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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Chris Wormell (illustrator). 1st Edition. A Borzoi Book from Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a divison of Penguin Random House, LLC, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2017. First (1st) Printing (full number line to "1") of the "First Edition October, 2017" (stated). As New in an As New Dust Jacket. Unread. The Text Block is clean, bright white, tight, straight and square with no markings of any kind. The Binding is white quarter paper to white, textured cloth, colors uniform throughout, with author's signature and design debossed on front board, bright white and black title, etc., to the spine, unmarked pictorial endpapers in blue tones, and all corners square and sharp. The pictorial Dust Jacket is bright, colors uniform, with the original prices (US $22.99 CAN $29.99) intact on the rear panel. See photos. 449 + i pages. 6 5/8" x 9 1/4". The first of a second trilogy of fantasy novels, La Belle Sauvage, Volume One of The Book of Dust, is set 12 years before the start of His Dark Materials, and describes the events leading to the arrival of the infant Lyra Belacqua at Jordan College, Oxford. ISBN 10: 0375815309 / ISBN 13: 9780375815300.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A Borzoi Book from Alfred A. Knopf Inc., a division of Penguin Random House, LLC, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2021. "Third Printing, March 2021" (stated) of the First American Edition. The first printing occurred earlier the same month on March 2nd. As New in an As New Dust Jacket. Unread. The Text Block is clean, bright white, tight, straight and square with no markings of any kind. The Binding is full black cloth (color uniform throughout) with bright gilt title, etc., to spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The bright red Dust Jacket is flawless - color uniform and fully intact with the original price ($28.00) intact on the front flap. See photos. 303 + ii pages. 6 3/8" x 9 1/2". In this speculative novel, longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize, the author examines the dangers of advancing technology and what it means to be human. The first-person narrator is Klara, a solar-powered artificial friend. ISBN 10: 059331817X / ISBN 13: 9780593318171.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. 1st Edition. A Borzoi Book from Alfred A. Knopf, a divison of Penguin Random House, LLC, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2019. First (1st) Printing (full number line to 1) of the "First Edition October 2019" (stated). As New in a Very Fine Dust Jacket. Unread. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square, with deckled fore-edges and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full red cloth color uniform throughout, with debossed bird image and facsimile of author's signature to front board, bright gilt title, etc., to spine, unmarked pictorial endpapers with view of Oxford, and all corners square and sharp. The pictorial Dust Jacket is fully intact with the original prices (US $22.99 / $29.99 CAN) intact on the rear panel, bright with colors uniform throughout, and would be flawless but for a very slight bulge at the spine. See photos. 633 + ii pages. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4". Lyra Silvertongue (now a 20 year old undergraduate at University) and her daemon Pantalaimon, the protagonist(s) of His Dark Materials, encounter new adventures in this second volume of The Book of Dust, a fantasy novel which explores the relationship between rational and non-rational perceptions of the world. The book was shortlisted for the 2020 Fiction Book of the Year in the British Book Awards. NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 980 grams / 2 lb., 2.6 oz., and will require extra postage for international shipment or expedited delivery. ISBN 10: 0553510665 / ISBN 13: 9780553510669.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Alfred A. Knopf Inc., a Borzoi Book, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC., New York, New York, U.S.A., 2022. First (1st) Printing (no others stated) of the "First Edition" (stated). As New in an As New Dust Jacket. Unread. The Text Block is clean, bright white, tight, straight and square with deckled fore-edges, and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full blue cloth with bright gilt title, etc., to spine, unmarked, white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The pictorial Dust Jacket is fully intact, bright and flawless, with the original prices (USA $30.00 Canada $41.00) intact on the front flap. See photos. 383 + i pages. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". One of the two last novels published by the author before his death in 2023, the novel was longlisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. ISBN 10: 0307268993 / ISBN 13: 9780307268990.

Octavo; hardcover; 514pp., untrimmed, with 8pp. of full-colour plates and many monochrome illustrations. Dustwrapper. Remainder. New. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. From Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic Paul Goldberger: an engaging, nuanced exploration of the life and work of Frank Gehry, undoubtedly the most famous architect of our time. This first full-fledged critical biography presents and evaluates the work of a man who has almost single-handedly transformed contemporary architecture in his innovative use of materials, design, and form, and who is among the very few architects in history to be both respected by critics as a creative, cutting-edge force and embraced by the general public as a popular figure. "Building Art" shows the full range of Gehry's work, from early houses constructed of plywood and chain-link fencing to lamps made in the shape of fish to the triumphant success of such late projects as the spectacular art museum of glass in Paris. It tells the story behind Gehry's own house, which upset his neighbors and excited the world with its mix of the traditional and the extraordinary, and recounts how Gehry came to design the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, his remarkable structure of swirling titanium that changed a declining city into a destination spot. "Building Art" also explains Gehry's sixteen-year quest to complete Walt Disney Concert Hall, the beautiful, acoustically brilliant home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Although Gehry's architecture has been written about widely, the story of his life has never been told in full detail. Here we come to know his Jewish immigrant family, his working-class Toronto childhood, his hours spent playing with blocks on his grandmother's kitchen floor, his move to Los Angeles when he was still a teenager, and how he came, unexpectedly, to end up in architecture school. Most important, "Building Art" presents and evaluates Gehry's lifetime of work in conjunction with his entire life story, including his time in the army and at Harvard, his long relationship with his psychiatrist and the impact it had on his work, and his two marriages and four children. It analyzes his carefully crafted persona, in which a casual, amiable "aw, shucks" surface masks a driving and intense ambition. And it explores his relationship to Los Angeles and how its position as home to outsider artists gave him the freedom in his formative years to make the innovations that characterize his genius. Finally, it discusses his interest in using technology not just to change the way a building looks but to change the way the whole profession of architecture is practised. At once a sweeping view of a great architect and an intimate look at creative genius, "Building Art" is in many ways the saga of the architectural milieu of the twenty-first century. But most of all it is the compelling story of the man who first comes to mind when we think of the lasting possibilities of buildings as art. 9780307701534.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition stated first printing of a new hardcover in a new dustjacket. Featuring Freddy Otash, rogue cop sleaziod private eye but most importantly the head strong-arm goon for "Confidential" magazine.