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Description: New York. 1992. Random House. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 039457611x. 992 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Law Politics. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Only in our own time have writers and other artists been free to write, sing, and depict what they want. Girls Lean Back Everywhere shows how writers, artists, and their legal defenders achieved this precarious freedom by defeating, if only for the time being, their equally irrepressible antagonists. Girls Lean Back Everywhere is the story of how the arts in America finally came to be protected under the First Amendment, thanks to the stubborn resolve of a few artists, publishers, and exhibitors, together with the efforts of a handful of lawyers and the simple courage and moral brilliance of Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. But this book does far more than trace the triumph of a great legal principle. It is also a vivid portrait, told often in their own voices, of those remarkable twentieth-century artists who defied their powerful opponents and courageously insisted on their absolute right to free expression. Edward de Grazia has crafted an extraordinary chronicle of the battles fought and won in our century in behalf of free expression. In showing how this struggle affected the careers of such artists as Joyce, Lawrence, Edmund Wilson, Vladimir Nabokov, Henry Miller, William Burroughs, Lenny Bruce, and, in our own decade, Robert Mapplethorpe, Karen Finley, Holly Hughes, and others, de Grazia demonstrates the enormous price that these artists and our culture paid for their victories - the misery, the rejection, the energies wasted, the work not done. By the 1960s it had become clear that such writers as Joyce, Lawrence, Henry Miller, and William Burroughs were here to stay and that the Warren Court, led by Justice Brennan, was wise enough to ratify what the majority of Americans clearly wanted. But as de Grazia also shows in this brilliant book, the hand of the censor has not lost its cunning. inventory #16196
Seller: zenosbooks, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fine
Description: (USA) Stated 1st edition. Name of UBC English professor in pencil to the end paper, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 814pp, index, There are portraits of writers to the back panel of the dustjacket but no illustrations in the book. This book is the story of how the arts in America finally came to be protected under the First Amendment. De Grazia shows how this struggle affected the lives of Joyce, Lawrence, William Wilson, Nabokov, Henry Miller, William Burroughs, Robert Mapplethorpe and others. (3.4 JM LVR 205/4 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
Seller: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Arthur C. Danto, Robert Mapplethorpe. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Random House, New York, 1992. Hardcover, 382 pp. 1st edition, 2nd printing. Large format. The definitive book of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe's work, which he created over the last 20 years of his short life. Images include portraits, flowers, male and female nudes, as well as the more controversial sexual and S/M photographs. Adult content. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. The slipcase has tanning, some rubbing and small scuffs. **Heavy or oversize Item. An extra shipping charge may apply.**
Seller: Randall's Books, Cathedral City, CA, U.S.A.
MAPPLETHORPE, Robert. ( Arthur Danto).. ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE.. Random House,, New York,, 1992.
Price: US$89.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. 382 pages. Definitive collection of Robert Mapplethorpe's black-and-white photographs,drawing on the full range of his work, from the early polaroids to the haunting self-portraits taken shortly before he died. It was prepared in collaboration with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, which was established by the artist to provide funds for AIDS research and photographic projects. Original publisher's ale grey cloth covered boards with silver embossed lettering on the spine and plain embossed lettering on the front board . Very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. ISBN: 9780224036054 Fine in fine dust jacket.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$90.18 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Random House, 1992. 1st edition. 4to hardcover. 382pp. Illustrations. Near Fine book. Near Fine dust jacket. With remainder mark. (Erotic Photography, Portraits) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Random House, 1992. First Edition. Quarto. 382 pp. Black and white photographs throughout. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Gray boards with spine stamped in silver. Dust jacket lightly worn with some toning to edges; faint surface scratching and a few stray red spots. Boards show mild shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Small Elephant Folio. 380pp. Original photo-illustrated dustjacket over gray cloth with blind-stamped lettering on cover, silver on spine. Black endpapers. Five frontispiece photographs. Photo-illustrated half-title. near fine in near fine d.j. "Robert Mapplethorpe began taking photographs in 1970 with a Polaroid camera given to him by a friend. Nearly twenty years later, when Mapplethorpe died at the age of forty-two, he was considered one of the most important photographers of his time. His elegant and sometimes shocking nudes, the black-and-white portraits, flower and still lifes, and images of sexual sadomasochism had been exhibited widely and were the subject of serious critical attention in Europe and America. A few months after his death, Mapplethorpe became the focus of an acrimonious debate over federal funding of the arts when an exhibition of his work was canceled by the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C. The director of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, was subsequently acquitted of obscenity charges brought against him for presenting the same exhibition." (publisher). The collection of extraordinary photographs features provocative nude and sadomasochistic motifs, Mapplethorpe self-portraits, Patti Smith, and a number of figureheads of the art and movie scene, e.g. Arnold Schwarzenegger, William Burroughs, Andy Warhol and others.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House, New York, 1992.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Slight wear to boards, unclipped DJ and slipcase. Solid binding and clean text. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. International addresses will require extra postage due to size. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 382 pages
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert; Essay by Arthur C. Danto. Mapplethorpe. Random House, New York, 1992.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 382pp. Large quarto [31.5 cm] Light gray cloth over boards with the title stamped in silver on the backstrip, and blind stamped title on the front cover. Black endpapers. Foot of spine mildly bumped and toned. Spine of dust jacket is moderately sunned. Lacking the matching slipcase. Prepared in collaboration with The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. This is the definitive collection of the black-and-white photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto. 31cm x 30cm . 382pp. A very nice copy in dust jacket. Stated first edition. Some spotting to top foredges. The definitive collection of Mapplethorp's black and white photographs.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Danto, Arthur C (Essay), Robert Mapplethorpe. Mapplethorpe. Random House, New York, 1992.
