Alexandre rockwell (31 Ergebnisse)
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated, 1988
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Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated, 1988
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Zustand: Very Good. 1st. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated, 1988
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Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
- Softcover
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Zustand: Aceptable. : Sumérgete en el guion original de la película 'Four Rooms', una obra que captura la esencia de este clásico cinematográfico. Este libro, publicado por Ediciones B en Barcelona, está bellamente ilustrado con fotogramas de la película, ofreciendo una experiencia visual única para los amantes del cine. Ideal p…ara coleccionistas y aficionados, esta edición de bolsillo te permite revivir cada momento de la película en detalle. EAN: 9788440662231 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Películas Título: Four Rooms Autor: Allison Anders| Alexandre Rockwell| Robert Rodriguez| Quentin Tarantino Idioma: es-ES Formato: libro de bolsillo.
- Softcover
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Soft Cover. Zustand: New. 2026script center.
NORMAN ROCKWELL: The Great American Storyteller.
(Rockwell, Norman). Nyerges, Alexander Lee; Goffman, Judy; McKinnon, Liliclaire C.
Verlag: Jackson, MS: Mississippi Museum of Art, (1988). (1988)., 1988
- Softcover
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped with a small black stain to the front wrap. 44 pages. Profuse color illustrations & reproductions of drawings in black & white. Very good. Catalog for a traveling exhibit…ion, guest curated by Judy Goffman and shown at the Mississippi Museum of Art from March 2 to May 15, 1988. The text includes an essay by Goffman, a preface by Alexander Lee Nyerges, executive director of the museum, and a biographical text by Liliclaire C. McKinnon.
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EUR 2,98
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Gut. 145 Seiten rororo - 1. Auf. 1996 : Tarantino - tb OB-XG9M-T23A Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 118.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Dodd, New York, 1934
- Hardcover
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EUR 24,24
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In den WarenkorbZustand: VERY GOOD. 3rd printing (just one month after the first) South Carolina author's only novel, winner of the third Dodd, Mead Prize Novel competition (a $10,000 prize.) Written in dialect and positively reviewed at the time of its publication (the NY Times review described it as a story of "Negroes torn between their loya…lty to their feudal lord, their love of the slow-going ways of life on the plantation, and the inducements held out to them by friends who have gone North to Harlem . . by a Southern woman whose personal affection for unlettered, plantation Negroes is as apparent as her intimate knowledge of them."), it is now mainly appreciated for its Rockwell Kent illustrations - which included endpapers, frontispiece and title page and five inserted plates. 310 pp. Very good red cloth with white polka-dots, black titles on red panels (some wear to corners, red crayon scribble on one page, but a straight and sturdy copy), no dust jacket.
- Softcover
Anbieter: Alcaná Libros, Madrid, M, SpanienAlcaná Libros
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EUR 1,89
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tapa blanda. Zustand: Bien. Literatura inglesa. Novela. Siglo XX. (820(73)-31"19") Ediciones B. Barcelona. 1996. 22 cm. 253 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Allison Anders. et al . ISBN: 8440662238 (=3611802=) JH34.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1934
- Hardcover
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover in near-fine condition, in a slipcase now covered in decorative red cloth, lacking the dust jacket, 8vo, pages: [viii],310. Orange cloth with white polka-dots, titles black on a red background, top edge dyed pale tan, deckled fore-edge, black-and-white illustrated end-papers,… frontis and black-and-white plates by Rockwell Kent. Spine faded, light wear. Bookseller accession no.: GP117. Alexander, (b.ca.1876 in S. Carolina - d.17 Oct 1943), was an author of short stories and magazine articles, this appears to be her only book (and it won a prize of $10,000). Kent, Rockwell (illustrator).
Weitere BilderVerlag: Dodd, Mead and Co., New York, 1934
- Hardcover
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EUR 30,85
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very good +. third printing. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers very clean, spine moderately sunned. Corners bumped, minimal shelf wear. Binding tight, text very clean. RK. Stax.
