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Imprint: Chicago, IL, Museum Of Contemporary Art, 2006 First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 48 pages. Collection of black-and-white photographs on subject, with a coda in color. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only and as part of the ongoing "American Cities" Series by the photographer, which also include Los Angeles, Minneapolis, St. Louis, and New York. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Hal Kugeler: Small-size volume format. Pictorial hard boards, which feature a dazzling panoramic view of Michigan Avenue, and titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Catherine Opie. Essay, "The City Is The Body", by Elizabeth A. T. Smith, the exhibition's curator. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Canada to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago from May 20 through October 15, 2006. Presents Catherine Opie's "Chicago". The city after dark. Among her "American Cities", it is Chicago, not New York, that she has designated as "the city of architecture", with a vibrant skyline that most people would have thought is best seen and admired in the full blaze of daylight. Why photograph its architectural beauties at night? Because, for Catherine Opie, that is when the very skyline is most poetic, suggestive, and luminous. And also because everyone else has already photographed Chicago during the day. Her buildings are lit inside, the deserted avenues and alleys are ablaze with street lights, flickering like the stars above. "A city long considered quintessentially American, recognized for its renowned architecture. Catherine Opie, with her extraordinary talent and acuity, has created images that celebrate the city's particular mix of elegance and strength. She gives us Chicago through nocturnal, urban landscapes that fill and hold our gaze, much as the city holds our attention" (MCA). The sequence ends with a coda-quartet of color photographs of Lake Michigan in the Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer, a Minimalist study that is as rigorous as Sugimoto's seascapes, with the nuanced shades of aquamarine captured by Opie in all their serene beauty. An absolute "must-have" title for Catherine Opie collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed and inscribed in black ink-pen on the title page by Catherine Opie. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipients are named. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and inscribed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 14 duotone, 4 color plates. One of the most brilliant American artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CATHERINE OPIE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0933856865. Stock number: 21224. ISBN: 0933856865
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Imprint: New York City, NY, The Estate Of Ruth Orkin, 1995 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 40 pages. Exhibition Catalog. One of the most elegantly produced catalogs on the photographic art of Ruth Orkin. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Christine Zamora: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Ruth Orkin. Biographical Notes by Miles Barth. Chronology appended at the end. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Meridian Printing Rhode Island in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. The book's design and presentation were adapted for the subsequent publication, "Ruth Orkin: Above And Beyond" (2000), pubIished five years later, making the two look like companion volumes even if they were not originally intended as such. Published on the occasion of the landmark posthumous exhibition of the same name held at the International Center of Photography (ICP) New York from May 5 through July 16, 1995. Presents "Ruth Orkin: A Retrospective". Some of the finest and most representative work of the humanist artist whose gritty yet tender street photographs are now regarded as an indispensable part of the canon. The retrospective is also notable for the inclusion of Orkin's much less-well-known "indoor" portraits of such celebrities as Alfred Hitchcock and Montgomery Clift on the studio set of "I Confess", a very young Woody Allen posing at The Met, and a very young Leonard Bernstein rehearsing an orchestra in New York City, among others. At her very best, Ruth Orkin is worthy of comparison with the most celebrated masters of street photography: Robert Frank, Helen Levitt, Garry Winogrand, and of course, her partner Morris Engel, whom she met during the filming of "Little Fugitive" (1952), one of the most influential films ever made. It was, as they say, a marriage made in heaven. Ruth Orkin died on January 16, 1985; Morris Engel, very recently, on March 6, 2005, and are, as it were, reunited at last. An absolute "must-have" title for Ruth Orkin collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare copy thus. 36 plates. Ruth Orkin was named as one of "Ten Greatest Women Photographers of All Time", together with Dorothea Lange, Berenice Abbott, and Margaret Bourke-White. One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER RUTH ORKIN TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0964624702. Stock number: 21456. ISBN: 0964624702
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Imprint: Madrid, Spain, Fundacio Espais D'Art Contemporain, 2003 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 20 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now rare. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at Fundacio Espais D'Art Contemporain in 2003. Presents the Classically-inspired yet post-Modernist landscape portraiture of Ana Teresa Ortega, interspersed with self-portraits. Hers is one of the most arresting and intriguing approaches to the place photograph ever undertaken: Evocative photographs of gardens that recall nostalgically childhood memories. An absolute "must-have" title for Ana Teresa Ortega and contemporary art photography collectors. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white and color plates. One of the most brilliant artist/photographer of our time. A fine copy. . Stock number: 19664.
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Imprint: Bologna, Italy, Grafiche Damiani, 2007 First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 223 pages. Retrospective Monograph. One of the most important photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Grafiche Damiani: Oversize-volume format. The book weighs 3 pounds. Photographs by Bill Owens. Text by A. M. Homes and Claudia Zanfi, who also edited the book. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Bologna, Italy to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Bill Owens". Perhaps the most comprehensive retrospective of Bill Owens' work. A good deal of it has not been published anywhere before, too. "Bill Owens is best-known for his critically acclaimed 'Suburbia'. Owens simply shot friends and acquaintances in his Livermore, California neighborhood and allowed them to speak for themselves. Ordinary people have rarely been so riveting. This volume consists of work from 1969 to the Present, opening at the height of Flower Power with images of the Beat Generation, Woodstock, and the protests against Vietnam. There follows a series of images focussing on urban America, its endless grids, and homogeneous cities. In his most recent photographs, many of which are in color, Owens reveals how suburbia has evolved in the last 40 years, from the friendly place he captured in the 1970's to one characterized by sprawl and anonymity" (Claudia Zanfi). Bill Owens' aesthetic comes from the tension between being an insider and an outsider at the same time, from being someone who "fits right in" and is also deeply immersed in the California counter-culture that repudiated everything bourgeois and materialistic about suburban life. One way to describe his sensibility today is affectionate ambivalence, a rich, complex, late-modern aesthetic that also characterizes the work of Martin Parr at its best, whose work is indebted to Owens, and indeed, as this collection shows, Owens anticipated Parr by about two decades. An absolute "must-have" title for Bill Owens collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in metallic-silver pen-marker on the title page by Bill Owens. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. Bill Owens' "Suburbia" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER BILL OWENS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 8862080174. Stock number: 13624. ISBN: 8862080174
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1983 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 306 pages. The author's breakthrough debut collection of essays. One of the finest literary collections of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Cynthia Ozick's "Art & Ardor: Essays". Her first and most influential collection of essays. Includes brilliant and quarrelsome essays on such subjects as homosexuality, feminism, the demise of the transcendental in contemporary literature, and the mediocrity of much African-American literature. Ozick's essays on these controversial subjects are politically (and refreshingly) incorrect. She is devastating on E. M. Forster's self-serving pronouncements on homosexuality, the parasitic relationship between Virginia and Leonard Woolf, what she regards as the facile shallowness of John Updike, and what she regrets as the failed promise of Truman Capote, among other subjects. Contrapuntally, she is admiring (to the point of hero-worship) about her literary mentors and idols: Henry James, Harold Bloom, Bruno Schulz, and Isaac Bashevis Singer, among a few other geniuses, who make most of today's writers look like sorry decadents indeed. Ozick's great battle-cry in this ground-breaking collection is the need for passion, seriousness, and ardor. Her nemeses, in whatever writer, artist, or cultural moment, are complacency, stupidity, and self-indulgence. An Ozick essay is always cause for celebration. She writes piercingly and critically, but always with an unself-conscious and unindulgent sympathy for her subject, against her better judgment and even while she is tearing him or her to shreds. She is writing in three literary traditions simultaneously, all of them at the most profound level imaginable: The ancient Jewish, the modern European, and the Jamesian American. Hence, the dazzling allusiveness, poignant beauty, and sheer intensity of her work. Her prose style - imbricated, brachiate, and filigreed, to borrow three of her own favorite words - is a paradox: The rush of metaphors arrives at and realizes a work of luminous beauty. An absolute "must-have" title for Cynthia Ozick collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Cynthia Ozick. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1996. Finalist for the National Book Award in 1997 for "The Puttermesser Papers". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001 for "Quarrel & Quandary". Recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CYNTHIA OZICK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0394530829. Stock number: 21792. ISBN: 0394530829
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Houghton Mifflin, 2008 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 179 pages. Collection of novellas. One of Cynthia Ozick's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Cynthia Ozick's "Dictation: A Quartet". Writing at the very top of her form, late in a long and brilliant career. "Four novellas are gathered here, three previously published and one making its first appearance in print. The title novella is a subtly humorous, erudite, craftily conceived exercise in historical 'what if'. As Ozick has it, the two secretaries who perform dictation for famous novelists and personal friends Henry James and Joseph Conrad put their heads together and contrive to fool the world in a literary joke only they will ever know about. In 'Actors', Matt Sorley, close to 60, is a struggling New York actor who gets a fortunate break when the opening night of a play is accidentally a comedic success. The cerebral 'At Fumicaro' sees an American writer in retreat in a small town in Mussolini's Italy. He offers a young pregnant woman marriage and a life in the United States, and then realizes the whole experience with her has been his penance for past deeds. 'What Happened To The Baby' is a raucous but haunting following of a young woman's experiences in getting to the bottom of her sordid family history. Prime examples of Ozick's rigorous writing style, her propensity for recognizing the element of ridiculousness in human tragedy, and her second-nature sympathy for eccentric characters" (Brad Hooper). Ozick is writing in three literary traditions simultaneously, all of them at the most profound level imaginable: The ancient Jewish, the modern European, and the Jamesian American. Hence, the dazzling allusiveness, poignant beauty, and sheer intensity of her work. Her prose style - imbricated, brachiate, and filigreed, to borrow three of her own favorite words - is a paradox: The rush of metaphors arrives at and realizes a work of luminous beauty. An absolute "must-have" title for Cynthia Ozick collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condsition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for "Fame & Folly". Finalist for the National Book Award in 1997 for "The Puttermesser Papers". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001 for "Quarrel & Quandary". Recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CYNTHIA OZICK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0547054009. Stock number: 14767. ISBN: 0547054009
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1996 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 289 pages. The author's third collection of essays. Now considered a late-modern classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Cynthia Ozick's "Fame & Folly: Essays". Seventeen essays that offer more ample proof, if proof were ever needed, that the author is not only a fine novelist and short-story writer, but also one of America's finest literary critics. Includes essays on T. S. Eliot, Henry James, Isaac Babel, Mark Twain, George Steiner, Saul Bellow, and Salman Rushdie, among many others. An Ozick essay is always cause for celebration. She writes piercingly and critically but always with an unself-conscious and unindulgent sympathy for her subject, against her better judgment, and even while she is tearing him or her to shreds. Her mastery of the essay form is something that very few writers can command and most other writers can only envy. She is writing in three literary traditions simultaneously, all of them at the most profound level imaginable: The ancient Jewish, the modern European, and the Jamesian American. Hence, the dazzling allusiveness, poignant beauty, and sheer intensity of her work. Her prose style - imbricated, brachiate, and filigreed, to borrow three of her own favorite words - is a paradox: The rush of metaphors arrives at and realizes a work of luminous beauty. An absolute "must-have" title for Cynthia Ozick collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Cynthia Ozick. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1996. Finalist for the National Book Award in 1997 for "The Puttermesser Papers". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001 for "Quarrel & Quandary". Recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CYNTHIA OZICK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679446907. Stock number: 21793. ISBN: 0679446907
