William E Stebbins (41 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paper Back. Condition: Good.

Hardcover with dustjacket, 256 pages; very good condition except pages yellowed at edges; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

softcover. Condition: with no dust jacket. No Dust Jacket. Light Edge Wear; smear on back flyleaf.

Paperback. Size: 9"x10.5", 255pp., illus. Covers a bit rubbed with a small tear on the back repaired with clear tape, else very good clean & sound condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Hardcover with green cloth covers that show minor shelfwear; pages tight, clean, unmarked. Light DJ wear, especially along edges, small abrasions and rubbing. Not a former library book. .

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: VG+. Heavy oversize wraps with light cover wear, tightly bound; an unmarked copy with clean pages. 470 pages, illustrated in color and b/w. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator).

xii, 235 pages. Paperback: H 29.25cm x L 21cm. Paper covers lightly rubbed with slight scuffing at edges. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Else a near fine copy. With color and b/w illustrations. Prepared as the accompanying catalog for an exhibit opening at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts from June 11 to September 14, 1986 and thereafter touring to the Denver Art Museum for October 25, 1986 to January 18, 1987 and Chicago's Terra Museum of American Art for March 13 to May 10, 1987. ISBN 0878462694.…

Softcover exhibition catalog, 86 pages, very good condition, no internal marks.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good+ Dust Jacket. In French, illustrated, including many in color. 379 pages. Very good hardcover in good+ dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; artwork, boards, text also very good. Light age-toning. DJ has moderate rubbing. Due to the size/weight of this book it is not available for expedited delivery; international shipping may cost extra.…

Paper. Condition: Good. Good paper copy ex. cat. Dec. 12, 1979 - Feb. 3, 1980, 255 pp, illus. in B/W and 4/C.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Light brown cloth, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows a few slight surface marks to rear panel, essentially as issued, now in mylar. 470 pp., 319 illus. including 113 color plates. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Book.…

Paperbound. Condition: New. First Impression. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 470, indexed. Fully illustrated with 319 plates. 113 of which are in color. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Google notes: "American Artists have been inspired by Italy since the 1760s, when Benjamin West, the first American painter to travel there, was drawn to the ancient Roman ruins and magnificent Renaissance architecture, statuary, and frescoes. This intriguing, superbly illustrated book is the first to explore the fascination Italy held for the American artist from West's time to the eve of World War I. The unique sense of the past found in Italy, where tangible evidence exists of a continual civilization from antiquity to the present, lured countless American artists to its cities, towns, and countryside. Painters from West and Copley in the eighteenth century to Cole, Inness, Whistler, Sargent, and Prendergast in the nineteenth century were inspired to create many of their finest works in Italy, as were American sculptors such as Hiram Powers and Harriet Hosmer and writers from Washington Irving to Henry James. This in-depth study includes 319 illustrations, of which 113 are reproduced in full color, many of works that have not previously been published. Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., John Moors Cabot Curator of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Professor of Art History at Boston University, provides a broad overview of the American perception of Italy and the unique role that Italy played in the formation of American art.Further insights into this new area in the study and appreciation of American art are offered in four essays by such leading art historians as William H. Gerdts, City University of New York; Erica E. Hirshler, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Fred S. Licht, Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, and Boston University; and William L. Vance, Boston University. Individual commentaries on each of the paintings, sculpture, and watercolors have been written by the curatorial staff of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Lure of Italy accompanies a major exhibition of the same name, organized by Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., and Erica E. Hirshler that opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and travels to the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.…

Softcover. Condition: VG. Blue-gray illustrated wraps with yellow and white lettering; 255 pp. 101 bw repros. Lengthy essays by William Gerdts and Theodore Stebbins.

Probable first edition (no direct statement provided). 255 pages. Hardcover: H 27.25cm x L 23.5cm. Dust jacket rubbed with light soiling, some scuffing and wear along edges, slender 1.25cm chip at front panel's top left corner, closed tear at spine heel; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Green cloth. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a good+ dust jacket. Published as the accompanying catalog for an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from December 12, 1979 to February 3, 1980 and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from February 28 to April 27, 1980. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.75 pounds (1.7 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0878461469.…

Cloth w/DJ. Condition: VG/G. Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts. VG/G. (1979). . Cloth w/DJ. 4to., 255 pp., DJ price-clipped . Color Plates, B&W Illus. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / University Press of Virginia, 1979. Hardcover, 255 pp. Illustrated in black & white. Published in conjunction with an exhibition in Boston, whiich also traveled to Philadelphia. Washington Allston was one one of the most acclaimed American artists, highly regarded in the the U.S. as well as Europe. His reputation waned for various reasons, and this exhibition and book aim to re-evaluate his place in art history & American history. In very good condition.…

Condition: Very Good. None. Exhibition catalog. 255 pages, illustrated throughout with numerous plates in color and b&w. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Light wear to edges and spine, else a very nice, tight copy. Record # 401389.

255, (1)pp. 100 illus. (partly color). Sq. 4to. Wraps. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Dec. 1979-Feb. 1980.

