ABDULLAH YUSUF ALILivre Rare Book
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192057812Dec. 22 1920, 4 pages, with small lackings : "My Dear Khourshed, warmest greetings & best wishes for Xmas & the New Year. I am sorry to hear that you have been ill [ ... ] Your husband write to me just before he was leaving London, to let him know when time came, if I would let him this house. I have decided nothing yet, & shall not I think be in a position to decide till the Spring. It is [ ... ] to hear that [ .... ] thinks your plan can be performed if certain conditions are fulfilled, which you are in a position to fulfill. [... ] It is evidently a musical Plan. Do you want my collaboration in the Libretto ? What is the idea underlying it ? For title, either "At feet of Shiva" or "At Shiva's Feet" would be good English. Some [ ... ]might prefer the one, and some other prefer "At Shiva's Feet". It is shorter, and the rythm is more balanced. As regards [ ... ] I agree with your remarks in the abstracts, but am puzzled to see later application. What is the question that I did [ ... ] but which you want to answer ? What is the question & what is the answer ? Perhaps the sand & waves of Scheveningen are necessary before I can solve the puzzle ? Or perhaps a [ ... ] chair of musical laughter, or perhaps after all, not among these things, but simply [... ] I don't know. That's unfinished conversation - or interrupted [ ... ] : shall we just treasure it because it began at all, & not be impatient because it did not finish ? [ ... ] sunbeams, love themselves in [... ]Mar.7, 1921, 4 pages, with small lackings : "My dear Khourshed, I a glad you are better, & I hope you will soon recover this weakness which must make an eager soul like yours free under the compulsory withdrawal from fields words & the ever-sounding sea. We are having such beautiful weather - [ ... ]summer spring days, with a bite of frost in the mornings, our clear blue skies, through which Orion & Sirius & all the great summer constellations are gradually making their [ ... ] overload. Do you remember the glorious summer days we had in The Hague ? It was autumn then. Now is the sun of Spring, increasing in splendour and strength. Good [ ... ] About my Lecture on Hafiz in the Lyceum Club an Mar. 5th. : I am going to give an account of Hafiz & illustrate his poetry to this audience : 1 - by the singing of one of his Tales in Persian ; 2 - by the singing of this same Ode in an English verse translation in the original metres, & 3 - by explanations of his meanings. I have transleted the Ode which begins [persian text ] [ lacking ] who are going to set it to music & also to find singers if possible. [... ] But you are at a distance, & in this state of your health, I dare not ask you to undertake the strain. I have not seen any english translation of Hafiz that is satisfactory. I do not claim for my translation that it is satisfactory. But it is an honest presentment. [ ... ]I send you my Poem on Rembrandt. If you can make, or have made, two copies without mistakes, I shall ask for one copy to be sent to me & the other for publication to the Gazette de Hollande or any other paper that may like to publish it." Mar. 28,1921, 10 pages, with important lackings : [long letter about his poems on Rembrandt, then, on a second part, about Hafiz ] "Hafiz first addresses his master, the beloved Shiraz. He offers him whole heards, but if he only finds acceptance, what will he not give ? The black mole is rules a blemish, but even for a blemish of their master, he will give what is to him most precious. Samarkand & Bokhara were reputed the two finest cities of the time [... ] The turkish painter whom picture : "Jeune Emir à l'étude" I saw in Liverpool was Osman Hamdu Bey, of Constantinople. He frequently exhibited in Paris and died within this century. If you can get any reproduction of this picture, I shall be obliged" [ ... ]. Apr. 7, 1921 4 pages, very damage, half of the text lacking
190759328Edited by William B. Slater and Arthur J. Sarl, with map and illustrations, 8vo full original red cloth, John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1907, xvii-380 pp. with a folding map
20230067USA, DC Comics/Vertigo, 2023. Tall and heavy hardcover, in-folio book. 32 x 21 cm, 384 pp. Signed by David Lloyd on title page, with a sketch of V on blue pencil alongside signature. With dust jacket, a black silk signet and a slipcase nicely housing the book. "Alan Moore and David Lloyd's powerful epic about loss of freedom and individuality gets the Absolute treatment! Taking place in a totalitarian England following a devastating war that changed the face of the planet, V FOR VENDETTA was the inspiration for the hit 2005 movie starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving. This amazing graphic novel spotlights a mysterious man in a white porcelain mask and his young protégé as they fight political oppressors through terrorism and seemingly absurd acts. It's a gripping tale of the blurred lines between ideological good and evil and details a world where political and personal freedoms are non-existent."