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2010 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 255 pages. The author's sixth novel. One of Cynthia Ozick's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Cynthia Ozick's "Foreign Bodies". Her brilliant "remake" of Henry James' "The Ambassadors", the American novel about Americans in flight from America (to, where else, Europe). "Her vision of Europe and its tragic history is profound. Lili is a creation of stunning depth. It is not Jamesian, it is Ozickian" (The Boston Globe). A cult writer once upon a time, Cynthia Ozick is now firmly established as one of our finest writers. It took a very long time for the reading public as well as the critics to realize her greatness. By her own admission, it was a struggle to achieve the recognition she deserved and the belated fame is more "folly" than anything else, as one of her collections aver. She is writing in three literary traditions simultaneously, all of them at the most profound level imaginable: The ancient Jewish, the modern European, and the Jamesian American. Hence, the dazzling allusiveness, poignant beauty, and sheer intensity of her work. Her prose style - imbricated, brachiate, and filigreed, to borrow three of her own favorite words - is a paradox: The rush of metaphors arrives at and realizes a work of luminous beauty. An absolute "must-have" title for Cynthia Ozick collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. Laid-in, NOT affixed or pasted, is a lovely Souvenir Bookplate that is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen by Cynthia Ozick. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: The bookplate is enclosed in a protective plastic sheet and laid into the book, NOT pasted. Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for "Fame & Folly". Finalist for the National Book Award in 1997 for "The Puttermesser Papers". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001 for "Quarrel & Quandary". Recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CYNTHIA OZICK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0547435576. Stock number: 17708. ISBN: 0547435576
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Houghton And Mifflin, 2004 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 310 pages. The author's fourth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Cynthia Ozick's "Heir To The Glimmering World". A feast for the senses, the heart, and the intellect. In Rose Meadows and James The Bear Boy (based on A. A. Milne's son, named Christopher Robinson in the "Winnie The Pooh" series of children's books), the author has created two of her most memorable, poignant, and compelling characters. Ozick's fictional re-imagination of the boy who inherited his father's enormous fortune and became famous for the rest of his life as a fictional character, is heartbreaking about the son's ultimately disastrous Freudian struggle with his living and then-dead father. "A cause for celebration in the world of literature. Here we have a heroine to love, a story we can't let go of, gorgeous sentences, and ideas to wrestle with. I didn't just read this book, I devoured it" (Ann Patchett). Ozick is writing in three literary traditions simultaneously, all of them at the most profound level imaginable: The ancient Jewish, the modern European, and the Jamesian American. Hence, the dazzling allusiveness, poignant beauty, and sheer intensity of her work. "If there is such a thing as a literary pantheon in America, then Cynthia Ozick is surely its Athena" (Washington Post). Her prose style - imbricated, brachiate, and filigreed, to borrow three of her own favorite words - is a paradox: The rush of metaphors arrives at and realizes a work of luminous beauty. An absolute "must-have" title for Cynthia Ozick collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for "Fame & Folly". Finalist for the National Book Award in 1997 for "The Puttermesser Papers". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001 for "Quarrel & Quandary". Recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CYNTHIA OZICK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0618470492. Stock number: 11632. ISBN: 0618470492
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Houghton And Mifflin, 2004 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 310 pages. The author's fourth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Cynthia Ozick's "Heir To The Glimmering World". A feast for the senses, the heart, and the intellect. In Rose Meadows and James The Bear Boy (based on A. A. Milne's son, named Christopher Robinson in the "Winnie The Pooh" series of children's books), the author has created two of her most memorable, poignant, and compelling characters. Ozick's fictional re-imagination of the boy who inherited his father's enormous fortune and became famous for the rest of his life as a fictional character, is heartbreaking about the son's ultimately disastrous Freudian struggle with his living and then-dead father. "A cause for celebration in the world of literature. Here we have a heroine to love, a story we can't let go of, gorgeous sentences, and ideas to wrestle with. I didn't just read this book, I devoured it" (Ann Patchett). Ozick is writing in three literary traditions simultaneously, all of them at the most profound level imaginable: The ancient Jewish, the modern European, and the Jamesian American. Hence, the dazzling allusiveness, poignant beauty, and sheer intensity of her work. "If there is such a thing as a literary pantheon in America, then Cynthia Ozick is surely its Athena" (Washington Post). Her prose style - imbricated, brachiate, and filigreed, to borrow three of her own favorite words - is a paradox: The rush of metaphors arrives at and realizes a work of luminous beauty. An absolute "must-have" title for Cynthia Ozick collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, dated (shortly after publication), and inscribed in black pen-marker on the title page by the author: "Cynthia Ozick Sept. 21, 2004". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. She then added a comment (in black ink-pen) at the bottom of the page, which clearly indicates that she and the recipients, who are named, either know one another or met at a signing event and conversed at some length: "Why Karaites? They were Talmud rejecters who withered out of history. One must engage in commentary". The Karaites were a medieval Jewish sect; the whole history of Judaism is commentary on the Biblical texts. This title is a late-modern classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, post-publication dated, and inscribed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for "Fame & Folly". Finalist for the National Book Award in 1997 for "The Puttermesser Papers". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001 for "Quarrel & Quandary". Recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CYNTHIA OZICK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0618470492. Stock number: 21796. ISBN: 0618470492
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1982 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 158 pages. Retrospective collection of novellas. One of Cynthia Ozick's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Cynthia Ozick's "Levitation: Five Fictions". Some of her best fiction, which is to say, some of the best fiction of modern American literature. It has been widely reported (and confirmed by Ozick herself) that at a very early reading of the book for a gathering of highly educated readers, Ozick left her audience utterly baffled. She was not daunted and was very generous to the doctors, lawyers, and scientists who came to the reading. As the title suggests with a hint of miracle, the book is about the transformative power of the imagination, creativity, and art, about transcendence being great art's true purpose. The thrust of modern education is (necessarily) pragmatic: About acquiring a degree and thereby landing a secure, high-paying job. As such, the idea of greatness is (unnecessarily) oppressive to many people. A cult writer once upon a time, Cynthia Ozick is now firmly established as one of our finest writers. It took a very long time for the reading public as well as the critics to realize her greatness. By her own admission, it was a struggle to achieve the recognition she deserved and the belated fame is more "folly" than anything else, as one of her collections aver. She is writing in three literary traditions simultaneously, all of them at the most profound level imaginable: The ancient Jewish, the modern European, and the Jamesian American. Hence, the dazzling allusiveness, poignant beauty, and sheer intensity of her work. Her prose style - imbricated, brachiate, and filigreed, to borrow three of her own favorite words - is a paradox: The rush of metaphors arrives at and realizes a work of luminous beauty. An absolute "must-have" title for Cynthia Ozick collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed and inscribed in black ink-pen on the front free endpaper by the author: "With good wishes, Cynthia Ozick". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. There is no recipient named. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few such signed and inscribed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for "Fame & Folly". Finalist for the National Book Award in 1997 for "The Puttermesser Papers". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001 for "Quarrel & Quandary". Recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CYNTHIA OZICK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0394514130. Stock number: 20622. ISBN: 0394514130
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 283 pages. The author's second collection of essays. One of the finest literary collections of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Cynthia Ozick's "Metaphor & Memory: Essays". Thirty essays by Cynthia Ozick, ample proof, if proof were ever needed, that the author is not only a great novelist and short-story writer, but also one of America's best literary critics. Includes essays on Henry James (her single greatest obsession), Chekhov, Cyril Connolly, Italo Calvino, William Gaddis, Saul Bellow, J. M. Coetzee, and some of the most acute essays on Jewish culture, identity, and heritage ever written. An Ozick essay is always cause for celebration. She writes piercingly and critically, but always with an unself-conscious and unindulgent sympathy for her subject, against her better judgment, and even while she is tearing him or her to shreds. She is writing in three literary traditions simultaneously, all of them at the most profound level imaginable: The ancient Jewish, the modern European, and the Jamesian American. Hence, the dazzling allusiveness, poignant beauty, and sheer intensity of her work. Her prose style - imbricated, brachiate, and filigreed, to borrow three of her own favorite words - is a paradox: The rush of metaphors arrives at and realizes a work of luminous beauty. "Sympathy can be an offense against the truth" (Cynthia Ozick). An absolute "must-have" title for Cynthia Ozick collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Cynthia Ozick. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for "Fame & Folly". Finalist for the National Book Award in 1997 for "The Puttermesser Papers". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001 for "Quarrel & Quandary". Recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CYNTHIA OZICK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0394566254. Stock number: 20621. ISBN: 0394566254
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Imprint: London, England, Random House/Pimlico Original Titles, 1996 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 336 pages. Retrospective collection of literary essays. One of Cynthia Ozick's finest achievements. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. It is an Import title, issued in the United Kingdom and a few Commonwealth nations only. None of the copies was commercially sold in the United States. There is NO American Edition. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Cynthia Ozick's "Portrait of The Artist As A Bad Character And Other Essays On Writing". A conceptually coherent, "stand-alone" collection that overlaps with not one, but several, separate collections published in the United States. "Touches on the inner life of literature and of the literary artist. Among the subjects covered are childhood's passionate reading; ambition; the decline of the book as a universal habit; the consequences of gender politics; and the deceptions and impersonations of art" (Publisher's blurb). Hence the brilliantly evocative Cover Design, which shows Leonardo's "Mona Lisa" rendered in multiple, Modernist/Warholian silk-screen variations. A cult writer once upon a time, Cynthia Ozick is now firmly established as one of our finest writers. It took a very long time for the reading public as well as the critics to realize her greatness. By her own admission, it was a struggle to achieve the recognition she deserved and the belated fame is more "folly" than anything else. She is writing in three literary traditions simultaneously, all of them at the most profound level imaginable: The ancient Jewish, the modern European, and the Jamesian American. Hence, the dazzling allusiveness, poignant beauty, and sheer intensity of her work. Her prose style - imbricated, brachiate, and filigreed, to borrow three of her own favorite words - is a paradox: The rush of metaphors arrives at and realizes a work of luminous beauty. An absolute "must-have" title for Cynthia Ozick collectors. This title is a great collection. This is one of few copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: This is an Import title, issued as a softcover original in the United Kingdom and a few Commonwealth nations only. None of the copies was commercially sold in the United States. There is NO American Edition. Even in the countries so priveleged, the book is now quite difficult to find in collectible condition. As such, the remaining fine copies available online command as much as $160. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for "Fame & Folly". Finalist for the National Book Award in 1997 for "The Puttermesser Papers". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001 for "Quarrel & Quandary". Recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CYNTHIA OZICK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0712674845. Stock number: 21788. ISBN: 0712674845
