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1930016108Barcelona: Editorial Cervantes 1930. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Signed by Authors. A rare copy of the first appearance in Spanish of T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" here translated by Angel Flores. Inscribed by Flores to Amy Loveman one of the founding editors of the Saturday Review of Literature. Printed wrappers. Some light soiling and uneven toning to wraps. Interior clean. 25cm. 48 pp. Housed in a green cloth-backed chemise and matching slipcase with gilt stamped black morocco label on spine. Gallup D556. Inscribed ''To Amy Loveman / this translation of ''The Waste Land'' Angel Flores / July 21 1930 / New York''. Angel Flores 1900-1992 was a literary critic teacher translator and publisher. In addition to being the original translator of The Waste Land he was also an early translator of Pablo Neruda and was the first person to apply the term ''magical realism'' to literature in his 1955 essay ''Magical Realism in Spanish American Fiction''. During the 1930's he served on the faculty of Cornell University where he also founded the Dragon Press. His papers are held at the University of New Mexico. Amy Loveman 1881-1955 was an influential literary editor who helped shape the reading choices of generations both as a contributor and co-founder 1924 of the Saturday Review of Literature and through her work at the Book-of-the-Month Club which she joined in 1926 serving on the reading committee and later becoming its head editor. Editorial Cervantes paperback
1967C91206Penn State University Press. As New. 1967. Hardcover. 0271731192 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 136 pages; well-illustrated. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Penn State University Press hardcover
1997C102808Taschen. As New. 1997. Hardcover. 3822882593 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. 239 pages; some illustrations in color. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Taschen hardcover
200055264London: Facsimile Editions 2000. Limited edition. Hardcover. vg to fine. 1/400 Quarto. Unpaginated 78 1pp. White goatskin vellum with companion volume in blue paper boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Signed certificate of authenticity from the Israel Museum and the publisher laid in. Copy #42 from a limited edition of 400 plus 150 numbered I to CL handwritten in pencil on the colophon sheet laid in at the front of the facsimile volume.<br /> <br /> This gorgeous facsimile edition of the unique Rothschild Haggadah is according to its publishers statement bound in vellum "printed on specially milled parchment paper in up to nine colors" and decorated with gold metal foil and gold metal powder by craftsmen to reproduce the flat gold and burnished gold of the original manuscript. The Haggadah is considered among the most exquisite sections of the larger compendium manuscript known as the Rothschild Miscellany originally created in Northern Italy in 1479. It is acclaimed as among the most lavish of all Hebrew illuminated manuscripts and its parent volume a manuscript of unrivaled in richness and scope. The compendium is currently held in the collection of the Israel Museum.<br /> <br /> Accompanying the facsimile volume is companion volume containing a full English translation of the Haggadah text along with critical and scholarly analysis.<br /> <br /> In Hebrew and English. <br /> <br /> Minor smudges the bindings. Bindings in very good to near fine interiors in fine condition overall. Facsimile Editions hardcover
19403408Zürich: Humanitas Verlag 1940. First German Edition. Association copy of Steinbeck's most enduring novel narrating the long and enduring struggle of the Joad family to find some measure of happiness and some thread of human dignity during their move west from Oklahoma to California. "A naturalistic and detailed picture of California in the depths of the Depression of the 1930's" Baird 2333. Basis for John Ford's Oscar-winning film adaptation 1940 starring Henry Fonda Jane Darwell and John Carradine.Goldstone & Payne D187. Thick octavo 20.75cm; beige cloth with titling and decorations stamped in dark green on spine and front cover; green topstain; 67-6751pp. Presentation copy inscribed by the author to his German language translator on the copyright page: "For Klaus Lambrecht / with hearty regards and thanks / John Steinbeck / New York 1956." Spine ends and corners worn sunning to spine and extremities with two marginal tape-mended tears on pp.7-10; seven gatherings in the middle are from a different issue with the top edge stained dark blue; hinges sound; Very Good lacking the pictorial dustjacket. Humanitas Verlag unknown
