Marble Dust The Life of Elisabet Ney: an Interpretation (1833-1907) - signiertes Exemplar

2001, ISBN: 9780890154304

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New York, NY: Checkmark Books, 2001. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Leinberger, Eric (Maps). xvii, [1], 190 p. List of Maps. Bibliography. Index… Mehr…

New York, NY: Checkmark Books, 2001. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Leinberger, Eric (Maps). xvii, [1], 190 p. List of Maps. Bibliography. Index. Spanning the period from the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium to the 1946 nuclear detonations at Bikini Atoll. From Wikipedia: " James P. Delgado (born on January 11, 1958 in San Jose, California) is a maritime archaeologist, explorer and author....Delgado is a maritime archaeologist who has spent nearly four decades in underwater exploration. A veteran of over 100 shipwreck investigations around the world, his work has included RMS Titanic, USS Monitor, USS Arizona (BB-39), Sub Marine Explorer, the buried Gold Rush ships of San Francisco, and Khubilai Khan's legendary lost fleet. Archaeology made a lasting impression on him from age 10, when he became fascinated with a construction site near his home in the Santa Teresa foothills that revealed the remains of the Ohlone people who had lived in the region thousands of years before. At age 14, he landed his first job as a fifty cent per hour assistant at the New Almaden Museum south of San Francisco, sweeping floors and washing windows. He spent many hours eagerly studying artifacts housed in the glass cases, and eventually graduated to tour guide. During his high school years, with permission from site supervisors, he would dig and survey local construction site areas, working side-by-side with Bay Area archaeologists like Chester and Linda King and Rob Edwards, who served as mentors. He also began conferring with graduate students of an archaeology class from San Jose State University, where he would eventually enroll as a history major thanks to the mentorship of Dr. Theodore "Ted" C. Hinckley of the History Department, who convinced Delgado's parents to send him to University and not the local community college. In his sophomore year, he shifted to San Francisco State University as a cooperative education student working with the National Park Service (NPS). He graduated with a B.A. in American history, and would later teach at this and three other universities. He remained with the NPS as the first Park Historian for Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) serving from 1979-1986. The park covered 35, 000 acres containing more than 2, 000 historic buildings and sites such as Alcatraz, and a number of military forts and gun batteries, including a forgotten Civil War fortification at Fort Mason which he excavated. His destiny might have been as a land archaeologist if he were not transfixed by the sight of the gold rush-era ship Niantic's unearthed timbers in San Francisco's Financial District when he was 20. Delgado worked with archaeologist Dr. Allen Pastron on several excavations beginning in 1979. Among the buried ships from 1849-1851 that he would help excavate or analyze are the storeships Niantic and General Harrison, the ships William Gray and Candace, [4] and many more. He also learned to scuba dive during his NPS tenure, and worked closely with the Park Service's Submerged Cultural Resources Unit when the NPS sent him to the Presidio of San Francisco to attend an Army dive class. He was involved in wreck surveys both inside and outside the NPS jurisdiction, including Pearl Harbor, where he studied the USS Arizona and USS Utah and at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, where he worked with the team on the atomic-bombed ships of Operation Crossroads, the world's first nuclear tests (1946). He was principal author of the final NOS study on the Bikini Atoll wrecks. Those shipwrecks include the carrier USS Saratoga, Japanese battleship Nagato, battleship USS Arkansas, destroyer USS Lamson, attack transport USS Gilliam, and submarines USS Pilotfish and USS Apogon. After a one-year sabbatical from the NPS in 1984-1985 to attend East Carolina University, Delgado gained a master's degree in Maritime History and Underwater Research and was subsequently assigned by NPS Chief Historian Edwin C. Bearss to work as project historian on the USS Monitor project with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He then headed the NPS maritime preservation., Checkmark Books, 2001, Austin, TX: Eakin Press. Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1984. Later Printing. Hardcover. 0890154309 . SIGNED by author. Ney was a celebrated German-born sculptress who spent the first half of her life and career in Europe, producing sculpted works of famous leaders such as Otto von Bismarck, Giuseppe Garibaldi and King George V of Hanover. At age 39, she immigrated to Texas with her husband Edmund Montgomery and became a pioneer in the development of art in the state of Texas, USA. Some of her most famous works during her Texas period included sculptures of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin. Her works can be found in the Texas State Capitol, U. S. Capitol, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum and in the museum created in her home. Much of her life is a mystery, thus the word "interpretation" after deep research by the author. An appendix and chart of her life. Light wear to DJ, in new mylar. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 309 pages; 15493; Signed by Author ., Eakin Press, 1984<

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1984, ISBN: 9780890154304

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Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1984. CA2 - A hardcover book SIGNED by author on the front free endpaper with two(2) additional signatures below it (one is Lyn Lichtenfels and the other can&#… Mehr…

Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1984. CA2 - A hardcover book SIGNED by author on the front free endpaper with two(2) additional signatures below it (one is Lyn Lichtenfels and the other can't identify) in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping, and crease on the edges and corners, book has previous owner's name and date written on the front free endpaper (above the author's signature), dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Edited by Thomas Goar. 9"x6", 309 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Franzisca Bernadina Wilhelmina Elisabeth Ney was a celebrated German-American sculptor who spent the first half of her life and career in Europe, producing portraits of famous leaders such as Otto von Bismarck, Giuseppe Garibaldi and King George V of Hanover. At age 39, she immigrated to Texas with her husband, Edmund Montgomery, and became a pioneer in the development of art there. Among her most famous works during her Texas period were life-size marble figures of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin. A large group of her works are housed in the Elisabet Ney Museum, located in her home and studio in Austin. Other works can be found in the Texas State Capitol, the US Capitol, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Eakin Press, 1984, 3<

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1984

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