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2000 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 247 pages. The author's fourth collection of essays. Now considered a late-modern classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Cynthia Ozick's "Quarrel & Quandary: Essays". Twenty essays on subjects as diverse as Franz Kafka, Henry James (the greatest influence on her work), Gertrude Stein, William Styron, and a controversial, quarrelsome essay on Anne Frank. "I urge all lovers of American prose to read it. Cynthia Ozick is, for my money, the most accomplished and graceful literary stylist of our time. Her pieces have genuine durability. They are great essays" (The New York Times). A cult writer once upon a time, Cynthia Ozick is now firmly established as one of our finest writers. It took a very long time for the reading public as well as the critics to realize her greatness. By her own admission, it was a struggle to achieve the recognition she deserved and the belated fame is more "folly" than anything else, as one of her collections aver. She is writing in three literary traditions simultaneously, all of them at the most profound level imaginable: The ancient Jewish, the modern European, and the Jamesian American. Hence, the dazzling allusiveness, poignant beauty, and sheer intensity of her work. Her prose style - imbricated, brachiate, and filigreed, to borrow three of her own favorite words - is a paradox: The rush of metaphors arrives at and realizes a work of luminous beauty. An absolute "must-have" title for Cynthia Ozick collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed, dated, and inscribed in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Cynthia Ozick September 19, 2005". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient is named. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for "Fame & Folly". Finalist for the National Book Award in 1997 for "The Puttermesser Papers". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001 for "Quarrel & Quandary". Recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CYNTHIA OZICK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0375410619. Stock number: 21794. ISBN: 0375410619
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1983 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 162 pages. The author's second novel. Now considered a late-modern classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Cynthia Ozick's "The Cannibal Galaxy". Published more than seventeen years after her sprawling debut novel, "Trust": A work of condensed brilliance. It deals with a characteristic Ozickian theme: The constant struggle to reach transcendence and if possible, achieve greatness - in one's eyes. The main character, Joseph, is a Jewish Frenchman living in America. He faced many hardships during the first decades of his life. When he is finally able to overcome them and enjoy the blessings of his emancipation, he still cannot let go of his own sense of failure. Now, the very idea of greatness is oppressive to most human beings, who would settle for material success without any second thoughts. Not Ozick and her deeply felt characters. A cult writer once upon a time, Cynthia Ozick is now firmly established as one of our finest writers. It took a very long time for the reading public as well as the critics to realize her greatness. By her own admission, it was a struggle to achieve the recognition she deserved and the belated fame is more "folly" than anything else. She is writing in three literary traditions simultaneously, all of them at the most profound level imaginable: The ancient Jewish, the modern European, and the Jamesian American. Hence, the dazzling allusiveness, poignant beauty, and sheer intensity of her work. Her prose style - imbricated, brachiate, and filigreed, to borrow three of her own favorite words - is a paradox: The rush of metaphors arrives at and realizes a work of luminous beauty. An absolute "must-have" title for Cynthia Ozick collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Cynthia Ozick. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for "Fame & Folly". Finalist for the National Book Award in 1997 for "The Puttermesser Papers". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001 for "Quarrel & Quandary". Recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. One of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CYNTHIA OZICK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 039452943X. Stock number: 21791. ISBN: 039452943X
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Houghton Mifflin, 2006 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 243 pages. The author's fifth collection of essays. One of Cynthia Ozick's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents "The Din In The Head". Twenty essays by Cynthia Ozick. On subjects as diverse as Franz Kafka and Henry James (her two greatest mentor/idols), Helen Keller, Lionel Trilling, Sylvia Plath, Rudyard Kipling, and Leo Tolstoy, among others, demonstrating a breadth of learning and culture that no longer exists. She writes piercingly and critically, but always with an unself-conscious and un-indulgent sympathy for her subject, against her better judgment, and even while she is tearing him or her to shreds. The Foreword, "On Discord And Desire", presents the context in which the essays were written, a memorial tribute-of-sorts, deeply ambivalent, to Susan Sontag, with whom Ozick apparently quarreled in the lonely privacy of her writing room. For Ozick, Sontag was the dividing line/demarcation between The Old and The New in modern American culture, liberating and devastating at the same time (the title of Sontag's posthumous collection of essays, "At The Same Time", captures her still-controversial legacy from Sontag's own perspective). Sontag was the iconic, charismatic, and seductive champion of the life of the mind, who was also one of the central figures to undermine and even diminish it with her provocative and ardent championing of popular culture, "pure mind" on the one hand, "avid popularizer/fan" on the other. Unlike Sontag, Cynthia Ozick is an unapologetic mandarin, writing in three literary traditions simultaneously, all of them at the most profound level imaginable: The modern European, the ancient Jewish, and the Jamesian American. Hence, the dazzling allusiveness, poignant beauty, and sheer intensity of her work. Her prose style - imbricated, brachiate, and filigreed, to borrow three of her own favorite words - is a paradox: The rush of metaphors arrives at and realizes a work of luminous beauty. An absolute "must-have" title for Cynthia Ozick collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Cynthia Ozick. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Her signature on this copy is one of the most beautiful we have ever seen. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for "Fame & Folly". Finalist for the National Book Award in 1997 for "The Puttermesser Papers". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001 for "Quarrel & Quandary". Recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CYNTHIA OZICK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0618470506. Stock number: 14771. ISBN: 0618470506
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1987 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 144 pages. The author's second novel. One of the finest American novels of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Cynthia Ozick's "The Messiah of Stockholm". Her novel-homage to Bruno Schulz and to Philip Roth, one of Schulz's most ardent champions in English, and to whom the novel is dedicated. For a very long time, literary scholars and Holocaust historians believed that Schulz left behind the manuscript of a novel, "The Messiah". Alas and if so, it has never been found. Disappointed yet inspired, Ozick imagines it turning up in Stockholm, of all places, and then goes from there. "Brings off effects comparable to those of Isaac Bashevis Singer, who can persuade the reader to believe the unbelievable" (New York Review of Books). Bruno Schulz's luminary-admirers are the pantheon of 20th-century American literature: Isaac Bashevis Singer (who considered him greater than Marcel Proust), Saul Bellow, Harold Bloom, Susan Sontag, John Updike, and of course, Philip and Cynthia. Ozick herself is a writer's writer, who will reward those who take the trouble of dipping into and being lost, if only momentarily, in her singular universe. She is writing in three literary traditions simultaneously, all of them at the most profound level imaginable: The ancient Jewish, the modern European, and the Jamesian American. Hence, the dazzling allusiveness, poignant beauty, and sheer intensity of her work. Her prose style - imbricated, brachiate, and filigreed, to borrow three of her own favorite words - is a paradox: The rush of metaphors arrives at and realizes a work of luminous beauty. An absolute "must-have" title for Cynthia Ozick collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Cynthia Ozick. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Ozick's signature on this copy is the best we have ever seen: Clean, flowing, elegant. This title is a great book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1996. Finalist for the National Book Award in 1997 for "The Puttermesser Papers". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001 for "Quarrel & Quandary". Recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CYNTHIA OZICK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0394547012. Stock number: 21822. ISBN: 0394547012
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 70 pages. Landmark collection of the author's work. One of the finest American collections of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Cynthia Ozick's "The Shawl: A Story And A Novella". The novella being "Rosa". Few contemporary writers have explored the subject of loneliness as well as personal - not just political/social - identity, which the author nevertheless views as inescapably linked with one's historical and ethnic roots. The tenderness of these masterpieces is quite unusual in Ozick's largely ironic body of work. She is writing in three literary traditions simultaneously, all of them at the most profound level imaginable: The ancient Jewish, the modern European, and the Jamesian American. Hence, the dazzling allusiveness, poignant beauty, and sheer intensity of her work. Her prose style - imbricated, brachiate, and filigreed, to borrow three of her own favorite words - is a paradox: The rush of metaphors arrives at and realizes a work of luminous beauty. An absolute "must-have" title for Cynthia Ozick collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Cynthia Ozick. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It comes with a pristine copy of "An Introduction To 'The Shawl' " Compact Disc (CD), the riveting audio guide issued by the National Endowment For The Arts (NEA) as part of its "The Big Read" Series. The CD features a reading and commentary by Cynthia Ozick, Elie Wiesel, and other luminaries. This title is a great collection. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy (with CD) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, pristine beauties. Please note: Ozick signed the book, NOT the CD. Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare set thus. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for "Fame & Folly". Finalist for the National Book Award in 1997 for "The Puttermesser Papers". Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2001 for "Quarrel & Quandary". Recipient of the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. One of the greatest American writers of our time. A fine collectible set. (SEE ALSO OTHER CYNTHIA OZICK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0394579763. Stock number: 21813. ISBN: 0394579763
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Riverhead Books, 2003 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 238 pages. The author's breakthrough debut collection of short stories. One of the most important literary debuts of our time. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents ZZ Packer's "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere: Stories". Her stunning debut. ZZ Packer is the fresh, new, and exciting voice of the African-American experience. Consciously or not, she is writing adamantly against rather than within the Toni Morrison "baroque" tradition (for that is what the latter is today) : Her prose is crisp and even blunt yet often rises to a lyricism that is the mark of all great and original prose. "Their combination of tenderness, humor, and apt, unexpected detail set them apart. Packer's prose is wielded like a kitchen knife, so familiar to her hand that she could use it with her eyes shut" (Regina Marler). "Her carefully engineered narratives treat listeners to the richness of highly developed characters and lead them to some intriguing scenarios, like a troop of black Brownies spending their time at summer camp plotting against a troop of what they initially see as haughty white girls, and the deadbeat dad who talks his son into driving him across the country to the Million Man March, not to participate but to sell parrots to African-Americans" (Publishers Weekly). An absolute "must-have" title for ZZ Packer collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed and dated (in the month and year of publication) in green pen on the title page by the author: " ZZ Packer 4/22/03". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and publication-month dated copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. ZZ Packer was selected as one of the "20 Writers Under 40" of the decade by The New Yorker Magazine. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 1573222348. Stock number: 16556. ISBN: 1573222348
