Jullian, Philippe.

D'Annunzio. Translated from the French by Stephen Hardman.

New York: The Viking Press, (1973). (1973). New York: The Viking Press, (1973). (1973). Very good. - Octavo, 8-5/8 inches high by 6 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in blue boards backed with a green cloth spine, titled in gilt on the spine, in a pictorial green dust wrapper. There is a tiny chip to the top edge of the dust jacket's front panel. xviii & 366 pages. Near fine. First American edition. Very good .

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Book number: 99903

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: BIOGRAPHY; GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO; PHILIPPE JULLIAN; LITERATURE; ART NOUVEAU PERIOD; FASCIST THEORETICIAN; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 1ST U.S. EDITION; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.

(Miller, Henry). Brassai.

Henry Miller: The Paris Years. By Brassai. Translated from the French by Timothy Bent. With Photographs by the Author.

New York: Arcade Publishing, (1995). (1995). - Octavo, 8-3/4 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in terracotta boards backed in light green, titled in gilt on the spine, in a pictorial dust wrapper. [xii] & 224 pages, illustrated with maps by Jeffrrey L. Ward and 16 photographs by Brassai. There is minor offsetting to the front endpaper and pastedown. Near fine.

First edition in English. Fine .

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Book number: 97988

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: LITERATURE; BIOGRAPHY; HENRY MILLER: THE PARIS YEARS; BRASSAI; TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY TIMOTHY BENT; ILLUSTRATIONS; ILLUSTRATED; 1ST EDITION IN ENGLISH; FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; MAPS; JEFFREY L. WARD.

(Porter, Bern). Schevill, James.

Where to Go : What to Do : When You Are Bern Porter: A Personal Biography.

Gardiner, Maine: Tilbury House, Publishers, (1992). (1992). - Octavo, 9-3/8 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Black boards backed with a silver cloth spine, titled in black on the spine, in a pictorial silver dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly soiled with light creasing along the top edge and a short tear at the top of the rear fold's flap. [x], 339 & [1] pages, with textual illustrations throughout. Very good.

First edition.

A scientist with the Manhattan Project and the Saturn moon rocket project, Bern Porter turned away from military applications of science after the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Turning to the arts, he published poets such as Robert Duncan, Kenneth Patchen and Henry Miller and opened a gallery where he exhibited abstract and surreal art and hosted performance art events. Very good .

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Book number: 97308

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: LITERATURE; ART; SCIENCE; BIOGRAPHY; BERN PORTER; JAMES SCHEVILL; WHERE TO GO : WHAT TO DO : WHEN YOU ARE BERN PORTER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ABSTRACT; SURREAL ART; PERFORMANCE ART; PUBLISHER.

Rose, Gillian.

Love's Work: A Reckoning with Life.

New York: Schoken Books, (1996). (1996). New York: Schoken Books, (1996). (1996). Fine. - Octavo, 7-3/4 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in black boards backed with a black cloth spine, titled in gilt on the spine, in a color pictorial black dust wrapper. The covers are slightly bumped. [viii] & 144 pages. Near fine. First American edition. Fine .

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Book number: 99799

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: BIOGRAPHY; LITERATURE; LOVE'S WORK; A RECKONING WITH LIFE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL; GILLIAN ROSE; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 1ST U.S. EDITION; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.