183 results for "The Light of New York" between $5.00 and $100.00

How to capture the "City That Never Sleeps" in chilling moments of serenity? Award winning photographer Jean-Michel Berts does just that in this epic visual showpiece of the world's greatest city. At dawn, the streets of New York resonate with a life of its own: muted, subdued, and mysterious. That's precisely the moment in which Berts has elected to capture it. The City's greatest landmarks and views are captured here like never before, framed by Berts's camera obscura. Buildings, bridges, completely...

First printing. A novel, her first in six years. SIGNED on the title page. 222 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. .ISBN # 0-375-501525

Award-winning photographer Jean-Michel Berts captures the city that never sleeps in moments of dream-like serenity. The city's greatest landmarks and views are captured here like never before, in this gift-volume whose opulent trim size befits the spectacular quality of the shots.

DESTINY 5 - RED SOX 4 declared one Boston headline after Bucky Dent's unlikely home run had cost the Red Sox the dramatic 1978 playoff game at Fenway Park against the Yankees for the Eastern Division title of the American League. No one has commented more eloquently and openly on destiny's victories over the Sox and their devoted fans through the years than writer and New York radio personality Jonathan Schwartz, who left his heart in Fenway at an early age. Schwartz's stirring and unusually intimate...

First Edition Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with mild rubbing and wear to the outer edges and with light scuffing to the front panel. 274 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated with a map a frontispiece and reproductions of contemporary works of art. General James Robertson was one of the most influential British officers during the Revolutionary War with a broad...

First printing. Rosner's very highly praised first novel, the story of a daughter who uncovers the truth about her father's early life in Budapest. SIGNED on the title page. 241 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. .ISBN # 0-345-442245

2nd printing. Translated by Paul Wilson, The first work by this great Czech writer and dissident since the collapse of the former Soviet Union. Set during the 'Velvet Revolution' of 1989, this novel follows the life of Pavel Fukova, a middle-aged television cameraman. A New York Times Notable Book. 234 pp plus brief translator's note. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. .ISBN # 0-802115748

Pages: 236, Edition: Eleventh Impression, Paperback, State University of New York Press

Tea and crosswords: relaxing and refreshingOftentimes it's life's simple gifts that are the most pleasurable: the wisp of steam rising from a freshly brewed cup of tea, or the feeling of satisfaction when you've filled in the final square in the puzzle.From the pages of The New York Times and editor Will Shortz comes this new collection of seventy-five of the Times' light and easy crosswords.Under Shortz's editorship, the puzzles have emphasized fresh, new vocabulary and a lighter focus.So put the...

First printing. A novel of the early history of the Maori in New Zealand, spanning one hundred years, and telling the story of the lives of two incredible women. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page "For Becky, Merry Christmas and best wishes" and dated in 1992. 177 pp plus author's note. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (bookseller's black line on bottom edge.) .ISBN # 0-394947916

First US printing. A history of the attempts, both successful and failed, to fly over the Atlantic Ocean, and of the airmen behind these attempts - Read, Alcock, Brown, Lindbergh - some of whom gambled and lost. The author served in the RAF during World War II and made nearly 200 Atlantic crossings as a British Overseas Airways Captain. 140 black and white illustrations, Selected Bibliography, list of Aircraft and Engines, index 304 pp, Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. (light edgewear to dj...

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First edition thus 8vo. First ALBLABOOK edition. Blue cloth printed in blue. Illustrated. With the bookplate of Dorothy B. Haas on the front pastedown and a light ink date under it, else a very good copy. Dustwrapper has browned, lacks a small piece at spine tip and has separated at the fold, across the spine and on the upper board, but still presents a good appearance. Very good Hardcover (Item ID: 16110)

Following two magnificent Assouline volumes on Paris and New York, photographer Jean-Michel Berts turns his lens to Japan.