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2007 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 322 pages. The author's second novel. One of the most important literary events of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. "Autographed Copy" red sticker pasted in front. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Ann Packer's "Songs Without Words". A novel about transcendence. A richly nuanced meditation on the place of friendship in life. "Liz and Sarabeth's childhood friendship deepened following Sarabeth's mother's suicide when the girls were 16. Now the two women are in their 40's and living in the Bay Area. Responsible mother Liz has come to see eccentric, bohemian Sarabeth, with her tendency to enter into inappropriate relationships with men, as more like another child than as a sister or friend. Packer adroitly navigates Sarabeth's lonely longings and Liz's feelings of guilt and inadequacy" (Publishers Weekly). The first paragraph is magical, one of those moments in literature when a writer limns in a few, spare, and simple image-sentences the entire universe of her novel: "Each evening, the streetlights came on at dusk, and the view out the window changed, from barely glowing kitchens and TV rooms to the houses that contained them, and to the trees that sheltered the houses. It seemed to Sarabeth that for a little while there was a kind of balance out there, an equilibrium. But then, quickly, darkness came down from the sky, and soon the lit rooms returned to prominence, and finally everything else was black, and the world seemed limited to a few bright windows on a street in Palo Alto" (Ann Packer). "Songs Without Words" is Felix Mendelsohn's piano masterpiece, wordless music inspired by song and transcending it at the same time. An absolute "must-have" title for Ann Packer collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Ann Packer. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page, even though it comes from the publisher. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such Advance Signed Copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Ann Packer did NOT sign most copies of the book. Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Ann Packer's "The Dive From Clausen's Nest" is one of the most spectacular literary debuts of our time and won both the Kate Chopin and Great Lakes Book Awards. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0375412816. Stock number: 12476. ISBN: 0375412816
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Imprint: London, England, Ebury Press, 2014 First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 104 pages. Complete transcript of the Munk Debate on subject. One of the most fascinating and insightful debates on the issue ever held. The first appearance of the title in the United Kingdom and in hardcover. Please note: The Anansi Press Edition is a softcover original only. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents "Are Men Obsolete?". What, for now, is the best debate on the subject of manhood and its evolution in contemporary Western society. "For the first time in history, will it be better to be a woman than a man in the upcoming century? The twelfth Munk Debate pits renowned author and editor Hanna Rosin and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Maureen Dowd against New York Times-bestselling author Caitlin Moran and academic trailblazer Camille Paglia to debate one of the biggest socio-economic phenomena of our time: The relative decline of the power and status of men in the workplace, in the family, and society-at-large. Men have traditionally been the dominant sex. But now, for the first time, a host of indicators suggests that women not only are achieving equality with men, but are fast emerging as the more successful sex of the species. Whether in education, employment, personal health, or child rearing, statistics point to a rise in the status and power of women at home, in the workplace, and in traditional male bastions such as politics. But are men, and the age-old power structures associated with maleness, permanently in decline? With women increasingly demonstrating their ability to have it all while men lag behind, the Munk Debate on gender tackles the essential socio-economic question: Are men obsolete?" (Publisher's blurb). The debate is nothing less than a microcosm of evolving notions about sexuality and power. Not surprisingly, Paglia insists on biology and its Darwinian determinism, which will always make men physically, therefore actually, more powerful and relevant than ever. Maureen Dowd and Hanna Rosin emphasize the importance of social structures that, at least in the West, have empowered and unleashed the long-suppressed, natural power of women. The provocative title notwithstanding, the debate ultimately affirms the growing near-equal status between men and women. Unthinkable until recently (and still the case in most non-Western countries), this fact is not debatable. A gem. An absolute "must-have" title for Camille Paglia, Maureen Dowd, Caitlin Moran, and Hanna Rosin reader/collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (British) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A scarce copy thus. Four of the most brilliant feminist/writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CAMILLE PAGLIA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0091959853. Stock number: 19298. ISBN: 0091959853
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Pantheon, 2017 First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 350 pages. Retrospective collection of essays. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. "Autographed Copy" white round sticker pasted in front. Presents Camille Paglia's "Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism". Her provocative essays on feminism, gathered in one accessible volume. "A brilliant, urgent essay collection that both celebrates modern feminism and challenges us to build an alliance of strong women and strong men. Ever since the release of her seminal first book, 'Sexual Personae', Camille Paglia has remained one of feminism's most outspoken, independent, and searingly intelligent voices. Now, for the first time, her best essays on the subject are gathered together in one concise volume. Whether she's calling for equal opportunity for American women (years before the founding of the National Organization for Women), championing a more discerning standard of beauty that goes beyond plastic surgery's quest for eternal youth, lauding the liberating force of rock n' roll, or demanding free and unfettered speech on university campuses and beyond, Paglia can always be counted on to get to the heart of matters large and small. Illuminating, witty, and inspiring. Essential reading that affirm the power of men and women and what we can accomplish together" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Camille Paglia collectors. This Autographed Copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Camille Paglia. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It comes with a pristine copy of the lovely 2018 Chicago Humanities Festival Book Souvenir during which event Paglia was a headline speaker. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most important and influential American intellectual voices of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CAMILLE PAGLIA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0375424776. Stock number: 22075. ISBN: 0375424776
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Pantheon Books, 2012 First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 205 pages. Book-length account on subject. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a tipped-in page. Published in a small and limtied first print run as a hardcover original only. The book is very beautifully produced, with brilliant illustrations and accompanying text that are printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United Kingdom to the highest standards. Presents Camille Paglia's "Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art From Egypt To Star Wars". Her ecstatic celebration ("appreciation" does not quite do it justice) of Western art from Ancient to Modern times. Whether one agrees with any of her often provocative assertions or not (such as her rhapsody on "Star Wars"), Paglia deserves credit for making art's primal power central to our time, and in a way that very few culture critics and scholars are willing to do or are capable of doing. "An enthralling journey through Western art's defining moments, from the ancient Egyptian tomb of Queen Nefertari to George Lucas' volcano planet duel in 'Revenge of The Sith'. America's premier intellectual provocateur returns to the subject that brought her fame, the great themes of Western art. Passionately argued, brilliantly written, and filled with Paglia's trademark audacity. She combines close analysis with background information that situates each artist and image within its historical context" (Publisher's blurb). "A magisterial, poetically composed, and masterly study of 29 great works of Western art" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). An absolute "must-have" title for Camille Paglia collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Camille Paglia. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page, virtually filling up the page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. One of the most important and influential American intellectual voices of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CAMILLE PAGLIA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0375424601. Stock number: 19117. ISBN: 0375424601
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Vintage Books, 1992 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 337 pages. The author's debut collection of essays. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. An elegant production by Vintage Books: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on cover and spine, as issued. Text by Camille Paglia. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Camille Paglia's "Sex, Art, And American Culture". An impressive, tour-de-force performance. Twenty-one provocative essays from one of the most rebellious, iconoclastic yet thoughtful writers on the contemporary American cultural scene. Camille Paglia's "lone-voice-in-the-wilderness" crusade against the prevailing culture of political correctness in America is laudable even if her pugnaciousness (some would say obnoxiousness) puts off many people, rightly so, because it's deliberate on Paglia's part to set herself apart from other commentators and rise above the noise. Her criticism of mainstream American feminism cannot be ignored for the simple reason that she is mostly right about the pieties and hypocrisies that have become entrenched in a movement that was once as dynamic as the Civil Rights Movement. Her central insight is that although we are a product of Judaeo-Christian "Puritan" civilization, our Graeco-Roman "pagan" past remains very much alive albeit deeply repressed. This helps explain the vitality of both popular culture and the cutting-edge, anti-establishment underground. An absolute "must-have" title for Camille Paglia collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. One of the most important and influential American intellectual voices of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CAMILLE PAGLIA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679741011. Stock number: 1494. ISBN: 0679741011
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Vintage Books, 1994 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 532 pages. The author's second collection of essays. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. An elegant production by Vintage Books: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Text by Camille Paglia. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Camille Paglia's "Vamps & Tramps". Another impressive, tour-de-force performance. Her "follow-up" collection, an even richer, fuller collection of essays from one of the most rebellious, iconoclastic yet thoughtful writers on the contemporary American cultural scene. Paglia's "lone-voice-in-the-wilderness" crusade against the prevailing culture of political correctness in America is laudable even if some of her pugnaciousness (some would say obnoxiousness) puts off many people, rightly so, because it's deliberate on Paglia's part to set herself apart from other commentators and rise above the noise. Her criticism of mainstream American feminism cannot be ignored for the simple reason that she is mostly right about the pieties and hypocrisies that have become entrenched in a movement that was once as dynamic as the Civil Rights Movement. Her central insight is that although we are a product of Judaeo-Christian "Puritan" civilization, our Graeco-Roman "pagan" past remains very much alive albeit deeply repressed. This helps explain the vitality of both popular culture and the cutting-edge, anti-establishment underground. An absolute "must-have" title for Camille Paglia collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of very few copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. One of the most important and influential American intellectual voices of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CAMILLE PAGLIA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679751203. Stock number: 1497. ISBN: 0679751203
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Imprint: Chicago, IL, Chicago Office Of Fine Arts, 1986 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 31 pages. Landmark Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now rare. An austerely elegant production by The Chicago Office of Fine Arts: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover, as issued. Photographs by Mickey Pallas. Text by Cornell Capa, Studs Terkel, and other contributors. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition of the same name held at The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center in 1986. Presents "Mickey Pallas: Photographs 1945-1960". Indelible and loving street photography from an under-appreciated Master. "Your photographs are full of your strength and spirit, an amalgam of your passion for action and personal struggle" (Cornell Capa). "Ever on the go, Mickey, with the gait and build of a club fighter, was deceptively good. So good that he captured, indelibly, a piece of our history" (Studs Terkel). "Ever on the go" aptly describes the street photographer, and Mickey Pallas was the indefatigable street photographer par excellence. An absolute "must-have" title for Mickey Pallas collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the Exhibition Catalog still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: While this is neither a full-fledged book nor a monograph, it showcases some of Mickey Pallas' most iconic images, and is very beautifully produced as such. Copies available online have serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 32 plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER COPY OF THIS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). Stock number: 20728.