Price: US$105.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 400pp. Gray cloth boards, blindstamped, embossed silver lettering on the spine. Hundred of black and white photographs from his early Polairoid works to his death. The book is as new. Unclipped pictorial jacket is like new in a mylar sleeve. Housed in a black and white pictorial slipcase which has discoloration on the upper corner. Laid in is an article on Mapplethorpe from Newsweek, July 25, 1988 "This is the definitive collection of Mapplethorpe's black-and-white photographs, drawing on the full range of his work, from the early Polaroids to the haunting self-portraits taken shortly before he died. It has been prepared in collaboration with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, which was established by the artist to provide funds for AIDS research and photographic projects." Size: Square Quarto
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$121.84 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: New York : Random House, 1992. 1st edition. 4to. 382pp. Illus. Fair book. Very Good dust jacket. Slipcase missing, else Very Good all around. (artistic photography, erotic photography, portrait photography, criticism and interpretation) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$123.37 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers.
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe (In Publisher's Slipcase). Random House, New York, 1992.
Price: US$124.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Stated first edition. Gray cloth with stamped silver lettering on spine and stamped title on front cover. In publishers slipcase that still has shrink wrap covering case but not opening. A very clean as new copy with no marks or inscriptions. PayPal accepted.
Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine fresh copy in like dust wrapper with publishers paper covered cloth slipcase, essentially as new. The definitive collection of nearly three hundred duotone photographs chronicles the development of Mapplethorpe's career, in a collection that includes his society portraits, nudes, floral still life's, and explicit erotic images.
Seller: Nicholas J. Certo, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
Robert Mapplethorpe, Arthur C. Danto. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$135.71 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: First ] Publisher: Random House Pub Date: 10/27/1992 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 382 First edition.
Seller: BookHolders, Towson, MD, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. First Edition, Stated.. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$139.25 + shipping
Description: 1992. Hardcover. First Edition, Stated. Slipcase. Cloth, dj. Minor fading along edges of slipcase. Minor sunning to jacket spine. Else fine. A nice, clean copy with pristine images. Very Good.
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good hardcover copy with dustjacket, 382pp, filled with B/W photographs. This is the definitive collection of Mapplethorpe's black and white photographs of nudes, portraits, flower still-lifes and sexual S M (sadomasochism). Danto writes about 'Playing With The Edge: The Photographic Achievement Of Robert Mapplethorpe'.
Seller: Olana Gallery, Brewster, NY, U.S.A.
Robert Mapplethorpe. Mapplethorpe. Random House October 1992, 1992.
Price: US$144.30 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.
Seller: Magus Books Seattle, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy of the stated first hard cover edition in a lnear fine (not clipped) dust-jacket and slipcase. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding, jacket, and slipcase are bright and fresh in appearance, with slight loosening of the upper-right corner of the front endpaper front the board, resulting in a 1" intact tear of the endpaper and a slight wobble to the board at that point . A brilliant copy. of this sumptuous book. [Please note: Due to the size and weight of the volume extra shipping may be required depending on the destination and speed of delivery requested. Quotations gladly provided.]
Seller: Works on Paper, DeKalb, IL, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. MAPPLETHORPE. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$156.46 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 9.04
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$165.31 + shipping
Description: An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and complete with the printed slip-case. ; 382 pages; Description: 382 p. : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-371) . Subjects: Mapplethorpe, Robert. Photography, Artistic. 8 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First Edition Hardcover with dust jacket and slipcase. Book is in excellent condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight.
Seller: Broad Street Books, Branchville, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$187.35 + shipping
Description: I ed. italiana: ottobre 1992 (ed. originale: Random House Inc. 1992). Traduzione di Andrea Buzzi. Volume pubblicato in collaborazione con The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. IV quasi quadro/ 384/ cart./ sovraccoperta in carta satinata con grafica in b/n ed illustrata in b/n ai piatti (Robert Mapplethorpe, Autoritratto, 1988). Con 382 immagini in b/n f.t. e altre immagini in b/n nel testo di A.C. Danto. Fogli di guardia in carta ruvida nera. Cura e progetto grafico di Mark Holborn e Dimitri Levas. Stato buono-ottimo. Sommario: Polaroid 1972-1975 - Fotografie 1972-1989 - Giocare sul limite. le conquiste fotografiche di Robert Mapplethorpe; di Arthur C. Danto - Cronologia - Esposizioni - Bibliografia - Elenco delle illustrazioni - Nota del curatore - Ringraziamenti.
