New York: HDI (Harper Design International/LOFT, 2003. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. The format is approximately 6.75 inches by 9 inches. 95, [1] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (some in color). Biography. Works. Images. This is one of the Duets series. Gustav Klimt (14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. Amongst his figurative works, which include allegories and portraits, he painted landscapes. Among the artists of the Vienna Secession, Klimt was the most influenced by Japanese art. He was a successful painter of architectural decorations. He began to develop a more personal style, his work was the subject of controversy that culminated when the paintings he completed around 1900 for the ceiling of the Great Hall of the University of Vienna were criticized as pornographic. He achieved a new success with the paintings of his "golden phase", many of which include gold leaf. Otto Koloman Wagner (13 July 1841 – 11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect, furniture designer and urban planner. He was a leading member of the Vienna Secession movement of architecture, founded in 1897, and the broader Art Nouveau movement. By mid-1890s, he had already designed several buildings in what became known as the Vienna Secession style. His later works, 1906 until his death in 1918, had geometric forms and minimal ornament, clearly expressing their function. More

Koln: Taschen, 2006. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 96 Pages Cover has front and back flaps. Illustrated covers. Illustrations (some with color). Bibliography. Magdalena Droste is one of the best-known Bauhaus researchers worldwide. She was Professor and holder of the Chair for Art History at Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus Senftenberg from 1997 to 2018. She studied Art History and German Studies at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen) and the Philipps University of Marburg, completing her Ph.D. there in 1977. From 1980 to 1997, she was curator at the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin. Droste has authored and edited numerous publications on the subject of Bauhaus and the history of nineteenth and twentieth-century design. Droste is emeritus today. The Asuhaus school existed in three German cities—Weimar, from 1919 to 1925; Dessau, from 1925 to 1932; and Berlin, from 1932 to 1933—under three different architect-directors: Walter Gropius from 1919 to 1928; Hannes Meyer from 1928 to 1930; and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe from 1930 until 1933, when the school was closed by its own leadership under pressure from the Nazi regime, having been painted as a centre of communist intellectualism. More

Barcelona: TeNeues/LOFT, 2002. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. The format is approximately 6.75 inches by 9 inches. 79, [1] pages. Illustrations (many in color). Chronology of Mackintosh's works. Text in English, French, German and Italian. This is one of the Archipocket Classics series by TeNeues. Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 – 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, water colorist and artist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism. His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macdonald, was influential on European design movements such as Art Nouveau and Secessionism and praised by great modernists such as Josef Hoffmann. Mackintosh was born in Glasgow and died in London. He is among the most important figures of Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style). Mackintosh entered the architectural profession in 1884 as an apprentice to John Hutchinson in Glasgow and in the evenings studied at Glasgow School of Art where he became a prize-winning student. In 1889 he joined Honeyman and Keppie (John Honeyman and John Keppie) major architectural practice as a draughtsman and designer, where in 1901 he became a partner. His early design work as a draughtsman and lead designer can be seen from 1893 in the interior of Craigie Hall, Dumbreck, and in the new saloon and gallery of Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street for which he signed the drawings. In the early 1910s the partnership known from 1901 as Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh declined in profitability, and in 1913 Mackintosh resigned from the partnership and attempted to open his own practice. More

Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1964. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. 112 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Paperclip impression on a couple of pages. Clear plastic dust wrapper soles some wear and soiling. Illustrated cover has wear on edges and corners. Walter Muir Whitehill (1905 – 1978) was an American writer, historian, medievalist, and the Director and Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum from 1946 to 1973. He was also editor for publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts from 1946 to 1978. From 1951 to 1972 Whitehill was a professor at Harvard University. The younger Whitehill received his AB and AM degrees from Harvard in 1926 and 1929. Shortly after this he married Jane Revere Coolidge, a descendant of Thomas Jefferson and eldest daughter of Julian Coolidge. He then went to England where he received a Ph.D. from the University of London. In 1932 he did in Santiago de Compostela the first full transcription of the medieval Codex Calixtinus. Whitehill was selected to deliver an important televised address about the history and development of Boston on the occasion of the Bicentennial Celebration of the United States. On July 11, 1976, he spoke at the Old State House in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II, the Mayor of Boston, the Governor of Massachusetts, and a large audience. The text of his address was printed in a publication by the Bostonian Society, which operates the Old State House on behalf of the National Park Service. He delivered the commencement address in 1974 at the College of William and Mary. More

