The Principles of Uncertainty
by Maira Kalman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 159420134X
- ISBN 13
- 9781594201349
- Seller
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Scotia, New York, United States
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About This Item
2007 Penguin Press first edition, first printing. Signed by the author, on a Penguin Press bookplate affixed to the title page.
Condition of the book and the dust jacket is Near Fine, with no significant condition issues.
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Synopsis
Maira Kalman paints her highly personal worldview in this inimitable combination of image and text An irresistible invitation to experience life through a beloved artist?s psyche, The Principles of Uncertainty is a compilation of Maira Kalman?s New York Times columns. Part personal narrative, part documentary, part travelogue, part chapbook, and all Kalman, these brilliant, whimsical paintings, ideas, and images?which initially appear random?ultimately form an intricately interconnected worldview, an idiosyncratic inner monologue.
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- Bookseller
- Harpo Speaks Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2326
- Title
- The Principles of Uncertainty
- Author
- Maira Kalman
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 159420134X
- ISBN 13
- 9781594201349
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non Fiction: Modern;
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