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Abrams, NY, 2005. Cloth. Book Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Mint. First edition, first printing. Large 4to. Among the significant projects of the last year of his life, Richard Avedon (1923-2004) completed a book of his photographs of women. Always transcending categorization-he was both a fashion photographer and known as a poet of portraiture -Avedon was interested in seeing how elemental facts of modern life and human existence were reflected in his work. And what could be more elemental than women, who have mesmerized artists across the centuries? Looking at his work in this way, Avedon was able to create an unparalleled view of women in his time, a tumultuous half century of rapidly changing social facts, cultural ideals, popular styles, and high fashion. As an artist, Avedon was deeply responsive to nuances of expression, gesture, and comportment, and his photographs unfailingly opened a window to the interior lives of his subjects. These ranged from celebrities (Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin, Katherine Hepburn, Twiggy,Bianca Jagger, Laura Hutton, ), artists (Marguerite Duras, June Leaf), and high-fashion models (Suzy Parker, Dovima) to anonymous people that simply drew his attention. Like the best of art and literature, they evoke rich lives and complex experiences. An incisive essay by art historian Anne Hollander offers an overview of a half century of Avedon s images of women. 247 Pages...Lavishly and profuselly illustrated through out with full page Bla ...

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A Short History of the Bible A Mills 48 Engravings 1825
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HISTORICAL RARE BOOK AND THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY/ INVENTORY
REFORMED THEOLOGY - ESCHATOLOGY - RESEARCH ARCHIVE
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FOR SALE HISTORICAL RARE BOOK & THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY / INVENTORY / RESEARCH ARCHIVE. INSTANT HISTORICAL and THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY containing in-part over 30,000 books and pamphlets. Over 1650 feet of books and ephemera shelved and available for inspection. Also 230 boxes packed full. Many First Editions and Early Printings by noted theologians & authors including: John Wesley, Charles Spurgeon, Alexander Campbell, George Whitefield, John Calvin, Roger Williams, Lorenzo Dow, A. J. Gordon, Sam Jones, D. L. Moody, Jacob Catlin, Jonathan Edwards, William Gladstone, Robert Lewis Dabney, J. William Jones, William Styron and Archibald Rutledge. [Whitefield, George] [18th century American Imprints] A collection of twenty seven rare pamphlets mostly opposed to the preaching of George Whitefield printed during the great pamphlet wars occasioned by the Great Awakening in New England, 1740-1745. Good books and ephemera on African-American / Black history & dialect, Alcoholics Anonymous, American history, Church history, Bibles & Translations, Books about Books & Book Collecting, Concordances, Juvenile, Lexicons, Literature, Native-Americans, Natural history, Nautical / Naval history, Philosophy, Reference, Religious Biography, Sermons, Theology, Travel, Virginia history, Western Americana, and World history. Five four-drawer file cabinets filled with uncounted thousands of papers & pamphlets of research material collected o ...

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