19980109London, Phaidon, 1999. A hardbound in-quarto volume with dust jacket and protective mylar, 278 x 200 mm, 146 pp. SIGNED by Mario Testino at the top of the title page. "Provocative and unexpected, Any Objections? is a lightning roller-coaster of unpublished images which brilliantly illuminates the vision of one of photography's shrewdest eyes. Fashion and the gutter, nature and artifice, high life and low, jostle for his attention. Faces of the very famous in the least expected places, bodies of the very beautiful, landscapes and cities, close friends and extraordinary passersby all find their place in a pattern which is held together by Testino's evident sense of the absurd. The book is an insight into the raw material of fashion, where a glimpse of life from a street in Tangier can be the inspiration for a fashion story in New York. At once diary and commentary, picture after picture (all reproduced full-page) provoke reactions as diverse as their subject-matter: from shock to amusement and from surprise to delight. Whether or not you have any objections, you can't help being intrigued by Testino's very personal view of the world that surrounds him." (Front flap)
20050110São Paulo, D'Auria Editora, 2005. First and only edition. Bilingual, written in English and Portuguese. SIGNED by Decio Tozzi with a blue ballpoint pen on the front flyleaf. A sturdy in-quarto hardcover book. 230 x 294 mm, 335 pp. Original black and white dust jacket with flaps. English and Portuguese title printed on the spine. Headbands. Portuguese text translated to English by Beatriz Tassinari Brandão. Printed on couché paper. Profusely illustrated. Features the Villa-Lobos Park of São Paulo, the Ruy Barbosa Labor Courthouse, Tozzi's own residence, the Veneza Farm Chapel, the Vila Itororó project and many other creations. Several authors contributed to the book texts, Tozzi concluding it with a text on "Living Architecture." "Decio Tozzi has always worked in São Paulo and still is. His work from the 60's, the 70's and the 80's is striking by the love expressed for the craft work and exposed materials. One can obviously recognize Oscar Niemeyer's influence but along the years, Tozzi's work seems to have developed an own very interesting identity." (Architectuul)
19810231London, Frederick Muller, 1981. First edition. Black cloth hardcover, 24 x 16 cm, 152 pp. No dust jacket (you can find one easily in the UK or USA if you wish so). With title, author's name and editor's name on spine. Signed by author on free end paper. Illustrated with numerous black and white pictures. This is a series of orchestra conductor's profiles sorted by alphabetical order. An interesting, perhaps even encyclopedical reading for the connoisseurs of classical music. Cloth shows some defect at the bottom of the spine and front cover, some foxing on the first pages, otherwise a good copy. Other pages are clean and the binding is sturdy.
197627923In english, with the arabic text 1 vol. in-8 br., Heidelberg, 1976, 94 pp.
boz_002270Claudette COLBERT, actrice - PHOTOGRAPHIE DÉDICACÉE ET SIGNÉE à la main Actrice Photographie dédicacée et signée par Claudette COLBERT au feutre noir. "To John Besiner Claudette Colbert." Provenance : issu de la collection d'autographes de Claude ARMAND, collectionneur suisse. Dimensions : 25 x 20 cm État : Voir photos pour plus de détails. Nombre de pages : 1 page
1983279701 vol. in-8 br., Parade Press, England, 1983, 66 pp.
1899boz_002383Lettre autographe signée en anglais d'Edgar Odell LOVETT, en date du 10 novembre 1899, Princeton. État: Voir photos pour plus de détails. Dimensions : 10,2 x 15,8 cm. 1 page.
1902boz_003295Lettre autographe signée en anglais d'Edgar Odell LOVETT, en date du 1er avril 1902, Princetone. État: Voir photos pour plus de détails. Dimensions : 12,8 x 16,2 cm. 1 page.
1865boz_002372Edward Henry STANLEY, homme d'Etat Britannique. Lettre autographe signée, adressée à Jacques-Henri WUSTENBERG, jointe de son enveloppe, 19 Novembre 1865. État: Voir photos pour plus de détails. Dimensions : Lettre : 18,1 x 11,5 cm. 3 pages.
