bright, clean, clear and unmarked; The box is in GOOD MINUS condition, there are scrapes and rubs along its edges, and a couple smudge marks to its top, but it is solid and functioning well.

An interestingly designed publication from the late 20th century "Language Poetry" avant-garde movement.

About ROBERT GRENIER (from Wikipedia):

******Robert Grenier, b.1941, is an American poet associated with the Language School. He was founding co-editor of the influential magazine THIS (1971-1974). THIS provided one of the first gatherings in print of writers, artists, and poets now identified (or loosely referred to) as belonging to the Language School.

Grenier's "Language" poetry is as much visual as verbal, involving "drawn" and "scawled" poems in various formats.

In an essay from the first issue of THIS, Grenier declared: "I HATE SPEECH". Ron Silliman, commenting on Robert Grenier's three words, wrote: "These words...announced a breach and a new moment in American writing."******

About LANGUAGE POETRY (extracts from Wikipedia):

******Language poetry is an avant-garde literary movement that emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s, focusing on the nature of language itself, rather than traditional narrative or emotional content, and emphasizing the materiality of words and challenging conventional syntax and semantics to provoke new meanings and experiences for the reader. It's considered to have emerged in response to what some poets saw as a return to traditional poetic forms in mainstream American poetry.

Language poets prioritizes the experimental use of language, formal and informal language, jargon, and various forms and types of language, often employing experimental techniques to subvert established norms and question how language shapes our perception of reality.******

Bolon was established in 1949 and is a third generation family owned Swedish design company that created woven vinyl flooring. Their products are designed and produced in Sweden and are quite expensive.

Published by Bolon AB, Ulricehamn, Sweden, no date, circa 1980s. Folded portfolio, paper covered heavy board, 12" x 8.75", metal front corner guards, folds open to 33" x 12", there are 54 different color samples pasted down, and 26 pages of technical data at the rear in English, German, French, and Spanish. The swatches range from 1.5" x 1.5" squares to 2.25" x 1.75" rectangles and two large 6.5" x 4.75" rectangles. VERY GOOD CONDITION: some small scrapes to the front cover, silver label from Floor Designs, Inc., At Showplace Square, San Francisco on the rear cover, a few penciled notations otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Uncommon.

BUI HUU HUNG - RECOLLECTION. Art Monograph. Published by the APRICOT GALLERY, Vietnam and London; and Printed in London, 2010. Produced in conjunction with Bui Huu Hung's 2010 London exhibition.

Hardcover book with original black paper wrap-around band, 9.5x12 inches, 150 pages. Richly ILLUSTRATED with 70+ color examples of Bui Huu Hung's artworks, most full page, some double page, and one a 4-panel fold-open work.

GOOD condition: The covers have light offsetting to their lower half where the paper wrap-around band covers the book, some rubbing, and light edgewear; the spine gilt is rubbed and the spine ends are lightly bumped. Internally, the front and rear endpapers are separating from the binder's glue at the gutter edge but still holding well. The wrap-around band has a 2 inch closed tear to the front fold and some light white marks; overall the book is tight, bright, clean and clear. A nice, presentable copy.

About BUI HUU HUNG (excerpted from Wikipedia):

******Bui Huu Hung, b.1957, is a Vietnamese artist who works primarily with lacquer. Since his first solo exhibition in 1995 at Hanoi's Australian Cultural Center, Hung has gone on to represent the spirit of newly emerging Vietnamese artists with innumerable solo exhibitions worldwide, including London, Hong Kong, Miami, Paris, Singapore, and Dubai.******

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A SUITE OF 180 DRAWINGS BY PICASSO : November 28, 1953 - February 3, 1954. Preface by Tériade. PICASSO AND THE HUMAN COMEDY, by Michel Leiris. With an appreciation by Rebecca West.

NEW YORK: Harcourt, 1954. First American edition (the American edition of Verve 29/30).

ILLUSTRATED with 16 LITHOGRAPHS by PICASSO and printed by MOURLOT FRÈRES, and numerous b&w heliogravures printed by Draeger Frères. Twelve of the lithographs have tissue guards; the frontispiece, the color title page, and the two lithographs that are bound in among the introductory do not have tissue guards, as issued.

Picasso also designed the book's covers. They feature a profile of Geneviève Laporte with a ponytail. Geneviève Laporte was one of Picasso's last lovers, during the period in which he created these works.

Hardcover book, illustrated covers, no dustjacket, 10.5x14 inches (26.5x35.5 cm), containing 180 illustrations, 16 of which (the lithographs) are printed on the own leaf (e.g. blank backsides), the remainder of which (the b&w heliographs) are printed on their own page, one on each side of the leaves.

GOOD condition: The covers are worn at the corner tips and have some edge and spine fold scrapes; the spine folds have been professionally reinforced and much of the paper spine strip that overlaid the cloth covered spine has been professionally replaced; overall the covers are sturdy, attractive, and doing their job well. Internally, the front and rear hinges and endpapers have been professionally repaired and reinforced; there is a previous owner's 1968 inscription on the front pastedown, the front dj flap has been pasted onto the front free-endpaper, and the bottom corner of the text title page has a blindstamp of "John Arthur / Newton Highlands, MA"; otherwise the pages are just light toned, especially the page margins, and there is the normal light offset toning to the lithograph plates from the brown tissue guards. The plates are all present, clean and clear, with brilliant colors, beautiful. What Picasso can do with just a few lines is utterly amazing.

A complete, sturdy, clean, presentable copy of this book with all its lithographs and illustrations.

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FIVE VINTAGE ISSUES of AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER from 1976: lacking only the April and October issues.

Includes the hard-to-find LOGAN'S RUN - HOW IT WAS FILMED issue.

Ten magazines, side-stapled, 8.5x11.75 inches, around 100 pages per issue. Illustrated.

GOOD conditions, the covers have shelf rubs, light soiling, and a mailing label "Cine-Idea / Oakland, CA"; all issues show some signs of handling and use; otherwise they are complete, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

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TEN VINTAGE ISSUES of AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER from 1975: lacking only the April and October issues.

Includes the rare 1975 JAWS issue, the one with the great cover of the shark jumping out of the water to eat you!.

Ten magazines, side-stapled, 8.5x11.75 inches, around 100 pages per issue. Illustrated.

GOOD conditions, the covers have shelf rubs, light soiling, and a mailing label "Cine-Idea / Oakland, CA"; all issues show some signs of handling and use; otherwise they are complete, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

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TEN VINTAGE ISSUES of AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER from 1973: lacking only the January and December issues.

Ten magazines, side-stapled, 8.5x11.75 inches, around 100 pages per issue. Illustrated.

GOOD conditions, the covers have shelf rubs and light soiling, the cover of the February issue is sunned, there is a mailing label "Cine-Idea / Oakland, CA" on some of the covers; all issues show some signs of handling and use; otherwise they are complete, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

Include the issues featuring WESTWORLD and VOYAGE TO OUTER PLANETS.

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SEVEN VINTAGE ISSUES of AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER from 1972: March, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Seven magazines, side-stapled, 8.5x11.75 inches, around 100 pages per issue. Illustrated.

GOOD conditions, the covers have shelf rubs and light soiling, some covers are starting to pull from the staples but holding, all issues show some signs of handling and use; overall the issues are complete, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

The July 1972 issue featuring SILENT RUNNING is especially hard-to-find.

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