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Imprint: Chicago, IL, Chicago Office Of Fine Arts, 1986 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 31 pages. Landmark Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now rare. An austerely elegant production by The Chicago Office of Fine Arts: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover, as issued. Photographs by Mickey Pallas. Text by Cornell Capa, Studs Terkel, and other contributors. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition of the same name held at The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center in 1986. Presents "Mickey Pallas: Photographs 1945-1960". Indelible and loving street photography from an under-appreciated Master. "Your photographs are full of your strength and spirit, an amalgam of your passion for action and personal struggle" (Cornell Capa). "Ever on the go, Mickey, with the gait and build of a club fighter, was deceptively good. So good that he captured, indelibly, a piece of our history" (Studs Terkel). "Ever on the go" aptly describes the street photographer, and Mickey Pallas was the indefatigable street photographer par excellence. An absolute "must-have" title for Mickey Pallas collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen underneath the very first image by Mickey Pallas. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: While this is neither a full-fledged book nor a monograph, it showcases some of Mickey Pallas' most iconic images, and is very beautifully produced as such. Copies available online have serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 32 plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER COPY OF THIS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). Stock number: 22348.
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Bronx Museum Of The Arts, 2005 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 128 pages. Retrospective collection of contemporary art and photography. One of the most valuable books of its kind ever published. Limited Edition of 1000 copies. The first and only edition. Published as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The Limited Edition is now rare. The book is very beautifully produced, meticulously curated, insightfully annotated: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine as issued. Art and photography by various contributors. Text by various specialist/experts. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Hatje Cantz in Germany to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Collection Remixed: Art And Photography In The Bronx Museum Collection". The museum's ground-breaking, innovative, and cutting-edge collection of modern art. The museum's reach is ambitiously global: Its Permanent Collection includes work by virtually every major or emergent artist and photographer from all over the world, with emphasis on the often-neglected areas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. As such, many of the names will not be familiar to most viewers, but their art will speak for itself. Some, like Kara Walker and Seydou Keita, are established, if still controversial, names. One, in particular, has a sentimental attachment to the Bronx Museum because it gave him his first ever solo exhibition in the United States: Luis Gonzalez Palma. Amen to that gallant and prescient gesture. An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma and contemporary art/photography collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on his Contribution by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art and photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. Some of the greatest artists and photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA, SEYDOU KEITA, AND KARA WALKER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0917535006. Stock number: 19151. ISBN: 0917535006
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Imprint: Buenos Aires, Argentina, Luis Gonzalez Palma Studio, 2004 First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Luis Gonzalez Palma collectible piece. A pristine copy of "El Amor Coagulado" vintage original print framed on thick, museum-standard Plexiglas under the direct supervision of the artist/photographer. Limited Edition of 15 copies. Gonzalez Palma editions and does not reissue any of his prints once the edition is sold out. The Print is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Luis Gonzalez Palma: Gallery print-size format. Full frame size is 20 X 24 inches. The piece weighs 10 pounds. Vintage original print by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Every print in the edition is unique: The artist/photographer produced the image in Kodalith then hand-pasted solid 22-karat gold leaf embedded with resin over it. The way that the actual print glows radiantly against the light cannot be captured in any printed or digital reproduction of it. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Luis Gonzalez Palma's "El Amor Coagulado" (2004). One of Luis Gonzalez Palma's most beautiful images in mid-career. Represents work that takes his Romanticism in a new direction. Impeccably conceived and produced, it is part of current work that mines such timeless subjects as the passage of time, the dream-like character of memory, and the fundamentally inter-subjective nature of reality. Instead of gazing at the viewer, we see only the Woman's back. The wider view, which shows a Colonial-ornate room setting, momentarily distracts the viewer from the image's singular "touch", a Man's hand on her left shoulder. A lyrical meditation on the dream-like character of love, which is an abstract idea and a concrete reality at the same time, "Coagulated Love" is presence as absence, absence as presence. The Woman is visible, but because we do not see her face, she somehow remains invisible to us, a virtual absence. The Man is invisible, but because we do see his hand, he somehow becomes visible to us, a ghostly presence. "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). "I manipulate in order to emphasize the heart-rending" (Luis Gonzalez Palma). An absolute "must-have" print for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This is a full-size, original vintage print. It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from Luis Gonzalez Palma's American gallery. As far as we know, this is the only copy of print available online and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. Please note: The value of Luis Gonzalez Palma's prints has increased significantly over the years and will continue to do so. A rare print thus. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A flawless collectible print. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Stock number: 16344.
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Imprint: Verona, Italy, Peliti Associati, 1998 First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. Unpaginated. Rare Luis Gonzalez Palma collectible set. A pristine copy of "Il Silenzio dei Maya" ("The Silence of The Gaze"), signed by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Comes with a pristine copy of "La Luna, 1989" Souvenir Poster. "Il Silenzio Dei Maya": The artist/photographer's second collection. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only in Italian and English Versions. This is the Italian-Language version. It is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Donatello Pistocchio and Fulvio Forleo: Oversize-volume format. The set weighs 4 pounds. Black cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Afterword Essay by Laura Leonelli. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Luis Gonzalez Palma's "Il Silenzio Dei Maya". All-"bleed" photographic reproductions and doublespreads. Portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. "Strange, quiet portraits of the Mayan and Mestizo women in his native Guatemala. There is a contradictory quality to many of these portraits. The subjects are women who belong to cultures that have been marginalized yet the photographs have a distinctly European, even Victorian, appearance. Even when dressed in their native clothing, the subjects are often posed in a way that negates their native-ness. Despite that, the faces of the subjects often seem to be challenging the viewer, as if they're proclaiming their refusal to disappear totally. His body of work has been described as existing on both 'the bright and dark sides of Reason'. I'm not at all sure what that means, but it seems somehow appropriate. It's clear Gonzalez Palma's photography extends into the realm of metaphor. There is more to his photographs than what appears in his photographs" (Greg Fallis). "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). An absolute "must-have" set for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the half-title page by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It comes with a copy of "La Luna, 1989" Souvenir Poster. "La Luna, 1989" is the seventh plate in the book. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy (with poster) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, pristine beauties. Please note: Luis Gonzalez Palma signed the book, NOT the poster. He editions his prints, and does not reissue them once all of the copies are sold. Hence, they command tens of thousands of dollars. In the case of "La Luna, 1994", the prints are no longer readily available. A rare set thus. 70 plates, 1 poster. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographer of our time. A fine collectible set. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 8885121497. Stock number: 11562. ISBN: 8885121497
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Imprint: Verona, Italy, Peliti Associati, 1998 First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. Unpaginated. The artist/photographer's second collection. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only in Italian and English Versions. This is the Italian-Language version. It is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Donatello Pistocchio and Fulvio Forleo: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Afterword Essay by Laura Leonelli. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Luis Gonzalez Palma's "Il Silenzio dei Maya". All-"bleed" photographic reproductions and doublespreads. Portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place. "Luis Gonzalez Palma is best-known for his strange, quiet portraits of the Mayan and Mestizo women in his native Guatemala. There is a contradictory quality to many of these portraits. The subjects are women who belong to cultures that have been marginalized yet the photographs have a distinctly European, even Victorian, appearance. Even when dressed in their native clothing, the subjects are often posed in a way that negates their native-ness. Despite that, the faces of the subjects often seem to be challenging the viewer, as if they're proclaiming their refusal to disappear totally. His body of work has been described as existing on both 'the bright and dark sides of Reason'. I'm not at all sure what that means, but it seems somehow appropriate. It's clear Gonzalez Palma's photography extends into the realm of metaphor. There is more to his photographs than what appears in his photographs" (Greg Fallis). "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the half-title page by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only other signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing/Italian Language Version available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: The other copy is also available from us. A rare signed copy thus. 70 plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 8885121497. Stock number: 12016. ISBN: 8885121497
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Imprint: Verona, Italy, Peliti Associati, 1998 First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. Unpaginated. The artist/photographer's second collection. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only in Italian and English Versions. This is the Italian-Language version. It is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Donatello Pistocchio and Fulvio Forleo: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Afterword Essay by Laura Leonelli. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Luis Gonzalez Palma's "Il Silenzio dei Maya". All-"bleed" photographic reproductions and doublespreads. The Latin-American artist/photographer has gained enormous and well-deserved international recognition over the past decade for his portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. "Luis Gonzalez Palma is best-known for his strange, quiet portraits of the Mayan and Mestizo women in his native Guatemala. There is a contradictory quality to many of these portraits. The subjects are women who belong to cultures that have been marginalized yet the photographs have a distinctly European, even Victorian, appearance. Even when dressed in their native clothing, the subjects are often posed in a way that negates their native-ness. Despite that, the faces of the subjects often seem to be challenging the viewer, as if they're proclaiming their refusal to disappear totally. His body of work has been described as existing on both 'the bright and dark sides of Reason'. I'm not at all sure what that means, but it seems somehow appropriate. It's clear Gonzalez Palma's photography extends into the realm of metaphor. There is more to his photographs than what appears in his photographs" (Greg Fallis). "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the half-title page by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only other signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/Italian-Language Version available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: The other copy is also available from us. A rare signed copy thus. 70 plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographer of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 8885121497. Stock number: 12451. ISBN: 8885121497
