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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. Hardcover. Good Plus/Good Plus. The "definitive, complete and official" history of Colt firearms from 1836 to the present (1979) researched and written by firearms expert and historian, R.L. Wilson. First edition, first printing (with complete numberline). About 11 x 8 3/4 inches, 358 pages including bibliography, index and serial number appendix. Also… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Good To Good Plus. Larry Koller was a legendary, mid-20th century wrriter, editor and expert on outdoor sports, especially guns and hunting. This little 1957 book, "Popular Handguns" was one of numerous books on guns and hunting and fishing that Koller wrote or edited. Unlike most of his work which was… Read more about this item

London: PRC Publishing Ltd., 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine/About Very Good. The American Civil War was arguably the most important military event of the 19th century. It has spawned millions of words in thousands of books. This book, from "A -- Abolitionists" to "Z -- Zoaves" differs from most of the rest for its massive visual documentation, reproducing over… Read more about this item

New York: Crescent Books, 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Pimlott, a senior lecturer and head of the Department of War Studies and International Affairs at the UK's Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst until his death in 1997, was also a prolific author of books on military history and warfare, including this book in which he served as editor and… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Mammoth Publishing Co., 1893. First Edition Thus. . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Truman, a distinguished correspondent for the NY Times during the Civil War and author, among other works of a classic study on dueling, is the author of this history of the Columbian Exposition, better known now as the Chicago World's Fair. The book covers… Read more about this item

Mosman Park, W. Australia: Big City Press, 2008. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A collection of Fine Art photography by 20 young American and 24 Australian artists compiled for the first time in full color in book form from a number of zine editions of "Hijacked." In the introduction, Max Pam notes the "New… Read more about this item

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. ,. The third novel from the author of "A Rumor Of War," considered one of the best novels of the Vietnam War, is also about war and the competition between two photojournalists whose visions of war and how to photograph it are… Read more about this item

New York: Friendly Press, Inc., 1986. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Ten of the world's greatest "location" photographers select what each considers to be the "most beautiful place in the world," resulting in a very spectacular book with nearly 200 full-color photos of places with special beauty from Venice to Morocco to Maine to New… Read more about this item

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1998. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Survivor of 23 recorded earthquakes in the eight hundred years since its founding but severely damaged in the 1997 earthquake, the Basilica of St. Francis and its masterwork frescoes of the early Renaissance in Italy are shown in all their beauty in the… Read more about this item

New York: Art In American, Inc., 1985. First Edition, First Printing. . Magazine. Very Good to Near Fine. Volume 73, No. 10; featured articles include: The Postmodern Museum; Sean Scully: The Stripe Stikes Back; The Modernist Schwitters; Alice Trumbull Mason: Home-Grown Abstraction. Also, Issues & Commentary: Carter Ratcliff on "The Scheherazade Tactic;" Review of Books; Report from the… Read more about this item

New York: Art In American, Inc., 1985. First Edition, First Printing. . Magazine. Very Good to Near Fine. Volume 73, No. 11; featured articles: Interviews with Ten Sculptors including Tom Butter, R.M. Fischer, John Newman, Joel Fisher, Judy Pfaff and Robert Therrien; Hockney's Stage Designs; Two Dubious Caravaggios. Also, Review of Books, Report From Moscow, Issues & Commentary… Read more about this item

New York: Art In American, Inc., 1985. First Edition, First Printing. . Magazine. Near Fine to Fine. Volume 73, No. 12; featured articles: Photographers At War; Recent Work by Sigmar Polke, Wayne Thiebaud Retrospective; Tom Otterness's Cast-Bronze Sculptures; and Abstractions by Joan Thorne. Also, Review of Books, Report from Germany and Review of Exhibitions by James Lee Byars,… Read more about this item

New York: Art In American, Inc., 1985. First Edition, First Printing. . Magazine. Very Good to Near Fine. Volume 73, No. 5; featured articles include: Abstract Naturalism: Arthur Dove three-gallery retrospective; New Work from Arneson and Matta; 1950s sculpture in New York; Metzker's Photographs: Elegant & Existential; Robert Mangold Retrospective. Also Kirk Varnedoe on the Claims and Critics… Read more about this item

New York: Art In American, Inc., 1985. First Edition, First Printing. . Magazine. Very Good to Near Fine. Volume 73, No. 2; featured articles include: Heartfield's photomontages in the context of their mass media origins; Frank Stella as "image administrator;" Keith Sonnier's sculpture; three Chicago naive artists. Also, Book Reviews; a Report from Spain; a Response to Stella's… Read more about this item

New York: Art In American, Inc., 1984. First Edition, First Printing. . Magazine. Near Fine to Fine. Volume 72, No. 8; featured articles include Bonnard's late paintings; hardship art; Morris Graves restrospective; new work from Jasper Johns and David Salle; Donald Judd on why there are so few masterpieces. Also Venice Biennale '84; Book Reviews; reviews of exhibitions… Read more about this item

New York: Art In American, Inc., 1985. First Edition, First Printing. . Magazine. Good Plus to Very Good. Volume 73, No. 1; feature articles include: Election '84: "Sign on a Truck," Jenny Holzer and 21 other artists mount anti-Reagan video message; David Novros frescoes; Peter Saul: Radical Distaste; Linda Nochlin on Watteau; Ludwig Wittgenstein, Architect; Arthur B. Carles:… Read more about this item

New York: Art In American, Inc., 1984. First Edition, First Printing. . Magazine. Very Good to Near Fine. Volume 72, No. 4: Feature articles include The Aztecs: Art & Sacrifice; Elizabeth Murray; Anne & Patrick Poirier; Beauborg's Polish Presences show; Stanislaw Witkiewicz, Polish photographer, painter, draftsman; Beverly Pepper's new sculptures. Also, Suzi Gablik on " Art Alarms: Visions… Read more about this item

New York: Arch Cape Press, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A collection of over 250 full color photographs by some of the world's best aviation photographers attempting to capture the components of modern military air power. From the tactical jet fighters and strategic bombers to the spy planes, drones and ground support helicopters, to… Read more about this item

Wellesley, MA: Wellesley College Museum, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. . Exhibition Catalogue. Fine to Very Fine. One of 3,000 catalogues printed for the 1986 exhibition at Wellesley College of selected works of contemporary art from the Edward R. Downe, Jr., Collection. Reproduced in color are art works by Barlett, Fischl, Guston, Jenney, Murray, Ruscha, Gornik, Rothenberg, Sherman,… Read more about this item

Zurich, Switzerland: Graphis Press Corp., 1992. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The full color catalogue of the 1992 illustrator and the environment exhibiliton contains 150 works of art delivering a powerful message about humanity's relationship to the environment. Each art work is accompanied by a personal statement from the artist along with a pertinent fact of… Read more about this item