New York: Icons Editions [Harper & Row Publishers], 1974. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 10.25 inches. [12], 179, [1] pages DJ is in a plastic sleeve, with small edge tears noted. Illustrated endpapers. 184 Illustrations. Stylistic listing of Art Deco buildings. Location listing of Art Deco buildings Contents include Introductory Definition, The Extra-Architectural Impetus, The Architectural Impetus, Decorative Motifs and Symbols in Art Deco Architecture, Architectural Stylistic Devices, Materials and Building Functions, and Conclusion: Gothic Similarities and Architectural Anonymity, Sources, Index. Donald John Vlack was a painter, writer and designer, his real life's work was his passion for architecture and hard-fought aesthetic opinions. Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA) is one of the world's longest-established and largest museum exhibition design firms with offices in New York City, London, Beijing, Berlin, Moscow, and Dubai. The firm was founded in 1978 by Ralph Appelbaum (born 1942), a graduate of Pratt Institute and former Peace Corps volunteer (in Peru). Appelbaum currently directs RAA's undertakings, and retains daily involvement in selected commissions. The New York Times reported in 1999 that the firm was composed of "architects, designers, editors, model builders, historians, childhood specialists, one poet, one painter and one astrophysicist." The company's best-known project is the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., which is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust. Established in 1993, the museum has been described as a "turning point in museology" More

New York: Howard Books, 2010. First Howard Books Hardcover Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xi, [1], 243 pages. Illustrations. DJ has some wear and edge tears. Black mark on botton edge. Inscription signed by Smiley on the dedication page. Inscription reads Jeff and Thomas and family, thank you for your love and service. God Bless. Scott Smiley. Scott "Scotty" Smiley is a retired U.S. Army Major and United States Military Academy graduate. He was the U.S. Army's first blind active duty officer. After graduating from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York in 2003 he then completed the Basic Officer Leaders Course and Ranger School both at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was then stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington where he led a platoon of 45 men. While at West Point Smiley became friends with Edward Graham, the son of Franklin Graham. Smiley and Graham ended up entering the Army on the same day, were in Ranger School together and were in the same platoon. On April 6, 2005, Smiley was wounded while partially exposed on the top of a Stryker in Mosul, Iraq when a suicide bomber blew up a car close by. Smiley fired two warning shots in front of the vehicle and then the car exploded which sent shrapnel into his eyes. The shrapnel that entered Smiley's eyes left him blind and temporarily paralyzed. He woke up in Walter Reed Army Medical Center. An Army medical review board later declared him fit to continue to serve. He then became the U.S. Army's first blind active duty officer. In 2010 he received the "Father of the Year" award from the National Father's Day Committee. He received the Christopher Award and the Louis Braille Award both in 2011. More

Cleveland: Case Western Reserve University, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 314 pages. Illustrations. Introduction: The Genesis of Engineering Schools in Europe and the United States. Appendix A, B, and C. Notes. Index. C. H. Cramer, Historian, 1902–1983. Awarded the 1973 Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature. Cramer’s eight books still come alive because he knew the secrets of telling a good story, whether it be the life of the great 19th-century orator and debunker of “old-time religion” Robert G. Ingersoll, or his history of the dental school at CWRU—the campus Cramer called home for three decades. The WWII years found Cramer in Washington, D.C., where he would serve as director in charge of recruitment, first for the Board of Economic Warfare and then for the National War Labor Board. After the war, he spent three years trying “to help repair the ravages of the conflict”—first as personnel director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration’s displaced persons operation in war-torn Germany. In 1949, Cramer accepted the only other academic appointment of his career—with the history department of Western Reserve University, where the distinguished historian Carl Wittke, his old mentor from OSU, was now dean of the graduate school. It was only after being named emeritus professor of history in 1974 that he was able to turn again to his first love, storytelling. He wrote a history of the university for its centennial in 1976, as well as histories of its law school (1977), its school of library science (1979) and its dental school (1982). More

