Search Results: Titles starting with F from Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller

Wally F. Galleries, 1972. Wraps. Very Good. A 2" tear to cover. Color reproductions; 8 pages; A scarce exhibition catalog. "The compositions, executed as projects for some of his notable murals, stained glass windows, sculpture and large paintings, are being exhibited in the United States for the first time". Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (French: [leʒe]; February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism (known as "tubism") which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style. His boldly simplified treatment of modern subject matter has caused him to be regarded as a forerunner of pop art.

ABRAMS, 1980. Trade paperback. Very Good. Here in this striking volume, 'Faberge Eggs: Imperial Russian Fantasies, ' these eggs are presented in a way that will bring enjoyment to countless lovers of art and beauty everywhere with their splendor and virtuosity. It presents some of the most spectacular achievements of Peter Carl Faberge, a goldsmith of consummate artistry and ingenuity".

Clarke Industries, 1977. Softcover. Like New. A softcover pamphlet, 24pp; staple-bound. Ohkay Owingeh artist Regina Albarado de Cata was one of the original seven or eight potters in the 1930s San Juan Revival. Cata organized the San Juan Crafts Club and led field trips to archeological sites, such as the 15th century site Potsuwi'i, on Pajarito Plateau where they studied the incised designs on polychrome redware. While she helped to begin the 1930’s pottery revival, she is better known for her cloth dolls than her pottery. In 1936 she began to work alone on her dolls and clay busts. From 1940-60, her dolls could be found in a variety of museum exhibitions. She had an exhibition of them in 1961 in Washington DC.

Redstone Inn. Wraps. Like New. A small softcover pamphlet; 40 pages, with photos. No date, probably late 1980's. A descriptive work about the Crystal River Valley and Redstone Inn (with a picture of the Inn on front cover). Published by the Owners of the Redstone Inn. Born and raised in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, Alvin Foote was a gifted craftsman of chronicles, fiction, and poetry whose deep love for the Crystal River Valley shines though this text, first published in 1952.

BBC Books, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 7x0x10. Accompanying the TV series of the same name, this book focuses on six of the world's most death-defying climbs and on twelve of the world's greatest mountaineers who attempt to accomplish them.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good . 10x9x0. From the award-winning photographer of Inner Grace, a still more extraordinary visual exploration: a study of people at prayer.Fifty heartfelt black-and-white photographs, made in Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore, and the U.S.A. Here is a Mexican woman keeping vigil beside a grave, a Balinese mother teaching her child to say grace, an exalted man dancing at the Western Wall in Jerusalem-fifty images in all, speaking directly of the reverence and mystery that is prayer. Abraham Menashe is a photographer, theologian, poet, author, committed to images that affirm life, provide refuge and offer healing. His photographs have graced the pages of numerous publications, including Newsweek, Scientific American, The New York Times, and Time-Life Books. Menashe's distinct 'humanistic photography' signature images are internationally acclaimed for their poetic beauty and compassion.

Vintage Books, 1965. Vintge Books ed. Trade paperback. Like New. Facing Mount Kenya, first published in 1938, is an anthropological study of the people of the Kikuyu ethnicity of central Kenya. It was written by native Kikuyu and future Kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta. Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897 – 22 August 1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978. He was the country's first indigenous head of government and played a significant role in the transformation of Kenya from a colony of the British Empire into an independent republic. Ideologically an African nationalist and conservative, he led the Kenya African National Union (KANU) party from 1961 until his death.

Image Spring Press, 2004. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good. 11x8x1. This photography book presents sixty, remarkable portraits of contemporary sculptors. Each one is paired with an image of the sculptor's work and a concise text. Both established and emerging artists are represented, among them: Marisol, George Segal, Magdalena Abakanowicz and Chakaia Booker. Curator Nick Capasso's 2,400-word Introduction addresses these portraits in the context of contemporary sculpture. Photographer/Writer Ricardo Barros recounts several of the portrait-making experiences and traces the development of his personal vision in a 5,000 word Photographer's Afterword. This book will appeal to artists and non-artists alike.

National Geographic Society, 2003. Hardcover. Like New/Fine . 5x0x8. Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton gives American kids a firsthand look at growing up in Kenya as a member of a tribe of nomads whose livelihood centers on the raising and grazing of cattle. Readers share Lekuton's first encounter with a lion, the epitome of bravery in the warrior tradition. They follow his mischievous antics as a young Maasai cattle herder, coming-of-age initiation, boarding school escapades, soccer success, and journey to America for college. Lekuton's riveting text combines exotic details of nomadic life with the universal experience and emotions of a growing boy.

Down East Books, 2016. Hard cover. Fine.

Collins, 1990. Hard cover. Like New/Good. Lynch, Patrick James. William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, prose writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of the Irish literary establishment, he helped to found the Abbey Theatre, and in his later years served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and others. Yeats is considered one of the key twentieth-century English-language poets. He was a Symbolist poet, using allusive imagery and symbolic structures throughout his career. He chose words and assembled them so that, in addition to a particular meaning, they suggest abstract thoughts that may seem more significant and resonant. His use of symbols is usually something physical that is both itself and a suggestion of other, perhaps immaterial, timeless qualities.

