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Sergei M. Eisenstein: A Biography
by Marie Seton
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1952
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$34.87
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London: Bodley Head, 1952. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. A crisp Very Good copy in a Near Fine mylar-protected, unclipped dust jacket. 533 pp., illustrations, notes, index.
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A$34.87
Krishnamurti: 100 Years
by Evelyne Blau
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Photographic Boards
- ISBN
- 9781556704079
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$27.21
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Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1995. First Edition . Photographic Boards. Fine/Fine. A crisp Fine copy in a Fine mylar-protected dust jacket. 284 pp., illustrations, notes, index.
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A$27.21
Movers and Shakers: Volume Three of Intimate Memories
by Mabel Dodge Luhan
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, 2nd Printing
- Published
- 1936
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$189.50
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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1936. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A crisp Very Good copy of the second printing with bookplate on ffep, in a Very Good, unclipped, mylar-protected dust jacket with pieces missing from spine ends. An attractive, highly collectible copy. 542 pp., index.
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A$189.50
Intimate Memories: Background
by Mabel Dodge Luhan
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1933
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$295.62
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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1933. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A crisp Very Good copy of the original first edition in a Very Good mylar-protected dust jacket with sun-darkening to spine. 290pp. Mabel Dodge Luhan remembers her childhood and young adulthood, mostly in Buffalo, NY, in one of the racier autobiographies of the time.
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A$295.62
Lawrence and Brett, A Friendship
by Dorothy Brett
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1933
- Binding
- Cloth-Backed Boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$142.50
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New York: Lippincott, 1933. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. A crisp Near Fine copy of the original first edition in a Very Good mylar-protected dust jacket. 301 pp., illustrations, index.
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A$142.50
John Wellborn Root, Architect
by Harriet Monroe
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1966
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- Cloth-Backed Boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$92.40
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Park Forest, Illinois: Prairie School Press, 1966. First Thus . Cloth-Backed Boards. Very Good/Very Good. A crisp Very Good copy (small scuff on front pastedown) in a Very Good price-clipped, mylar-protected dust jacket. 291 pp., index with a new introduction by noted arcitectural historian Reyner Banham.
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A$92.40
Dreaming with His Eyes Open: A Life of Diego Rivera
by Patrick Marnham
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 4th Printing
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679430421
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$30.24
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Knopf, 1998. 4th Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A crisp, clean Fine copy in Fine dust jacket protected by a mylar cover. 350 pp., chronology and index. Throughout we are witness to Rivera's immense passions--his countless lovers, his stormy relationship with Frida Kahlo, his political bravado, his massive strength and maniacal work ethic--which fueled his highest artistic achievements and… Read more about this item Item Price
A$30.24
My Art, My Life: An Autobiography
by Diego Rivera; Gladys March
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Dover Reprint
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9780486269382
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$28.73
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Dover Publications, 1992. Dover Reprint . Soft cover. Fine. This remarkable autobiography began with a newspaper interview the artist gave journalist Gladys March in 1944. From then until the artist's death in 1957, she spent several months each year with Rivera, eventually filling 2,000 pages with his recollections and interpretations of his art and life. Written in the… Read more about this item Item Price
A$28.73
Orozco
by Alma Reed
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1956
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$37.82
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Oxford University Press, 1956. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A crisp, tight Very Good copy with damp staining to top foreedges in a clean Very Good dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. DJ exhibits light chipping and edge wear.308 pp.
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A$37.82
Ely Jacques Kahn: New York Architect (Acanthus Pr Reprint Series. 20th Century-Landmarks in Design, Vol 4)
by Tom Killian
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Reprint from 1931
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780926494046
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$30.24
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Acanthus Press, 1995. Reprint from 1931 . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Used - Like New, Acanthus Press (1995). A facsimile reprint of the 1931 Whittlesey House original. The new 25-page introduction contains a list of works designed between the wars. Mylar-protected dust jacket is bright, crisp and clean. Full black cloth exterior with title on spine in gold.
