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The Self-Portrait(1st Edition)
A Cultural History
by James Hall
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2016 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29211-2, ISBN: 0-500-29211-6

"“Hall provides a lively cultural interpretation of the genre from the Middle Ages to today. . . . Rather than provide a series of ‘greatest hits,’ he is more concerned with the reasons why artists create self-portraits.” ―The Weekly Standard The self-portrait may be the visual genre most identified with our confessional era, but modern artists are far from the first to have explored its power and potential. In this broad cultural survey ..."






My Resignation(1st Edition)
by James Hall
Paperback, 117 Pages, Published 2014 by Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-1-84963-324-6, ISBN: 1-84963-324-X

"The unnamed protagonist of?My Resignation?is a former senior manager in a government-run organisation. On retirement he sets out on a new career of voluntary and charity commitments, but quickly becomes upset at some changes being made to his old firm. This led to frequent letter-writing to MP's and government officials - with little real success. Driven to despair, he decides to stand for the new Scottish parliament, where he feels tha ..."






Firefighter(1st Edition)
by Herman Williams Jr., James Hall
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2002 by Mountain Movers
ISBN-13: 978-1-58825-006-3, ISBN: 1-58825-006-7

"Herman Williams is the father of Montel Williams. As a boy, he and his family fled Harlem to escape the infamous riots. Growing up in Baltimore, Williams encountered racism and ignorance on a continual basis, especially as one of the first black streetcar operators in the city, when he was subjected to humiliating verbal and physical abuse by members of the public. Yet, he eventually became the first African-American fire chief of a maj ..."






Apocalypse(1st Edition)
Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art
by Sir Norman Rosenthal, Michael Archer, Peter Sawbridge, Michael Bracewell, James Hall, Nathan Kernan
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2000 by Royal Academy Of Arts
ISBN-13: 978-0-900946-86-8, ISBN: 0-900946-86-5

"The horror, the horror. Three years after Royal Academy Exhibition Secretary Norman Rosenthal organised the controversial "Sensation" comes the sequel, "Apocalypse". It takes as its philosophical starting point the Book of Revelations, though the subtitle exposes a compromising catch-all: "Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art". The kitsch creations of Jeff Koons and Mariko Mori, and the casual photography of Wolfgang Tillmans, provide ..."






The World as Sculpture(1st Edition)
by James Hall
Hardcover, 446 Pages, Published 1999 by Bpr Publishers
Import
ISBN-13: 978-0-7011-6882-7, ISBN: 0-7011-6882-X

"It's one of the oldest conundrums in art history: which is the greater art, painting or sculpture? As James Hall points out in his highly controversial cultural history, The World as Sculpture, learned opinion from the Renaissance onward has invariably come down in favour of painting. Tracing a 500-year tradition of prejudice against sculpture, Hall argues that the three-dimensional art has been persistently downgraded since the em ..."






200 Tips for Passing the Oral Psychiatry Boards(1st Edition)
by Donald P. Hall Md, James Hall
Paperback, 202 Pages, Published 1996 by Hanley & Belfus
ISBN-13: 978-1-56053-202-6, ISBN: 1-56053-202-5

"Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD. Pocketsized, practical guide offering capsules of advice on preparing for the oral section of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology exam. Softcover. DNLM: Psychiatry - examination questions."






Michelangelo and the Reinvention of the Human Body(1st Edition)
by James : Hall, James Hall Michelangelo, Michelangelo Buonarroti
Hardcover, 312 Pages, Published 2005 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux
ISBN-13: 978-0-374-20883-7, ISBN: 0-374-20883-2

"A brilliant new comprehensive critical analysis of Michelangelo's art, focusing on his depiction of the human body.Michelangelo's art is exhilarating, but also bewildering: What is the source of its power? In this imaginative and detailed study, the art critic James Hall explores some of the major puzzles of Michelangelo's work-his stern Madonnas and their lack of maternal responsiveness; his concern with colossal scale and size; the wa ..."