1978463G3663USA: Libertarian Press 1978. Book. Illus. by Vogel Evelyn. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Warmly signed and inscribed atop half-title page by Margit von Mises author of the Foreword to her friend Ruth Matthews. Ms. Matthews was the wife of Dr. J.B. Matthews "foremost Communist fellow traveler of the early 1930s who by the end of that decade was the chief investigator for the Dies Committee. Matthews had been converted from socialism partly by reading Mises's 'Socialism'" - Murray Rothbard. Publisher's promotional slip and Ms. von Mises' unsigned 'Compliments of' card laid in plus a 1978 Wall St. Journal clipping bearing a review of this book. 181 pages. Index. Minimal light pencil markings to contents. Light overall wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A solid addition to the collection of any adherent of the Austrian School. Libertarian Press Hardcover
198269537Naefels Switzerland: Bonfini Press. As New. 1982. Hardcover Monograph. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - English text. 95 pages with 49 reproductions in color and 23 reproductions in black and white. -- with a bonus offer-- . Bonfini Press hardcover
198354550Frederick Ungar Publishing. As New. 1983. Hardcover. 0804424047 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - appears unread - Frederick Ungar Publishing hardcover
198882918Gallery Books; Et Al. 1988. Hardcover. 9999158862 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- Corresponds to ISBN: 9999158862 and ASIN: B000KVEOM4. 318 pages 528 illus. 31 in color 81 supplementary folio. -- with a bonus offer-- . Gallery Books; Et Al hardcover
1923016029NY Doubleday 1923 1923. First Edition stated 1st Printing. Orange Cloth. Very Good /No Jacket. Photographs of Stage Production. X 187 Pp. Orange Cloth Stamped In Black. First Am. Edition First Printing 1923 Date On Title And Copyright Pages Copyright Page Does State "First Edition". Frontispiece Photograph And Three Other Photographs Of The Stage Production. Vg Very Slight Fading To Spine. Front Hinge Broken But Holding Can Be Repaired. Ownership Signature Of Mental Hygienist Clare Moore De Gruchy See: Biography Of Alice B Toklas By Simon. An Early Play About Self-Aware Mechanico-Electric Humanoids Contributing The Word "Robot" To Twentieth Century Consciousness Before Mankind Became Aware Of How Dehumanized Humans Were Than Humanized Robots So Far. <br/> <br/> NY Doubleday 1923 hardcover
192984515Covici-Friede. As New. 1929. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - - Corresponds to ASIN: B0016IY0PQ. -- with a bonus offer-- . Covici-Friede paperback
192984514Covici-Friede. As New. 1929. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - - Corresponds to ASIN: B00086G3CU. -- with a bonus offer-- . Covici-Friede paperback
192981434Covici-Friede. As New. 1929. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - THREE 3 VOLUME SET; LIMITED EDITION. Xxxviii 1273 pp. 139 illus. 16 in color 1 map appendices small folio. -- with a bonus offer-- . Covici-Friede hardcover
192981432Covici-Friede. As New. 1929. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - THREE 3 VOLUME SET; LIMITED EDITION. Xxxviii 1273 pp. 139 illus. 16 in color 1 map appendices small folio. -- with a bonus offer-- . Covici-Friede hardcover
192981435Covici-Friede. As New. 1929. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - THREE 3 VOLUME SET; LIMITED EDITION. Xxxviii 1273 pp. 139 illus. 16 in color 1 map appendices small folio. -- with a bonus offer-- . Covici-Friede hardcover
192981433Covici-Friede. As New. 1929. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - THREE 3 VOLUME SET; LIMITED EDITION. Xxxviii 1273 pp. 139 illus. 16 in color 1 map appendices small folio. -- with a bonus offer-- . Covici-Friede hardcover