New York: Random House, 1992. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. The format is approximately 6 inches by 8.5 inches. [12], 273, [3] pages. Minor endpaper soiling. Describes the author's early years as an ambitious and eccentric young man who stood out from his family and neighborhood, his kung fu lessons under the tutelage of a sadist, and his often misguided mimicry of Zen Buddhist practices. Mark Joseph Salzman (born December 3, 1959 in Greenwich, Connecticut) is an American writer. Salzman is best known for his 1986 memoir Iron & Silk, which describes his experiences living in China as an English teacher in the early 1980s. The book was made into a 1990 film of the same title. Salzman wrote the screenplay and starred as himself in the film. After receiving his 2000 Guggenheim Fellowship,[4] Mark Salzman spent time as a stay-at-home parent.[5] Salzman, along with three other men, was featured in the 2007 documentary Protagonist, directed by his wife, Jessica Yu. Common to his later works is a theme of struggling to reach an ideal but falling short, and the quiet changes within a person who faces the possibility of never achieving their goal. More

Champaign, Illinois: Sagamore, 1993. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 231, [7] pages. Illustrations. The Lineup Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads To Dennis, a fellow O's fan & writer--Oh, and cousin...Enjoy! Susan Fornoff 7/14/93. Susan Fornoff’s childhood influenced her career choice; the location left an imprint on a particular part of that career. Fornoff was born February 4, 1958 and grew up in Baltimore. Her father took Susan to Memorial Stadium to watch Johnny Unitas and the Colts and, during the warmer months, to see the Orioles with their infield of Brooks Robinson at third, Luis Aparicio and Mark Belanger at shortstop, Dave Johnson at second base, and Boog Powell at first base—a group that earned a combined 29 Gold Gloves during their years with Baltimore. A journalism major at the University of Maryland, Fornoff covered sports for the Baltimore News-American and USA Today before moving to the Bay Area and taking over as the beat writer for the Athletics for the Sacramento Bee in 1985. Fornoff was one of the pioneers of women sportswriters who fought for access to locker rooms and through double standards and attitudes that they were in a place they didn’t belong. In 1987, Fornoff became one of the co-founders of the Association for Women in Sports Media, a support network and advocacy group that promotes diversity in all types of sports media. Fornoff left the Sacramento Bee near the end of 1991. She then started a 15-year career in editing and reporting at the San Francisco Chronicle. More

Chicago: Triumph Books, 2001. First printing thus. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 286 pages. Illustrations. Career Statistics. Index. Hank Greenberg died before he could finish this book. There were gaps in the manuscript that the Editor attempted to fill. Henry Benjamin Greenberg (born Hyman Greenberg; January 1, 1911 – September 4, 1986), nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank", "Hankus Pankus", or "The Hebrew Hammer", was an American professional baseball player and team executive. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the Detroit Tigers as a first baseman in the 1930s and 1940s. A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and a two-time Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award winner, he was one of the premier power hitters of his generation and is widely considered one of the greatest sluggers in baseball history. He had 47 months of military service including service in World War II, all of which took place during what would have been prime years in his major league career. Greenberg played the first twelve of his 13 major league seasons for Detroit. He was an American League (AL) All-Star for four seasons[a] and an AL MVP in 1935 (first baseman) and 1940 (left fielder). He had a batting average over .300 in eight seasons, and won two World Series championships with the Tigers (1935 and 1945). Greenberg was the first Jewish superstar in American team sports. Having endured his share of anti-semitic abuse in his career, Greenberg was one of the few opposing players to publicly welcome African-American player Jackie Robinson to the major leagues in 1947. More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. The format is approximately 6.75 inches by 9.75 inches. 240 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Cover has some wear and soiling. Publisher's Introduction by Richard L. Simon. Henry Dreyfuss (March 2, 1904 – October 5, 1972) was an American industrial design pioneer. Dreyfuss is known for designing some of the most iconic devices found in American homes and offices throughout the twentieth century, including the Western Electric Model 500 telephone, the Westclox Big Ben alarm clock, and the Honeywell round thermostat. Dreyfuss enjoyed long-term associations with several name brand companies such as American Telephone and Telegraph, John Deere, Polaroid, and American Airlines. Dreyfuss began as a Broadway theatrical designer. Until 1920, he apprenticed under Norman Bel Geddes, who would later become one of his competitors. In 1929, Dreyfuss opened his own office for theatrical and industrial design. His firm met with commercial success, and continued as Henry Dreyfuss Associates for over four decades after his death. In 1955, Dreyfuss wrote Designing for People. A window into Dreyfuss's career as an industrial designer, the book illustrated his ethical and aesthetic principles, included design case studies, many anecdotes, and an explanation of his "Joe" and "Josephine" anthropometric charts. More

Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2011. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. vi, 314 pages. Appendix. Chapter Notes. Bibliography. Index. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads Ted, Our books go together well. Good luck with yours. Jack Smiles. Business card of Ted Leavengood laid in. Ted Leavengood is the author of Clark Griffith, the Old Fox of Washington Baseball, Ted Williams and the 1969 Senators, The Last Winning Season, and The 2005 Washington Nationals. He was a retired federal official. Jack Smiles is a former full time newspaper sports and feature writer a currently a feature correspondent for Times Shamrock Communications and a freelancer. He lives in Wyoming, Pennsylvania with his wife Diane. They have a daughter Sadie who works as Correspondent Specialist in the office of the governor of Pennsylvania. Jack is the author of 3 books: “Ee-Yah”: The Life and Times of Hughie Jennings, Baseball Hall of Famer; Big Ed Walsh: The Life and Times of a Spitballing Hall of Famer; and Bucky Harris: A Biography of Baseball’s Boy Wonder. Stanley Raymond "Bucky" Harris (November 8, 1896 – November 8, 1977) was an American professional baseball second baseman, manager and executive. While Harris played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers, it was his managerial career that led to his enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame, elected as a manager by the Veterans Committee, in 1975. Harris managed 29 seasons, fourth most in MLB history. In his tenure as manager for five teams, Harris won over 2,150 games, three league pennants and two World Series championships. More

New York: Three Rivers Press, 2001. First Paperback Edition [stated]. Fourth printing [stated]. Trade paperback. viii, 472 pages. Occasional Footnotes. Sources and Guide for Further Reading. Index. Signed by the author sticker on the front cover. Cover has minor wear and soiling. Signed by the author on the title page. Arthur L. Herman (born 1956) is an American historian, currently serving as a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. Herman received his B.A. from the University of Minnesota and M.A. and Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins University. He spent a semester abroad at The University of Edinburgh in Scotland. His 1984 dissertation research dealt with the political thought of early-17th-century French Huguenots. Herman taught at Sewanee: The University of the South, George Mason University, Georgetown and The Catholic University of America. He was the founder and coordinator of the Western Heritage Program in the Smithsonian's Campus on the Mall lecture series. In 2008, he added to his body of work Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age, a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. His book, How the Scots Invented the Modern World, was a New York Times bestseller. The book was published as a hardcover in November 2001 by Crown Publishing Group and as a trade paperback in September 2002. Critics found the thesis to be over-reaching but descriptive of the Scots' disproportionate impact on modernity. In the American market, the trade paperback peaked at #3 on The Washington Post bestseller list, while in the Canadian market it peaked at #1. The book grew out of a class topic at the Smithsonian regarding intellectual life in Edinburgh in the 18th century. Herman was impressed by the fact that so many prominent individuals who had a significant impact on modernity had come from such a specific geographic location and time-frame. More