Category: Advance Reading Copy

Portraits of an Artist: A Novel About John Singer Sargent

By: Burns, Mary F.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Sand Hill Review Press : 2013

Seller ID: 32017

ISBN-13: 9781937818128

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Advance Uncorrected Proof signed by the author. Black-and-white illustrations. This book brings to life the subjects of Sargent's paintings-his family, friends, enemies and lovers-to tell his story from their own perspectives. 316p. John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. He has also come to epitomize the glamour and anxiety of his age.
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The Hidden Sense: Synesthesia in Art and Science (Advance Review Copy) (Leonardo Book Series)

By: Campen, Cretien van

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: MIT Press : 2007

Seller ID: 26459

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Uncorrected page proof (ARC) for ISBN 026222081/9780262220814. In text illustrations, but without the color plates. References. No index.

In this book, van Campen explores synesthesia from both artistic and scientific perspectives, looking at accounts of individual experiences, examples of synesthesia in visual art, music, and literature, and recent neurological research.
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Aquarius Now: Radical Common Sense and Reclaiming our Personal Sovereignty (Advance Reading Sample)

By: Ferguson, Marilyn

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Weiser Books : 2005

Seller ID: 15574

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Like New

This pamphlet is an advance reading sample of this book, which is a call to reclaim our own "radical common sense" by the author of The Aquarian Conspiracy, published in 1980. Includes chapter excerpts and information about marking. 26pp.
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Typographic Directions: Advertising Directions 4: (Trends in Visual Advertising)

By: Gottschall, Edward M. (editor)

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Art Directions Book Co. : 1964

Seller ID: 20184

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Proof copy of the book with signoff initials. Internal text appears unmarked. Some edge wear, particularly around the head and tail of spine. The book includes articles from a number of authors and traces the developement of advertising typography from the Bauhaus period to the early 1960's. Typography is seen through the lens of a number of fields (advertising, direct mail, promotion, editorial, book publishing,etc). Contributors include Freeman Craw, Hal Zamboni, Mahlon Cline, Edward Gottschall, Aaron Burns, Klaus Schmidt, Robert Pliskin, Bob Jones and others. Indices. Advertisements. 278p....
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Paul Hindemith: Werkverzeichnis, List of Works

By: Hindemith, Paul

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Schott : 1985

Seller ID: 28389

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Small spot on cover. A catalog of Paul Hindemith's work completed in 1985. Includes a chronology of his life. Also a short 4-paragraph introduction to the artist in German and English. Catalog in German. 75p. Measures 5.75x8.25 inches.

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) was a prolific German composer, violist, violinist, teacher and conductor. Notable compositions include his song cycle Das Marienleben, Der Schwanendreher for viola and orchestra, and opera Mathis der Maler.
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Macroshift: The Official Report of the Club of Budapest (Press copy/Advance Uncorrected Proof: 22 February 2001)

By: Laszlo, Ervin

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers : 2001

Seller ID: 20847

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Loose pages include the foreword by Arthur C. Clarke, a press release, and an email printout of the invitation for the event. This (pre 9/11) report argues that what we do today will shape tomorrow. Includes commentary by Gary Zukav, Peter Russell, Edgar Mitchell, Karan Singh, Thomas Berry, Riane Eisler and other members of the Club of Budapest.
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Everybody's Fool: A novel (Advance Reader's Edition)

By: Russo, Richard

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Knopf : 2016

Seller ID: 32600

ISBN-13: 9780307270641

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Uncorrected proof. "Dear Colleague" letter from Gary L. Fisketjon bound into book. Everybodys Fool is classic Russo, filled with humor, heart, hard times, and people you cant help but love, possibly because their various faults make them so human.
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Art in Our Times: A Pictorial History, 1890-1980 (Sample Pages)

By: Selz, Peter

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Berkeley, Harcourt Brace Jovanovic, Inc : 1981

Seller ID: 26004

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Advance review booklet of sample pages of a then unreleased publication: Art in Our Times: A Pictorial History, 1890-1980, by Peter Selz. Covers 161-177. From Early Abstraction section, on paintings in the 1910s.
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Ink and Bone: A Novel (Advance Uncorrected Proofs)

By: Unger, Lisa

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Touchstone : 2016

Seller ID: 32810

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Advance Review copy. 344p. Measures 6x9 inches.

Book 5 of the Jones Cooper books. Best Book finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards. In this book, strong characters and excellent writing provides a wonderful mix of small-town life and the supernatural.
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