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Small folio. This copy bears Leibovitz's presentation inscription on the front endpaper: "For Lena / with great admiration / Annie Leibovitz / New York 1999." From the estate of Lena Horne. A one-of-a-kind copy. WOMEN by Annie Leibovitz and Susan Sontag.
(Horne, Lena)
New York: Random House, 1999. Small folio. This copy bears Leibovitz's presentation inscription on the front endpaper: "For Lena / with great admiration / Annie.. more
Price: $2,250.00
Produced by Richard Moore (who interviews Millar in these tapes) for the KQED documentary series, Writers in America. The archive consists of: 27 16mm reels of film or audio, housed in either metal canisters or original Scotch Brand boxes, some with "Highland Laboratory of San Francisco" labels to exterior, with addional labels identifying the subject matter as Kenneth Millar / Ross Macdonald dated August 8, 1977. A collection of raw film and sound footage. Together with the mimeographed transcription of the interview (with index, approx 75-80 pages). The archive ARCHIVE OF A VIDEO INTERVIEW, AUGUST 8, 1977
Macdonald, Ross (Kenneth Millar)
n.p.: n.p., 1977. Produced by Richard Moore (who interviews Millar in these tapes) for the KQED documentary series, Writers in America. The archive.. more
Price: $2,000.00
Large 4to. This copy is inscribed by Irving Penn to his close friend, and assistant, the artist Mary Faulconer on the half-title page: "For dear dear Mary, with Love / P." Underneath his inscription Penn has drawn a circle then signed his name inside, adding "NY. 1984," the year of publication. This is the first comprehensive retrospective on Penn's work, and was published in conjunction with an exhibition at MOMA. 216 p, with 156 plates (21 in color) with 35 reference illustrations (7 in color). IRVING PENN.
Szarkowski, John
New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1984). Large 4to. This copy is inscribed by Irving Penn to his close friend, and assistant, the artist Mary Faulconer on.. more
Price: $950.00
This is the special limited edition, 1/100 copies, specially bound, slipcased, and signed by the author on the title page. This special edition was not sold but given away by the author to help celebrate his involvment with publishing which debuted with this book. A very scarce item. The book won the Grand Prix, the highest honor for a mystery novel in France. It also won the Anthony Award and Macavity Award for Best Novel of 1998, and was also the basis for the Clint Eastwood directed film that starred Eastwood, Angelica Huston and Jeff Daniels. BLOOD WORK
Connelly, Michael
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1998. This is the special limited edition, 1/100 copies, specially bound, slipcased, and signed by the author on the title page... more
Price: $1,850.00
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