Seller: Studio bibliografico De Carlo, Carmagnola, TO, Italy
Price: US$190.00 + shipping
Description: An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and complete with the printed slip-case. ; 382 pages; Description: 382 p. : chiefly ill. ; 32 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-371) . Subjects: Mapplethorpe, Robert. Photography, Artistic. 8 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$192.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Prepared in collaboration with The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.Essay by Arthur C. Danto.Edited and designed by Mark Holborn and Dimitri Levas.First Edition. Light reading wear,otherwise book and d/w in very good condition.Slipcase shelf-worn,split along one top edge,marks and scratches on front and back,red marks on top edge,fair. Please note this is a very heavy book - 4.5 Kg - and would be expensive to ship outside the UK.
Seller: eclecticbooks, BOLTON, United Kingdom
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in pale grey linen cloth over thick boards, in a Fine grey frenchfold dustwapper, in a Fine publisher's cloth and paper covered slipcase. Includes Chronology, List of Exhibitions and Catalogs, Projects, Publications, List of Plates. 382pp. A monograph of the photographer's work, lavish and exacting. Q08437
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. NY: Random House, 1992.
Price: US$223.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine oversized hardcover in a Fine dj in a Fine slipcase. First Edition, First Printing. First Edition stated to copyright page and lowest # in # row is 2, per Random House's custom of designating first printings. With an essay by Arthur C. Danto. Profusely illustrated with over 300 full-page b/w photographs. 380pp. A very nice copy - clean text, tight binding, and a clean and bright dj. Please note that the actual shipping rate, with required postal insurance, will apply for this large and heavy hardcover. No international shipping due to size and weight of the book.
Seller: Peter Lenz Bookseller, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$241.07 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$241.94 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: LibraryMercantile, Humble, TX, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Brand: Random House, 1992.
Price: US$242.32 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
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Condition: New
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Seller: Grumpys Fine Books, Tijeras, NM, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$243.15 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$243.57 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: GoldenDragon, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert; Danto, Arthur C. (essay). Mapplethorpe. Random House Inc, New York, NY, 1992.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Near Fine/Near Fine; folio art book in slipcase
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert & Arthur C. Danto (Essay). Mapplethorpe. Random House, New York, 1992.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: 4to, 382 pp., Prepared in collaboration with The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Fine copy in fine dust jacket & slipcase
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
Photography - Danto, Arthur C. (Robert Mapplethorpe). Mapplethorpe. Random House, New York, 1992.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Thick 4to. Clothbound book in dustwrapper and housed in a hard slipcase. 382 pp. With essay by Arthur C. Danto. A massive and comprehensive monograph. Handsome fine clothbound book in dustwrapper. Housed in a matching photo-illustrated hard slipcase which is lightly rubbed. Very heavy book. Additional shipping charges may apply.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Danto, Arthur C.. Mapplethorpe. Random House, New York, 1992.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Dove gray cloth boards with stamped lettering. 382 pp. Mainly illustrations. "Robert Mapplethorpe began taking photographs in 1970 with a Polaroid camera given to him by a friend. Nearly twenty years later, when Mapplethorpe died at the age of forty-two, he was considered one of the most important photographers of his time. His elegant and sometimes shocking nudes, the black-and-white portraits, flower still lifes, and images of sexual sadomasochism had been exhibited widely and were the subject of serious critical attention in Europe and America. A few months after his death, Mapplethorpe became the focus of an acrimonious debate over federal funding of the arts when an exhibition of his work was canceled by the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The director of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, was subsequently acquitted of obscenity charges brought against him for presenting the same exhibition." "This is the definitive collection of Mapplethorpe's black-and-white photographs, drawing on the full range of his work, from the early Polaroids to the haunting self-portraits taken shortly before he died. It has been prepared in collaboration with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, which was established by the artist to provide funds for AIDS research and photographic projects."--Jacket. VG-/VG light foxing on top of text block.
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Large quarto. 382 pp. With 280 black and white photographs. Cloth. Fine in fine d.j., in publisher's slipcase. Slipcase has some light wear at extremities, but is very good. First edition.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert; Danto, Arthur C.. Mapplethrope. New York Random House 1992, 1992.
Price: US$281.84 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st Edition. 382pp. Square Folio. Still in the plastic, never opened. Original grey cloth boards. Grey and black cloth slipcase. 280. Mint condition, won't find a better copy! fine Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, known for his highly stylized black and white photography. His work included portraits, nudes, still-life images, bondage, and homoeroticism. His work is often considered highly controversial.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$304.05 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$311.74 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Used
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$341.68 + shipping
Description: folio. pp. 382. profusely illus. biblio. cloth. dw. original cloth slipcase. First Edition.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Brand: Random House, 1992.
Price: US$497.36 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House, 1992.
Price: US$512.06 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Like New
Seller: dsmbooks, liverpool, United Kingdom
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Cloth with slipcase. First edition. One of 250 copies.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Mapplethorpe, Robert. Mapplethorpe. Random House Trade, 1992.
Price: US$609.55 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited edition - this being number 235 of 250. Red cloth board in mint condition. Black cloth slipcase in near fine condition. Black & white photographs throughout. Beautiful book - stunning.
Seller: Holt Art Books, Birmingham, United Kingdom