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Imprint: Tucson, AZ, Nazraeli Press, 2015 First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 76 pages. Exhibition Catalog. One of the best introductions to the art and achievement of Latin-American photography in our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the 2017 Reissued Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run (in 2015) as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Chris Pichler: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards with reproduction of Luis Gonzalez Palma's multi-panelled iconography, and titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by various contributors, a Who's Who of 20th and 21st centuries Latin-American photography. Edited with Essay by Delphine Sims. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the Permanent Collection of Latin-American photography owned by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art in October 2015. Presents "Looking In, Looking Out: Latin American Photography". An important addition to the rather scant literature on its all-important subject. "The documentary nature of Latin-American photography has brought clarity and artistic appreciation to the countries of the region since the camera arrived in the 19th century. The photographers of Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, and other nations have captured the traditions, societal changes, urban and natural landscapes, and varied architectures of their countries. Investigates the cultures and histories of various Latin-American countries through the lens of nostalgia, propaganda, a populist aesthetic, and evolving perspectives. 'Looking In, Looking Out' presents work by twenty photographers that spans 80 years" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Alejandro Cartagena, Luis Gonzalez Palma, and Latin-American photography collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (2015) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with the 2017 Reissued Edition. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white and color plates. Some of the greatest photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO "IMAGE AND MEMORY: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM LATIN AMERICA 1866-1994" TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1590054229. Stock number: 22174. ISBN: 1590054229
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Imprint: Buenos Aires, Argentina, La Azotea Editorial Fotografica, 1993 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 82 pages. The artist/photographer's breakthrough debut collection. One of the most sensational photographic debuts of the last decade of the 20th century. The First Edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original of 1000 copies only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now rare. A stunningly beautiful production by Luis Gonzalez Palma: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. The photograph of the boy on the cover ("Retrato del Nino") has become one of Gonzalez Palma's iconic images. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Text by Maria Cristina Orive with an accompanying felicitous translation in English. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Buenos Aires, Argentina to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Luis Gonzalez Palma". His ground-breaking and breathtakingly beautiful first collection. Luis Gonzalez Palma, who is now based in Argentina, has gained enormous and well-deserved international recognition over the past decade for his portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. "The feverish productivity of Luis Gonzalez Palma is the fruit of an active, intense personality, curious about all forms of contemporary creation; to the same extent, it is the fruit of a ritual art where working on the transformation of that which is natural is fundamental to the aesthetic outcome" (Introduction). Regarded by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez as the finest Latin-American photographer of his generation, the late great writer used "La Rosa" (duotone with oil varnish) for the DJ cover of his novel, "Of Love And Other Demons" (it was also used as the cover image of the Dutch Edition of Garcia Marquez's masterpiece, "One Hundred Years of Solitude"). Gonzalez Palma's photograph of a woman garlanded with a skull, toned and white roses on her hair is a striking image that, by itself, captures what he is trying to say about the paradox of Latin America: A continent of ineffable beauty and unspeakable pain at the same time. "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). "I manipulate in order to emphasize the heart-rending" (Luis Gonzalez Palma). An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 32 color, 10 duotone plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 9509536164. Stock number: 12452. ISBN: 9509536164
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Imprint: Buenos Aires, Argentina, La Azotea Editorial Fotografica, 1993 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 82 pages. The artist/photographer's breakthrough debut collection. One of the most sensational photographic debuts of the last decade of the 20th century. The First Edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original of 1000 copies that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now rare. A stunningly beautiful production by Luis Gonzalez Palma: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. The photograph of the boy on the cover ("Retrato del Nino") has become one of Gonzalez Palma's iconic images. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Text by Maria Cristina Orive with an accompanying felicitous translation in English. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Buenos Aires, Argentina to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Luis Gonzalez Palma". His ground-breaking and breathtakingly beautiful first collection. Luis Gonzalez Palma, now based in Argentina, has gained enormous and well-deserved international recognition over the past decade for his portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. "The feverish productivity of Luis Gonzalez Palma is the fruit of an active, intense personality, curious about all forms of contemporary creation; to the same extent, it is the fruit of a ritual art where working on the transformation of that which is natural is fundamental to the aesthetic outcome" (Introduction). Regarded by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez as among the finest Latin-American photographer of his generation, the late great writer used "La Rosa" (duotone with oil varnish) for the DJ cover of his novel, "Of Love And Other Demons" (it was also used as the cover image of the Dutch Edition of Garcia Marquez's masterpiece, "One Hundred Years of Solitude"). Gonzalez Palma's photograph of a woman garlanded with a skull, toned and white roses on her hair is a striking image that, by itself, captures what he is trying to say about the paradox of Latin America: A continent of ineffable beauty and unspeakable pain at the same time. "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). "I manipulate in order to emphasize the heart-rending" (Luis Gonzalez Palma). An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare copy thus. 32 color, 10 duotone plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 9509536164. Stock number: 19090. ISBN: 9509536164
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Imprint: Chicago, IL, Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, 1993 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 10 pages. Rare Luis Gonzalez Palma collectible item. Exhibition Catalog. One of the earliest catalogs ever published on the artist/photographer. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run of 500 copies as a softcover original only. The Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Luis Gonzalez Palma: Small-size volume format. Glossy pictorial softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. The artist/photographer interspersed his work with poems by Francisco Najera, which are presented in both the Spanish original and English translation by Joan Lindgren. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Chicago to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Schneider-Blum-Loeb Gallery in 1993, a "follow-up" to his debut 1992 exhibition, and cemented his reputation in America. Presents "Luis Gonzalez Palma 1993". Gonzalez Palma, now based in Argentina, has gained enormous and well-deserved international recognition over the past decade for his portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. Regarded by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez as the finest Latin-American photographer of his generation, the late great writer used "La Rosa" (duotone with oil varnish) for the DJ cover of his novel, "Of Love And Other Demons". Gonzalez Palma's photograph of a woman garlanded with a skull, toned and white roses on her hair is a striking image that, by itself, captures what he is trying to say about the paradox of Latin America: A continent of ineffable beauty and unspeakable pain at the same time. An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This title is now collectible. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition at the Schneider-Blum-Loeb Gallery in 1993, it is the "follow-up" to his debut 1992 exhibition, and cemented his reputation in America. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This is NOT a monograph or a book. But it is an important milestone in the artist's career and is eminently collectible as such. A rare copy thus. 5 full-page color plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Stock number: 19098.
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Imprint: Phoenix, Arizona, Lisa Sette Gallery, 2014 First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 20 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Luis Gonzalez Palma: Small-size volume format. Pictorial softcovers, as issued. Photographs and brief text by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Lisa Sette Gallery Phoenix from October 18 through December 31, 2014. Presents Luis Gonzalez Palma's "An Intimate Complicity: Twenty Years of Looking Beyond". A stunning overview of Luis Gonzalez Palma's work thus far, the sum total of twenty years that have seen him become a world-famous artistic figure. Luis Gonzalez Palma, now based in Argentina, has gained enormous and well-deserved international recognition for his portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. Regarded by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez as the finest Latin-American photographer of his generation, the late great writer used "La Rosa" (duotone with oil varnish) for the DJ cover of his novel, "Of Love And Other Demons". Gonzalez Palma's photograph of a woman garlanded with a skull, toned and white roses on her hair is a striking image that, by itself, captures what he is trying to say about the paradox of Latin America: A continent of ineffable beauty and unspeakable pain at the same time. "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online, is in a protective plastic sleeve, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. The other copy, in just as fine condition, is also available from us. A rare copy thus. 25 color plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Stock number: 19702.
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Imprint: Chicago, IL, Art Institute Of Chicago/Schneider Gallery, 1992 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Luis Gonzalez Palma collectible item. A fine copy of "La Rosa" Souvenir Poster of the artist/photographer's very first museum retrospective in the United States, signed by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Limited Edition of 2 signed copies, one for the Permanent Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, the other for his Chicago Gallery. Both were made by Luis Gonzalez Palma himself to commemorate the show. Poster size is 20 X 24 inches. Professionally and archivally framed on Plexiglas and solid black wood. Full frame size is 24 X 30 inches. Weighs 10 pounds. Printed on thick coated stock paper in Chicago, Illinois to the highest standards. The Poster is now rare. Published on the occasion of the artist/photographer's inaugural retrospective exhibition in the United States, "The Persistence of Beauty, The Persistence of Pain", held at The Art Institute of Chicago in 1994. Presents, in its Limited-Edition Poster format, Luis Gonzalez Palma's "La Rosa". Woman as "The Rose", his most iconic image. Shows a woman whose serenely beautiful face is brilliantly "framed": Garlanded with white and toned roses and crowned with a human skull. It sums up in one image Luis Gonzalez Palma's post-Romantic aesthetic and artistic concerns at the same time: Eternal beauty, historical pain; the essence of Latin America, the pain of her colonial history. Luis Gonzalez Palma's art is about paradox, showing The Sublime while also alluding to the more oppressive side of Latin-American, post-colonial culture and society, where women and American-Indian minorities continue to be treated as inferior human beings, and remain subject to the obsolete standards of morality that a male-dominated, colonialist society seeks to perpetuate. The late Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez used "La Rosa" for the cover of his great novel, "Of Love And Other Demons". Vibrant and universal in its appeal, it has also been used in other contexts and settings numerous times (often without the artist's consent), and not just in the United States and Latin America. "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). "I manipulate in order to emphasize the heart-rending" (Luis Gonzalez Palma). An absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This copy of "La Rosa" Retrospective Souvenir Poster is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in pencil on recto by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the poster itself, not on a tipped-in page. This Souvenir Poster is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy available online, is professionally and archivally framed, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Issued in a Limited Edition of 2 signed copies, the only other copy is in the Permanent Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Please note: The "La Rosa" original print (duotone with oil varnish) now commands tens of thousands of dollars (if you can find one). This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed poster thus. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible poster. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Stock number: 20856.