1947boz_002993Ernest Fred Manfred. Lettre autographe signée à l'Abbé Morel, 1947. Lettre autographe signée d'Ernest Fred Manfred, datée du 1 février 1947. Rédigée à l'encre noire sur un feuillet de papier vélin avec en entête imprimée à son nom et son adresse. Dimensions : 15,9 x 17,7 cm. État : Manque de papier sans atteinte du texte. Nombre de pages : 1 page. Abbé Morel Maurice Morel, dit l'abbé Morel, né à Ornans le 28 mars 1908 et mort à Paris le 15 février 1991, est un prêtre et peintre français.
1990279511 vol. in-8 br., Centro de Investigacion de Lenguas Indigenas, Departemento de Investigacion Cientifica y Superacion Academica, Universidad de Guadalajara, 1990, 199 pp.
19830119Los Angeles, Jeremy P. Tarcher / Houghton Miffin, 1983. First edition, second printing. Boldly signed by Nathaniel Branden on the first free endpaper (not a tip-in). In-4, 23 x 27 cm, 271 pp. Original dust jacket with flaps. Table of contents at the beginning. A small defect at the top of the DJ and at the bottom of the spine, otherwise VG. Pages are crisp and clear. Nathaniel Branden's Honoring the Self is a cornerstone of self-esteem psychology. The author was a long friend of Ayn Rand before launching his own, close yet unmistakably his, brand of worldview and knowledge of the human mind. "Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem," says pioneering psychologist Nathaniel Branden, "and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence--and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself--your self-esteem--is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life." (Inside flap)
1966229821 vol. in-8 br., Supplement to volume 179 of Acta Medica Scandinavica, 1966, 466 pp.
boz_001702James Mason - LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE À Claude Armand Acteur Lettre autographe signée de James Mason acteur de cinéma britannique au collectionneur Claude Armand Dimensions : 15 x 10,5 cm Nombre de pages : 1
1941152522 LAS en anglais de Léonore Gallet, adressée à Yvonne Astruc en 1941.Léonore Gallet, Violoniste américaine.3 pages manuscrites recto signées. Format in-8°(24x16). Très bon état.
boz_006158Mary PICKFORD. Original autograph hand signed for André Jouniaux. From the old collection of André Jouniaux (1924-2013), collector, author of "the song of catherine" which was interpreted by edith piaf then juliette gréco. 19,2 X 24,5CM. Good conditions. Return Accepted at the buyer's expense. Thank you. Great deals. Jérôme KAYSER.
193761143Avec une lettre autographe du Prof. dr. Willem Mengelberg et une préface de L.M.G. Arntzenius, 1 vol. in-folio br., Andries Blitz, Amsterdam, Aux Oeuvres Françaises, Paris, 1937, env. 70 ff.
0217Two 4" x 6" (105 x 148 mm) postcards. The first postcard shows a dam, drawn Art Deco style with clearcut geometric ocher and purple shapes with the illustrator's characteristic style upon a burgundy background. This postcard is SIGNED by Nick Gaetano with the mention "Thomas" on pencil. Back of the postcard features the pencil-written mention "Nick Gaetano, airbrush." The second postcard is white. Instead of an illustration, it features a handwritten note with pen: "07.23.[20]01 Thomas — sorry that it took so long — 7 years — [unreadable]" boldly SIGNED. Back of the postcard features the pencil-written mention "Nick Gaetano" and a pencil tracing of a dollar bill. The second postcard show a very light crease on the left half. Aside from that, both are in neat condition. Dubbed "the accidental Objectivist" in 2011, Nicholas Gaetano (1944-) is mostly known for designing covers for 10 Ayn Rand books. His 25th Anniversary Edition cover art for Atlas Shrugged made him seen in the whole United States. However, he "is also an award-winning artist, illustrator, and photographer whose work is in the collections of the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian. He’s created covers for F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tom Wolfe, Dominick Dunne, H. P. Lovecraft, Agatha Christie, among many others. As an illustrator, he is best known for his distinctive Art Deco style, but Gaetano’s paintings tend toward the abstract. Cy Twombly is a recognizable influence. A recent series features fluid spills of black paint on plastic sheets. Gaetano has exhibited widely, most recently at Roberts & Tilton and the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art." (Interview Magazine, "The Accidental Objectivist", 2011) He now sells Ayn Rand-related or -inspired art at the Cordair art gallery. Gaetano's hand signatures are scarce and quite hard to find. This one stems from a personal friendship and from the pre-9/11 period. Whether framed and hung on a wall, placed on a support or simply put on a buffet top, this will be a fine piece for any Ayn Rand or Art Deco collector.