Condition: Fine. - Quarto [10-3/4 inches high by 9-1/8 inches wide], cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with a short tear to the top edge of the rear panel. The head of the jacket spine is chipped. 255 pages. Illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. Washington Allston, described by Coleridge as "a man of genius" was the earliest of America's romantic artists. This book was published to accompany an exhibition celebrating the 200th anniversary of Allston's birth, which was shown at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 470 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, September 16 to December 13, 1992; and other venues. Near fine. Gently browsed, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "American Artists have been inspired by Italy since the 1760s, when Benjamin West, the first American painter to travel there, was drawn to the ancient Roman ruins and magnificent Renaissance architecture, statuary, and frescoes. This intriguing, superbly illustrated book is the first to explore the fascination Italy held for the American artist from West's time to the eve of World War I. The unique sense of the past found in Italy, where tangible evidence exists of a continual civilization from antiquity to the present, lured countless American artists to its cities, towns, and countryside. Painters from West and Copley in the eighteenth century to Cole, Inness, Whistler, Sargent, and Prendergast in the nineteenth century were inspired to create many of their finest works in Italy, as were American sculptors such as Hiram Powers and Harriet Hosmer and writers from Washington Irving to Henry James. This in-depth study includes 319 illustrations, of which 113 are reproduced in full color, many of works that have not previously been published. Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., John Moors Cabot Curator of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Professor of Art History at Boston University, provides a broad overview of the American perception of Italy and the unique role that Italy played in the formation of American art. Further insights into this new area in the study and appreciation of American art are offered in four essays by such leading art historians as William H. Gerdts, City University of New York; Erica E. Hirshler, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Fred S. Licht, Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, and Boston University; and William L. Vance, Boston University. Individual commentaries on each of the paintings, sculpture, and watercolors have been written by the curatorial staff of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Lure of Italy accompanies a major exhibition of the same name, organized by Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., and Erica E. Hirshler that opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and travels to the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: American Painters and the Lure of Italy, by Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr.; Celebrities of the Grand Tour: The American Sculptors in Florence and Rome, by William H. Gerdts; Seeing Italy: The Realistic Rediscovery by Twain, Howells, and James, by William L. Vance; "Gondola Days": American Painters in Venice, by Erica E. Hirshler; American Artists in Twentieth Century Italy, by Fred S. Light; Catalogue of the Exhibition. I: Joining the Grand Tour. II: Dream of Arcadia. III: Americans in Rome. IV: Decline and Fall. V: Views Afoot. VI: Florence and Tuscany. VII: Renaissance Revival. VIII: Venetian Life. IX: Related Works. Size: 4to. Collectible.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 4to, Hardback with unclipped dust jacket. 255 Pages, Illustrations. Some light edge wear and chipping to jacket which is now in clear protective wrap. Overall a very good copy in likewise dust jacket. Extra postage may apply for overseas orders. All books are posted in a sturdy book box.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: V G rubbed. 1st Edition. 255pp. 186 illus. (24 colour). biblio. index. Essays to accompany the exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Dec. 12, 1979-Feb. 3, 1980, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Feb. 28-Apr. 27, 1980.

kartoniert kartoniert. Condition: Sehr gut. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, 234 Seiten, Zust: Gutes Exemplar. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren, insgesamt sehr guter Zustand. Schneller Versand und persönlicher Service - jedes Buch händisch geprüft und beschrieben - aus unserem Familienbetrieb seit über 25 Jahren. Eine Rechnung mit ausgewiesener Mehrwertsteuer liegt jeder unserer Lieferungen bei. Wir versenden mit der deutschen Post. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 936.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The response of U.S. foreign policy to the volatile rise of global jihadism in the wake of the 9/11 attacks has been sweeping and multifaceted. One key pillar of U.S. strategic response has been the active promotion of Western representative democracy in those regions of the Islamic world identified as jihadist centers of incubation (namely: Afghanistan and Iraq). This objective-commitment to establishing representative democracies in Afghanistan and Iraq-has required, and continues to require, an impressive investment of U. S. resources, political capital, and international goodwill. In light of such continuing investment, the salient question that his monograph explores is whether the pursuit of representative democracy is a feasible and profitable, or quixotic and damaging project for U.S. strategic interests. Upon examining the minimum requirements for representative, pluralistic democracy compared with both the insistence of Middle Eastern nations to enshrine the Qur'an as the constitution of the state and the fundamentalist (therefore literal) interpretation of the Qur'an-the interpretation held by Islamic jihadiyyeen terrorists-the conclusion reached is that not only is democratization of the Middle East an ill-suited strategic project, it exacerbates the emergence of Islamic terrorists. Instead of pursuing democratization of the Middle East, our nation should focus all resources upon neutralizing those terrorist organizations which pose the greatest threat. This monograph shows that strategies attempting to indirectly and comprehensively defeat Islamic terrorists by drastically changing the political environment in which they are thought to emerge is based upon false assumptions and invalid arguments.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 4to. pp. 255. 186 illus. (24 colour). biblio. index. cloth. dw. First Edition. Freitag 100.