Teachers College Press, 1992. Softcover. Like New. 6x0x9. In this second edition of her work, Bette Bosma includes a new chapter, Folk Literature in Multicultural Education, and incorporates more information about native American tribes and their tales, offering many engaging ideas for children to respond to stories through writing and other activities. In addition, over half of the 180 books annotated in the final section, A Guide to Recommended Folk Literature, are new to this edition. This material allows teachers from pre-school through middle school to involve students in art, music, drama, storytelling, improvization, puppetry, and pantomime through the use of folk literature-based reading program. Included are more than 50 suggested lesson plans and clear and precise explanations of the cultural and historical background of folklore and concepts. These are provided to stimulate, but not to prescribe, practical lessons using the unique and valuable interactive medium of folk literature.

Privately Published, 1993. First edition. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. S. Gift inscription by and signed by author; scarce thus.

Island Press. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x1x9. An anthology of Thoreau's later writings on natural history--including The Dispersion of Seeds, which draws on Darwin's theory of natural selection--discusses the role of seeds and seed dispersal in the ecological succession of plant species.

Houghton Mifflin, 2008. Hard cover. Like New/Fine. 8x5x1. With brief gift inscription by previous owner. What is so compelling about falconry? Tim Gallagher mines his lifelong obsession with falcons for an answer in this engaging volume interweaving memoir, history, and travelogue. An entire subculture of the sport exists outside the mainstream of American society, consisting of obsessed individuals who still use the ancient training techniques and language of falconry. Gallagher finds that his personal story connects on many levels with that of Frederick II, the thirteenth-century Holy Roman Emperor, legendary falconer, and notorious freethinker who brought the full wrath of the medieval Church down upon his dynasty. While following in Frederick’s footsteps through southern Italy, Gallagher ponders his own history as well. What salve to his spirit did falconry provide when it ignited his passion at age twelve? Beset by a turbulent childhood dominated by a brutal and violent… Read More

Simon & Schuster, 2020. Hardcover. Good/Good . 5x1x8. An x-library copy; minimal markings. Else in Very Good condition. Dustjacket in sleeve which is adhered to covers. On May 3, 2010, an Irish national named Jeffrey Lendrum was apprehended at Britain’s Birmingham International Airport with a suspicious parcel strapped to his stomach. Inside were fourteen rare peregrine falcon eggs snatched from a remote cliffside in Wales.So begins a tale almost too bizarre to believe, following the parallel lives of a globetrotting smuggler who spent two decades capturing endangered raptors for royals in the United Arab Emirates—where falcon races have multimillion-dollar purses and a champion bird might just be worth risking prison for—and Detective Andy McWilliam of the United Kingdom’s National Wildlife Crime Unit, who’s determined to protect the world’s birds of prey from one of the most… Read More

Doubleday Books, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. In the tradition of the wildly popular man-versus-nature genre that has launched several bestsellers, Andrew Todhunter follows the lives of world-class climber Dan Osman and his coterie of friends as he explores the extremes of risk on the unyielding surface of the rock.Climbing sheer rock faces of hundreds or thousands of feet is more a religion than a sport, demanding dedication, patience, mental and physical strength, grace, and a kind of obsession with detail that is crucial just to survive. Its artists are modern-day ascetics who often sacrifice nine-to-five jobs, material goods, and the safety of everyday life to pit themselves and their moral resoluteness against an utterly unforgiving opponent.

Moon Tree Rising Productions, 1997. Softcover. Like New. 6x0x9. Follow the spiritual journey of C Alexandra as a stress-related illness catapults her into worlds beyond space and time. Here teachers in animal and human form help her remember who she truly is and how to bring harmony, balance, and meaning back into her life. This allegorical soul journey will appeal to enthusiasts of ancient shamanic traditions as well as readers seeking to embrace every inch of their humanity. Sandra Ingerman, LMFT, LPCC, is the celebrated author of Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self and Welcome Home: Following Your Soul's Journey Home, both published by Harper San Francisco. She serves as educational director of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies directed by Michael Harner, and conducts workshops worldwide on shamanism.

Yale University Press, 2010. Softcover. Like New. 7x1x10. The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing Norgay is a familiar saga, but less well known are the tales of many other adventurers who also came to test their skills and courage against the world’s highest and most dangerous mountains. In this lively and generously illustrated book, historians Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver present the first comprehensive history of Himalayan mountaineering in fifty years. They offer detailed, original accounts of the most significant climbs since the 1890s, and they compellingly evoke the social and cultural worlds that gave rise to those expeditions.The book recounts the adventures of such figures as Martin Conway, who led the first authentic Himalayan climbing expedition in 1892; Fanny Bullock Workman, the pioneer explorer of the Karakoram range; George Mallory, the romantic martyr of Mount Everest fame; Charlie Houston,… Read More

Kent State University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good+. 6x1x9. Major Henry Livermore Abbott of the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was the most widely known and highly respected officer of his rank to serve in the Army of the Potomac. He distinguished himself in every battle in which he participated, from Ball’s Bluff until the Battle of the Wilderness, where he died in command of his regiment. Fallen Leaves is a collection of Abbott’s wartime letters to his family and friends, the majority published here for the first time. Robert Garth Scott’s introduction contains a biographical sketch of Abbott that offers the most complete account of his life to date and, in his epilogue, recounts the details of Abbott’s final battle and death. Also published with the letters are more than 30 photographs, many of them showing members of the 20th Massachusetts. Abbott’s letters convey an immediacy which… Read More