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Whistle stop

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Description: The story of a family who lived in a small town in Michigan, and, as some of the French multi-volumed novels reveal the world through the life of a provincial village, it has far wider implications than the confines of its locale--Adapted from dust jacket flap.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1943.
Call number: 644295
Creator: Wolff, Maritta (1918-2002)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of the Estate of Donald Duke, 2015.
Dimensions: 21 cm

America & Alfred Stieglitz : a collective portrait

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"'America and Alfred Stieglitz' is a collective portrait of the central figure of the modern art movement in America"--Dust jacket flap.

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History of the universe : a novel

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Jane Tauber Elliot's success as an artist is more than a little tainted by the downward spiral of her private life. History of hte Universe: A Novel, set against the story of the death of Jane's father, takes her from California girlhood to Yale, New York and Europe, to the early SoHo art world, and back to California. Jennifer Bartlett's prose, like her art, builds on close observation, piling up particulars into a novel of dark humor and suprising affection--Adapted from dust jacket flap.

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Love affair : a Venetian journal

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This book celebrates, in words and full-color photographs, the adventure of living in the world's most astonishing city. The author's Venice is at eye level, a labyrinth of impressions, a museum of delights for that vanishing man, the walker. Although only the experience of living in Venice will fully accustom the visitor to a fact so unique, Wright Morris combines words and photographs to recapture the essence of this experience, sharing with the reader impressions of a particular moment in a fabulous place--Adapted from dust jacket flap.

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Ansel Adams

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This superbly produced book shows the growth and range of Adams' career across the decades since 1920. Here, little-known images are brought together with many of Adams' most famous pictures to provide a treasure for photographers, collectors, and those who cherish the American scene. The reproductions approach the quality of the original prints, and are magnificent examples of the work which has earned Ansel Adams his place as a master. An extensive chronology and bibliography round out this presentation of an unparalleled life in photography--Adapted from dust jacket flap.

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Doobie doo : a novel

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"This is the history of a pioneer of pleasure who both has his cake and eats it without dire results, except to the cake. And other bizarre, pulchritudinous and super-realistic matters"--Dust jacket flap.

636937

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Store days : documents from The Store, 1961, and Ray Gun Theater, 1962

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Store Days is the remainings of the most significant monument of early 60s New York art the events, theories, works and situations surrounding Claes Oldenburgs Store, which was on the one hand a real place where real sales were made, and on the other set of ideas whose reverberations are still being felt. Store Days is a selection by the artist, with the aid of Emmett Williams, of texts, graphic materials and photos from 1961-62. The documents are presented as directly as possible, since this is no catalogue but the evocation of a seminal moment--Adapted from dust jacket flap.

637117

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