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Imprint: Buenos Aires, Argentina, Luis Gonzalez Palma Studio, 2017 First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Luis Gonzalez Palma collectible item. A pristine copy of "Hija de la Vida" ("Daughter of Life") commemorative original color print, with the Certificate of Authenticity numbered and signed by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Limited Edition of 100 numbered and authenticated/signed copies. Actual print size is 11 X 11 inches. The artist/photographer will issue NO other print size, and will NOT reissue the print once all of the editioned copies are sold. Meticulously matted (by the artist/photographer himself) with a glassine sheet overlay. The matte-ing indicates how he thinks it should be framed: The thin white borders of the print itself cropped; the cropped image framed by large, plain-white borders. Full matted size is 15 X 15 inches. The Certificate of Authenticity comes in its own protective plastic sheet. Printed, using advanced digital technology, on archival watercolor paper in Buenos Aires, Argentina to museum-quality standards. Published to commemorate the artist/photographer's third invitation and participation at the Venice Biennale in 2017, making him the very first and only Latin-American artist thus far to be thrice-honored by the most prestigious art retrospective in the world. Most artists would consider themselves fortunate to be invited to participate even once. Presents Luis Gonzalez Palma's "Hija de la Vida"/"Daughter of Life". Shows a stunningly beautiful portrait of a lovely, young Latin-American woman crowned with a bouquet of fresh flowers. She is the iconic symbol of the promise of youth, the beauty of innocence, and their imminent loss. Just as the flowers on her head will fade, so will she in time is LGP's poignant message. "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). An absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This copy of the commemorative original color print is one of the Limited Edition, indicated/numbered as such on the Certificate of Authenticity that comes with it. The latter is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen by Luis Gonzalez Palma. This print is a contemporary photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy available online and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. Please note: As is his custom, the artist/photographer numbered and signed the Certificate, NOT the print. Once the matted print is framed, the Certificate should be attached to the back for posterity. LGP issued NO other print size, and will NOT reissue the print once all of the editioned copies are sold. The last copies of the print now command between $500 and up, depending on the edition number. A rare print thus. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A flawless collectible print. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Stock number: 21223.
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Imprint: Buenos Aires, Argentina, La Azotea Editorial Fotografica, 1993 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 82 pages. The artist/photographer's breakthrough debut collection. One of the most sensational photographic debuts of the last decade of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Published in a one-time-only print run as a hardcover original of 50 copies only. Produced for the exclusive use of the publisher and artist, none of the copies was commercially sold. The regular trade edition itself is a softcover original of 1000 copies only. Both First Editions are now rare. A stunningly beautiful production by Luis Gonzalez Palma: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. The photograph of the boy on the cover ("Retrato del Nino") has become one of Gonzalez Palma's iconic images. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Text by Maria Cristina Orive with an accompanying felicitous translation in English. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Buenos Aires, Argentina to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its rare Hardcover Edition, "Luis Gonzalez Palma". His ground-breaking and breathtakingly beautiful first collection. Luis Gonzalez Palma, who is now based in Argentina, has gained enormous and well-deserved international recognition over the past decade for his portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. "The feverish productivity of Luis Gonzalez Palma is the fruit of an active, intense personality, curious about all forms of contemporary creation; to the same extent, it is the fruit of a ritual art where working on the transformation of that which is natural is fundamental to the aesthetic outcome" (Introduction). Regarded by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez as the finest Latin-American photographer of his generation, the late great writer used "La Rosa" (duotone with oil varnish) for the DJ cover of his novel, "Of Love And Other Demons". Gonzalez Palma's photograph of a woman garlanded with a skull, toned and white roses on her hair is a striking image that, by itself, captures what he is trying to say about the paradox of Latin America: A continent of ineffable beauty and unspeakable pain at the same time. An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue pen on the title page by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It comes with rare copies of two exquisite Souvenir Materials, one of them also signed by the artist. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy (with signed Souvenir Material) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and despite its imperfection (slight crimp on board's bottom corner, but it's there) is still in especially fine condition: Every single internal page is clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: This Hardcover Edition was published in a one-time-only print run of 50 copies only for the exclusive use of the publisher and artist. None of the copies was commercially sold. The accompanying Souvenir Materials are no longer available anywhere else. A rare signed set thus. 32 color, 10 duotone plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible set. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 9509536164. Stock number: 21900. ISBN: 9509536164
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Imprint: Buenos Aires, Argentina, La Azotea Editorial Fotografica, 1993 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 82 pages. The artist/photographer's breakthrough debut collection. One of the most sensational photographic debuts of the last decade of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Published in a one-time-only print run as a hardcover original of 50 copies only. Produced for the exclusive use of the publisher and artist, none of the copies was commercially sold. The regular trade edition itself is a softcover original of 1000 copies only. Both First Editions are now rare. A stunningly beautiful production by Luis Gonzalez Palma: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. The photograph of the boy on the cover ("Retrato del Nino") has become one of Gonzalez Palma's iconic images. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Text by Maria Cristina Orive with an accompanying felicitous translation in English. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Buenos Aires, Argentina to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its rare Hardcover Edition, "Luis Gonzalez Palma". His ground-breaking and breathtakingly beautiful first collection. Luis Gonzalez Palma, who is now based in Argentina, has gained enormous and well-deserved international recognition over the past decade for his portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. "The feverish productivity of Luis Gonzalez Palma is the fruit of an active, intense personality, curious about all forms of contemporary creation; to the same extent, it is the fruit of a ritual art where working on the transformation of that which is natural is fundamental to the aesthetic outcome" (Introduction). Regarded by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez as the finest Latin-American photographer of his generation, the late great writer used "La Rosa" (duotone with oil varnish) for the DJ cover of his novel, "Of Love And Other Demons". Gonzalez Palma's photograph of a woman garlanded with a skull, toned and white roses on her hair is a striking image that, by itself, captures what he is trying to say about the paradox of Latin America: A continent of ineffable beauty and unspeakable pain at the same time. An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: This Hardcover Edition was published in a one-time-only print run of 50 copies only for the exclusive use of the publisher and artist. None of the copies was commercially sold. A rare copy thus. 32 color, 10 duotone plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 9509536164. Stock number: 22293. ISBN: 9509536164
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Imprint: Lubbock, TX, Landmark Arts: The Galleries Of Texas University, 1999 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 16 pages. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run of 500 copies as a softcover original only. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Luis Gonzalez Palma: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover, as issued. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Text by various contributors. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the very first exhibition by the Guatemalan artist/photographer held at the Landmark Arts: The Galleries of Texas in 1999. Presents Luis Gonzalez Palma's "Silence of The Gaze". Some of the most beautiful images taken by one of the most brilliant Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. The exhibition's title, "Silence of The Gaze", is taken from his second book, which was published in both English and Italian ("Il Silenzio dei Maya") by his Italian publisher. The images, meticulously enhanced with oil varnish, are uniquely and movingly his own. They speak, transcendently, of the humanity and immortality of his subjects, who have gone through every imaginable suffering, have endured, and have prevailed. "La Rosa", one of his most celebrated images, was used by the great Gabriel Garcia Marquez for the DJ cover of his novel, "Of Love And Other Demons": Gonzalez Palma's toned photograph of a woman garlanded with a skull and white flowers on her head is a striking image that, by itself, captures what he is trying to say about the paradox of Latin America: A continent of ineffable beauty and unspeakable pain. An absolute "must-have" title for Luiz Gonzalez Palma collectors. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. A rare copy thus. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0965080862. Stock number: 22405. ISBN: 0965080862
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Imprint: Chicago, IL, Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, 1992 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 11 pages. Rare Luis Gonzalez Palma collectible item. Inaugural Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run of 500 copies as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Catalog is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Luis Gonzalez Palma: Small-size volume format. Pictorial softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Introduction by David Travis, Curator of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago, and one of the finest photography scholars of our time. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibitions at the Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery from May 8 through June 12 and at the Art Institute of Chicago from April 18 through July 12, 1992. A lovely memento of two major events. The shows established the Guatemalan artist/photographer's reputation in the United States as a major contemporary figure. Luis Gonzalez Palma gained immediate, enormous, and well-deserved international recognition for portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. Regarded by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez as the finest Latin-American photographer of his generation, the great writer used "La Rosa" (duotone with oil varnish) for the DJ cover of his novel, "Of Love And Other Demons". Gonzalez Palma's photograph of a woman garlanded with a skull, toned and white flowers on her hair is a striking image that, by itself, captures what he is trying to say about the paradox of Latin America: A continent of ineffable beauty and unspeakable pain at the same time. An absolute must-have collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This title is now collectible. Published on the occasion of the exhibitions at the Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery and at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1992, the shows established the Guatemalan artist/photographer's reputation in the United States as a major contemporary figure. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: This is a Catalog, neither a monograph nor a full-fledged book. But as his very first publication in the United States, it is important for Gonzalez Palma completists. A rare copy thus. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Stock number: 22429.
