The Machine by Hulten, K. G. Pontus - 1968

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Pp. [2], 3-216. Frontis. Black & white photograph of "Homage to New York," a self-constructing and self-destroying work of art by Jean Tinguely. Laden with black & white photography and illustrations. Notes. Index. Bound in stamped tin boards depicting in color a NYC street scene with MOMA as the centerpiece. Spine just a tad tarnished. Swedish art collector and museum director K. G. Pontus Hulten, (1924-2006), compiled this catalog for the MOMA exhibition, 1968-1969, for which he served as curator. Hulten described the show as a "collection of comments on technology by artists of the Western world," particularly in the modern age when "the mechanical machine - which can most easily be defined as an imitation of our muscles - is losing its dominating position among the tools of mankind; while electronic and chemical devices - which imitate the processes of the brain and the nervous system - are becoming increasingly… Read More

New York : The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 216 pages. Metal cover. Many b&w illustrations throughout. A nice, clean copy. Record # 853206

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First Thus. Metal. Good. Metal illustrated covers show light wear/scuffing and scratches to edges and covers of book, meatl spine is moderately tarnished, covers are gently bowed. Book body is clean, illustrated in b/w, pages lightly age-toned.

New York: Museum of Modern Art. VG. 1968.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art. Very Good+. (1968). Color Aluminum Pictorial Covers. 216pp., numerous illustrations, beautiful unscratched aluminum color pictorial covers .

NY: Museum of Modern Art, [1968].. Hardbound in metal covers with embossed color design. First edition. Published to coincide with a landmark exhibition. Profusely illustrated. Fine (few pin-head-size specks of rust to back cover).

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. . 8vo. 216 pp. Very Good with staining on pages and rusting on edges of covers. Hard cover. Embossed and printed metal board covers with hinged binding. Mostly Color plates. Featuring works by Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, Fernand Leger, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Breer et al. First Edition.

New York, NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. 218 pp. Original, elaborate, multi-color pictorial metal covers w/ title on front cover. Lightly soiled. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardback. Fine. as seen at the end of the mechanical age. Illustrated. 4to. NY (MOMA) 1968. Pictorial tinplate. Inscription (from Harry Duncan) on the flyleaf else a fine copy.

New York, NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. 218 pp. Original, elaborate, multi-color pictorial metal covers w/ title on front cover. Lightly soiled. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Menands, NY, USA: Marktech International, Corp., 8888. 9840 20M : Circa late 80's-90's, Very Good condition Softcover Quarto, no date anywhere in this book, 1st edition presumed. Light edgewear of the wraps. Interior unmarked and tight.. 1st Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Book.

Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.

C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.

NY: J. Wiley. Poor; Covers heavily creased and water-damaged with portions of lift-off . on front cover, water stains at outer margins of text, some highlighting. . Large tear across front cover appears to have been glued with some . yellowish adhesive.. 1989. Softcover. 0471500798 . A scarce copy of this early Macintosh computer programming manual that unfortunately looks as if Homer Simpson used it as a coaster next to his nuclear plant computer keyboard. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 259 pages .

Washington D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Very Good. 1977. Trade Paperback. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, mild offsetting to front cove & spiner, light creasing to front cover, mild soiling to covers else a bright and solid copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.

Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.

Incline Village, NV, USA: Lahey Computer Systems, Inc., 1990. Good condition Spiral Bound Softcover Octavo, Revision A, June 1990. Edgewear of wraps, with creasing at fold-over rear flap. Interior unmarked and solid.. 2nd Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.

Incline Village, NV, USA: Lahey Computer Systems, Inc., 1990. Very Good Minus condition Stapled Softcover Octavo, 1990, Revision B, June 1990. Edgewear of wraps, with creases along spine edge. Interior unmarked and tight.. 3rd Edition. Paperback. Very Good -. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.

Joint Committee for Advanced Materials Research, 1992. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations. corner bump.197pp..