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A$30.24
On Frank Lloyd Wright's Concrete Adobe: Irving Gill, Rudolph Schindler and the American Southwest (Ashgate Studies in Architecture)
by Donald Leslie Johnson
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Photographic Boards
- ISBN
- 9781409428176
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$181.92
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Routledge & Kegan Paul, 2013. First Edition . Photographic Boards. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. A crisp, clean Very Good copy in lightly rubbed boards with a tiny bump to the upper rear forecorner. 230 pp., appendices, endnotes and index, brief author bio. During the years 1919 into 1925 Frank Lloyd Wright worked on four houses and a… Read more about this item Item Price
A$181.92
Building Taliesin: Frank Lloyd Wright's Home of Love and Loss
by Ron McCrea
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- 5th Printing
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Photographic Wraps
- ISBN
- 9780870206061
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$30.32
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Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2012. 5th Printing . Photographic Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy with some light creasing to the bottom forecorner edges of the back matter. Still a collectible copy. 223 pp., index. Laid in is an article "Frank Lloyd Wight and Feminism: Mamah Borthwick's Letters to Ellen Key" … Read more about this item Item Price
A$30.32
Lewis Mumford and American Modernism: Eutopian Theories for Architecture and Urban Planning
by Robert Wojtowicz, edted By
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1996
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- Cloth-Backed Boards
- ISBN
- 9780521482158
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$45.48
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Cambridge University Press, 1996. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Very Good/Very Good. A crisp, clean Very Good copy with a Denison Library sticker on front pastedown in a Very Good dust jacket with creases to the front flap, but now in a mylar cover. Endnotes, extensive bibliography and index. A nice, collectible copy. Lewis Mumford and American Modernism… Read more about this item Item Price
A$45.48
Richard Neutra and the Search for Modern Architecture: A Biography and History
by Thomas S. Hines
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780195030280
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$378.92
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Oxford University Press, 1982. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A crip, clean Fine copy in Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket protected by a mylar cover. Inscribed by the author on the title page. 356 pp., profusely illustrated, appendices, building list, endnotes and index. Richard Neutra's work, his life experience, and his search for modern architecture coincided neatly… Read more about this item Item Price
A$378.92
Donald C. Hensman, FAIA
by Donald C. Hensman, Sarah Cooper, Interviewer
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- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2003
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- Leatherette
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$341.10
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Pasadena Heritage Oral History Project, 2003. First Edition . Leatherette. As New. As New copy in original leatherette boards. Color frontispiece photo of Donald Hensman taken in July 2002, 172 pp., appendices, historical photos. Laid in is a copy of an April 15, 1951 Los Angeles Times ad for Harry Brittain tract homes referenced on p. 30.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$341.10
Johan Hagemeyer, The Archive No. 16, June 1982
by Lorenz, Richard
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1982
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- Original Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$27.29
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Tucson, AZ: Center for Creative Photography, 1982. First Edition . Original Wraps. Very Good. A solid Very Good copy in original wraps. 100 pp., statement by director James L. Enyeart, introductory essay by Richard Lorenz, "The Intellecctual Circle of Johan Hagemeyer" by John P Schaeffer, "Johan Hagemeyer: The Metagama Photographs" by Terence R. Pitts, portfolio of portraits.aid in… Read more about this item Item Price
A$27.29
Who Is Witter Bynner?: A Biography
by James Kraft
- Condition
- As New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780826316264
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$30.32
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Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. A crisp, As New copy in a Near Fine dust jacket, 125 pp., photos, bibliography and index. Few readers today could respond the question, "Who is Witter Bynner?," but it is a question that can be variously and richly answered. As well known early in… Read more about this item Item Price
A$30.32
Weston and Charlot: Art and Friendship
by Lew Andrews
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2011
- Binding
- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780803235137
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$72.01
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Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2011. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. Fine crisp, clean copy in like dust jacket. protected by mylar cover. 379 pp., plates, endnotes, bibliography and index. Edward Weston (1886-1958) was one of the most celebrated photographers of the twentieth century. Jean Charlot (1898-1979), a classically trained French artist best known for his murals, woodcuts,… Read more about this item Item Price
A$72.01
Laughing Eyes : A Book of Letters Between Edward and Cole Weston 1923-1946
by Paulette Weston
- Condition
- Used - Near Fiine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9781886312098
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$25.77
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Carmel, CA: Carmel Pub Co, 2000. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fiine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A crisp, clean copy with remainder mark to bottom edges. "Laughing Eyes" is a collection of letters, family photographs and memorabilia between legendary photographer Edward Weston and his son Cole that provides an intimate glimpse into the lives… Read more about this item Item Price
A$25.77
The Life and Legend of Leadbelly
by Wolfe, Charles & Kip Lornell
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780436584107
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- 1
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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A$40.93
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Includes an exhaustive discography of this legend's recorded work.DJ in a protective mylar cover. First edition.
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A$40.93