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Beautiful gift copy. Lou Ella Archer's poetry captures the beauty of the Arizona landscape. Pastedown picture of the Grand Canyon on the cover. Illustrated with black and white scenes plus 7 color artworks by Lillian Wilhelm Smith (1882-1974) including her magnificent paintings of Zion Canyon, the Desert After the Rain, Dawn at Bryce Canyon, From Grand Canyon Lodge, Seven Palms, and the Temple of Sinawava.
RARE as author-signed. "The financial loss of a lifetime savings during the Wall Street fiasco at the end of 2008 was almost too much for Maureen. Grieving over major losses she begins to write her story."
Dialogue rich novel in French. RARE; as of this listing, none are available in North America. Photo of back and front covers is specific to this listing.
Stapled, w/o original cover as shown, 5 1/4 x 4". Has photo of the U.S.S. Pennsylvania plus line drawings scattered throughout. RARE. Important source material. Slightly better than a working copy.
"With breathtaking descriptions of aerial dogfights and vivid portraits of the men who fought, this is a dramatic, gripping story of courage and sacrifice... from the first day of the war to the last, this is the story of one of history's leading fighter aces."
Not a reprint, this is an original printing. "If the year 1917 marked the opening of a new era in China's foreign relations, perhaps the year 1931 marked the end of that era..."
"This book invites readers to hear John's story anew. Rather than forcing John's story into our time, it takes the reader back to the time of its original telling..."
"When the wyrd-woman warned Ivor he was going to meet a monster, he didn't believe her. He thought he had worse things to worry about. He was wrong about both."
"There is an earthy awareness, a sensory quality to the telling that brings Alta, California and its Spanish settlement completely alive." Winner of the Julia Ellsworth Ford Foundation Award for Children's Literature (the unanimous choice of the judges).
This is the author's first novel. "...an intimate look at a suburban family living on the outskirts of Los Angeles in the 1950's and '60's...But Flora Jackson feels like a fugitive there..."
RARE. This particular printing 1907 seems to be the rarest. Today, this would be classified as a fine press volume. "I am going to demonstrate that it is easy not only to refute the Baconians but to show that they are lamentably wrong in many of their strongest assertions, which, moreover, prove them to be very badly versed in Elizabethan literature..."
The authors write: "We sincerely believe that defense is by far the most difficult part of the game of football to coach and possibly the most neglected."
Photo shows front cover and Contents showing 8 separate novels within this binding. From the first page of Actor's Blood: "The death of a famous actress is the signal, as a rule, for a great deal of maudlin excitement..."
Explore America's beloved winemaking country in this visual tour of Northern California's distinctive vineyards and winemaking facilities. Includes recommended Inns and Restaurants.
Filled with black and white photos. "San Lorenzo has been a desirable place to live since 1847 when squatters built their cabins on the north side of the San Lorenzo Creek."
"The artist beckons the viewer to make a personal connection to isolation and stillness." "A personal friend of the artist for more than a decade, Conrad uses a narrative form that combines incisive art historical observation with details of Register's early life..." This monograph, with more than 170 color plates, was published at the time of a traveling retrospective exhibition at the San Jose Museum of Art and Register's 60th birthday.
Filled with color and black and white reproductions of this fine collection. Exhibition Catalogue at the time of gifting this collection to the Wichita Art Museum.
"From her birth in a small Oklahoma town to her childhood in Venezuela, and through her adult life spent in a variety of locations in the Southwest and California, Linda Carter Holman has been inspired by places both actual and imaginary. Her gift for creating characters in settings that celebrate life is evident in all phases of her painting. For Carter Holman, being a self-taught painter is all about discovery, learning, joy, listening, and experimentation.''