Spectacle, Signed (131 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Author Signature with inscription on Title Page First edition by number code. Dust jacket is protected by mylar. Signed By Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Canadian First. Complete number line from 1 to 4; signed by Rachel Rose on the title page with no inscription; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight carefully read copy. This copy has some pagedge soil, several small light stains to the edges of the text block, a light corner bump, slight lean, edgewear to the top and heel of the spine. The priced jacket has some light edgewear else fine. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Advance Reader's Edition with complete number line (1-9). Flat SIGNED by Liss on title page. Unmarked, very bright, extremely tight, crisp unread copy in pristine condition. No dust jacket as issued. Carefully bubble wrapped and ships immediately. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of first edition with complete number line (1-9). Flat SIGNED by Liss on title page. Unmarked, unclipped, very bright, extremely tight, crisp unread copy in pristine condition. Archival mylar covered dust jacket. Carefully bubble wrapped and ships in sturdy box. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. x, 294p., illus., very good condition in like dust jacket; signed and inscribed by Glenn on the free front endpaper.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 5th or later Edition. Corner scuffs, bumps and shelf wear. Flat signed "David Liss" and dated "2/18/10" in blue ink under his name on title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NF/NF. First edition, first printing. Signed and dated by author on title page. 381 pp. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. FIRST PRINT DJ PROTECTED SIGNED. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new copy in Brodart cover.(see picture) 381 pages.The author has inscrbed a line from the book,signed and dated it on the third page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine to Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. Nice copy of first printing signed by author on title page. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Rick C. Spears (illustrator). First Printing with full number line 1-10. Inscribed by author (Kelly Milner Halls) on title page. Otherwise inside is clean, glossy, and unmarked. Dust jacket has creasing at edges. See photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Clean, bright copy in mylar-protected dj. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. The only flaw is a name sealed on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 255 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, portraits (some colour); 26 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the authors David Rockwell and Bruce Mau, with a personalized inscription. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. *** CONTENTS: Spectacle: Big: Kumbh Mela: the new human scale; Olympic opening ceremonies: global stage; Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: storybook skies; Bold: Las Vegas: viva!; World's fairs: pavilions of progress; Circus: beneath the big top; Brussels Flower Carpet: Belgium's color field; Brief: Fireworks: ephemeral etchings; Harbin ice and snow festival: melting in Manchuria; Flash mobs: much ado about nothing; Connect: Burning man: brief Bohemia; Calcio Storico: a Renaissance rumble; NASCAR infield: racing's revved-up reunions; Transform: Carnival: masquerade, metamorphosis; Ticker-tape parades: New York's vertical party; Day of the Dead: greeting the spirits; Marches on Washington: speech as spectacle; Immerse: Tomatina Festival: uncanned combat; Holi Festival: vivid vernal equinox; Running of the bulls: Pamplona's adrenaline rush; Getting there: Calendar of 100 spectacles; 40 spectacles to visit. Asides: Introduction, by David Rockwell; Living in the moment, by David Rockwell interviewed by Chee Pearlman; Big: The fragility of crowds: the Nika Riot; Excavating the Olympics: Pierre Fredy, Baron de Coubertin; The society of the spectacle: Guy Debord; Bold: America at leisure: Coney Island; Boomtown: atomic tourism in Las Vegas; Freakish fascinations: the Feejee Mermaid; Brief: Momentos: souvenirs of spectacles; Spells of Saint Vitus: dance manias of the middle ages; The public theater: Bernini's urban spectacles; Connect: The importance of play: the Fun Palace of Cedric Price; The abuse of spectacle: Mussolini's civic revivals; The allure of disaster: the Roman games; Transform: Breaking convention: the Feast of Fools; Protest as spectacle: the Seattle Riots; Afterword: Here is the church, by Herbert Muschamp. Interviews: Big: Nick Day: rivers of prayer; David Zolkwer: Olympian effects; Muhammad Ali: Olympic fighter; Jean McFaddin: thinking big; Bold: Steve Wynn: reinventing Las Vegas; Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown: constructing decoration; Dave Hickey: real fakery; Simon Doonan: Window reflections; Brief: Julie Taymor: living theater; Bill Wasik: the crowd artist; Kurt Andersen: on the record; Connect: Larry Harvey, circles in the sand; Kevin Kelly, art as play; Jeff MacGregor: gas, grills, and girls; Transform: Peter Minshall, the streets of carnival; John Waters: on hating spectacle; Quincy Jones: high notes; Don Mischer: striking a chord; Immerse: Guy Laliberte: from street to cirque; Craig Hummer: survival of the fittest. Size: 4to. SIGNED. Collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Tight unmarked book in rubbed dust jacket; signed by author on title page; 9.32 X 6.70 X 1.33 inches; 400 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Signed, "Best wishes" by author. No personal inscription. Solid VG softcover. Signed by Author(s).

