Essays by Nicholas Barker, Kenneth Breisch, Anthony Grafton Few people are aware of Los Angeles' vast collective resource of rare books, manuscripts, and related objects, housed in Los Angeles-area libraries. Featuring more than three hundred selections from area collections, The World from Here explores this treasure trove of rare books and ephemera. Included are materials ranging from a 1482 atlas of the known world to fiction classics, early botanical and scientific texts, letters, posters, and artists' books. ...
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Essays by Nicholas Barker, Kenneth Breisch, Anthony Grafton Few people are aware of Los Angeles' vast collective resource of rare books, manuscripts, and related objects, housed in Los Angeles-area libraries. Featuring more than three hundred selections from area collections, The World from Here explores this treasure trove of rare books and ephemera. Included are materials ranging from a 1482 atlas of the known world to fiction classics, early botanical and scientific texts, letters, posters, and artists' books. Selections were culled from nearly forty institutions, including the Huntington Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles Public Library and the libraries at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Southern California. Essays on libraries in the American West, the history of book collecting in Los Angeles, and library buildings in Los Angeles during the twentieth century make The World from Here an engaging study of this impressive, yet little-known, cultural resource. It catalogues an exhibit at the UCLA Hammer Museum until January 13, 2002.
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Very Good+ 0892366591. Hardcover, no dustjacket as issued. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name shown at the Hammer Museum, L. A. In 2001-2002. Grey cloth boards with decorative plate and text is bright and clean, a small section to edge with fraying, faint stain outline and two blue smudges to back board. Book is firm in binding, crisp interior, profusely illustrated with numerous color plates and text by Nicolas Barker, Anthony Grafton and Kenneth A. Breisch. 464 pp. Including index. A striking book. Else-Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 4to 11"-13" tall.
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Fine in None (as issued) jacket. Book 1st pr. Book is square, solid, and unread. Beautiful cloth-and-decorated boards are protected by an archival bag. No remainder marks. This book is so sharp it could slice even Superman's skin--you'll shout up, up, and away with wild abandon when it arrives at your door!
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4to. Cloth with inlaid paper design. 464 pp. 391 works described and reproduced. Antiquarian treasures from throughout the world. Printed on various fine papers with excellent illustrations.