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Imprint: Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nooderlicht Fotografie, 2002 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 228 pages. Pioneering landmark collection of contemporary Latin-American art photography. One of the most important and most beautiful photography books of its kind ever published. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Wim Melis: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial hard boards with copper cloth overboards and titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by various contributors, THE Who's Who of contemporary Latin-American photography. You name him or her, he or she is in this book (until the turn of the 21st century). Curated with text by Wim Melis. Text by various other expert/specialists. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in Amsterdam, The Netherlands to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the Nooderlicht Photography Festival, which was held in various venues, in 2002. Presents "Mundos Creados: Latin-American Photography". The ground-breaking European retrospective festival on contemporary Latin-American art photography. Produced as a handy reference guide to its subject, Wim Melis divides his book into two parts: "Mundos Creados I" and "Mundos Creados II", with an extended Epilogue. The exhibition itself was divided into four parts, as a "quadrivium", to make the rich subject more easily digestible. Collectively, they capture the vitality, diversity, and sheer beauty of contemporary Latin-American art photography. Luis Gonzalez Palma opens "Mundos Creados I". So many names are not yet familiar to most viewers, but their work speaks for itself. They will astonish, surprise, and delight. Of course, the works of Graciela Iturbide, Flor Garduno, Mario Cravo Neto, and Miguel Rio Branco are also here, in all their transcendent beauty and power. An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma and contemporary art photography collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on his Contribution by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The latter opens "Mundos Creados I", a distinct honor. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the Exhibition Monograph available online and despite its slight imperfection (a tiny pinch on top of the front board, but it's there) is still in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This pioneering book will probably not materialize again because all of the copies sold out upon publication, most of them spirited away by Rare Book library and private collections. A rare signed copy thus. Hundreds of plates. Some of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 9076703191. Stock number: 19152. ISBN: 9076703191
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Imprint: Santa Fe, NM, Arena Editions, 1999 First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 152 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. Now considered a contemporary art photography classic. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Luis Gonzalez Palma and James Crump: Oversize-volume format. Red cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Essay by John Wood. Matching red satin ribbon bound-in. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Luis Gonzalez Palma's "Poems of Sorrow". His very first book to be published in the United States. He has gained an international cult following for his portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. Regarded by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez as the finest Latin-American photographer of his generation, the late great Garcia Marquez used "La Rosa" (duotone with oil varnish) for the cover DJ of his novel, "Of Love And Other Demons" (it was also used as the cover image for the Dutch Edition of Garcia Marquez's masterpiece, "One Hundred Years of Solitude"). Gonzalez Palma's photographs capture what he is trying to say about the paradox of Latin America: A continent of ineffable beauty and unspeakable pain. "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). "I live in a country where there is mysticism and violence at the same time, where you are enjoying nature and the helicopters are flying overhead to bomb some region, where you know that as you are working, someone is being killed or someone is being baptized" (Luis Gonzalez Palma). An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the half-title page by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws even if their dealers don't say so. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternaitve. A rare signed copy thus. 70 color plates. One of the finest Latin American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1892041057. Stock number: 19087. ISBN: 1892041057
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Imprint: San Jose, California, MACLA, Inc., 2001 First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 50 pages. Rare Luis Gonzalez Palma collectible item. A pristine copy of the Exhibition Monograph, "Poetic Paradox: Ten Years of Innovation In Latino Art", signed by Luis Gonzalez Palma. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Monograph is now rare. It is very beautifully produced and scrupulously curated by MACLA: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Art and photography by various Latin-American contributors. Text by various specialist/contributors. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark turn-of-the-century retrospective exhibition of the same name held in 2001 under the auspices of the Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA), which was made possible with funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts. Presents "Poetic Paradox: Ten Years of Innovation In Latino Art". A celebration of the world-class achievement of Latin-American art in our time. Surely among its most celebrated artist/practitioners is Luis Gonzalez Palma, whose work is presented as a doublespread with brief commentary by him. "I am a postmodern Romantic" (Luis Gonzalez Palma). There are few equally eye-opening and enriching introductions to the vibrant, innovative, and exquisite works presented in this book. An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma and contemporary Latin-American art/photography collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on his Contribution (underneath the image) by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art and photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the Exhibition Monograph available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. Some of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Stock number: 19138.
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Imprint: Duluth, MN, Tweed Museum of Art, 2009 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 40 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. Limited Edition of 2000 copies which sold out shortly after publication. The Limited Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Topher McCulloch: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Text by Ken Bloom and other contributors. Gonzalez Palma gives a rare Interview conducted by Patricia Briggs, which appears in this edition only. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Tweed Museum of Art Minnesota from October 9, 2009 through January 10, 2010. Presents Luis Gonzalez Palma's "A Silent Unity of Gazes: The Photographic Vision of Luis Gonzalez Palma". Now-iconic images, beautifully juxtaposed with all-new work, most of which appear in published form for the very first time. The theme of the exhibition is, by now, quite familiar: Luis Gonzalez Palma's treatment of the portrait as The Gaze (every subject looks at the camera in a certain way, regardless of who the photographer is, which gaze the camera captures as an integral aspect of the final image) has resulted in some of the most moving, "New Romantic" images of our time. The images are about the paradoxical co-existence and transformation of Latin-American pain and beauty in Gonzalez Palma's art. At the same time, they have a universal significance that very few contemporary art or photography possesses with such poise and grace. The Gaze enables Gonzalez Palma to transcend the inherent voyeurism of photography, an artistic strategy that preserves the dignity of his subjects and makes both their pain and beauty apparent but non-voyeuristic. The "gaze effect" is achieved simply: The images are toned and layered except for the eyes, whose stark whiteness is retained. Gonzalez Palma's new work explores his Latin-American Romanticism further, mining such timeless subjects as the passage of time, the dream-like character of memory, and the fundamentally subjective nature of reality. Gonzalez Palma continues to enhance his photographs through layering, using special photographic papers, varnish, Kodalith, gold leaf embedded in resin, and other techniques that require his "hand-made", artisanal intervention. An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 25 plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1889523364. Stock number: 19085. ISBN: 1889523364
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Imprint: Verona, Italy, Peliti Associati, 1998 First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. Unpaginated. The artist/photographer's second collection. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only in Italian and English Versions. This is the English-Language Version, which had less than half the print run as the Italian. It is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Donatello Pistocchio and Fulvio Forleo: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Afterword Essay by Laura Leonelli. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Luis Gonzalez Palma's "The Silence of The Gaze". All-"bleed" photographic reproductions and doublespreads. The Latin-American artist/photographer has gained enormous and well-deserved international recognition over the past decade for his portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. "Luis Gonzalez Palma is best-known for his strange, quiet portraits of the Mayan and Mestizo women in his native Guatemala. There is a contradictory quality to many of these portraits. The subjects are women who belong to cultures that have been marginalized yet the photographs have a distinctly European, even Victorian, appearance. Even when dressed in their native clothing, the subjects are often posed in a way that negates their native-ness. Despite that, the faces of the subjects often seem to be challenging the viewer, as if they're proclaiming their refusal to disappear totally. His body of work has been described as existing on both 'the bright and dark sides of Reason'. I'm not at all sure what that means, but it seems somehow appropriate. It's clear Gonzalez Palma's photography extends into the realm of metaphor. There is more to his photographs than what appears in his photographs" (Greg Fallis). "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing/English-Language Version available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: The English-Language Version had less than half the print run compared to the Italian-Language Version. A rare signed copy thus. 70 plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 8885121497. Stock number: 13301. ISBN: 8885121497
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Imprint: San Francisco, CA, Chronicle Books, 2003 First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 150 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs on subject. One of the most beautiful photography books of its kind ever published. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out upon publication. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Peter Fetterman and Scott Rivera: Small-size volume format. Orange cloth boards with photographic reproduction pasted in front and white titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by various contributors, a Who's Who of 20th-century and contemporary photography. Introduction by Peter Fetterman. Essay by the legendary Hollywood actor and collector Whoopi Goldberg. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper to the highest standards. Publisher's sleeve intact. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Woman: A Celebration". A gem. Every single portrait in this book is a beauty: "A photographic homage to Woman in all her glorious diversity and mystery. From a rare image of a grinning Greta Garbo to the direct gaze of a young Guatemalan woman, 'Woman' revels in the breadth of the human experience, with the feted and the nameless shoulder-to-shoulder. The work of dozens of immortal photographers - Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliott Erwitt, Julia Margaret Cameron, Willy Ronis, Ruth Orkin, and many more - fills this volume. These photographs embody the many moods of their subjects in a breadth of photographic styles, from sepia-tinged Pictorialism to guilelessly Modern. A book as captivating as its focus, this small but substantial package is virtually a history of the photographic medium vis-a-vis its timeless subject" (Publisher's blurb). The "direct gaze of a young Guatemalan woman" is otherwise known as "La Rosa" ("The Rose"), Luis Gonzalez Palma's single greatest portrait. Like another great artist/photographer/lover of his subject, he can honestly say: "My medium is Woman" (Alfred Stieglitz). An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma and photography book collectors. This copy is very prominently, uniquely, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on his Contribution ("La Rosa", Plate #65) by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself (right underneath the plate, as he would have signed an original print), not on a tipped-in page. It is Gonzalez Palma's single greatest portrait. This title is a photography book classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This signed copy comes directly from Luis Gonzalez Palma's Chicago gallery. Copies available online are subsequent printings. A rare signed copy thus. 120 black-and-white and color plates. Some of the greatest photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0811840980. Stock number: 20334. ISBN: 0811840980
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Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2005 First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 384 pages. The author's valentine-memoir on subject. One of Orhan Pamuk's finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Orhan Pamuk's "Istanbul: Memories And The City" in a felicitous English translation. An evocative portrait of a great and storied city, an elegy for a bygone civilization, and a meditation on the "complicated intimacies" (Pamuk's phrase) of life itself. "Spins a masterful tale, moving from his fractured extended family, all living in a communal apartment building, out into the city and encompassing the entire Ottoman Empire. Pamuk sees the slow collapse of the once powerful empire hanging like a pall over the city and its citizens. Central to many Istanbul residents' character is the concept of huzun ('melancholy'). Istanbul's huzun, Pamuk writes, 'is a way of looking at life that is ultimately as life-affirming as it is negating'. A powerful, disturbing literary journey through the soul of a great city, told by one of its great writers" (Publishers Weekly). "In the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city, he has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures. He has enlarged the roots of the contemporary novel through his links to both Western and Eastern culture. This means that he has stolen the novel, one can say, from us Westerners, and has transformed it into something different from what we have ever seen before" (Horace Engdahl, Nobel Prize Committee). An absolute "must-have" title for Orhan Pamuk collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed and dated in black pen-marker on the title page by the author: "2010 Orhan Pamuk". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Pamuk's signature on this copy is spectacular, the most beautiful signed copy of this book we have ever seen. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed and dated copies of the First American Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Signed copies of Pamuk's books are scarce and as such, have always been collectible. Copies available online have serious flaws or are subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2003 for "My Name Is Red". Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006, the first Turkish writer to be so deservedly honored. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ORHAN PAMUK TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1400040957. Stock number: 21606. ISBN: 1400040957
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