Couverture souple. Condition: Comme neuf. Edition originale. 136 pages, reproductions de quelques photographies et documents. Quatrième de couverture : "Simone de Beauvoir expliquait l'offre de la prostitution féminine par la demande expresse qu'en font ses clients. De la même manière, il suffirait que le spectacle de la mort cesse d'alimenter le sadisme inavoué des amateurs de corridas pour que la torture légale des taureaux soit supprimée. Derrière les mots de "tradition", de "spectacle", "d'art" se cache aussi, malsaine et millénaire, la passion inavouable de la mort. Les spectateurs qui applaudissaient autrefois le massacre des gladiateurs sont les mêmes qui jouissent, aujourd'hui, de la mise à mort du taureau. Le goût du cadavre, de la souffrance et du sang n'a pas vieilli. Simplement, derrière les ors, la lumière, la fanfare et de fallacieux prétextes, s'exprime une passion morbide. Celui ou celle qui n'oserait pas tordre le cou à un poulet, se repaît de l'agonie d'un splendide animal. Les condamnés de la place de Grève n'étaient-ils pas déjà l'objet d'une curiosité morbide ? Et si les exécutions publiques ont été interdites par l'État, c'est bien parce qu'elles provoquaient des élans malsains auprès d'un public friand de meurtre. Car enfin, de quel droit l'être humain peut-il, au nom de son seul plaisir, torturer un autre être vivant, sous prétexte que ce dernier est plus faible ou moins intelligent ? Je me sens complice, toute cruauté me révolte, et c'est cette révolte-là que je veux porter dans le discours anti-corrida.". Signé par l'auteur. Livre.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Dédicace de Hamid Ben Mahi et des danseurs Babacar Cissé dit « Bouba » , Vanessa Petit, Sarah Bee, Soria Rem et Frédéric Faula. Publié par le Castor Astral en 2013, broché avec une couverture rigide en bon état, 107 pages. Dédicacé par l'auteur.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. First edition of the author's first book. A remainder mark else a VERY FINE(unread) book in VERY FINE jacket, SIGNED by the author on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First edition of the author's first book. Short stories. Signed on the title page, remainder mark to top page edges else a fine (unread) book in fine jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: FINE. First printing. The author's first book, a collection of nine short stories. INSCRIBED on the title page "For -- great canary artist, many thanks for your help. . . " 190 pp. Fine in a a very near fine dust jacket.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. Gift inscription from author to Jenifer [Neils] on ffep. Very faint shelfwear. ; 8.8 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 424 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Inscribed and signed by authors on front free endpaper. Dust jacket has some edge tears and edge folds. Book is used with some minor wear. Some pages have dog-eared (folded) corners for place finding. Tightly bound copy with clean interior having no markings, writing, underlining, or highlighting in margins or text block. Inv. # 13290. Inscribed by Author(s).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. V. Sl. Edgewear/Shelfwear/Soiling. Flier Laid In For Guerilla Poets Night That Is Signed By Various Poets Including Matt Levy. B/W And Color Illus. 41 Pp. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Fine in Fine DJ. Signed by Liss. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Gaspereau Press, Kentville N.S., card cover with dustjacket, First Edition/First Printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, and dated 'August 15, 2008, Ross Creek' where the play was performed. Book is Fine and appears unread; jacket is Fine but with sunning to the spine and about 1 1/2 inches into the front cover - a near new copy overall - dust jacket comes in a removable, archival mylar sleeve. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Gift inscription to R. E. Fantham from author to ffep. Very light shelfwear. ; Public spectacle--from the morning rituals of the Roman noble to triumphs and the shows of the Arena--formed a crucial component of the language of power in ancient Rome. The historian Livy (c. 60 B. C. E. -17 C. E. ) , who provides our fullest description of Rome's early history, presents his account of the growth of the Roman state itself as something to be seen--a visual monument and public spectacle. Through analysis of several episodes in Livy's History, Andrew Feldherr demonstrates the ways in which Livy uses specific visual imagery to make the reader not only an observer of certain key events in Roman history but also a participant in those events. This innovative study incorporates recent literary and cultural theory with detailed historical analysis to put an ancient text into dialogue with contemporary discussions of visual culture. In Spectacle and Society in Livy's History, Feldherr shows how Livy uses the literary representation of spectacles from the Roman past to construct a new sense of civic identity among his readers. He offers a new way of understanding how Livy's technique addressed the political and cultural needs of Roman citizens in Livy's day. In addition to renewing our understanding of Livy through modern scholarship, Feldherr provides a new assessment of the historian's aims and methods by asking what it means for the historian to make readers spectators of history. ; 250 pages; Signed by Author.

Condition: FINE. First printing. Sequel to the author's Edgar award-winning first novel, "A Conspiracy of Paper" set in early 18th century London, and featuring Benjamin Weaver, pugilist turned private investigator. SIGNED on the title page. Historical note. ix, 381 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. This copy has been SIGNED by David Liss on the title page! Benjamin Weaver, the quick-witted pugilist turned private investigator, returns in David Liss's sequel to the Edgar Award-winning novel "A Conspiracy of Paper." Here, David Liss combines historical erudition with mystery, complex characterization, and a captivating sense of humor. Signed by Author(s).