1973279331 vol. in-4 carré relié pleine toile éditeur sous jaquette, University of Toronto Press, Toronto and Buffalo, 1973, 207 pp.
19900485Porto Alegre, Gráfica Editora Pallotti, no date [circa 1990]. First and only edition. Bilingual text, English and Portuguese. SIGNED by author on free endpaper: "Para Jayme Albek, o abraço do MOACYR. Maio, 1991" (For Jayme Albek, with a hug from Moacyr, May 1991) An oblong hardcover book of 297 x 217 mm and 120 pp. Widely illustrated with archive black & white photos, along with a few colored maps and drawings. Co-edited by the Instituto Judaico Marc Chagall, with a foreword of the president of the Institute Evelyn Berg. The book recalls the difficult arrival and settlement of Eastern European Jews, by the beginning and middle of the twentieth century, in the most southern state of Brazil. The author, Moacyr Jaime Scliar (1937-2011), spent most of his life in Porto Alegre. He worked as a physician and university professor while also constantly researching and churning literature: short stories, novels, essays, children's literature and some columns in several Brazilian newspapers. ********************************************** Porto Alegre, Gráfica Editora Pallotti, sem data [circa 1990]. Primeira e única edição. Texto bilíngue inglês e português. ASSINADO pelo autor em folha de guarda livre: "Para Jayme Albek, o abraço do MOACYR. Maio, 1991" Livro oblongo de capa dura, 297 x 217 mm, 120 páginas. Amplamente ilustrado com fotos em preto e branco de arquivo, além de alguns mapas e desenhos coloridos. Coeditado pelo Instituto Judaico Marc Chagall, com prefácio da presidente do Instituto, Evelyn Berg. O livro conta a difícil chegada e fixação de judeus do Leste Europeu, no início e meados do século XX, no estado mais ao sul do Brasil. O autor, Moacyr Jaime Scliar (1937-2011), passou a maior parte de sua vida em Porto Alegre. Trabalhou como médico e professor universitário, além de pesquisar e produzir constantemente literatura: contos, romances, ensaios, literatura infantil e algumas colunas em diversos jornais brasileiros.
19760366New York, Atheneum/SMI, 1976. Édition originale. Dédicacé par Pelé sur la page de titre. In-8, 222 x 147 mm, 129 pp. Relié plein tissu rose foncé, jaquette rose, image de couverture découpée et collée sur le plat avant, plats et reliure sous plastique. Livre issu de la bibliothèque de la Escola Americana de Rio de Janeiro, tampon "DISCARDED" sur la première garde blanche, tampon de bibliothèque et de date sur la page de titre. Portrait noir et blanc de Pelé en frontispice, dédicace "Do amigo Pelé" sur la page de titre. Album de photos noir et blanc au milieu des pp. 64 à 69 non paginées. Biographie peu courante, rédigée bien avant la version de 2006. New York, Atheneum/SMI, 1976. First edition. Signed by Pelé on the title page. In-8, 222 x 147 mm, 129 pp. Bound in full dark pink cloth, pink dust jacket, cover image cut out and pasted on the front cover, covers and binding under plastic. Book from the library of the Escola Americana in Rio de Janeiro, stamp "DISCARDED" on the first white endpaper, library and date stamp on the title page. Black and white portrait of Pelé on the frontispiece, dedication "Do amigo Pelé" on the title page. Black and white photo album in the middle of the book on unpaginated pp. 64 to 69. Paper a little yellow with some slight creasing. Signed page in good condition. Solid binding. Scarce biographical work, written well before the 2006 version.
1993650891 vol. in-8 cartonnage sous jaquette illustrée, Independent Books, Bromley, 1993, VII-291 pp.