The North American Indian Portfolio From the Library of Congress(1st Edition)
Tiny Folio Edition (Tiny Folios)
by Introduction-James Gilreath, James Hall, Thomas Loraine Mckenney, Karl Bodmer, George Caitlin, Abbeville Press
Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2006 by Abbeville Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7892-0906-1, ISBN: 0-7892-0906-3

" This Tiny Folio™ volume is based on the well-known frontier artwork by Karl Bodmer, George Catlin, and McKenney & Hall. Based on the renowned frontier artwork of George Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio, McKenney and Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America, and Prince Maximilian’s Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832 and 1834, these historic collections of prints and paintings were the first to pre ..."






History of the Indian tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs, embellished with one hundred and ... in the Department of War at Washington(1st Edition)
by Thomas Loraine Mckenney, James Hall
Paperback, Published 1978 by Volair
ISBN-13: 978-0-931480-12-6, ISBN: 0-931480-12-4

"I, II, III: D. Rice and A. N. Hart, Publisher 1855 Vols. I, II, III: D. Rice and A. N. Hart, Publisher 1858 Thomas L. McKenney [and James Hall]. History of the Indian Tribes of North America . . . Philadelphia. Vol. I: Rice, Rutter, & Co., Publisher 1870 ..."






History of the Indian Tribes of North America(1st Edition)
by Thomas L. Mckenney, James Hall
Leather Bound, Published 1978 by Volair Limited
ISBN-13: 978-0-931480-14-0, ISBN: 0-931480-14-0

"2 Volumes, leather bound, in cloth covered case."






The English Book Trade, 1660-1853(1st Edition)
The Extraordinary Case of William Bingley, Bookseller, 1770 : An Apology for the Freedom of the Press, 1793
by Robert Hall, James Hall
Hardcover, 108 Pages, Published 1975 by Dissertations-G
ISBN-13: 978-0-8240-0970-0, ISBN: 0-8240-0970-3






Dictionary of subjects and symbols in art(1st Edition)
(Icon editions)
by James Hall
Hardcover, 345 Pages, Published 1974 by Harper & Row
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-433315-3, ISBN: 0-06-433315-9






Larrey(1st Edition)
Surgeon to Napoleon's Imperial Guard
by Robert G. Richardson, James Hall, Kenneth Clark
Hardcover, 266 Pages, Published 1974 by John Murray
ISBN-13: 978-0-7195-3103-3, ISBN: 0-7195-3103-9

"Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Good, A good, clean and sound copy in maroon cloth boards, gilt title on spine with a fair to good dust jacket - is creased, worn at edges and tatty at edges."






Us He Devours(1st Edition)
by James Hall
Paperback, Published 1964 by New Directions
ISBN-13: 978-1-125-18991-7, ISBN: 1-125-18991-6






Method to the Madness(1st Edition)
(Hollywood Explained)
by Dick . Atkins, Contributor-Arthur Knight, Contributor-Stephen Farber, Contributor-Cynthia Kirk, Contributor-James Hall, John H. Dorr, William M. Jackson, Mark Schorer, Rouben Mamoulian Collection
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1975 by Prince Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-0-915618-09-5, ISBN: 0-915618-09-5

"A guide to the pieces that make up the business and people of Hollywood, circa 1975. Come with me on a tour through Hollywood, through the movie business, through television. Is it all madness? Possibly. Does it all make any sense? Most of the time. But when the conversation turns to Hollywood (and it does, doesn't it?), how much do you really know about it? Do you know about the fabled film studios - Universal, MGM, 20th Century Fox, W ..."






Hall's Dictionary of subjects & symbols in art. Revised Edition.with an introduction by Kenneth clark.(1st Edition)
by James Hall, John. Murray, John Hall
Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 1974 by John Murray Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-0-7195-2984-9, ISBN: 0-7195-2984-0

"349 pages"






Silencer(1st Edition)
(Thorn Mysteries)
by James W. Hall
Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2010 by Minotaur Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-35959-1, ISBN: 0-312-35959-4






Dead Last(1st Edition)
(Thorn Mysteries)
by James W. Hall
Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2011 by Minotaur Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-60732-6, ISBN: 0-312-60732-6






Hell's Bay(1st Edition)
by James W. Hall
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2008 by Minotaur Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-35958-4, ISBN: 0-312-35958-6






Buzz Cut(1st Edition)
by James Wilson Hall, J. Evetts Haley
Hardcover, 374 Pages, Published 1996 by Delacorte Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-31234-9, ISBN: 0-385-31234-2



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