- Softcover
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EUR 29,00
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Zustand: Good. Please note: below is a general description of how we classify our condition types. If you would like a closer look or have any specific questions, please feel free to send us a message, and we will gladly check it for you. Condition descriptions: UsedlikeNew: Barely any signs of use, almost like new. UsedGood: Ma…y show some light signs of use, such as slight discoloration or a name written on the front endpaper, but generally no markings or notes in the text. UsedAcceptable: Book in acceptable condition. May show signs of use, such as some discoloration, reading creases in the spine, underlining, notes, slight dirt on edges, dog-eared pages, or a bent spine. New: Book is new. ZB 10-10 040624.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Dodd Mead & Company, New York, 1934
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Anbieter: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, USAThe Chatham Bookseller
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. 310pp, red and white polka dot cloth boards, titles in black inside red box on spine and front board. Binding tight, spine straight, corners square. Pictorial front and rear endpapers in black and white by Kent. Text block and illustrations are… clean and unmarked. Off-white pictorial dust jacket featuring artwork by Kent. Shelfwear at spine ends, chipping at top spine end. Split at lower front corner. Jacket shows original $2.50 price on front flap. Jacket presented in mylar. Rockwell Kent (illustrator). Book.
Verlag: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934
- Hardcover
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EUR 66,11
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Red and white polka dot cloth. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Pages lightly age-toned, hinges cracked, spine darkened with ends chipped and frayed, corners worn and bumped, about very good lacking the dustwrapper. Novel of plantation life in South Carolina.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: American British Goodwill Exhibition Of Contemporary American Art / Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City Ny / London, 1944
- Erstausgabe
- Manuskript//Papierbasiertes Sammlerstück
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In den WarenkorbNo Binding. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Simple Typed List Of 100 Painters, 50 Sculptors, 50 Graphic Artists. A Terrific List Of 1944 Artists, From Andrew Wyeth, Thomas Hart Benton, Milton Avery, Lyonel Feininger, George Grosz, Peter Hurd, Reginald Marsh, Charles Sheeler, Millard Sheets, Joseph Stella, Alexander Archipenko W…anda Gag Rockwell Kent And John Sloan To A Virtual Who's-Who Of Leftist And Far-Leftist American Artists. With The Titles Of Their Works; The Graphic Art Is Priced And Shows The Method. We Could Locate No Specific Information About This Exhibition On-Line; Worldcat Showed No List Or Catalog; There Is Information " In March Some Of [Joe] Jones'S Eskimo Subjects Were Shown At Grand Central Art Galleries In New York As Part Of The American-British Goodwill Art Exhibition, Organized By Artists For Victory. The Show Traveled To London In June Of 1944." [See: A Restless Regionalist: The Art Of Joe Jones, 2017].
Verlag: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Red and white polka dot cloth. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Near fine lacking the dustwrapper. Novel of plantation life in South Carolina.
Verlag: Frankfurt/Main, Pandora ,, 1993
- Softcover
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- Signiert
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In den Warenkorb19 S., OKart., gut erhalten Hs. signiert : "Wolfgang I here you are very good . good boy? Alexandre Rockwell" + Signatur von Seymour Cassel Aufgrund der EPR-Regelung kann in folgende Länder KEIN Versand mehr erfolgen: Bulgarien, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Österreich, Polen, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Spani…en.
Verlag: Frankfurt/Main, Pandora ,, 1993
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- Signiert
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In den Warenkorb19 S., OKart., gut erhalten Hs. signiert: "Hey Susanne why aren't you here? Alexandre Rockwell" + Signatur von Seymour Cassel Aufgrund der EPR-Regelung kann in folgende Länder KEIN Versand mehr erfolgen: Bulgarien, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Luxemburg, Österreich, Polen, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Spanien.
Verlag: Covici-Friede: Publishers (New York), 1929
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EUR 132,21
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In den WarenkorbSoft cover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. Limited first edition. This is #199 of 750 copies. Printed in 1929 by Covici-Friede: Publishers (New York). Soft-bound in white parchment with gilt stamping on the upper cover and spine. Written by Alexander Pushkin. Translated by Max Eastman. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Kent's distinctive… black-and-white woodcut-style illustrations make this copy just as collectible as the exquisite form that it represents. These 750 copies were printed on Arnold unbleached cream wove (English hand made paper) from text set by hand in Deepdene type designed by Frederic W. Goudy. Typography by S. A. Jacobs and the proofs read by him at the Composing Room of the Stratford Press where the printing was done and under his personal care the whole made into a book bound in Pergamus Sheepskin Parshment at the American Book Bindery (New York). Highly collectible. THIS copy is pristine. (BR) Shelf 136.