1925048371New York: B. W. Huebsch 1925. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Xv 302 Pp. Red Cloth Heavily Embossed With Spine Printed In Blue I Believe We Previously Had A Copy With Spine Printed In Black. First Printing Of This Modern Translation Based On 1832 Copenhagen Text With Use Made Of Later Translations But First Printing Of This Translation. Veblen's Preface Comments Regarding The Economics Of Viking Life Are Short And Clear: ."The Occupation Which Gave Its Name And Its Character To The Viking Age Was An Enterprise In Piracy And Slave-Trade Which Grew Steadily More Businesslike And More Implacable As Time Went On. It Was An Enterprise In Getting Something For Nothing By Force And Fraud At The Cost Of The Party Of The Second Part; Much The Same In Principle As The National Politics Pursued By The Statesmen Of The Present Time." Veblen Writing Almost Immediately After The Greatest Theft By Force And Fraud In The History Of The World The Theft Of Almost The Entire Lands Of The Native Americans And Their Near Extermination An Event Unprecedented And Not Yet Duplicated In History. Exceptionally Well Preserved Very Near Fine With Just A Trace Of Rubbing Along Edges Of Corners. In A Fine Dust Jacket Black And Grey Printed On Heavy Black Paper With Some Fading Particularly To Spine But With All Lettering And Design Still Strong Fine With No Wear. <br/> <br/> B. W. Huebsch hardcover
1967023576Madison: The Sixties Press 1967 First printing of the first Sixties press edition English/Spanish text. Association copy signed and inscribed by Robert Bly to his wife directly on the front endpage along with an original page size drawing by Bly: "For Carol / Self portrait of Poet in Lac Qui Parle County--where Bly was born and raised--in the Summer / Robert Bly." Book with light toning to spine ends and top edge of boards else in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to spine/cover extremities and shallow crimping to bottom spine edge else fine. The Sixties Press hardcover
19595799New York: Grove Press Inc 1959. First American Edition. The Mexican author's second book and first novel following a young man's quest to find his father as he navigates an arid ghost town populated by spectral figures. Rulfo 1917-1986 one of the progenitors of magical realism was a major influence on the Latin American boom which would come more than a decade after this and his first book El Llano En Llamas were published. The novel was not immediately successful in his native Mexico taking 4 years to exhaust a tiny first printing of 2000 copies. Grove published the book in four issues: an Evergreen paperback a trade edition the deluxe issue and one of 4 specially bound hors commerce copies. The novel would prove a critical influence on the writing of Carlos Fuentes Jose Donoso Salman Rushdie and most notably Gabriel Garcia Marquez who after reading it was inspired to write One Hundred Years of Solitude and who was said to be able to recite the whole book by heart. Scarce. First Printing cloth issue. Octavo 21cm; full dark gray cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; iv1231pp. Faint abrasion to rear pastedown else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.75 and like every other copy we've handled measures 1/8" taller than the book; gentle sunning to spine shallow loss at crown; with a few tiny splits and tears; a bright example Very Good to Near Fine. Grove Press Inc unknown
1969L3 box59 b<p>Statistical Thermodynamics First English Edition. Two Volume Set: Volumes 1 and 2: Volume 1: General Foundations; Theory of Gases. Volume 2: Theory of Crystals; Theory of Liquids. By Arnold Münster. Translated by Dr. Veronica Hall and Scitran Scientific Translation Service. Published by Springer-Verlag and Academic Press in 1969 Volume 1 1974 Volume 2. Brown cloth hardcover complete two volumes total 1534 pages: 692 pp Volume 1 842 pp Volume 2.</p> Springer-Verlag and Academic Press hardcover
199032366Osaka Japan: International Garden & Greenery Exposition. New. 1990. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED - 188 pages; text in Japanese with some English translations. 189 works catalogued and pictured. Among the painters represented: Richet Pelouse Damoye Coignet and many others. Several of the photographers whose works are included are: Kunie Sugiura Adolphe Braun Oliver Wasow & others. -- with a bonus offer-- . International Garden & Greenery Exposition paperback
199050723Cambridge England: Islamic Texts Society. New. 1990. Paperback. 0946621144 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - 132 pages -- with a bonus offer-- . Islamic Texts Society paperback
197657407Penguin. As New. 1976. Paperback. 0140442685 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 176 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Penguin paperback
