all color book of Flowers

Moira Savonius, all color book of Flowers

Moira Savonius, all color book of Flowers
Softcover, 72 pp., offset 4/4, 220 x 290 mm
Edition of 5000
ISBN 0-7064-0324-X
Published by Octopus Books

sold

condition: fair, worn cover, interior in good condition, first edition, excellent reference copy.

all color book of Flowers, published in 1974 by Octopus Books, London. A collection of 100 photographs of flowers from around the world. Color illustration on front and back cover, all color photographs inside. Contents: Flowers that change the landscape; Europe; North America; South America; Australia; Africa; Asia; The development of garden flowers; Acknowledgments.

Mr. Bumba Draws a Kitten

Pearl Augusta Harwood, Mr. Bumba Draws a Kitten

Pearl Augusta Harwood, Mr. Bumba Draws a Kitten
Hardcover, 32 pp., offset 3/2, 8.25 x 9.25 inches
Fifth edition
ISBN 0-8225-0107-4
Published by Lerner Publications

$11.00 ·

condition: very good, some wear on cover, interior unblemished, fifth edition, excellent reference copy.

Mr. Bumba was a painter of pictures. One day he wanted to make a picture of a kitten. But he could not remember just how to do it.

Copyright 1966 by Lerner Publications Company; fifth edition published in 1974. The type used in this book is Mr. Bumba Text set in 16 point.

Muhammad and the Marathon

Christopher Nance, Muhammad and the Marathon

Christopher Nance, Muhammad and the Marathon
Hardcover, 62 pp., offset 4/1, 8.75 x 10.75 inches
First edition, signed
ISBN 0-9648363-2-7
Published by Christopher Productions, Inc.

$40.00 ·

condition: very good, shelf wear, interior unblemished, first edition, excellent reference copy.

Before Christopher Nance arrived in 1985 at NBC-TV in Los Angeles, he began his career as a weathercaster and television personality in 1979 in his hometown of Monterey, California. Since 1982, Nance has talked to over 450,000 students with his self-designed program, offered at no charge, called Let’s Talk Weather. Nance was fired from his job at NBC in 2002 after developing “a reputation for profane and menacing off-air behavior, marked by sexual innuendo and violent outbursts.”

“To my mother Sarah, my daughter Noel and to all the boys and girls who dream the wonderful dreams. You are the future.”

— Christopher Nance, 1995

If not for the weather we would all be naked!

Christopher Nance, If not for the weather we would all be naked!

Christopher Nance, If not for the weather we would all be naked!
Hardcover, 62 pp., offset 4/4, 8.75 x 11.25 inches
First edition, signed
ISBN 0-9648363-8-6
Published by Christopher Productions, Inc.

$15.00 ·

condition: fine, shelf wear, interior unblemished, first edition, excellent reference copy.

Before Christopher Nance arrived in 1985 at NBC-TV in Los Angeles, he began his career as a weathercaster and television personality in 1979 in his hometown of Monterey, California. Since 1982, Nance has talked to over 450,000 students with his self-designed program, offered at no charge, called Let’s Talk Weather. Nance was fired from his job at NBC in 2002 after developing “a reputation for profane and menacing off-air behavior, marked by sexual innuendo and violent outbursts.”

“My new motivation is my God, my wife Nicholette, my family and friends.”

— Christopher Nance, 1998

all color book of Kittens

Howard Loxton, all color book of Kittens

Howard Loxton, all color book of Kittens
Hardcover, 62 pp., offset 4/4, 215 x 290 mm
Edition of 5000
ISBN 0-7064-0325-8
Published by Octopus Books

sold

condition: fair, missing dust jacket, worn cover, interior in good condition.

all color book of KITTENS, published in 1974 by Octopus Books, London. A collection of 108 photographs of kittens being as cute as they can, doing kitten things: drinking milk and playing with string. Black and white illustration on front and back cover, all color photographs inside. Contents: You and your kitten; The new arrival; The variety of kittens; Discovery and exploration; In high places; Kittens at play; Acknowledgments.

Forbidden Dreams

Rebecca Blake, Forbidden Dreams

Rebecca Blake, Forbidden Dreams
Hardcover, 132 pp., offset 4/4, 11 x 13 inches
Edition of 10,000
ISBN 0-7043-2475-X
Published by Quartet Books

$40.00 ·

condition: very good, with dust jacket, shelf wear, first edition, excellent reference copy.

Forbidden Dreams (1984) is the first monograph by Belgian-born, New York-based photographer Rebecca Blake. Elegant and darkly alluring fashion photography/erotica from the late 1970s and early 1980s.