Verlag: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
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EUR 132,22
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 310pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red and white polka-dot patterned cloth over boards. Illustrated endpapers. The spine is sunned, however the title is still bold. There is a contemporary owner's name and address on the title page. A story of post-slavery life. Illustrator Rockwell Kent studied…architecture at Columbia University (1900-03) and art at the New York School of Art (1903-04) where he was influenced by Robert Henri and had ties with the social realist Ash Can group of artists. Kent was well known for his poster designs which often contained symbolism to convey political or social messages. Rockwell Kent (illustrator).
GABRIEL, A POEM IN ONE SONG
Pushkin, Alexander; Eastman, Max (Translator); Kent, Rockwell (Illustrator)
Verlag: Covici-Friede: Publishers, New York, NY., 1929
- Softcover
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. Zustand: Very Good. 9" X 5-3/4" This book is soft-bound in white parchment with gilt stamping on the upper cover and spine. The cover show some light toning/foxing, and light edge-wear. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and generally clean, but with light scattered foxing. This book is a Limited Edition, #…382/750.
Verlag: Don Celender n.a., n.a. 1970 c., 1970
- Hardcover
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In den Warenkorb[50] pp.; 10.9 x 6.5 cm.; loose card[s]; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Set of playing cards by Don Celender featuring images of well known artists, writers, and gallery owners, superimposed over images of religious figures. Verso has a quote about or by the art world figur…e pictured. Art world figures include : Francis Bacon, J. Oliver Mitchell, Ivan C. Karp, Donald Judd, Wayne Thiebaud, Claes Oldenburg, Philip Pearlstein, Ernest Trova, Elaine de Kooning, Alexander Liberman, Richard Estes, Cy Twombly, Lucy Lippard, Alex Katz, Lee Krasner, Norman Rockwell, Marisol, Richard L. Feigen, Jim Dine, Bob Morris, Denise René, Richard Lindner, Robert Motherwell, George Segal, Paul Jenkins, Thomas Hoving, John Coplans, Harry N. Abrams, Clyfford Still, Richard Artschwager, Isamu Noguchi, Andrew Wyeth, Victor Vasarely, Andy Warhol, Louise Nevelson, Josef Albers, Henry Geldzahler, Mark Tobey, Roy Lichtenstein, Lucas Samaras, Jasper Johns, Helen Frankenthaler, Marc Chagall, Henry Moore, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Hilton Kramer. Very Good. 8 mm. of light soiling to bottom left corner of lid. Light yellowing and dusting of bottom of box. Complete set of cards. Contents clean and unmarked.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Covici-Friede, New York, 1929
- Softcover
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Illustrated with woodcuts by Kent. Translated by Max Eastman. Copy number 17 of 750 numbered copies printed on Arnold unbleached, hand-made cream wove paper and bound in limp Pergamus sheepskin parchment. Edges of the leaves are untri…mmed. Slight foxing to the boards and a few pages, else fine in near very good original glassine dustwrapper with some chipping and tears, in a battered original gray board slipcase. A handsome volume.
Verlag: [Washington D.C.: 1849]., 1849
- Hardcover
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. 8vo., (9 x 5 6/8 inches). 8 (of 16) folding maps at end by Robert Mills at end (1 loose, light spotting throughout). Contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards (rebacked to style). Provenance: with the near ownership inscription of Edwin Croswell on the verso of the front free endpaper, and his bookplate on the fron…t paste-down. A comprehensive report of a survey conducted for proposed routes of an Isthmus of Panama Canal or railroad between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with various supporting materials, including "A Memoir" on routes to the Pacific by John Henry Alexander; a proposal of a national road from the western frontier [Arkansas] to California; and the text of a petition to George Wilkes for a railroad from Pennsylvania to the Pacific Ocean. Historical, geographical and scientific information is presented in the Report, including descriptions of towns and cities; contemporary modes of transportation, flora and fauna, geologic formations, river systems and extracts from Humbold's Political and Personal Essays on New Spain. The accompanying maps include: "Republica Mexicana plano del curso del Rio Coatzacoalcos. 1843" (detached, short tear near the mount); a profile of the Canal where it crosses the Isthmus of Panama; large folding map on two sheets showing the area between Lake Nicaagua and the South Sea; chart of the Bay of Limon; map of the area between the two oceans, ie America; "Republica Mexicana plano de la Parte Austral del Istmo de Tehuantepec"; a chart of the Isthmus of Panama showing the site of the proposed canal; and a profile comparing the sea levels of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
