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RARE Bill Owens Suburbia 1st Printing Hardcover w/Slipcase 1973 PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORY BOOK. For sale is this rare, 1st printing, photography book from Bill Owens titled Suburbia. Bill captured his friends and neighbors in Northern California during the late 60’s/early 70’s; capturing what was the “American Dream” of the suburban life outside the cities. The ultimate symbol of the American Dream is owning your own house. This book is basically a time capsule of that pursuit with beautifully composed and organic moments Bill photographed and included captions/quotes from those he captured. All photos are black and white. Some have said this is the most important photography book of the late 20th century with many trying to copy Bill’s style here but never duplicating it. The book is in good used condition – not new, I’d say it was enjoyed. As you will see in the photos, the green cloth exterior slipcase has some edge/surface wear from being placed on/off a shelf or handled. The book itself with a green cloth exterior has no page tears, no missing pages and no 3rd party writing. The exterior of the book has some minor wear and a slight line indentation on the green cloth front, to the left of the title Suburbia. The back cover at the very bottom edge of the spine has a small tear as seen in photo # 8. The binding is used with rubbing and some pages are a bit lifted from the spin glue – so one must be careful with turning each page. Publisher: Straight Arrow Books in San Francisco – 1973. Please review all photos and ask any questions. Thank you for looking.

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THE VINEYARDS AND WINE CELLARS OF CALIFORNIA; AN ESSAY ON EARLY CALIFORNIA WINEMAKING, by Thomas Hardy. First Published in Adelaide, Australia, in 1885. This fine-printing edition was published by The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1994. First thus edition, edited by Thomas Pinney, with a Foreword by Robert Mondavi. Limited to 450 copies. From the Colophon page (the last page): This reprinting of The Vineyards and Wine Cellars of California was designed and printed in an edition of 450 copies at The Yolla Bolly Press, Covelo, California. Duotone photographs and color reproductions were printed at Phelps/Schaefer Litho-Graphics, San Francisco. The book was bound by Cardoza-James Binding, San Francisco. Hardcover book, cloth covered spine and decorative paper covered boards, 9×13 inches, xxiii + 65 pages, in paper covered slipcase. Beautifully ILLUSTRATED with b&w photographs and tipped-in reproductions of early wine labels and announcements. FINE book in a FINE slipcase.

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The Art of Lightyear Book SIGNED Bookplate 1ST PRINTING Pixar Director & More. 100% authentic new unused. Message me with any questions or concerns you have. Message me with any other offers you may have. We offer a first printing with an exclusive bookplate signed by director Angus MacLane and these artists. Angus MacLane is a Pixar veteran having worked as an animator on every Pixar feature film from A Bug’s Life (1998) through Toy Story 3 (2010). He wrote and directed Pixar’s first TV special Toy Story of Terror! (2013), and co-directed Finding Dory (2016). Tim Evatt, Production Designer. Greg Peltz, Sets Art Director. Grant Alexander, Character Designer. Dean Heezen, Character Designer. Peter Sohn, Story Artist, Director, and the Voice of Lightyear’s robot cat Sox. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “jakesnake403″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.

• Binding: Hardcover
• Place of Publication: San Francisco California
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Subject: Art & Photography
• Modified Item: No
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Year Printed: 2022
• Language: English
• Illustrator: Disney
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Signed Bookplate
• Region: North America
• Author: Andrew Stanton & Angus MacLane
• Topic: Movie
• Character Family: Buzz Lightyear
• ISBN: 9781797200842

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The new Pixar film Lightyear tells the story of the human astronaut Buzz Lightyear, the inspiration for the franchise’s iconic toy space ranger. The film was released theatrically on June 17, 2022, making this signed copy very desirable. This is the first printing with an exclusive bookplate signed by director Angus MacLane and these artists. Is a Pixar veteran having worked as an animator on every Pixar feature film from A Bug’s Life (1998) through Toy Story 3 (2010). He wrote and directed Pixar’s first TV special Toy Story of Terror! (2013), and co-directed Finding Dory (2016). Tim Evatt, Production Designer. Greg Peltz, Sets Art Director. Grant Alexander, Character Designer. Dean Heezen, Character Designer. Peter Sohn, Story Artist, Director, and the Voice of Lightyear’s robot cat Sox. Message me with any questions or potential in person pickups! This vibrant volume is an exclusive look behind the scenes of Disney and Pixar’s original feature film Lightyear. The Art of Lightyear explores the exciting visuals of Disney and Pixar’s newest original feature film. Lightyear is a sci-fi action-adventure and the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear (voice of Chris Evans)–the hero who inspired the toy. The film reveals how a young test pilot became the Space Ranger that we all know him to be today. With production designs, storyboards, colorscripts, exclusive commentary from the creative team, and much more, The Art of Lightyear will take readers behind the scenes of this new animated film, for aspiring artists, animators, and fans alike. Foreword by Andrew Stanton. Introduction by Angus MacLane. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “chrisdragone” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Binding: Hardcover
• Place of Publication: San Francisco California
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Subject: Art & Photography
• Modified Item: No
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Year Printed: 2022
• Language: English
• Illustrator: Disney
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Signed Bookplate
• Region: North America
• Author: Andrew Stanton & Angus MacLane
• Topic: Movie
• Character Family: Buzz Lightyear
• ISBN: 9781797200842

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As part of a large collection of “books about books” and the history of printing, typography, leaf books, fine press books, marbling, parchment and paper, book-binding and book collecting, and the book arts, we offer here one of the finest books in our stock. Printing Poetry: A Workbook in Typographic Reification. San Francisco: Scarab Press, 1980. First printing; first state dust jacket. Clifford Burke at the Cranium Press continued the San Francisco Bay Area fine printing edition, following in the footsteps of Jack Stauffacher, Adrian Wilson, and others. Blue cloth over decorative boards. Exterior and interior fresh and clean. A fine copy in near fine first-state dust jacket. Jacket has 1/4 inch tear near top of spine. One of 2,000 copies designed and printed by Clifford Burke, al. Though at least half of the copies were destroyed. This key reference book explains the mechanics of letterpress printing, design fundamentals, paper, ink and binding, etc. Illustrated with examples throughout printed in brick red. Many copies were lost or destroyed; the few that survived were often encased in a second-state dust-jacket. PLEASE SEE OUR “OTHER ITEMS” FOR MORE FINE PRESS BOOKS, LEAF BOOKS, AND BOOKS ON HISTORY OF PRINTING AND TYPOGRAPHY. The item “RARE 1980 Burke PRINTING POETRY WORKBOOK IN TYPOGRAPHIC REIFICATION Scarab Press” is in sale since Monday, December 14, 2020. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “dance_collector” and is located in Lexington, Virginia. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Year Printed: 1980
• Modified Item: No
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Topic: Printing Poetry / Typography
• Binding: Hardcover
• Region: North America
• Author: Clifford Burke
• Subject: History of Printing
• Personalized: No
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Language: English
• Signed: No
• Publisher: Scarab Press
• Place of Publication: San Francisco, California
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition

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