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Carter, Randolph.
The World of Flo Zeigfeld
London, Paul Elek,
1974, First English Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Near Fine/Very Good, 0236310534 "The Greatest Showman of the Century," Flo Ziegfeld oppulent world, extravagances of life and "Glorifying of the American Girl," is a fascinating and colorful story. His strong sense of the outrangeous, and ability to exploit it revolved around a cast of characters: the Shubert brothers, Anna Held, Billie Burke, Fanny Brice, Lady Duff Gordon. His composers Gershwin and Romberg were expected to produce a full score in twenty one days. The comics he helped to stardom, including W.C. Fields, Will Rogers, Eddie Cantor, etc., left him stonily straight faced. His magnificent, lavish sets and costumes cannot be rivaled today designed by charles le Maire, Reynolds, Erte, Joseph Urban. At a time when the world was a place created just for fun, and everyone had fistfuls of money to spend, Zeigfeld's life and work were a crucial fixture in "The Roaring Twenties." 130 black and white and 16 pages of color illustrations, depicting the sets, artists, costumes and times. Red cloth boards and spine, gilt lettering to spine. DJ not price clipped, red illustrated. Long closed tear from top edge to flap edge, repaired. DJ in mylar. First Edition. t 8vo, 175 pp. Very clean, solidly bound.
(Flo, Zeiffeld, Fanny, Brice, Twenties, Theatre, Great, Showman, Erte, Costumes, Set, Design, Roaring, Twenties, Billie, Burke, Eddie, Cantor, Zeigfeld, Follies, First, Edition, Biography) Cat No. 2307.
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Carter, Randolph.
The World of Flo Zeigfeld
London, Paul Elek,
1974, First English Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Near Fine/Very Good, 0236310534 "The Greatest Showman of the Century," Flo Ziegfeld oppulent world, extravagances of life and "Glorifying of the American Girl," is a fascinating and colorful story. His strong sense of the outrangeous, and ability to exploit it revolved around a cast of characters: the Shubert brothers, Anna Held, Billie Burke, Fanny Brice, Lady Duff Gordon. His composers Gershwin and Romberg were expected to produce a full score in twenty one days. The comics he helped to stardom, including W.C. Fields, Will Rogers, Eddie Cantor, etc., left him stonily straight faced. His magnificent, lavish sets and costumes cannot be rivaled today designed by charles le Maire, Reynolds, Erte, Joseph Urban. At a time when the world was a place created just for fun, and everyone had fistfuls of money to spend, Zeigfeld's life and work were a crucial fixture in "The Roaring Twenties." 130 black and white and 16 pages of color illustrations, depicting the sets, artists, costumes and times. Red cloth boards and spine, gilt lettering to spine. DJ not price clipped, red illustrated. Long closed tear from top edge to flap edge, repaired. DJ in mylar. First Edition. t 8vo, 175 pp. Very clean, solidly bound.
(Flo, Zeiffeld, Fanny, Brice, Twenties, Theatre, Great, Showman, Erte, Costumes, Set, Design, Roaring, Twenties, Billie, Burke, Eddie, Cantor, Zeigfeld, Follies, First, Edition, Biography) Cat No. 2307.
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Tulchin, Lewis.
Nude in Photography: a Treatise on the Esthetics and Techniques of Nude Photography
New York, Grayson Publishing,
1950, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Good Plus, The first American work to be dedicated seriously to the human form, showing how light and shadow can bring out the astonishing beauty of nude photography. Studies that show the lovliness of skin texture and exquisiteness of line and form. 100 figures. Black cloth boards and spine gilt lettering. DJ black pictorial, orange spine. Upper edge closed tear, chip to spine edge and mild creasing. Rubbing of corners, upper rear corners chipped. No writing or markings, clean text, solidly bound. DJ in mylar. 4to, 86 pp
(Nude, Photography, Vintage, Photography, Books, Photography, Of, The Human, Figure, Lighting, In Photography, Lewis, Tulchin, Photographer) Cat No. 2308.
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Tulchin, Lewis.
Nude in Photography: a Treatise on the Esthetics and Techniques of Nude Photography
New York, Grayson Publishing,
1950, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Good Plus, The first American work to be dedicated seriously to the human form, showing how light and shadow can bring out the astonishing beauty of nude photography. Studies that show the lovliness of skin texture and exquisiteness of line and form. 100 figures. Black cloth boards and spine gilt lettering. DJ black pictorial, orange spine. Upper edge closed tear, chip to spine edge and mild creasing. Rubbing of corners, upper rear corners chipped. No writing or markings, clean text, solidly bound. DJ in mylar. 4to, 86 pp
(Nude, Photography, Vintage, Photography, Books, Photography, Of, The Human, Figure, Lighting, In Photography, Lewis, Tulchin, Photographer) Cat No. 2308.
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Shalit, Gene and Lawrence K. Grossman, editors.
Somehow It Works: A Candid Portrait of the 1964 Presidential Election by NBC News
New York, Doubleday & Company,
1964, Hard Cover,
illus: David Hollander and Paul Seligman, Condition: Very Good/Good Plus, 1964 bought one the most bitter, tumultuous, and significant political campaigns in our history. In over 100 photographs and unforgettable words of the delegates themselves, NBC brings forth the entire spectacular story. A fascinating cast of characters: Sen. Barry Goldwater, Cabot Lodge, Gov. Wallace, Mary Chase Smith, GOv. Scranton sending his scathing letter to Goldwater, Rockefeller being hooted by his own party, Robert Kennedy's tremendous ovation from the Democratic Delegates, the anguished Negro Republican delegates of San Francisco, Freedom Democrates of Atlantic City, Lady Bird Johnson whistle stopping through the South and President Johnson rolling up the greatest popular voute in history. In David Brinkley's prologue he deduces the American character. A series of prepared charts based on NBC's own "Electronic Vote Analysis" clarifies the new ethnic, economic and religious voting patterns emerging from the election. America's most revealing process..the choosing of their President. Tan cloth illustrated boards. DJ not price clipped, colorful charicature. Chips to lower spine and corner, closed tears to spine edge and lower flap edge, lower rear corner chipped, upper edge mild creasing and soil. No writing, all else clean, solidly bound. 223 pp, 4 to
(1964, Presidential, Campaign, Barry, Goldwater, At, The Republic, National, Convention, Democratic, Convention, 1964, Journalists, And Presidential, Campaigns, 1964, Primaries) Cat No. 2309.
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